[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 58 (Wednesday, April 11, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4380-S4382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                  S. 5

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 5, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell 
research.


                                 S. 316

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 316, a bill to prohibit 
brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to 
delay the entry of a generic drug into the market.


                                 S. 327

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of 
sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm 
labor movement.


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to 
health insurance and employment.


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 394, a bill to amend the Humane Methods 
of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the humane slaughter of 
nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 460

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 460, a bill to make 
determinations by the United States Trade Representative under title 
III of the Trade Act of 1974 reviewable by the Court of International 
Trade and to ensure that the United States Trade Representative 
considers petitions to enforce United States Trade rights, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 465

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


                                 S. 590

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 590, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the investment tax credit with 
respect to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) 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. 628

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 628, a bill to provide 
grants for rural health information technology development activities.


                                 S. 645

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 645, a bill to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide 
removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals.


                                 S. 691

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 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. 700

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 700, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to 
provide a tax credit to individuals who enter into agreements to 
protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill 
to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the 
critical care workforce.


                                 S. 721

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 721, a bill to allow travel 
between the United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 731

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 731, a bill to develop a 
methodology for, and complete, a national assessment of geological 
storage capacity for carbon dioxide, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 746

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 766

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 766, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies of 
victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 769

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 769, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that 
participants in the Troops to Teachers program may teach at a range of 
eligible schools.


                                 S. 770

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 770, a bill to amend the 
Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit participating households to use food 
stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements providing vitamins 
or minerals, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 795

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 795, a bill to assist 
aliens who have been lawfully admitted in becoming citizens of the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 796

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 796, a bill to amend 
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that exchange-rate 
misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy, 
to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy 
Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with 
respect to currency, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 812, a bill 
to prohibit human cloning and protect stem cell research.

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                                 S. 831

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 831, a bill to authorize States and local governments 
to prohibit the investment of State assets in any company that has a 
qualifying business relationship with Sudan.


                                 S. 839

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 839, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude amounts received as a military 
basic housing allowance from consideration as income for purposes of 
the low-income housing credit and qualified residential rental 
projects.


                                 S. 844

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 844, a bill to provide for 
the protection of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 858

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 858, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the transportation fringe 
benefit to bicycle commuters.


                                 S. 902

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 902, a bill to provide 
support and assistance for families of members of the National Guard 
and Reserve who are undergoing deployment, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 911, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments 
into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the 
current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, 
establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and 
promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.


                                 S. 969

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 969, a bill to amend the National Labor 
Relations Act to modify the definition of supervisor.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. 
Dole) were added as cosponsors 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. 974

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) were added as cosponsors of S. 974, 
a bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the 
provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy 
countries, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor 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. 999

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, 
treatment, and rehabilitation.


                                S. 1012

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1012, a bill to amend the Consumer 
Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of 
rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to 
consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights 
to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1020

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1020, a bill to move 
toward energy independence through a coordinated development of 
renewable energy sources, including wave, solar, wind, geothermal, and 
biofuels production.


                                S. 1026

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1026, a bill to 
designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, 
Georgia, as the ``Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center''.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1060, a bill 
to reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the 
community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to 
improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.


                             S. CON. RES. 3

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) 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. CON. RES. 25

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 25, a 
concurrent resolution condemning the recent violent actions of the 
Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and 
members of civil society.


                               S. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 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, 
northern Central African Republic, and Darfur, Sudan.


                              S. RES. 106

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 106, a 
resolution calling on the President to ensure that the foreign policy 
of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity 
concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and 
genocide documented in the United States record relating to the 
Armenian Genocide.


                              S. RES. 141

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 141, a 
resolution urging all member countries of the International Commission 
of the International Tracing Service who have yet to ratify the May 
2006 amendments to the 1955 Bonn Accords to expedite the ratification 
process to allow for open access to the Holocaust archives located at 
Bad Arolsen, Germany.

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                              S. RES. 142

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), 
the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 142, a resolution observing Yom Hashoah, 
Holocaust Memorial Day, and calling on the remaining member countries 
of the International Commission of the International Tracing Service to 
ratify the May 2006 amendments to the 1955 Bonn Accords immediately to 
allow open access to the Bad Arolsen archives.
  At the request of Mr. Coleman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 142, supra.

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