[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 38 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1996-S1998]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor 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. 622

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 622, a bill to enhance 
Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 784

  At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 784, a bill to establish a demonstration project to study and 
provide coverage of routine patient care costs for medicare 
beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an approved clinical 
trial program.


                                 S. 821

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 821, a bill to provide for 
the collection of data on traffic stops.


                                S. 1017

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1017, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the State ceiling on the low-
income housing credit.


                                S. 1020

  At the request of Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 1020, a bill to amend chapter 1 of title 9, United 
States Code, to provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process 
relating to motor vehicle franchise contracts.


                                S. 1215

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1215, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to furnish headstones or markers for marked graves of, or to otherwise 
commemorate, certain individuals.


                                S. 1399

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1399, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that pay 
adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals 
employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be made in the 
manner applicable to Federal employees generally and to revise the 
authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make further 
locality pay adjustments for those professionals.


                                S. 1408

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. L. Chafee,) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1408, a bill to 
amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to promote the cleanup 
of abandoned, idled, or underused commercial or industrial facilities, 
the expansion or redevelopment of which are complicated by real

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or perceived environmental contamination, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1498

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1498, a bill to amend 
chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize equal overtime 
pay provisions for all Federal employees engaged in wildland fire 
suppression operations.


                                S. 1608

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1608, a bill to provide 
annual payments to the States and counties from National Forest System 
lands managed by the Forest Service, and the revested Oregon and 
California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands 
managed predominately by the Bureau of Land Management, for use by the 
counties in which the lands are situated for the benefit of the public 
schools, roads, emergency and other public purposes; to encourage and 
provide new mechanism for cooperation between counties and the Forest 
Service and the Bureau of Land Management to make necessary investments 
in federal lands, and reaffirm the positive connection between Federal 
Lands counties and Federal Lands; and for other purposes.


                                S. 1762

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux), and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Hollings) were added as cosponsors of S. 1762, a bill to amend the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to authorize the 
Secretary of Agriculture to provide cost share assistance for the 
rehabilitation of structural measures constructed as part of water 
resources projects previously funded by the Secretary under such Act or 
related laws.


                                S. 1806

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1806, a bill to authorize 
the payment of a gratuity to certain members of the Armed Forces who 
served at Bataan and Corregidor during World War II, or the surviving 
spouses of such members, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) 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. 1932

  At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1932, a bill to amend the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 
1998 to revise and extend certain provisions.


                                S. 1969

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith of Oregon) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1969, a bill to provide 
for improved management of, and increases accountability for, outfitted 
activities by which the public gains access to and occupancy and use of 
Federal land, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1975

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1975, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax on generation-skipping 
transfers to eliminate certain traps for the unwary and otherwise 
improve the fairness of such tax.


                                S. 2005

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Murkowski), and the Senator from 
Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as cosponsors of S. 2005, a bill to 
repeal the modification of the installment method.


                                S. 2018

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) 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. 2058

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2058, a bill 
to extend filing deadlines for applications for adjustment of status of 
certain Cuban, Nicaraguan, and Haitian nationals.


                                S. 2087

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2087, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to improve access to benefits under 
the TRICARE program; to extend and improve certain demonstration 
programs under the Defense Health Program; and for other purposes.


                                S. 2097

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2097, a bill to authorize loan guarantees in order to facilitate 
access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and 
underserved areas, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Baucus, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2097, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2097, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2097, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Hatch, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2097, supra.


                                S. 2123

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), 
and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Smith) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 2123, a bill to provide Outer Continental Shelf Impact assistance 
to State and local governments, to amend the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery 
Act of 1978, and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (commonly 
referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to establish a fund to meet 
the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2158

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Nickles) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2158, a bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States to eliminate the duty on certain steam or 
other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities.


                                S. 2234

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2234, a bill to designate certain facilities of the United States 
Postal Service.


                                S. 2235

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2235, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Act to revise the performance standards and certification 
process for organ procurement organizations.


                                S. 2246

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2246, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that certain small businesses 
are permitted to use the cash method of accounting even if they use 
merchandise or inventory.


                                S. 2255

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2255, a bill to amend the 
Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend the moratorium through calendar year 
2006.


                                S. 2277

  At the request of Mr. Roth, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Robb) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2277, a bill to terminate the application of title IV 
of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the People's Republic of 
China.


                                S. 2285

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2285, a bill instituting a 
Federal fuels tax holiday.

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                                S. 2291

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2291, a bill to 
provide assistance for efforts to improve conservation of, recreation 
in, erosion control of, and maintenance of fish and wildlife habitat of 
the Missouri River in the State of South Dakota, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2293

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2293, a bill to amend the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to 
provide for the payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations 
from balances in the deposit insurance funds in excess of an 
established ratio and, after such obligations are satisfied, to provide 
for rebates to insured depository institutions of such excess reserves.


                                S. 2299

  At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2299, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to continue State Medicaid 
disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for fiscal year 2001 
at the levels for fiscal year 2000.


                                S. 2300

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2300, a bill to amend the 
Mineral Leasing Act to increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases 
for coal that may be held by an entity in any 1 State.


                               S. RES. 90

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 90, a 
resolution designating the 30th day of April 2000 as ``Dia de los 
Ninos: Celebrating Young Americans,'' and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 271

  At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S.Res. 271, a resolution regarding the human rights situation in the 
People's Republic of China.

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