[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 19, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6448-S6450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 127

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 127, a bill to give 
American companies, American workers, and American ports the 
opportunity to compete in the United States cruise market.


                                 S. 170

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) 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. 312

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 312, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
tax relief

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for farmers and fishermen, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 318

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 321

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 321, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide families of disabled 
children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under the medicaid 
program for such children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 345

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Campbell), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), and the Senator 
from Arizona (Mr. McCain) were added as cosponsors of S. 345, a bill to 
amend the Animal Welfare Act to strike the limitation that permits 
interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to 
States in which animal fighting is lawful.


                                 S. 347

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 347, a bill to amend the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 to improve the processes for listing, 
recovery planning, and delisting, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 392

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 392, a bill to grant a Federal Charter to Korean War 
Veterans Association, Incorporated, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 454

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Campbell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 454, a bill to provide 
permanent funding for the Bureau of Land Management Payment in Lieu of 
Taxes program and for other purposes.


                                 S. 530

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 530, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year extension of the 
credit for producing electricity from wind. .


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor 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. 550

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 550, a bill to amend part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide equitable access for 
foster care and adoption services for Indian children in tribal areas.


                                 S. 556

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 556, a bill to 
amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 583

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 583, a bill to 
amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to improve nutrition assistance for 
working families and the elderly, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 611

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 651

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 651, a bill 
to provide for the establishment of an assistance program for health 
insurance consumers.


                                 S. 654

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore, increase, and make permanent 
the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified 
group legal services plans.


                                 S. 657

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson), and the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 657, a 
bill to authorize funding for the National 4-H Program Centennial 
Initiative.


                                 S. 688

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 688, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, relating to the airport noise and access 
review program.


                                 S. 697

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham) 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. 718

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill to 
direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish 
a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the 
use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 721

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) 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. 805

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) 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. 824

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 824, a bill to establish an 
informatics grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.


                                 S. 837

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 837, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a safe harbor for determining 
that certain individuals are not employees.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 847, a bill to impose tariff-rate quotas on certain 
casein and milk protein concentrates.


                                 S. 859

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 859, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to establish a mental health community education program, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 860

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors 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.

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                                 S. 871

  At the request of Mr. Cleland, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 871, a bill to amend chapter 
83 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the computation of 
annuities for air traffic controllers in a similar manner as the 
computation of annuities for law enforcement officers and firefighters.


                                 S. 917

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 917, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful 
discrimination and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay 
awards received on account of such claims, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 940

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 940, a bill to leave no 
child behind.


                                S. 1014

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1014, a bill to 
amend the Social Security Act to enhance privacy protections for 
individuals, to prevent fraudulent misuse of the Social Security 
account number, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1030

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1030, a bill to improve 
health care in rural areas by amending title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act and the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1037

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1037, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for 
members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty while on active 
duty, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1041

  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1041, a bill to establish a program for an information clearinghouse 
to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.


                                S. 1050

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1050, a bill to 
protect infants who are born alive.


                            S. CON. RES. 35

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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. 37

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 37, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress on the 
importance of promoting electronic commerce, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 45

  At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 45 , a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Humane 
Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 should be fully enforced so as to 
prevent needless suffering of animals.

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