[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5642-5645]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                  S. 8

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 8, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws 
requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.


                                 S. 35

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 35, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for production of 
electricity from wind.


                                 S. 43

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 43, a bill to provide 
certain enhancements to the Montgomery GI Bill Program for certain 
individuals who serve as members of the Armed Forces after the 
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 46

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 46, a bill to authorize 
the extension of unconditional and permanent nondiscriminatory 
treatment (permanent normal trade relations treatment) to the products 
of Ukraine, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 65

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) was added as a cosponsor of S. 65, a bill to amend the age 
restrictions for pilots.


                                 S. 77

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 77, a bill to amend 
titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve death benefits for the 
families of deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 119

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from

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Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 119, a bill to 
provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, and for 
other purposes.
  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 119, supra.


                                 S. 147

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 147, a bill to express the 
policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship 
with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by 
the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity.


                                 S. 186

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 186, a bill to prohibit the use of Department of 
Defense funds for any study related to the transportation of chemical 
munitions across State lines.


                                 S. 241

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 260

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 260, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical and 
financial assistance to private landowners to restore, enhance, and 
manage private land to improve fish and wildlife habitats through the 
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program.


                                 S. 268

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 268, a bill to provide competitive grants for training 
court reporters and closed captioners to meet requirements for realtime 
writers under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 300

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 300, a bill to extend the 
temporary increase in payments under the medicare program for home 
health services furnished in a rural area.


                                 S. 333

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 333, a bill to hold the current regime in Iran 
accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to 
democracy in Iran.


                                 S. 337

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Corzine) 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. 339

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 339, a bill to reaffirm the authority of 
States to regulate certain hunting and fishing activities.


                                 S. 347

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 347, a bill to amend 
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title III of the 
Public Health Service Act to improve access to information about 
individuals' health care operations and legal rights for care near the 
end of life, to promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so 
that individuals' wishes are known should they become unable to speak 
for themselves, to engage health care providers in disseminating 
information about and assisting in the preparation of advance 
directives, which include living wills and durable powers of attorney 
for health care, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 352

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 352, a bill 
to revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require 
submission of information regarding H-2B non-immigrants, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 357

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 357, a bill to 
expand and enhance postbaccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving 
institutions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 359

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 359, a bill to provide 
for the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, 
to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker 
program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural 
workforce, to extend basic legal protections and better working 
conditions to more workers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 394, a bill to promote 
accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by 
strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.


                                 S. 403

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 403, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws 
requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 424, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to provide for arthritis research and public health, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 432

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 432, a bill to establish a 
digital and wireless network technology program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 438

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) 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. 445

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 445, a resolution to amend part D of 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as added by the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to 
provide for negotiation of fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs.


                                 S. 471

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 471, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide

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for human embryonic stem cell research.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator 
from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. 
Sununu) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 489

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 489, a bill to amend chapter 
111 of title 28, United States Code, to limit the duration of Federal 
consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 492

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) 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. 495

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 495, a bill to impose 
sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur, 
Sudan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 498

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 498, a bill to provide for 
expansion of electricity transmission networks in order to support 
competitive electricity markets, to ensure reliability of electric 
service, to modernize regulation and for other purposes.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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. 526

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 526, a bill to amend the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide incentive 
grants to improve the quality of child care.


                                 S. 570

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Clinton) were added as cosponsors of S. 570, a bill to amend title 
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title III of the Public 
Health Service Act to improve access to information about individuals' 
health care options and legal rights for care near the end of life, to 
promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so that individuals' 
wishes are known should they become unable to speak for themselves, to 
engage health care providers in disseminating information about and 
assisting in the preparation of advance directives, which include 
living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen), 
the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton), the Senator 
from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Feingold), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine), the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Lugar), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from 
Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens), the 
Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. 
Talent), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Thomas), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from West Virginia 
(Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Massachusetts 
(Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 582, a 
bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of the 
Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 601

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 601, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to include combat pay in determining an allowable contribution to 
an individual retirement plan.


                                 S. 609

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 609, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of 
scientifically sound information and support services to patients 
receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other 
prenatally diagnosed conditions.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 626, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to 
diabetes self management training by designating certified diabetes 
educators who are recognized by a nationally recognized certifying body 
and who meet the same quality standards set forth for other providers 
of diabetes self management training, as certified providers for 
purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services under 
part B of the medicare program.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the 
Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors 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. 642

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) 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. 643

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 643, a bill to amend the 
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State mediation 
programs.


                                 S. 647

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 647, a bill to 
amend title

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XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize physical therapists to 
evaluate and treat medicare beneficiaries without a requirement for a 
physician referral, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 663

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Allard) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 663, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow self-employed individuals to deduct 
health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes.


                               S. RES. 83

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


                           AMENDMENT NO. 204

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 204 proposed to S. 
Con. Res. 18, an original concurrent resolution setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2006 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2005 and 2007 through 2010.

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