[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8026-8028]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 91

  At the request of Mr. Edwards, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 91, a bill to amend title 9, United States Code, to provide for 
greater fairness in the arbitration process relating to livestock and 
poultry contracts.


                                 S. 202

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor 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. 274

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 274, a bill to amend the 
procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 349

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 349, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 385

  At the request of Mr. Edwards, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 385, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate methyl tertiary 
butyl ether from the United States fuel supply, to increase production 
and use of renewable fuel, and to increase the Nation's energy 
independence, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 413

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 413, a bill to provide for 
the fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and 
wrongful death claims arising out of asbestos exposure, to ensure that 
individuals who suffer harm, now or in the future, from illnesses 
caused by exposure to asbestos receive compensation for their injuries, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 457

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 457, a bill to remove the 
limitation on the use of funds to require a farm to feed livestock with 
organically produced feed to be certified as an organic farm.


                                 S. 480

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) 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 Rhode 
Island

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(Mr. Reed) 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 data necessary to move islet cell 
transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy.


                                 S. 544

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 544, a bill to establish a 
SAFER Firefighter Grant Program.


                                 S. 554

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 554, a bill to allow media 
coverage of court proceedings.


                                 S. 558

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 558, a bill to 
elevate the position Director of the Indian Health Service within the 
Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for 
Indian Health, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 652

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 652, a bill to amend title XIX of 
the Social Security Act to extend modifications to DSH allotments 
provided under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement 
and Protection Act of 2000.


                                 S. 664

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 664, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research 
credit, to increase the rates of the alternative incremental credit, 
and to provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research 
expenses.


                                 S. 669

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 
669, a bill to provide more child support money to families leaving 
welfare, to simplify the rules governing the assignment and 
distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of 
children, to improve the collection of child support, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 684

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 684, a bill to create an 
office within the Department of Justice to undertake certain specific 
steps to ensure that all American citizens harmed by terrorism overseas 
receive equal treatment by the United States Government regardless of 
the terrorists' country of origin or residence, and to ensure that all 
terrorists involved in such attacks are pursued, prosecuted, and 
punished with equal vigor, regardless of the terrorists' country of 
origin or residence.


                                 S. 705

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 705, a bill to amend 
title 37, United States Code, to alleviate delay in the payment of the 
Selected Reserve reenlistment bonus to members of Selected Reserve who 
are mobilized.


                                 S. 706

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 706, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to provide Survivor Benefit Plan 
annuities for surviving spouses of Reserves not eligible for retirement 
who die from a cause incurred or aggravated while on inactive-duty 
training.


                                 S. 709

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 709, a bill to award a congressional gold medal to 
Prime Minister Tony Blair.


                                 S. 711

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 711, a bill to amend title 
37, United States Code, to alleviate delay in the payment of the 
Selected Reserve reenlistment bonus to members of Selected Reserve who 
are mobilized.


                                 S. 712

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 712, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to provide Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for 
surviving spouses of Reserves not eligible for retirement who die from 
a cause incurred or aggravated while on inactive-duty training.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 718, a bill to provide a monthly allotment of 
free telephone calling time to members of the United States armed 
forces stationed outside the United States who are directly supporting 
military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 718, supra.


                                 S. 721

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens), and the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Miller) were added as cosponsors of S. 721, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the combat zone 
income tax exclusion to include income for the period of transit to the 
combat zone and to remove the limitation on such exclusion for 
commissioned officers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 740

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, 
and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the 
medicare program.


                             S. CON. RES. 6

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 6, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative 
postage stamp should be issued in honor of Daniel ``Chappie'' James, 
the Nation's first African-American four-star general.


                             S. CON. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors 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. 26

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 26, a concurrent resolution 
condemning the punishment of execution by stoning as a gross violation 
of human rights, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 27

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 27, a concurrent resolution urging the 
President to request the United States International Trade Commission 
to take certain actions with respect to the temporary safeguards on 
imports of certain steel products, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 31

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator

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from Colorado (Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 31, a concurrent resolution 
expressing the outrage of Congress at the treatment of certain American 
prisoners of war by the Government of Iraq.


                            S. CON. RES. 31

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Con. Res. 31, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 429

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of amendment No. 429 proposed to S. Con. Res. 23, an original 
concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 
2005 through 2013.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 429

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 429 proposed to S. Con. Res. 23, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 429

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 429 proposed to S. Con. Res. 23, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 429

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 429 proposed to S. Con. Res. 23, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 429

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of amendment No. 429 proposed to S. Con. Res. 23, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 429

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 429 proposed to S. Con. Res. 23, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 429

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 429 proposed to S. Con. Res. 23, supra.

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