[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 167 (Wednesday, December 21, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14317-S14318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 438

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 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. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 484, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military 
retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to 
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to 
reform the postal laws of the United States.


                                 S. 707

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 707, a bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of 
pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to 
reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.


                                 S. 757

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. 863

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 910

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 910, a bill to require 
that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for 
mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment 
of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.


                                S. 1002

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1002, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in payments 
to hospitals under the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1405

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1405, a 
bill to extend the 50 percent compliance threshold used to determine 
whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation 
facility and to establish the National Advisory Council on Medical 
Rehabilitation.

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                                S. 1568

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1568, a bill to enhance the ability of community banks to foster 
economic growth and serve their communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1841

  At the request of Mr. Carper, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1841, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
extended and additional protection to Medicare beneficiaries who enroll 
for the Medicare prescription drug benefit during 2006.


                                S. 2076

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2076, a bill to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to provide to assistant United States 
attorneys the same retirement benefits as are afforded to Federal law 
enforcement officers.


                                S. 2083

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2083, a bill to prohibit the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
from removing any item from the current list of items prohibited from 
being carried aboard a passenger aircraft.


                                S. 2088

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. 2109

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) 
and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2109, a bill to provide national innovation initiative.


                                S. 2134

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2134, a bill to strengthen existing programs to assist 
manufacturing innovation and education, to expand outreach programs for 
small and medium-sized manufacturers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2140

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2140, a bill to enhance 
protection of children from sexual exploitation by strengthening 
section 2257 of title 18, United States Code, requiring producers of 
sexually explicit material to keep and permit inspection of records 
regarding the age of performers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2145

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2145, a bill to 
enhance security and protect against terrorist attacks at chemical 
facilities.


                                S. 2154

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. 2154, a bill to provide for the 
issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.


                            S. CON. RES. 71

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 71, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that States 
should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an 
ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the 
proximity of a potentially visually impaired individual.


                              S. RES. 253

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 253, a resolution 
designating October 7, 2005, as ``National `It's Academic' Television 
Quiz Show Day''.


                              S. RES. 340

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 340, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that lenders holding 
mortgages on homes in communities of Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita should extend current mortgage payment forbearance 
periods and not foreclose on properties in those communities until such 
time that Congress can consider legislation to provide relief to those 
homeowners.

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