[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 42 (Monday, March 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3000-S3001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 21

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 21, a bill to expand access to preventive health care 
services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and 
improve access to women's health care.


                                 S. 231

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Specter) were added as cosponsors of S. 231, a bill to authorize the 
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 
2006 levels through 2012.


                                 S. 261

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 261, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against 
animal fighting, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 373

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 373, a bill to facilitate 
and expedite direct refunds to coal producers and exporters of the 
excise tax unconstitutionally imposed on coal exported from the United 
States.


                                 S. 376

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 376, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to improve the provisions relating to the 
carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 381, a bill to establish a 
fact-finding Commission to extend the study of a prior Commission to 
investigate and determine facts and circumstances surrounding the 
relocation, internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin 
Americans of Japanese descent from December 1941 through February 1948, 
and the impact of those actions by the United States, and to recommend 
appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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 Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 474

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 474, a bill to award a 
congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.


                                 S. 505

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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 Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) 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. 558

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 558, a bill to 
provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health 
benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Connecticut

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(Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 625

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 625, a bill to 
protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration 
with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor 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. 663

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 663, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to repeal the statutory designation of 
beneficiaries of the $100,000 death gratuity under section 1477 of 
title 10, United States Code, and to permit members of the Armed Forces 
to designate in writing their beneficiaries of choice in the event of 
their death while serving on active duty.


                                 S. 691

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 691, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to improve the benefits under the Medicare program for 
beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 713

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 713, a bill to ensure dignity in care for members 
of the Armed Forces recovering from injuries.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 773, 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. 787

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 787, a bill to impose a 2-
year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the 
Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 815, a bill to provide 
health care benefits to veterans with a service-connected disability at 
non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities that receive 
payments under the Medicare program or the TRICARE program.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 823, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to facilitating the development of microbicides for 
preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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 an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of 
the United States.


                               S. RES. 82

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 82, a 
resolution designating August 16, 2007 as ``National Airborne Day''.


                               S. RES. 95

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 95, a resolution 
designating March 25, 2007, as ``Greek Independence Day: A National Day 
of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 355

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 355 
intended to be 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. 371

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 371 intended to 
be 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. 389

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 389 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. 393

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 393 intended to 
be 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. 440

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 440 intended to 
be 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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