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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S7200-S7201 on June 25, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 246
At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Abraham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 246, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide greater flexibility and choice under the medicare program.
S. 263
At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 263, a bill to prohibit the import, export, sale, purchase, possession, transportation, acquisition, and receipt of bear viscera or products that contain or claim to contain bear viscera, and for other purposes.
S. 438
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 438, a bill to provide for implementation of prohibitions against payment of Social Security benefits to prisoners, and for other purposes.
S. 1222
At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1222, a bill to catalyze restoration of estuary habitat through more efficient financing of projects and enhanced coordination of Federal and non-
Federal restoration programs, and for other purposes.
S. 1321
At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1321, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit grants for the national estuary program to be used for the development and implementation of a comprehensive conservation and management plan, to reauthorize appropriations to carry out the program, and for other purposes.
S. 1413
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) were added as cosponsors of S. 1413, a bill to provide a framework for consideration by the legislative and executive branches of unilateral economic sanctions.
S. 1635
At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1635, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the maximum capital gains rates, to index capital assets for inflation, and to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers.
S. 1918
At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1918, a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make available to producers of the 1998 and subsequent crops of wheat and feed grains nonrecourse loans that provide a fair return to the producers in relation to the cost of production.
S. 1976
At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Abraham) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1976, a bill to increase public awareness of the plight of victims of crime with developmental disabilities, to collect data to measure the magnitude of the problem, and to develop strategies to address the safety and justice needs of victims of crime with developmental disabilities.
S. 2021
At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Robb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2021, a bill to provide for regional skills training alliances, and for other purposes.
S. 2040
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Ford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2040, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the authority of State medicaid fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud in connection with Federal health care programs and abuse of residents of board and care facilities.
S. 2078
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Campbell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2078, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, and for other purposes.
S. 2084
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2084, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to cease mineral leasing activity on submerged land of the Outer Continental Shelf that is adjacent to a coastal State that has declared a moratorium on mineral exploration, development, or production activity in adjacent State waters.
S. 2110
At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Moynihan) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as cosponsors of S. 2110, a bill to authorize the Federal programs to prevent violence against women, and for other purposes.
S. 2130
At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2130, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers, including self-
employed individuals.
S. 2156
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2156, a bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to exempt any credit, credit guarantee or other financial assistance provided by the Department of Agriculture for the purchase or other provision of food or other agricultural commodities from sanctions provided for under the Act.
S. 2162
At the request of Mr. Mack, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Glenn) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Abraham) were added as cosponsors of S. 2162, 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. 2185
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Moseley-Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2185, a bill to protect children from firearms violence.
S. 2196
At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Bumpers) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2196, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for establishment at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of a program regarding lifesaving interventions for individuals who experience cardiac arrest, and for other purposes.
S. 2201
At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Faircloth) were added as cosponsors of S. 2201, a bill to delay the effective date of the final rule promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
S. 2208
At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Faircloth) were added as cosponsors of S. 2208, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research.
Senate Joint Resolution 50
At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Thompson) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 50, a joint resolution to disapprove the rule submitted by the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services on June 1, 1998, relating to surety bond requirements for home health agencies under the medicare and medicaid programs.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 97
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent Resolution 97, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning the human rights and humanitarian situation facing the women and girls of Afghanistan.
Senate Resolution 237
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Coats) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 237, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the situation in Indonesia and East Timor.
Amendment No. 2728
At the request of Mr. Burns the name of the Senator from Mississippi
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2728 proposed to S. 2057, an original bill to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1999 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. 2808
At the request of Mr. Feingold the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2808 proposed to S. 2057, an original bill to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1999 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. 2902
At the request of Mr. Wellstone the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2902 proposed to S. 2057, an original bill to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1999 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. 2981
At the request of Mr. Helms his name was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2981 proposed to S. 2057, an original bill to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1999 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. 2982
At the request of Mrs. Murray her name was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2982 proposed to S. 2057, an original bill to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1999 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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