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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S5071-S5073 on May 12, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 98
At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 98, a bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, and for other purposes.
S. 103
At the request of Mr. Talent, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 103, a bill to respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamine in the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 267
At the request of Mr. Baucus, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 267, a bill to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
S. 313
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 313, a bill to improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and United States nonproliferation operations.
S. 330
At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 330, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy under title III of such Act, and for other purposes.
S. 331
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) 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. 340
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 340, a bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
S. 390
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 390, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms under part B of the medicare program.
S. 438
At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 438, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
S. 440
At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 440, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the medicaid program.
S. 467
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 467, a bill to extend the applicability of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002.
S. 471
At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 471, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
S. 558
At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 582
At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of the Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and for other purposes.
S. 594
At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 594, a bill to amend section 1114 of title 11, United States Code, to preserve the health benefits of certain retired miners.
S. 637
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 637, a bill to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.
S. 681
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 681, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-
reviewed research using such cells.
S. 714
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Allen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to amend section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) relating to the prohibition on junk fax transmissions.
S. 757
At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Rhode Island
(Mr. Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. 757, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
S. 802
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 802, a bill to establish a National Drought Council within the Department of Agriculture, to improve national drought preparedness, mitigation, and response efforts, and for other purposes.
S. 853
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 853, a bill to direct the Secretary of State to establish a program to bolster the mutual security and safety of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and for other purposes.
S. 859
At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 859, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an income tax credit for the provision of homeownership and community development, and for other purposes.
S. 863
At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns) were added as cosponsors of S. 863, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of the bestowal of the Nobel Peace Prize on President Theodore Roosevelt, and for other purposes.
S. 865
At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 865, a bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize the Price-Anderson provisions.
S. 967
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 967, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure that prepackaged news stories contain announcements that inform viewers that the information within was provided by the United States Government, and for other purposes.
S. 984
At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) were added as cosponsors of S. 984, a bill to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency, and for other purposes.
S. RES. 104
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 104, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate encouraging the active engagement of Americans in world affairs and urging the Secretary of State to take the lead and coordinate with other governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations in creating an online database of international exchange programs and related opportunities.
AMENDMENT NO. 670
At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 670 proposed to H.R. 3, a bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 681
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 681 proposed to H.R. 3, a bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 704
At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 704 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3, a bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 708
At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 708 proposed to H.R. 3, a bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 732
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 732 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3, a bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 733
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 733 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3, a bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
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