[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 115 (Wednesday, September 8, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10616-S10619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 37

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), and the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors 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. 121

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 121, a bill to 
amend certain Federal civil rights statutes to prevent the involuntary 
application of arbitration to claims that arise from unlawful 
employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, or 
disability, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 218

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Thompson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 218, a bill to 
amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
for equitable duty treatment for certain wool used in making suits.


                                 S. 249

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
249, a bill to provide funding for the National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children, to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 285

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), and the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were added as cosponsors 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. 345

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 345, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits interstate 
movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which 
animal fighting is lawful.


                                 S. 391

  At the request of Mr. Kerrey, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Campbell), the Senator 
from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Robb) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 391, A bill to provide for payments to 
children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.


                                 S. 406

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 406, a bill to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to make permanent the demonstration 
program that allows for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other 
third party payors, and to expand the eligibility under such program to 
other tribes and tribal organizations.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), and 
the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) 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. 486

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
486, a bill to provide for the punishment of methoamphetamine 
laboratory operators, provide additional resources to combat 
methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse in the United 
States, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), and the 
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S. 486, 
supra.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor

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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. 514

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 514, a bill to improve the National 
Writing Project.


                                 S. 541

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 541, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make certain changes related 
to payments for graduate medical education under the medicare program.


                                 S. 552

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) was added as a cosponsor of S. 552, a bill to provide for 
budgetary reform by requiring a balanced Federal budget and the 
repayment of the national debt.


                                 S. 726

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 726, a bill to establish a 
matching grant program to help State and local jurisdictions purchase 
bullet resistant equipment for use by law enforcement departments.


                                 S. 783

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 783, a bill to 
limit access to body armor by violent felons and to facilitate the 
donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law 
enforcement agencies.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. Grams, his name 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. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) 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. 880

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 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. 954

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
954, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect citizens' 
rights under the Second Amendment to obtain firearms for legal use, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 956

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 980

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 980, a bill to promote access to health care 
services in rural areas.


                                S. 1003

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 1029

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1029, a bill to 
amend title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
to provide for digital education partnerships.


                                S. 1044

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from New York (Mr. 
Schumer), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), and the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 1044, a 
bill to require coverage for colorectal cancer screenings.


                                S. 1053

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1053, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to incorporate certain provisions of the transportation 
conformity regulations, as in effect on March 1, 1999.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Murkowski) 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. 1075

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1075, a bill to promote 
research to identify and evaluate the health effects of silicone breast 
implants, and to insure that women and their doctors receive accurate 
information about such implants.


                                S. 1076

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1076, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a 
cost-of-living adjustment in rates of compensation paid to veterans 
with service-connected disabilities, to enhance programs providing 
health care, education, and other benefits for veterans, to authorize 
major medical facility projects, to reform eligibility for burial in 
Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1196

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1196, a bill to improve the quality, 
timeliness, and credibility of forensic science services for criminal 
justice purposes.


                                S. 1200

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1200, a bill to require 
equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and 
contraceptive services under health plans.


                                S. 1220

  At the request of Mr. Grams, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1220, a bill to provide additional funding to combat methamphetamine 
production and abuse, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1235

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1235, a bill to 
amend part G of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to allow railroad police officers to attend the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation National Academy for law enforcement training.


                                S. 1244

  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1244, a bill to establish a 
3-year pilot project for the General Accounting Office to report to 
Congress on economically significant rules of Federal agencies, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1255

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1255, a bill to protect consumers and promote electronic commerce by 
amending certain trademark infringement, dilution, and counterfeiting 
laws, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1262

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr.

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Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1262, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide up-to-date 
school library medial resources and well-trained, professionally 
certified school library media specialists for elementary schools and 
secondary schools, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1263

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Helms), and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. 
Lincoln) were added as cosponsors of S. 1263, a bill to amend the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to limit the reductions in medicare 
payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient 
department services.


                                S. 1268

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) 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 Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) 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 Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) 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. 1310

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1310, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to modify the interim payment system for home health 
services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1317

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1317, a bill to reauthorize the Welfare-
To-Work program to provide additional resources and flexibility to 
improve the administration of the program.


                                S. 1332

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill to authorize the 
President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Father 
Theodore M. Hesburg, in recognition of his outstanding and enduring 
contributions to civil rights, higher education, the Catholic Church, 
the Nation, and the global community.


                                S. 1358

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as cosponsors 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. 1400

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1400, a bill to protect 
women's reproductive health and constitutional right to choice, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1420

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1420, a bill to 
establish a fund for the restoration and protection of ocean and 
coastal resources, to amend and reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1454

  At the request of Mr. Biden, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1454, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the 
incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools and to 
provide tax incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative 
agreements with public schools in distressed areas.


                                S. 1459

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mr. Gorton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1459, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect the right of a medicare 
beneficiary enrolled in a Medicare+Choice plan to receive services at a 
skilled nursing facility selected by that individual.


                                S. 1468

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


                                S. 1473

  At the request of Mr. Robb, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1473, a bill to amend section 2007 of 
the Social Security Act to provide grant funding for additional 
Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Strategic Planning 
Communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1487

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1487, a bill to provide for excellence in economic 
education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1538

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1538, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 
1934 to clarify State and local authority to regulate the placement, 
construction, and modification of broadcast transmission and 
telecommunications facilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1550

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1550, a bill to extend certain Medicare 
community nursing organization demonstration projects.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 26

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 26, a 
joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the 
courtmartial conviction of the late Rear Admiral Charles Butler McVay, 
III, and calling upon the President to award a Presidential Unit 
Citation to the final crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.


                     Senate Concurrent Resolution 9

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) 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 Resolution 92

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), and the Senator 
from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of Senate 
Resolution 92, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that 
funding for prostate cancer research should be increased substantially.


                          Senate Resolution 99

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), and the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) were added as cosponsors of Senate 
Resolution 99, a resolution designating November 20, 1999, as 
``National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day.''


                           Amendment No. 1493

  At the request of Mr. Bennett the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1493 intended to be proposed 
to H.R. 2466, a

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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. 1577

  At the request of Mr. Bayh his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1577 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.
  At the request of Mr. Graham the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1577 proposed to 
H.R. 2466, supra.


                           Amendment No. 1600

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) was added as a cosponsor of Amendment No. 1600 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.
  At the request of Mr. Murkowski the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1600 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 2466, supra.


                           Amendment No. 1603

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1603 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.
  At the request of Mr. Gramm his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1603 proposed to H.R. 2466, supra.

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