[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 73 (Monday, June 6, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6101-S6102]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 21

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 21, a bill to provide for 
homeland security grant coordination and simplification, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 98

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor 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. 155

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 155, a bill to 
increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to 
investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish 
violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities 
from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for 
violent crimes, to reform and facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang 
members who commit violent crimes, to expand and improve gang 
prevention programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 296, a bill to authorize appropriations for the 
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 333

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. 347

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 347, a bill to amend 
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title III of the 
Public Health Service Act to improve access to information about 
individuals' health care operations and legal rights for care near the 
end of life, to promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so 
that individuals' wishes are known should they become unable to speak 
for themselves, to engage health care providers in disseminating 
information about and assisting in the preparation of advance 
directives, which include living wills and durable powers of attorney 
for health care, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 407

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 407, a bill to restore health care coverage 
to retired members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 492

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 492, a bill to make 
access to safe water and sanitation for developing countries a specific 
policy objective of the United States foreign assistance programs, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 559

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 559, a bill to make the 
protection of vulnerable populations, especially women and children, 
who are affected by a humanitarian emergency a priority of the United 
States Government, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 601

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 601, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include combat pay in determining 
an allowable contribution to an individual retirement plan.


                                 S. 603

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor 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. 612

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 612, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Army to award the Combat Medical Badge or another 
combat badge for Army helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) 
pilots and crews.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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 Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) 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. 685

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 685, a bill 
to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case 
of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, 
to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a 
life annuity commencing at age 60.


                                 S. 729

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 729, a bill to establish 
the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by 
preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving 
research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving 
security of food from intentional contamination, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 738

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 738, a bill to provide relief for the cotton 
shirt industry.


                                 S. 757

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor 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. 768

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 768, a bill 
to provide for comprehensive identity theft prevention.


                                 S. 846

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 846, a bill to provide fair 
wages for America's workers.

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                                 S. 847

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 847, a bill to 
lower the burden of gasoline prices on the economy of the United States 
and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits.


                                 S. 922

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 922, a bill to 
establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development 
Accounts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 962

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) 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. 963

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 963, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for a guaranteed adequate 
level of funding for veterans' health care, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program to improve access to health 
care for rural veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1002

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1002, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in payments 
to hospitals under the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1029

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1029, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand college access and increase 
college persistence, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1035, a bill to authorize 
the presentation of commemorative medals on behalf of Congress to 
Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in 
which the United States was involved during the 20th century in 
recognition of the service of those Native Americans to the United 
States.


                                S. 1047

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee), the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Dodd), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) 
and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1047, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in commemoration of each of the Nation's past Presidents 
and their spouses, respectively to improve circulation of the $1 coin, 
to create a new bullion coin, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1060, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
the purchase of hearing aids.


                                S. 1068

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1068, a bill to provide for 
higher education affordability, access, and opportunity.


                                S. 1081

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1081, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum update 
for physicians' services for 2006 and 2007.


                                S. 1103

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1103, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual alternative 
minimum tax.


                                S. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1120, a bill to reduce hunger in the United 
States by half by 2010, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1139, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen the ability 
of the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the pet industry.


                              S.J. RES. 12

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 12, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the 
flag of the United States.


                              S.J. RES. 18

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 
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.


                            S. CON. RES. 36

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 36, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning 
actions to support the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty on the occasion 
of the Seventh NPT Review Conference.


                               S. RES. 86

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


                              S. RES. 155

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 155, a resolution designating the week of 
November 6 through November 12, 2005, as ``National Veterans Awareness 
Week'' to emphasize the need to develop educational programs regarding 
the contributions of veterans to the country.


                              S. RES. 158

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 158, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate that the President should designate the week beginning September 
11, 2005, as ``National Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
Week''.

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