[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9904-9906]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 132

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 132, a bill to 
place a moratorium on executions by the Federal Government and urge the 
States to do the same, while a National Commission on the Death Penalty 
reviews the fairness of the imposition of the death penalty.


                                 S. 145

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 145, a bill to 
prohibit assistance to North Korea or the Korean Peninsula Development 
Organization, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 171

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 171, a bill to amend 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. 243

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 243, a bill concerning 
participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization.


                                 S. 300

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Biden), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the 
Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
Bunning), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Dorgan), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from South Carolina 
(Mr. Graham), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 300, a bill to award

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a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in 
recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, and to express the 
sense of Congress that there should be a national day in recognition of 
Jackie Robinson.


                                 S. 318

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 318, a bill to provide 
emergency assistance to nonfarm-related small business concerns that 
have suffered substantial economic harm from drought.


                                 S. 338

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 
338, a bill to protect the flying public's safety and security by 
requiring that the air traffic control system remain a Government 
function.


                                 S. 346

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 346, a bill to amend the 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a governmentwide 
policy requiring competition in certain executive agency procurements.


                                 S. 374

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Talent) was added as a cosponsor of S. 374, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the occupational taxes relating 
to distilled spirits, wine, and beer.


                                 S. 392

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 392, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired 
members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to 
receive both military retired pay by reason of their years of military 
service and disability compensation from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for their disability.


                                 S. 392

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 392, supra.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) 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. 465

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 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. 473

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 473, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the 
United States over waters of the United States.


                                 S. 478

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 478, a bill to 
grant a Federal charter Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 514

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. 514, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax 
increase on Social Security benefits.


                                 S. 516

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 516, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to allow the arming of pilots of cargo 
aircraft, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator 
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and 
the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns) were added as cosponsors of S. 
569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal 
the medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill to authorize the 
Department of Energy to develop and implement an accelerated research 
and development program for advanced clean coal technologies for use in 
coal-based electricity generating facilities and to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide financial incentives to encourage the 
retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity 
generating facilities to protect the environment and improve efficiency 
and encourage the early commercial application of advanced clean coal 
technologies, so as to allow coal to help meet the growing need of the 
United States for the generation of reliable and affordable 
electricity.


                                 S. 596

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 596, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the investment of foreign 
earnings within the United States for productive business investments 
and job creation.


                                 S. 610

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 610, a bill to amend the 
provisions of title 5, United States Code, to provide for workforce 
flexibilities and certain Federal personnel provisions relating to the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) and 
the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added as cosponsors of S. 
617, a bill to provide for full voting representation in Congress for 
the citizens of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were 
added as cosponsors 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 Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) 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. 664

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) 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. 678

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 678, a bill to amend chapter 10 of title 39, United 
States Code, to include postmasters and postmasters organizations in 
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for the development and planning of certain policies, schedules, and 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 727, a bill to reauthorize a Department of Energy 
program to develop and implement accelerated research, development, and 
demonstration projects for advanced clean coal technologies for use in 
coal-based electricity generating facilities, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the use of those 
technologies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 740

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 759

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 759, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for 
individuals and businesses for the installation of certain wind energy 
property.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen) 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 Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald) 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. 789

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 789, a bill to 
change the requirements for naturalization through service in the Armed 
Forces of the United States.


                                 S. 816

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) 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 Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) 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. 822

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 822, a bill to create a 3-year pilot program that 
makes small, non-profit child care businesses eligible for SBA 504 
loans.


                                 S. 825

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 825, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to protect pension benefits of employees in 
defined benefit plans and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to 
enforce the age discrimination requirements of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986.


                                 S. 837

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 837, a bill to establish 
a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and 
programs and to recommend the elimination or realignment of 
duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 845

  At the request of Mr. Graham of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 845, 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 programs.


                                 S. 853

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 853, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate discriminatory copayment 
rates for outpatient psychiatric services under the medicare program.


                                 S. 874

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 876

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 876, a bill to require public disclosure 
of noncompetitive contracting for the reconstruction of the 
infrastructure of Iraq, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 883

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 883, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to revise and simplify the 
transitional medical assistance (TMA) program.


                                 S. 918

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 918, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Defense to implement fully by September 30, 
2004, requirements for additional Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil 
Support Teams.


                              S.J. RES. 1

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 1, a joint resolution 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
protect the rights of crime victims.


                             S. CON. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, 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.

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