[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 112 (Monday, September 9, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8384-S8386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 155

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 155, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to eliminate an inequity in the applicability of 
early retirement eligibility requirements to military reserve 
technicians.


                                 S. 561

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 561, a bill to provide that 
the same health insurance premium conversion arrangements afforded to 
Federal employees be made available to Federal annuitants and members 
and retired members of the uniformed services.


                                 S. 572

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name 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. 611

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 611, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reduction 
in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses 
and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government 
pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total 
amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly 
pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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. 874

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 874, a bill to 
require health plans to include infertility benefits, and for other 
purposes.

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                                S. 1234

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1234, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to provide that certain sexual crimes 
against children are predicate crimes for the interception of 
communications, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1394

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) 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. 1605

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1605, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for payment under the Medicare Program 
for four hemodialysis treatments per week for certain patients, to 
provide for an increased update in the composite payment rate for 
dialysis treatments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1761

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1761, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for coverage of cholesterol and blood 
lipid screening under the medicare program.


                                S. 1785

  At the request of Mr. Cleland, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1785, a bill to urge the President to establish the 
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1867

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1867, a bill to 
establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2049

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2049, a bill to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to include a 12 month 
notification period before discontinuing a biological product, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2215

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2215, a bill to halt Syrian 
support for terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, stop its 
development of weapons of mass destruction, cease its illegal 
importation of Iraqi oil, and by so doing hold Syria accountable for 
its role in the Middle East, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2483

  At the request of Mr. Cleland, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2483, 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. 2505

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2505, a bill to promote 
the national security of the United States through international 
educational and cultural exchange programs between the United States 
and the Islamic world, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2533

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Cleland) 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. 2555

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2555, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary access to 
quality health care services under the medicare program.


                                S. 2596

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2596, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the financing of the Superfund.


                                S. 2602

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2602, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that remarriage of the 
surviving spouse of a veteran after age 55 shall not result in 
termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.


                                S. 2626

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 2735

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2735, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, to provide for the modification of airport 
terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for 
screening checked baggage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2739

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Nickles) and the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were added as cosponsors of S. 2739, a bill 
to provide for post-conviction DNA testing, to improve competence and 
performance of prosecutors, defense counsel, and trial judges handling 
State capital criminal cases, to ensure the quality of defense counsel 
in Federal capital cases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2770

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2770, a bill to amend the 
Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust the percentage 
differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain 
high-cost areas.


                                S. 2793

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2793, a bill to improve patient access to health 
care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the 
excessive burden the liability system places on the health care 
delivery system.


                                S. 2826

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2826, a bill to improve 
the national instant criminal background check system, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2841

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2841, a bill to adjust 
the indexing of multifamily mortgage limits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2869

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2869, a bill to 
facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue 
alternative measures required in the public interest to meet the needs 
of wireless telecommunications consumers.


                                S. 2908

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2908, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Defense to establish at least one Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Civil Support Team in each State, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Reid) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 11, a concurrent resolution

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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. 94

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 94, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that public awareness and 
education about the importance of health care coverage is of the utmost 
priority and that a National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month 
should be established to promote that awareness and education.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4508

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4508 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5005, 
a bill to establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4509

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4509 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5005, 
a bill to establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4510

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4510 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 5005, a bill to establish the 
Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

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