[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 102 (Monday, July 25, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8826-S8828]
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 Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) 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. 151

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 151, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to require an annual plan on outreach 
activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


                                 S. 246

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 246, a bill to repeal the sunset of the Economic 
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the 
expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.


                                 S. 319

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 319, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments 
under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness 
program.


                                 S. 372

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 372, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to 
fair market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of 
literacy, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the 
donor.


                                 S. 392

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 392, a bill to authorize the President 
to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress, collectively, to the 
Tuskegee Airmen in recognition of their unique military record, which 
inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces.


                                 S. 397

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) 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. 457

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 457, a bill to require the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance for, 
and provide oversight of, the management of micropurchases made with 
Governmentwide commercial purchase cards, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 470

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 470, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
expand the clinical trials drug data bank.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 512, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to classify automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-
year property for purposes of depreciation.


                                 S. 558

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) 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. 828

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 828, a bill to enhance and 
further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the 
quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical 
disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 914

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 914, a bill to amend the 
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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. 1014

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1014, a bill to provide 
additional relief for small business owners ordered to active duty as 
members of reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1081

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Nelson) 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. 1089

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1089, a bill to establish 
the National Foreign Language Coordination Council to develop and 
implement a foreign language strategy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1110

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1110, a bill to amend the 
Federal Hazardous Substances Act to require engine coolant and 
antifreeze to contain a bittering agent in order to render the coolant 
or antifreeze unpalatable.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1158, a bill to 
impose a 6-month moratorium on terminations of certain plans instituted 
under section 4042 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 in cases in which reorganization of contributing sponsors is 
sought in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings.


                                S. 1172

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and 
the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. 1172, 
a bill to provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge 
of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.


                                S. 1179

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1179, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that benefits 
under part D of such title have no impact on benefits under other 
Federal programs.


                                S. 1191

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1191, a bill to establish a grant 
program to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in 
remote rural areas.


                                S. 1308

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the 
Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Bayh) were added as cosponsors of S. 1308, a bill to establish an 
Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1309

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1309, a bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend 
the trade adjustment assistance program to the services sector, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1321

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1321, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone 
and other communications.


                                S. 1380

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1380, a bill to eliminate unsafe 
railway-road grade crossings, to enhance railroad safety through new 
safety technology, safety inspections, accident investigations, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1405

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1405, a bill to extend the 50 
percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or 
unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility and to 
establish the National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation.


                                S. 1408

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1408, a bill to 
strengthen data protection and safeguards, require data breach 
notification, and further prevent identity theft.


                                S. 1411

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1411, a bill to direct the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a pilot 
program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small business 
concerns, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1414

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1414, a bill to provide for the conduct of a study of the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing the Trail of the Ancients 
National Heritage Area in the Four Corners region of the States of 
Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
  At the request of Mr. Domenici, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1414, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1414, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Allard, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1414, supra.


                                S. 1429

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1429, a bill to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to assist homeless students in obtaining 
postsecondary education, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 104

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 104, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate encouraging the active engagement of 
Americans in world affairs and urging the Secretary of State to take 
the lead and coordinate with other governmental agencies and non-
governmental organizations in creating an online database of 
international exchange programs and related opportunities.


                              S. RES. 198

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 198, a resolution commemorating the 25th 
anniversary of the 1980 worker's strike in Poland and the birth of the 
Solidarity Trade Union, the first free and independent trade union 
established in the Soviet-dominated countries of Europe.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1313

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1313 proposed to 
S. 1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1337

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr.

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Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1337 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for 
the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1345

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Sarbanes) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1345 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for 
the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1348

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1348 proposed to S. 1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1369 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1402

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1402 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1410

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1410 intended to be proposed to S. 
1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1415

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1415 proposed 
to S. 1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the 
Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1418 proposed to S. 1042, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                           amendment no. 1422

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1422 proposed to S. 1042, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 1423

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1423 proposed to 
S. 1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 1425

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 
and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1425 proposed to S. 1042, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for 
other purposes.


                           amendment no. 1433

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1433 intended to be proposed to S. 
1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 1435

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
1435 proposed to S. 1042, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 

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