[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5184-S5185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 223

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 223, a bill to require Senate candidates to file 
designations, statements, and reports in electronic form.


                                 S. 351

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor 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. 413

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 413, a bill to 
amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of 
the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national 
banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage 
or real estate management activities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 522

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 522, a bill to safeguard 
the economic health of the United States and the health and safety of 
the United States citizens by improving the management, coordination, 
and effectiveness of domestic and international intellectual property 
rights enforcement, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill 
to establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of 
the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime 
Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 625

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) 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. 648

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor 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. 703

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 703, a bill to expand the 
definition of immediate relative for purposes of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to 
improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 
12 students in the United States by improving professional development 
programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through 
institutions of higher education.


                                 S. 766

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) 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. 823

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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. 879

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 879, a bill to amend the 
Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 902

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 935

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 935, a bill to repeal 
the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor 
Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 950

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 950, a bill to develop and 
maintain an integrated system of coastal and ocean observations for the 
Nation's coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes, to improve warnings of 
tsunami, hurricanes, El Nino events, and other natural hazards, to 
enhance homeland security, to support maritime operations, to improve 
management of coastal and marine resources, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 961

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and 
the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Baucus, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
961, supra.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) 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.

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                                S. 1018

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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 name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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. 1117

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1117, a bill to establish a grant program to provide 
vision care to children, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1147

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1147, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to terminate the administrative freeze on 
the enrollment into the health care system of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs of veterans in the lowest priority category for 
enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'').


                                S. 1164

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1164, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and 
utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the 
Medicare Program.


                                S. 1181

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1181, a bill 
to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders 
with an advisory vote on executive compensation.


                                S. 1200

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1200, a bill to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act.
  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1200, supra.


                                S. 1212

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1212, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct 
payment under the Medicare program for clinical social worker services 
provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities.


                                S. 1213

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1213, a bill 
to give States the flexibility to reduce bureaucracy by streamlining 
enrollment processes for the Medicaid and State Children's Health 
Insurance Programs through better linkages with programs providing 
nutrition and related assistance to low-income families.


                                S. 1224

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1224, a bill to 
amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 125

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 125, a 
resolution designating May 18, 2007, as ``Endangered Species Day'', and 
encouraging the people of the United States to become educated about, 
and aware of, threats to species, success stories in species recovery, 
and the opportunity to promote species conservation worldwide.


                              S. RES. 146

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) 
and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 146, a resolution designating June 20, 2007, as ``American Eagle 
Day'', and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the American 
bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States.


                              S. RES. 154

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 154, a resolution 
demanding the return of the USS Pueblo to the United States Navy.


                              S. RES. 155

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 155, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate on efforts to control violence and 
strengthen the rule of law in Guatemala.

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