[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 12846-12848]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 146, a bill to amend titles 10 and 18, United States 
Code, to protect unborn victims of violence.


                                 S. 229

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 229, a bill to provide for 
the merger of the bank and savings association deposit insurance funds, 
to modernize and improve the safety and fairness of the Federal deposit 
insurance system, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 271

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 271, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an additional advance refunding 
of bonds originally issued to finance governmental facilities used for 
essential governmental functions.


                                 S. 310

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 310, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family 
therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of 
the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 333

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 333, a bill to 
promote elder justice, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 451, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan 
basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older, to provide for a 
one-year open season under that plan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 480

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 480, a bill to provide 
competitive grants for training court reporters and closed captioners 
to meet requirements for realtime writers under the Telecommunications 
Act of 1996, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 518

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 518, a bill to increase the 
supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, to provide better 
coordination of Federal efforts and information on islet cell 
transplantation, and to collect the

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data necessary to move islet cell transplantation from an experimental 
procedure to a standard therapy.


                                 S. 526

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 526, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to 
Medicare+Choice plans for special needs medicare beneficiaries by 
allowing plans to target enrollment to special needs beneficiaries.


                                 S. 542

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 542, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify that section 1927 
of that Act does not prohibit a State from entering into drug rebate 
agreements in order to make outpatient prescription drugs accessible 
and affordable for residents of the State who are not otherwise 
eligible for medical assistance under the medicaid program.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts 
received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination 
and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received 
on account of such claims, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 595

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 595, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to repeal the required use of certain principal repayments on mortgage 
subsidy bond financings to redeem bonds, to modify the purchase price 
limitation under mortgage subsidy bond rules based on median family 
income, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 623, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military 
retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to 
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 654

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance the access of 
medicare beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to 
critical primary and preventive health care benefits, to improve the 
Medicare+Choice program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 656

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 656, a bill to provide for 
the adjustment of status of certain nationals of Liberia to that of 
lawful permanent residence.


                                 S. 724

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 724, a bill to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to exempt certain rocket propellants from 
prohibitions under that title on explosive materials.


                                 S. 741

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 741, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with regard to new animal drugs, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 777, a bill to amend the 
impact aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to improve the delivery of payments under the program to local 
educational agencies.


                                 S. 818

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 818, a bill to ensure the 
independence and nonpartisan operation of the Office of Advocacy of the 
Small Business Administration.


                                 S. 818

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 818, supra.


                                 S. 856

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 856, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the 
construction and renovation of public schools.


                                 S. 862

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 862, a bill to 
promote the adoption of children with special needs.


                                 S. 874

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 874, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to include primary and secondary 
preventative medical strategies for children and adults with Sickle 
Cell Disease as medical assistance under the medicaid program, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 875

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 875, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to allow an income tax credit for the provision of homeownership and 
community development, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 878

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 878, a bill to authorize an 
additional permanent judgeship in the District of Idaho, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 888

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 888, a bill to reauthorize the Museum and Library 
Services Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 890

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 890, a bill to amend the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide grants to State 
educational agencies to establish high cost funds from which local 
educational agencies are paid a percentage of the costs of providing a 
free appropriate public education to high need children and other high 
costs associated with educating children with disabilities, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 893

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 893, 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. 896

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 896, a bill to 
establish a public education and awareness program relating to 
emergency contraception.


                                 S. 899

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 899, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore the full market 
basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for 
inpatient hospital services furnished to medicare beneficiaries, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 922

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 922, a bill to change the 
requirements for naturalization through service in the Armed Forces of 
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States, to extend naturalization benefits to members of the Selected 
Reserve of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed 
Forces, to extend posthumous benefits to surviving spouses, children, 
and parents, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 923

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 923, a bill to provide for 
additional weeks of temporary extended unemployment compensation, to 
provide for a program of temporary enhanced regular unemployment 
compensation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 982

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Dorgan) were added as cosponsors of S. 982, 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 hold Syria accountable for its role in 
the Middle East, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1008

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1008, a bill to provide for the establishment of 
summer health career introductory programs for middle and high school 
students.


                                S. 1019

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), and the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as cosponsors of S. 1019, a bill 
to amend titles 10 and 18, United States Code, to protect unborn 
victims of violence.


                                S. 1037

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1037, 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. 1046

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1046, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to preserve 
localism, to foster and promote the diversity of television 
programming, to foster and promote competition, and to prevent 
excessive concentration of ownership of the nation's television 
broadcast stations.


                                S. 1082

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1082, a bill to provide 
support for democracy in Iran.


                                S. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1086, a bill to 
repeal provisions of the PROTECT Act that do not specifically deal with 
the prevention of the exploitation of children.


                                S. 1087

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1087, a bill to provide for uterine 
fibroid research and education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1091

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1091, a bill to provide 
funding for student loan repayment for public attorneys.


                                S. 1092

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1092, a bill to authorize 
the establishment of a national database for purposes of identifying, 
locating, and cataloging the many memorials and permanent tributes to 
America's veterans.


                             S. CON. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Con. Res. 7, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of 
Congress that the sharp escalation of anti-Semitic violence within many 
participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation 
in Europe (OSCE) is of profound concern and efforts should be 
undertaken to prevent future occurrences.


                             S. CON. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. McCain, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Con. Res. 7, supra.


                             S. CON. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 7, supra.


                              S. RES. 133

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 133, a resolution 
condemning bigotry and violence against Arab Americans, Muslim 
Americans, South-Asian Americans, and Sikh Americans.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 691

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 691 proposed to S. 1050, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 785

  At the request of Mr. Warner, his name and the name of the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 785 
proposed to S. 1050, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for 
the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 785

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 785 proposed to S. 1050, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 785

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 785 proposed to S. 1050, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 785

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), 
the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 785 proposed to S. 1050, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 785

  At the request of Mr. Smith, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 785 proposed to S. 1050, supra.

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