[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 183 (Monday, December 3, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14700-S14703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 22, a bill to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to establish a program of educational assistance for members of 
the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 
2001, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 310

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 310, a bill to express 
the policy of the United States regarding the United States 
relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the 
recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing 
entity.


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac 
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.
  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, supra.


                                 S. 399

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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 physicians services under the 
Medicaid program.


                                 S. 442

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 442, a bill to 
provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public defenders.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 548

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

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                                 S. 588

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 588, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the Medicare 
caps on graduate medical education positions for States with a shortage 
of residents.


                                 S. 594

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 594, a bill to 
limit the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions.


                                 S. 721

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 721, a bill to allow 
travel between the United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 803, a bill to 
repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of 
child support incentive payments.


                                S. 1015

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1015, a bill to reauthorize the National Writing 
Project.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 1107

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) 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. 1159

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) 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. 1170

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1170, a bill to designate 
as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the 
Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in the State of Utah 
for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the 
United States.


                                S. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) 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. 1390

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1390, a bill to provide 
for the issuance of a ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of the 
brave men and women of the armed forces who have been awarded the 
Purple Heart.


                                S. 1395

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1395, a bill to prevent 
unfair practices in credit card accounts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1556

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) 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. 1581

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens), the 
Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. 1581, a bill to establish an 
interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and 
monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


                                S. 1616

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1616, a bill to amend the Clean 
Air Act to promote and assure the quality of biodiesel fuel, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1708

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) and the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Webb) were added as cosponsors of S. 1708, a bill to 
provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, 
education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other 
tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne 
Diseases Advisory Committee.


                                S. 1750

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1750, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to community 
cancer care by Medicare beneficiaries.


                                S. 1812

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1812, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen mentoring 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1823

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1823, a bill to set the 
United States on track to ensure children are ready to learn when they 
begin kindergarten.


                                S. 1858

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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.


                                S. 1914

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1914, a bill to 
require a comprehensive nuclear posture review, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1920

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1920, a bill to award 
competitive grants to eligible partnerships to enable the partnerships 
to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level to 
improve student achievement and prepare at-risk students for 
postsecondary education and the workforce.


                                S. 1951

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) and the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) 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 Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) 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.

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                                S. 1965

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1965, a bill to protect 
children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, to 
enhance efforts to identify and eliminate child pornography, and to 
help parents shield their children from material that is inappropriate 
for minors.


                                S. 2042

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2042, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct activities to 
rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular 
disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2051

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2051, a bill to 
amend the small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-
income school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965.


                                S. 2056

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2056, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore financial 
stability to Medicare anesthesiology teaching programs for resident 
physicians.


                                S. 2058

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2058, a bill to amend the 
Commodity Exchange Act to close the Enron loophole, prevent price 
manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy 
commodities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2067, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to recreational vessels.


                                S. 2071

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), 
the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2071, a bill to enhance the ability to 
combat methamphetamine.


                                S. 2088

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2088, a bill to place 
reasonable limitations on the use of National Security Letters, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2119, a bill to require the Secretary of 
the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became 
disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United 
States.


                                S. 2141

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2141, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol 
Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2147

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2147, a bill to require accountability for contractors and contract 
personnel under Federal contracts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2160

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2160, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a pain care initiative 
in health care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2162

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2162, a bill to improve the 
treatment and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use 
disorders, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2166

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2166, a bill to provide for greater 
responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to 
the United States and the international financial institutions by low-
income countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2181

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 2209

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2209, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to improve 
America's research competitiveness, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2238

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2238, a bill to amend the 
National Dam Safety Program Act to establish a program to provide grant 
assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient 
dams.


                                S. 2270

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2270, a bill to include 
health centers in the list of entities eligible for mortgage insurance 
under the National Housing Act.


                                S. 2307

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2307, a bill to amend 
the Global Change Research Act of 1990, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2320

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2320, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement 
to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries 
under the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and 
whose entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2332

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) and the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 2332, a bill to 
promote transparency in the adoption of new media ownership rules by 
the Federal Communications Commission, and to establish an independent 
panel to make recommendations on how to increase the representation of 
women and minorities in broadcast media ownership.


                                S. 2341

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2341, a bill to provide 
Individual Development Accounts to support foster youths who are 
transitioning from the foster care system.


                                S. 2347

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman)

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were added as cosponsors of S. 2347, a bill to restore and protect 
access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net 
clinics.


                                S. 2348

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2348, a bill 
to ensure control over the United States border and to strengthen 
enforcement of the immigration laws.


                                S. 2351

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2351, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for medical 
research related to developing qualified infectious disease products.


                                S. 2355

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 2355, a bill to amend the 
National Climate Program Act to enhance the ability of the United 
States to develop and implement climate change adaptation programs and 
policies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2369, a bill to amend 
title 35, United States Code, to provide that certain tax planning 
inventions are not patentable, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2378

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2378, a bill to authorize the 
voluntary purchase of certain properties in Treece, Kansas, endangered 
by the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site, and for other 
purposes.


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  On Page S14703, December 3, 2007, in the first column, the 
following paragraph appears: S. 2378. At the request of Mr. 
ROBERTS, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added 
as a cosponsor of S. 2378, a bill to authorize the voluntary 
purchase of certain properties in Treece, Kansas, endangered by 
the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site, and for other 
purposes.
  
  The online version was corrected to read: S. 2378 At the request 
of Mr. ROBERTS, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2378, a bill to 
authorize the voluntary purchase of certain properties in Treece, 
Kansas, endangered by the Cherokee County National Priorities List 
Site, and for other purposes.


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                              S.J. RES. 22

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 22, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human 
Services relating to Medicare coverage for the use of erythropoiesis 
stimulating agents in cancer and related neoplastic conditions.


                              S. RES. 178

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 273

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 273, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal 
Service should issue a semipostal stamp to support medical research 
relating to Alzheimer's disease.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3769

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3769 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3770

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3770 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

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