[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 77 (Thursday, May 10, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5929-S5930]
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 Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey) 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. 122

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 122, a bill to amend the 
Trade Act of 1974 to extend benefits to service sector workers and 
firms, enhance certain trade adjustment assistance authorities, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 156

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 156, a bill to make the moratorium on Internet access 
taxes and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce 
permanent.


                                 S. 430

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 430, supra.


                                 S. 479

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 479, a bill to reduce the incidence of suicide among 
veterans.


                                 S. 513

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 513, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to revive previous authority on the use of the Armed Forces and the 
militia to address interference with State or Federal law, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. 
Sununu) were added as cosponsors 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. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) 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. 617

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to make the 
National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a 
discount to certain veterans.


                                 S. 747

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez), the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig), the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) and the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) were added as cosponsors of S. 747, 
a bill to terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 764

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 764, a bill to 
amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to permit States the 
option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and 
the State children's health insurance program (SCHIP).


                                 S. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 777

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) 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. 800

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 800, a bill to establish 
the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area in the State of New York, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 829

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 838

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 844

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 844, a bill to 
provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 940

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 940, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
subpart F exemption for active financing income.

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                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) 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.


                                 S. 974

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 974, a bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 
1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties 
apply to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1040

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1040, a bill to repeal the 
current Internal Revenue Code and replace it with a flat tax, thereby 
guaranteeing economic growth and greater fairness for all Americans.


                                S. 1092

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1092, a bill to temporarily 
increase the number of visas which may be issued to certain highly 
skilled workers.


                                S. 1113

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1113, a bill to facilitate the 
provision of care and services for members of the Armed Forces for 
traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1132

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1132, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to 
receive charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food.


                                S. 1147

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 1159

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1159, a bill to 
amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to 
provide full Federal funding of such part.


                                S. 1190

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor 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 Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 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. 1262

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1262, a bill to protect students 
receiving student loans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1271

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1271, a bill to provide for a comprehensive national 
research effort on the physical and mental health and other 
readjustment needs of the members of the Armed Forces and veterans who 
served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and 
their families.


                                S. 1277

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1277, a 
bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the 
treatment of payment under the Medicare program for clinical laboratory 
tests furnished by critical access hospitals.


                                S. 1324

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1324, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation 
fuel sold in the United States.


                                S. 1335

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to amend 
title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official 
language of the Government of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1346

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1346, a bill to 
amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of 
Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable 
agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake 
Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make 
beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing 
management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and 
poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other 
agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay 
watershed, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1349

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1349, a bill to ensure 
that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs 
provide to members of the Armed Forces and veterans with traumatic 
brain injury the services that best meet their individual needs, and 
for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 29

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, his name was added as a cosponsor 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.

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