[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 108 (Monday, July 9, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8794-S8797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 35

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 35, a bill to amend section 7209 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 41

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 41, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to improve 
America's research competitiveness, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 65

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 65, a bill to modify the 
age-60 standard for certain pilots and for other purposes.


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 185, a bill to restore habeas corpus for 
those detained by the United States.


                                 S. 335

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 335, a bill to 
prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from using private debt 
collection companies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 399

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 399, a bill to amend title XIX of 
the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for 
purposes of covering

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physicians services under the Medicaid program.


                                 S. 456

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 456, a bill to 
increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to 
investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish 
violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities 
from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for 
violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 638

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) 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. 644

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 644, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to recodify as part of that title certain 
educational assistance programs for members of the reserve components 
of the Armed Forces, to improve such programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) 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. 774

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 774, a bill to amend the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
permit States to determine State residency for higher education 
purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
status of certain alien students who are long-term United States 
residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 803, a bill to repeal a provision enacted to 
end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive 
payments.


                                 S. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors 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 names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors 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.


                                 S. 849

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) 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. 871

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 871, a bill to establish and provide for the 
treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 915

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 915, a bill to 
establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible 
institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and 
parenting student services offices for pregnant students, parenting 
students, prospective parenting students who are anticipating a birth 
or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for 
adoption.


                                 S. 958

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 958, a bill to 
establish an adolescent literacy program.


                                S. 1012

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) 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. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) 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. 1164

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1164, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and 
utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the 
Medicare Program.


                                S. 1175

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1175, a bill to end the use of 
child soldiers in hostilities around the world, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1177

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1177, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish a 
national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the 
electric generating sector.


                                S. 1276

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1276, a bill to 
establish a grant program to facilitate the creation of methamphetamine 
precursor electronic logbook systems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1277

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 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. 1337

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1337, a bill to amend title 
XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental 
health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

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                                S. 1342

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1342, a bill to improve 
the health of Americans and reduce health care costs by reorienting the 
Nation's health care system toward prevention, wellness, and self care.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1369, a bill to grant 
immunity from civil liability to any person who voluntarily notifies 
appropriate security personnel of suspicious activity believed to 
threaten transportation safety or security or takes reasonable action 
to mitigate such activity.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) 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. 1394

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) 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. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1418, a bill to provide assistance to improve the health of 
newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1469

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1469, a bill to 
require the closure of the Department of Defense detention facility at 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1484

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1484, a bill 
to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore 
the Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment to that in 
effect before enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.


                                S. 1494

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as cosponsors of S. 1494, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes 
programs for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.


                                S. 1518

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1556

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1556, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income 
for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries 
of employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1563

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1563, a bill to require 
the disclosure of certain activities relating to the petroleum industry 
of Sudan, to increase the penalties for violations of sanctions 
provisions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1605

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1605, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access 
of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under 
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1607

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1607, a bill 
to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to 
correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1626

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1626, a bill to amend 
title XIV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to 
promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1651, a bill to assist certain Iraqis who 
have worked directly with, or are threatened by their association with, 
the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1703

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1703, a bill to prevent and 
reduce trafficking in persons.


                                S. 1715

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1715, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate discriminatory copayment 
rates for outpatient psychiatric services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1733

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1733, a bill to authorize 
funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide 
testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1742

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1742, a bill to prevent the 
Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness 
doctrine.


                                s. 1747

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1747, a bill 
to regulate the judicial use of presidential signing statements in the 
interpretation of Act of Congress.


                                s. 1748

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar), the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1748, a bill to prevent the Federal 
Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.


                              s.j. res. 4

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 4, a joint 
resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and 
ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian 
tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the 
United States.


                               s. res. 87

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 87, a resolution expressing 
the sense of the Senate that the President should declare lung cancer a 
public health priority and should implement a comprehensive interagency 
program to reduce the lung cancer mortality rate by at least 50 percent 
by 2015.


                              s. res. 203

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 203, a resolution calling on the 
Government of the People's Republic of China to use its unique 
influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in 
Darfur, Sudan.


                              s. res. 215

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 215, a resolution 
designating September 25, 2007, as ``National First Responder 
Appreciation Day''.

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                           amendment no. 2000

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), 
the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 2000 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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