[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 21002-21004]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 65

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 65, a bill to modify the 
age-60 standard for certain pilots and for other purposes.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 367, a bill to 
amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale 
of goods made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor 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. 557

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the depreciation 
classification of motorsports entertainment complexes.


                                 S. 600

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 600, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish the School-Based Health Clinic 
program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 680

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 680, a bill to ensure proper 
oversight and accountability in Federal contracting, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill to optimize 
the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care 
workforce.


                                 S. 742

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 742, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by 
asbestos-containing products, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan 
Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the 
treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the 
reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health 
care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals 
in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 958

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 958, a bill to establish 
an adolescent literacy program.


                                 S. 969

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


                                 S. 986

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 986, a bill to expand 
eligibility for Combat-Related Special Compensation paid by the 
uniformed services in order to permit certain additional retired 
members who have a service-connected disability to receive both 
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
that disability and Combat-Related Special Compensation by reason of 
that disability.


                                 S. 988

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 988, a bill to extend the 
termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the 
numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) 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. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were 
added as a cosponsors of S. 1060, a bill to reauthorize the grant 
program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus 
Crime Control and

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Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and 
implementation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1070, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by 
ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to 
prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, 
neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1146

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 1152

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1152, a bill to promote 
wildland firefighter safety.


                                S. 1175

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1175, a bill to end the use 
of child soldiers in hostilities around the world, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1185

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1185, a bill to provide 
grants to States to improve high schools and raise graduation rates 
while ensuring rigorous standards, to develop and implement effective 
school models for struggling students and dropouts, and to improve 
State policies to raise graduation rates, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax 
credit through 2013, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1245

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1245, a bill to reform mutual 
aid agreements for the National Capitol Region.


                                S. 1310

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) 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. 1374

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1374, a bill to assist 
States in making voluntary high quality full-day prekindergarten 
programs available and economically affordable for the families of all 
children for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten.


                                S. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name 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. 1502

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. 1518

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1518, a bill to amend 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1556

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1556, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from 
gross income for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan 
beneficiaries of employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1651, a bill to assist 
certain Iraqis who have worked directly with, or are threatened by 
their association with, the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1718

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1718, a bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act to provide for reimbursement to servicemebers of tuition for 
programs of education interrupted by military service, for deferment of 
students loans and reduced interest rates for servicemembers during 
periods of military service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1790

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1790, a bill to make grants 
to carry out activities to prevent the incidence of unintended 
pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among teens in racial 
or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1817

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1817, a bill to ensure proper administration of the 
discharge of members of the Armed Forces for personality disorder, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1848

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1848, a bill to 
amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, to 
reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment 
assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1849

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
withdrawn as cosponsors of S. 1849, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens 
may not be deducted from gross income, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1850

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1850, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide for the treatment of Indian tribal governments as State 
governments for purposes of issuing tax-exempt governmental bonds, and 
for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 203

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added 
as cosponsors 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.
  At the request of Mr. Byrd, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 203, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 203, supra.


                              S. RES. 276

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from New 
Jersey

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(Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
276, a resolution calling for the urgent deployment of a robust and 
effective multinational peacekeeping mission with sufficient size, 
resources, leadership, and mandate to protect civilians in Darfur, 
Sudan, and for efforts to strengthen the renewal of a just and 
inclusive peace process.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2398

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2398 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2638, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2400

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was withdrawn as a 
cosponsor of amendment No. 2400 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2638, a 
bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2405

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2405 proposed to 
H.R. 2638, a bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2407

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2407 proposed to H.R. 2638, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2413

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2413 proposed to 
H.R. 2638, a bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2416

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2416 proposed 
to H.R. 2638, a bill making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2417

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2417 proposed to H.R. 2638, a bill making appropriations 
for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2417 proposed to 
H.R. 2638, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2442

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2442 
proposed to H.R. 2638, a bill making appropriations for the Department 
of Homeland Securityfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2464

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2464 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2638, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Securityfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2008, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2468

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2468 proposed to H.R. 2638, a bill 
making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Securityfor the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2473

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2473 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2638, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Securityfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2008, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2476

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2476 proposed to H.R. 2638, a bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Securityfor the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

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