[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 5811-5813]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 333

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from 
Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) 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. 474

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 474, a bill to establish the 
Mark O. Hatfield-Elizabeth Furse Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal 
Governance Foundation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 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. 576

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 576, a bill to restore 
the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-
roaming horses and burros.


                                 S. 635

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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. 728

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 728, a bill to provide for 
the consideration and development of water and related resources, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 843

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 843, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to combat autism through research, 
screening, intervention and education.


                                S. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and 
the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 1035, a bill to authorize the presentation of

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commemorative medals on behalf of Congress to Native Americans who 
served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in which the United 
States was involved during the 20th century in recognition of the 
service of those Native Americans to the United States.


                                S. 1108

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1108, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements to payments to 
ambulance providers in rural areas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1132

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1132, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group 
and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide 
coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental 
deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.


                                S. 1513

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1513, a bill to 
reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely 
distressed public housing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1791

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1791, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for qualified timber 
gains.


                                S. 1881

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1881, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the Old Mint at San Francisco otherwise known as the ``Granite Lady'', 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1948

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1948, a bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death 
occurring inside or outside of passenger motor vehicles, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2025

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2025, a bill to promote 
the national security and stability of the United States economy by 
reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of 
alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2121

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2121, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide housing loan benefits for the 
purchase of residential cooperative apartment units.


                                S. 2125

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2125, a bill to promote relief, security, and 
democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


                                S. 2201

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2201, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the 
mediation and implementation requirements of section 40122 regarding 
changes in the Federal Aviation Administration personnel management 
system, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 2201, supra.


                                S. 2250

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2250, a bill to 
award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug.


                                S. 2284

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2284, a bill to extend the 
termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the 
numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                                S. 2292

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2292, a bill to 
provide relief for the Federal judiciary from excessive rent charges.


                                S. 2321

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Martinez) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Talent) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2321, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in commemoration of Louis Braille.


                                S. 2322

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2322, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to make the provision of technical services for medical 
imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more 
accurate, and less costly.


                                S. 2340

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2340, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to community 
cancer care by Medicare beneficiaries.


                                S. 2351

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2351, a bill to provide 
additional funding for mental health care for veterans, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2392

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2392, a bill to promote 
the empowerment of women in Afghanistan.


                                S. 2414

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2414, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require broker reporting of customer's 
basis in securities transactions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2416

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2416, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of programs of 
education for which accelerated payments of educational assistance 
under the Montgomery GI Bill may be used, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2421

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2421, a bill to establish the Louisiana Hurricane and Flood 
Protection Council for the improvement of hurricane and flood 
protection in Louisiana.


                                S. 2459

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) were added as cosponsors of S. 2459, a 
bill to improve cargo security, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2467

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2467, a bill to enhance and 
improve the trade relations of the United States by strengthening 
United States trade enforcement efforts and encouraging United States 
trading partners to adhere to the rules and norms of international 
trade, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 2484

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2484, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the disclosure of tax return 
information by tax return preparers to third parties.


                                S. 2498

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2498, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the disclosure of tax return 
information by tax return preparers to third parties.


                                S. 2499

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2499, a bill to provide 
for the expeditious disclosure of records relevant to the life and 
assassination of Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.


                                S. 2503

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2503, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide for an extension of the period of limitation to file 
claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 2553

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2553, a bill to require employees 
at a call center who either initiate or receive telephone calls to 
disclose the physical location of such employees, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2554

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2554, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the permissible use 
of health savings accounts to include premiums for non-group high 
deductible health plan coverage.


                                S. 2556

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) and 
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2556, a bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to 
reform of executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies.


                                S. 2571

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2571, a bill to 
promote energy production and conservation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2593

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the 
Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2593, a bill to protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman's freedom 
to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2599

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2599, a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the confiscation of 
firearms during certain national emergencies.


                              S. RES. 313

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Domenici), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
313, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that a National 
Methamphetamine Prevention Week should be established to increase 
awareness of methamphetamine and to educate the public on ways to help 
prevent the use of that damaging narcotic.


                              S. RES. 431

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 431, a resolution designating May 11, 2006, as 
``Endangered Species Day'', and encouraging the people of the United 
States to become educated about, and aware of, threats to species, 
success stories in species recovery, and the opportunity to promote 
species conservation worldwide.


                              S. RES. 438

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 438, a 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that institutions of higher 
education should adopt policies and educational programs on their 
campuses to help deter and eliminate illicit copyright infringement 
occurring on, and encourage educational uses of, their computer systems 
and networks.

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