[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 18, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8754-S8755]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 654

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654 , a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore, increase, and 
make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received 
under qualified group legal services plans.


                                 S. 710

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 710, a bill to require 
coverage for colorectal cancer screenings.


                                 S. 917

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) and the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as cosponsors 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. 987

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 987, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option 
to provide medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with 
HIV.


                                S. 1020

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1020, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of items and 
services provided to medicare beneficiaries residing in rural areas.


                                S. 1298

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1298, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with 
disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based 
attendant services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1394

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) 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. 1523

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1523, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                S. 1655

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1655, a bill 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain interstate 
conduct relating to exotic animals.


                                S. 1686

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as cosponsors 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. 1867

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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. 2022

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2022, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the unrelated business 
income limitation on investment in certain debt-financed properties.


                                S. 2027

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2027, a bill to implement 
effective measures to stop trade in conflict diamonds , and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2072

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2072, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option of 
covering intensive community mental health treatment under the Medicaid 
Program.


                                S. 2215

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) 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. 2328

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2328, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure a safe pregnancy 
for all women in the United States, to reduce the rate of maternal 
morbidity and mortality, to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in 
maternal health outcomes, to reduce pre-term, labor, to examine the 
impact of pregnancy on the short and long term health of women, to 
expand knowledge about the safety and dosing of drugs to treat pregnant 
women with chronic conditions and women who become sick during 
pregnancy, to expand public health prevention, education and outreach, 
and to develop improved and more accurate data collection related to 
maternal morbidity and mortality.


                                S. 2466

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2466, a bill to modify 
the contract consolidation requirements in the Small Business Act, and 
for other purposes.

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                                S. 2490

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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. 2512

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2512, a bill to provide 
grants for training court reporters and closed captioners to meet 
requirements for realtime writers under the Telecommunications Act of 
1996, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2557

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2557, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to Medicare+Choice 
plans for special needs medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2662

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2662, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the above-the-line 
deduction for teacher classroom supplies and to expand such deduction 
to include qualified professional development expenses.


                                S. 2674

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. Carnahan) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2674, a bill to improve access to health care 
medically underserved areas.


                                S. 2707

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2707, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide comprehensive pension protection for 
women.


                                S. 2753

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2753, a bill to provide 
for a Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman for Procurement in the 
Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2792

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2792, a bill to amend the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain authorities 
relating to the importation of municipal solid waste under the 
Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste 
between the United States and Canada.


                                S. 2892

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2892, a bill to provide 
economic security for America's workers.


                                S. 2898

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2898 , a bill 
for the relief of Jaya Gulab Tolani and Hitesh Gulab Tolani.


                              S. RES. 307

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S.Res. 307, A 
resolution reaffirming support of the Convention on the Prevention and 
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and anticipating the commemoration 
of the 15th anniversary of the enactment of the Genocide Convention 
Implementation Act of 1987 (the Proxmire Act) on November 4, 2003.


                              S. RES. 322

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S.Res. 322, A 
resolution designating November 2002, as ``National Epilepsy Awareness 
Month''.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Sessions) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4552

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4552 proposed 
to H.R. 5005, a bill to establish the Department of Homeland Security, 
and for other purposes.

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