[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9285-9287]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 58

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 58, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former 
members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability 
rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to 
the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to 
travel on such aircraft.


                                 S. 98

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 98, a bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the 
Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding 
companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in 
real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, and for 
other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as cosponsors of S. 98, supra.


                                 S. 103

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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. 147

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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. 241

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 283

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 283, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for the 
transportation of food for charitable purposes.


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, a bill to 
amend title 11, United States Code, to increase the amount of unsecured 
claims for salaries and wages given priority in bankruptcy, to provide 
for cash payments to retirees to compensate for lost health insurance 
benefits resulting from the bankruptcy of their former employer, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 390

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Cochran) were added as cosponsors 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. 424

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public 
health, and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor 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. 493

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 493, a bill to amend 
title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase teacher 
familiarity with the educational needs of gifted and talented students, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 495

  At the request of Mr. Corzine, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) 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. 512

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 513

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 513, a bill to provide 
collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by 
States or their political subdivisions.


                                 S. 566

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 566, a bill to 
continue State coverage of medicaid prescription drug coverage to 
medicare dual eligible beneficiaries for 6 months while still allowing 
the medicare part D benefit to be implemented as scheduled.


                                 S. 602

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 602, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease 
research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public 
education about prevention.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 604, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
authorize expansion of medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy 
services.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 695

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 695, a bill to suspend temporarily new 
shipper bonding privileges.


                                 S. 756

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 756, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to enhance public and health professional 
awareness and understanding of lupus and to strengthen the Nation's 
research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus.


                                 S. 776

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) 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. 832

  At the request of Mr. Talent, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
832, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
taxpayer protection and assistance, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 841

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 841, a bill to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective 
remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the 
basis of sex, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 894

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 894, a bill to allow travel 
between the United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 895

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 895, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish a rural water supply program in 
the Reclamation States to provide a clean, safe, affordable, and 
reliable water supply to rural residents.


                                 S. 918

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were withdrawn 
as cosponsors of S. 918, a bill to provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle 
(FFV) refueling capability at new and existing refueling station 
facilities to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas 
emissions.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 991, a bill to 
amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
limit the availability of benefits under an employer's nonqualified 
deferred compensation plans in the event that any of the employer's 
defined benefit pension plans are subjected to a distress or PBGC 
termination in connection with bankruptcy reorganization or a 
conversion to a cash balance plan, to provide appropriate funding 
restrictions in connection with the maintenance of nonqualified 
deferred compensation plans, and to provide for appropriate disclosure 
with respect to nonqualified deferred compensation plans.


                              S.J. RES. 15

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor 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. RES. 124

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 124, a resolution 
recognizing the importance of increasing awareness of autism spectrum 
disorders, supporting programs for increased research and improved 
treatment of autism, and improving training and support for individuals 
with autism and those who care for individuals with autism.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 595

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), 
the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Talent) and the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 595 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 3, a bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid 
highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 609

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 609 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3, a bill to 
authorize

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funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit 
programs, and for other purposes.

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