[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 57 (Wednesday, April 9, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5059-S5061]
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 Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) 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

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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. 68

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 68, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve benefits for Filipino veterans of 
World War II, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 196

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 196, a bill to establish a digital and 
wireless network technology program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 215

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) 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. 243

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 243, a bill 
concerning participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization.


                                 S. 243

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 243, supra.


                                 S. 317

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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. 538

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 538, 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. 616

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 616, a bill to amend the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the quantity of mercury in the 
environment by limiting the use of mercury fever thermometers and 
improving the collection and proper management of mercury, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to amend the 
National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
carry out a study on the feasibility of designating the Trail of the 
Ancients as a national historic trail.


                                 S. 664

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 664, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
research credit, to increase the rates of the alternative incremental 
credit, and to provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified 
research expenses.


                                 S. 678

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 678, a bill to amend 
chapter 10 of title 39, United States Code, to include postmasters and 
postmasters organizations in the process for the development and 
planning of certain policies, schedules, and programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 703

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) were added as cosponsors of S. 703, 
a bill to designate the regional headquarters building for the National 
Park Service under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the ``Carl T. 
Curtis National Park Service Midwest Regional Headquarters Building''.


                                 S. 726

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 726, a bill to 
treat the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November as a legal 
public holiday for purposes of Federal employment, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 758

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 758, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
certain energy-efficient property.


                                 S. 760

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 760, a bill to implement 
effective measures to stop trade in conflict diamonds, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 780

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Campbell), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen) and the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were added as cosponsors of S. 780, a bill to 
award a congressional gold medal to Chief Phillip Martin of the 
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.


                                 S. 796

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 796, a bill to provide for the 
appointment of a Director of State and Local Government Coordination 
within the Department of Homeland Security and to transfer the Office 
for Domestic Preparedness to the Office of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security.


                                 S. 805

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to 
enhance the rights of crime victims, to establish grants for local 
governments to assist crime victims, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 811

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 811, a bill to support certain 
housing proposals in the fiscal year 2003 budget for the Federal 
Government, including the downpayment assistance initiative under the 
HOME Investment Partnership Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 816

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 816, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of 
medicare beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural 
areas, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 822

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 822, a bill to create a 3-
year pilot program that makes small, non-profit child care businesses 
eligible for SBA 504 loans.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 823, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the expeditious 
coverage of new medical technology under the medicare program, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 825

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 825, a bill to 
amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect pension benefits of employees 
in defined benefit plans and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to 
enforce the age discrimination requirements of the Internal Revenue 
Code 1986.

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                              S.J. RES. 1

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 1, a joint resolution 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
protect the rights of crime victims.


                              S.J. RES. 8

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 8, a joint 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to raising 
awareness and encouraging prevention of sexual assault in the United 
States and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault 
Awareness and Prevention Month.


                             S. CON. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 7, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the sharp escalation 
of anti-Semitic violence within many participating States of the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is of 
profound concern and efforts should be undertaken to prevent future 
occurrences.


                            S. CON. RES. 31

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator from 
New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 31, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the outrage of Congress at the treatment of 
certain American prisoners of war by the Government of Iraq.


                            S. CON. RES. 31

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Con. Res. 31, supra.

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