[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 27, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3835-S3837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 223

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 223, a bill to 
require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports 
in electronic form.


                                 S. 288

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 288, a bill to amend 
titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for the use of gold in 
the metal content of the Medal of Honor.


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 350

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. 350, a bill to 
prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government 
activities.


                                 S. 351

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 351, a bill to amend title X of the Public 
Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being 
awarded to any entity that performs abortions.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 459, a bill to require 
that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for 
mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment 
of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.


                                 S. 474

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma

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(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 474, a bill to award a 
congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.


                                 S. 502

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 502, a bill to repeal the 
sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on 
the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates.


                                 S. 506

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 506, a bill to improve efficiency in the 
Federal Government through the use of high-performance green buildings, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 548

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 548, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair 
market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, 
musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to limit increases in the certain 
costs of health care services under the health care programs of the 
Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 609

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Washington (Ms. 
Cantwell) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 609, a bill to amend section 254 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service 
contributions and the universal service support programs established 
pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of title 
31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act.


                                 S. 613

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 613, a bill to enhance the 
overseas stabilization and reconstruction capabilities of the United 
States Government, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 614, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code to double the child tax credit for the first 
year, to expand the credit dependent care services, to provide relief 
from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 638

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 638, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 659

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 659, a bill to amend section 
1477 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of the 
death gratuity with respect to members of the Armed Forces without a 
surviving spouse who are survived by a minor child.


                                 S. 694

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 714

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to amend 
the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by 
research facilities are obtained legally.


                                 S. 790

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 790, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit the simplified 
summer food programs to be carried out in all States and by all service 
institutions.


                                 S. 797

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 797, a bill 
to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled 
Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of 
Columbia as a National Historic Trail.


                                 S. 798

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 798, a bill to establish the Star-Spangled 
Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 807

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 807, 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. 823

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor 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. 849

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 849, a bill to promote 
accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by 
strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.


                                 S. 863

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 863, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, with respect to fraud in connection with major 
disaster or emergency funds.


                                 S. 897

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 897, 
a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide more help 
to Alzheimer's disease caregivers.


                                 S. 898

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 898, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease 
research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public 
education about prevention.


                                 S. 921

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 921, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of 
marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor 
services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 937

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 937, a bill to 
improve support and services for individuals with autism and their 
families.


                                 S. 963

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator

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from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 963, a 
bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to 
educational organizations to carry out educational programs about the 
Holocaust.


                                 S. 966

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 966, a bill to enable the 
Department of State to respond to a critical shortage of passport 
processing personnel, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 972

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 972, a bill to 
provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other 
sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 987

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) 
and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as cosponsors of S. 
987, a bill to enhance the energy security of the United States by 
promoting biofuels and for other purposes.


                                 S. 988

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) was added as a cosponsor of S. 988, a bill to extend the 
termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the 
numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                               S. RES. 76

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), 
the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from 
New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), 
the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Hagel) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 76, a resolution calling on 
the United States Government and the international community to 
promptly develop, fund, and implement a comprehensive regional strategy 
in Africa to protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian operations, 
contain and reduce violence, and contribute to conditions for 
sustainable peace in eastern Chad, and Central African Republic, and 
Darfur, Sudan.


                               S. RES. 82

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


                              S. RES. 112

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 112, a 
resolution designating April 6, 2007, as ``National Missing Persons 
Day''.


                              S. RES. 122

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 122, a resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 
construction and dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 643

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 643 proposed 
to H.R. 1591, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 647

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 647 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 1591, a bill making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for 
other purposes.

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