[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 109 (Tuesday, September 6, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9646-S9648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                  S. 4

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4, a bill to reduce 
healthcare costs, expand access to affordable healthcare coverage, and 
improve healthcare and strengthen the healthcare safety net, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 25

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 25, a bill to 
promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the 
income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, 
and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the 
States.


                                 S. 103

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 103, a bill to 
respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of 
methamphetamine in the United States, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 103, supra.


                                 S. 114

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 114, a bill to amend 
titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to ensure that every 
uninsured child in America has health insurance coverage, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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. 372

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) 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 Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) and the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 398

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 438

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 445

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 445, a resolution to amend 
part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as added by the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, 
to provide for negotiation of fair prices for Medicare prescription 
drugs.


                                 S. 548

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 548, a bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and 
forest land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the 
public under programs administered by States and tribal governments.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), 
the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 626, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes 
self management training by designating certified diabetes educators 
who are recognized by a nationally recognized certifying body and who 
meet the same quality standards set forth for other providers of 
diabetes self management training, as certified providers for purposes 
of outpatient diabetes self-management training services under part B 
of the medicare program.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 627, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research credit, to increase the 
rates of the alternative incremental credit, and to provide an 
alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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 names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) and the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors 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. 662

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to 
reform the postal laws of the United States.


                                 S. 695

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 695, a bill to suspend 
temporarily new shipper bonding privileges.
  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 695, supra.


                                 S. 776

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was withdrawn 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. 843

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 843, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to combat autism through research, screening, 
intervention and education.


                                 S. 852

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 852, a bill to create a fair 
and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for bodily injury 
caused by asbestos exposure, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 978

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr.

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DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 978, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the 
purchase of qualified health insurance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1002

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1038

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1038, a bill to amend the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance the ability 
to produce fruits and vegetables on covered commodity base acres.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) 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. 1062

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1062, a bill 
to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an 
increase in the Federal minimum wage.


                                S. 1081

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1086, a bill to improve 
the national program to register and monitor individuals who commit 
crimes against children or sex offenses.


                                S. 1112

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1112, a bill to make 
permanent the enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified 
tuition programs enacted as part of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
Reconciliation Act of 2001.


                                S. 1168

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1168, a bill to 
amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to make 
inadmissible individuals who law enforcement knows, or has reasonable 
grounds to believe, seek entry into the United States to participate in 
illegal activities with criminal gangs located in the United States.


                                S. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1183, a bill to provide 
additional assistance to recipients of Federal Pell Grants who are 
pursuing programs of study in engineering, mathematics, science, or 
foreign languages.


                                S. 1196

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1196, a bill to provide for 
disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus 
buildings, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1272

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1272, a bill to amend title 46, United 
States Code, and title II of the Social Security Act to provide 
benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States 
merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval 
Transport Service) during World War II.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to amend the 
definition of independent student for purposes of the need analysis in 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include older adopted students.


                                S. 1317

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1317, a bill to provide 
for the collection and maintenance of cord blood units for the 
treatment of patients and research, and to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to authorize the Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Cell 
Transplantation Program to increase the number of transplants for 
recipients suitable matched to donors of bone marrow and cord blood.


                                S. 1350

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1350, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to protect the privacy rights of subscribers 
to wireless communications services.


                                S. 1366

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1366, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free 
distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable 
purposes.


                                S. 1386

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1386, a bill 
to exclude from consideration as income certain payments under the 
national flood insurance program.


                                S. 1405

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), 
the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) 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. 1417

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1417, a bill to impose tariff-rate quotas on 
certain casein and milk protein concentrates.


                                S. 1488

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1488, a bill to withhold funding from the United 
Nations if the United Nations abridges the rights provided by the 
Second Amendment to the Constitution, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1496

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator 
from Florida (Mr. Martinez) were added as cosponsors of S. 1496, a bill 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a pilot program 
under which up to 15 States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird 
hunting stamps.


                                S. 1504

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1504, a bill to establish a market 
driven telecommunications marketplace, to eliminate government managed 
competition of existing communication service, and to provide parity 
between functionally equivalent services.


                                S. 1508

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1508, a bill to require 
Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in 
electronic form.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Talent) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1512, a bill to grant a

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Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated.


                                S. 1525

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1525, a bill to ensure 
that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or 
market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to amend the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform funding for 
the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1558

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1558, a bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 
1978 to protect family members of filers from disclosing sensitive 
information in a public filing and extend the public filing requirement 
for 5 years.


                                S. 1584

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1584, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 
nonrefundable tax credit against income tax for individuals who 
purchase a residential safe storage device for the safe storage of 
firearms.


                              S.J. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 7, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relative to equal rights for men and women.


                              S.J. RES. 22

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 22, a joint 
resolution proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the 
United States posthumously.


                              S. RES. 182

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 182, a resolution supporting efforts to 
increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research.


                              S. RES. 184

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 184, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding manifestations of anti-
Semitism by United Nations member states and urging action against 
anti-Semitism by United Nations officials, United Nations member 
states, and the Government of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 219

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 219, a 
resolution designating March 8, 2006, as ``Endangered Species Day'', 
and encouraging the people of the United States to become educated 
about, and aware of, threats to species, success stories in species 
recovery, and the opportunity to promote species conservation 
worldwide.


                              S. RES. 231

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 231, a resolution 
encouraging the Transitional National Assembly of Iraq to adopt a 
constitution that grants women equal rights under the law and to work 
to protect such rights.


                              S. RES. 232

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 232, a resolution celebrating the 40th 
anniversary of the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and 
reaffirming the commitment of the Senate to ensuring the continued 
effectiveness of the Act in protecting the voting rights of all 
citizens of the United States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 762

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 762 
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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