[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 63 (Thursday, April 19, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4751-S4752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 231

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 231, a bill to 
authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at 
fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012.


                                 S. 254

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 254, a bill to award posthumously a Congressional gold 
medal to Constantino Brumidi.


                                 S. 378

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 378, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, 
victims, and their family members, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 430

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 479

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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 name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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 name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) 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. 558

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 573

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 573, a bill to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the 
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and 
other cardiovascular diseases in women.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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 name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor 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. 648

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 648, a bill to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to reduce the eligibility age for receipt of non-regular military 
service retired pay for members of the Ready Reserve in active federal 
status or on active duty for significant periods.


                                 S. 659

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) 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. 713

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 713, a bill to 
ensure dignity in care for members of the Armed Forces recovering from 
injuries.


                                 S. 721

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


                                 S. 761

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 761, a bill to invest in innovation and 
education to improve the competitiveness of the United States in the 
global economy.


                                 S. 796

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) 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. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan 
Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the 
treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the 
reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health 
care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals 
in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) 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

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the Medicare program or the TRICARE program.


                                 S. 871

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 871, a bill to establish 
and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 875

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 875, a bill to improve 
energy security of the United States through a 50 percent reduction in 
the oil intensity of the economy of the United States by 2030 and the 
prudent expansion of secure oil supplies, to be achieved by raising the 
fuel efficiency of the vehicular transportation fleet, increasing the 
availability of alternative fuel sources, fostering responsible oil 
exploration and production, and improving international arrangements to 
secure the global oil supply, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 897

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) 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 names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Carper), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) and the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors 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. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 901, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of 
appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such 
Act.


                                 S. 961

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 961, a bill to amend title 46, 
United States Code, to provide benefits to certain individuals who 
served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army 
Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 972

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 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. 999

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 1018

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1018, a bill to address 
security risks posed by global climate change and for other purposes.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1115

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors of S. 1115, a bill 
to promote the efficient use of oil, natural gas, and electricity, 
reduce oil consumption, and heighten energy efficiency standards for 
consumer products and industrial equipment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1125, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to encourage 
investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and 
to enhance modal tax equity.


                            S. CON. RES. 22

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 22, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Citizens' 
Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General 
that a commemorative postage stamp be issued to promote public 
awareness of Down syndrome.


                              S. RES. 106

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 897

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 897 proposed to S. 378, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, 
witnesses, victims, and their family members, and for other purposes.

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