[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 2, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5497-S5499]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 57

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 57, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized 
military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the 
Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for 
purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.


                                 S. 154

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 154, a bill to 
promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities.


                                 S. 155

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 155, a bill to 
promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities.


                                 S. 291

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 291, a bill to establish 
a digital and wireless network technology program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 311, a bill to amend the Horse Protection Act 
to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, 
possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other 
equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 329, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and 
pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                 S. 334

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 334, a bill to provide 
affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans 
healthier and can never be taken away.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 367, a bill to amend the 
Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods 
made with

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sweatshop labor, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 392

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 392, a bill to ensure 
payment of United States assessments for United Nations peacekeeping 
operations for the 2005 through 2008 time period.


                                 S. 430

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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. 442

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. 
Levin), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 442, a bill to 
provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public defenders.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare 
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 458

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 458, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare 
program.


                                 S. 506

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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. 545

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 545, a bill to 
improve consumer access to passenger vehicle loss data held by 
insurers.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 558

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) 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. 591

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 591, a bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 
1977 to adjust for inflation the allowable amounts of financial 
resources of eligible households and to exclude from countable 
financial resources certain retirement and education accounts.


                                 S. 594

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 594, a bill to 
limit the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions.


                                 S. 597

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 597, a bill to extend the special postage 
stamp for breast cancer research for 2 years.


                                 S. 609

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 617

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 617, a bill to make the National Parks and Federal 
Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans.


                                 S. 638

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 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. 673

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 673, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits for the 
installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, 
farmers, ranchers, and small businesses, and for other purposes.


                                 s. 721

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


                                 s. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor 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. 838

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 838, a bill to authorize 
funding for eligible joint ventures between United States and Israeli 
businesses and academic persons, to establish the International Energy 
Advisory Board, and for other purposes.


                                 s. 881

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 881, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                 s. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 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 name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 937

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 937, a bill to improve 
support and services for individuals with autism and their families.


                                 s. 946

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 946, a bill to amend the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize the 
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program, and for other purposes.


                                 s. 961

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
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Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator 
from Missouri (Mr. Bond) 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 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 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. 1003

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical 
services and the quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency 
departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing 
a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective 
delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for 
certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and 
by establishing a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working 
Group, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1038

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 1038, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives 
by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use.


                                S. 1083

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1083, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1129

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1129, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of 
governmental plan with respect to Indian tribal governments.


                                S. 1164

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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. 1173

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1185

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1185, a bill to provide 
grants to States to improve high schools and raise graduation rates 
while ensuring rigorous standards, to develop and implement effective 
school models for struggling students and dropouts, and to improve 
State policies to raise graduation rates, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1190

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 
Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of S. 1190, a bill to promote the 
deployment and adoption of telecommunications services and information 
technologies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1205

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1205, a bill 
to require a pilot program on assisting veterans service organizations 
and other veterans groups in developing and promoting peer support 
programs that facilitate community reintegration of veterans returning 
from active duty, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1237

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1237, a bill to 
increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the 
transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives 
licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists.


                                S. 1257

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1257, a 
bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of 
Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives.


                            s. con. res. 26

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor 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 name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 27, 
a concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of ``National 
Purple Heart Recognition Day''.


                              s. res. 183

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 183, a resolution supporting the goals 
and ideals of National Charter Schools Week, April 30, 2007, through 
May 4, 2007.


                           amendment no. 982

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 982 
proposed to S. 1082, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee 
provisions, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 993

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 993 proposed to 
S. 1082, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions, and 
for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 1004

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1004 
proposed to S. 1082, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee 
provisions, and for other purposes.

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