[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 23579-23580]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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. 510

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 510, a bill to preserve 
the sovereignty of the United States over public lands and acquired 
lands owned by the United States, and to preserve State sovereignty and 
private property rights in non-Federal lands surrounding those public 
lands and acquired lands.


                                 S. 631

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 631, a bill to amend the Social 
Security Act to eliminate the time limitation on benefits for 
immunosuppressive drugs under the medicare program, to provide 
continued entitlement for such drugs for certain individuals after 
medicare benefits end, and to extend certain medicare secondary payer 
requirements.


                                 S. 740

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to 
amend the Federal Power Act to improve the hydroelectric licensing 
process by granting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission statutory 
authority to better coordinate participation by other agencies and 
entities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 980

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 980, a bill to promote 
access to health care services in rural areas.


                                S. 1133

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1133, a bill to amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to cover 
birds of the order Ratitae that are raised for use as human food.


                                S. 1144

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1144, a bill to 
provide increased flexibility in use of highway funding, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1187

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1187, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the Lewis and 
Clark Expedition, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1242

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1242, a bill to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to make permanent the visa waiver 
program for certain visitors to the United States.


                                S. 1448

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1448, a bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the 
annual enrollment of land in the wetlands reserve program, to extend 
the program through 2005, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1454

  At the request of Mr. Robb, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1454, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the 
construction and renovation of public schools and to provide tax 
incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements 
with public schools in distressed areas.


                                S. 1473

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1473, a bill to amend section 2007 of the Social Security Act to 
provide grant funding for additional Empowerment Zones, Enterprise 
Communities, and Strategic Planning Communities, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1500

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), and the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added as cosponsors of S. 1500, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
additional payment for services provided to certain high-cost 
individuals under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing 
facility services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1547

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1547, a bill to amend 
the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications 
Commission to preserve low-power television stations that provide 
community broadcasting, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1574

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1574, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to improve the interim payment system for home 
health services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1609

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1609, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the update 
factor used in making payments to PPS hospitals under the medicare 
program.


                                S. 1617

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1617, a bill to promote 
preservation and public awareness of the history of the Underground 
Railroad by providing financial assistance, to the Freedom Center in 
Cincinnati, Ohio.


                                S. 1642

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1642, a bill to 
amend part F of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to improve and refocus civic education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1652

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1652, a bill to 
designate the Old Executive Office Building located at 17th Street and 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, District of Columbia, as the 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

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                                S. 1673

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1673, a bill to amend 
titles 10 and 18, United States Code, to protect unborn victims of 
violence.


                         Senate Resolution 179

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 179, a 
resolution designating October 15, 1999, as ``National Mammography 
Day.''


                         Senate Resolution 188

  At the request of Mr. Edwards, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland) were added as 
cosponsors of Senate Resolution 188, a resolution expressing the sense 
of the Senate that additional assistance should be provided to the 
victims of Hurricane Floyd.


                           Amendment No. 1824

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Cochran) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1824 proposed to S. 
1650, an original bill making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

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