[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 95 (Monday, July 15, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6808-S6810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 490

  At the request of Mr. Edwards, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 490, a bill to provide 
grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that law enforcement 
officers employed by such agencies are afforded due process when 
involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or 
transfer.


                                 S. 554

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 554, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand medicare 
coverage of certain self-injected biologicals.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 701

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 701, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the 
charitable deduction for conservation contributions of land by eligible 
farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 913

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 913, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for coverage under the medicare program of all 
oral anticancer drugs.


                                 S. 917

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 917, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts 
received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination 
and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received 
on account of such claims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1042

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) 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. 1394

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1394, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare 
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                S. 1581

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1581, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a business deduction for the 
purchase and installation of qualifying security enhancement property.


                                S. 1678

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1686

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island

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(Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1686, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by 
limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required 
to work in certain providers of services to which payments are made 
under the medicare program.


                                S. 1868

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1868, a bill to establish 
a national center on volunteer and provider screening to reduce sexual 
and other abuse of children, the elderly, and individuals with 
disabilities.


                                S. 2204

  At the request of Mr. Edwards, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2204, to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to improve treatment for the mental health and 
substance abuse needs of women with histories of trauma, including 
domestic and sexual violence.


                                S. 2219

  At the request of Mr. Edwards, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2219, a bill to provide for 
compassionate payments with regard to individuals who contracted the 
human immunodeficiency virus due to provision of a contaminated blood 
transfusion, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2425

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2425, a bill to prohibit 
United States assistance and commercial arms exports to countries and 
entities supporting international terrorism.


                                S. 2480

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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. 2528

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) 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. 2533

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. Carnahan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2533, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for miscellaneous 
enhancements in Social Security benefits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2559

  At the request of Mr. Edwards, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2559, a bill to expand 
research for women in trauma.


                                S. 2611

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2611, a bill to reauthorize the 
Museum and Library Services Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2613

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2626

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2626, a bill to 
protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration 
with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.


                                S. 2647

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) 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. 2663

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2663, a bill to permit the 
designation of Israeli-Turkish qualifying industrial zones.


                                S. 2671

  At the request of Mr. Edwards, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2671, a bill to amend the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide for child 
care quality improvements for children with disabilities or other 
special needs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2672

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2672, a bill to provide 
opportunities for collaborative restoration projects on National Forest 
System and other public domain lands, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2714

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2714, a bill to extend and expand the 
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.


                                S. 2715

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2715, a bill to provide an additional 
extension of the period of availability of unemployment assistance 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief an Emergency Assistance 
Act in the case of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001.


                              S. RES. 242

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Helms), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Fitzgerald) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 242, a resolution designating August 16, 2002, as 
``National Airborne Day''.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 11, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress to fully use the 
powers of the Federal Government to enhance the science base required 
to more fully develop the field of health promotion and disease 
prevention, and to explore how strategies can be developed to integrate 
lifestyle improvement programs into national policy, our health care 
system, schools, workplaces, families and communities.


                            S. CON. RES. 107

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 107, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Federal land 
management agencies should fully support the Western Governors 
Association ``Collaborative 10-year Strategy for Reducing Wildland Fire 
Risks to Communities and the Environment'', as signed August 2001, to 
reduce the overabundance of forest fuels that place national resources 
at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National 
prescribed Fire Strategy that minimizes risks of escape.


                            S. CON. RES. 122

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) 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.

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                           AMENDMENT NO. 4235

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4235 intended to be 
proposed to S. 2673, an original bill to improve quality and 
transparency in financial reporting and independent audits and 
accounting services for public companies, to create a Public Company 
Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the standard setting process for 
accounting practices, to strengthen the independence of firms that 
audit public companies, to increase corporate responsibility and the 
usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the 
objectivity and independence of securities analysts, to improve 
Securities and Exchange Commission resources and oversight, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4240

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4240 intended to be 
proposed to S. 2673, an original bill to improve quality and 
transparency in financial reporting and independent audits and 
accounting services for public companies, to create a Public Company 
Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the standard setting process for 
accounting practices, to strengthen the independence of firms that 
audit public companies, to increase corporate responsibility and the 
usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the 
objectivity and independence of securities analysts, to improve 
Securities and Exchange Commission resources and oversight, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4241

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
ensign) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4241 intended to be 
proposed to S. 2673, an original bill to improve quality and 
transparency in financial reporting and independent audits and 
accounting services for public companies, to create a Public Company 
Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the standard setting process for 
accounting practices, to strengthen the independence of firms that 
audit public companies, to increase corporate responsibility and the 
usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the 
objectivity and independence of securities analysts, to improve 
Securities and Exchange Commission resources and oversight, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4283

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4283 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2673, an original bill to improve quality and 
transparency in financial reporting and independent audits and 
accounting services for public companies, to create a Public Company 
Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the standard setting process for 
accounting practices, to strengthen the independence of firms that 
audit public companies, to increase corporate responsibility and the 
usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the 
objectivity and independence of securities analysts, to improve 
Securities and Exchange Commission resources and oversight, and for 
other purposes.

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