[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2] [Senate] [Pages 2143-2144] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 146 At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 146, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. S. 331 At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) 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. 380 At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 380, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children. S. 407 At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 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. 484 At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 484, 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. 503 At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 503, a bill to expand Parents as Teachers programs and other quality programs of early childhood home visitation, and for other purposes. S. 633 At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 633, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. S. 919 At the request of Mr. Dayton, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 919, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance competition among and between rail carriers in order to ensure efficient rail service and reasonable rail rates, and for other purposes. S. 1086 At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1086, a bill to improve the national program to register and monitor individuals who commit crimes against children or sex offenses. S. 1112 At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1112, a bill to make permanent the enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs enacted as part of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. S. 1120 At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1120, a bill to reduce hunger in the United States by half by 2010, and for other purposes. S. 1330 At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1330, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes. S. 1512 At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated. S. 1780 At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets, and for other purposes. S. 1841 At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1841, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide extended and additional protection to Medicare beneficiaries who enroll for the Medicare prescription drug benefit during 2006. S. 1908 At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. [[Page 2144]] DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1908, a bill to authorize the Under Secretary of Technology of the Department of Commerce to award grants to establish up to eight Nanoscience to Commercialization Institutes throughout the United States to develop commercial applications for nanotech- nology. S. 2075 At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 2075, a bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. S. 2115 At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2115, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve provisions relating to Parkinson's disease research. S. 2165 At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2165, a bill to assist members of the Armed Forces in obtaining United States citizenship, and for other purposes. S. 2178 At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2178, a bill to make the stealing and selling of telephone records a criminal offense. S. 2235 At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2235, a bill to posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker Motley. S. 2237 At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2237, a bill to withhold United States assistance from the Palestinian Authority until certain conditions have been satisfied. S. 2253 At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2253, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to offer the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing. S. 2266 At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2266, a bill to establish a fellowship program for the congressional hiring of disabled veterans. S. 2284 At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. 2284, a bill to extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers. S. 2318 At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2318, a bill to provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements. S. 2321 At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2321, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Louis Braille. S. RES. 180 At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 180, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of a National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week to raise public awareness and understanding of the disease and to foster understanding of the impact of the disease on patients and their families. S. RES. 313 At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 313, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week should be established to increase awareness of methamphetamine and to educate the public on ways to help prevent the use of that damaging narcotic. S. RES. 371 At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 371, a resolution designating July 22, 2006, as ``National Day of the American Cowboy''. S. RES. 378 At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 378, a resolution designating February 25, 2006, as ``National MPS Awareness Day''. S. RES. 383 At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 383, a resolution calling on the President to take immediate steps to help improve the security situation in Darfur, Sudan, with an emphasis on civilian protection. ____________________