[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12302-12304]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 21

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 21, a bill to expand 
access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended 
pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) 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. 160

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 160, a bill to 
provide for compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes 
of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused

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by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River.


                                 S. 223

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 223, a bill to require Senate 
candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic 
form.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 423, a bill to 
increase, effective as of December 1, 2007, the rates of compensation 
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain 
disabled veterans.


                                 S. 573

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 573, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the 
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and 
other cardiovascular diseases in women.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 579, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and 
operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may 
be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 579, supra.


                                 S. 609

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 609, 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. 673

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 673, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, 
including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 691

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 691, 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. 739

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), 
the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 739, a bill to provide 
disadvantaged children with access to dental services.


                                 S. 746

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 746, a bill 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. 773

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 773, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow 
Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums 
on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental 
premiums.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 823, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to facilitating the development of 
microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS and other 
diseases, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 871

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were 
added as cosponsors 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 Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad 
track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 941

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to 
increase Federal support for Community Health Centers and the National 
Health Service Corps in order to ensure access to health care for 
millions of Americans living in medically-underserved areas.


                                 S. 969

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


                                 S. 971

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 971, a bill to 
establish the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to provide 
funding for the support of fundamental agricultural research of the 
highest quality, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 973

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 973, a bill to amend the 
Mandatory Victims' Restitution Act to improve restitution for victims 
of crime, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1026

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1026, a bill to designate the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, as the ``Charlie Norwood 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1113

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1113, a bill to 
facilitate the provision of care and services for members of the Armed 
Forces for traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1161

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1161, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to authorize the expansion of medicare coverage of 
medical nutrition therapy services.


                                S. 1164

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1164, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act

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to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer 
screening benefit under the Medicare Program.


                                S. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 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. 1252

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1252, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to provide for uniformity in the awarding of 
disability ratings for wounds or injuries incurred by members of the 
Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1257

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) 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 Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) 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. 1277

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), 
the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors of S. 1277, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the 
treatment of payment under the Medicare program for clinical laboratory 
tests furnished by critical access hospitals.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1287, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State 
judicial debts that are past-due.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1299, a bill to establish 
on behalf of consumers a fiduciary duty and other standards of care for 
mortgage brokers and originators, and to establish standards to assess 
a consumer's ability to repay, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1313

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1313, a bill to amend the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief for servicemembers 
with respect to contracts for cellular phone service, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1328

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1328, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                S. 1332

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to 
children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive 
mental health programs.


                                S. 1346

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1346, a bill 
to amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of 
Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable 
agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake 
Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make 
beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing 
management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and 
poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other 
agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay 
watershed, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1354

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1354, a bill to amend the 
definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 
83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to 
ensure the inclusion of certain positions.


                                S. 1355

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1355, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat spaceports like airports under 
the exempt facility bond rules.


                             S. CON. RES. 3

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor 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. 171

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 171, a resolution 
memorializing fallen firefighters by lowering the United States flag to 
half-staff on the day of the National Fallen Firefighter Memorial 
Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland.


                              S. RES. 191

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 191, a 
resolution establishing a national goal for the universal deployment of 
next-generation broadband networks to access the Internet and for other 
uses by 2015, and calling upon Congress and the President to develop a 
strategy, enact legislation, and adopt policies to accomplish this 
objective.

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