[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 88 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6250-S6252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 326

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 326, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 15 
percent reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system 
for home health services and to permanently increase payments for such 
services that are furnished in rural areas.


                                 S. 346

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 346, a bill to amend 
chapter 3 of title 28, United States Code, to divide the Ninth Judicial 
Circuit of the United States into two circuits, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 454

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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. 572

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 572, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to extend modifications to DSH 
allotments provided under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits 
Improvement and Protection Act of 2000.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mr. Frist, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
677, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 
required use of certain principal repayments on mortgage subsidy bond 
financing to redeem bonds, to modify the purchase price limitation 
under mortgage subsidy bond rules based on median family income, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) 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. 1156

  At the request of Mr. Smith of Oregon, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1156, a bill to 
amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed 
electric bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act.


                                S. 1220

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1220, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program for the 
rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track.


                                S. 1339

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr.

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Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1339, a bill to amend the Bring 
Them Home Alive Act of 2000 to provide an asylum program with regard to 
American Persian Gulf War POW/MIAs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1379

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) 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. 1394

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1394, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy 
caps.


                                S. 1476

  At the request of Mr. Cleland, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1476, a bill to 
authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress 
to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow 
Coretta Scott King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation 
on behalf of the civil rights movement.


                                S. 1777

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1777, a bill to 
authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign 
countries, including victims of landmines and other victims of civil 
strife and warfare, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2013

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2013, a bill to clarify the authority of the Secretary of 
Agriculture to prescribe performance standards for the reduction of 
pathogens in meat, meat products, poultry, and poultry products 
processed by establishments receiving inspection services.


                                S. 2055

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2055, a bill to make grants 
to train sexual assault nurse examiners, law enforcement personnel, and 
first responders in the handling of sexual assault cases, to establish 
minimum standards for forensic evidence collection kits, to carry out 
DNA analyses of samples from crime scenes, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2428

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2428, a bill to amend the 
National Sea Grant College Program Act.


                                s. 2438

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. Carnahan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2438, a bill to amend 
the Truth in Lending Act to protect consumers against predatory 
practices in connection with high cost mortgage transactions, to 
strengthen the civil remedies available to consumers under existing 
law, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2455

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2455, a bill to amend the 
Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory 
compliance assistance to small business concerns, and for other 
purposes.


                                s. 2480

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2480, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers from state 
laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns.


                                s. 2490

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2490, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the quality of, 
and access to, skilled nursing facility services under the medicare 
program.


                                s. 2513

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2513, a bill to asses the extent of the 
backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples, and to improve 
investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA 
evidence.


                                s. 2528

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2528, a bill to establish a 
National Drought Council within the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, to improve national drought preparedness, mitigation, and 
response efforts, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2536

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2536, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify that section 1927 of 
that Act does not prohibit a State from entering into drug rebate 
agreements in order to make outpatient prescription drugs accessible 
and affordable for residents of the State who are not otherwise 
eligible for medical assistance under the medicaid program.


                                s. 2570

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2570, a bill 
to temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for 
the medicaid program, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2613

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2613, a bill to 
amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 
of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically black 
colleges and universities, to decrease the cost-sharing requirement 
relating to the additional appropriations, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2622

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2622, a bill to authorize 
the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress 
to Joseph A. De Laine in recognition of his contributions to the 
Nation.


                                s. 2633

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), and the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2633, a bill to 
prohibit an individual from knowingly opening, maintaining, managing, 
controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting 
from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using 
any controlled substance, and for other purpose.


                                s. 2637

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Gramm) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2637, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 to protect the health benefits of retired 
miners and to restore stability and equity to the financing of the 
United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund and 1992 Benefit 
Plan by providing additional sources of revenue to the Fund and Plan, 
and for other purposes.


                                s. 2647

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2647, a bill to require that 
activities carried out by the United States in Afghanistan relating to 
governance, reconstruction and development, and refugee relief and 
assistance will support the basic human rights of women and women's 
participation and leadership in these areas.


                              s. res. 266

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 266, a 
resolution designating October 10, 2002, as ``Put the Brakes on 
Fatalities Day.''

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                              s. res. 284

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 284, a resolution 
expressing support for ``National Night Out'' and requesting that the 
President make neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and 
reduction of school crime important priorities of the Administration.


                            s. con. res. 119

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Miller), and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 119, a concurrent 
resolution honoring the United States Marines killed in action during 
World War II while participating in the 1942 raid on Makin Atoll in the 
Gilbert Islands and expressing the sense of Congress that a site in 
Arlington National Cemetery, near the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial 
at the corner of Memorial and Farragut Drives, should be provided for a 
suitable monument to the Marine Raiders.


                            s. con. res. 121

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Campbell) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 121, a concurrent resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress that there should be established a 
National Health Center Week for the week beginning on August 18, 2002, 
to raise awareness of health services provided by community, migrant, 
public housing, and homeless health centers.


                            s. con. res. 122

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 122, a concurrent resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress that security, reconciliation, and 
prosperity for all Cypriots can be best achieved within the context of 
membership in the European Union which will provide significant rights 
and obligations for all Cypriots, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 3922

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3922 
proposed to S. 2514, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for 
the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 3983

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3983 intended to be proposed to S. 2514, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for 
other purposes.


                           amendment no. 4094

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4094 proposed to 
S. 2514, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 4134

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4134 proposed to 
S. 2514, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 4143

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4143 proposed 
to S. 2514, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the 
Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

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