[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 41 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3414-S3416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                  S. 8

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 8, a bill to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 
circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions.


                                 S. 37

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. 
Mikulski) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 37, a bill to extend the special postage stamp for 
breast cancer research for 2 years.


                                 S. 50

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 50, a bill to authorize and 
strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 
tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 103

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 103, a bill to respond to 
the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamine in the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 185, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for the 
reduction of certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities by the amount of 
dependency and indemnity compensation and to modify the effective date 
for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan.


                                 S. 193

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 193, a bill to 
increase the penalties for violations by television and radio 
broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, 
indecent, and profane language.


                                 S. 233

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 233, a bill to increase the 
supply of quality child care.


                                 S. 241

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
241, a bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to 
provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the 
universal service support programs established pursuant to that section 
are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, 
commonly known as the Antideficiency Act.


                                 S. 285

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 285, a bill to reauthorize 
the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program.


                                 S. 338

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 338, a bill to provide for 
the establishment of a Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid.


                                 S. 352

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 352, a bill 
to revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require 
submission of information regarding H-2B non-immigrants, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 370

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 370, a bill to preserve and 
protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or 
assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 382, a bill to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 403

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 403, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 
circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions.


                                 S. 409

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 409, a bill to establish 
a Federal Youth Development Council to improve the administration and 
coordination of Federal programs serving youth, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 420

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 420, a bill to make the 
repeal of the estate tax permanent.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 424, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to provide for arthritis research and public health, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 440

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 440, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for 
purposes of covering physicians services under the medicaid program.


                                 S. 471

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 471, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 484, 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

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basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 485

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 485, a bill to reauthorize and amend the National 
Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.


                                 S. 489

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 489, a bill to amend chapter 
111 of title 28, United States Code, to limit the duration of Federal 
consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 493

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 493, a bill to 
amend title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase teacher 
familiarity with the educational needs of gifted and talented students, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 495

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 495, a bill 
to impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in 
Darfur, Sudan, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 495, supra.


                                 S. 503

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 503, a bill to expand 
Parents as Teachers programs and other quality programs of early 
childhood home visitation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 506

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 506, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to establish a scholarship and loan repayment 
program for public health preparedness workforce development to 
eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce shortages in 
Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies.


                                 S. 515

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 515, a bill to amend title 
32, United States Code, to increase the maximum Federal share of the 
costs of State programs under the National Guard Youth Challenge 
Program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 530

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 530, a bill to amend 
section 691 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the end 
strengths of the Army and the Marine Corps for fiscal years after 
fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 558

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 558, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to permit certain additional retired members of the 
Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both 
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special compensation and to 
eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such 
concurrent receipt.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to improve the 
health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health 
within the Department of Health and Human Services.


                                 S. 577

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 577, a bill to promote 
health care coverage for individuals participating in legal 
recreational activities or legal transportation activities.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kennedy), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 633, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled 
for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.


                                 S. 642

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 642, a bill to support 
certain national youth organizations, including the Boy Scouts of 
America, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 656

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 656, a bill to provide for 
the adjustment of status of certain nationals of Liberia to that of 
lawful permanent residence.


                                 S. 659

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 659, a bill 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human chimeras.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 662, a bill to reform the postal laws of 
the United States.


                                 S. 688

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 688, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the excise tax 
exemptions for aerial applicators of fertilizers or other substances.


                                 S. 702

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 702, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the occupational taxes relating 
to distilled spirits, wine, and beer.


                                 S. 737

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 737, a bill to amend 
the USA PATRIOT ACT to place reasonable limitations on the use of 
surveillance and the issuance of search warrants, and for other 
purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), 
the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 11, a concurrent 
resolution honoring the Tuskegee Airmen for their bravery in fighting 
for our freedom in World War II, and for their contribution in creating 
an integrated United States Air Force.


                            S. CON. RES. 25

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Con. Res. 25, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding the application of Airbus for launch aid.
  At the request of Mr. Brownback, his name and the names of the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 25, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Isakson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Con. Res. 25, supra.
  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Con. Res. 25, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas), the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Smith), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr.

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Kohl) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 25, supra.


                               S. RES. 31

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 31, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the week of August 
7, 2005, be designated as ``National Health Center Week'' in order to 
raise awareness of health services provided by community, migrant, 
public housing, and homeless health centers, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 316

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 316 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to 
establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license 
and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists 
from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-
related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious 
construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes.

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