[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5869-S5871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 22, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to establish a program of educational assistance 
for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after 
September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 185, a bill to 
restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.


                                 S. 261

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 261, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against 
animal fighting, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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 South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) 
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. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 600

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 600, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish the School-Based Health Clinic 
program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 602

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 602, a bill to 
develop the next generation of parental control technology.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to limit increases in the certain 
costs of health care services under the health care programs of the 
Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 625

  At the request of Mr. Tester, his name 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.
  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 625, supra.


                                 S. 644

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Missouri

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(Mrs. McCaskill) 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 name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 691

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 691, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to improve the benefits under the Medicare program 
for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 755, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide 
diabetes screening tests under the Medicaid program for adult enrollees 
with diabetes risk factors, to ensure that States offer a comprehensive 
package of benefits under that program for individuals with diabetes, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 790

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 790, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit the simplified 
summer food programs to be carried out in all States and by all service 
institutions.


                                 S. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan 
Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the 
treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the 
reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health 
care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals 
in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 829

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 829, a bill to reauthorize 
the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely distressed public 
housing, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 831

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 831, a bill to authorize 
States and local governments to prohibit the investment of State assets 
in any company that has a qualifying business relationship with Sudan.


                                 S. 878

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 878, a bill to prevent 
anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry.


                                 S. 879

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


                                 S. 961

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. 
McCaskill) 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. 969

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


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 1087

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1087, a bill to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination 
in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1146

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) 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 Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 1229

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1229, a bill to amend 
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for the application 
of mandatory minimum maturity standards applicable to all domestic and 
imported Hass avocados.


                                S. 1237

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) 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. 1263

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors 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. 1276

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1276, a bill to 
establish a grant program to facilitate the creation of methamphetamine 
precursor electronic logbook systems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1308

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1308, a bill to prohibit the Secretary of 
Agriculture from allowing the importation of certain cattle and beef 
from Canada until the implementation of country of origin labeling 
requirements.


                                S. 1332

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1332, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and 
violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health 
programs.


                              S.J. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 4, a joint resolution 
to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-
conceived policies

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by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an 
apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.


                            S. CON. RES. 26

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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 North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. CON. RES. 29

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), 
the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Durbin), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Cochran) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Salazar, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Con. Res. 29, supra.


                              S. RES. 171

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) 
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. 998

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 998 proposed to S. 1082, an act to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize drug and device user fees and ensure the safety of medical 
products, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1039

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1039 proposed to S. 1082, an 
act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and cosmetic Act and the Public 
Health Service Act to reauthorize drug and device user fees and ensure 
the safety of medical products, and for other purposes.

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