[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 104 (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8861-S8863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 333

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 333, a bill to promote elder 
justice, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 453

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 453, a bill 
to authorize the Health Resources and Services Administration and the 
National Cancer Institute to make grants for model programs to provide 
to individuals of health disparity populations prevention, early 
detection, treatment, and appropriate follow-up care services for 
cancer and chronic diseases, and to make grants regarding patient 
navigators to assist individuals of health disparity populations in 
receiving such services.


                                 S. 478

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 478, a bill to 
grant a Federal charter Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 540

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 540, a bill to authorize the presentation of 
gold medals on behalf of Congress to Native Americans who served as 
Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in which the United States was 
involved during the 20th Century in recognition of the service of those 
Native Americans to the United States.


                                S. 1250

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1250, a bill to improve, 
enhance, and promote the Nation's homeland security, public safety, and 
citizen activated emergency response capabilities through the use of 
enhanced 911 services, to further upgrade Public Safety Answering Point 
capabilities and related functions in receiving E-911 calls, and to 
support the construction and operation of a ubiquitous and reliable 
citizen activated system and other purposes.


                                S. 1277

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1277, a bill 
to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to provide standards and procedures to guide both State and local 
law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers during internal 
investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, and 
administrative disciplinary hearings, to ensure accountability of law 
enforcement officers, to guarantee the due process rights of law 
enforcement discipline, accountability, and due process laws.


                                S. 1630

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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. 1704

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1704, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support 
grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of 
their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for 
the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children.


                                S. 1735

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1735, a bill to 
increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to 
investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish 
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gang crime, to protect law abiding citizens and communities from 
violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent 
crimes, to reform and facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang members 
who commit violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1773

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1773, a bill to permit 
biomedical research corporations to engage in certain equity financings 
without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and 
certain built-in losses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Campbell) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1925, a bill to amend the National Labor 
Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to 
form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory 
injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1963

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1963, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to protect the privacy right of subscribers 
to wireless communication services.


                                S. 1980

  At the request of Mr. Graham of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1980, a bill to amend 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent 
record or hardcopy under title III of such Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1998

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1998, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, to preserve the essential air service program.


                                S. 2018

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2018, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to extend the 
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include additional sites 
associated with the preparation or return phase of the expedition, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2077

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2077, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit additional States to 
enter into long-term care partnerships under the Medicaid Program in 
order to promote the use of long-term care insurance.


                                S. 2176

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2176, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of research and 
development to advance high-end computing.


                                S. 2253

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2253, a bill to permit young 
adults to perform projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and 
provide disaster relief, on public land through a Healthy Forest Youth 
Conservation Corps.


                                S. 2313

  At the request of Mr. Graham of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2313, a bill 
to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified 
permanent record or hardcopy under title III of such Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2329

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2329, a bill to protect crime 
victims' rights.


                                S. 2338

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2338, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to provide for arthritis research and public health, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2363

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2363, a bill to revise and 
extend the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.


                                S. 2417

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2417, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to furnish care for newborn children of women veterans 
receiving maternity care, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2461

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2461, a bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and 
Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco 
products.


                                S. 2462

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2462, a bill to provide 
additional assistance to recipients of Federal Pell Grants who are 
pursuing programs of study in engineering, mathematics, science, or 
foreign languages.


                                S. 2468

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2468, a bill to reform the postal laws 
of the United States.


                                S. 2477

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2477, a bill to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to expand college access and increase college 
persistence, to simplify the process of applying for student 
assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2502

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2502, a bill to allow 
seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040S.


                                S. 2526

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. 
Lincoln) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 2526, a bill to reauthorize the Children's Hospitals Graduate 
Medical Education Program.


                                S. 2568

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) were added as cosponsors of S. 2568, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
tercentenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2602

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2602, a bill to provide for a circulating quarter 
dollar coin program to honor the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2614

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2614, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits under 
the medicare program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2623

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Specter) were added as cosponsors of S. 2623, a bill to amend section 
402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 to provide a 2-year extension of supplemental security 
income in fiscal years 2005 through 2007 for refugees, asylees, and 
certain other humanitarian immigrants.

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                                S. 2627

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2627, a bill to 
express the policy of the United States with respect to the adherence 
by the United States to global standards in the transfer of small arms 
and light weapons, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2659

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2659, a bill to extend the temporary increase in 
payments under the medicare program for home health services furnished 
in a rural area.


                                S. 2671

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2671, a bill 
to extend temporary State fiscal relief, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2676

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2676, a bill to amend 
chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, to provide for the issuance 
of a semipostal stamp in order to provide funding for childhood 
drinking prevention and education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2681

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2681, a bill to establish a 
program to support a transition to democracy in Iran.


                                S. 2726

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2726, a bill to amend 
title 49 of the United States Code to provide flight attendant security 
training, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2729

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2729, a bill to encourage 
students to pursue graduate education and to assist students in 
affording graduate education.


                                S. 2740

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2740, a bill to 
improve dental services in underserved areas by amending the Public 
Health Service Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2741

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2741, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol 
Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2749

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2749, a bill to establish a 
grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations to children, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2754

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2754, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
protect social security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA).


                                S. 2760

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2760, a bill to limit and 
expedite Federal collateral review of convictions for killing a public 
safety officer.


                             S. CON. RES. 8

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 8, a concurrent resolution 
designating the second week in May each year as ``National Visiting 
Nurse Association Week''.


                            S. CON. RES. 41

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 41, a 
concurrent resolution directing Congress to enact legislation by 
October 2005 that provides access to comprehensive health care for all 
Americans.


                            S. CON. RES. 119

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 119, a 
concurrent resolution recognizing that prevention of suicide is a 
compelling national priority.


                            S. CON. RES. 121

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 121, a concurrent 
resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the World Year of 
Physics.


                            S. CON. RES. 127

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 127, a concurrent resolution expressing 
the sense of Congress that the President should designate September 11 
as a national day of voluntary service, charity, and compassion.


                            S. CON. RES. 128

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 128, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of 
life insurance, and recognizing and supporting National Life Insurance 
Awareness Month.


                              S. RES. 317

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 317, a resolution 
recognizing the importance of increasing awareness of autism spectrum 
disorders, supporting programs for increased research and improved 
treatment of autism, and improving training and support for individuals 
with autism and those who care for individuals with autism.


                              S. RES. 389

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 389, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to prostate cancer 
information.


                              S. RES. 408

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen) 
and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 408, a resolution supporting the construction by Israel of a 
security fence to prevent Palestinian terrorist attacks, condemning the 
decision of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the 
security fence, and urging no further action by the United Nations to 
delay or prevent the construction of the security fence.
  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 408, 
supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 945

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Talent) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 945 proposed to 
S. 1, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the Medicare program 
and to strengthen and improve the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.

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