[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 59 (Monday, May 9, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4646-S4648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 98

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 98, a bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 
1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit 
financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly 
or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management 
activities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 103

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) were added as cosponsors 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. 173

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 173, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide adequate coverage for 
immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the Medicare 
program that have received an organ transplant.


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry) were added as cosponsors 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. 331

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 331, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for an assured adequate level of 
funding for veterans health care.


                                 S. 333

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 333, a bill to hold the 
current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to 
support a transition to democracy in Iran.


                                 S. 380

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 380, 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. 420

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


                                 S. 432

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 432, a bill to establish a 
digital and wireless network technology program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 438

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 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. 471

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 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 names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 
Landrieu) were added as cosponsors 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. 558

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 602

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 602, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease 
research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public 
education about prevention.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
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. 637

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 637, a bill to establish a 
national health program administered by the Office of Personnel 
Management to

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offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal 
employees, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 642

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) 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. 681

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 681, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
establish a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network to prepare, 
store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the 
treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research using such 
cells.


                                 S. 757

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine), the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Coleman), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) 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. 758

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 758, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that the federal excise tax on 
communication services does not apply to internet access service.


                                 S. 760

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 760, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical 
services for children.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 774, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on 
Social Security benefits.


                                 S. 784

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 784, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of 
marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor 
services under part B of the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 798

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 798, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, 
to provide entitlement to leave to eligible employees whose spouse, 
son, daughter, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces who is serving 
on active duty in support of a contingency operation or who is notified 
of an impending call or order to active duty in support of a 
contingency operation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the coordination of Federal 
Government policies and activities to prevent obesity in childhood, to 
provide for State childhood obesity prevention and control, and to 
establish grant programs to prevent childhood obesity within homes, 
schools, and communities.


                                 S. 809

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 809, a bill to 
establish certain duties for pharmacies when pharmacists employed by 
the pharmacies refuse to fill valid prescriptions for drugs or devices 
on the basis of personal beliefs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 895

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 895, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a rural water supply 
program in the Reclamation States to provide a clean, safe affordable, 
and reliable water supply to rural residents.


                                 S. 914

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 914, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary 
medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in 
public health practice and biomedical research.


                                 S. 918

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 918, a bill to provide for Flexible Fuel 
Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at new and existing refueling 
station facilities to promote energy security and reduction of 
greenhouse gas emissions.


                                 S. 927

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 927, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand and improve 
coverage of mental health services under the medicare program.


                              S.J. RES. 15

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 15, a joint 
resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and 
ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian 
tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the 
United States.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 19

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 19, a concurrent resolution expressing the 
sense of the Congress regarding the importance of life insurance and 
recognizing and supporting National Life Insurance Awareness Month.


                            S. CON. RES. 30

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 30, a concurrent resolution to express the 
sense of Congress concerning the provision of health insurance coverage 
to all Americans.


                               S. RES. 86

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 86, a 
resolution designating August 16, 2005, as ``National Airborne Day''.


                              S. RES. 116

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 116, a resolution 
commemorating the life, achievements, and contributions of Frederick C. 
Branch.

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                              S. RES. 131

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 131, a resolution commemorating and acknowledging the 
dedication and sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their 
lives while serving as law enforcement officers.


                              S. RES. 132

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 132, a resolution 
expressing support for prayer at school board meetings.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 580

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 580 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 3, a bill Reserved.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 588

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 588 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 3, a bill Reserved.

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