[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22146-22148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 392

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 392, a bill to authorize the President to award a 
gold medal on behalf of Congress, collectively, to the Tuskegee Airmen 
in recognition of their unique military record, which inspired 
revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces.


                                 S. 438

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 438, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 492

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) 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. 595

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 595, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the work opportunity credit and 
the welfare-to-work credit.


                                 S. 695

  At the request of Mr. Dayton, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
695, a bill to suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges.
  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 695, supra.


                                 S. 910

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 910, a bill to 
require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay 
for mastecto-
mies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of 
breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi

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(Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1086, a bill to improve the 
national program to register and monitor individuals who commit crimes 
against children or sex offenses.


                                S. 1119

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1119, a bill 
to permit an alien to remain eligible for a diversity visa beyond the 
fiscal year in which the alien applied for the visa, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1197, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994.
  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1197, supra.


                                S. 1321

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1418, a bill to enhance 
the adoption of a nationwide inter operable health information 
technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of 
health care in the United States.


                                S. 1419

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1419, a bill to maintain the 
free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the 
federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons 
connected with the news media.


                                S. 1479

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1479, a bill to provide for the 
expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, 
treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne 
diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory 
Committee.


                                S. 1496

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1496, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a pilot program under which up to 
15 States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps.


                                S. 1504

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1504, a bill to 
establish a market driven telecommunications marketplace, to eliminate 
government managed competition of existing communication service, and 
to provide parity between functionally equivalent services.


                                S. 1509

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1509, a bill to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add non-human primates to the 
definition of prohibited wildlife species.


                                S. 1536

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1536, a bill to 
provide certain members of the Armed Forces with a deferment of all 
loan payments under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and 
to provide such members with the option to reenroll in institutions of 
higher education after completion of their service.


                                S. 1538

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1538, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for 
the construction and renovation of public schools.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to amend the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform funding for 
the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1720

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1720, a bill to provide enhanced 
penalties for crimes committed using funds appropriated for remediation 
of any injury or damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.


                                S. 1723

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1723, a bill to amend the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to establish a 
grant program to ensure waterfront access for commercial fisherman, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1725

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1725, a bill to 
strengthen Federal leadership, provide grants, enhance outreach and 
guidance, and provide other support to State and local officials to 
enhance emergency communications capabilities, to achieve 
communications interoperability, to foster improved regional 
collaboration and coordination, to promote more efficient utilization 
of funding devoted to public safety communications, to promote research 
and development by both the public and private sectors for first 
responder communications, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1738, a bill to expand the 
responsibilities of the Special Inspector General for Iraq 
Reconstruction to provide independent objective audits and 
investigations relating to the Federal programs for Hurricane Katrina 
recovery.


                                S. 1749

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1749, a bill to 
reinstate the application of the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon 
Act to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.


                                S. 1780

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for 
charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the 
public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance 
the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by 
building assets, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1793

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1793, a bill to extend 
certain apportionments to primary airports.


                                S. 1799

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1799, a bill to amend title II of the Social 
Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits 
which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are 
also receiving certain

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government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of 
the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and 
monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.


                              S. RES. 219

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 219, a resolution 
designating March 8, 2006, as ``Endangered Species Day'', and 
encouraging the people of the United States to become educated about, 
and aware of, threats to species, success stories in species recovery, 
and the opportunity to promote species conservation worldwide.


                              S. RES. 242

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 242, a resolution to 
express the sense of the Senate that the President should appoint an 
individual to oversee Federal funds for the Hurricane Katrina recovery, 
and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 262

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 262, a 
resolution condemning the statements of former Education Secretary 
William J. Bennett.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1883 intended to be proposed to S. 1042, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1911

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1911 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 2863, a bill making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2006, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1932

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1932 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2863, a bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1941

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1941 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2863, a bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1943

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1943 proposed to 
H.R. 2863, a bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1978

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1978 proposed to H.R. 2863, a bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1990

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1990 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 2863, a bill making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes.

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