[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 161 (Thursday, December 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13660-S13661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 103

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 103, a bill to respond to 
the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamine in the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 267

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 267, a bill to 
reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) 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.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public 
health, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 438

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 627

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor 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. 635

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 635, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits 
under the medicare program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 716

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) 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. 737

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 737, a bill to amend the 
USA PATRIOT Act to place reasonable limitations on the use of 
surveillance and the issuance of search warrants, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 842

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 842, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable 
employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for 
mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing 
efforts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 914

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 914, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a competitive grant 
program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand 
the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and 
biomedical research.


                                S. 1014

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Talent) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1014, a bill to provide 
additional relief for small business owners ordered to active duty as 
members of reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) 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. 1272

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), 
the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Bond) were added as cosponsors 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. 1312

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1312, a bill to 
amend a provision relating to employees of the United States assigned 
to, or employed by, an Indian tribe, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1321

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1321, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communications.


                                S. 1349

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1349, a bill to 
promote deployment of competitive video services, eliminate redundant 
and unnecessary regulation, and further the development of next 
generation broadband networks.


                                S. 1479

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her 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. 1608

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns) and the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as cosponsors of S. 1608, 
a bill to enhance Federal Trade Commission enforcement against illegal 
spam, spyware, and cross-border fraud and deception, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1779

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Specter) 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 Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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. 1800

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 1800, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new 
markets tax credit.


                                S. 1881

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 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

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``Granite Lady'', and for other purposes.


                                S. 1916

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1916, a bill to strengthen national security and 
United States borders, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1917

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1917, a bill to require employers to verify the 
employment eligibility of their employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1934

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1934, a bill to 
reauthorize the grant program of the Department of Justice for reentry 
of offenders into the community, to establish a task force on Federal 
programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the 
community, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1974

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1974, a bill to 
provide States with the resources needed to rid our schools of 
performance-enhancing drug use.


                                S. 2038

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2038, a bill to amend the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to restore the original deadline for 
mandatory country of origin.


                                S. 2079

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2079, a bill to improve the 
ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to 
catastrophic events affecting the natural resources of Forest Service 
land and Bureau of Land Management Land, respectively, to support the 
recovery of non-Federal land damaged by catastrophic events, to assist 
impacted communities, to revitalize Forest Service experimental 
forests, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2081

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2081, a bill to improve 
the safety of all-terrain vehicles in the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2082

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor 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.
  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2082, supra.


                                S. 2088

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) 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. 2096

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2096, a bill to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act 
of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic 
and foreign programs and centers for the treatment of victims of 
torture, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 16

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 16, a 
concurrent resolution conveying the sympathy of Congress to the 
families of the young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, 
and encouraging increased United States involvement in bringing an end 
to these crimes.


                            S. CON. RES. 54

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 54, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding a 
commemorative postage stamp honoring Jasper Francis Cropsey, the famous 
Staten Island-born 19th Century Hudson River Painter.


                            S. CON. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 320

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. 
Levin), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 
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. 2646

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2646 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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