[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 23, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S745-S747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 279

  At the request of Mr. Mack, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
279, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate 
the earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement age.


                                 S. 353

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 353, a bill to 
provide for class action reform, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) were added as 
cosponsors 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.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) 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. 542

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 542, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to expand the deduction for computer donations to schools and allow a 
tax credit for donated computers.

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                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 661, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 
circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Ashcroft) 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. 818

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 818, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of the 
mortality and adverse outcome rates of medicare patients related to the 
provision of anesthesia services.


                                 S. 879

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) 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 lease hold improvements.


                                S. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1007, a bill to assist in 
the conservation of great apes by supporting and providing financial 
resources for the conservation programs of countries within the range 
of great apes and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in 
the conservation of great apes.


                                S. 1110

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1110, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish the National Institute of 
Biomedical Imaging and Engineering.


                                S. 1191

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1191, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for facilitating the 
importation into the United States of certain drugs that have been 
approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1241

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1241, a bill to amend 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide private sector 
employees the same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time 
off and biweekly work programs as Federal employees currently enjoy to 
help balance the demands and needs of work and family, to clarify the 
provisions relating to exemptions of certain professionals from minimum 
wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1276

  At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1276, a bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of 
sexual orientation.


                                S. 1311

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1311, a bill to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an 
eleventh region of the Environmental Protection Agency, comprised 
solely of the State of Alaska.


                                S. 1638

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1638, a bill to 
amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend 
the retroactive eligibility dates for financial assistance for higher 
education for spouses and dependent children of Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty.


                                S. 1763

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Campbell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1763, a bill to amend the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act to reauthorize the Office of Ombudsman of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1800

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), and 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1800, a bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to improve onsite 
inspections of State food stamp programs, to provide grants to develop 
community partnerships and innovative outreach strategies for food 
stamp and related programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1874

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1874, a bill to improve 
academic and social outcomes for youth and reduce both juvenile crime 
and the risk that youth will become victims of crime by providing 
productive activities conducted by law enforcement personnel during 
non-school hours.


                                S. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1883, a bill to 
amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate an inequity on the 
applicability of early retirement eligibility requirements to military 
reserve technicians.


                                S. 1921

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1941

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) 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. 1985

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1985, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to lower the adjusted gross 
income threshold for deductible disaster casualty losses to 5 percent, 
to make such deduction an above-the-line deduction, and to allow an 
election to take such deduction for the preceding or succeeding year.


                                S. 2003

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


                                S. 2015

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2015, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with 
respect to human embryonic stem cells.


                                S. 2018

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added 
as cosponsors 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. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) 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.


                                S. 2035

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
California

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(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2035, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of the Act 
popularly known as the ``Death on the High Seas Act'' to aviation 
incidents.


                                S. 2062

  At the request of Mr. Levin, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 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. 2074

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Nickles), the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the 
Senator from Florida (Mr. Mack), and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Grams) were added as cosponsors of S. 2074, a bill to amend title II of 
the Social Security Act to eliminate the social security earnings test 
for individuals who have attained retirement age.


                                S. 2082

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2082, a bill to establish a 
program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring 
Presidents of the United States.


                            S. CON. RES. 81

  At the request of Mr. Roth, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 3

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 3, a joint resolution 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
protect the rights of crime victims.


                               S. RES. 87

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor 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 Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 128, a resolution 
designating March 2000, as ``Arts Education Month.''


                              S. RES. 253

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 253, a resolution to express the Sense of the 
Senate that the Federal investment in biochemical research should be 
increased by $2,700,000,000 in fiscal year 2001.

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