[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10803-10805]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 s. 548

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 548, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide enhanced 
reimbursement for, and expanded capacity to, mammography services under 
the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 s. 576

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 576, a bill to 
require health insurance coverage for certain reconstructive surgery.


                                 s. 582

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill to amend 
titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with 
the option to cover certain legal immigrants under the medicaid and 
State children's health insurance program.


                                 s. 611

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 611, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to provide that the

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reduction 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. 812

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 812, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide greater access to 
affordable pharmaceuticals.


                                 s. 824

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 824, a bill to establish 
an informatics grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing 
facilities.


                                 s. 839

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 839, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the amount of 
payment for inpatient hospital services under the medicare program and 
to freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of 
medical education.


                                 s. 913

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 913, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
under the medicare program of all oral anticancer drugs.


                                 s. 998

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 998, a bill to 
expand the availability of oral health services by strengthening the 
dental workforce in designated underserved areas.


                                s. 1005

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1005, a bill to 
provide assistance to mobilize and support United States communities in 
carrying out community-based youth development programs that assure 
that all youth have access to programs and services that build the 
competencies and character development needed to fully prepare the 
youth to become adults and effective citizens, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1054

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1054, a bill to amend 
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to prevent abuse of 
recipients of long-term care services under the Medicare and Medicaid 
programs.


                                s. 1152

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. Carnahan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1152, a bill to ensure 
that the business of the Federal Government is conducted in the public 
interest and in a manner that provides for public accountability, 
efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention 
of unwarranted Government expenses, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Gramm) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to provide medicare beneficiaries with a 
drug discount card that ensures access to affordable outpatient 
prescription drugs.


                                s. 1339

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1339, a bill to amend the Bring Them 
Home Alive Act of 2000 to provide an asylum program with regard to 
American Persian Gulf War POW/MIAs, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1394

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1394, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare 
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                s. 1903

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1903, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain small businesses to 
defer payment of tax.


                                s. 1987

  At the request of Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, the name of the Senator 
from Nevada (Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1987, a bill to 
provide for reform of the Corps of Engineers, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2051

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2051, a bill to remove a 
condition preventing authority for concurrent receipt of military 
retired pay and veterans' disability compensation from taking affect, 
and for other purposes.
  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2051, supra.


                                s. 2070

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2070, a bill 
to amend part A of title IV to exclude child care from the 
determination of the 5-year limit on assistance under the temporary 
assistance to needy families program, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2194

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), and 
the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns) were added as cosponsors of S . 
2194, a bill to hold accountable the Palestine Liberation Organization 
and the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2215

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2215, a bill to halt 
Syrian support for terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, stop its 
development of weapons of mass destruction, cease its illegal 
importation of Iraqi oil, and by so doing hold Syria accountable for 
its role in the Middle East, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2215, supra.


                                s. 2233

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2233, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a medicare subvention 
demonstration project for veterans.


                                s. 2317

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2317, a bill to provide 
for fire safety standards for cigarettes, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2490

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2490, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled 
nursing facility services under the medicare program.


                                s. 2509

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Burns) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2509, a bill to amend the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990 to specify additional selection criteria for 
the 2005 round of defense base closures and realignments, and for other 
purposes.


                                s. 2558

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2558, a bill to amend the 
Public Health

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Service Act to provide for the collection of data on benign brain-
related tumors through the national program of cancer registries.


                                s. 2570

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2570, a bill to 
temporarily increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the 
medicaid program, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2572

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2572, a bill to amend title VII 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to 
religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2591

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2591, a bill to reauthorize the 
Mammography Quality Standards Act, and for other purposes.


                                s. 2606

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 2606, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Labor to establish a trade adjustment assistance program 
for certain service workers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2608

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2608, a bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972 to authorize the acquisition of coastal areas in order 
better to ensure their protection from conversion or development.


                                S. 2610

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2610, a bill 
to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to include 
efforts to address barriers to employment as a work activity under the 
temporary assistance to needy families program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2621

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2621, a bill to provide a definition of vehicle for 
purposes of criminal penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other 
acts of violence against mass transportation systems.


                                S. 2622

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2622, a bill to 
authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of 
Congress to Joseph A. De Laine in recognition of his contributions to 
the Nation.


                              S. RES. 264

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mrs. Carnahan), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Daschle), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen), the 
Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), 
and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) were added as cosponsors 
of S. Res. 264, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that 
small business participation is vital to the defense of our Nation, and 
that Federal, State, and local governments should aggressively seek out 
and purchase innovative technologies and services from American small 
businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism.


                              S. RES. 266

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 266, a resolution designating 
October 10, 2002, as ``Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day.''


                              S. RES. 270

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 270, a resolution 
designating the week of October 13, 2002, through October 19, 2002, as 
``National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week.''


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 11, a concurrent resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress to fully use the powers of the Federal 
Government to enhance the science base required to more fully develop 
the field of health promotion and disease prevention, and to explore 
how strategies can be developed to integrate lifestyle improvement 
programs into national policy, our health care system, schools, 
workplaces, families and communities.

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