[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 107 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8353-S8354]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 145

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. Carnahan) 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. 159

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 159, a bill to elevate the 
Environmental Protection Agency to a cabinet level department, to 
redesignate the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of 
Environmental Protection Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 318

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 356

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 356, a bill to 
establish a National Commission on the Bicentennial of the Louisiana 
Purchase.


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) 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. 543

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) 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 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) 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. 571

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) 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 Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 836

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 836, a bill to amend part 
C of title XI of the Social Security Act to

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provide for coordination of implementation of administrative 
simplification standards for health care information.


                                 S. 839

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) 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. 852

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


                                 S. 940

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


                                 S. 952

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) 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. 961

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) was added as a cosponsor of S. 961, a bill to 
promote research to identify and evaluate the health effects of breast 
implants; to ensure that women receive accurate information about such 
implants and to encourage the Food and Drug Administration to 
thoroughly review the implant manufacturers' standing with the agency.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to 
be issued to members of the Armed Forces who participated in operations 
in Korea after the end of the Korean War.


                                S. 1030

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) 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. 1044

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1044, a bill 
to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance 
for nutrient removal technologies to States in the Chesapeake Bay 
watershed.


                                S. 1066

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1066, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to establish procedures for determining payment amounts 
for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests for which payment is made 
under the medicare program.


                                S. 1083

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1083, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude clinical social 
worker services from coverage under the medicare skilled nursing 
facility prospective payment system.


                                S. 1084

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1084, a bill to prohibit the importation 
into the United States of diamonds unless the countries exporting the 
diamonds have in place a system of controls on rough diamonds, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1087

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) 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. 1256

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1256, a bill to provide for the 
reauthorization of the breast cancer research special postage stamp, 
and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 138

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 138, a resolution 
designating the month of September as ``National Prostate Cancer 
Awareness Month.''


                             S. CON. RES. 3

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


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1132

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1132 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2299, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.

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