[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 72 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5562-S5565]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                  S. 3

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3, a bill to amend part D 
of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair 
prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.


                                 S. 21

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 21, a bill to expand access to 
preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, 
reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.


                                 S. 57

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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

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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. 206

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 206, a bill 
to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 309, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce 
emissions of carbon dioxide, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 326

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 326, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide a special period of limitation when uniformed services 
retirement pay is reduced as result of award of disability 
compensation.


                                 S. 430

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 431

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 431, a bill to require 
convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed 
services who have a service-connected disability to receive both 
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation.


                                 S. 442

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 442, a bill to provide 
for loan repayment for prosecutors and public defenders.


                                 S. 446

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 446, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase 
the number of nursing faculty and students, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 495

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 495, a bill to prevent and 
mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of 
security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement 
assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent 
access, and misuse of personally identifiable information.


                                 S. 502

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 522

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) 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. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) 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. 579

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 579, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute 
of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and 
operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may 
be related to the etiology of breast cancer.


                                 S. 590

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 597

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) 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 names of the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 622

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 622, a bill to enhance fair and 
open competition in the production and sale of agricultural 
commodities.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for 
education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup 
care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs 
under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 644

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 644, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to recodify as part of that title 
certain educational assistance programs for members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces, to improve such programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 648

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) 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 Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 659, a bill to amend 
section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, to provide

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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. 704

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 704, a bill to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit manipulation of caller 
identification information.


                                 S. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 935

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 937

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


                                 S. 961

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Cardin) 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. 1146

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) 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. 1164

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) 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 Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) 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. 1196

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) were added as cosponsors of S. 1196, a bill to improve 
mental health care for wounded members of the Armed Forces, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1200

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1200, a bill to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act.


                                S. 1205

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 1226

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1226, a bill to amend title XIX 
of the Social Security Act to establish programs to improve the 
quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care.


                                S. 1237

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 
and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors 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. 1256

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1256, a bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
reauthorize loan programs under that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1257

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) 
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. 1261

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1261, a bill to amend 
title 10 and 38, United States Code, to repeal the 10-year limit on use 
of Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance benefits, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1263

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1263, a bill to protect 
the welfare of consumers by prohibiting price gouging with respect to 
gasoline and petroleum distillates during natural disasters and 
abnormal market disruptions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1267

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1267, a bill to 
maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing 
conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by 
certain persons connected with the news media.


                            S. CON. RES. 22

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 171

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), 
the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 171, a resolution 
memorializing fallen firefighters by lowering the United States flag to 
half-staff on the day of the National Fallen Firefighter Memorial 
Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 991

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 991 intended to be 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.
  At the request of Mr. Schumer, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 
of amendment No. 991 intended to be proposed to S. 1082, supra.

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                           AMENDMENT NO. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1010 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.
  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1010 
proposed to S. 1082, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1011

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1011 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. 1016

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1016 
intended to be 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. 1024

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1024 intended to be 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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