[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 143 (Tuesday, October 14, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12533-S12535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 168

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 168, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the San 
Francisco Old Mint.


                                 S. 249

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 249, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that remarriage of the 
surviving spouse of a deceased veteran after age 55 shall not result in 
termination of dependency and indemnity compensation otherwise payable 
to that surviving spouse.


                                 S. 269

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 401

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 401, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to increase to parity with other 
surviving spouses the basic annuity that is provided under the 
uniformed services Survivor Benefit Plan for surviving spouses who are 
at least 62 years of age; and for other purposes.


                                 S. 445

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 445, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the age and service 
requirements for eligibility to receive retired pay for non-regular 
service.


                                 S. 480

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 480, a bill to provide 
competitive grants for training court reporters and closed captioners 
to meet requirements for realtime writers under the Telecommunications 
Act of 1996, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 736

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 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. 811

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) 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. 882

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 882, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide improvements in tax 
administration and taxpayer safe-guards, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 894

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor 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. 976

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 976, a bill to provide for 
the issuance of a coin to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the 
Jamestown settlement.


                                 S. 982

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Nickles) 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. 985

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 985, a bill to amend the 
Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust the percentage 
differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain 
high-cost areas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1028

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 1053

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 
Landrieu), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) were added as cosponsors of S. 1053, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to 
health insurance and employment.


                                S. 1081

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1081, a bill to amend 
section 504(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the 2-
year wait out period for grant recipients.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill to 
provide a partially refundable tax credit for caregiving related 
expenses.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to amend 
section 502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the 
definition of a Hispanic-serving institution.


                                S. 1298

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors 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.

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                                S. 1353

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1353, a bill to 
establish new special immigrant categories.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) 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. 1409

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1409, a bill to 
provide funding for infrastructure investment to restore the United 
States economy and to enhance the security of transportation and 
environmental facilities throughout the United States.


                                S. 1531

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 1531, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Chief 
Justice John Marshall.


                                S. 1545

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1545, a bill to amend the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
permit States to determine State residency for higher education 
purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
status of certain alien students who are long-term United States 
residents.


                                S. 1548

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1548, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the production of renewable 
fuels and to simplify the administration of the Highway Trust Fund fuel 
excise taxes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1562, a bill to amend 
selected statutes to clarify existing Federal law as to the treatment 
of students privately educated at home under state law.


                                S. 1587

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1587, a bill to make it a criminal act to willfully 
use a weapon, explosive, chemical weapon, or nuclear or radioactive 
material with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to any 
person while on board a passenger vessel, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1602

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1602, a bill to amend the 
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to extend the deadline 
for filing a claim to December 31, 2004.


                                S. 1626

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1626, a bill to 
provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers.


                                S. 1628

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1628, a bill to prescribe 
the oath of renunciation and allegiance for purposes of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act.


                                S. 1630

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1630, a bill to facilitate 
nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and 
referral services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1645

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) and the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1645, a bill to provide for the adjustment of status of certain foreign 
agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
reform the H-2A worker program under that Act, to provide a stable, 
legal agricultural workforce, to extend basic legal protections and 
better working conditions to more workers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1670

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1670, a bill to expand the Rest and Recuperation 
Leave program for members of the Armed Forces serving in the Iraqi 
theater of operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to include 
travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home.


                                S. 1681

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1681, a bill to exempt the 
natural aging process in the determination of the production period for 
distilled spirits under section 263A of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986.


                                S. 1684

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1684, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health 
insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for a 
minimum hospital stay for mastectomies and lymph node dissections 
performed for the treatment of breast cancer.


                                S. 1686

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1686, a bill to reauthorize 
the adoption incentive payments program under part E of title IV of the 
Social Security Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1695

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1695, a bill to provide 
greater oversight over the USA PATRIOT Act .


                                S. 1700

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1700, a bill to eliminate the 
substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and 
convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of 
Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and 
development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training 
programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide 
post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to 
improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1703

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1703, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against income tax for 
expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of Class II and 
Class III railroads.


                                S. 1708

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1708, a bill to provide extended unemployment 
benefits to displaced workers, and to make other improvements in the 
unemployment insurance system.


                                S. 1714

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from New York

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(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1714, a bill to amend the 
National Housing Act to increase the maximum mortgage amount limit for 
FHA-insured mortgages for multifamily housing located in high-cost 
areas.


                               S. RES. 98

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 98, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should designate 
the week of October 12, 2003, through October 18, 2003, as ``National 
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week''.


                              S. RES. 202

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, his name 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. 205

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 205, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that a commemorative postage stamp 
should be issued on the subject of autism awareness.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1811

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1811 proposed to 
S. 1689, an original bill making emergency supplemental appropriations 
for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1816

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1816 proposed to S. 1689, an 
original bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and 
Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1818

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 1818 proposed to S. 1689, an original 
bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and 
Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1825

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1825 proposed to S. 1689, an 
original bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and 
Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

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