[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 51 (Wednesday, May 3, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3985-S3986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 558

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) 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. 828

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 828, a bill to enhance and further 
research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality 
of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical 
disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1086, a bill to improve the national program 
to register and monitor individuals who commit crimes against children 
or sex offenses.


                                S. 1272

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1330

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 1508

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1508, a bill to require 
Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in 
electronic form.


                                S. 1741

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1741, a bill to 
amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to authorize the President to carry out a program for the 
protection of the health and safety of residents, workers, volunteers, 
and others in a disaster area.


                                S. 1862

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1862, a bill to establish a 
joint energy cooperation program within the Department of Energy to 
fund eligible ventures between United States and Israeli businesses and 
academic persons in the national interest, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1864

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) 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. 1948

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1948, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child 
injury and death occurring inside or outside of passenger motor 
vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2019

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2019, a bill to provide 
for a research program for remediation of closed methamphetamine 
production laboratories, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2025

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2025, a bill to promote 
the national security and stability of the United States economy by 
reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of 
alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2039

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2039, a bill 
to provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public defenders.


                                S. 2140

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 2201

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2201, a bill to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to modify the mediation and implementation requirements of 
section 40122 regarding changes in the Federal Aviation Administration 
personnel management system, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2250

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2250, a bill to award a 
congressional gold medal to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug.


                                S. 2339

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2339, a bill to 
reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program under title 26 of the 
Public Health Service Act.


                                S. 2385

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2385, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Combat-Related 
Special Compensation paid by the uniformed services in order to permit 
certain additional retired members who have a service-connected 
disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for that disability and Combat-Related Special 
Compensation by reason of that disability.


                                S. 2465

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2465, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased assistance for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2480

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2480, a bill to 
amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act

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with respect to the availability of contact lenses.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2510, 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. 2554

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2554, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the permissible use of health 
savings accounts to include premiums for non-group high deductible 
health plan coverage.


                                S. 2653

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2653, a bill to direct the 
Federal Communications Commission to make efforts to reduce telephone 
rates for Armed Forces personnel deployed overseas.


                                S. 2658

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2658, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
enhance the national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau and the enhancement of the functions of the 
National Guard Bureau, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2658, supra.


                            S. CON. RES. 91

  At the request of Mr. Reid, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Con. Res. 91, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress 
that the President should posthumously award the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom to Leroy Robert ``Satchel'' Paige.


                              S. RES. 458

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 458, a 
resolution affirming that statements of national unity, including the 
National Anthem, should be recited or sung in English.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3592

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3592 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 4939, a bill making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3597

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3597 proposed 
to H.R. 4939, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3688

  At the request of Mr. Biden, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3688 proposed to H.R. 4939, a bill making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2006, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Dodd, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3688 proposed to H.R. 4939, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3717

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
3717 proposed to H.R. 4939, a bill making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3719

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3719 proposed to 
H.R. 4939, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3777

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 3777 proposed to H.R. 4939, a bill making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2006, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3805

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3805 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 4939, a bill making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for 
other purposes.

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