[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 123 (Monday, July 30, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10313-S10315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 197

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 197, a bill to authorize 
salary adjustments for justices and judges of the United States for 
fiscal year 2007.


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with 
respect to health insurance and employment.


                                 S. 431

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 431, a bill to require 
convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the 
uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive 
both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation.


                                 S. 456

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) 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. 469

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 519

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 519, a bill to 
modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child 
pornography, to expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 522

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 522, a bill to safeguard 
the economic health of the United States and the health and safety of 
the United States

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citizens by improving the management, coordination, and effectiveness 
of domestic and international intellectual property rights enforcement, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 548

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 548, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair 
market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, 
musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.


                                 S. 734

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 734, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of the tentative 
minimum tax for noncorporate taxpayers to 24 percent.


                                 S. 742

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 742, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by 
asbestos-containing products, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 764

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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 Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 777

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 777, a bill to repeal the 
imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by 
government entities.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities 
and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant 
services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 814

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 814, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-
advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                 S. 940

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 940, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F 
exemption for active financing income.


                                S. 1003

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to 
emergency medical services and the quality and efficiency of care 
furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access 
hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors 
that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for 
additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such 
emergency departments, and by establishing a Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services Working Group, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1050

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1050, a bill to amend the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Public Health Service Act to set 
standards for medical diagnostic equipment and to establish a program 
for promoting good health, disease prevention, and wellness and for the 
prevention of secondary conditions for individuals with disabilities, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1159

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1159, a bill to amend part 
B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full 
Federal funding of such part.


                                S. 1259

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1259, a bill to 
amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for 
developing countries to promote quality basic education and to 
establish the achievement of universal basic education in all 
developing countries as an objective of United States foreign 
assistance policy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1286

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1286, a bill to authorize the 
Coquille Indian Tribe of the State of Oregon to convey land and 
interests in land owned by the Tribe.


                                S. 1340

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) 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. 1398

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1398, a bill to expand the research and 
prevention activities of the National Institute of Diabetes and 
Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention with respect to inflammatory bowel disease.


                                S. 1557

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 1605

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1668

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1668, a bill to assist in providing affordable housing 
to those affected by the 2005 hurricanes.


                                S. 1790

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1790, a bill to make grants 
to carry out activities to prevent the incidence of unintended 
pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among teens in racial 
or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1815

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1815, a bill to assure

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compliance with basic standards for all-terrain vehicles in the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1843

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1843, a bill to amend title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 
to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is 
paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other 
practice, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1851

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1851, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow personal exemptions under the 
individual alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1855

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1855, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide relief to individuals from the 
penalty for failure to pay estimated taxes on amounts attributable to 
the alternative minimum tax in cases where the taxpayer was not subject 
to the alternative minimum tax in the preceding year.


                                S. 1881

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1881, a bill 
to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to restore the 
intent and protections of that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1894

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1894, a bill to amend the Family 
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide family and medical leave to 
primary caregivers of servicemembers with combat-related injuries.


                              S. RES. 276

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 276, a resolution calling for the urgent 
deployment of a robust and effective multinational peacekeeping mission 
with sufficient size, resources, leadership, and mandate to protect 
civilians in Darfur, Sudan, and for efforts to strengthen the renewal 
of a just and inclusive peace process.
  At the request of Mr. Reid, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 276, supra.


                              S. RES. 278

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 278, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the announcement of the 
Russian Federation of its suspension of implementation of the 
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty.


                              S. RES. 281

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 281, a 
resolution congratulating Cal Ripken Jr. for his induction into the 
Baseball Hall of Fame, for an outstanding career as an athlete, and for 
his contributions to baseball and to his community.

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