[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15627-15630]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr.

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Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 22, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to establish a program of educational 
assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed 
Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 65

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 65, a bill to modify the age-60 standard for certain 
pilots and for other purposes.


                                 S. 116

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 116, a bill to authorize 
resources to provide students with opportunities for summer learning 
through summer learning grants.


                                 S. 117

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 117, a bill to amend 
titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services 
for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on 
Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the 
Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 185

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


                                 S. 206

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 206, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac 
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 382, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family 
support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal 
custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State 
agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those 
children.


                                 S. 430

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 430, 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. 442

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 442, a bill to provide 
for loan repayment for prosecutors and public defenders.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Lott) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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. 755

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 755, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide diabetes 
screening tests under the Medicaid program for adult enrollees with 
diabetes risk factors, to ensure that States offer a comprehensive 
package of benefits under that program for individuals with diabetes, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 790

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 790, a bill to amend the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit the simplified summer 
food programs to be carried out in all States and by all service 
institutions.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities 
and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant 
services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 807

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 807, a bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that manure shall not 
be considered to be a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.


                                 S. 829

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 829, a bill 
to reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely 
distressed public housing, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 887

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 887, a bill to 
restore import and entry agricultural inspection functions to the 
Department of Agriculture.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 901, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of 
appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such 
Act.


                                 S. 912

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 912, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the 
construction and renovation of public schools.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) 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. 999

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, 
treatment, and rehabilitation.


                                S. 1042

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1042, 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. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 1060, a bill to reauthorize the grant program for reentry of 
offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1066

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1066, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Education to revise regulations regarding student loan 
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deferment with respect to borrowers who are in postgraduate medical or 
dental internship, residency, or fellowship programs.


                                S. 1099

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1099, a bill to amend chapter 
89 of title 5, United States Code, to make individuals employed by the 
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission eligible to obtain 
Federal health insurance.


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1125, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to encourage 
investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and 
to enhance modal tax equity.


                                S. 1146

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1146, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve health care for veterans who live in 
rural areas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1173

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1173, 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. 1205

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1205, a bill to require a 
pilot program on assisting veterans service organizations and other 
veterans groups in developing and promoting peer support programs that 
facilitate community reintegration of veterans returning from active 
duty, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1223

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1223, a bill 
to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to support efforts by local or regional television or 
radio broadcasters to provide essential public information programming 
in the event of a major disaster, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1260

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1260, a bill to 
protect information relating to consumers, to require notice of 
security breaches, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1335

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to 
amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official 
language of the Government of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1337

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1337, a bill to amend 
title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of 
mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance 
Program.


                                S. 1375

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1375, a bill to ensure 
that new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum 
depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with essential 
services, and to increase research at the National Institutes of Health 
on postpartum depression.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) 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. 1416

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 1426

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1426, a bill to amend the 
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to reauthorize the market access 
program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1437

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1437, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


                                S. 1459

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1459, a bill to strengthen 
the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and cure of 
psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and psoriatic 
arthritis data collection, study access to and quality of care for 
people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1469

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1469, a bill to 
require the closure of the Department of Defense detention facility at 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1500

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1500, a bill to support democracy and 
human rights in Zimbabwe, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1514

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1514, a bill to revise and extend provisions under the 
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.


                                S. 1551

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1551, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating 
tuberculosis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to establish 
certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug 
Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1577

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a bill to amend 
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require screening, 
including national criminal history background checks, of direct 
patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing 
facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers, and to 
provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and 
State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term 
care facilities or providers.


                                S. 1593

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1593, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide tax relief and protections to military personnel, and 
for other purposes.

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                                S. 1597

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1597, a bill to 
preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the 
labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and 
federally funded construction projects.


                              S. RES. 215

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 215, a resolution designating September 25, 2007, 
as ``National First Responder Appreciation Day''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1503

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1503 intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's 
dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and 
alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy 
technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic 
Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative 
energy, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1505

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1505 proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce 
our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, 
renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging 
energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a 
Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in 
alternative energy, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1508

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1508 
proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign 
oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, 
promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater 
efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables 
Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1510

  At the request of Mr. Lott, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1510 intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce 
our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, 
renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging 
energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a 
Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in 
alternative energy, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1514

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1514 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on 
foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy 
resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing 
greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and 
Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1518

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1518 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's 
dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and 
alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy 
technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic 
Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative 
energy, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1523

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1523 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign 
oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, 
promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater 
efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables 
Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1524

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 
and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors 
of amendment No. 1524 intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to 
reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, 
renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging 
energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a 
Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in 
alternative energy, and for other purposes.

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