[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 167 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12447-S12448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 321

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) 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.

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                                 S. 556

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) 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. 697

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) 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. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1067, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the availability of Archer 
medical savings accounts.


                                S. 1119

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1119, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Defense to carry out a study of the extent to the coverage 
of members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of the Armed 
Forces under health benefits plans and to submit a report on the study 
of Congress, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1379

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1379, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Rare 
Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1578

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1578, a bill to preserve 
the continued viability of the United States travel industry.


                                S. 1663

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1663, a bill to 
amend title 4, United States Code, to add National Korean War Veterans 
Armistice Day to the list of days on which the flag should especially 
be displayed.


                                S. 1678

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1678, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide that a member of the uniformed services or the Foreign 
Service shall be treated as using a principal residence while away from 
home on qualified official extended duty in determining the exclusion 
of gain from the sale of such residence.


                                S. 1679

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1679, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to accelerate the 
reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for medicare 
outpatient services.


                                S. 1707

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1707, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to specify 
the update for payments under the medicare physician fee schedule for 
2002 and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to conduct 
a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor 
in determining such update in subsequent years.
  At the request of Mr. Thomas, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1707, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald), and the 
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1707, 
supra.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1738, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, 
contracting flexibility, and education improvements under the medicare 
program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1745

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1745, a bill to delay 
until at least January 1, 2003, any changes in medicaid regulations 
that modify the medicaid upper payment limit for non-State Government-
owned or operated hospitals.


                                S. 1752

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1752, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to facilitating the 
development of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV and 
other sexually transmitted diseases.


                                S. 1765

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), and the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added as cosponsors of S. 1765, a bill 
to improve the ability of the United States to prepare for and respond 
to a biological threat or attack.


                              S.J. RES. 29

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 29, a joint 
resolution amending title 36, United States Code, to designate 
September 11 as Patriot Day.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2157

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2157 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3090, 
a bill to provide tax incentives for economic recovery.

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