[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 26 (Monday, March 11, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1732-S1733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 121

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 121, a bill to establish an Office of 
Children's Services within the Department of Justice to coordinate and 
implement Government actions involving unaccompanied alien children, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 500

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 500, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 in order to require the Federal 
Communications Commission to fulfill the sufficient universal service 
support requirements for high cost areas, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 661, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 4.3-cent motor fuel excise 
taxes on railroads and inland waterway transportation which remain in 
the general fund of the Treasury.


                                 S. 946

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 946, a bill to establish an 
Office on Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human 
Services.


                                 S. 992

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) 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. 1022

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1022, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military 
retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to 
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                S. 1644

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1644, a bill to 
further the protection and recognition of veterans' memorials, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1707

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) 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.


                                S. 1818

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1818, a bill to ensure that a Federal 
employee who takes leave without pay in order to perform service as a 
member of the uniformed services or member of the National Guard shall 
continue to receive pay and allowances such individual is receiving for 
such service, will be no less than the basic pay such individual would 
then be receiving if no interruption in employment had occurred.


                                S. 1828

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1828, a bill to amend 
subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
Code, to include Federal prosecutors within the definition of a law 
enforcement officer, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1991

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1991, to 
establish a national rail passenger transportation system, reauthorize 
Amtrak, improve security and service on Amtrak, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2003

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2003, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the applicability of the 
prohibition on assignment of veterans benefits to agreements regarding 
future receipt of compensation, pension, or dependency and indemnity 
compensation, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 218

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Connecticut

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(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 218, a resolution 
designating the week beginning March 17, 2002, as ``National Safe Place 
Week''.

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