[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12760-12761]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 51

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 51, a bill to ensure 
that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain 
experienced by their unborn child.


                                 S. 58

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 59

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 59, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to authorize certain disabled former prisoners 
of war to use Department of Defense commissary and exchange stores.


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 146, a bill to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces 
of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the 
Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits 
under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


                                 S. 155

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Santorum) were added as cosponsors of S. 155, a bill to increase and 
enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and 
prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, 
to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, 
to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to reform 
and facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang members who commit violent 
crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 241

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 340

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 471

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 471, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell 
research.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 472, a bill to criminalize 
Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information, 
commonly known as phishing.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) 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. 521

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 521, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, 
research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus 
infection.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 635

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 635, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits 
under the medicare program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 647

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 695

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), 
the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 695, a bill to suspend temporarily new shipper bonding 
privileges.


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to amend section 
227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) relating to the 
prohibition on junk fax transmissions.


                                 S. 722

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 722, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-
1991 level.


                                 S. 760

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 760, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued 
improvement in emergency medical services for children.


                                 S. 784

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 784, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of 
marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor 
services under part B of the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 861

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Montana

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(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 861, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transition funding rules for 
certain plans electing to cease future benefit accruals, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 876

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 876, a bill to prohibit 
human cloning and protect stem cell research.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 911, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of 
certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable 
reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.


                                S. 1002

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) 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. 1034

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1034, a bill to 
provide for local control for the siting of windmills.


                                S. 1046

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1046, a bill to amend title 
28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal 
courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of 
Allegiance.


                                S. 1081

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1081, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum update 
for physicians' services for 2006 and 2007.


                                S. 1112

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1112, a bill to make 
permanent the enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified 
tuition programs enacted as part of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
Reconciliation Act of 2001.


                                S. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 1138

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1138, a bill 
to authorize the placement of a monument in Arlington National Cemetery 
honoring the veterans who fought in World War II as members of Army 
Ranger Battalions.


                                S. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1157, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat gold, silver, platinum, and 
palladium, in either coin or bar form, in the same manner as equities 
and mutual funds for purposes of maximum capital gains rate for 
individuals.


                                S. 1172

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Talent) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1172, a bill to provide for 
programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women and health 
care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.


                                S. 1240

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1240, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an investment tax credit for 
the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies, and for 
other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 18

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 18, a 
joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained 
in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.


                               S. RES. 31

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
31, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the week of 
August 7, 2005, be designated as ``National Health Center Week'' in 
order to raise awareness of health services provided by community, 
migrant, public housing, and homeless health centers, and for other 
purposes.


                               S. RES. 39

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, his name was added as a cosponsor 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.
  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 39, supra.


                               S. RES. 42

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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 name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 134, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the massacre at Srebrenica 
in July 1995.


                              S. RES. 154

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 154, a resolution 
designating October 21, 2005 as ``National Mammography Day''.


                              S. RES. 155

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 783

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 783 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill Reserved.

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