[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 129 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11213-S11214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 191

   At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 191, a bill to 
extend certain trade preferences to certain least-developed countries, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 211

   At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to 
facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for 
information and referral on human services, volunteer services, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 595

   At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 595, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the work opportunity 
credit and the welfare-to-work credit.


                                 S. 722

   At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 722, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 
level.


                                 S. 759

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 759, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make higher education more 
affordable, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 769

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


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 908, a bill to allow Congress, State 
legislatures, and regulatory agencies to determine appropriate laws, 
rules, and regulations to address the problems of weight gain, obesity, 
and health conditions associated with weight gain or obesity.


                                S. 1172

   At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 1236

   At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1236, a bill to ensure the availability of spectrum 
to amateur radio operators.


                                S. 1294

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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. 1317

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Bayh) 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. 1358

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


                                S. 1388

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1388, a bill to amend 
chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential 
impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1418

   At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1418, a bill to 
enhance the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information 
technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of 
health care in the United States.


                                S. 1440

   At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the 
Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) were added as cosponsors 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. 1504

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1507

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1507, a bill to protect children from Internet pornography and support 
law enforcement and other efforts to combat Internet and pornography-
related crimes against children.


                                S. 1512

   At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to 
grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, 
Incorporated.


                                S. 1538

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1538, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the 
construction and renovation of public schools.


                                S. 1585

   At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1585, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription 
drugs for enrollees of medicaid managed care organizations by extending 
the discounts offered under fee-for-service medicaid to such 
organizations.


                                S. 1587

   At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1587, a bill to 
amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying States 
to use a portion of their allotments under the State children's health 
insurance program for any fiscal year for certain medicaid 
expenditures.


                                S. 1716

   At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1716, a bill to 
provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane 
Katrina, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1721

   At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) were added as cosponsors of S. 1721, a bill to amend the 
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the 
authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1726

   At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1726, a bill to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Main 
Street in Grambling, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the 
``Coach Eddie Robinson Post Office Building''.


                                S. 1753

   At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1753, a bill to establish a 
unified national hazard alert system, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1774

   At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr.

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Bennett) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1774, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for the expansion, intensification, and coordination of the 
activities of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute with 
respect to research on pulmonary hypertension.


                                S. 1787

   At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1787, a bill to 
provide bankruptcy relief for victims of natural disasters, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1798

   At the request of Mr. Corzine, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1798, a bill to amend titles XI and 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit outbound call 
telemarketing to individuals eligible to receive benefits under title 
XVIII of such Act.


                                S. 1804

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1804, a bill to provide 
emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses 
as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters 
occurring during 2005, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1808

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) were added as cosponsors of S. 1808, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the qualified medicare 
beneficiary (OMB) and specified low-income medicare beneficiary (SLMB) 
programs within the medicaid program.


                              S.J. Res. 25

   At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 25, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to authorize the President to reduce or disapprove any 
appropriation in any bill presented by Congress.


                              S. Res. 180

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 180, a 
resolution supporting the goals and ideals of a National Epidermolysis 
Bullosa Awareness Week to raise public awareness and understanding of 
the disease and to foster understanding of the impact of the disease on 
patients and their families.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1881

   At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1881 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. 1911

   At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1911 
proposed to H.R. 2863, a bill making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1929

   At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1929 proposed 
to H.R. 2863, a bill making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2047

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2047 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2863, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
and for other purposes.

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