[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15442-15444]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 21

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine), the Senator 
from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 21, a bill to provide for homeland security 
grant coordination and simplification, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 37

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Bond), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the 
Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) were added as cosponsors of S. 
37, a bill to extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer 
research for 2 years.


                                 S. 103

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) 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.


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from

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Maine (Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 185, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for the 
reduction of certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities by the amount of 
dependency and indemnity compensation and to modify the effective date 
for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan.


                                 S. 390

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 390, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of ultrasound 
screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms under part B of the medicare 
program.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 511, a bill to provide 
that the approved application under the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act for the drug commonly known as RU-486 is deemed to have 
been withdrawn, to provide for the review by the Comptroller General of 
the United States of the process by which the Food and Drug 
Administration approved such drug, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 550

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 550, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to facilitating the 
development of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV and 
other diseases, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 598

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 598, a bill to reauthorize 
provisions in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 relating to Native Hawaiian low-income 
housing and Federal loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 614, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to permit medicare-eligible veterans to receive 
an out-patient medication benefit, to provide that certain veterans who 
receive such benefit are not otherwise eligible for medical care and 
services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 685

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 685, a bill to amend title 
IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require 
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots 
who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the 
actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity 
commencing at age 60.


                                 S. 695

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 695, a bill to suspend temporarily new shipper bonding 
privileges.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 774, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on 
Social Security benefits.


                                 S. 776

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 776, a bill to designate certain functions performed 
at flight service stations of the Federal Aviation Administration as 
inherently governmental functions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 828

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 828, a bill to enhance and further research into 
paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for 
persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 853

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name 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 name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor 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. 938

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 938, a bill to 
amend title 37, United States Code, to require that members of the 
National Guard and Reserve called or ordered to active duty for a 
period of more than 30 days to receive a basic allowance for housing at 
the same rate as similarly situated members of the regular components 
of the uniformed services.


                                S. 1002

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1002, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in payments to 
hospitals under the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1004

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1004, a bill to 
provide the Federal Trade Commission with the resources necessary to 
protect users of the Internet from the unfair and deceptive acts and 
practices associated with spyware, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1060, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
the purchase of hearing aids.


                                S. 1064

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1064, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.


                                S. 1066

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1066, a bill to authorize the States (and 
subdivisions thereof), the District of Columbia, territories, and 
possessions of the United States to provide certain tax incentives to 
any person for economic development purposes.


                                S. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1086, a bill to improve the national program to 
register and monitor individuals who commit crimes against children or 
sex offenses.


                                S. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1139, a bill 
to amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen the ability of the 
Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the pet industry.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor 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.

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                                S. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the 
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Jeffords) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1197, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994.


                                S. 1262

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 1264

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1264, a bill to provide 
for the provision by hospitals of emergency contraceptives to women, 
and post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted disease to 
individuals, who are survivors of sexual assault.


                                S. 1265

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander) 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 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 1297

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1297, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the work hours and increase 
the supervision of resident physicians to ensure the safety of patients 
and resident-physicians themselves.


                                S. 1313

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Boxer) 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 Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 1325

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1325, a bill to establish grants to provide health 
services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity, obesity 
and eating disorder prevention, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1339

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1339, a bill to reauthorize the 
Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.


                                S. 1350

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1350, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to protect the privacy rights of subscribers 
to wireless communications services.


                                S. 1353

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1353, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic 
Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1358

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1358, a bill to protect 
scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking.


                                S. 1360

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1360, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from 
gross income for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan 
beneficiaries of employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1369, a bill to establish an 
Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department 
of Justice.


                              S.J. RES. 12

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 12, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the 
flag of the United States.


                              S.J. RES. 15

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
were added as cosponsors 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. CON. RES. 16

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 16, a 
concurrent resolution conveying the sympathy of Congress 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. 83

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 83, a resolution 
commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the Black Press of America.


                              S. RES. 184

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 184, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding manifestations of anti-
Semitism by United Nations member states and urging action against 
anti-Semitism by United Nations officials, United Nations member 
states, and the Government of the United States, and for other 
purposes.

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