[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 116 (Thursday, July 31, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10619-S10621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 150

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 150, a bill to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on Internet 
access and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce 
imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act.


                                 S. 150

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


                                 S. 150

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


                                 S. 198

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 198, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an income tax credit 
for the provision of homeownership and community development, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 229

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S . 229, a bill to 
provide for the merger of the bank and savings association deposit 
insurance funds, to modernize and improve the safety and fairness of 
the Federal deposit insurance system, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 465

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S . 465, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand medicare 
coverage of certain self-injected biologicals.


                                 S. 525

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 525, a bill to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention 
and Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve that Act.


                                 S. 595

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 720

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 720, a bill to amend title IX of 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient 
safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely effect 
patient safety.


                                 S. 736

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 846

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 846, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. 859

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 859, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to facilitating the development 
of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV and other diseases.


                                 S. 884

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) 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 under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 950

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) 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 name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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. 1053

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1053, a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic 
information with respect to health insurance and employment.


                                S. 1112

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1112, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to permit Department of Veterans Affairs 
pharmacies to dispense medications on prescriptions written by private 
practitioners to veterans who are currently awaiting their first 
appointment with the Department for medical care, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1120, a bill to establish 
an Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1139

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Nebraska

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(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1139, a bill to direct the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish and carry 
out traffic safety law enforcement and compliance campaigns, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1142

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator 
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 1142, a 
bill to provide disadvantaged children with access to dental services.


                                S. 1177

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr . Kennedy), the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were 
added as cosponsors of S . 1177, a bill to ensure the collection of all 
cigarette taxes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1222

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 1222, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in determining eligibility for payment under the 
prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities, to 
apply criteria consistent with rehabilitation impairment categories 
established by the Secretary for purposes of such prospective payment 
system.


                                S. 1265

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1265, a bill 
to limit the applicability of the annual updates to the allowance for 
State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis 
Methodology for the award year 2004-2005, published in the Federal 
Register on May 30, 2003.


                                S. 1283

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1283, a bill to require advance notification of Congress regarding 
any action proposed to be taken by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 
the implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced 
Services initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1298

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1298, a bill to amend 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to ensure the humane 
slaughter of non-ambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1303

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1303, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and otherwise revise 
the Medicare Program to reform the method of paying for covered drugs, 
drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services.


                                S. 1323

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1323, a bill to extend 
the period for which chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, is 
reenacted by 6 months.


                                S. 1344

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1344, a bill 
to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require additional 
disclosures relating to exchange rates in transfers involving 
international transactions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1369, a bill to 
ensure that prescription drug benefits offered to medicare eligible 
enrollees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program are at least 
equal to the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits offered 
to enrollees under the plan generally.


                                S. 1390

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1390, a bill to protect 
children and their parents from being coerced into administering a 
controlled substance in order to attend school, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1397

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1397, a bill to prohibit 
certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.


                                S. 1414

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1414, a bill to restore 
second amendment rights in the District of Columbia.


                                S. 1434

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Biden), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Bayh), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham), the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the 
Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator 
from Nevada (Mr. Reid), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) were added as cosponsors of S. 1434, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the increase in 
the refundability of the child tax credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1459

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1459, a bill to provide for 
reform of management of Indian trust funds and assets under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1470

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1470, a bill to establish 
the Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Committee within the 
Department of the Treasury to improve the state of financial literacy 
and education among American consumers.


                                S. 1481

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1481, a bill to prohibit the application of the trade authorities 
procedures with respect to implementing bills that contain provisions 
regarding the entry of aliens.


                                S. 1485

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1485, a bill to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to protect the rights of 
employees to receive overtime compensation.


                                S. 1493

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1493, a bill to promote 
freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax 
and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting 
a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.

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                               S. RES. 30

  At the request of Mr. Graham of South Carolina, the names of the 
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from New York (Mr. 
Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 30, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should designate 
the week beginning September 14, 2003, as ``National Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities Week''.


                              S. RES. 200

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the 
Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Nelson) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 200, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate that Congress should adopt a conference agreement on the child 
tax credit and on tax relief for military personnel.


                              S. RES. 202

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 202, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the genocidal Ukraine 
Famine of 1932-33.


                              S. RES. 204

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) 
and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as cosponsors of 
S. Res. 204, a resolution designating the week of November 9 through 
November 15, 2003, as ``National Veterans Awareness Week'' to emphasize 
the need to develop educational programs regarding the contributions of 
veterans to the country.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1405

  At the request of Mr. Miller, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1405 intended 
to be proposed to S. 14, a bill to enhance the energy security of the 
United States, and for other purposes.

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