[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 70 (Monday, May 12, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6029-S6030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 53

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 53, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow small business employers a 
credit against income tax for employee health insurance expenses paid 
or incurred by the employer.


                                 S. 253

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Talent) 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. 470

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 470, a bill to extend the authority for the 
construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.


                                 S. 518

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) 
and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) were added as cosponsors of S. 
518, a bill to increase the supply of pancreatic islet cells for 
research, to provide better coordination of Federal efforts and 
information on islet cell transplantation, and to collect the data 
necessary to move islet cell transplantation from an experimental 
procedure to a standard therapy.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) 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. 575

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 575, a bill to 
amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the support of 
Native American language survival schools, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 596

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) 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. 601

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 601, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin House National 
Historic Site in Oregon City, Oregon, for inclusion in the Fort 
Vancouver National Historic Site, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                                 S. 632

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand coverage of medical 
nutrition therapy services under the medicare program for beneficiaries 
with cardiovascular disease.


                                 S. 664

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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. 724

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 724, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain rocket propellants from 
prohibitions under that title on explosive materials.


                                 S. 736

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 736, a bill to 
amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen enforcement of provisions 
relating to animal fighting, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 752

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 752, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat distributions from 
publicly traded partnerships as qualifying income of regulated 
investment companies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 796

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) 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. 818

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 818, a bill to ensure the 
independence and nonpartisan operation of the Office of Advocacy of the 
Small Business Administration.


                                 S. 884

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Talent) was added as a cosponsor of S. 884, a bill to amend the 
Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the 
terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs 
to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive 
rights to consumers

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under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 893

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 893, a bill to amend title 
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with 
respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 895

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 895, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include wireless telecommunications 
equipment in the definition of qualified technological equipment for 
purposes of determining the depreciation treatment of such equipment.


                                 S. 950

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 950, a bill to allow travel 
between the United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 979

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 979, a bill 
to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to require enhanced 
disclosures of employee stock options, to require a study on the 
economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 990

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 990, a bill to 
amend title 32, United States Code, to increase the maximum Federal 
share of the costs of State programs under the National Guard Challenge 
Program, and for other purposes.


                             S. CON. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) 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. RES. 136

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 136, a resolution 
recognizing the 140th anniversary of the founding of the Brotherhood of 
Locomotive Engineers, and congratulating members and officers of the 
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for the union's many achievements.


                              S. RES. 140

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 140, a resolution 
designating the week of August 10, 2003, as ``National Health Center 
Week''.

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