[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9598-9599]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 13

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 13, a bill to provide 
financial security to family farm and small business owners by ending 
the unfair practice of taxing someone at death.


                                 S. 160

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 160, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the expensing of broadband Internet 
access expenditures, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 183

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 183, a bill to address Securities and Exchange 
Commission authority to impose civil money penalties in administrative 
proceedings for violations of securities laws, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 196

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 196, a bill to establish a digital and wireless network technology 
program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 196

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 196, supra.


                                 S. 274

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) 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. 363

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 363, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions 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. 384

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 384, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent corporate expatriation to 
avoid United States income taxes.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 457

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) 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. 465

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 465, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand medicare coverage of 
certain self-injected biologicals.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 491, a bill to expand research regarding 
inflammatory bowel disease, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and 
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors 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. 560

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 560, a bill to impose 
tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates.


                                 S. 573

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. 573, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to promote organ donation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 595

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Miller) 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. 606

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 606, a bill to provide collective 
bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or 
their political subdivisions.


                                 S. 622

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 622, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide families of 
disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under the 
medicaid program for such children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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. 695

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 695, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the above-the-line deduction 
for teacher classroom supplies and to expand such deduction to include 
qualified professional development expenses.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 700, a bill to provide 
for the promotion of democracy, human rights, and rule of law in the 
Republic of

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Belarus and for the consolidation and strengthening of Belarus 
sovereignty and independence.


                                 S. 703

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 703, a bill to designate the 
regional headquarters building for the National Park Service under 
construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the ``Carl T. Curtis National Park 
Service Midwest Regional Headquarters Building''.


                                 S. 750

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 750, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase the level of 
earnings under which no individual who is blind is determined to have 
demonstrated an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity for 
purposes of determining disability.


                                 S. 761

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 761, a bill to exclude 
certain land from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.


                                 S. 764

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 764, a bill to extend the 
authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.


                                 S. 767

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 767, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the increase in the tax on 
social security benefits.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 774, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the use of completed contract method of 
accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction 
contracts.


                                 S. 780

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 780, a bill to award a congressional gold medal to 
Chief Phillip Martin of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 803, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to members 
of the Armed Forces reserves for contributions to savings accounts 
which may be used when the members are called to active duty.


                                 S. 816

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 816, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of 
medicare beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural 
areas, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 818

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 838

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 838, a bill to waive the limitation on the 
use of funds appropriated for the Homeland Security Grant Program.


                                 S. 852

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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 names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 874

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. CON. RES. 26

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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. RES. 62

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 62, a resolution 
calling upon the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American 
Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for 
Human Rights, the European Union, and human rights activists throughout 
the world to take certain actions in regard to the human rights 
situation in Cuba.


                              S. RES. 111

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 111, a resolution 
designating April 30, 2003, as ``Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating Young 
Americans'', and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 118

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 118, a resolution 
supporting the goals of the Japanese American, German American, and 
Italian American communities in recognizing a National Day of 
Remembrance to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the 
restriction, exclusion, and internment of individuals and families 
during World War II.

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