[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 37 (Monday, March 5, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2598-S2600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 206

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 206, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 261

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 261, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 294

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 294, a bill to 
reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 320

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 320, a bill to provide 
for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac 
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                 S. 369

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 369, a bill to provide for a 
medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President to the next 
of kin or other representative of those individuals killed as a result 
of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.


                                 S. 402

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 402, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for qualified timber gains.


                                 S. 430

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and 
the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as cosponsors of S. 
430, 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.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the 
uniformed services 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.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 465

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 465, a bill to 
amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title III of 
the Public Health Service Act to improve access to information about 
individuals' health care options and legal rights for care near the end 
of life, to promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so that 
individuals' wishes are known should they become unable to speak for 
themselves, to engage health care providers in disseminating 
information about and assisting in the preparation of advance 
directives, which include living wills and durable powers of attorney 
for health care, and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 481

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 481, a bill to 
recruit and retain more qualified individuals to teach in Tribal 
Colleges or Universities.


                                 S. 486

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 486, a bill to establish 
requirements for lenders and institutions of higher education in order 
to protect students and other borrowers receiving educational loans.


                                 S. 505

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 505, 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. 513

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 513, a bill to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to revive previous authority on the use of the Armed Forces and 
the militia to address interference with State or Federal law, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 543, a bill 
to improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent 
compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a 
hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare 
program.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 546, a bill to 
amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make available additional 
amounts to address funding shortfalls in the State Children's Health 
Insurance Program for fiscal year 2007.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 579, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute 
of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and 
operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may 
be related to the etiology of breast cancer.


                                 S. 597

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 597, a bill to extend the special 
postage stamp for breast cancer research for 2 years.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 626, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public health, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the 
Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of S. 634, 
a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant 
programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and 
coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to 
reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 649

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 649, a bill to require the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an independent safety 
assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.


                                 S. 651

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 651, a bill to help 
promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, 
families, and communities across the United States.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 661, a bill to 
establish kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship 
assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 682

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) were added as cosponsors of S. 682, a 
bill to award a congressional gold medal to Edward William Brooke III 
in recognition of his unprecedented and enduring service to our Nation.


                                 S. 694

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 694, 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 
light motor vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 699

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 699, a bill to prevent the 
fraudulent use of social security account numbers by allowing the 
sharing of social security data among agencies of the United States for 
identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement purposes, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 726

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 726, a bill to amend 
section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation 
and shipment of certain species of carp.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, 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. 739

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 739, a bill to provide 
disadvantaged children with access to dental services.


                                 S. 744

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 744, a bill to 
provide greater public safety by making more spectrum available to 
public safety, to establish the Public Safety Interoperable 
Communications Working Group to provide standards for public safety 
spectrum needs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 746

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 746, a bill to establish a 
competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical 
education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public 
health practice and biomedical research.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Martinez) were added as cosponsors of S. 749, a bill to modify the 
prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights 
relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.


                              S.J. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 4, a joint 
resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and 
ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian 
tribes and offer

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an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.


                             S. CON. RES. 3

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 3, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it is the 
goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the 
agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should 
provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total 
energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, 
abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.


                               S. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 65, a resolution condemning the murder of Turkish-Armenian 
journalist and human rights advocate Hrant Dink and urging the people 
of Turkey to honor his legacy of tolerance.
  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 65, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Salazar, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 65, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Coleman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 65, supra.


                               S. RES. 92

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 92, a 
resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of 
soldiers of Israel held captive by Hamas and Hezbollah.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 272

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 272 proposed to 
S. 4, a bill to make the United States more secure by implementing 
unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on 
terror more effectively, to improve homeland security, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 300

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 300 proposed to 
S. 4, a bill to make the United States more secure by implementing 
unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on 
terror more effectively, to improve homeland security, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 326

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 326 proposed 
to S. 4, a bill to make the United States more secure by implementing 
unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on 
terror more effectively, to improve homeland security, and for other 
purposes.

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