[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15645-15647]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 57

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 57, a bill to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a 
program under which long-term care insurance is made available to 
Federal employees and annuitants, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 211, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to make permanent the exclusion for employer- provided 
educational assistance programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 253

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 253, a bill to provide for 
the reorganization of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 335

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 335, a bill to 
amend chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, to provide for the 
nonmailability of certain deceptive matter relating to games of chance, 
administrative procedures, orders, and civil penalties relating to such 
matter, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 345

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 345, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits interstate 
movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which 
animal fighting is lawful.
  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 345, supra.


                                 S. 429

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill 
to designate the legal public holiday of ``Washington's Birthday'' as 
``Presidents' Day'' in honor of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and 
Franklin Roosevelt and in recognition of the importance of the 
institution of the Presidency and the contributions that Presidents 
have

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made to the development of our Nation and the principles of freedom and 
democracy.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Murkowski), 
and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as cosponsors of S. 
459, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the 
State ceiling on private activity bonds.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 472, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain medicare 
beneficiaries with an exemption to the financial limitations imposed on 
physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services 
under part B of the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 632

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to provide 
assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize the funding of 
regional poison control centers.


                                 S. 717

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 717, a bill to amend title II 
of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social 
security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and 
surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions 
shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of 
the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension 
exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.


                                 S. 821

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 821, a bill to 
provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.


                                 S. 836

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 836, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group 
health plans and health insurance issuers provide women with adequate 
access to providers of obstetric and gynecological services.


                                 S. 861

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. 861, a bill to 
designate certain Federal land in the State of Utah as wilderness, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 875

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 875, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand S corporation eligibility for 
banks, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 877

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Burns) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Abraham) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 877, a bill to encourage the provision of 
advanced service, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 879

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 879, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for 
the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements.


                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 892, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
subpart F exemption for active financing income.


                                 S. 926

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 926, a bill to provide the people of Cuba 
with access to food and medicines from the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 984

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 984, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax credit for electricity 
produced from certain renewable resources.


                                S. 1006

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1006, a bill to end the use of 
conventional steel-jawed leghold traps on animals in the United States.


                                S. 1016

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1016, a bill to provide 
collective bargaining for rights for public safety officers employed by 
States or their political subdivisions.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1025, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the proper payment of 
approved nursing and allied health education programs under the 
medicare program.


                                S. 1038

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1038, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt small issue bonds for 
agriculture from the State volume cap.


                                S. 1053

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1053, a bill to amend the Clean 
Air Act to incorporate certain provisions of the transportation 
conformity regulations, as in effect on March 1, 1999.


                                S. 1087

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1087, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to add bronchioloalveolar 
carcinoma to the list of diseases presumed to be service-connected for 
certain radiation-exposed veterans.


                                S. 1091

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1091, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a 
pediatric research initiative.


                                S. 1144

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1144, a bill to provide increased flexibility in 
use of highway funding, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 1144, supra.


                                S. 1166

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1166, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that natural gas gathering 
lines are 7-year property for purposes of depreciation.


                                S. 1216

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1216, a bill 
to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to establish a Marine 
Mammal Rescue Grant Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1232

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Thompson), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), 
the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Sarbanes),

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and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1232, a bill to provide for the correction of retirement coverage 
errors under chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code.


                                S. 1266

  At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1266, a bill to allow a 
State to combine certain funds to improve the academic achievement of 
all its students.


                                S. 1274

  At the request of Mr. Grams, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1274, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to increase the accessibility to and affordability of health care, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1277

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1277, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a new prospective payment 
system for Federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics.


                                S. 1293

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Moynihan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1293, a bill to establish 
a Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Board.


                                S. 1296

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1296, a bill to 
designate portions of the lower Delaware River and associated 
tributaries as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System.


                                S. 1317

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1317, a bill to 
reauthorize the Welfare-To-Work program to provide additional resources 
and flexibility to improve the administration of the program.


                                S. 1332

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith), and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1332, a bill to authorize the President to award a 
gold medal on behalf of Congress to Father Theodore M. Hesburg, in 
recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to civil 
rights, higher education, the Catholic Church, the Nation, and the 
global community.


                          Senate Resolution 99

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of Senate 
Resolution 99, a resolution designating November 20, 1999, as 
``National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day.''

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