[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 68 (Thursday, May 17, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5118-S5120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 37

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 37, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a charitable deduction for 
contributions of food inventory.


                                 S. 41

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) 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. 152

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 152, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to eliminate the 60-month limit and increase the income limitation on 
the student loan interest deduction.


                                 S. 207

  At the request of Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, the name of the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 207, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to 
introduce new technologies to reduce energy consumption in buildings.


                                 S. 275

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 275, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-
skipping transfers, to preserve a step up in basis of certain property 
acquired from a decedent, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 381, a bill to 
amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the 
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, and title 10, United 
States Code, to maximize the access of uniformed services voters and 
recently separated uniformed services voters to the polls, to ensure 
that each vote cast by such a voter is duly counted, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 394, a bill to 
make an urgent supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Department of Defense for the Defense Health Program.


                                 S. 458

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 458, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to make higher education more affordable, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 481

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 481, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide for a 10-percent income tax rate bracket, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 500

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 500, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 in order to require the Federal 
Communications Commission to fulfill the sufficient universal service 
support requirements for high cost areas, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 554

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, his name 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. 565

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator

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from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), 
the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards), the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Biden), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. Carnahan), the 
Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli), the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), 
the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), 
the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham), the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings), and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. 
Lincoln) were added as cosponsors 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. 580

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 580, a bill to 
expedite the construction of the World War II memorial in the District 
of Columbia.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 627, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 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. 690

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 690, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand and improve coverage of 
mental health services under the medicare program.


                                 S. 724

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 724, a bill to amend 
title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of 
pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women.


                                 S. 742

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 742, a bill to provide for pension reform, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 756

  At the request of Mr. Craig, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
756, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and 
modify the credit for electricity produced from biomass, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 775, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit expansion of 
medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and to 
provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services 
provided under the medicare program.


                                 S. 778

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor 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. 828

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 828, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against 
income tax for certain energy-efficient property.


                                 S. 829

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Breaux), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), 
and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 829, a bill to establish the National Museum of African American 
History and Culture within the Smithsonian Institution.


                                 S. 830

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 830, 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. 838

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist), and the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) were added as cosponsors of S. 838, a bill 
to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety 
and efficacy of pharmaceuticals for children.


                                 S. 839

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 839, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the amount of 
payment for inpatient hospital services under the medicare program and 
to freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of 
medical education.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), and the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added as cosponsors of S. 
847, a bill to impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk 
protein concentrates.


                                 S. 853

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 853, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to reduce the marriage penalty by providing a nonrefundable dual-earner 
credit and adjustment to the earned income credit.


                                 S. 862

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 862, a bill to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 to carry out the State Criminal 
Alien Assistance Program.


                                 S. 877

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 877, a bill to 
amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require that a warning 
label be affixed to arsenic-treated wood sold in the United States.


                                 S. 880

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 880, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide adequate coverage for 
immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the medicare 
program that have received an organ transplant, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to amend the 
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Relief Act of 1997 to provide for consistent treatment of survivor 
benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty.


                                 S. 882

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 882, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly 
insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the 
recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient 
dies during the first 15 days of such month, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 884

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 884, a bill to improve port-
of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border of the United 
States, to establish grants to improve port-of-entry facilities, to 
designate a port-of-entry as a port technology demonstration site, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 885

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 885, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for national standardized 
payment amounts for inpatient hospital services furnished under the 
medicare program.


                               S. RES. 57

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 57, a resolution to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Federal investment in programs that provide health care 
services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under-
served areas be increased in order to double access to care over the 
next 5 years.


                               S. RES. 71

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 71, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate regarding the need to preserve six day mail delivery.


                               S. RES. 88

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 88, a resolution expressing the 
sense of the Senate on the importance of membership of the United 
States on the United Nations Human Rights Commission.


                               S. RES. 90

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), and the Senator 
from Missouri (Mrs. Carnahan) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 90, a 
resolution designating June 3, 2001, as ``National Child's Day.''


                            S. CON. RES. 35

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), and the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 
35, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that 
Lebanon, Syria, and Iran should allow representatives of the 
International Committee of the Red Cross to visit the four Israelis, 
Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, Omar Souad, and Elchanan Tannenbaum, 
presently held by Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 649

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 649.

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