[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 145 (Tuesday, November 12, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10844-S10845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 29

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 29, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for 100 percent of the health 
insurance costs of self-employed individuals.


                                 S. 326

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 326, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 15 percent reduction 
in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health 
services and to permanently increase payments for such services that 
are furnished in rural areas.


                                 S. 830

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 830, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
development and operation of research centers regarding environmental 
factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.


                                S. 1248

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1248, a bill to establish 
a National Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to 
provide for the development of decent, safe, and affordable, housing 
for low-income families, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1291

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1291, a bill to amend the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
permit States to determine State residency for higher education 
purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
status of certain alien college-bound students who are long term United 
States residents.


                                S. 2008

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2008, a bill 
to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental 
activities.


                                S. 2085

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2085, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the definition of 
homebound with respect to home health services under the medicare 
program.


                                S. 2268

  At the request of Mr. Miller, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Thompson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2268, a bill to amend the Act establishing the 
Department of Commerce to protect manufacturers and sellers in the 
firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or 
foreign commerce.


                                S. 2489

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2489, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to assist 
family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite 
care, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2573

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2573, a bill to amend the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2714

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2714, a bill to 
extend and expand the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
of 2002.


                                S. 2826

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2826, a bill to improve the national 
instant criminal background check system, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2903

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2903, a bill to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to provide for a guaranteed adequate level of funding for 
veterans health care.


                                S. 3018

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3114

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3114, a bill to ensure 
that a public safety officer who suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke 
while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for 
purposes of public safety officer survivor benefits.


                                S. 3118

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3118, a bill to strengthen 
enforcement of provisions of the Animal Welfare Act relating to animal 
fighting, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 339

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 339, a 
resolution designating November 2002, as ``National Runaway Prevention 
Month''.


                            S. CON. RES. 94

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Vermont

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(Mr. Jeffords) 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.


                            S. CON. RES. 129

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Cleland), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Dewine), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 129, a concurrent resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress regarding the establishment of the 
month of November each year as ``Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 
Awareness Month''.


                            S. CON. RES. 138

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 138, a concurrent resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health And Human 
Services should conduct or support research on certain tests to screen 
for ovarian cancer, and Federal health care programs and group and 
individual health plans should cover the tests if demonstrated to be 
effective, and for other purposes.

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