[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 10, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7619-S7621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 221

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 221, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to facilitate an increase in programming and 
content on radio that is locally and independently produced, to 
facilitate competition in radio programming, radio advertising, and 
concerts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 271

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) 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. 274

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 274, a bill to amend the 
procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 300

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) 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. 451

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) 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. 518

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor 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. 557

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) 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 name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 595

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added as cosponsors of S. 595, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the required use 
of certain principal repayments on mortgage subsidy bond financings to 
redeem bonds, to modify the purchase price limitation under mortgage 
subsidy bond rules based on median family income, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 610

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 610, a bill to 
amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
workforce flexibilities and certain Federal personnel provisions 
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and Space Administration, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 640

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) 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. 664

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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. 665

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 665, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 678

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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. 684

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 684, a bill to create an 
office within the Department of Justice to undertake certain specific 
steps to ensure that all American citizens harmed by terrorism overseas 
receive equal treatment by the United States Government regardless of 
the terrorists' country of origin or residence, and to ensure that all 
terrorists involved in such attacks are pursued, prosecuted, and 
punished with equal vigor, regardless of the terrorists' country of 
origin or residence.


                                 S. 740

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access 
to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under 
the medicare program.


                                 S. 756

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. 763

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 763, a bill to designate the 
Federal building and United States courthouse located at 46 Ohio Street 
in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Birch Bayh Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse''.


                                 S. 780

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 780, a bill to award a 
congressional gold medal to Chief Phillip Martin of the Mississippi 
Band of Choctaw Indians.


                                 S. 786

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 786, a bill to amend the 
temporary assistance to needy families program under part A of title IV 
of the Social Security Act to provide grants for transitional jobs 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 805

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 818

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) 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. 874

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 874, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include primary and 
secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with 
Sickle Cell Disease as medical assistance under the medicaid program, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 877

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 877, a bill to regulate interstate commerce by 
imposing limitations and penalties on the transmission of unsolicited 
commercial electronic mail via the Internet.


                                 S. 894

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 894, 
a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of the 230th Anniversary of the United States Marine 
Corps, and to support construction of the Marine Corps Heritage Center.


                                 S. 973

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 973, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter 
recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings.


                                 S. 982

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1010, a bill to enhance and further research 
into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life 
for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities.


                                S. 1046

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1046

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Reid) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1046, supra.


                                S. 1083

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 1083, a bill to give States the 
flexibility to reduce bureaucracy by streamlining enrollment processes 
for the medicaid and State children's health insurance programs through 
better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related 
assistance to low-income families.


                                S. 1091

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr.

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Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1091, a bill to provide funding 
for student loan repayment for public attorneys.


                                S. 1116

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1116, a bill 
to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Great 
Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
develop, implement, monitor, and report on a series of indicators of 
water quality and related environmental factors in the Great Lakes.


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1125, a bill to create a 
fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for bodily 
injury caused by asbestos exposure, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1153

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1153, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to permit medicare-eligible veterans to 
receive an out-patient medication benefit, to provide that certain 
veterans who receive such benefit are not otherwise eligible for 
medical care and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1182

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from North Carolina 
(Mrs. Dole), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Edwards) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 1182, a bill to sanction the 
ruling Burmese military junta, to strengthen Burma's democratic forces 
and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as the 
legitimate representative of the Burmese people, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1182

  At the request of Mr. Reid, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1182, supra.


                                S. 1201

  At the request of Mr. Graham of South Carolina, the names of the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Massachusetts 
(Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 1201, a bill to promote 
healthy lifestyles and prevent unhealthy, risky behaviors among teenage 
youth.


                                S. 1203

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) were added as cosponsors of S. 1203, a bill 
to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding distance education, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1215

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) and the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Edwards) were added as cosponsors of S. 1215, a 
bill to sanction the ruling Burmese military junta, to strengthen 
Burma's democratic forces and support and recognize the National League 
of Democracy as the legitimate representative of the Burmese people, 
and for other purposes.


                             S. CON. RES. 3

  At the request of Mr. Miller, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 3, a 
concurrent resolution recognizing, applauding, and supporting the 
efforts of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit 
organization incorporated in the State of Georgia, to utilize veteran 
aviators of the Armed Forces and former Army Aviation aircraft to 
inspire Americans and to ensure that our Nation's military legacy and 
heritage of service are never forgotten.


                              S. RES. 140

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


                           AMENDMENT NO. 865

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 865 proposed 
to S. 14, a bill to enhance the energy security of the United States, 
and for other purposes.

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