[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2662-S2663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 41

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 41, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research credit 
and to increase the rates of the alternative incremental credit.


                                 S. 90

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 90, a bill authorizing 
funding for nanoscale science and engineering research and development 
at the Department of Energy for fiscal years 2002 through 2006.


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Torricelli), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), and the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 133, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the exclusion 
for employer-provided educational assistance programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 135

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 135, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve payments for direct 
graduate medical education under the medicare program.


                                 S. 143

  At the request of Mr. Gramm, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 143, a bill to amend the 
Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to 
reduce securities fees in excess of those required to fund the 
operations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to adjust 
compensation provisions for employees of the Commission, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 155

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 155, a bill to 
amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate an inequity in the 
applicability of early retirement eligibility requirements to military 
reserve technicians.


                                 S. 170

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 170, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-
connected disability to receive both military retired pay by reason of 
their years of military service and disability compensation from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability.


                                 S. 278

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 278, a bill to restore 
health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services.


                                 S. 316

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 316, a bill to provide for 
teacher liability protection.


                                 S. 326

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 326, 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 and to permanently increase payments for such 
services that are furnished in rural areas.


                                 S. 393

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 393, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable contributions to 
public charities for use in medical research.


                                 S. 441

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 441, a bill to provide 
Capitol-flown flags to the families of law enforcement officers and 
firefighters killed in the line of duty.


                                 S. 452

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 452, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services provides appropriate guidance to physicians, 
providers of services, and

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ambulance providers that are attempting to properly submit claims under 
the medicare program to ensure that the Secretary does not target 
inadvertent billing errors.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 459, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on vaccines to 25 cents 
per dose.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, a bill to foster 
innovation and technological advancement in the development of the 
Internet and electronic commerce, and to assist the States in 
simplifying their sales and use taxes.


                                 S. 534

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 534, a bill to establish a 
Federal interagency task force for the purpose of coordinating actions 
to prevent the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (commonly 
known as ``mad cow disease'') and foot-and-mouth disease in the United 
States.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 543, a bill to 
provide for equal coverage of mental health benefits with respect to 
health insurance coverage unless comparable limitations are imposed on 
medical and surgical benefits.


                                 S. 548

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 548, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide enhanced reimbursement for, 
and expanded capacity to, mammography services under the medicare 
program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 550

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 550, a bill to 
amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide 
equitable access for foster care and adoption services for Indian 
children in tribal areas.


                               S. RES. 44

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 44, a resolution designating each of 
March 2001, and March 2002, as ``Arts Education Month.''

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