[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 28, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10594-S10596]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 258

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 258, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to enhance research, training, and health 
information dissemination with respect to urologic diseases, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 347

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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

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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. 440

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 440, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for 
purposes of covering physicians services under the medicaid program.


                                 S. 537

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 537, a bill to increase the number of well-
trained mental health service professionals (including those based in 
schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and 
adolescents, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 663

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 663, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow self-employed individuals to 
deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes.


                                 S. 713

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 713, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 755, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to nonprofit tax-
exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to 
provide free examinations to women needing such services, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 911, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified 
midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates 
for certified nurse-midwife services.


                                S. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1007, a bill to 
prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage 
determined for a State for fiscal year 2006.


                                S. 1046

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1046, a bill to 
amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of 
Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the 
Pledge of Allegiance.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) 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. 1172

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1197, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994.


                                S. 1217

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1217, a bill to amend title II of the Social 
Security Act to phase out the 24-month waiting period for disabled 
individuals to become eligible for medicare benefits, to eliminate the 
waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1309

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 1358

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1358, a bill to protect 
scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking.


                                S. 1402

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1402, a bill to amend 
section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation 
and shipment of certain species of carp.


                                S. 1405

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and 
the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 1411

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) 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. 1479

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1479, a bill to provide for 
the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, 
treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne 
diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory 
Committee.


                                S. 1489

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1489, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act with regard to research on asthma, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1573

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1573, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the funding of 
collectively bargained retiree health benefits.


                                S. 1575

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1575, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to authorize a demonstration program to increase the number 
of doctorally prepared nurse faculty.


                                S. 1589

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1589, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for reductions in the medicare part B premium through elimination of 
certain overpayments to Medicare Advantage organizations.


                                S. 1631

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr.

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Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1631, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude 
oil and to rebate the tax collected back to the American consumer, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1700

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1700, a bill to 
establish an Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial 
Officer, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1735

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1735, a bill to improve the 
Federal Trade Commission's ability to protect consumers from price-
gouging during energy emergencies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1761

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1761, a bill to clarify the 
liability of government contractors assisting in rescue, recovery, 
repair, and reconstruction work in the Gulf Coast region of the United 
States affected by Hurricane Katrina or other major disasters.


                            S. CON. RES. 25

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 25, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the 
application of Airbus for launch aid.


                            S. CON. RES. 53

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 53, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that any effort to impose 
photo identification requirements for voting should be rejected.


                              S. RES. 236

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 236, a resolution 
recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, 
and an eventual cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, supporting the 
goals and ideals of National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness 
Week, and for other purposes.

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