[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 82 (Thursday, May 17, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6266-S6268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 254

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 254, a bill to award posthumously a Congressional gold 
medal to Constantino Brumidi.


                                 S. 294

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 294, a bill to 
reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 326

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) 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. 368

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 368, a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT 
grant program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 383

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 383, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to extend the period of eligibility for health 
care for combat service in the Persian Gulf War or future hostilities 
from two years to five years after discharge or release.


                                 S. 399

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 399, a bill to 
amend title

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XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for 
purposes of covering physicians services under the Medicaid program.


                                 S. 465

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 465, a bill to 
amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title III of 
the Public Health Service Act to improve access to information about 
individuals' health care options and legal rights for care near the end 
of life, to promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so that 
individuals' wishes are known should they become unable to speak for 
themselves, to engage health care providers in disseminating 
information about and assisting in the preparation of advance 
directives, which include living wills and durable powers of attorney 
for health care, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. 506

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar) 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. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 557

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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 Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) 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. 600

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 638

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 638, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 661, a bill to 
establish kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship 
assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill to optimize the 
delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care 
workforce.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 777

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) 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. 799

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 799, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with 
equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 807

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 807, a bill to amend the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980 to provide that manure shall not be considered to be a hazardous 
substance, pollutant, or contaminant.


                                 S. 822

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 
822, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and 
extend certain energy-related tax provisions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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. 982

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 982, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and 
mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1019

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1019, a bill to provide 
comprehensive reform of the health care system of the United States, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1026

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1026, a bill to 
designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, 
Georgia, as the ``Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center''.


                                S. 1042

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor 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 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1070, a bill to amend the Social 
Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring 
adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, 
detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and 
exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1175

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1175, a bill 
to end the use of

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child soldiers in hostilities around the world, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1226

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Lugar) 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. 1254

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1254, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social 
security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and 
surviving spouses who are also receiving certain government pensions 
shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of 
the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension 
exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.


                                S. 1263

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) 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. 1277

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 1312

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1312, a bill to amend 
the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a 
secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.


                                S. 1359

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1359, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to enhance public and health professional 
awareness and understanding of lupus and to strengthen the Nation's 
research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus.


                                S. 1379

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1379, a bill to 
amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to strike the 
exception to the residency requirements for United States attorneys.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1382, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide the establishment of an 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1398

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1398, a bill to expand the 
research and prevention activities of the National Institute of 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention with respect to inflammatory bowel disease.


                                S. 1411

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1411, a bill to 
amend the Clean Air Act to establish within the Environmental 
Protection Agency an office to measure and report on greenhouse gas 
emissions of Federal agencies.


                                S. 1412

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 1412, a bill to amend 
the Farm Security and Rural Development Act of 2002 to support 
beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1413

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 1413, a bill to provide for 
research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other 
purposes.


                               S. RES. 82

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) and the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
82, a resolution designating August 16, 2007 as ``National Airborne 
Day''.


                              S. RES. 116

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 116, a resolution 
designating May 2007 as ``National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness 
Month'' and supporting efforts to increase awareness of autoimmune 
diseases and increase funding for autoimmune disease research.


                              S. RES. 132

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 132, a resolution recognizing the Civil Air Patrol for 65 years of 
service to the United States.


                              S. RES. 171

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                              S. RES. 198

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 198, a resolution designating May 15, 
2007, as ``National MPS Awareness Day''.

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