[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 76 (Tuesday, June 5, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5831-S5833]
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 California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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 Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) 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. 131

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 131, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to modify the annual determination of the 
rate of the basic benefit of active duty educational assistance under 
the Montgomery GI Bill, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 139

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 139, a bill to assist in the 
preservation of archaeological, paleontological, zoological, 
geological, and botanical artifacts through construction of a new 
facility for the University of Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt 
Lake City, Utah.


                                 S. 145

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett) 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. 155

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 252

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 252, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for 
State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 278

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


                                 S. 280

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 280, a bill to amend the Agriculture Marketing Act of 
1946 to require retailers of beef, lamb, pork, and perishable 
agricultural commodities to inform consumers, at the final point of 
sale to consumers, of the country of origin of the commodities.


                                 S. 281

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) 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. 283

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. 
Carnahan) were added as cosponsors of S. 283, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in 
managed care plans and other health coverage.


                                 S. 284

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. 
Carnahan) were added as cosponsors of S. 284, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to expand health 
care coverage for individuals.


                                 S. 305

  At the request of Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, the name of the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 305, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the reduction in the 
amount of Survivor Benefit Plan annuities at age 62.


                                 S. 318

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 318, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with 
respect to health insurance.


                                 S. 340

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 340, a bill to recruit 
and retain more qualified individuals to teach in Tribal Colleges or 
Universities.


                                 S. 409

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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. 543

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 567

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) 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. 611

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Delaware

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(Mr. Biden) 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. 662

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to furnish headstones or markers for marked graves of, or to 
otherwise commemorate, certain individuals.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) 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.


                                 S. 690

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 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. 697

  At the request of Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, his name 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. 721

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Cochran, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 721, supra.


                                 S. 731

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 731, a bill to ensure that military personnel do not lose the right 
to cast votes in elections in their domicile as a result of their 
service away from the domicile, to amend the Uniformed and Overseas 
Citizens Absentee Voting Act to extend the voter registration and 
absentee ballot protections for absent uniformed services personnel 
under such Act to State and local elections, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 742

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


                                 S. 778

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), and the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) were added as 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. 786

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Fitzgerald) were added as cosponsors of S. 786, a bill to designate 
certain Federal land in the State of Utah as wilderness, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 790

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 790, a bill to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to prohibit human cloning.


                                 S. 794

  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 794, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to facilitate electric cooperative participation in a 
competitive electric power industry.


                                 S. 805

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Bond) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 805, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular 
dystrophy, including Duchenne, Becker, limb girdle, congenital, 
facioscapulohumeral, myotonic, oculopharyngeal, distal, and emery-
dreifuss muscular dystrophies.


                                 S. 829

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), and the 
Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 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. 834

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 834, a bill to provide 
duty-free treatment for certain steam or other vapor generating boilers 
used in nuclear facilities.


                                 S. 839

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) 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 name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 847, a bill to impose 
tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates.


                                 S. 860

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 860, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of 
certain expenses of rural letter carriers.


                                 S. 866

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for a national media campaign to 
reduce and prevent underage drinking in the United States.


                                 S. 881

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


                                 S. 913

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 913, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under 
the medicare program of all oral anticancer drugs.


                                 S. 920

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 920, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against income 
tax to individuals who rehabilitate historic homes or who are the first 
purchasers of rehabilitated historic homes for use as a principal 
residence.


                                 S. 952

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. Carnahan) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 952, a bill to provide collective 
bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or 
their political subdivisions.


                                 S. 953

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Georgia

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(Mr. Miller) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 953, a bill to establish a Blue Ribbon Study Panel 
and an Election Administration Commission to study voting procedures 
and election administration, to provide grants to modernize voting 
procedures and election administration, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 957

  At the request of Mr. wellstone, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 957, a bill to 
provide certain safeguards with respect to the domestic steel industry.


                                 S. 964

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), 
the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Dayton), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards), the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), and 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 964, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to 
provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.


                              S.J. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 7, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the 
flag of the United States.
  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 7, supra.


                               S. RES. 16

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings), the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Kohl) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 16, a resolution designating 
August 16, 2001, as ``National Airborne Day''.


                               S. RES. 71

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), and the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 92

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 92, a resolution to designate the week begining June 3, 2001, 
as ``National Correctional Officers and Employees Week.''
  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. Carnahan), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Smith), 
the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Hollings), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), and the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 92, supra.


                               S. RES. 98

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 98, a resolution designating 
the period beginning on June 11 and ending on June 15, 2001 as 
``National Work Safe Week.''


                             S. CON. RES. 3

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 3, 
a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a 
commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of the U.S.S. 
Wisconsin and all those who served aboard her.


                            S. CON. RES. 24

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 24, a 
concurrent resolution expressing support for a National Reflex 
Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month.


                            S. CON. RES. 35

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), and 
the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 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.


                            S. CON. RES. 43

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 43, a concurrent resolution expressing the 
sense of the Senate regarding the Republic of Korea's ongoing practice 
of limiting United States motor vehicles access to its domestic market.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 424

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Daschle), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), 
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson), and the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. REID) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 424.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 426

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 426 intendent 
to be proposed to S. 1, an original bill to extend programs and 
activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 465

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Clinton) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 465.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 625

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 625.

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