[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4047-S4050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 147

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 147, a bill to empower 
women in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 223

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) and the 
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. 223, 
a bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, 
and reports in electronic form.


                                 S. 254

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 254, a bill to award posthumously a Congressional 
gold medal to Constantino Brumidi.


                                 S. 261

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) and 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 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. 293

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 293, a bill to extend the 
period in which States may spend funds from the additional allotments 
provided to States under the Social Services Block Grant program for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and 
other hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico.


                                 S. 294

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


                                 S. 368

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 368, a bill to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS 
ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 382, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support 
grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of 
their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for 
the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children.


                                 S. 399

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 399, a bill to amend title XIX 
of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for 
purposes of covering physicians services under the Medicaid program.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Shelby) 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. 479

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 479, a bill to reduce 
the incidence of suicide among veterans.


                                 S. 502

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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. 557

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the depreciation 
classification of motorsports entertainment complexes.


                                 S. 576

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 576, a bill to provide 
for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process 
rights.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to make the National 
Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to 
certain veterans.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, his name and the names of the Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 624, 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.


                                 S. 625

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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 Indiana (Mr. 
Bayh) 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. 667

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 667, a bill to expand 
programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school 
readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification 
of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health 
concerns, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 742

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 742, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act 
to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 743

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 743, a bill to amend 
title 36, United States Code, to modify the individuals eligible for 
associate membership in the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the 
United States of America, Incorporated.


                                 S. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 819

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 819, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free 
distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable 
purposes.


                                 S. 828

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 828, a bill to amend the Food 
Security

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Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make cost-share 
payments for on-farm energy production under the environmental quality 
incentives program.


                                 S. 845

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, his name and the name of the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as cosponsors of S. 845, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and 
intensify programs with respect to research and related activities 
concerning elder falls.


                                 S. 883

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 883, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
to extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to Head Start teachers.


                                 S. 913

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 913, a bill to 
clarify that the revocation of an alien's visa or other documentation 
is not subject to judicial review.


                                 S. 959

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 959, a bill to award a grant 
to enable Teach for America, Inc., to implement and expand its teaching 
program.


                                 S. 962

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 962, a bill to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture 
and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the 
Department of Energy and for other purposes.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 970, a bill to impose 
sanctions on Iran and on other countries for assisting Iran in 
developing a nuclear program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 
and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 991, a bill to establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad 
Foundation under the authorities of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961.


                                 S. 992

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 992, a bill to achieve 
emission reductions and cost savings through accelerated use of cost-
effective lighting technologies in public buildings, and for other 
purposes.


                               S. RES. 30

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Webb), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 30, 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. 65

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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.


                               S. RES. 76

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor 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. 122

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 122, a 
resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the construction and 
dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 661

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 661 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 687

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 687 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. 690

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 690 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. 697

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 697 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. 707

  At the request of Mr. Levin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 707 proposed to H.R. 1591, a bill making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2007, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 707 proposed to H.R. 1591, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 709

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 709 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. 719

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 719 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 739

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 739 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 773

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 773 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 784

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr.

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Reid) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 784 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 785

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 785 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 787

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 787 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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