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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 42

At the request of Mr. Helms, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Nickles) was added as a cosponsor of S. 42, a bill to amend title
X of the Public Health Service Act to permit family planning projects
to offer adoption services.

S. 171

At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from West
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 171, a bill
to amend the Clean Air Act to limit the concentration of sulfur in
gasoline used in motor vehicles.

S. 242

At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Kerrey) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as
cosponsors of S. 242, a bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act
to require the labeling of imported meat and meat food products.

S. 327

At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from North
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to
exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S.
economic sanctions.

S. 455

At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. 455, a bill to amend
the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the requirements
for the admission of nonimmigrant nurses who will practice in health
professional shortage areas.

S. 459

At the request of Mr. Breaux, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as
cosponsors of S. 459, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to increase the State ceiling on private activity bonds.

S. 472

At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from West
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 472, a bill to amend
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain medicare
beneficiaries with an exemption to the financial limitations imposed on
physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services
under part B of the medicare program, and for other purposes.

S. 495

At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Mack) were added as
cosponsors of S. 495, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the
highway sanctions.

S. 506

At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of
S. 506, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
permanently extend the provisions which allow nonrefundable personal
credits to be fully allowed against regular tax liability.

S. 512

At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from Rhode
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, a bill to amend
the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion,
intensification, and coordination of the activities of the Department
of Health and Human Services with respect to research on autism.

S. 514

At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Rhode
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were added as
cosponsors of S. 514, a bill to improve the National Writing Project.

S. 635

At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 635, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to more accurately codify the depreciable
life of printed wiring board and printed wiring assembly equipment.

S. 676

At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 676, a bill to
locate and secure the return of Zachary Baumel, a citizen of the United
States, and other Israeli soldiers missing in action.

S. 684

At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 684, a bill to
amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for family fishermen,
and to make chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, permanent.

S. 693

At the request of Mr. Helms, the name of the Senator from Mississippi
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 693, a bill to assist in the
enhancement of the security of Taiwan, and for other purposes.

S. 718

At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill to amend
chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to extend the civil
service retirement provisions of such chapter which are applicable to
law enforcement officers, to inspectors of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, inspectors and canine enforcement officers of
the United States Customs Service, and revenue officers of the Internal
Revenue Service.

S. 800

At the request of Mr. Burns, the names of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) were added as
cosponsors of S. 800, a bill to promote and enhance public safety
through the use of 9-1-1 as the universal emergency assistance number,
further deployment of wireless 9-1-1 service, support of States in
upgrading 9-1-1 capabilities and related functions, encouragement of
construction and operation of seamless, ubiquitous, and reliable
networks for personal wireless services, and for other purposes.

S. 820

At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 820, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 4.3-cent motor fuel excise
taxes on railroads and inland waterway transportation which remain in
the general fund of the Treasury.

S. 870

At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 870, a bill to amend the
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to increase the
efficiency and accountability of Offices of Inspector General within
Federal departments, and for other purposes.

S. 879

At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from New
Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were
added as cosponsors of S. 879, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation
of certain leasehold improvements.

S. 881

At the request of Mr. Bennett, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to ensure
confidentiality with respect to medical records and health care-related
information, and for other purposes.

S. 908

At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as
cosponsors of S. 908, a bill to establish a comprehensive program to
ensure the safety of food products intended for human

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consumption that are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, and
for other purposes.

S. 1017

At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr.
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1017, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the State ceiling on the low-
income housing credit.

S. 1023

At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1023, a bill to amend
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize indirect graduate
medical education payments.

S. 1024

At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Mack) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1024, a bill to amend title
XVIII of the Social Security Act to carve out from payments to
Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate
share hospital payments and pay such amounts directly to those
disproportionate share hospitals in which their enrollees receive care.

S. 1025

At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Robb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1025, a bill to amend title
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the proper payment of
approved nursing and allied health education programs under the
medicare program.

S. 1053

At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr.
Gramm) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1053, a bill to amend the Clean
Air Act to incorporate certain provisions of the transportation
conformity regulations, as in effect on March 1, 1999.

S. 1057

At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr.
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1057, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify certain provisions applicable
to real estate investment trusts.

S. 1070

At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1070, a bill to require the
Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of
Sciences study before promulgating a standard, regulation or guideline
on ergonomics.

Senate Joint Resolution 21

At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from
Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Thompson), the
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Alabama (Mr.
Sessions), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist), the Senator from
West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were
added as cosponsors of Senate Joint Resolution 21, a joint resolution
to designate September 29, 1999, as ``Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States Day.''

Senate Resolution 59

At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), and
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as cosponsors of Senate
Resolution 59, a bill designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000,
as ``National Literacy Day.''

Senate Resolution 103

At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from North
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 103,
a resolution concerning the tenth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square
massacre of June 4, 1989, in the People's Republic of China.

Amendment No. 377

At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from New
Hampshire (Mr. Smith), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Colorado (Mr.
Allard), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from New
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald)
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 377 proposed to S. 1059, an
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed
Forces, and for other purposes.

Amendment No. 383

At the request of Mr. Thurmond, his name was added as a cosponsor of
amendment No. 383 proposed to S. 1059, an original bill to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other
purposes.

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