[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 114 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10495-S10497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 35

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 35, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for the long-term 
care insurance costs of all individuals who are not eligible to 
participate in employer-subsidized long-term care health plans.


                                 S. 72

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 72, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to restore the eligibility of veterans for 
benefits resulting from injury or disease attributable to the use of 
tobacco products during a period of military service, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 88

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 88, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social 
Security Act to exempt disabled individuals from being required to 
enroll with a managed care entity under the medicaid program.


                                 S. 201

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 201, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the Act to a greater 
percentage of the United States workforce, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 309, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide that a member of the uniformed services shall be treated as 
using a principal residence while away from home on qualified official 
extended duty in determining the exclusion of gain from the sale of 
such residence.


                                 S. 391

  At the request of Mr. Kerrey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. 391, a bill to provide 
for payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical 
education programs.


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 469, a bill to encourage 
the timely development of a more cost effective United States 
commercial space transportation industry, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) 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. 484

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor 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. 512

  At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion, 
intensification, and coordination of the activities of the Department 
of Health and Human Services with respect to research on autism.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 619, a bill to 
provide for a community development venture capital program.


                                 S. 635

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mr. Gorton) 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. 662

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) 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. 664

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 693

  At the request of Mr. Helms, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Ashcroft) was added as a cosponsor of S. 693, a bill to assist in 
the enhancement of the security of Taiwan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 709

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Kerrey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 709, a bill to amend the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to establish and sustain 
viable rural and remote communities, and to provide affordable housing 
and community development assistance to rural areas with excessively 
high rates of outmigration and low per capita income levels.


                                 S. 758

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 758, a bill to establish 
legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and 
efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos 
exposure, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 764

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 764, a bill to 
amend section 1951 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as 
the Hobbs Act), and for other purposes.


                                 S. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to amend title 
V of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment and 
operation of asthma treatment services for children, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 820

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor 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. 867

  At the request of Mr. Roth, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 867, a bill to designate a 
portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.


                                 S. 880

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from

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Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) 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. 894

  At the request of Mr. Cleland, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 895

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 895, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) 
that will allow individuals and families with limited means an 
opportunity to accumulate assets, to access education, to own their own 
homes and businesses, and ultimately to achieve economic self-
sufficiency, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1016

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mr. Gorton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1016, a bill to provide 
collective bargaining for rights for public safety officers employed by 
States or their political subdivisions.


                                S. 1036

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1036, a bill to amend parts A 
and D of title IV of the Social Security Act to give States the option 
to pass through directly to a family receiving assistance under the 
temporary assistance to needy families program all child support 
collected by the State and the option to disregard any child support 
that the family receives in determining a family's eligibility for, or 
amount of, assistance under that program.


                                S. 1043

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1043, a bill to 
provide freedom from regulation by the Federal Communications 
Commission for the Internet.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Thompson) 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. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1139, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, relating to civil penalties for unruly 
passengers of air carriers and to provide for the protection of 
employees providing air safety information, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill to ensure the 
liberties of the people by promoting federalism, to protect the 
reserved powers of the States, to impose accountability for Federal 
preemption of State and local laws, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 1214, supra.


                                S. 1269

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Helms) were added as cosponsors 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 Florida 
(Mr. Mack) 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. 1277

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1293

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1293, a bill to 
establish a Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education 
Board.


                                S. 1300

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) were added as cosponsors of S. 1300, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prevent the wearing away of 
an employee's accrued benefit under a defined plan by the adoption of a 
plan amendment reducing future accruals under the plan.


                                S. 1334

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1334, a bill to amend chapter 63 
of title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of leave time 
available to a Federal employee in any year in connection with serving 
as an organ donor, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1358

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1358, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide more equitable 
payments to home health agencies under the medicare program.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1369, a bill to 
enhance the benefits of the national electric system by encouraging and 
supporting State programs for renewable energy sources, universal 
electric service, affordable electric service, and energy conservation 
and efficiency, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1438

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1438, a bill to establish 
the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in the District of 
Columbia.


                                S. 1462

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1462, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit importation in personal 
baggage and through mail order of certain covered products for personal 
use from Canada, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1488

  At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1488, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for recommendations of the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the placement of 
automatic external defibrillators in Federal buildings in order to 
improve survival rates of individuals who experience cardiac arrest in 
such buildings, and to establish protections from civil liability 
arising from the emergency use of the devices.


                     Senate Concurrent Resolution 9

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 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 49

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were 
added as cosponsors of Senate Concurrent Resolution 49, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of 
``family friendly'' programming on television.

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                         Senate Resolution 128

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 128, 
a resolution designating March 2000, as ``Arts Education Month.''


                           Amendment No. 1489

  At the request of Mr. Enzi the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1489 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2466, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.


                           Amendment No. 1548

  At the request of Mr. Smith the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kennedy), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
1548 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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