[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 26, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8270-S8271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 78

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 78, a bill to 
make permanent marriage penalty relief.


                                 S. 351

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 351, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient 
protection by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse 
may be required to work in certain providers of services to which 
payments are made under the Medicare Program.


                                 S. 709

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 709, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to provide 
supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically 
homeless individuals, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) 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. 1112

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) 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. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1376, a bill to 
improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 
12 students in the United States by improving professional development 
programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through 
institutions of higher education.


                                S. 1537

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1537, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of Parkinson's 
Disease Research Education and Clinical Centers in the Veterans Health 
Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Multiple 
Sclerosis Centers of Excellence.


                                S. 1621

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1621, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the above-the-line deduction 
for teacher classroom supplies and to expand such deduction to include 
qualified professional development expenses.


                                S. 1915

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2284

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2284, a bill to 
extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from 
the numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                                S. 2305

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2305, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal the amendments made by 
the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requiring documentation evidencing 
citizenship or nationality as a condition for receipt of medical 
assistance under the Medicaid program.


                                S. 2393

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2393, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments 
into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the 
current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, 
establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and 
promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.


                                S. 2435

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2435, a bill to increase cooperation on 
energy issues between the United States Government and foreign 
governments and entities in order to secure the strategic and economic 
interests of the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2590

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2590, a bill to require full 
disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds.


                                S. 2824

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2824, a bill to reduce 
the burdens of the implementation of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley 
Act of 2002.


                                S. 3499

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3499, a bill to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to protect youth from exploitation by adults using 
the Internet, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3512

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3512, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax 
refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due.


                                S. 3535

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 3535, a bill to modernize and update the National Housing Act and 
to enable the Federal Housing Administration to use risk based pricing 
to more effectively reach underserved borrowers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3647

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3647, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive the monthly beneficiary 
premium under a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan during months 
in which an individual enrolled in such a plan has a gap in 
prescription drug coverage.


                                S. 3656

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3656, a bill 
to provide additional assistance to combat HIV/AIDS among young people, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3680

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3680, a bill to amend 
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to reauthorize and expand the 
New Markets Venture Capital Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3694

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3694, a bill to increase fuel economy standards for 
automobiles, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 3706

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3706, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat spaceports like 
airports under the exempt facility bond rules.


                                S. 3724

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3724, a bill to 
enhance scientific research and competitiveness through the 
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 312

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 312, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for 
the United States to address global climate change through the 
negotiation of fair and effective international commitments.


                              S. RES. 407

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 407, a resolution 
recognizing the African American Spiritual as a national treasure.


                              S. RES. 494

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 494, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the creation of refugee 
populations in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf 
region as a result of human rights violations.


                              S. RES. 540

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 540, a resolution encouraging all 50 States to 
recognize and accommodate the release of public school pupils from 
school attendance to attend off-campus religious classes at their 
churches, synagogues, houses of worship, and faith-based organizations.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4690

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4690 
intended to be proposed to S. 3711, a bill to enhance the energy 
independence and security of the United States by providing for 
exploration, development, and production activities for mineral 
resources in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.

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