[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 111 (Thursday, July 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9135-S9138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 65

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


                                 S. 160

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 160, a bill to provide for compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow 
Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by 
Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River.


                                 S. 185

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


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 309, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 456

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) were added 
as cosponsors 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

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criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, 
to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 479

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 479, a bill to reduce the 
incidence of suicide among veterans.


                                 S. 551

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 551, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain 
agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain 
chemicals.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to make the 
National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a 
discount to certain veterans.


                                 S. 625

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 625, a bill to protect 
the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with 
certain authority to regulate tobacco products.


                                 S. 635

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 635, a bill to provide for a 
research program for remediation of closed methamphetamine production 
laboratories, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 638

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 638, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to 
improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 
12 students in the United States by improving professional development 
programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through 
institutions of higher education.


                                 S. 771

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 819

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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.


                                 S. 836

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 836, a bill to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for sewer overflow 
control grants.


                                 S. 897

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 897, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide more help to Alzheimer's 
disease caregivers.


                                 S. 898

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 898, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease 
research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public 
education about prevention.


                                 S. 903

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 903, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition 
of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets 
tax credit through 2013, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1310

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1310, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of 
increased payments for ground ambulance services under the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 1353

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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. 1359

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. 1385

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1385, a bill to 
designate the United States courthouse facility located at 301 North 
Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida, as the ``C. Clyde Atkins United States 
Courthouse''.


                                S. 1469

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 1529

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 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. 1606

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1606, a bill to provide for the establishment of a comprehensive 
policy on the care and management of wounded warriors in order to 
facilitate and enhance their care, rehabilitation, physical evaluation, 
transition from care by the Department of Defense to care by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and transition from military service to 
civilian life, and for other purposes.


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  On Page S9136, July 12, 2007, the following appears: S. 1529. At 
the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 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. 1624. 
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator
  
  The online version was corrected to read: S. 1529. At the 
request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) 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. 1606. At the request 
of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1606, a 
bill to provide for the establishment of a comprehensive policy on 
the care and management of wounded warriors in order to facilitate 
and enhance their care, rehabilitation, physical evaluation, 
transition from care by the Department of Defense to care by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and transition from military 
service to civilian life, and for other purposes. S. 1624. At the 
request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator


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                                S. 1624

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1624, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from the 
treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for 
partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships 
directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment 
adviser and related asset management services.


                                S. 1742

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


                                S. 1748

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of

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S. 1748, a bill to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from 
repromulgating the fairness doctrine.


                               S. RES. 82

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


                              S. RES. 224

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. Res. 224, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2019

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Byrd), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Obama), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the 
Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), 
the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. 
McCaskill), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond), the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), 
the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2019 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.
  At the request of Mr. Coleman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2019 proposed to H.R. 1585, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2019 proposed to H.R. 1585, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2019 proposed to H.R. 1585, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2019 proposed to H.R. 1585, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2019 proposed to H.R. 1585, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2022

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2022 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2024

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Thune) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2024 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2027

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2027 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2029

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2029 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2043

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2043 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2046

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2046 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2047

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2047 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2057

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2057 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Dodd), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), 
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama), the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Clinton), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2067 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2072

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Arkansas

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(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2072 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2086

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2086 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2100

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2100 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2108

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2108 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2125

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2125 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.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2125 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1585, supra.

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