[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15300-15301]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 27

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 27, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction 
of State and local general sales taxes.


                                 S. 39

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 39, a bill to 
establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program within the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


                                 S. 78

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 78, a bill to 
make permanent marriage penalty relief.


                                 S. 183

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 183, 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. 313

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 313, a bill to improve 
authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and United States 
nonproliferation operations.


                                 S. 558

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 558, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
permit certain additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have 
a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation 
from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either 
retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-
Related Special compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under 
current law with respect to such concurrent receipt.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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. 642

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Missouri

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(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 642, a bill to support 
certain national youth organizations, including the Boy Scouts of 
America, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 853

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) 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. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, 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. 1014

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1014, a bill to provide 
additional relief for small business owners ordered to active duty as 
members of reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1153

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1153, a bill to provide 
Federal financial incentives for deployment of advanced coal-based 
generation technologies.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1158, a bill to impose a 6-month moratorium 
on terminations of certain plans instituted under section 4042 of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 in cases in which 
reorganization of contributing sponsors is sought in bankruptcy or 
insolvency proceedings.


                                S. 1265

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the 
Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1265, a bill to make grants and loans available to States and other 
organizations to strengthen the economy, public health, and environment 
of the United States by reducing emissions from diesel engines.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to amend the 
definition of independent student for purposes of the need analysis in 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include older adopted students.


                                S. 1313

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) 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. Hagel, his name 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. 1321

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) 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.J. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 19, a 
joint resolution calling upon the President to issue a proclamation 
recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act.

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