[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 27, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8611-S8613]
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 Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 
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. 39

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 39, a bill to establish a coordinated national ocean 
exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 163

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 163, a bill to improve the 
disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 185

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


                                 S. 234

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 234, a bill to 
require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television white 
spaces.


                                 S. 399

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 399, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social 
Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of 
covering physicians services under the Medicaid program.


                                 S. 432

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 432, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for 
kidney disease education services under the Medicare program, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
543, supra.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify automatic fire sprinkler 
systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.


                                 S. 691

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 713

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 771

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 771, a bill to amend 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of 
schoolchildren by updating the definition of ``food of minimal 
nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and to 
protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and 
breakfast programs.


                                 S. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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. 793

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 793, a bill to provide 
for the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs.
  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 793, supra.


                                 S. 831

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 881

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 881, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance 
credit.


                                 S. 912

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 912, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for 
the construction and renovation of public schools.


                                 S. 963

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 963, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of Education to make grants to educational organizations to 
carry out educational programs about the Holocaust.


                                 S. 966

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 966, a bill to enable the Department of State to 
respond to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 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. 979

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 979, a bill to establish a 
Vote by Mail grant program.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income 
payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds 
at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such 
payments.

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                                S. 1138

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1138, a bill to enhance 
nuclear safeguards and to provide assurances of nuclear fuel supply to 
countries that forgo certain fuel cycle activities.


                                S. 1154

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1154, a bill to 
promote biogas production, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1204

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1204, a bill to enhance 
Federal efforts focused on public awareness and education about the 
risks and dangers associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome.


                                S. 1246

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1246, a bill to 
establish and maintain a wildlife global animal information network for 
surveillance internationally to combat the growing threat of emerging 
diseases that involve wild animals, such as bird flu, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1257

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1322

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1322, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the operation of 
employee stock ownership plans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1338

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1338, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for a two-year moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment 
reductions for imaging services.


                                S. 1353

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1353, a bill 
to nullify the determinations of the Copyright Royalty Judges with 
respect to webcasting, to modify the basis for making such a 
determination, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1372

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1372, a bill to provide 
for a Center for Nanotechnology Research and Engineering.


                                S. 1373

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1373, a bill to provide 
grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of 
science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high 
technology activities.


                                S. 1394

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1394, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to exclude from gross income of 
individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain 
forgiven residential mortgage obligations.


                                S. 1395

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


                                S. 1406

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1406, a bill to amend 
the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to strengthen polar bear 
conservation efforts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1416

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1416, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for 
mortgage insurance premiums.


                                S. 1481

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1481, a bill to restore fairness and reliability to the medical justice 
system and promote patient safety by fostering alternatives to current 
medical tort litigation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1487

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1487, a bill to 
amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require an individual, 
durable, voter-verified paper record under title III of such Act, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1500

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


                                S. 1529

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                                S. 1545

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1545, a bill to 
implement the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group.


                                S. 1553

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1553, a bill to 
provide additional assistance to combat HIV/AIDS among young people, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1565

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1565, a bill to provide for 
the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients.


                                S. 1588

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1588, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage 
and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor 
child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to 
trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.


                                S. 1603

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1603, a bill 
to authorize Congress to award a gold medal to Jerry Lewis, in 
recognition of his outstanding service to the Nation.


                                S. 1650

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) and the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were added as cosponsors of S. 1650, a bill 
to establish a digital and wireless network technology program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1668

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1668, a bill to assist in 
providing affordable housing to those affected by the 2005 hurricanes.


                                S. 1695

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1695, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of 
biosimilar biological products, to promote innovation in the life 
sciences, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 82

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 82, a resolution 
designating August 16, 2007 as ``National Airborne Day''.


                              S. RES. 231

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi

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(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 231, a resolution 
recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day 
and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded 
as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the 
future.


                              S. RES. 253

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 253, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the establishment of a Museum 
of the History of American Diplomacy through private donations is a 
worthy endeavor.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1930

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
1930 intended to be proposed to S. 1639, a bill to provide for 
comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.

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