[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 116 (Thursday, September 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10119-S10121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 314

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 314, a bill to protect 
consumers, creditors, workers, pensioners, shareholders, and small 
businesses, by reforming the rules governing venue in bankruptcy cases 
to combat forum shopping by corporate debtors.


                                 S. 359

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 359, a bill to provide for 
the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker 
program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural 
workforce, to extend basic legal protections and better working 
conditions to more workers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to 
amend the Public

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Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public health, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 503

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 503, a bill to expand Parents as Teachers 
programs and other quality programs of early childhood home visitation, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 769

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 769, a bill to 
enhance compliance assistance for small businesses.


                                 S. 793

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 793, a bill to establish national 
standards for discharges from cruise vessels into the waters of the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 843

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) 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. 1049

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1049, a bill to amend title 
XXI of the Social Security Act to provide grants to promote innovative 
outreach and enrollment under the medicaid and State children's health 
insurance programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1099

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1099, a bill to repeal the 
current Internal Revenue Code and replace it with a flat tax, thereby 
guaranteeing economic growth and greater fairness for all Americans.


                                S. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1120, a bill 
to reduce hunger in the United States by half by 2010, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1132

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1132, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 
that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health 
plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or 
developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or 
disease.


                                S. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1197, a bill to reauthorize 
the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.


                                S. 1272

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) 
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. 1294

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1294, a bill 
to amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to preserve and protect the 
ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and 
services.


                                S. 1306

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1306, a bill to provide 
for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of 
certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1308

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor 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 name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1417

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1417, a bill to 
impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein 
concentrates.


                                S. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1440, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac 
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                S. 1442

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1442, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a Coordinated Environmental 
Health Network, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1489

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1489, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act with regard to research on asthma, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1496

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) 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. 1530

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1530, a bill to provide a 
Federal tax exemption for forest conservation bonds, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1557

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1557, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for a program at the National 
Institutes of Health to conduct and support research in the derivation 
and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that do not harm human 
embryos, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1563

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1563, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to protect and strengthen the safety net 
of children's public health coverage by extending the enhanced Federal 
matching rate under the State children's health insurance program to 
children covered by medicaid at State option and by encouraging 
innovations in children's enrollment and retention, to advance quality 
and performance in children's public health insurance programs, to 
provide payments for children's hospitals to reward quality and 
performance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1648

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1648, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to improve the

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system for enhancing automobile fuel efficiency, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1691

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1691, a bill to amend 
selected statutes to clarify existing Federal law as to the treatment 
of students privately educated at home under State law.


                                S. 1696

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1696, a bill to provide tax 
relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, to provide incentives for 
charitable giving, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1700

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) and the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1700, a bill to establish an Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery 
Chief Financial Officer, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 23

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S.J. Res. 23, a joint resolution supporting the goals and ideals of 
Gold Star Mothers Day.


                              S. RES. 238

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 238, a resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and 
celebrating the vast contributions of Hispanic Americans to the 
strength and culture of our Nation.
  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 238, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 762

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Biden) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1678

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1678 proposed to H.R. 2862, an Act making appropriations 
for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and related 
agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1695

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1695 proposed 
to H.R. 2862, an Act making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and related agencies, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1706

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1706 proposed to H.R. 2862, 
an Act making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, Science, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1717

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Talent), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the 
Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 1717 proposed to H.R. 2862, an Act making appropriations 
for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and related 
agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Obama, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1717 proposed to H.R. 2862, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Corzine, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1717 proposed to H.R. 2862, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Pryor, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1717 proposed to H.R. 2862, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1717 proposed to H.R. 2862, supra.

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