[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 17, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5301-S5302]
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 North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 21

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 21, a bill to provide for homeland security 
grant coordination and simplification, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 174

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 174, a bill to improve the 
palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-
threatening conditions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 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. 241

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 382

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) 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. 408

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 408, a bill to provide for 
programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage 
drinking.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 438

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 438, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 467

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 467, a bill to extend the applicability of the 
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 495

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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.


                                 S. 518

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Talent) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 518, a bill to provide for the establishment 
of a controlled substance monitoring program in each State.


                                 S. 603

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 603, a bill to amend the Consumer Credit 
Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-
purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers 
under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to 
consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 619, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension 
offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 639

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 639, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military 
retired pay for nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of 
age.


                                 S. 676

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 676, a bill to 
provide for Project GRAD programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 757

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin

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(Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) 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. 765

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 765, a bill to 
preserve mathematics- and science-based industries in the United 
States.


                                 S. 776

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 776, a bill to designate 
certain functions performed at flight service stations of the Federal 
Aviation Administration as inherently governmental functions, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 807

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 807, a bill to amend the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide owners of 
non-Federal lands with a reliable method of receiving compensation for 
damages resulting from the spread of wildfire from nearby forested 
National Forest System lands or Bureau of Land Management lands, when 
those forested Federal lands are not maintained in the forest health 
status known as condition class 1.


                                 S. 842

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 842, 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. 858

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 858, a bill to 
reauthorize Nuclear Regulatory Commission user fees , and or other 
purposes.


                                 S. 865

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 865, a bill to 
amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize the Price-Anderson 
provisions.


                                 S. 902

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 902, a bill to amend the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to clarify the exemption 
for recreational vessel support employees, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 1018

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) 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.


                                S. 1031

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1031, a bill to enhance the 
reliability of the electric system.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 17, a joint resolution 
honoring the life and legacy of Frederick William Augustus von Steuben 
and recognizing his contributions on the 275th anniversary of his 
birth.


                              S.J. RES. 18

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added 
as cosponsors 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 Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were 
added as cosponsors of S.J. Res . 18, supra.


                              S. RES. 140

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) 
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.
  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 140, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 619

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 619 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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