[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 166 (Tuesday, October 30, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13580-S13581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 507

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 507, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of 
certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable 
reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.


                                 S. 600

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 600, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish the School-Based Health Clinic 
program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 814

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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 names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) 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. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 1003

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, his name 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. 1200

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1200, a bill to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act.


                                S. 1340

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) 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. 1386

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1386, a bill to amend the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, to provide better assistance 
to low- and moderate-income families, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) 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. 1758

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1758, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to help individuals with functional 
impairments and their families pay for services and supports that they 
need to maximize their functionality and independence and have choices 
about community participation, education, and employment, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1848

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1848, a bill to amend the 
Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, to 
reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment 
assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1852

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1852, a bill to 
designate the Friday after Thanksgiving of each year as ``Native 
American Heritage Day'' in honor of the achievements and contributions 
of Native Americans to the United States.


                                S. 1858

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1858, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for 
education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup 
care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs 
under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 1858, supra.


                                S. 1871

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Obama), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Clinton), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator 
from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Webb), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 1871, a bill to 
provide for special transfers of funds to States to promote certain 
improvements in State unemployment compensation laws.


                                S. 1895

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1895, a bill to aid and 
support pediatric involvement in reading and education.

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                                S. 1921

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1921, a bill 
to amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the 
authorization for that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1957

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1957, a bill to amend title 17, United States 
Code, to provide protection for fashion design.


                                S. 1966

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1966, a bill to reauthorize 
HIV/AIDS assistance.


                                S. 1991

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1991, a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to 
determine the suitability and feasibility of extending the Lewis and 
Clark National Historic Trail to include additional sites associated 
with the preparation and return phases of the expedition, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2045

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2045, a bill to reform the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for 
children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer 
products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2063

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2063, a bill to 
establish a Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, to 
assure the economic security of the United States, and to expand future 
prosperity and growth for all Americans.


                                S. 2071

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2071, a bill to enhance the 
ability to combat methamphetamine.


                                S. 2080

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2080, a bill to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that sewage 
treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2123

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2123, a bill to provide collective bargaining rights 
for public safety officers employed by States or their political 
subdivisions.


                                S. 2132

  At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2132, a bill to prohibit the introduction or delivery for introduction 
into interstate commerce of children's products that contain lead, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2168

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) and the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as cosponsors of S. 2168, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to enable increased federal 
prosecution of identity theft crimes and to allow for restitution to 
victims of identity theft.


                                S. 2181

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2181, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect Medicare 
beneficiaries' access to home health services under the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 2182

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2182, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health services.


                                S. 2183

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2183, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for community-
based mental health infrastructure improvement.


                                S. 2191

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2191, a bill to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a 
program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2243

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2243, a bill to strongly 
encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to end its support for 
institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way 
aid and abet terrorism, to secure full Saudi cooperation in the 
investigation of terrorist incidents, to denounce Saudi sponsorship of 
extremist Wahhabi ideology, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2254

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2254, a bill to 
establish the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area in the State of 
Mississippi, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 356

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 356, a resolution affirming that any 
offensive military action taken against Iran must be explicitly 
approved by Congress before such action may be initiated.


                              S. RES. 358

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 358, a resolution 
expressing the importance of friendship and cooperation between the 
United States and Turkey.

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