[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 111 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9997-S9999]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 37

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 37, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the restriction on payment 
for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care imposed by section 
4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.


                                 S. 307

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor

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of S. 307, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
eliminate the budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating 
the blended capitation rate for Medicare + Choice organizations.


                                 S. 335

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 335, a bill to amend chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, to 
provide for the nonmailability of certain deceptive matter relating to 
games of chance, administrative procedures, orders, and civil penalties 
relating to such matter, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 335, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Abraham, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 335, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 335, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 335, supra.


                                 S. 341

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 341, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to increase the amount allowable for qualified adoption 
expenses, to permanently extend the credit for adoption expenses, and 
to adjust the limitations on such credit for inflation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 635

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Smith) 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. 712

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 712, a bill to amend title 39, 
United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding 
for highway-rail grade crossing safety through the voluntary purchase 
of certain specially issued United States postage stamps.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 777, a bill to 
require the Department of Agriculture to establish an electronic filing 
and retrieval system to enable the public to file all required 
paperwork electronically with the Department and to have access to 
public information on farm programs, quarterly trade, economic, and 
production reports, and other similar information.


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), and the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 935, a bill 
to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 to authorize research to promote the conversion of 
biomass into biobased industrial products, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 956

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 956, a bill to establish 
programs regarding early detection, diagnosis, and interventions for 
newborns and infants with hearing loss.


                                S. 1028

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1028, a bill to simplify 
and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose 
rights and privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have 
been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other government 
officials or entities acting under color of State law, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1128

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1128, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on 
generation-skipping transfers, to provide for a carryover basis at 
death, and to establish a partial capital gains exclusion for inherited 
assets.


                                S. 1187

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) 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. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat spaceports like airports 
under the exempt facility bond rules.


                                S. 1240

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1240, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a partial inflation 
adjustment for capital gains from the sale or exchange of timber.


                                S. 1268

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1268, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide support for the modernization and 
construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and 
laboratory instrumentation.


                                S. 1269

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1269, a bill to provide that 
the Federal Government and States shall be subject to the same 
procedures and substantive laws that would apply to persons on whose 
behalf certain civil actions may be brought, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1272

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1272, a bill to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to promote pain management and palliative 
care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1303

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1303, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain provisions relating 
to the treatment of forestry activities.


                                S. 1468

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1468, a bill to authorize 
the minting and issuance of Capitol Visitor Center Commemorative coins, 
and for other purposes.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 42

  At the request of Mr. Robb, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent Resolution 
42, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that a 
commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the United States 
Postal Service honoring the members of the Armed Forces who have been 
awarded the Purple Heart.


                          Senate Resolution 95

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor 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 Michigan 
(Mr.

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Levin) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 99, a resolution 
designating November 20, 1999, as ``National Survivors for Prevention 
of Suicide Day.''


                           Amendment No. 1495

  At the request of Mr. Baucus the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1495 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1233, an original bill making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2000, and for other purposes.

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