[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 65 (Monday, April 23, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4841-S4843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 119

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 119, a bill to 
prohibit profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, 
and reconstruction efforts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 223

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


                                 S. 406

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 406, a bill to 
ensure local governments have the flexibility needed to enhance 
decision-making regarding certain mass transit projects.


                                 S. 408

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 408, a bill to recognize 
the heritage of hunting and provide opportunities for continued hunting 
on Federal public land.


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 469, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for 
contributions of qualified conservation contributions.


                                 S. 479

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


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 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. 548

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 558

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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 name of the Senator from New York

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(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor 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. 582

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify automatic fire sprinkler 
systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 638

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 638, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 667

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) 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. 721

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


                                 S. 746

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor 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. 761

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) 
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.
  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
761, supra.


                                 S. 766

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 794

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 794, a bill to amend 
titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with 
the option to expand or add coverage of pregnant women under the 
Medicaid and State children's health insurance programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 858

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 858, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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. 948

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 948, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
authorize funding for the establishment of a program on children and 
the media within the National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development to study the role and impact of electronic media in the 
development of children.


                                 S. 960

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill to establish 
the United States Public Service Academy.


                                 S. 962

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) 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. 968

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 968, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased assistance for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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. 1012

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1042

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1042, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to make the provision of technical services 
for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments 
safer, more accurate, and less costly.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 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. 1090

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1090, a bill to 
amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to assist the 
neediest of senior citizens by modifying the eligibility criteria for 
supplemental foods provided under the commodity supplemental food 
program to take into account the extraordinarily high out-of-pocket 
medical expenses that senior citizens pay, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1105

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1105, a bill to provide 
Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to 
prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1117

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1117, a bill to establish a grant 
program to provide vision care to children, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr.

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Salazar) 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. 1146

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1146, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care for 
veterans who live in rural areas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1173

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1173, a bill to protect, consistent with Roe 
v. Wade, a woman's freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a 
pregnancy, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 26

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 26, a concurrent resolution recognizing the 
75th anniversary of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and 
commending recipients of the Purple Heart for their courageous 
demonstrations of gallantry and heroism on behalf of the United States.


                            S. CON. RES. 27

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 27, a concurrent resolution supporting the 
goals and ideals of ``National Purple Heart Recognition Day''.


                               S. RES. 82

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

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