[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 150 (Tuesday, November 19, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11574-S11575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 145

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 145, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to increase to parity with other 
surviving spouses the basic annuity that is provided under the 
uniformed services Survivor Benefit Plan for surviving spouses who are 
at least 62 years of age, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 776

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


                                 S. 917

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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. 1203

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1203, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide housing loan benefits for the 
purchase of residential cooperative apartment units.


                                S. 1221

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1221, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to establish an additional basis for 
establishing the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary 
medical care, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1375

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1375, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free distributions from 
individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.


                                S. 1506

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1506, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the 
requirement for reduction of SBP survivor annuities by dependency and 
indemnity compensation.


                                S. 1860

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 2562

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2562, a bill to expand research 
regarding inflammatory bowel disease, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2933

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), and the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2933, a bill to 
promote elder justice, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3004

  At the request of Mr. Helms, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3004, a bill to 
eliminate the Federal quota and price support programs for certain 
tobacco, to compensate quota owners and holders for the loss of tobacco 
quota asset value, to establish a tobacco community reinvestment 
program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3074

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3074, a bill to provide 
bankruptcy judgeships.


                                S. 3094

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3094, a bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 to clarify the rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and 
loan deficiency payments for other oilseeds, dry peas, lentils, and 
small chickpeas.


                                S. 3114

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, her name 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. 3125

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3125, a bill 
to designate ``God Bless America'' as the national song of the United 
States.


                                S. 3125

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3125, supra.


                              S. RES. 339

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


                             S. CON. RES. 3

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 3, a concurrent resolution expressing the 
sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued 
in honor of the U.S.S. Wisconsin and all those who served aboard her.


                            S. CON. RES. 157

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 157, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that United States 
Diplomatic missions should provide the full and complete protection of 
the United States to certain citizens of the United States living 
abroad.

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