[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 97 (Thursday, July 12, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7589-S7591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 131

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham) 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. 145

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 233

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 233, a bill to place a 
moratorium on executions by the Federal Government and urge the States 
to do the same, while a National Commission on the Death Penalty 
reviews the fairness of the imposition of the death penalty.


                                 S. 492

  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 492, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the alternative 
minimum tax on individuals.


                                 S. 494

  At the request of Mr. Biden, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
494, a bill to provide for a transition to democracy and to promote 
economic recovery in Zimbabwe.


                                 S. 531

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 531, a bill to promote 
recreation on Federal lakes, to require Federal agencies responsible 
for managing Federal lakes to pursue strategies for enhancing 
recreational experiences of the public, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) 
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. 570

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 570, a bill to establish 
a permanent Violence Against Women Office at the Department of Justice.


                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from Alabama

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(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 571, a bill to provide 
for the location of the National Museum of the United States Army.


                                 S. 583

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) 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. 624

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor standards Act of 1938 to provide to private sector employees 
the same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off and 
biweekly work programs as Federal employees currently enjoy to help 
balance the demands and needs of work and family, to clarify the 
provisions relating to exemptions of certain professionals from minimum 
wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 654

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) 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. 656

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 672

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 672, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the continued 
classification of certain aliens as children for purposes of that Act 
in cases where the aliens ``age-out'' while awaiting immigration 
processing, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 839

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), and 
the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were added as cosponsors 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. 910

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 910, a bill to 
provide certain safeguards with respect to the domestic steel industry.


                                 S. 932

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 932, a bill to amend 
the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish the conservation security 
program.


                                 S. 942

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) was added as a cosponsor of S. 942, a bill to 
authorize the supplemental grant for population increases in certain 
states under the temporary assistance to needy families program for 
fiscal year 2002.


                                 S. 992

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 992, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the provision taxing policy 
holder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and to repeal the 
policyholders surplus account provisions.


                                S. 1021

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1021, a bill to reauthorize 
the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2004.


                                S. 1042

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1042, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits for Filipino veterans 
of World War II, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1075

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1075, a bill to extend and 
modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program, to authorize a 
National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1087

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1087, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period of 
the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements.


                                S. 1088

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1088, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to facilitate the use of 
educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education 
leading to employment in high technology industry, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1090

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1090, a bill to 
increase, effective as of December 1, 2001, the rates of compensation 
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates 
dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain 
disabled veterans.


                                S. 1091

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1091, a bill to 
amend section 1116 of title 38, United States Code, to modify and 
extend authorities on the presumption of service-connection for 
herbicide-related disabilities of Vietnam era veterans, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1093

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1093, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to exclude certain income from 
annual income determinations for pension purposes, to limit provision 
of benefits for fugitive and incarcerated veterans, to increase the 
home loan guaranty amount for construction and purchase of homes, to 
modify and enhance other authorities relating to veterans' benefits, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1115

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1115, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of 
eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1135

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1135, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive reform of the 
medicare program, including the provision of coverage of outpatient 
prescription drugs under such program.


                                S. 1167

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1167, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the substitution of an 
alternative close family sponsor in the case of the death of the person 
petitioning for an alien's admission to the United States.


                              S. Res. 121

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), and the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 121, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the policy of the United 
States at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling 
Commission.

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                              S. Res. 128

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 128, a 
resolution calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China 
to immediately and unconditionally release Li Shaomin and all other 
American scholars of Chinese ancestry being held in detention, calling 
on the President of the United States to continue working on behalf of 
Li Shaomin and the other detained scholars for their release, and for 
other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 128, supra.


                             S. Con. Res. 3

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 28

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 28, a concurrent 
resolution calling for a United States effort to end restrictions on 
the freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people in the occupied 
area of Cyprus.


                            S. Con. Res. 53

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 53, 
concurrent resolution encouraging the development of strategies to 
reduce hunger and poverty, and to promote free market economies and 
democratic institutions, in sub-Saharan Africa.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 907

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from South Carolina 
(Mr. Hollings), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 907 intendent to be proposed to 
H.R. 2217, a bill making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2002, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 921

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 921 intendent to 
be proposed to H.R. 2217, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 922

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 922 intendent to 
be proposed to H.R. 2217, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.

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