[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3620-S3622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 15

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 15, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the payment of compensation 
for certain individuals with injuries resulting from the administration 
of smallpox countermeasures, to provide protections and countermeasures 
against chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents that may be used in a 
terrorist attack against the United States, and to improve immunization 
rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and 
clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program.


                                 S. 50

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 50, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for a guaranteed adequate level of 
funding for veterans health care, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 54

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 54, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide greater access to 
affordable pharmaceuticals.


                                 S. 120

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 120, a bill to eliminate 
the marriage tax penalty permanently in 2003.


                                 S. 120

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 120, supra.


                                 S. 140

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 140, a bill to 
amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness for 
certain loans to Head Start teachers.


                                 S. 171

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 171, a bill to amend the 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to medicare 
ambulance suppliers of the full costs of providing such services, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 227

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Allen) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 227, a bill to 
amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness for 
certain loans to certified or licensed teachers, to provide for grants 
that promote teacher certification and licensing, and for other 
purposes.

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                                 S. 238

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 238, a bill to reauthorize the Museum and 
Library Services Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 251

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 251, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 4.3-cent motor fuel excise 
taxes on railroads and inland waterway transportation which remain in 
the general fund of the Treasury.


                                 S. 252

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 252, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules relating to the 
replacement of livestock sold on account of weather-related conditions.


                                 S. 271

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) was added as a cosponsor of S. 271, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an additional advance refunding 
of bonds originally issued to finance governmental facilities used for 
essential governmental functions.


                                 S. 272

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 272, a bill to provide incentives for 
charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the 
public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance 
the ability of low income Americans to gain financial security by 
building assets, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 317

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 317, a bill to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide to private sector employees the 
same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off, biweekly 
work programs, and flexible credit hour programs as Federal employees 
currently enjoy to help balance the demands and needs for work and 
family, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 322

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 322, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain sightseeing flights 
from taxes on air transportation.


                                 S. 377

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 377, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to the United 
States.


                                 S. 392

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 392, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who 
have a service-connected disability to receive both military retired 
pay by reason of their years of military service and disability 
compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their 
disability.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 451, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic 
annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older, to provide for a one-
year open season under that plan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 457

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 457, a bill to remove the 
limitation on the use of funds to require a farm to feed livestock with 
organically produced feed to be certified as an organic farm.


                                 S. 471

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) was added as a cosponsor of S. 471, a bill to 
ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin, establish the 
Citizens Coinage Committee, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 480

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 480, a bill to 
provide competitive 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. 511

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 511, a bill to provide 
permanent funding for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes program, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 516

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 516, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, 
to allow the arming of pilots of cargo aircraft, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 529

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 529, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan 
Repayment Program established in the Public Health Service Act.


                                 S. 544

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 544, a bill to establish a SAFER 
Firefighter Grant Program.


                                 S. 560

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 560, a bill to impose 
tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates.


                                 S. 566

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 566, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for Alzheimer's disease research and 
demonstration grants.


                                 S. 585

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 585, 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. RES. 30

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 30, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the 
President should designate the week beginning September 14, 2003, as 
``National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week''.


                               S. RES. 46

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 46, a 
resolution designating March 31, 2003, as ``National Civilian 
Conservation Corps Day''.


                               S. RES. 48

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 48, a resolution 
designating April 2003 as ``Financial Literacy for Youth Month''.


                               S. RES. 70

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 70, a resolution designating the week beginning 
March 16, 2003 as ``National Safe Place Week''.


                               S. RES. 78

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma

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(Mr. Nickles) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 78, a resolution designating March 25, 2003, as 
``Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and 
American Democracy''.


                               S. RES. 79

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 79, a 
resolution designating the week of March 9 through March 15, 2003, as 
``National Girl Scout Week''.


                               S. RES. 79

  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 79, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 259

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 259 proposed to S. 3, a bill 
to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.

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