[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 1, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4100-S4101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 104

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kennedy) were added as a cosponsors of S. 104, a bill to require 
equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and 
contraceptive services under health plans.


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) 
were added as a 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. 145

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 145, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to increase to parity with other 
surviving spouses the basic annuity that is provided under the 
uniformed services Survivor Benefit Plan for surviving spouses who are 
at least 62 years of age, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 170

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) 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. 214

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 214, a bill to elevate the 
position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department 
of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 217

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) were added as 
a cosponsors of S. 217, 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. 258

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) 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.
  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. Carnahan) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added 
as a cosponsors of S. 258, supra.


                                 S. 268

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 268, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow nonrefundable personal credits, 
the standard deduction, and personal exemptions in computing 
alternative minimum tax liability, to increase the amount of the 
individual exemption from such tax, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 281

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 281, a bill to authorize the 
design and construction of a temporary education center at the Vietnam 
Veterans Memorial.


                                 S. 284

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 284, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to expand health 
care coverage for individuals.


                                 S. 326

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 327

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide up-to-date 
school library media resources and well-trained, professionally 
certified school library media specialists for elementary schools and 
secondary schools, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 338

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) were 
added as a cosponsors of S. 338, a bill to protect amateur athletics 
and combat illegal sports gambling.


                                 S. 403

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 403, a bill to improve the 
National Writing Project.


                                 S. 501

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) 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. 554

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 554, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand medicare 
coverage of certain self-injected biologicals.


                                 S. 587

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 587, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas.


                                 S. 592

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 592, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create Individual Development 
Accounts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 611

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as a cosponsors 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

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total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and 
monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.


                                 S. 664

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 664, a bill to provide 
jurisdictional standards for the imposition of State and local tax 
obligations on interstate commerce, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 682

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 682, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to restore the link between the maximum 
amount of earnings by blind individuals permitted without demonstrating 
ability to engage in substantial gainful activity and the exempt amount 
permitted in determining excess earnings under the earnings test.


                                 S. 694

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 694, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair 
market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, 
musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.


                                 S. 697

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 697, a bill to modernize 
the financing of the railroad retirement system and to provide enhanced 
benefits to employees and beneficiaries.
  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kennedy) were added as a cosponsors of S. 697, supra.


                                 S. 706

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), and the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) were added as a cosponsors of S. 
706, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish programs to 
alleviate the nursing profession shortage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 721

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 721, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Nurse Corps and 
recruitment and retention strategies to address the nursing shortage, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 723

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were 
added as a cosponsors of S. 723, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell generation and 
research.


                                 S. 742

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson, of Nebraska), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Fitzgerald), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), and the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings) were added as a cosponsors of S. 
742, a bill to provide for pension reform, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 758

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 758, a bill to amend the 
Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the annual enrollment of land in 
the wetlands reserve program, to extend the wetlands reserve program 
through 2005, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) were added 
as a cosponsors of S. 777, a bill to permanently extend the moratorium 
enacted by the Internet Tax Freedom Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 778

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were 
added as a cosponsors of S. 778, a bill to expand the class of 
beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status under section 
245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending the deadline 
for classification petition and labor certification filings.


                              S.J. RES. 13

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 13, a joint 
resolution conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Paul 
Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, also known as the Marquis de Lafayette.


                               S. RES. 24

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 24, a resolution 
honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.


                               S. RES. 63

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee) were 
added as a cosponsors 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.


                               S. RES. 74

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 74, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding consideration of 
legislation providing medicare beneficiaries with outpatient 
prescription drug coverage.


                               S. RES. 75

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 75, a resolution 
designating the week begining May 13, 2001, as ``National Biotechnology 
Week.''


                             S. CON. RES. 8

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 8, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding subsidized 
Canadian lumber exports.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 
11, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress to fully 
use the powers of the Federal Government to enhance the science base 
required to more fully develop the field of health promotion and 
disease prevention, and to explore how strategies can be developed to 
integrate lifestyle improvement programs into national policy, our 
health care system, schools, workplaces, families and communities.


                            S. CON. RES. 14

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 14, a 
concurrent resolution recognizing the social problem of child abuse and 
neglect, and supporting efforts to enhance public awareness of it.


                            S. CON. RES. 33

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 33, a concurrent 
resolution supporting a National Charter Schools Week.

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