[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6399-S6401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 231

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 280

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 280, a bill to 
provide for a program to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas 
emissions in the United States by establishing a market-driven system 
of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, to support the deployment of 
new climate change-related technologies, and to ensure benefits to 
consumers from trading in such allowances, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 326

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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.

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                                 S. 413

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 413, a bill to 
amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of 
the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national 
banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage 
or real estate management activities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 442

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


                                 S. 458

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 458, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of 
certain physician pathology services under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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. 558

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 558, a bill to provide parity 
between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and 
benefits for medical and surgical services.


                                 S. 609

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 615

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 615, a bill to 
provide the nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens 
who perished in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks an 
opportunity to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added as cosponsors of S. 626, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis 
research and public health, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 700, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax 
credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats 
of endangered and threatened species, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Sessions) 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. 764

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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 Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) 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. 807

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) 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. 849

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 849, a bill to promote 
accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by 
strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.


                                 S. 893

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 893, a bill to allow a State 
to combine certain funds and enter into a performance agreement with 
the Secretary of Education to improve the academic achievement of 
students.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and 
the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) were added as cosponsors 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 name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor 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. 946

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 946, a bill to 
amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize 
the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 961

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
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 names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 969, a 
bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the definition 
of supervisor.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, 
diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.


                                S. 1012

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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. 1013

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1013, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage States to 
provide pregnant

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women enrolled in the Medicaid program with access to comprehensive 
tobacco cessation services.


                                S. 1027

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1027, a bill to prevent tobacco 
smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1183, a bill to enhance and further research into 
paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for 
persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1200

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1200, a bill to amend the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act.


                                S. 1213

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1213, a bill to give 
States the flexibility to reduce bureaucracy by streamlining enrollment 
processes for the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance 
Programs through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and 
related assistance to low-income families.


                                S. 1257

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) 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. 1312

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) 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. 1340

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1340, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare 
beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care 
coordination services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1363

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1363, a bill to improve 
health care for severely injured members and former members of the 
Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) and the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) 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. 1395

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1395, a bill to prevent 
unfair practices in credit card accounts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1415

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1415, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
and the Social Security Act to improve screening and treatment of 
cancers, provide for survivorship services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1428

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1428, a bill to amend part B of 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assure access to durable 
medical equipment under the Medicare program.


                            S. CON. RES. 26

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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 Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. RES. 205

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 205, a 
resolution designating June 2007 as ``National Internet Safety Month''.


                              S. RES. 210

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 210, a resolution honoring the accomplishments of 
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg as president of the George Washington 
University in Washington, D.C., in recognition of his upcoming 
retirement in July 2007.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1139 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 2206, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for 
agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.

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