[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2979-S2981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 170

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor 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. 177

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 177, a bill to amend 
the provisions of title 19, United States Code, relating to the manner 
in which pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for 
postmasters are established.


                                 S. 205

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Dewine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 205, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive the income inclusion on a 
distribution from an individual retirement account to the extent that 
the distribution is contributed for charitable purposes.


                                 S. 258

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 258, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
under the medicare program of annual screening pap smear and screening 
pelvic exams.


                                 S. 264

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 264, 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. 278

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


                                 S. 291

  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) was added as a cosponsor of S. 291, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for State and local 
sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and to allow the 
State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum 
tax.


                                 S. 338

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 338, a bill to protect 
amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling.
  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 338, supra.


                                 S. 344

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 344, a bill to amend 
the

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Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to make certain 
amendments with respect to Indian tribes.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion for gain from 
the sale of farmland which is similar to the exclusion from gain on the 
sale of a principal residence.


                                 S. 363

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 363, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for 100 percent 
of the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.


                                 S. 364

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 364, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the applicability of 
section 179 which permits the expensing of certain depreciable assets.


                                 S. 403

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. 403, a bill to improve the 
National Writing Project.


                                 S. 409

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 409, a bill to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to clarify the standards for compensation for Persian Gulf 
veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 413

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 413, a bill 
to amend part F of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 to improve and refocus civic education, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 452

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) 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 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. 458

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 458, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to make higher education more affordable, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 463

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 463, a bill to provide for 
increased access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in 
developing foreign countries.


                                 S. 466

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 466, a bill to amend the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act to fully fund 40 percent of the average 
per pupil expenditure for programs under part B of such Act.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 472, a bill to ensure 
that nuclear energy continues to contribute to the supply of 
electricity in the United States.


                                 S. 501

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. Carnahan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 501, 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 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. 534

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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. 548

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) 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. 563

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 563, a bill to amend 
the Social Security Act to require Social Security Administration 
publications to highlight critical information relating to the future 
financing shortfalls of the social security program, to require the 
Commissioner of Social Security to provide Congress with an annual 
report on the social security program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 565

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 565, a bill to establish 
the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study and make 
recommendations regarding election technology, voting, and election 
administration, to establish a grant program under which the Office of 
Justice Programs and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of 
Justice shall provide assistance to States and localities in improving 
election technology and the administration of Federal elections, to 
require States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory election 
technology and administration requirements for the 2004 Federal 
elections, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 567

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 567, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide capital gain treatment 
under section 631(b) of such Code for outright sales of timber by 
landowners.


                                 S. 599

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. 599, a bill to amend 
the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to establish 
permanent trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority.


                                 S. 611

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 611, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reduction 
in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses 
and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government 
pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total 
amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly 
pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 619, a bill to establish a grant program that provides incentives 
for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms 
offenses, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 14

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 14, a 
concurrent resolution recognizing the social problem

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of child abuse and neglect, and supporting efforts to enhance public 
awareness of it.


                             S. J. RES. 10

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), and the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) were added as cosponsors of S. J. Res. 
10, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States relative to equal rights for women and men.


                               S. RES. 44

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Murkowski), and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
44, a resolution designating each of March 2001, and March 2002, as 
``Arts Education Month''.


                               S. RES. 63

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 63, a resolution 
commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice made by 
the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as law 
enforcement officers.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 115

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 115 proposed to 
S. 27, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
provide bipartisan campaign reform.

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