[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 69 (Wednesday, June 7, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4690-S4692]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



      ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 345

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Campbell) 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. 656

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 656, a bill to 
provide for the adjustment of status of certain nationals of Liberia to 
that of lawful permanent residence.


                                 S. 779

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. torricelli) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 779, a bill to provide that no Federal income tax 
shall be imposed on amounts received by Holocaust victims or their 
heirs.


                                 S. 801

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 801, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 
level.


                                 S. 866

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise existing regulations 
concerning the conditions of participation for hospitals and ambulatory 
surgical centers under the medicare program relating to certified 
registered nurse anesthetists' services to make the regulations 
consistent with State supervision requirements.


                                S. 1020

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) 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. 1074

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as a cosponsor of S. 1074, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to waive the 24-month waiting period for medicare 
coverage of individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and 
to provide medicare coverage of drugs and biologicals used for the 
treatment of ALS or for the alleviation of symptoms relating to ALS.


                                S. 1109

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1109, a bill to conserve 
global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, 
and interstate trade of bear viscera and items, products, or substances 
containing, or labeled or advertised as containing, bear viscera, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1110

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) were added 
as cosponsor of S. 1110, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to establish the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and 
Engineering.


                                S. 1472

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1472, a bill to 
amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to modify 
employee contributions to the Civil Service Retirement System and the 
Federal Employees Retirement System to the percentages in effect before 
the statutory temporary increase in calendar year 1999, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1562, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify certain franchise 
operation property as 15-year depreciable property.


                                S. 1762

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1851

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1851, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that seniors 
are given an opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers 
for certain programs.


                                S. 2018

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Washington (Mr. Gorton) 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. 2045

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2045, a bill to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to H-1B nonimmigrant 
aliens.


                                S. 2068

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Mack) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2083

  At the request of Mr. Robb, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2083, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a uniform dollar limitation 
for all types of transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross 
income, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2217

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2217, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in

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commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian of the 
Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2225

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2225, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code for 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term 
care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans 
and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with 
long-term care needs.


                                S. 2274

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Kerrey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2274, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide families and disabled 
children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under the medicaid 
program for such children.


                                S. 2287

  At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2287, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for 
the development and operation of research centers regarding 
environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast 
cancer.


                                S. 2293

  At the request of Mr. Edwards, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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 
Washington (Mr. Gorton) 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. 2308

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2308, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure preservation of 
safety net hospitals through maintenance of the Medicaid 
disproportionate share hospital program.


                                S. 2330

  At the request of Mr. Roth, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Ashcroft) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2330, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and 
other communication services.


                                S. 2363

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2363, a bill to subject the 
United States to imposition of fees and costs in proceedings relating 
to State water rights adjudications.


                                S. 2365

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Grams) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2365, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to eliminate the 15 percent reduction in payment 
rates under the prospective payment system for home health services.


                                S. 2397

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2397, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to deny Federal educational assistance 
funds to local educational agencies that deny the Department of Defense 
access to secondary school students or directory information about 
secondary school students for military recruiting purposes; and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2408

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2408, a bill to authorize the President to award a 
gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the Navajo Code Talkers in 
recognition of their contributions to the Nation.


                                S. 2458

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2458, a bill to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1818 Milton 
Avenue in Janesville, Wisconsin, as the ``Les Aspin Post Office 
Building.''


                                S. 2460

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2460, a bill to 
authorize the payment of rewards to individuals furnishing information 
relating to persons subject to indictment for serious violations of 
international humanitarian law in Rwanda, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2519

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2519, a bill to 
authorize compensation and other benefits for employees of the 
Department of Energy, its contractors, subcontractors, and certain 
vendors who sustain illness or death related to exposure to beryllium, 
ionizing radiation, silica, or hazardous substances in the performance 
of their duties, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2524

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2524, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand coverage of bone mass 
measurements under part B of the Medicare Program to all individuals at 
clinical risk for osteoporosis.


                                S. 2546

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2546, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether, to 
provide flexibility within the oxygenate requirement of the 
reformulated gasoline program of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
to promote the use of renewable ethanol, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2585

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2585, a bill to amend titles 
IV and XX of the Social Security Act to restore funding for the Social 
Services Block Grant, to restore the ability of the States to transfer 
up to 10 percent of TANF funds to carry out activities under such block 
grant, and to require an annual report on such activities by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services.


                                S. 2587

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2587, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires.


                                S. 2600

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2600, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to make enhancements to the critical 
access hospital program under the medicare program.


                                S. 2609

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2609, a bill to amend the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson 
Sport Fish Restoration Act to enhance the funds available for grants to 
States for fish and wildlife conservation projects, and to increase 
opportunities for recreational hunting, bow hunting, trapping, archery, 
and fishing, by eliminating chances for waste, fraud, abuse, 
maladministration, and unauthorized expenditures for administration and 
implementation of those Acts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2669

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Arkansas

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(Mr. Hutchinson), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Thurmond), the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Murkowski), the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. L. 
Chafee) were added as cosponsors of S. 2669, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to extend to persons over age 64 eligibility for 
medical care under CHAMPUS and TRICARE; to extend the TRICARE Senior 
Prime demonstration program in conjunction with the extension of 
eligibility under CHAMPUS and TRICARE to such persons, and for other 
purposes.


                            S. Con. Res. 105

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 105, a 
concurrent resolution designating April 13, 2000, as a day of 
remembrance of the victims of the Katyn Forest massacre.


                            S. Con. Res. 113

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 113, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress in 
recognition of the 10th anniversary of the free and fair elections in 
Burma and the urgent need to improve the democratic and human rights of 
the people of Burma.

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