[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 27, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4398-S4399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                  S. 7

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 7, a bill to increase American 
jobs and economic growth by making permanent the individual income tax 
rate reductions, the reduction in the capital gains and dividend tax 
rates, and the repeal of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping 
transfer taxes.


                                 S. 114

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 114, a bill to amend titles 
XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to ensure that every uninsured 
child in America has health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 271

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 
of S. 271, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 300

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
300, a bill to extend the temporary increase in payments under the 
medicare program for home health services furnished in a rural area.


                                 S. 313

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee) and the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were added as cosponsors of S. 313, a 
bill to improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises 
and United States nonproliferation operations.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) 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. 397

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 397, a bill to prohibit civil 
liability actions from being brought or continued against 
manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or 
ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the 
misuse of their products by others.


                                 S. 418

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 418, a bill to 
protect members of the Armed Forces from unscrupulous practices 
regarding sales of insurance, financial, and investment products.


                                 S. 428

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 428, a bill to 
provide $30,000,000,000 in new transportation infrastructure funding in 
addition to TEA-21 levels through bonding to empower States and local 
governments to complete significant long-term capital improvement 
projects for highways, public transportation systems, and rail systems, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 438

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 438, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy 
caps.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) 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 basis and to 
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor 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 Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) 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. 647

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 647, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to authorize physical therapists to evaluate and 
treat medicare beneficiaries without a requirement for a physician 
referral, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 677, a bill to 
amend title VII

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of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to 
religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 756

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 756, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public and health 
professional awareness and understanding of lupus and to strengthen the 
Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus.


                                 S. 757

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 757, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
development and operation of research centers regarding environmental 
factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.


                                 S. 782

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 782, a bill to amend title 
37, United States Code, to authorize travel and transportation for 
family members of members of the Armed Forces hospitalized in the 
United States in connection with non-serious illnesses or injuries 
incurred or aggravated in a contingency operation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 785

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 785, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the small refiner exception to 
the oil depletion deduction.


                                 S. 802

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 802, a bill to establish a 
National Drought Council within the Department of Agriculture, to 
improve national drought preparedness, mitigation, and response 
efforts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 803, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health 
Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide parity 
with respect to substance abuse treatment benefits under group health 
plans and health insurance coverage.


                                 S. 850

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 850, a bill to establish the 
Global Health Corps, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 894

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 894, a bill to allow 
travel between the United States and Cuba.


                              S. RES. 117

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 117, a 
resolution designating the week of May 9, 2005, as ``National Hepatits 
B Awareness Week.''


                              S. RES. 121

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 121, a resolution supporting May 2005 as 
``National Better Hearing and Speech Month'' and commending those 
states that have implemented routine hearing screening for every 
newborn before the newborn leaves the hospital.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 573

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 573 proposed to H.R. 3, a bill Reserved.

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