[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 124 (Thursday, September 28, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10458-S10459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) 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. 908

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. 911

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 911, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of 
certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable 
reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.


                                S. 1082

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1082, a bill to 
restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.


                                S. 1172

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1172, a bill to 
provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women 
and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.


                                S. 1173

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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. 1687

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1687, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures 
with respect to breast and cervical cancers.
  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1687, supra.


                                S. 1911

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1911, a bill to provide for the protection of the flag of the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1915

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) 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. 2010

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2010, a bill 
to amend the Social Security Act to enhance the Social Security of the 
Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to 
resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder 
abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2123

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 2395

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2395, a bill to amend title 
39, United States Code, to require that air carriers accept as mail 
shipments certain live animals.


                                S. 2506

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2506, a bill to require Federal agencies to support health impact 
assessments and take other actions to improve health and the 
environmental quality of communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2824

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) 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. 3128

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3128, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety 
warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3508

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3508, a bill to 
authorize the Moving to Work Charter program to enable public housing 
agencies to improve the effectiveness of Federal housing assistance, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3516

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3516, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to permanently extend the floor on the 
Medicare work geographic adjustment under the fee schedule for 
physicians' services.


                                S. 3523

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3523, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review 
claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running 
on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.


                                S. 3677

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3677, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the in the 
home restriction for Medicare coverage of mobility devices for 
individuals with expected long-term needs.


                                S. 3678

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3678, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to public health security and all-
hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3681

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3681, a bill to amend the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980 to provide that manure shall not be considered to be a hazardous 
substance, pollutant, or contaminant.


                                S. 3696

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3696, a bill to amend the Revised 
Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of the legal system in 
a manner that extorts money from State and local governments, and the 
Federal Government, and inhibits such governments' constitutional 
actions under the first, tenth, and fourteenth amendments.


                                S. 3705

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3705, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to 
improve requirements under the Medicaid program for items and services 
furnished in or through an educational program or setting to children, 
including children with developmental, physical, or mental health 
needs, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 3707

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3707, a bill to improve 
consumer access to passenger vehicle loss data held by insurers.


                                S. 3737

  At the request of Mr. Carper, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3737, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Washington-Rochambeau Route National Historic Trail.


                                S. 3744

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3744, a bill to establish the 
Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Program.


                                S. 3791

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3791, a bill to 
require the provision of information to parents and adults concerning 
bacterial meningitis and the availability of a vaccination with respect 
to such disease.


                                S. 3795

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3795, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a two-
year moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for 
imaging services.
  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3795, supra.


                                S. 3802

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3802, a bill to 
amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to 
expand the county organized health insuring organizations authorized to 
enroll Medicaid beneficiaries.


                                S. 3819

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3819, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for redistribution and 
extended availability of unexpended medicaid DSH allotments, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3847

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3847, a bill to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Cooper 
Street in Babylon, New York, as the ``Jacob Samuel Fletcher Post Office 
Building''.


                                S. 3853

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3853, a bill to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 39-25 61st 
Street in Woodside, New York, as the ``Thomas J. Manton Post Office 
Building''.


                                S. 3862

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3862, a bill to amend the 
Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture 
from implementing or carrying out a National Animal Identification 
System or similar requirement, to prohibit the use of Federal funds to 
carry out such a requirement, and to require the Secretary to protect 
information obtained as part of any voluntary animal identification 
system.


                                S. 3884

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3884, a bill to impose sanctions against 
individuals responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against 
humanity, to support measures for the protection of civilians and 
humanitarian operations, and to support peace efforts in the Darfur 
region of Sudan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3913

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3913, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social 
Security Act to eliminate funding shortfalls for the State Children's 
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for fiscal year 2007.


                                S. 3918

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3918, a bill to establish a grant program for individuals still 
suffering health effects as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks 
in New York City and at the Pentagon.


                                S. 3931

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name and the name of the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were added as cosponsors of S. 3931, a bill to 
establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance 
programs.


                                S. 3936

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3936, a bill to invest in innovation and education to 
improve the competitiveness of the United States in the global economy.


                                S. 3943

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3943, a bill to amend the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reimburse jurisdictions for amounts 
paid or incurred in preparing, producing, and using contingency paper 
ballots in the November 7, 2006, Federal general election.


                                S. 3952

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3952, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not 
covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through 
automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar savings by the 
self-employed, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5029

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5029 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 6061, a bill to establish operational control over 
the international land and maritime borders of the United States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5033

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 5033 proposed to H.R. 3127, a 
bill to impose sanctions against individuals responsible for genocide, 
war crimes, and crimes against humanity, to support measures for the 
protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and to support 
peace efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5066

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5066 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 6061, a bill to establish operational control over 
the international land and maritime borders of the United States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5087

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5087 proposed to 
S. 3930, a bill to authorize trial by military commission for 
violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.

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