[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12380-12381]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 654

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore, increase, and make 
permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under 
qualified group legal services plans.


                                 S. 699

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 699, a bill to provide 
for substantial reductions in the price of prescription drugs for 
medicare beneficiaries.


                                 S. 862

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 862, a bill to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal years 2002 through 2006 to carry out the State Criminal Alien 
Assistance Program.


                                 S. 869

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 869, a bill to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to reform the provisions 
relating to child labor.


                                 S. 987

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 987, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option 
to provide medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with 
HIV.


                                S. 1350

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1350, a bill to amend the 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to medicare 
ambulance suppliers of the full costs of providing such services, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1394

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) 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. 1655

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1655, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain interstate conduct 
relating to exotic animals.


                                S. 1818

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Torricelli) were added as cosponsors of S. 1818, a bill to ensure that 
a Federal employee who takes leave without pay in order to perform 
service as a member of the uniformed services or member of the National 
Guard shall continue to receive pay and allowances such individual is 
receiving for such service, will be no less than the basic pay such 
individual would then be receiving if no interruption in employment had 
occurred.


                                S. 1868

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1868, a bill to establish 
a national center on volunteer and provider screening to reduce sexual 
and other abuse of children, the elderly, and individuals with 
disabilities.


                                S. 2010

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), and the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as cosponsors of S. 2010, a bill 
to provide for criminal prosecution of persons who alter or destroy 
evidence in certain Federal investigations or defraud investors of 
publicly traded securities, to disallow debts incurred in violation of 
securities fraud laws from being discharged in bankruptcy, to protect 
whistleblowers against retaliation by their employers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2085

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2085, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the definition of homebound 
with respect to home health services under the medicare program.


                                S. 2188

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2188, a bill to require the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission to amend its flammability standards 
for children's sleepwear under the Flammable Fabrics Act.


                                S. 2215

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) 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.


                                S. 2221

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Torricelli) were added as cosponsors of S. 2221, a bill to temporarily 
increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the medicaid 
program.

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                                S. 2249

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2249, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program regarding eating 
disorders, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2328

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2328, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
to ensure a safe pregnancy for all women in the United States, to 
reduce the rate of maternal morbidity and mortality, to eliminate 
racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes, to reduce 
pre-term, labor, to examine the impact of pregnancy on the short and 
long term health of women, to expand knowledge about the safety and 
dosing of drugs to treat pregnant women with chronic conditions and 
women who become sick during pregnancy, to expand public health 
prevention, education and outreach, and to develop improved and more 
accurate data collection related to maternal morbidity and mortality.


                                S. 2394

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2394, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act to require labeling containing information applicable 
to pediatric patients.


                                S. 2395

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2395, a bill to prevent and punish counterfeiting and 
copyright piracy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2480

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2480, a bill to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers 
from state laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns.


                                S. 2558

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2558, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the collection of data on 
benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer 
registries.


                                S. 2562

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2562, a bill to expand research 
regarding inflammatory bowel disease, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2611

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2611, a bill to reauthorize the 
Museum and Library Services Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2636

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2636, a bill to ensure that 
the Secretary of the Army treats recreation benefits the same as 
hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and environmental 
protection and restoration.


                                S. 2663

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2663, a bill to permit 
the designation of Israeli-Turkish qualifying industrial zones.


                                S. 2691

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2691, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to facilitate an increase in programming and 
content on radio that is locally and independently produced, to 
facilitate competition in radio programming, radio advertising, and 
concerts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2707

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2707, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide comprehensive pension protection for 
women.


                              S. RES. 258

  At the request of Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, the names of the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 
Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 258, a resolution urging 
Saudi Arabia to dissolve its ``martyrs'' fund and to refuse to support 
terrorism in any way.


                              S. RES. 266

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 266, a resolution 
designating October 10, 2002, as ``Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day.''


                            S. CON. RES. 94

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 94, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that public awareness and 
education about the importance of health care coverage is of the utmost 
priority and that a National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month 
should be established to promote that awareness and education.


                            S. CON. RES. 121

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the names of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 121, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that there should be 
established a National Health Center Week for the week beginning on 
August 18, 2002, to raise awareness of health services provided by 
community, migrant, public housing, and homeless health centers.

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