[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 25, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S124-S126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 58

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 58, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed 
Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel 
on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as 
retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such 
aircraft.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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. 756

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 756, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to enhance public and health professional awareness and 
understanding of lupus and to strengthen the Nation's research efforts 
to identify the causes and cure of lupus.


                                 S. 832

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 832, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide taxpayer protection and 
assistance, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 908, a bill to allow 
Congress, State legislatures, and regulatory agencies to determine 
appropriate laws, rules, and regulations to address the problems of 
weight gain, obesity, and health conditions associated with weight gain 
or obesity.


                                 S. 914

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 932

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 932, a bill to provide for 
paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own health 
needs and the health needs of their families.


                                 S. 941

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill 
to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a 
program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to 
preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban 
sprawl.


                                 S. 960

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill to amend the 
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to prohibit the use of certain anti-
competitive forward contracts.


                                 S. 983

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 983, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to protect employer rights.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1060, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
the purchase of hearing aids.


                                S. 1112

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor 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 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) 
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. 1167

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1167, a bill to provide 
that certain wire rods shall not be subject to any antidumping duty or 
countervailing duty order.


                                S. 1173

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1173, a bill to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees 
to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations 
Board.


                                S. 1263

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1263, a bill to amend the 
Small Business Act to establish eligibility requirements for business 
concerns to receive awards under the Small Business Innovation Research 
Program.


                                S. 1294

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 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. 1353

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) 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. 1354

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1354, a bill to establish 
commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding 
injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, 
and Jewish refugees during World War II.

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                                S. 1357

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1357, a bill 
to protect public health by clarifying the authority of the Secretary 
of Agriculture to prescribe performance standards for the reduction of 
pathogens in meat, meat products, poultry, and poultry products 
processed by establishments receiving inspection services and to 
enforce the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System 
requirements, sanitation requirements, and the performance standards.


                                S. 1449

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1449, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the eligibility of 
veterans for mortgage bond financing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1495

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1495, a bill to prohibit 
Federal agencies from obligating funds for appropriations earmarks 
included only in congressional reports, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1516

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1516, a bill to reauthorize 
Amtrak, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1524

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1524, a bill to 
repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for 
individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital 
gain rates.


                                S. 1723

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1723, a bill to amend 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to 
establish a grant program to ensure waterfront access for commercial 
fisherman, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1791

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) 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 name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1800, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax credit.


                                S. 1807

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1807, a bill to provide 
assistance for small businesses damaged by Hurricane Katrina or 
Hurricane Rita, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1821

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1841

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and 
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as cosponsors 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. 1864

  At the request of Mr. Burns, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1864, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat 
certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for 
purposes of depreciation.


                                S. 1900

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1900, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize the amount of the 
medicare part B premium.


                                S. 1907

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1907, a bill to promote the 
development of Native American small business concerns, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1915

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez) were added as cosponsors 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 name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1934

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 1956

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1956, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new three-
tiered approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that 
is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1966

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1966, a bill 
to establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible 
institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and 
parenting student services offices for pregnant students, parenting 
students, prospective parenting students who are anticipating a birth 
or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for 
adoption.


                                S. 2084

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2084, a bill 
to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations 
concerning the safety and labeling of portable generators.


                                S. 2123

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2123, a bill to 
modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program under title I 
of the National Housing Act.


                                S. 2128

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2128, a bill to provide greater transparency with 
respect to lobbying activities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2154

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2154, a bill to provide for the issuance 
of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.
  At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2154, supra.

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                                S. 2158

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2158, a bill to establish a 
National Homeland Security Academy within the Department of Homeland 
Security.


                                S. 2170

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2170, a bill to provide for 
global pathogen surveillance and response.


                                S. 2178

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator 
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) and 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 2178, a bill to make the stealing and selling of telephone records a 
criminal offense.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator 
from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2179, a bill to require 
openness in conference committee deliberations and full disclosure of 
the contents of conference reports and all other legislation.


                                S. 2180

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2180, a bill to provide more rigorous 
requirements with respect to disclosure and enforcement of ethics and 
lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2180, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 2180, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2180, supra.


                                S. 2183

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Obama), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 2183, a bill to provide for necessary beneficiary protections in 
order to ensure access to coverage under the Medicare part D 
prescription drug program.


                            S. CON. RES. 69

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 69, a concurrent resolution supporting 
the goals and ideals of a Day of Hearts, Congenital Heart Defect Day in 
order to increase awareness about congenital heart defects, and for 
other purposes.


                              S. RES. 182

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator 
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 182, a 
resolution supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, 
treatment, and research.


                              S. RES. 236

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 236, a resolution recognizing the need 
to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure 
for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, supporting the goals and ideals of 
National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 320

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) 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.

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