[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 22 (Monday, February 27, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1505-S1506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 146, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized 
military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the 
Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for 
purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.


                                 S. 331

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 331, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for an assured adequate level of 
funding for veterans health care.


                                 S. 380

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 380, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant 
program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their 
seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the 
purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children.


                                 S. 407

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 407, a bill to restore 
health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) 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. 503

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 503, a bill to 
expand Parents as Teachers programs and other quality programs of early 
childhood home visitation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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. 919

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 
of S. 919, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance 
competition among and between rail carriers in order to ensure 
efficient rail service and reasonable rail rates, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) 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 name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1120, a bill to reduce 
hunger in the United States by half by 2010, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1330

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1330, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for 
employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to 
grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, 
Incorporated.


                                S. 1780

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for charitable 
contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the public 
disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance the 
ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building 
assets, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1841

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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. 1908

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1908, a bill to authorize the 
Under Secretary of Technology of the Department of Commerce to award 
grants to establish up to eight Nanoscience to Commercialization 
Institutes throughout the United States to develop commercial 
applications for nanotechnology.


                                S. 2075

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2075, a bill to amend the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to 
determine State residency for higher education purposes and to 
authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of 
certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and 
who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2115

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2115, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to improve provisions relating to Parkinson's disease 
research.


                                S. 2165

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2165, a bill to assist 
members of the Armed Forces in obtaining United States citizenship, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2178

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2178, a bill to make the 
stealing and selling of telephone records a criminal offense.


                                S. 2235

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2235, a bill to posthumously 
award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker Motley.


                                S. 2237

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2237, a bill to 
withhold United States assistance from the Palestinian Authority until 
certain conditions have been satisfied.


                                S. 2253

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2253, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of 
Mexico for oil and gas leasing.


                                S. 2266

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr.

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Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2266, a bill to establish a 
fellowship program for the congressional hiring of disabled veterans.


                                S. 2284

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. 2284, a bill to extend the 
termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the 
numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                                S. 2318

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2318, a bill to provide driver 
safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet 
certain minimum requirements.


                                S. 2321

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2321, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
Louis Braille.


                              S. RES. 180

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 180, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of a National Epidermolysis Bullosa 
Awareness Week to raise public awareness and understanding of the 
disease and to foster understanding of the impact of the disease on 
patients and their families.


                              S. RES. 313

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 313, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that a National Methamphetamine 
Prevention Week should be established to increase awareness of 
methamphetamine and to educate the public on ways to help prevent the 
use of that damaging narcotic.


                              S. RES. 371

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 371, a resolution 
designating July 22, 2006, as ``National Day of the American Cowboy''.


                              S. RES. 378

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 378, a resolution designating February 
25, 2006, as ``National MPS Awareness Day''.


                              S. RES. 383

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 383, a resolution calling 
on the President to take immediate steps to help improve the security 
situation in Darfur, Sudan, with an emphasis on civilian protection.

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