[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 25, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9229-S9231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 710

  At the request of Mr. Smith of Oregon, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 710, a bill to require coverage for colorectal cancer 
screenings.


                                 S. 732

  At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 732, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the depreciation recovery 
period for certain restaurant buildings, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 776

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 776, a bill 
to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the floor for 
treatment as an extremely low DSH State to 3 percent in fiscal year 
2002.


                                 S. 858

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 858, a bill to amend 
title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small business with 
respect to medical care for their employees.


                                 S. 885

  At the request of Mr. Cleland, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr.

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Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 885, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to provide for national standardized payment 
amounts for inpatient hospital services furnished under the medicare 
program.


                                 S. 917

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) 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. 940

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 940, a bill to leave no 
child behind.


                                S. 1115

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1115, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the 
goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1304

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1304, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for coverage under the medicare program of oral 
drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in dialysis patients with end-
stage renal disease.


                                S. 1394

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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. 1626

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1626, a bill to provide disadvantaged children with 
access to dental services.


                                S. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1651, a bill to 
establish the United States Consensus Council to provide for a 
consensus building process in addressing national public policy issues, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1746

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1746, a bill to amend the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to 
strengthen security at sensitive nuclear facilities.


                                S. 2499

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2499, A Bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish labeling 
requirements regarding allergenic substances in food, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2573

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2573, a bill to amend the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2750

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2750, a bill to 
improve the provision of telehealth services under the medicare 
program, to provide grants for the development of telehealth networks, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2758

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2758, a bill entitled 
``The Child Care and Development Block Grant Amendments Act''.


                                S. 2790

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2790, a bill to provide 
lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National 
Forest System.


                                S. 2844

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2844, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide a tax incentive to individuals teaching in 
elementary and secondary schools located in rural or high unemployment 
areas and to individuals who achieve certification from the National 
Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2847

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2847, a bill to 
assist in the conservation of cranes by supporting and providing, 
through projects of persons and organizations with expertise in crane 
conservation, financial resources for the conservation programs of 
countries the activities of which directly or indirectly affect cranes.


                                S. 2855

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2855, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the qualified medicare 
beneficiary (QMB) and special low-income medicare beneficiary (SLMB) 
programs within the medicaid program.


                                S. 2892

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2892, a bill to provide 
economic security for America's workers.


                                S. 2965

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2965, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
improve the quality of care for cancer, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2990

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2990, a bill to 
provide for programs and activities to improve the health of Hispanic 
individuals, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 239

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 239, A resolution 
recognizing the lack of historical recognition of the gallant exploits 
of the officers and crew of the S.S. Henry Bacon, a Liberty ship that 
was sunk February 23, 1945, in the waning days of World War II.


                              S. RES. 270

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 270, A resolution designating the 
week of October 13, 2002, through October 19, 2002, as ``National 
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week''.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) 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. 145

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 
145, A concurrent resolution recognizing and commending Mary Baker 
Eddy's achievements and the Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment 
of Humanity.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4543

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of

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amendment No. 4543 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5093, a bill making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4544

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4544 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 5093, a bill making appropriations for 
the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4545

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4545 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 5093, a bill making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2003, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4546

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4546 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 5093, a bill making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2003, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4699

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. 
Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4699 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 5005, a bill to establish the Department of Homeland 
Security, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4731

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4731 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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