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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S9813 on Sept. 28, 2004.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 847
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 847, 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. 1379
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as cosponsors of S. 1379, 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. 1556
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1556, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore, increase, and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans.
S. 2163
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2163, 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. 2489
At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2489, a bill to establish a program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to integrate Federal coastal and ocean mapping activities.
S. 2565
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2565, a bill to amend the Agriculture Adjustment Act to convert the dairy forward pricing program into a permanent program of the Department of Agriculture.
S. 2568
At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Sessions), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2568, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the tercentenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, and for other purposes.
S. 2618
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2618, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend medicare cost-sharing for the medicare part B premium for qualifying individuals through September 2005.
S. 2672
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2672, a bill to establish an Independent National Security Classification Board in the executive branch, and for other purposes.
S. 2707
At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from South Dakota
(Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2707, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to recognize the services of respiratory therapists under the plan of care for home health services.
S. 2713
At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2713, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program.
S. 2759
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2759, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to modify the rules relating to the availability and method of redistribution of unexpended SCHIP allotments, and for other purposes.
S. 2807
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Dayton) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) were added as cosponsors of S. 2807, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt containers used primarily in potato farming from the excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers.
S. 2845
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Voinovich) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2845, a bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
S. CON. RES. 8
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 8, a concurrent resolution designating the second week in may each year as ``National Visiting Nurse Association Week''.
AMENDMENT NO. 3704
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3704 proposed to S. 2845, a bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 3705
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3705 proposed to S. 2845, a bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3705 proposed to S. 2845, supra.
AMENDMENT NO. 3706
At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3706 proposed to S. 2845, a bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
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