[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 353-354]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 285

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith of Oregon) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 285, a bill to amend title II of the Social 
Security Act to restore the link between the maximum amount of earnings 
by blind individuals permitted without demonstrating ability to engage 
in substantial gainful activity and the exempt amount permitted in 
determining excess earnings under the earnings test.


                                 S. 344

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 344, a biil to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a safe harbor for determining that 
certain individuals are not employees.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 484, a bill to 
provide for the granting of refugee status in the United States to 
nationals of certain foreign countries in which American Vietnam War 
POW/MIAs or American Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those 
nationals assist in the return to the United States of those POW/MIAs 
alive.


                                 S. 708

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 708, a bill to improve 
the administrative efficiency and effectiveness of the Nation's abuse 
and neglect courts and the quality and availability of training for 
judges, attorneys, and volunteers working in such courts, and for other 
purposes consistent with the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.


                                 S. 717

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Torricelli) were added as cosponsors of S. 1007, a bill to assist in 
the conservation of great apes by supporting and providing financial 
resources for the conservation programs of countries within the range 
of great apes and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in 
the conservation of great apes.


                                S. 1074

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1074, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to waive 
the 24-month waiting period for medicare coverage of individuals with 
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and to provide medicare coverage 
of drugs and biologicals used for the treatment of ALS or for the 
alleviation of symptoms relating to ALS.


                                S. 1272

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar), the Senator from New York (Mr. Moynihan), and the Senator 
from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as cosponsors of S. 1272, a bill 
to amend the Controlled Substances Act to promote pain management and 
palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1396

  At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), 
the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott), and the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 1396, a bill to amend 
section 4532 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for the 
coverage and treatment of overhead costs of United States factories and 
arsenals when not making supplies for the Army, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1413

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1413, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction from the estate 
tax for family-owned business interest.


                                S. 1472

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1472, a bill to 
amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to modify 
employee contributions to the Civil Service Retirement System and the 
Federal Employees Retirement System to the percentages in effect before 
the statutory temporary increase in calendar year 1999, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1590

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1590, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to modify the authority of the Surface 
Transportation Board, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1619

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), and the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Allard) were added as cosponsors of S. 1619, a bill 
to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for periodic revision of 
retaliation lists or other remedial action implemented under section 
306 of such Act.


                                S. 1653

  At the request of Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 1653, a bill to reauthorize and amend the National Fish 
and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act.


                                S. 1716

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1716, a bill 
to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
require local educational agencies and schools to implement integrated 
pest management systems to minimize the use of pesticides in schools 
and to provide parents, guardians, and employees with notice of the use 
of pesticides in schools, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1822

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1822, 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 
and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide 
coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental 
deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.


                                S. 1874

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1874, a bill to improve academic and social outcomes for youth and 
reduce both juvenile crime and the risk that youth will become victims 
of crime by providing productive activities conducted by law 
enforcement personnel during non-school hours.


                                S. 1921

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards), 
the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Robb), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Dodd), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1921, a bill to authorize the placement within the 
site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of a plaque to honor Vietnam 
veterans who died after their service in

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the Vietnam war, but as a direct result of that service.


                                S. 1941

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), 
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), and the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) were added as cosponsors of S. 1941, a bill to amend the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide 
assistance to fire departments and fire prevention organizations for 
the purpose of protecting the public and firefighting personnel against 
fire and fire-related hazards.


                                S. 1957

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1957, a bill to provide 
for the payment of compensation to the families of the Federal 
employees who were killed in the crash of a United States Air Force CT-
43A aircraft on April 3, 1996, near Dubrovnik, Croatia, carrying 
Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown and 34 others.


                                S. 1984

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), and the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald) were added as cosponsors of S. 1984, a 
bill to establish in the Antitrust Division of the Department of 
Justice a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust 
matters.


                                S. 1995

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1995, a bill to amend the 
National School Lunch Act to revise the eligibility of private 
organizations under the child and adult care food program.


                                S. 2003

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning), and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2003, a bill to restore health care coverage 
to retired members of the uniformed services.


                                S. 2004

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2004, a bill to 
amend title 49 of the United States Code to expand State authority with 
respect to pipeline safety, to establish new Federal requirements to 
improve pipeline safety, to authorize appropriations under chapter 601 
of that title for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2005

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Coverdell), and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2005, a bill to repeal the modification of the 
installment method.


                              S.J. RES. 30

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 30, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States relative to equal rights for women and men.


                               S. RES. 87

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 87, a resolution 
commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the International Visitors 
Program


                              S. RES. 237

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Robb), and the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 237, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States 
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations should hold hearings and the 
Senate should act on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of 
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).


                              S. RES. 247

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Nickles) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Bryan) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 247, a resolution commemorating and 
acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice made by the men and women 
who have lost their lives while serving as law enforcement officers.

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