[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7545-S7547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 57

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 57, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized 
military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the 
Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for 
purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.


                                 S. 185

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


                                 S. 225

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 225, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to expand the number of individuals qualifying 
for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury protection coverage 
under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.


                                 S. 242

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 242, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 251

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 251, a bill to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 294

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


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac 
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                 S. 455

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 455, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief to active duty 
military personnel and employers who assist them, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) 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 South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 479, a bill to 
reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans.


                                 S. 513

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor 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. 535

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to establish an 
Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department 
of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in 
the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 648

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 696

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 696, a bill to establish 
an Advanced Research Projects Administration--Energy to initiate high 
risk, innovative energy research to improve the energy security of the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 713

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 713, a bill to ensure 
dignity in care for members of the Armed Forces recovering from 
injuries.


                                 S. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 819

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 819, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from 
individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.

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                                 S. 836

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 836, a bill to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
appropriations for sewer overflow control grants.


                                 S. 858

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 858, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the transportation fringe 
benefit to bicycle commuters.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 
911, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical 
research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and 
families have access to the current treatments and information 
regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national 
childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric 
cancers.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 991, a bill to 
establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation under the 
authorities of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961.


                                S. 1078

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1078, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-
provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1140

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1140, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate 
the limitation on the foreign earned income exclusion, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1212

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 1224

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1224, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social 
Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance 
Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1244

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1244, a bill to 
amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage 
under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase 
penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1271

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1312

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) 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. 1357

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1357, a bill to amend the Law 
Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to permit certain annuitants of the 
retirement programs of the United States Park Police and United States 
Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive the adjustments in pension 
benefits to which such annuitants would otherwise be entitled as a 
result of the conversion of members of the United States Park Police 
and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary 
schedule under the amendments made by such Act.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the establishment of an 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1431

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1431, a bill to provide 
for a statewide early childhood education professional development and 
career system, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1448

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1448, a bill to extend 
the same Federal benefits to law enforcement officers serving private 
institutions of higher education and rail carriers that apply to law 
enforcement officers serving units of State and local government.


                                S. 1457

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. 
McCaskill) were added as cosponsors of S. 1457, a bill to provide for 
the protection of mail delivery on certain postal routes, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1459

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1459, a bill to 
strengthen the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and 
cure of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and 
psoriatic arthritis data collection, study access to and quality of 
care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1460, a bill to amend 
the Farm Security and Rural Development Act of 2002 to support 
beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1492

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1492, a bill to improve the 
quality of federal and state data regarding the availability and 
quality of broadband services and to promote the deployment of 
affordable broadband services to all parts of the Nation.


                                S. 1500

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, a bill to 
support democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, supra.


                                S. 1518

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1518, a bill to amend 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1529

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1529, a bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to 
end benefit erosion, support working families with child care expenses, 
encourage retirement and education savings, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 1557

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1557, a bill to amend part B 
of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers.


                             S. CON. RES. 1

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), 
the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
Kyl), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the 
Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from 
Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from South Carolina 
(Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the 
Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Domenici), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 
and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Con. Res. 1, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress 
that an artistic tribute to commemorate the speech given by President 
Ronald Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate on June 12, 1987, should be 
placed within the United States Capitol.


                            S. CON. RES. 26

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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 Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 213

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 213, a resolution 
supporting National Men's Health Week.


                              S. RES. 224

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 224, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the Israeli-
Palestinian peace process.

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