[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 14, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6256-S6257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 50

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 253

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 271

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) 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. 349

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 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. 460

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 467

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 467, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for State and local 
sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and to allow the 
State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum 
tax.


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 504, a bill to establish 
academics for teachers and students of American history and civics and 
a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful 
discrimination and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay 
awards received on account of such claims, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and 
the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) 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. 607

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 607 , a bill to improve 
patient access to health care services and provide improved medical 
care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on 
the health care delivery system.


                                 S. 609

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 609, a bill to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) to provide for the 
protection of voluntarily furnished confidential information, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 741

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 741, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with regard to new animal drugs, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 777, a bill to amend the impact aid program 
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the 
delivery of payments under the program to local educational agencies.


                                 S. 787

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 787, a bill to provide for the fair treatment 
of the Federal judiciary relating to compensation and benefits, and to 
instill greater public confidence in the Federal courts.


                                 S. 796

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) 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. 809

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 809, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 
level.


                                 S. 811

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) 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. 845

  At the request of Mr. Graham of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from New York (Mr. 
Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 845, a bill to amend titles XIX 
and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option to 
cover certain legal immigrants under the medicaid and State children's 
health insurance programs.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor 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. 875

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 875, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an income tax credit for the 
provision of

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homeownership and community development, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 888

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Nelson), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added as cosponsors of S. 888, a bill 
to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 896

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


                                 S. 905

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the 
Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Daschle) were added as cosponsors of S. 905, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a broadband Internet access 
tax credit.


                                 S. 944

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 944, a bill 
to enhance national security, environmental quality, and economic 
stability by increasing the production of clean, domestically produced 
renewable energy as a fuel source for the national electric system.


                                 S. 950

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


                                 S. 982

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard) and the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 982, a bill to halt Syrian 
support for terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, stop its 
development of weapons of mass destruction, cease its illegal 
importation of Iraqi oil, and hold Syria accountable for its role in 
the Middle East, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1001

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1001, a bill to make the protection of women and children who are 
affected by a complex humanitarian emergency a priority of the United 
States Government, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1009

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1009, a bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to increase assistance 
to foreign countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and 
malaria, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1023, a bill to increase 
the annual salaries of justices and judges of the United States.


                                S. 1026

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1026, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to phase out the taxation of social security benefits.


                                S. 1028

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1028, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Men's Health.


                                S. 1040

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were withdrawn as 
cosponsors of S. 1040, a bill to promote freedom, fairness, and 
economic opportunity for families by reducing the power and reach of 
the Federal establishment.


                                S. 1046

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1046, a bill to amend the Communications 
Act of 1934 to preserve localism, to foster and promote the diversity 
of television programming, to foster and promote competition, and to 
prevent excessive concentration of ownership of the nation's television 
broadcast stations.


                              S. RES. 133

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 133, a resolution 
condemning bigotry and violence against Arab Americans, Muslim 
Americans, South-Asian Americans, and Sikh Americans.


                              S. RES. 135

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 135, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should provide 
adequate funding to protect the integrity of the Frederick Douglass 
National Historic Site.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 539

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 539 proposed 
to S. 14, a bill to enhance the energy security of the United States, 
and for other purposes.

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