[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 15948-15950]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 202

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 202, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow as a deduction in determining adjusted gross income that 
deduction for expenses in connection with services as a member of a 
reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, to allow 
employers a credit against income tax with respect to employees who 
participate in the military reserve components, and to allow a 
comparable credit for participating reserve component self-employed 
individuals, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 215

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 215, a bill to authorize 
funding assistance for the States for the discharge of homeland 
security activities by the National Guard.


                                 S. 224

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Vermont

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(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 224, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the 
Federal minimum wage.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) 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. 518

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr . Feingold) and 
the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors 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 data 
necessary to move islet cell transplantation from an experimental 
procedure to a standard therapy.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) 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. 735

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 735, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the exemption from tax for 
small property and casualty insurance companies.


                                 S. 780

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 780, a bill to award a 
congressional gold medal to Chief Phillip Martin of the Mississippi 
Band of Choctaw Indians.


                                 S. 852

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 852, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to provide limited TRICARE program 
eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces, to 
provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for 
mobilized members of reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 863

  At the request of Mr. Edwards, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 863, a bill to 
amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow soldiers to serve their 
country without being disadvantaged financially by Federal student aid 
programs.


                                 S. 875

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor 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. 877

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) was added as a cosponsor of S. 877, a bill to 
regulate interstate commerce by imposing limitations and penalties on 
the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail via the 
Internet.


                                 S. 939

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 939, a bill to amend part B 
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full 
Federal funding of such part, to provide an exception to the local 
maintenance of effort requirements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 955

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 955, a bill to provide 
liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying 
for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations.


                                 S. 973

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 973, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation 
of certain restaurant buildings.


                                 S. 976

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 976, a bill to provide for the issuance of a 
coin to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement.


                                 S. 982

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1046

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 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 South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1082, a bill to 
provide support for democracy in Iran.


                                S. 1092

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) 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. 1110

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1110, a bill to amend the 
Trade Act of 1974 to provide trade adjustment assistance for 
communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1129

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1129, a bill to 
provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1153

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1153, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to permit medicare-eligible veterans to receive 
an out-patient medication benefit, to provide that certain veterans who 
receive such benefit are not otherwise eligible for medical care and 
services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1218

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1218, a bill 
to provide for Presidential support and coordination of interagency 
ocean science programs and development and coordination of a 
comprehensive and integrated United States research and monitoring 
program.


                                S. 1236

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1236, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to control or 
eradicate tamarisk in the western States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1248

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from New York

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(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 1248, a bill to reauthorize the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1289

  At the request of Mr. Graham of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Miller) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1289, a bill to name the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, after Paul Wellstone.


                                S. 1290

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1290, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an additional advance 
refunding of tax-exempt bonds issued for the purchase or maintenance of 
electric generation, transmission, or distribution assets.


                                S. 1293

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1293, a bill to criminalize the 
sending of predatory and abusive e-mail.


                                S. 1293

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1293, supra.


                                S. 1294

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1294, a bill to authorize grants for community 
telecommunications infrastructure planning and market development, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1303

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1303, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and otherwise revise the 
Medicare Program to reform the method of paying for covered drugs, drug 
administration services, and chemotherapy support services.


                            S. CON. RES. 40

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 40, a concurrent resolution designating 
August 7, 2003, as ``National Purple Heart Recognition Day''.


                              S. RES. 151

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 151, a resolution 
eliminating secret Senate holds.


                              S. RES. 164

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 164, a resolution reaffirming support of the 
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 
and anticipating the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the 
enactment of the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (the 
Proxmire Act) on November 4, 2003.


                              S. RES. 169

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 169, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage 
stamp commemorating Anne Frank.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 956

  At the request of Mr. Graham of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
956 proposed to S. 1, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to make improvements in the medicare program, to provide 
prescription drug coverage under the medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 969

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 969 proposed 
to S. 1, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make 
improvements in the medicare program, to provide prescription drug 
coverage under the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 974

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 974 proposed to 
S. 1, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make 
improvements in the medicare program, to provide prescription drug 
coverage under the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 976

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 976 proposed to S. 1, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to make improvements in the medicare program, to 
provide prescription drug coverage under the medicare program, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 982

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Reid) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 982 proposed to S. 1, a 
bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make 
improvements in the medicare program, to provide prescription drug 
coverage under the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 982

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 982 proposed to S. 1, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 998

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
998 proposed to S. 1, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to make improvements in the medicare program, to provide 
prescription drug coverage under the medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 998

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 998 proposed to S. 1, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1000

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1000 proposed to S. 1, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in 
the medicare program, to provide prescription drug coverage under the 
medicare program, and for other purposes.

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