[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7245-S7246]
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 North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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. 499

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Ashcroft) was added as a cosponsor of S. 499, a bill to establish 
a congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their 
families.


                                 S. 510

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 510, a bill to preserve the 
sovereignty of the United States over public lands and acquired lands 
owned by the United States, and to preserve State sovereignty and 
private property rights in non-Federal lands surrounding those public 
lands and acquired lands.


                                S. 1140

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1140, a bill 
to require the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations to eliminate or 
minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care 
workers.


                                S. 1191

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Bryan) 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. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat spaceports like airports under 
the exempt facility bond rules.


                                S. 1472

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, his name 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. 1555

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to 
provide sufficient funds for the research necessary to enable an 
effective public health approach to the problems of youth suicide and 
violence, and to develop ways to intervene early and effectively with 
children and adolescents who suffer depression or other mental illness, 
so as to avoid the tragedy of suicide, violence, and longterm illness 
and disability.


                                S. 1810

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1810, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to clarify and improve veterans' claims 
and appellate procedures.


                                S. 1919

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) and 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1919, a bill to permit travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens 
and lawful resident aliens of the United States.


                                S. 1941

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Bryan) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2018

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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. 2033

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2033, a bill to provide 
for negotiations for the creation of a trust fund to be administered by 
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the 
International Development Association to combat the AIDS epidemic.


                                S. 2387

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2387, a bill to improve 
global health by increasing assistance to developing nations with high 
levels of infectious disease and premature death, by improving 
children's and women's health and nutrition, by reducing unintended 
pregnancies, and by combating the spread of infectious diseases, 
particularly HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2408

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), and the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Bryan) 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. 2434

  At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2434, a bill to 
provide that amounts allotted to a State under section 2401 of the 
Social Security Act for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999 shall remain 
available through fiscal year 2002.


                                S. 2585

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 2615

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2615, a bill to establish a program to promote child literacy by making 
books available through early learning and other child care programs, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2639

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2639, a bill to 
amend the

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Public Health Service Act to provide programs for the treatment of 
mental illness.


                                S. 2696

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham), and the Senator 
from Florida (Mr. Mack) were added as cosponsors of S. 2696, a bill to 
prevent evasion of United States excise taxes on cigarettes, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2718

  At the request of Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, the name of the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2718, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
incentives to introduce new technologies to reduce energy consumption 
in buildings.


                                S. 2731

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2731, a bill to amend 
title III of the Public Health Service Act to enhance the Nation's 
capacity to address public health threats and emergencies.


                                S. 2733

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), and the 
Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2733, a bill to provide for the preservation of assisted housing for 
low income elderly persons, disabled persons, and other families.


                                S. 2739

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2739, a bill to amend title 
39, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of a semipostal 
stamp in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to 
funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial.


                                S. 2779

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2779, a bill to provide for 
the designation of renewal communities and to provide tax incentives 
relating to such communities, to provide a tax credit to taxpayers 
investing in entities seeking to provide capital to create new markets 
in low-income communities, and to provide for the establishment of 
Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), and for other purposes.


                                S. 2793

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), and the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) were added as cosponsors of S. 2793, a bill 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to strengthen the limitation on 
holding and transfer of broadcast licenses to foreign persons, and to 
apply a similar limitation to holding and transfer of other 
telecommunications media by or to foreign governments.


                                S. 2857

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2857, a bill to amend title 
11, United States Code, to exclude personally identifiable information 
from the assets of a debtor in bankruptcy.


                                S. 2858

  At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2858, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate payment rates 
for ambulance services, to apply a prudent layperson standard to the 
determination of medical necessity for emergency ambulance services, 
and to recognize the additional costs of providing ambulance services 
in rural areas.


                                S. 2868

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2868, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to children's 
health.


                            S. CON. RES. 60

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. 
Lincoln), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 60, a concurrent resolution expressing 
the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be 
issued in honor of the U.S.S. Wisconsin and all those who served aboard 
her.


                             S. J. RES. 48

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Breaux), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. 
Mikulski), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Specter), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard), the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings), the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Robb), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Daschle) were added as cosponsors of S. J. Res. 48, a joint resolution 
calling upon the President to issue a proclamation recognizing the 25th 
anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act.


                              S. RES. 133

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 133, a resolution supporting religious tolerance toward 
Muslims.


                              S. RES. 212

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 212, a 
resolution to designate August 1, 2000, as ``National Relatives as 
Parents Day.''


                              S. RES. 301

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Gramm) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 301, a resolution designating August 16, 2000, as 
``National Airborne Day.''


                              S. RES. 329

  At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 329, a resolution 
urging the Government of Argentina to pursue and punish those 
responsible for the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in 
Buenos Aires, Argentina.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3702

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3702 proposed to 
H.R. 4577, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3811

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3811 proposed to 
H.R. 4578, a bill making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001, and for other purposes.

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