[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 83 (Monday, June 14, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6945-S6947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 115

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 115, a bill to require 
that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for 
mastectomies and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast 
cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.


                                 S. 285

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 285, a bill 
to amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore the link 
between the maximum amount of earnings by blind individuals permitted 
without demonstrating ability to engage in substantial gainful activity 
and the exempt amount permitted in determining excess earnings under 
the earnings test.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to preserve 
and protect the free choice of individuals and employees to form, join, 
or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.


                                 S. 429

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 429, a bill to designate the legal public holiday 
of ``Washington's Birthday `` as ``Presidents' Day'' in honor of George 
Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt and in recognition 
of the importance of the institution of the Presidency and the 
contributions that Presidents have made to the development of our 
Nation and the principles of freedom and democracy.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone), 
the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 
Landrieu), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith), and the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 459, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the State ceiling on 
private activity bonds.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 472, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain medicare 
beneficiaries with an exemption to the financial limitations imposed on 
physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services 
under part B of the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 526

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 526, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow issuance of tax-exempt private activity 
bonds to finance public-private partnership activities relating to 
school facilities in public elementary and secondary schools, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 566

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 566, a bill to amend the

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Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to exempt agricultural commodities, 
livestock, and value-added products from unilateral economic sanctions, 
to prepare for future bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations 
affecting United States agriculture, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 593

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 593, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase maximum taxable income for 
the 15 percent rate bracket, to provide a partial exclusion from gross 
income for dividends and interest received by individuals, to provide a 
long-term capital gains deduction for individuals, to increase the 
traditional IRA contribution limit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 622

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 622, a bill to enhance Federal 
enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 664

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 664, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against income tax to 
individuals who rehabilitate historic homes or who are the first 
purchasers of rehabilitated historic homes for use as a principal 
residence.


                                 S. 666

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Moynihan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 666, a bill to authorize 
a new trade and investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa.


                                 S. 670

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Grams) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 670, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide that the exclusion from gross income for foster 
care payments shall also apply to payments by qualifying placement 
agencies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 680

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Thompson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 680, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research 
credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 681

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 681, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage 
and group health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for 
mastectomies and lymph node dissections performed for the treatment of 
breast cancer.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 749, a bill to 
establish a program to provide financial assistance to States and local 
entities to support early learning programs for prekindergarten 
children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 792

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 792, a bill to 
amend title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide States with the option to allow 
legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and blind or disabled 
medically needy individuals to be eligible for medical assistance under 
the medicaid program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 808

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 808, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for land sales 
for conservation purposes.


                                 S. 820

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 820, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to repeal the 4.3-cent motor fuel excise taxes on railroads and inland 
waterway transportation which remain in the general fund of the 
Treasury.


                                 S. 880

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 880, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to remove 
flammable fuels from the list of substances with respect to which 
reporting and other activities are required under the risk management 
plan program


                                 S. 882

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 882, a bill to 
strengthen provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the Federal 
Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 with respect to 
potential Climate Change.


                                 S. 926

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 926, a bill to provide the 
people of Cuba with access to food and medicines from the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 951, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code OF 1986 to establish a permanent tax 
incentive for research and development, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 952

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 952, a bill to expand an antitrust exemption 
applicable to professional sports leagues and to require, as a 
condition of such an exemption, participation by professional football 
and major league baseball sports leagues in the financing of certain 
stadium construction activities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a medical 
innovation tax credit for clinical testing research expenses 
attributable to academic medical centers and other qualified hospital 
research organizations.


                                S. 1017

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), 
the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1017, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the State ceiling on the low-
income housing credit.


                                S. 1024

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Robb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1024, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to carve out from payments to 
Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate 
share hospital payments and pay such amounts directly to those 
disproportionate share hospitals in which their enrollees receive care.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Gramm) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1070, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of 
Sciences study before promulgating a standard, regulation or guideline 
on ergonomics.


                                S. 1074

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1074, a bill to amend the Social Security Act 
to waive the 24-month waiting period for medicare coverage of 
individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and to provide 
medicare coverage of drugs and biologicals used for the treatment of 
ALS or for the alleviation of symptoms relating to ALS.

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                                S. 1079

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1079, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deductibility of business 
meal expenses for individuals subject to Federal hours of service.


                                S. 1109

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1109, a bill 
to conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, 
exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items, products, 
or substances containing, or labeled or advertised as containing, bear 
viscera, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1165

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Coverdell), and the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. 1165, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the amount of 
receipts attributable to military property which may be treated as 
exempt foreign trade income.


                                S. 1200

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1200, a bill to require equitable 
coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and 
contraceptive services under health plans.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 36

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Torricelli), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith), the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl), and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) were added as 
cosponsors of Senate Concurrent Resolution 36, a concurrent resolution 
condemning Palestinian efforts to revive the original Palestine 
partition plan of November 29, 1947, and condemning the United Nations 
Commission on Human Rights for its April 27, 1999, resolution endorsing 
Palestinian self-determination on the basis of the original Palestine 
partition plan.


                          Senate Resolution 59

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 
59, a bill designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000, as 
``National Literacy Day''.


                          Senate Resolution 96

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), and the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of Senate 
Resolution 96, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate 
regarding a peaceful process of self-determination in East Timor, and 
for other purposes.


                          Senate Resolution 98

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Ashcroft) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 98, a 
resolution designating the week beginning October 17, 1999, and the 
week beginning October 15, 2000, as ``National Character Counts Week''.


                          Senate Resolution 99

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 
99, a resolution designating November 20, 1999, as ``National Survivors 
for Prevention of Suicide Day''.


                         Senate Resolution 113

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
Senate Resolution 113, a resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the 
Senate to require that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the 
United States be recited at the commencement of the daily session of 
the Senate.
  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
Senate Resolution 113, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Conrad, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
Senate Resolution 113, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
Senate Resolution 113, supra.

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