[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15234-15236]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 185, a bill to restore 
habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.


                                 S. 242

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 242, a bill to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 311, a bill to 
amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, 
moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or 
donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human 
consumption, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 339

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 339, 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. 376

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 376, a bill to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to improve the provisions relating to the carrying 
of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 384

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 384, a bill to provide 
pay protection for members of the Reserve and the National Guard, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 397

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 397, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable 
credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 399

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 399, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering 
physicians services under the Medicaid program.


                                 S. 402

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 402, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for qualified timber 
gains.


                                 S. 406

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 406, a bill to 
ensure local governments have the flexibility needed to enhance 
decision-making regarding certain mass transit projects.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare 
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 469, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for 
contributions of qualified conservation contributions.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 543, a bill to improve Medicare 
beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold 
used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an 
inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 584

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 584, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit and 
the low-income housing credit.


                                 S. 642

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 642, a bill to codify 
Executive Order 12898, relating to environmental justice, to require 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to fully 
implement the recommendations of the Inspector General of the Agency 
and the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 667

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 667, a bill to expand 
programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school 
readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification 
of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health 
concerns, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 774, a bill to amend the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
permit States to determine State residency for higher education 
purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
status of certain alien students who are long-term United States 
residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 871

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 871, a bill to establish and 
provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as cosponsors of S. 881, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify 
the railroad track maintenance credit.
  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, supra.


                                 S. 897

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 897, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide more help to 
Alzheimer's disease caregivers.


                                 S. 898

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 898, 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. 969

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 969, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to modify the definition of supervisor.

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                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 970, a bill to 
impose sanctions on Iran and on other countries for assisting Iran in 
developing a nuclear program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 991, a bill to 
establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation under the 
authorities of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961.


                                S. 1003

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to 
emergency medical services and the quality and efficiency of care 
furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access 
hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors 
that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for 
additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such 
emergency departments, and by establishing a Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services Working Group, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1033

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1033, a bill to 
assist in the conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting 
and providing financial resources for the conservation programs of 
nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and 
projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of 
rare felid and rare canid populations.


                                S. 1064

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1064, a bill to 
provide for the improvement of the physical evaluation processes 
applicable to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1117

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1117, a bill to establish a 
grant program to provide vision care to children, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1224

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1224, a bill 
to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1226

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1226, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish programs to improve 
the quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care.


                                S. 1242

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1242, a bill to amend the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act and Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 to establish a biofuel pilot program to offer crop insurance to 
producers of experimental biofuel crops and a program to make loans and 
loan guarantees to producers of experimental biofuel crops.


                                S. 1243

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1243, a bill to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for 
nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of age.


                                S. 1249

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1249, a bill to 
require the President to close the Department of Defense detention 
facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1257

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1257, a bill to 
provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an 
additional seat in the House of Representatives.


                                S. 1267

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1267, 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. 1301

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1301, a bill to preserve and 
protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or 
assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.


                                S. 1307

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1307, a bill to include 
Medicare provider payments in the Federal Payment Levy Program, to 
require the Department of Health and Human Services to offset Medicare 
provider payments by the amount of the provider's delinquent Federal 
debt, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1310

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1310, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
extension of increased payments for ground ambulance services under the 
Medicare program.


                                S. 1334

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1334, a bill to amend 
section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, to make permanent 
authority to furnish government headstones and markers for graves of 
veterans at private cemeteries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1338

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1338, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a two-year 
moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for imaging 
services.


                                S. 1356

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1356, a bill to 
amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to establish industrial bank 
holding company regulation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1363

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1363, a bill to improve health care for 
severely injured members and former members of the Armed Forces, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1373

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1373, a bill to provide grants and loan 
guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to 
promote the clustering of innovation through high technology 
activities.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1382, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral 
Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1398

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr.

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Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1398, a bill to expand the 
research and prevention activities of the National Institute of 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention with respect to inflammatory bowel disease.


                                S. 1409

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1409, a bill 
to provide and enhance education, housing, and entrepreneur assistance 
for veterans who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1410

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1410, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
the purchase of hearing aids.


                                S. 1416

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1416, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for 
mortgage insurance premiums.


                                S. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1418, a bill to provide 
assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in 
developing countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1487

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1487, a bill to 
amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require an individual, 
durable, voter-verified paper record under title III of such Act, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1502

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1502, a bill to amend the Food 
Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and operators of privately-
held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make their land 
available for access by the public under programs administered by 
States and tribal governments.


                                S. 1514

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1514, a bill to revise and extend provisions under the 
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.


                                S. 1523

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) and the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1523, a 
bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide 
from the Capitol power plant.


                                S. 1557

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1557, a bill to amend part B of title IV of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 21st 
Century Community Learning Centers.


                             S. CON. RES. 3

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 3, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the 
United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, 
forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from 
renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy 
consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, 
and affordable food, feed, and fiber.


                              S. RES. 201

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 201, a 
resolution supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Life Insurance 
Awareness Month''.


                              S. RES. 203

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 203, a 
resolution calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China 
to use its unique influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and 
violence in Darfur, Sudan.


                              S. RES. 215

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 215, a resolution 
designating September 25, 2007, as ``National First Responder 
Appreciation Day''.


                              S. RES. 224

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 224, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the Israeli-Palestinian 
peace process.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1415

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1415 
proposed to S. 1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.

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