[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3994-S3995]
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 Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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. 138

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 138, a bill to temporarily increase the 
Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid program.


                                 S. 140

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) 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. 202

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 202, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow as a deduction in determining 
adjusted gross income that deduction for expenses in connection with 
services as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the 
United States, to allow employers a credit against income tax with 
respect to employees who participate in the military reserve 
components, and to allow a comparable credit for participating reserve 
component self-employed individuals, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 215

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 215, a bill to 
authorize funding assistance for the States for the discharge of 
homeland security activities by the National Guard.


                                 S. 300

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Campbell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 300, a bill to award a 
congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in 
recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, and to express the 
sense of Congress that there should be a national day in recognition of 
Jackie Robinson.


                                 S. 349

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 349 , a bill 
to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 363

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 363, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social 
security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and 
surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions 
shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of 
the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension 
exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.


                                 S. 371

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 371, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to ensure an adequate supply vaccines.


                                 S. 380

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 380, a bill to amend 
chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to reform the funding of 
benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System for employees of the 
United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 437

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 437, a bill to provide for 
adjustments to the Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize the 
Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, to reauthorize and 
amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 448

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 448, a bill to leave no 
child behind.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, his name was added as a cosponsor 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. 464

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 464, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and expand the credit for 
electricity produced from renewable resources and waste products, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 480

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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 Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) 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. 530

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 530, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a disability or 
death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any 
of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employee's 
duty.


                                 S. 560

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


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare 
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill to authorize the 
Department of Energy to develop and implement an accelerated research 
and development program for advanced clean coal technologies for use in 
coal-based electricity generating facilities and to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide financial incentives to encourage the 
retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity 
generating facilities to protect the environment and improve efficiency 
and encourage the early commercial application of advanced clean coal 
technologies, so as to allow coal to help meet the growing need of the 
United States for the generation of reliable and affordable 
electricity.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 623, 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.

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                                 S. 640

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 640, a bill to amend 
subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
Code, to include Federal prosecutors within the definition of a law 
enforcement officer, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 650

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 650, a bill to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Food and Drug Administration to 
require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients.


                              S.J. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Reid), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 4, a joint resolution proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress 
to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.


                             S. CON. RES. 8

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Campbell) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 8, a concurrent 
resolution designating the second week in may each year as ``National 
Visiting Nurse Association Week.''


                               S. RES. 44

  At the request of Mr. Graham of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 44, a resolution designating the week beginning February 2, 2003, 
as ``National School Counseling Week.''


                               S. RES. 52

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 52, a resolution 
recognizing the social problem of child abuse and neglect, and 
supporting efforts to enhance public awareness of the problem.


                               S. RES. 58

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) and the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
58, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President 
should designate the week beginning June 1, 2003, as ``National Citizen 
Soldier Week.''


                               S. RES. 62

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 62, a resolution 
calling upon the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American 
Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for 
Human Rights, the European Union, and human rights activists throughout 
the world to take certain actions in regard to the human rights 
situation in Cuba.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 272

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 272 proposed to S. Con. Res. 23, 
an original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional 
budget for the United States Governments for fiscal year 2004 and 
including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for 
fiscal years 2005 through 2013.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 274

  At the request of Mr. Craig, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 274 proposed to S. Con. Res. 23, an original concurrent 
resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 274

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 274 proposed to S. Con. Res. 23, supra.

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