[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11718-11719]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 65

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) and the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign) were added as cosponsors of S. 65, a 
bill to amend the age restrictions for pilots.


                                 S. 98

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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.


                                 S. 104

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 104, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax-exempt financing of 
highway projects and rail-truck transfer facilities.


                                 S. 151

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 151, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to require an annual plan on outreach 
activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


                                 S. 181

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 181, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax 
for taxpayers owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles.


                                 S. 340

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 340, 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. 350

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 350, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for orphans and 
other vulnerable children in developing countries, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 369

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 369, a bill to establish 
protections against compelled disclosure of sources, and news 
information, by persons providing services for the news media.


                                 S. 390

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) 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. 392

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Corzine) was added as a cosponsor 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 Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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. 484

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) 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. 489

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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. 549

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 549, a bill to 
extend a certain high priority corridor in the States of Colorado, 
Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.


                                 S. 580

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 580, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain modifications to be made 
to qualified mortgages held by a REMIC or a grantor trust.


                                 S. 603

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 603, a bill to 
amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful 
disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including 
disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide 
certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 619

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 619, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 647

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 647, a bill to amend title 
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. 750

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 750, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow look-through treatment of 
payments between related foreign corporations.


                                 S. 756

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 756, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding 
of lupus

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and to strengthen the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes 
and cure of lupus.


                                 S. 828

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor 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. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) 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. 859

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 859, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an income tax credit for the 
provision of homeownership and community development, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 863

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) 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. 877

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
877, a bill to provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial 
appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the performance of 
the Federal Government.


                                 S. 980

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 980, a bill to 
provide state and local governments with financial assistance that will 
increase their ability and effectiveness in monitoring convicted sex 
offenders by developing and implementing a program using global 
positioning systems to monitor convicted sexual offenders or sexual 
predators released from confinement.


                                S. 1002

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 1022

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1022, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for an energy efficient 
appliance credit.


                                S. 1057

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1057, a bill to 
amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
Act.


                                S. 1062

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1062, a bill to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase 
in the Federal minimum wage.


                                S. 1076

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1076, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to extend the excise tax and income tax credits for the production 
of biodiesel.


                                S. 1104

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1104, a bill to amend 
titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with 
the option to cover certain legal immigrants under the medicaid and 
State children's health insurance programs.


                                S. 1123

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1123, a bill to suspend 
temporarily the duty on certain microphones used in automotive 
interiors.


                                S. 1160

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1160, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore, increase, and make permanent 
the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified 
group legal services plan.


                              S.J. RES. 12

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) 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. CON. RES. 16

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 
were added as cosponsors 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. CON. RES. 24

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 24, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the 
recent passage of the anti-secession law by the National People's 
Congress of the People's Republic of China.


                               S. RES. 39

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the 
Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 39, a 
resolution apologizing to the victims of lynching and the descendants 
of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching 
legislation.


                               S. RES. 42

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 42, a resolution expressing 
the sense of the Senate on promoting initiatives to develop an HIV 
vaccine.


                              S. RES. 134

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 134, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate regarding the massacre at Srebrenica in July 1995.


                              S. RES. 155

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator 
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) 
and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added as cosponsors 
of S. Res. 155, a resolution designating the week of November 6 through 
November 12, 2005, as ``National Veterans Awareness Week'' to emphasize 
the need to develop educational programs regarding the contributions of 
veterans to the country.

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