[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22621]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 241

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 241, a bill to amend 
section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds 
received as universal service contributions and the universal service 
support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject 
to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known 
as the Antideficiency Act.


                                 S. 440

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 440, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for 
purposes of covering physicians services under the medicaid program.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 633, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces 
of the United States.


                                 S. 685

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 994

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 994, a bill 
to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to improve the ability 
of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by 
family members, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) 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. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, his name 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. 1438

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1438, a bill to 
provide for immigration reform.


                                S. 1700

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1700, a bill to 
establish an Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial 
Officer, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1740

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1740, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow 
individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains 
distributions from regulated investment companies.


                                S. 1798

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1798, a bill to 
amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit 
outbound call telemarketing to individuals eligible to receive benefits 
under title XVIII of such Act.


                                S. 1808

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1808, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the qualified medicare 
beneficiary (QMB) and specified low-income medicare beneficiary (SLMB) 
programs within the medicaid program.


                                S. 1814

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1814, a bill to amend the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1968 to enhance protections for servicemembers and their 
dependents, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1828

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1828, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve and secure an adequate supply of 
influenza vaccine.

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