[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 8625-8627]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 241

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) 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. 409

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 409, a bill to establish a 
Federal Youth Development Council to improve the administration and 
coordination of Federal programs serving youth, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 441

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 441, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 
classification of a motorsports entertainment complex.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) 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. 633

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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. 760

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) 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. 772

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 772, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by 
equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use.


                                 S. 914

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 914, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a competitive grant program to 
build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce 
of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical 
research.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1023, a bill to provide 
for the establishment of a Digital Opportunity Investment Trust.


                                S. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1035, a bill to authorize the presentation of 
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. 1132

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) 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. 1200

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1200, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the depreciation recovery 
period for certain roof systems.


                                S. 1353

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1353, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 
Registry.


                                S. 1725

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1725, a bill to 
strengthen Federal leadership, provide grants, enhance outreach and 
guidance, and provide

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other support to State and local officials to enhance emergency 
communications capabilities, to achieve communications 
interoperability, to foster improved regional collaboration and 
coordination, to promote more efficient utilization of funding devoted 
to public safety communications, to promote research and development by 
both the public and private sectors for first responder communications, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1741

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1741, a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to carry 
out a program for the protection of the health and safety of residents, 
workers, volunteers, and others in a disaster area.


                                S. 1774

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1774, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion, 
intensification, and coordination of the activities of the National 
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute with respect to research on pulmonary 
hypertension.


                                S. 1840

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1840, a bill to amend 
section 340B of the Public Health Service Act to increase the 
affordability of inpatient drugs for Medicaid and safety net hospitals.


                                S. 2140

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2140, a bill to enhance 
protection of children from sexual exploitation by strengthening 
section 2257 of title 18, United States Code, requiring producers of 
sexually explicit material to keep and permit inspection of records 
regarding the age of performers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2231

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 2231, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Labor to prescribe additional coal mine safety standards, 
to require additional penalties for habitual violators, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2308

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2308, a bill to 
amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to improve mine 
safety, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2321

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) 
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. 2490

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2490, a bill to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to provide for a real estate stock index investment 
option under the Thrift Savings Plan.


                                S. 2563

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2563, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require prompt payment to 
pharmacies under part D, to restrict pharmacy co-branding on 
prescription drug cards issued under such part, and to provide 
guidelines for Medication Therapy Management Services programs offered 
by prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans under such part.


                                S. 2592

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2592, a bill to amend 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of 
schoolchildren by updating the definition of ``food of minimal 
nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and to 
protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and 
breakfast programs.


                                S. 2616

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) were added as cosponsors of S. 2616, a bill to amend the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and the Mineral 
Leasing Act to improve surface mining control and reclamation, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2645

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2645, a bill to establish 
the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2658

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2658, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through 
empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the 
enhancement of the functions of the National Guard Bureau, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2688

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2688, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage private philanthropy.


                                S. 2703

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2703, a bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965.


                                S. 2770

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2770, a bill to impose sanctions on certain officials 
of Uzbekistan responsible for the Andijan massacre.


                                S. 2810

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), 
the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee), the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Specter), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) were added as cosponsors of S. 2810, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate months in 
2006 from the calculation of any late enrollment penalty under the 
Medicare part D prescription drug program and to provide for additional 
funding for State health insurance counseling program and area agencies 
on aging, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2819, a bill to amend part C of 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum payment 
rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by a 
critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 2824

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2824, a bill to reduce the 
burdens of the implementation of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 
of 2002.


                              S. RES. 450

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator 
from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 450, a 
resolution designating June 2006 as National Safety Month.

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                              S. RES. 469

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 469, a resolution condemning the April 25, 2006, 
beating and intimidation of Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque.
  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 469, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4009

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4009 proposed to S. 2611, a bill 
to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4023

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4023 
intended to be proposed to S. 2611, a bill to provide for comprehensive 
immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4025

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4025 intended 
to be proposed to S. 2611, a bill to provide for comprehensive 
immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4029

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 4029 proposed to S. 2611, a bill to 
provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4057

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4057 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2611, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4064

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) and the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Frist) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
4064 proposed to S. 2611, a bill to provide for comprehensive 
immigration reform and for other purposes.

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