[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 97 (Monday, July 12, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8271-S8273]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 17

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 17, a bill to increase 
the availability, affordability, and quality of child care.


                                 S. 71

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 71, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-
connection for certain veterans with Hepatitis C, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 115

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) 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. 210

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 210, a bill 
to establish a medical education trust fund, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 285

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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 Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) 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.

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                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Mack) was added as a cosponsor of S. 459, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the State ceiling on private 
activity bonds.
  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 459, supra.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 484

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 484, a bill to provide for the granting of refugee 
status in the United States to nationals of certain foreign countries 
in which American Vietnam War POW/MIAs or American Korean War POW/MIAs 
may be present, if those nationals assist in the return to the United 
States of those POW/MIAs alive.


                                 S. 635

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 635, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to more accurately codify the depreciable 
life of printed wiring board and printed wiring assembly equipment.


                                 S. 660

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 660, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under part B 
of the medicare program of medical nutrition therapy services furnished 
by registered dietitians and nutrition professionals.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical 
assistance for certain women screened and found to have breast or 
cervical cancer under a federally funded screening program.


                                 S. 685

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 685, a bill to preserve the 
authority of States over water within their boundaries, to delegate to 
States the authority of Congress to regulate water, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 761

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 761, a bill to regulate 
interstate commerce by electronic means by permitting and encouraging 
the continued expansion of electronic commerce through the operation of 
free market forces, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 779

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 779, a bill to provide 
that no Federal income tax shall be imposed on amounts received by 
Holocaust victims or their heirs.


                                 S. 789

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 789, a 
bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize payment of 
special compensation to certain severely disabled uniformed services 
retirees.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 800, a bill to promote 
and enhance public safety through the use of 9-1-1 as the universal 
emergency assistance number, further deployment of wireless 9-1-1 
service, support of States in upgrading 9-1-1 capabilities and related 
functions, encouragement of construction and operation of seamless, 
ubiquitous, and reliable networks for personal wireless services, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 817

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli), and the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 817, a bill to 
improve academic and social outcomes for students and reduce both 
juvenile crime and the risk that youth will become victims of crime by 
providing productive activities during after school hours.


                                 S. 821

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 821, a bill to provide for 
the collection of data on traffic stops.


                                 S. 835

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 835, a bill to encourage 
the restoration of estuary habitat through more efficient project 
financing and enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal 
restoration programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 879

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 879, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for 
the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements


                                 S. 894

  At the request of Mr. Cleland, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Dorgan) were added as cosponsors of S. 894, a bill to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a program under 
which long-term care insurance is made available to Federal employees 
and annuitants, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 897

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
897, a bill to provide matching grants for the construction, renovation 
and repair of school facilities in areas affected by Federal 
activities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 980

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 980, a bill to promote 
access to health care services in rural areas.


                                 S. 984

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mr. Gorton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 984, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax credit for 
electricity produced from certain renewable resources.


                                S. 1003

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide increased tax 
incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel and electric vehicle, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) 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 Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) 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.
  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1017, supra.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Wellstone) were added

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as cosponsors of S. 1023, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to stabilize indirect graduate medical education payments.


                                S. 1024

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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 Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) 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. 1144

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Cleland) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Robb) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1144, a bill to provide increased flexibility 
in use of highway funding, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1159

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1159, a bill to provide grants 
and contracts to local educational agencies to initiate, expand, and 
improve physical education programs for all kindergarten through 12th 
grade students.


                                S. 1165

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard) 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. 1166

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1166, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that natural gas gathering 
lines are 7-year property for purposes of depreciation.


                                S. 1185

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1185, a bill to provide 
small business certain protections from litigation excesses and to 
limit the product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers.


                                S. 1187

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1187, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Roth, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Thomas) were added as cosponsors of S. 1197, a bill to prohibit the 
importation of products made with dog or cat fur, to prohibit the sale, 
manufacture, offer for sale, transportation, and distribution of 
products made with dog or cat fur in the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1220

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1220, a bill to provide additional funding to 
combat methamphetamine production and abuse, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1227

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1227, 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 and children to be eligible for medical 
assistance under the medical program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1277

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1277, a bill 
to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a new 
prospective payment system for Federally qualified health centers and 
rural health clinics.


                                S. 1313

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1313, a bill to enable the State of Rhode Island to meet the criteria 
for recommendation as an Area of Application to the Boston-Worcester-
Lawrence; Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut Federal 
locality pay area.


                                S. 1318

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1318, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award 
grants to States to supplement State and local assistance for the 
preservation and promotion of affordable housing opportunities for low- 
income families.


                     Senate Concurrent Resolution 9

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kennedy), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), and the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Roth) were added as cosponsors of Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 9, a concurrent resolution calling for a United States 
effort to end restrictions on the freedoms and human rights of the 
enclaved people in the occupied area of Cyprus.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 12

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent Resolution 12, 
a concurrent resolution requesting that the United States Postal 
Service issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the 100th 
anniversary of the founding of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 
United States.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 32

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 32, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding the guaranteed coverage of chiropractic services under the 
Medicare+Choice program.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 34

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) 
were added as cosponsors of Senate Concurrent Resolution 34, a 
concurrent resolution relating to the observence of ``In Memory'' Day.


                          Senate Resolution 92

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 92, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that funding for prostate 
cancer research should be increased substantially.


                          Senate Resolution 95

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) were 
added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 95, a resolution designating 
August 16, 1999, as ``National Airborne Day.''


                          Senate Resolution 99

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) 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 101

  At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Cochran) were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 101, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on agricultural trade 
negotiations.




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