[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 131 (Monday, October 17, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11422-S11423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 408

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 408, a bill to provide for 
programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage 
drinking.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 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. 696

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 696, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding the transfer 
of students from certain schools.


                                 S. 757

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 757, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
development and operation of research centers regarding environmental 
factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.


                                 S. 769

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


                                 S. 894

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 894, a bill to allow 
travel between the United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 969

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 969, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to preparation for an influenza 
pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1055

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1055, a bill 
to improve elementary and secondary education.


                                S. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 1086, a bill to 
improve the national program to register and monitor individuals who 
commit crimes against children or sex offenses.


                                S. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) 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. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1139, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to strengthen the ability of the Secretary of 
Agriculture to regulate the pet industry.


                                S. 1155

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Allen), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) and 
the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1155, a bill to establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive 
review of Federal agencies and programs and to recommend the 
elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated 
functions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1272

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) 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. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. 1353

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1353, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1358

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey

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(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1358, a bill to protect 
scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking.


                                S. 1367

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1367, a bill to 
provide for recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting a national 
teacher corps in underserved communities.


                                S. 1399

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1399, a bill to improve 
the results the executive branch achieves on behalf of the American 
people.


                                S. 1462

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1462, a bill to promote peace and 
accountability in Sudan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1516

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1516, a bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1698

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1698, a bill to accelerate 
efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing 
countries and for other purposes.


                                S. 1700

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 1749

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1749, a bill to reinstate the application of the wage requirements of 
the Davis-Bacon Act to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane 
Katrina.


                                S. 1772

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1772, a bill 
to streamline the refinery permitting process, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1774

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1793

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1793, a bill 
to extend certain apportionments to primary airports.


                                S. 1798

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, his name was added as a cosponsor 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. 1817

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1817, a bill 
to suspend the Davis-Bacon Wage rate requirements for Federal contracts 
in areas declared national disasters.


                                S. 1821

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1821, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an 
avian influenza pandemic, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1826

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1826, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit to encourage employers 
to offer flexible and phased work opportunities to older workers, to 
expand the credit for dependent care expenses to cover eldercare 
expenses, to extend COBRA coverage for certain older workers who lose 
health insurance coverage due to a reduction in work, to improve older 
workers' access to job training services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1862

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1862, a bill to establish 
a joint energy cooperation program within the Department of Energy to 
fund eligible ventures between United States and Israeli businesses and 
academic persons in the national interest, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1867

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1867, a bill 
to extend to individuals evacuated from their residences as a result of 
Hurricane Katrina the right to use the absentee balloting and 
registration procedures available to military and overseas voters under 
the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 25

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added 
as cosponsors 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. CON. RES. 58

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 58, a concurrent resolution supporting 
``Lights On Afterschool'', a national celebration of after school 
programs.


                              S. RES. 180

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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.


                              S. RES. 261

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 261, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the crisis of Hurricane Katrina 
should not be used to weaken, waive, or roll back Federal public 
health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1550

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1550 
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.

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