[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 30, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5541-S5543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 56

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 56, a bill to restore 
health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services.


                                 S. 138

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 138, a bill to 
temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the 
medicaid program.

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                                 S. 196

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 196, a 
bill to establish a digital and wireless network technology program, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 196

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 196, supra.


                                 S. 243

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 243, a bill concerning 
participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization.


                                 S. 253

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 253, a bill 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified current and 
former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the 
carrying of concealed handguns.


                                 S. 269

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 269, a bill to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to further the conservation of certain 
wildlife species.


                                 S. 300

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 300, a bill to award a 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. 300

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), 
the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) , the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 300, supra.


                                 S. 310

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 310, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family 
therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of 
the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 363

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 374

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 374, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to repeal the occupational taxes relating to distilled spirits, wine, 
and beer.


                                 S. 395

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 395, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 3-year extension of the 
credit for producing electricity from wind.


                                 S. 448

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 448, a bill to leave no child behind.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the 
Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added as cosponsors of S. 459, 
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. 460

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 460, a bill to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2010 to carry out the State Criminal 
Alien Assistance Program.


                                 S. 466

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 466, a bill to provide 
financial assistance to State and local governments to assist them in 
preventing and responding to acts of terrorism in order to better 
protect homeland security.


                                 S. 470

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 470, a bill to 
extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to Martin 
Luther King, Jr.


                                 S. 517

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S . 517, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide improved benefits for 
veterans who are former prisoners of war.


                                 S. 544

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, his name 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 North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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 names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient rehabilitation 
therapy caps.


                                 S. 596

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 596, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the investment of foreign 
earnings within the United States for productive business investments 
and job creation.


                                 S. 597

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 597 , a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide energy tax incentives.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 626, a bill to 
reduce the amount of paperwork for special education teachers, to make 
mediation mandatory for all legal disputes related to individualized 
education programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 641

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 641, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to support the Federal Excess Personal Property 
program of the Forest Service by making it a priority of the Department 
of Defense to transfer to the Forest Service excess personal property 
of the Department of Defense that is suitable to be loaned to rural 
fire departments.


                                 S. 654

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance the access of 
medicare beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to 
critical primary and preventive health care benefits, to improve

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the Medicare+Choice program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 665

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added as cosponsors of S. 665, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief 
for farmers and fisherman, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 686

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 686, a bill to provide 
assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize the funding of 
regional poison control centers.


                                 S. 756

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 756, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the qualified small issue bond 
provisions.


                                 S. 764

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 764, a bill to extend the 
authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 774, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the use of completed contract 
method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel 
construction contracts.


                                 S. 796

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor 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. 822

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 827

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 827, a bill 
to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance 
for nutrient removal technologies to States in the Chesapeake Bay 
watershed.


                                 S. 829

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 829, a bill 
to reauthorize and improve the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration 
and Protection Program.


                                 S. 838

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 838, a bill to waive the limitation on the use of 
funds appropriated for the Homeland Security Grant Program.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 847, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social 
Security Act to permit States the option to provide medicaid coverage 
for low income individuals infected with HIV.


                                 S. 862

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 862, a bill to 
promote the adoption of children with special needs.


                                 S. 888

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 888, a bill to reauthorize the Museum 
and Library Services Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 890

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 890, a bill to amend 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide grants to 
State educational agencies to establish high cost funds from which 
local educational agencies are paid a percentage of the costs of 
providing a free appropriate public education to high need children and 
other high costs associated with educating children with disabilities, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 896

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 896, a bill to establish a 
public education and awareness program relating to emergency 
contraception.


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 908, a bill to establish the 
United States Consensus Council to provide for a consensus building 
process in addressing national public policy issues, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 939

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 939, a bill to amend part B of 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal 
funding of such part, to provide an exception to the local maintenance 
of effort requirements, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 14

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 14, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the 
education curriculum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.


                            S. CON. RES. 26

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 26, a 
concurrent resolution condemning the punishment of execution by stoning 
as a gross violation of human rights, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 75

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 75, a resolution 
commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice made by 
the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as law 
enforcement officers.


                               S. RES. 75

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 75, supra.


                              S. RES. 125

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 125, a resolution 
designating April 28, 2003, through May 2, 2003, as ``National Charter 
Schools Week'', and for other purposes.

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