[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 64 (Monday, May 16, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5219-S5221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 32

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 32, a bill to enhance the 
benefits and protections for members of the reserve components of the 
Armed Forces who are called or ordered to extend active duty, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 117

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the 
Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of S. 
117, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan 
forgiveness for certain loans to Head Start teachers.


                                 S. 132

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 132, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for premiums on 
mortgage insurance.


                                 S. 304

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 304, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain interstate 
conduct relating to exotic animals.


                                 S. 337

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 337, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to revise the age and service requirements for 
eligibility to receive retired pay for non-regular service, to expand 
certain authorities to provide health care benefits for Reserves and 
their families, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 365

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 365, a bill 
to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize 
appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign centers 
and programs for the treatment of victims of torture, and for other 
purposes.

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                                 S. 398

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 398, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the expensing of 
environmental remediation costs.


                                 S. 418

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) 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. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 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. 515

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 628

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 628, a bill to provide 
for increased planning and funding for health promotion programs of the 
Department of Health and Human Services.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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. 635

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 635, 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. 642

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) 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. 711

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 711, a bill to amend the 
Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000 to reauthorize 
that Act and to promote the research, identification, assessment, 
exploration, and development of methane hydrate resources.


                                 S. 756

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) 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. 770

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 770, a bill to amend the 
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to 
reauthorize and improve that Act.


                                 S. 787

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 787, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross 
income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide for 
a common cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 843

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 
843, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to combat autism 
through research, screening, intervention and education.


                                 S. 859

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 859, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an income tax 
credit for the provision of homeownership and community development, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 894

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


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 935, a bill to regulate .50 caliber sniper 
weapons designed for the taking of human life and the destruction of 
materiel, including armored vehicles and components of the Nation's 
critical infrastructure.


                                 S. 956

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 956, a bill to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to provide assured punishment for violent crimes against 
children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 962

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 962, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit to holders 
of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 991, a bill to 
amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
limit the availability of benefits under an employer's nonqualified 
deferred compensation plans in the event that any of the employer's 
defined benefit pension plans are subjected to a distress or PBGC 
termination in connection with bankruptcy reorganization or a 
conversion to a cash balance plan, to provide appropriate funding 
restrictions in connection with the maintenance of nonqualified 
deferred compensation plans, and to provide for appropriate disclosure 
with respect to nonqualified deferred compensation plans.


                                S. 1013

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1013, a bill to improve the allocation 
of grants through the Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1018

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1018, a bill to provide that transit pass transportation fringe 
benefits be made available to all qualified Federal employees in the 
National Capital Region; to allow passenger carriers which are owned or 
leased by the Government to be used to transport Government employees 
between their place of employment and mass transit facilities, and for 
other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Warner, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1018, supra.


                              S.J. RES. 18

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 18, a 
joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained 
in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Allard), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen), the 
Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Burns), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the

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Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the Senator from 
New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), the 
Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Hagel), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr . Lugar), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) , the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 18, supra.


                            S. CON. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) 
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. RES. 140

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 140, a 
resolution expressing support for the historic meeting in Havana of the 
Assembly to Promote the Civil Society in Cuba on May 20, 2005, as well 
as to all those courageous individuals who continue to advance liberty 
and democracy for the Cuban people.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 648

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
648 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3, a bill to authorize funds for 
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 652

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Feingold) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 652 proposed to 
H.R. 3, a bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 654

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 654 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 3, a bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid 
highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other 
purposes.

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