[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 130 (Wednesday, September 5, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11117-S11119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 156

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 156, a bill to make the 
moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and discriminatory 
taxes on electronic commerce permanent.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 367, a bill to amend the 
Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods 
made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 604, a bill to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to limit increases in the certain costs of health care services 
under the health care programs of the Department of Defense, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 626, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for arthritis research and public health, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 630

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 630, a bill to amend 
part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a 
minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services 
furnished by a critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under 
the Medicare program.


                                 S. 651

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 651, a bill to help promote 
the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and 
communities across the United States.


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to 
amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by 
research facilities are obtained legally.


                                 S. 725

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 725, a bill to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic 
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve 
that Act.


                                 S. 772

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 772, a bill to amend the 
Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate 
exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with 
respect to railroads.


                                 S. 790

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
790, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
to permit the simplified summer food programs to be carried out in all 
States and by all service institutions.


                                 S. 807

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 807, a bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that manure shall not 
be considered to be a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor 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. 935

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 935, a bill to 
repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the 
Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity 
compensation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 968, a bill to 
amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased 
assistance for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 988

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 988, a bill to 
extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from 
the numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1060, a bill to reauthorize 
the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry 
planning and implementation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1107

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1107, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under 
part D of such title for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit 
dual eligible individuals.


                                S. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) 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. 1246

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 1251

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1251, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax 
treatment of horses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1306

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1306, a bill to direct the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission to classify certain children's products containing 
lead to be banned hazardous substances.

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                                S. 1310

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 1338

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) 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. 1374

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1374, a bill to assist 
States in making voluntary high quality full-day prekindergarten 
programs available and economically affordable for the families of all 
children for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten.


                                S. 1416

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 1451

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1451, a bill to 
encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve 
health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care 
system.


                                S. 1459

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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. 1484

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 1551

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1551, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the 
goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to 
establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and 
Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1627

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1627, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the benefits for 
businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or 
renewal communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to communicate 
United States travel policies and improve marketing and other 
activities designed to increase travel in the United States from 
abroad.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1738, a bill to establish 
a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction 
within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the 
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for 
regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to 
increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and 
prosecute predators.


                                S. 1744

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1744, a bill to prohibit 
the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to 
foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                                S. 1760

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1760, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.


                                S. 1776

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1776, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a user fee 
program to ensure food safety, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1792

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1792, a bill to amend the 
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to improve such Act.


                                S. 1816

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1816, a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative 
trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to 
link properties that are historically and thematically associated with 
the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1905

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1905, a bill 
to provide for a rotating schedule for regional selection of delegates 
to a national Presidential nominating convention, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1924

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1924, a bill to amend 
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that 
a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection 
activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the 
performance of such employee's duty.


                                S. 1942

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1942, a bill to 
amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to provide grants for the renovation of schools.


                                S. 1951

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), and the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 1951, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure 
that individuals eligible for medical assistance under the Medicaid 
program continue to have access to prescription drugs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1954

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1954, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to improve access to pharmacies under part D.


                                S. 1971

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York

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(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1971, a bill to authorize 
a competitive grant program to assist members of the National Guard and 
Reserve and former and current members of the Armed Forces in securing 
employment in the private sector, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 31

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 31, a 
concurrent resolution expressing support for advancing vital United 
States interests through increased engagement in health programs that 
alleviate disease and reduce premature death in developing nations, 
especially through programs that combat high levels of infectious 
disease, improve children's and women's health, decrease malnutrition, 
reduce unintended pregnancies, fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, encourage 
healthy behaviors, and strengthen health care capacity.


                              S. RES. 178

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 178, a 
resolution expressing the sympathy of the Senate to the families of 
women and girls murdered in Guatemala, and encouraging the United 
States to work with Guatemala to bring an end to these crimes.


                              S. RES. 301

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Obama), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), and the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 301, a resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the 
desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, one of the most 
significant events in the American civil rights movement.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2000

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2661

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2661 proposed to H.R. 2642, a bill making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

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