[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 158 (Monday, December 12, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13451-S13453]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 333

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) and the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) were added as cosponsors of S. 333, a bill to 
hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening 
behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran.
  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 333, supra.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Mr. Reed, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
382, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen 
prohibitions against animal fighting, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 382, supra.


                                 S. 438

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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. 548

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor 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. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) 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. 738

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 738, a bill to provide relief for the cotton shirt industry.


                                 S. 863

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 863, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centenary of the bestowal of the Nobel Peace Prize on President 
Theodore Roosevelt, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 877

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 877, a bill to provide for a 
biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to 
enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.


                                S. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) 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. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Reed) were added as cosponsors 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. 1196

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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 Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1272, a bill to amend title 46, United States Code, 
and title II of the Social

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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. 1317

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) 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 Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) 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. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1376, a bill to improve and expand geographic 
literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United 
States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten 
through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher 
education.


                                S. 1441

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1441, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include wireless 
telecommunications equipment in the definition of qualified 
technological equipment for purposes of determining the depreciation 
treatment of such equipment.


                                S. 1448

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1448, a bill to 
improve the treatment provided to veterans suffering from post-
traumatic stress disorder.


                                S. 1462

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1462, a bill to promote 
peace and accountability in Sudan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1488

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1504

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) 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. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1562, a bill to provide for 
the merger of the bank and savings association deposit insurance funds, 
to modernize and improve the safety and fairness of the Federal deposit 
insurance system, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1687

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1687, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide waivers relating to grants for 
preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers.


                                S. 1698

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 1779

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1779, a bill to amend 
the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the 
humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1881

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1881, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the Old Mint at San Francisco otherwise known as the ``Granite 
Lady'', and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 1881, supra.


                                S. 1915

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1915, a bill to amend the 
Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, 
delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of 
horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1930

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1930, a bill to expand the research, prevention, 
and awareness activities of the National Institute of Diabetes and 
Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention with respect to inflammatory bowel disease.


                                S. 1937

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1937, a bill to 
expand certain preferential trade treatment for Haiti.


                                S. 1975

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added as cosponsors of S. 1975, a 
bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.


                                S. 1998

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1998, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to enhance protections relating to the 
reputation and meaning of the Medal of Honor and other military 
decorations and awards, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2010

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2010, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to enhance the Social Security of the Nation by 
ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to 
prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, 
neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 65, a concurrent 
resolution recognizing the benefits and importance of Federally-
qualified health centers and their Medicaid prospective payment system.


                              S. RES. 219

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 283

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 283, a resolution recognizing the 
contributions of Korean Americans to the United States

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and encouraging the celebration of ``Korean American Day''.


                              S. RES. 320

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 320, a resolution calling the 
President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States 
reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues 
related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in 
the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2579 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. 2599

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2599 intended to be 
proposed to S. 2020, an original bill to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to section 202(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2006.

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