[Pages S2088-S2089]
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                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 25

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut [Mr. Lieberman] was added as a cosponsor of S. 25, a bill 
to reform the financing of Federal elections.


                                 S. 28

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
[Mr. Inhofe] was added as a cosponsor of S. 28, a bill to amend title 
17, United States Code, with respect to certain exemptions from 
copyright, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina [Mr. Faircloth] was added as a cosponsor of S. 146, a bill to 
permit Medicare beneficiaries to enroll with qualified provider-
sponsored organizations under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 184

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
[Mr. Inouye] was added as a cosponsor of S. 184, a bill to provide for 
adherence with the MacBride Principles of Economic Justice by United 
States persons doing business in Northern Ireland, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 221

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
221, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to require the 
Commissioner of Social Security to submit specific legislative 
recommendations to ensure the solvency of the Social Security trust 
funds.


                                 S. 286

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
[Mr. Hutchinson] was added as a cosponsor of S. 286, a bill to provide 
for a reduction in regulatory costs by maintaining Federal average fuel 
economy standards applicable to automobiles in effect at current levels 
until changed by law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 317

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
[Mr. Kerrey] and the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Hutchinson] were added 
as cosponsors of S. 317, a bill to reauthorize and amend the National 
Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.


                                 S. 370

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota [Mr. Dorgan] was added as a cosponsor of S. 370, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for increased 
Medicare reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse 
specialists to increase the delivery of health services in health 
professional shortage areas, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 371

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota [Mr. Dorgan] was added as a cosponsor of S. 371, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for increased 
Medicare reimbursement for physician assistants, to

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increase the delivery of health services in health professional 
shortage areas, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 375

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Ohio [Mr. 
Glenn], the Senator from Connecticut [Mr. Lieberman], and the Senator 
from Alabama [Mr. Shelby] were added as cosponsors of S. 375, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore the link between 
the maximum amount of earnings by blind individuals permitted without 
demonstrating ability to engage in substantial gainful activity and the 
exempt amount permitted in determining excess earnings under the 
earnings test.


                                 S. 405

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
[Mr. Murkowski] and the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] were added as 
cosponsors of S. 405, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to permanently extend the research credit and to allow greater 
opportunity to elect the alternative incremental credit.


                                 S. 411

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Cochran] was added as a cosponsor of S. 411, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for 
investment necessary to revitalize communities within the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 19

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina [Mr. Hollings] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint 
Resolution 19, a joint resolution to disapprove the certification of 
the President under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 regarding foreign assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1997.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 20

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina [Mr. Hollings] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint 
Resolution 20, a joint resolution to disapprove the certification of 
the President under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 regarding foreign assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1997.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 21

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina [Mr. Hollings] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint 
Resolution 21, a joint resolution to disaprove the certification of the 
President under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
regarding assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1997, and to provide 
for the termination of the withholding of and opposition to assistance 
that results from the disapproval.


                          Senate Resolution 19

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico [Mr. Bingaman], the Senator from Delaware [Mr. Biden], the 
Senator from Nevada [Mr. Bryan], the Senator from Utah [Mr. Hatch], and 
the Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Dorgan] were added as cosponsors of 
Senate Resolution 19, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate 
regarding United States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan 
ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's 
Republic of China.

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