[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 127 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9846-S9847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 710

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


                                 S. 724

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. Carnahan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 724, a bill to amend 
title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of 
pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women.


                                 S. 885

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) 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 Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) 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. 1022

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1022, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military 
retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to 
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                S. 1140

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1140, a bill to amend 
chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code, to provide for greater 
fairness in the arbitration process relating to motor vehicle franchise 
contracts.


                                S. 1140

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1140, supra.


                                S. 1761

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1860

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1860, a bill to reward 
the hard work and risk of individuals who choose to live in and help 
preserve America's small, rural towns, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1967

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1967, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve outpatient vision services 
under part B of the medicare program.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2067, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance the access of 
medicare beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to 
critical primary and preventive health care benefits, to improve the 
Medicare+Choice program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2072

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 2082

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2082, a bill 
to modify the application of the antitrust laws to permit collective 
development and implementation of a standard contract form for 
playwrights for the licensing of their plays.


                                S. 2215

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 2246

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2246, a bill to improve 
access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other 
persons with print disabilities in elementary and secondary schools, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2528

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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.

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                                S. 2547

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2547, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair payments 
under the medicare hospital outpatient department prospective payment 
system.


                                S. 2583

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2583, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 
the management of health care services for veterans to place certain 
low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category.


                                S. 2613

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) 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. 2645

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2645, a bill to 
establish the Director of National Intelligence as head of the 
intelligence community, to modify and enhance authorities and 
responsibilities relating to the administration of intelligence and the 
intelligence community, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2674

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2674, a bill to 
improve access to health care medically underserved areas.


                                S. 2793

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2816

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2816, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to improve tax equity for military personnel, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2869

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 2969

  At the request of Mr. Craig, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2969, a bill to provide for improvement of Federal education research, 
statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2990

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2990, a bill to provide for programs and 
activities to improve the health of Hispanic individuals, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3013

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3013, a bill to amend the Balanced Budget Act 
of 1997 to extend and modify the reimbursement of State and local funds 
expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented 
aliens.


                                S. 3018

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Jeffords) were added as cosponsors of S. 3018, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary access to 
quality health care services under the medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 270

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 270, a resolution 
designating the week of October 13, 2002, through October 19, 2002, as 
``National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week.''


                              S. RES. 307

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 
Landrieu) were added as cosponsors 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. 321

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 321, a 
resolution commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Founding of the 
American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC).


                            S. CON. RES. 142

  At the request of Mr. Smith of Oregon, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), 
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 
Landrieu), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 142, a concurrent 
resolution expressing support for the goals and ideas of a day of 
tribute to all firefighters who have died in the line of duty and 
recognizing the important mission of the Fallen Firefighters Foundation 
in assisting family members to overcome the loss of their fallen 
heroes.

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