[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 8, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5716-S5719]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 206

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 206, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the

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Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 231

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 231, a bill to authorize the Edward Byrne 
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels 
through 2012.


                                 S. 268

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 268, a bill to designate the 
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) 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 name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor 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. 384

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 384, a bill to 
provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and the National 
Guard, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 430

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) 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. 453

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 453, a bill to prohibit deceptive 
practices in Federal elections.


                                 S. 456

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 456, a bill to 
increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to 
investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish 
violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities 
from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for 
violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor 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 North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 479, a bill to 
reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 579

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were 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. 625

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 654

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to establish 
the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by 
preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving 
research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving 
security of food from intentional contamination, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 667

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey) 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 Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 721, a bill to allow 
travel between the United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 749, a bill to 
modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of 
certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial 
names.


                                 S. 753

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 753, a bill to 
enhance scientific research and competitiveness through the 
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 777, a bill to repeal the 
imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by 
government entities.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 847, a bill to extend the period 
of time during which a veteran's multiple sclerosis is to be considered 
to have been incurred in, or aggravated by, military service during a 
period of war.


                                 S. 848

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 848, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to provide improved benefits for veterans who are 
former prisoners of war.


                                 S. 953

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 953, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to ensure competition in the rail 
industry, enable rail customers to obtain reliable rail service, and 
provide those customers with a reasonable process for challenging rate 
and service disputes.


                                 S. 958

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 958, a bill to establish an 
adolescent literacy program.


                                 S. 969

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as cosponsor of S. 969, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to modify the definition of supervisor.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                                 S. 994

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor

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of S. 994, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate 
the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage 
reimbursement rate under the beneficiary travel program administered by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1012

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) 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 names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) and the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors 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. 1065

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1065, a bill to improve 
the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and 
former members of the Armed Forces, to review and expand telehealth and 
telemental health programs of the Department of Defense and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1075

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1075, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to 
contraceptive services for women and men under the Medicaid program, 
help low income women and couples prevent unintended pregnancies and 
reduce abortion, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1083

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) 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. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1139, a bill to establish 
the National Landscape Conservation System.


                                S. 1149

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1149, a bill to amend the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to 
authorize the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and 
poultry if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the State 
inspection requirements are at least equal to Federal inspection 
requirements and to require the Secretary to reimburse State agencies 
for part of the costs of the inspections.


                                S. 1212

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 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. 1223

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1223, a bill to amend the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to 
support efforts by local or regional television or radio broadcasters 
to provide essential public information programming in the event of a 
major disaster, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax 
credit through 2013, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1249

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1249, a bill to 
require the President to close the Department of Defense detention 
facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1256

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1256, a bill to amend the 
Small Business Act to reauthorize loan programs under that Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                s. 1261

  At the request of Mrs. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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. 1283

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1283, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to improve the management of medical 
care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members of the 
Armed Forces who are receiving medical care in an outpatient status, 
and for other purposes.


                            s. con. res. 29

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and 
the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Con. Res. 29, a concurrent resolution encouraging the recognition of 
the Negro Baseball Leagues and their players on May 20th of each year.


                               s. res. 82

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


                              s. res. 134

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 134, a resolution 
designating September 2007 as ``Adopt a School Library Month''.


                              s. res. 171

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 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.


                              s. res. 185

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 185, a resolution 
supporting the ideals and values of the Olympic Movement.


                           amendment no. 985

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
985 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. 1009

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Obama) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1009 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. 1034

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1034 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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                           amendment no. 1059

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1059 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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