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                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 236

  At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 236, a bill to abolish the 
Department of Energy, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 887

  At the request of Ms. Moseley-Braun, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 887, a bill 
to establish in the National Service the National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 981

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 981, a bill to provide for 
analysis of major rules.


                                S. 1069

  At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1069, a bill 
entitled the ``National Discovery Trails Act of 1997.''


                                S. 1141

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1141, a bill to 
amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to take into account newly 
developed renewable energy-based fuels and to equalize alternative fuel 
vehicle acquisition incentives to increase the flexibility of 
controlled fleet owners and operators, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1251

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1251, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of private 
activity bonds which may be issued in each State, and to index such 
amount for inflation.


                                S. 1252

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1252, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of low-income 
housing credits which may be allocated in each State, and to index such 
amount for inflation.


                                S. 1273

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1273, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the National Mail Order 
Pharmacy Program of the Department of Defense to include covered 
beneficiaries under the military health care system who are also 
entitled to medicare.


                                S. 1375

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Campbell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1375, a bill to promote 
energy conservation investments in Federal facilities, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1413

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Moseley-Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1413, a bill to 
provide a framework for consideration by the legislative and executive 
branches of unilateral economic sanctions.


                                S. 1525

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1525, a bill to provide 
financial assistance for higher education to the dependents of Federal, 
State, and local public safety officers who are killed or permanently 
and totally disabled as the result of a traumatic injury sustained in 
the line of duty.


                                S. 1580

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1580, a bill to amend 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to place an 18-month moratorium on the 
prohibition of payment under the medicare program for home health 
services consisting of venipuncture solely for the purpose of obtaining 
a blood sample, and to require the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to study potential fraud and abuse under such program with 
respect to such services.


                                S. 1712

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Faircloth) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1712, a bill to amend title XXVII of the 
Public Health Service Act and part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve the quality 
of health plans and provide protections for consumers enrolled in such 
plans.


                                S. 1774

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1774, a bill to amend the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary 
of Agriculture to make guaranteed farm ownership loans and guaranteed 
farm operating loans of up to $600,000, and to increase the maximum 
loan amounts with inflation.


                                S. 1802

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
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1802, a bill to authorize appropriations for the Surface Transportation 
Board for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001.


                                S. 1825

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1825, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to provide sufficient funding to 
assure a minimum size for honor guard details at funerals of veterans 
of the Armed Forces, to establish the minimum size of such details, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1858

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1858, a bill to 
amend the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities 
with incentives to become economically self-sufficient.


                                S. 1868

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Faircloth) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1868, a bill to express United States 
foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States 
advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted for their faith 
worldwide; to authorize United States actions in response to religious 
persecution worldwide; to establish an Ambassador at Large on 
International Religious Freedom within the Department of State, a 
Commission on International Religious Persecution, and a Special 
Adviser on International Religious Freedom within the National Security 
Council; and for other purposes.


                                S. 1900

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Thomas) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1900, a bill to establish a 
commission to examine issues pertaining to the disposition of 
Holocaust-era assets in the United States before, during, and after 
World War II, and to make recommendations to the President on further 
action, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1907

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1907, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable tax 
credit for wetland restoration and conservation expenses.


                                S. 1963

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Faircloth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1963, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain beneficiaries of 
the military health care system to enroll in Federal employees health 
benefits plans.


                                S. 1970

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1970, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide assistance 
in the conservation of neotropical migratory birds.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 75

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Kempthorne), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), 
the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Glenn), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as 
cosponsors of Senate Concurrent Resolution 75, a concurrent resolution 
honoring the sesquicentennial of Wisconsin statehood.


                           Amendment No. 2303

  At the request of Mr. Levin the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Moseley-Braun) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2303 proposed to H.R. 2646, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free 
expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for 
elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum 
annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other 
purposes.

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