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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 13

At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 13, a bill to amend
titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to expand and enhance health
care, mental health, transition, and disability benefits for veterans,
and for other purposes.

S. 241

At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 241, 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. 311

At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 311, a bill to amend title
XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option to provide
medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV.

S. 331

At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 331, a bill to
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an assured adequate
level of funding for veterans health care.

S. 407

At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 407, a bill to
restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed
services, and for other purposes.

S. 558

At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 558, a bill to amend
title 10, United States Code, to permit certain additional retired
members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to
receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans
Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their
years of military service or Combat-Related Special compensation and to
eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such
concurrent receipt.

S. 1035

At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) and the
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1035,
a bill to authorize the presentation of commemorative medals on behalf
of Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during
foreign conflicts in which the United States was involved during the
20th century in recognition of the service of those Native Americans to
the United States.

S. 1046

At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from South
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1046, a bill to
amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of
Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the
Pledge of Allegiance.

S. 1324

At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1324, a bill to reduce and
prevent childhood obesity by encouraging schools and school districts
to develop and implement local, school-based programs designed to
reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical
activity, and improve nutritional choices.

S. 1325

At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1325, a bill to establish grants
to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical
activity, obesity and eating disorder prevention, and for other
purposes.

S. 1353

At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator
from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as cosponsors of S. 1353, a bill
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment
of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.

S. 1423

At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1423, a bill to
provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the
President to the next of kin or other representatives of those
individuals killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September
11, 2001.

S. 1537

At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1537, a bill to amend
title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of
Parkinson's Disease Research Education and Clinical Centers in the
Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs
and Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence.

S. 1948

At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1948, a bill to direct the
Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the
incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of
passenger motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1948, supra.

S. 2200

At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms.
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2200, a bill to establish a
United States-Poland parliamentary youth exchange program, and for
other purposes.

S. 2292

At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Nebraska

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(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2292, a bill to provide
relief for the Federal judiciary from excessive rent charges.

S. 2401

At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2401, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain energy tax incentives,
and for other purposes.

S. 2475

At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from
Indiana (Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2475, a bill
to establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a
National Museum of the American Latino Community, to develop a plan of
action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of
the American Latino Community in Washington, DC, and for other
purposes.

S. 2503

At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2503, a bill to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an extension of
the period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of
disability determinations by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

S. 2545

At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2545, a bill to establish
a collaborative program to protect the Great Lakes, and for other
purposes.

S. 2590

At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Talent), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel),
the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2590, a bill to require
full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal
funds.

S. 2677

At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2677, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the investment tax credit with
respect to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property, and
for other purposes.

S.2917

At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr.
Harkin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added as
cosponsors of S. 2917, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934
to ensure net neutrality.

S. 3490

At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3490, a bill
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to initiate and complete an
evaluation of land and water located in northeastern Pennsylvania for
future acquisition and inclusion in a potential Cherry Valley National
Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

S. 3535

At the request of Mr. Talent, the names of the Senator from
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were
added as cosponsors of S. 3535, a bill to modernize and update the
National Housing Act and to enable the Federal Housing Administration
to use risk based pricing to more effectively reach underserved
borrowers, and for other purposes.

S. 3633

At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3633, a bill to require the
withholding of United States contributions to the United Nations until
the President certifies that the United Nations is not engaged in
global taxation schemes.

S. 3652

At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3652, 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. 3694

At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3694, a bill
to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles, and for other
purposes.

S. 3696

At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from
Colorado (Mr. Allard) were added as cosponsors of S. 3696, a bill to
amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of
the legal system in a manner that extorts money from State and local
governments, and the Federal Government, and inhibits such governments'
constitutional actions under the first, tenth, and fourteenth
amendments.

S. 3705

At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as
cosponsors of S. 3705, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security
Act to improve requirements under the Medicaid program for items and
services furnished in or through an educational program or setting to
children, including children with developmental, physical, or mental
health needs, and for other purposes.

S. 3718

At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3718, a bill to increase
the safety of swimming pools and spas by requiring the use of proper
anti-entrapment drain covers and pool and spa drainage systems, by
establishing a swimming pool safety grant program administered by the
Consumer Product Safety Commission to encourage States to improve their
pool and spa safety laws and to educate the public about pool and spa
safety, and for other purposes.

S. 3724

At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from
Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln)
were added as cosponsors of S. 3724, a bill to enhance scientific
research and competitiveness through the Experimental Program to
Stimulate Competitive Research, and for other purposes.

S. 3737

At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3737, a bill
to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-
Rochambeau Route National Historic Trail.

S. 3765

At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3765, a bill to designate
Lebanon under section 244(b) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act
to permit nationals of Lebanon to be granted temporary protected status
in the United States.

S. 3773

At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as
cosponsors of S. 3773, a bill to increase the number of Federal
judgeships, in accordance with recommendations by the Judicial
Conference, in districts that have an extraordinarily high immigration
caseload.

S. 3795

At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3795, a bill to amend
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a two-year
moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for imaging
services.

S. 3807

At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3807, a bill to amend the Public
Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
improve drug safety and oversight, and for other purposes.

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S. 3825

At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr.
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3825, a bill to end the flow of
methamphetamine and precursor chemicals coming across the border of the
United States.

S. 3828

At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3828, 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. CON. RES. 71

At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 71, a
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that States
should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an
ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the
proximity of a potentially visually impaired individual.

S. CON. RES. 97

At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) were added as cosponsors of S. Con.
Res. 97, 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. CON. RES. 101

At the request of Mr. Santorum, his name was added as a cosponsor of
S. Con. Res. 101, a concurrent resolution condemning the repression of
the Iranian Baha'i community and calling for the emancipation of
Iranian Baha'is.

S. RES. 494

At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 494, a resolution
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the creation of refugee
populations in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf
region as a result of human rights violations.

S. RES. 552

At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer)
and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as cosponsors of S.
Res. 552, a resolution designating September 2006 as ``National
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month''.

AMENDMENT NO. 4764

At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4764
intended to be proposed to H.R. 5631, a bill making appropriations for
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2007, and for other purposes.

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