[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 10, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2543-S2545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 50

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 595

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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. 740

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 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. 846

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) 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.

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                                 S. 976

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) 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. 1093

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1093, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the transportation fringe 
benefit to bicycle commuters.


                                S. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1197, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to ensure the safety and accuracy of medical 
imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments.


                                S. 1217

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1217, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and intensify programs 
with respect to research and related activities concerning elder falls.


                                S. 1380

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1380, a bill to distribute 
universal service support equitably throughout rural America, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1630

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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 name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1703

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1780

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to clarify the definition of anabolic 
steroids and to provide for research and education activities relating 
to steroids and steroid precursors.


                                S. 1793

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1793, a bill to provide for 
college quality, affordability, and diversity, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1805

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 
of S. 1805, a bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being 
brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or 
importers of firearms or ammunition for damages resulting from the 
misuse of their products by others.


                                S. 1855

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1855, a bill to authorize 
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
to establish an awards program in honor of Charles ``Pete'' Conrad, 
astronaut and space scientist, for recognizing the discoveries made by 
amateur astronomers of asteroids with near-Earth orbit trajectories.


                                S. 1900

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1900, a bill to amend the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act to expand certain trade benefits to 
eligible sub-Saharan African countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1902

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1902, a bill to establish a 
National Commission on Digestive Diseases.


                                S. 1916

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1916, 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. 1999

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1999, a bill to amend part D 
of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as added by the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to 
provide for negotiation of fair prices for medicare prescription drugs.


                                S. 2086

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2086, a bill to amend the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to improve the 
reclamation of abandoned mines.


                                S. 2161

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2161, a bill to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to establish a national health program 
administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal 
employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal 
employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2175

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2175, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to support the planning, implementation, and 
evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide 
early intervention and prevention strategies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2186

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Dodd) were added as cosponsors of S. 2186, a bill to temporarily extend 
the programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, through May 15, 2004, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 81

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 81, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the deep concern of Congress regarding 
the failure of the Islamic Republic of Iran to adhere to its 
obligations under a safeguards agreement with the International Atomic 
Energy Agency and the engagement by Iran in activities that appear to 
be designed to develop nuclear weapons.


                            S. CON. RES. 97

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 97, a concurrent 
resolution recognizing the 91st annual meeting of The Garden Club of 
America.


                              S. RES. 168

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 168, a resolution 
designating May 2004 as ``National Motorcycle Safety and Awareness 
Month''.


                              S. RES. 269

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 269, a 
resolution urging the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal 
hunt that opened on November 15, 2003.

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                              S. RES. 299

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 299, a resolution 
recognizing, and supporting efforts to enhance the public awareness of, 
the social problem of child abuse and neglect.


                              S. RES. 307

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 307, a resolution honoring the county of Cumberland, North 
Carolina, its municipalities and community partners as they celebrate 
the 250th year of the existence of Cumberland County.


                              S. RES. 309

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 309, a resolution 
designating the week beginning March 14, 2004 as ``National Safe Place 
Week''.


                              s. res. 311

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 311, a resolution calling on the 
Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and 
unconditionally release Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly, and for other 
purposes.


                           amendment no. 2671

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2671 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1637, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI 
benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in 
the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation 
rules of the United States, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 2695

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2695 intended 
to be proposed to S. Con. Res. 95, an original concurrent resolution 
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2005 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2006 through 2009.


                           amendment no. 2697

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2697 
intended to be proposed to S. Con. Res. 95, an original concurrent 
resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2005 and including the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2006 through 2009.


                           amendment no. 2699

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2699 
intended to be proposed to S. Con. Res. 95, an original concurrent 
resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2005 and including the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2006 through 2009.


                           amendment no. 2708

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. DeWine), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Jeffords), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), 
the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) and the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Santorum) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2708 intended 
to be proposed to S. Con. Res. 95, an original concurrent resolution 
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2005 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2006 through 2009.


                           amendment no. 2710

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2710 proposed to S. Con. Res. 95, an original concurrent 
resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2005 and including the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

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