[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 24 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1579-S1580]
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 Montana 
(Mr. Burns) 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. 241

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 241, a bill to amend section 254 
of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as 
universal service contributions and the universal service support 
programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to 
certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as 
the Antideficiency Act.


                                 S. 333

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) 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. 382

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. 474

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 474, a bill to establish 
the Mark O. Hatfield-Elizabeth Furse Scholarship and Excellence in 
Tribal Governance Foundation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 503

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 558

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 558, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to permit certain additional retired members of the 
Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both 
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special compensation and to 
eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such 
concurrent receipt.


                                 S. 637

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 637, a bill to 
establish a national health program administered by the Office of 
Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who 
are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 877

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 877, a bill to provide for a biennial budget 
process and a biennial appropriations process and to enhance oversight 
and the performance of the Federal Government.


                                S. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1257

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1257, a bill to amend title 28, 
United States Code, to clarify that persons may bring private rights of 
actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1440, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac 
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                S. 1605

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of

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S. 1605, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect 
public safety officers, judges, witnesses, victims, and their family 
members, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1791

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) 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. 1951

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1951, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to help individuals with functional impairments and 
their families pay for services and supports that they need to maximize 
their functionality and independence and have choices about community 
participation, education, and employment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1998

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1998, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to enhance protections relating to the 
reputation and meaning of the Medal of Honor and other military 
decorations and awards, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2008

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2008, a bill to improve 
cargo security, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2134

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2157

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2157, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the 
Purple Heart to be awarded to prisoners of war who die in captivity 
under circumstances not otherwise establishing eligibility for the 
Purple Heart.


                                S. 2253

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2287

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2287, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and permanently extend the 
expensing of certain depreciable business assets for small businesses.


                                S. 2314

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2314, a bill to 
suspend the application of any provision of Federal law under which 
persons are relieved from the requirement to pay royalties for 
production of oil or natural gas from Federal lands in periods of high 
oil and natural gas prices, to require the Secretary to seek to 
renegotiate existing oil and natural gas leases to similarly limit 
suspension of royalty obligations under such leases, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2322

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2322, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to make the provision of technical services 
for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments 
safer, more accurate, and less costly.


                                S. 2327

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2327, a bill to 
require the FCC to issue a final order regarding white spaces.


                                S. 2333

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2333, a bill to require an 
investigation under the Defense Production Act of 1950 of the 
acquisition by Dubai Ports World of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam 
Navigation Company, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 79

  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Con. Res. 79, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of 
Congress that no United States assistance should be provided directly 
to the Palestinian Authority if any representative political party 
holding a majority of parliamentary seats within the Palestinian 
Authority maintains a position calling for the destruction of Israel.

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