[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 160 (Wednesday, December 14, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13570-S13572]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 333

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


                                 S. 408

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from New Mexico

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(Mr. Bingaman) 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. 678

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 678, a bill to amend the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over 
the Internet from the definition of public communication.


                                 S. 691

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 691, a bill to modify the 
prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights 
relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.


                                 S. 716

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 716, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to enhance services provided by vet centers, to 
clarify and improve the provision of bereavement counseling by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 765

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 765, a bill 
to preserve mathematics- and science-based industries in the United 
States.


                                 S. 959

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 959, a bill to establish 
the Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 981

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 981, a bill to 
ensure that a Federal employee who takes leave without pay in order to 
perform service as a member of the uniformed services or member of the 
National Guard shall continue to receive pay in an amount which, when 
taken together with the pay and allowances such individual is receiving 
for such service, will be no less than the basic pay such individual 
would then be receiving if no interruption in employment had occurred.


                                S. 1033

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1033, a bill to improve border security and 
immigration.


                                S. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1035, a bill to authorize the presentation of 
commemorative medals on behalf of Congress to Native Americans who 
served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in which the United 
States was involved during the 20th century in recognition of the 
service of those Native Americans to the United States.


                                S. 1315

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1315, a bill to require a 
report on progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1317

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) 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. 1378

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1378, a bill to amend the National Historic 
Preservation Act to provide appropriation authorization and improve the 
operations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.


                                S. 1399

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 1479

  At the request of Mr. Reed, his name 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. 1523

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1523, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent increased expensing 
for small businesses.


                                S. 1604

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1604, a bill to restore to 
the judiciary the power to decide all trademark and trade name cases 
arising under the laws and treaties of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1687

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 1779

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors 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. 1791

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1791, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for qualified timber 
gains.


                                S. 1930

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 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. 2012

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) were added as cosponsors of S. 2012, a bill to authorize 
appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act for fiscal years 2006 through 
2012, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2071

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2071, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify congressional 
intent regarding the counting of residents in the nonhospital setting 
under the medicare program.


                                S. 2082

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2082, a bill to amend the USA PATRIOT Act to extend the sunset of 
certain provisions of that Act and the lone wolf provision of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to March 31, 
2006.


                                S. 2085

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Montana

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(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2085, a bill to provide a 
supplemental payment to assist agricultural producers in mitigating 
increasing input costs, including energy and fertilizer costs.


                                S. 2088

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2088, a bill to 
assist low-income families, displaced from their residences in the 
States of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi as a result of Hurricane 
Katrina, by establishing within the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development a homesteading initiative that offers displaced low-income 
families the opportunity to purchase a home owned by the Federal 
Government, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 33

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 33, a resolution 
urging the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt.


                              S. RES. 283

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 283, a resolution 
recognizing the contributions of Korean Americans to the United States 
and encouraging the celebration of ``Korean American Day''.

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