[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15191-15193]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 37

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 37, a bill to extend 
the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for 2 years.


                                 S. 68

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 68, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 100 percent reimbursement for 
medical assistance provided to a Native Hawaiian through a federally-
qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system.


                                 S. 103

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 103, a bill to 
respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of 
methamphetamine in the United States, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 103, supra.


                                 S. 175

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Talent) was added as a cosponsor of S. 175, a bill to 
establish the Bleeding Kansas and Enduring Struggle for Freedom 
National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to 
facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for 
information and referral on human services, volunteer services, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 337

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 337, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to revise the age and service 
requirements for eligibility to receive retired pay for non-regular 
service, to expand certain authorities to provide health care benefits 
for Reserves and their families, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 407

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 407, a bill to 
restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed 
services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 484, 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. 492

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 492, a bill to make access to 
safe water and sanitation for developing countries a specific policy 
objective of the United States foreign assistance programs, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify automatic fire sprinkler 
systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 627, 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. 654

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to prohibit the 
expulsion, return, or extradition of persons by the United States to 
countries engaging in torture, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 691

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 691, a bill to 
modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of 
certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial 
names.


                                 S. 769

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 769, a bill to enhance 
compliance assistance for small businesses.


                                 S. 853

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 853, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of State to establish a program to bolster the mutual 
security and safety of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 863

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 863, 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. 875

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 875, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 to increase participation in section 401(k) 
plans through automatic contribution trusts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 895

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 895, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish a rural water supply program in 
the Reclamation States to provide a clean, safe affordable, and 
reliable water supply to rural residents.


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 935, a bill to 
regulate .50 caliber sniper weapons designed for the

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taking of human life and the destruction of materiel, including armored 
vehicles and components of the Nation's critical infrastructure.


                                S. 1047

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1047, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in commemoration of each of the Nation's past Presidents 
and their spouses, respectively to improve circulation of the $1 coin, 
to create a new bullion coin, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1052

  At the request of Mr. Carper, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1052, a bill to improve transportation security, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1081

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1081, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum update for 
physicians' services for 2006 and 2007.


                                S. 1088

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1088, a bill to establish 
streamlined procedures for collateral review of mixed petitions, 
amendments, and defaulted claims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1110

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1110, a bill to amend the 
Federal Hazardous Substances Act to require engine coolant and 
antifreeze to contain a bittering agent in order to render the coolant 
or antifreeze unpalatable.


                                S. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1120, a bill to 
reduce hunger in the United States by half by 2010, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1129

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1129, a bill to provide authorizations 
of appropriations for certain development banks, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1172

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1172, a bill to provide 
for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women and 
health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.


                                S. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1197, a bill to reauthorize the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994.


                                S. 1223

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1223, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve the quality and efficiency of 
health care delivery through improvements in health care information 
technology, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1262

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), 
the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Dodd) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1262, a bill to reduce healthcare costs, improve 
efficiency, and improve healthcare quality through the development of a 
nation-wide interoperable health information technology system, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1308

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1308, a bill to establish 
an Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1309

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1309, a bill to amend the 
Trade Act of 1974 to extend the trade adjustment assistance program to 
the services sector, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1313

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator 
from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1313, a bill to protect homes, small 
businesses, and other private property rights, by limiting the power of 
eminent domain.


                                s. 1317

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1317, a bill to provide for 
the collection and maintenance of cord blood units for the treatment of 
patients and research, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
authorize the Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Cell Transplantation Program 
to increase the number of transplants for recipients suitable matched 
to donors of bone marrow and cord blood.


                                s. 1320

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the 
Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1320, a bill to provide multilateral debt cancellation for Heavily 
Indebted Poor Countries, and for other purposes.


                                s. 1321

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1321, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and 
other communications.


                                s. 1332

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill to prevent 
and mitigate identity theft; to ensure privacy; and to enhance criminal 
penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against 
security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally 
identifiable information.


                              s.j. res. 15

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 15, a 
joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations 
and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding 
Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of 
the United States.


                              s. res. 171

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 171, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should 
submit to Congress a report on the time frame for the withdrawal of 
United States troops from Iraq.


                              s. res. 173

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 173, a 
resolution expressing support for the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 as 
the blueprint for lasting peace in Northern Ireland.


                              s. res. 177

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 177, a 
resolution encouraging the protection of the rights of refugees.


                           amendment no. 1075

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray), the

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Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1075 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2360, 
a bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

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