[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 73 (Thursday, May 24, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5616-S5618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 29

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 29, 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. 37

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Murkowski) 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 Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 155

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) 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 Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 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. 217

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor 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. 281

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 281, a bill to authorize the design and 
construction of a temporary education center at the Vietnam Veterans 
Memorial.


                                 S. 291

  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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

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and to allow the State and local income tax deduction against the 
alternative minimum tax.


                                 S. 410

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 410, a bill to amend the 
Violence Against Women Act of 2000 by expanding legal assistance for 
victims of violence grant program to include assistance for victims of 
dating violence.


                                 S. 452

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Bond) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Campbell) were 
added as cosponsors 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.
  At the request of Mr. Allard, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
452, supra.


                                 S. 494

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 494, a bill to provide for a transition to 
democracy and to promote economic recovery in Zimbabwe.


                                 S. 572

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 572, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend modifications to DSH 
allotments provided under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits 
Improvement and Protection Act of 2000.


                                 S. 596

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 596, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives to encourage the 
production and use of efficient energy sources, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 597

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 597, a bill to provide for a 
comprehensive and balanced national energy policy.


                                 S. 656

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 656, a bill to provide for 
the adjustment of status of certain nationals of Liberia to that of 
lawful permanent residence.


                                 S. 657

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Miller), and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 657, a bill to authorize funding for the National 
4-H Program Centennial Initiative.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 661, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 4.3-cent motor fuel 
exercise taxes on railroads and inland waterway transportation which 
remain in the general fund of the Treasury.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 677, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to repeal the required use of certain principal repayments on mortgage 
subsidy bond financing to redeem bonds, to modify the purchase price 
limitation under mortgage subsidy bond rules based on median family 
income, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 677, supra.


                                 S. 686

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 
Hutchinson) were added as cosponsors of S. 686, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against tax for 
energy efficient appliances.


                                 S. 694

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) 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 South 
Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) 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.


                                 S. 742

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 742, a bill to provide for 
pension reform, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 776

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 776, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social 
Security Act to increase the floor for treatment as an extremely low 
DSH State to 3 percent in fiscal year 2002.


                                 S. 781

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 781, a bill to amend 
section 3702 of title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority 
for housing loans for members of the Selected Reserve.


                                 S. 788

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 788, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a National Organ and Tissue 
Donor Registry that works in conjunction with State organ and tissue 
donor registries, to create a public-private partnership to launch an 
aggressive outreach and education campaign about organ and tissue 
donation and the Registry, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 830

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 
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. 836

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 836, a bill to amend part C 
of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for coordination of 
implementation of administrative simplification standards for health 
care information.


                                 S. 850

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 850, a bill to expand the 
Federal tax refund intercept program to cover children who are not 
minors.


                                 S. 852

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 852, a bill to 
support the aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their 
distinct identity.


                                 S. 856

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 856, a bill to reauthorize the 
Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 866

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to amend 
the Public Health

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Service Act to provide for a national media campaign to reduce and 
prevent underage drinking in the United States.


                                 S. 906

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas), the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski), and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 906, a bill to provide for protection of gun owner 
privacy and ownership rights, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 90

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 90, a resolution 
designating June 3, 2001, as ``National Child's Day.''


                            S. CON. RES. 34

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 34, a concurrent 
resolution congratulating the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and 
Lithuania on the tenth anniversary of the reestablishment of their full 
independence.

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