[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 23558-23561]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 171

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 171, a bill to amend the 
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. 198

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 198, 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. 453

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 453, a bill to authorize 
the Health Resources and Services Administration and the National 
Cancer Institute to make grants for model programs to provide to 
individuals of health disparity populations prevention, early 
detection, treatment, and appropriate follow-up care services for 
cancer and chronic diseases, and to make grants regarding patient 
navigators to assist individuals of health disparity populations in 
receiving such services.


                                 S. 514

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) 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. 556

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Washington

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 (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 556, a bill to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act.


                                 S. 884

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 884 , a bill to amend the 
Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the 
terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs 
to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive 
rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 983

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 983, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
development and operation of research centers regarding environmental 
factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.


                                S. 1408

  At the request of Mr. Graham of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1408, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the 
deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who 
accompanies the taxpayer on business travel.


                                S. 1557

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1557, a bill 
to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
relations treatment) to the products of Armenia.


                                S. 1840

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1840, a bill to amend the 
Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and operations of 
privately-held farm and ranch land to voluntarily make their land 
available for access by the public under programs administered by 
States.


                                S. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1925, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable 
employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for 
mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing 
efforts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2038

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as cosponsors of S. 2038, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for influenza vaccine 
awareness campaign, ensure a sufficient influenza vaccine supply, and 
prepare for an influenza pandemic or epidemic, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage vaccine production capacity, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2298

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2298, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the operation of employee 
stock ownership plans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2352

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2352, a bill to prevent 
the slaughter of horses in and from the United States for human 
consumption by prohibiting the slaughter of horses for human 
consumption and by prohibiting the trade and transport of horseflesh 
and live horses intended for human consumption, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2395

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. 
Breaux), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) and the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 2395, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the centenary of the bestowal of the Nobel Peace Prize on President 
Theodore Roosevelt, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2468

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2468, a bill to 
reform the postal laws of the United States.


                                S. 2542

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2542, a bill to provide for 
review of determinations on whether schools and local educational 
agencies made adequate yearly progress for the 2002-2003 school year 
taking into consideration subsequent regulations and guidance 
applicable to those determinations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2553

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2553, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for coverage of screening ultrasound for 
abdominal aortic aneurysms under part B of the medicare program.


                                S. 2568

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator 
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Dorgan), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Reid), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 2568, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
tercentenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2602

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Reid), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) were added as cosponsors of S. 2602, a bill to provide for 
a circulating quarter dollar coin program to honor the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2614

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2614, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits under 
the medicare program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2635

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from

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New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 2635, a bill 
to establish an intergovernmental grant program to identify and develop 
homeland security information, equipment, capabilities, technologies, 
and services to further the homeland security needs of the United 
States and to address the homeland security needs of Federal, State, 
and local governments.


                                S. 2647

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2647, a bill to establish a 
national ocean policy, to set forth the missions of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to ensure effective interagency 
coordination, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2648

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2648, a bill to strengthen 
programs relating to ocean science and training by providing improved 
advice and coordination of efforts, greater interagency cooperation, 
and the strengthening and expansion of related programs administered by 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


                                S. 2722

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2722, a bill to maintain and expand the steel import licensing and 
monitoring program.
  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2722, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2722, supra.


                                S. 2731

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2731, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain interstate 
conduct relating to exotic animals.


                                S. 2744

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. 
Lincoln), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the 
Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 2744, a bill to authorize the 
minting and issuance of a Presidential $1 coin series.


                                S. 2759

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2759, a bill 
to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to modify the rules 
relating to the availability and method of redistribution of unexpended 
SCHIP allotments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2789

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2789, a bill to 
reauthorize the grant program of the Department of Justice for reentry 
of offenders into the community, to establish a task force on Federal 
programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the 
community, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2794

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2794, a bill to improve elementary and secondary 
education.


                                S. 2817

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2817, a bill to provide for 
the redesign of the reverse of the Lincoln 1-cent coin in 2009 in 
commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of President 
Abraham Lincoln.


                                S. 2828

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2828, a bill to amend the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 to define political committee and clarify 
when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1968 must register as political committees, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2849

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2849, a bill to provide certain enhancements to the 
Montgomery GI Bill Program for certain individuals who serve as members 
of the Armed Forces after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2869

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2869, a bill to respond to 
the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines in 
the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2886

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 2886, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance.
  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2886, supra.


                                S. 2889

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Nickles), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the 
Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), the Senator from 
New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), 
the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee) were added as cosponsors of S. 2889, a 
bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins celebrating 
the recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle, the national 
symbol of the United States, to America's lands, waterways, and skies 
and the great importance of the designation of the American bald eagle 
as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2902

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2902, a bill to ensure an abundant and 
affordable supply of highly nutritious fruits, vegetables, and other 
specialty crops for American consumers and international markets by 
enhancing the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops.


                                S. 2908

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2908, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against animal 
fighting, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 136

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 136, a concurrent 
resolution honoring and memorializing the passengers and crew of United 
Airlines Flight 93.


                            S. CON. RES. 143

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 143, a 
concurrent resolution recognizing community organization of public 
access defibrillation programs.

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                              S. RES. 164

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor 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. 365

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 365, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the detention 
of Tibetan political prisoners by the Government of the People's 
Republic of China.


                              S. RES. 392

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 392, a resolution 
conveying the sympathy of the Senate to the families of the young women 
murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encouraging increased 
United States involvement in bringing an end to these crimes.


                              S. RES. 456

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and 
the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 456, a resolution designating October 14, 2004, as ``Lights On 
Afterschool! Day''.

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