[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 22, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S689-S692]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 38

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mr. Gorton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 38, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the estate and 
gift taxes over a 10-year period.


                                 S. 39

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
39, a bill to provide a national medal for public safety officers who 
act with extraordinary valor above the call of duty, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 71

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) 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. 119

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 119, a bill to establish 
a Northern Border States-Canada Trade Council, and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 158

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
158, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the 
manufacture, importation, and sale of ammunition capable of piercing 
police body armor.


                                 S. 162

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 162, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to change the determination of the 
50,000-barrel refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction from a 
daily basis to an annual average daily basis.


                                 S. 285

  At the request of Mr. Craig, his name 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. 311

  At the request of Mr. Graham, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
311, a bill to authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial 
Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its 
environs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) 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.


                                 S. 521

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
521, a bill to amend part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for a waiver of or reduction in the 
matching funds requirement in the case of fiscal hardship.


                                 S. 783

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name 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. 796

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 796, a bill to 
provide for full parity with respect to health insurance coverage for 
certain severe biologically-based mental illnesses and to prohibit 
limits on the number of mental illness-related hospital days and 
outpatient visits that are covered for all mental illnesses.


                                 S. 910

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 910, a bill to 
streamline, modernize, and enhance the authority of the Secretary of 
Agriculture relating to plant protection and quarantine, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 922

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 922, a bill to 
prohibit the use of the ``Made in the USA'' label on products of the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and to deny such products 
duty-free and quota-free treatment.


                                S. 1314

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1314, a bill to establish 
a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement in deterring, 
investigating, and prosecuting computer crimes.


                                S. 1361

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1361, a bill to 
amend the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to provide for an 
expanded Federal program of hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance 
against the risk of catastrophic natural disasters, such as hurricanes, 
earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1384

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Roth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1384, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for a national folic acid 
education program to prevent birth defects, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1419

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1419, a bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to designate May 
as ``National Military Appreciation Month.''


                                S. 1480

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1480, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to assure access of medicare beneficiaries 
to prescription drug coverage through the SPICE drug benefit program.


                                S. 1487

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1487, a bill to provide 
for excellence in economic education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1563

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1563, a bill to establish the 
Immigration Affairs Agency within the Department of Justice, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1642

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1642, a bill to 
amend part F of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to improve and refocus civic education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1729

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Abraham) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1729, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act 
to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing 
sellers for the majority of the trails, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1886

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1886, a bill to amend 
the Clean Air Act to permit the Governor of a State to waive the oxygen 
content requirement for reformulated gasoline, to encourage development 
of voluntary standards to prevent and control releases of methyl 
tertiary butyl ether from underground storage tanks, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1902

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1902, a bill to require disclosure under 
the Freedom of Information Act regarding certain persons and records of 
the Japanese Imperial Army in a manner that does not impair any 
investigation or prosecution conducted by the Department of Justice or 
certain intelligence matters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1921

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), 
and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 1921, a bill to authorize the placement within the site of the 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial of a plaque to honor Vietnam veterans who 
died after their service in the Vietnam war, but as a direct result of 
that service.


                                S. 1924

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1924, a bill to ensure 
personal privacy with respect to financial information, to provide 
customers notice and choice about how their financial institutions 
share or sell their personally identifiable sensitive financial 
information, to provide for strong enforcement of these rights, and to 
protect States' rights.


                                S. 1941

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts

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(Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1941, a bill to amend the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide 
assistance to fire departments and fire prevention organizations for 
the purpose of protecting the public and firefighting personnel against 
fire and fire-related hazards.


                                S. 1946

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1946, a bill to amend the 
National Environmental Education Act to redesignate that Act as the 
``John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act,'' to establish the John 
H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program, to extend the programs under 
that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1962

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1962, a bill 
to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social 
Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary 
enforcement mechanisms.


                                S. 1983

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1983, a bill to amend 
the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to increase the amount of funds 
available for certain agricultural trade programs.


                                S. 1988

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Grams) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1988, a bill to reform the State inspection 
of meat and poultry in the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1993

  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1993, a bill to reform 
Government information security by strengthening information security 
practices throughout the Federal Government.


                                S. 2001

  At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2001, a bill to protect 
the Social Security and Medicare surpluses by requiring a sequester to 
eliminate any deficit.


                                S. 2003

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2003, a bill to 
restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed 
services.


                                S. 2005

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), and the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) were added as cosponsors of S. 2005, a 
bill to repeal the modification of the installment method.


                                S. 2012

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Thompson) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2012, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow a credit against income tax to elementary and secondary 
school teachers who provide classroom materials.


                                S. 2018

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Thompson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2018, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the update 
factor used in making payments to PPS hospitals under the medicare 
program.


                                S. 2021

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2021, a bill to prohibit high school and college sports gambling in all 
States including States where such gambling was permitted prior to 
1991.
  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Santorum) were added as cosponsors of S. 2021, supra.


                                S. 2023

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Kerrey), and the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2023, 
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. 2029

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2029, a bill to amend the Communications Act 
of 1934 to prohibit telemarketers from interfering with the caller 
identification service of any person to whom a telephone solicitation 
is made, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2030

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2030, a bill 
to authorize microfinance and food assistance for communities affected 
by the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2047

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2047, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of Energy to create a Heating Oil Reserve to be available 
for use when fuel oil prices in the United States rise sharply because 
of anticompetitive activity, during a fuel oil shortage, or during 
periods of extreme winter weather.


                                S. 2056

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone), and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2056, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure an adequate 
level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program.


                                S. 2062

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2062, a bill to amend chapter 4 of title 39, United 
States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for organ 
and tissue donation awareness through the voluntary purchase of certain 
specially issued United States postage stamps.


                                S. 2068

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2068, a bill to prohibit the 
Federal Communications Commission from establishing rules authorizing 
the operation of new, low power FM radio stations.


                            S. Con. Res. 69

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland), and 
the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of 
S. Con. Res. 69, a concurrent resolution requesting that the United 
States Postal Service issue a commemorative postal stamp honoring the 
200th anniversary of the naval shipyard system.


                            S. Con. Res. 81

  At the request of Mr. Roth, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 81, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of 
the People's Republic of China should immediately release Rabiya 
Kadeer, her secretary, and her son, and permit them to move to the 
United States if they so desire.


                              S.J. Res. 26

  At the request of Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, the name of the Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 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.

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                              S.J. Res. 39

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Abraham), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Coverdell), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Edwards), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. 
Gregg), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar), and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) were 
added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 39, a joint resolution recognizing the 
50th anniversary of the Korean War and the service by members of the 
Armed Forces during such war, and for other purposes.


                               S. Res. 87

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), and the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 87, 
a resolution commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the International 
Visitors Program.


                              S. Res. 128

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 128, a 
resolution designating March 2000, as ``Arts Education Month.''


                              S. Res. 247

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 247, a 
resolution commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice 
made by the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as 
law enforcement officers.


                              S. Res. 248

  At the request of Mr. Robb, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Gramm), the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Helms), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), 
the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Kerrey), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), and the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 248, a resolution to designate the week of May 7, 2000, as 
``National Correctional Officers and Employees Week.''


                              S. Res. 251

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 251, a resolution designating March 25, 
2000, as ``Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of 
Greek and American Democracy.''

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