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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Senate section on pages S951-S953 on Feb. 29, 2000.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S/ 345
At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor of S. 345, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful.
S. 374
At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 374, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
S. 459
At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 459, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the State ceiling on private activity bonds.
S. 542
At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 542, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the deduction for computer donations to schools and allow a tax credit for donated computers.
S. 577
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 577, a bill to provide for injunctive relief in Federal district court to enforce State laws relating to the interstate transportation of intoxicating liquor.
S. 631
At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 631, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs under the medicare program, to provide continued entitlement for such drugs for certain individuals after medicare benefits end, and to extend certain medicare secondary payer requirements.
S. 662
At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance for certain women screened and found to have breast or cervical cancer under a federally funded screening program.
S. 717
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 717, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.
S. 821
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 821, a bill to provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.
S. 867
At the request of Mr. Roth, the name of the Senator from South Dakota
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 867, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
S. 1028
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1028, a bill to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law, and for other purposes.
S. 1044
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1044, a bill to require coverage for colorectal cancer screenings.
S. 1066
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1066, a bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to encourage the use of and research into agricultural best practices to improve the environment, and for other purposes.
S. 1142
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1142, a bill to protect the right of a member of a health maintenance organization to receive continuing care at a facility selected by that member, and for other purposes.
S. 1196
At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1196, a bill to improve the quality, timeliness, and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes.
S. 1199
At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1199, a bill to require the Secretary of State to report on United States citizens injured or killed by certain terrorist groups.
S. 1227
At the request of Mr. L. Chafee, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1227, a bill to amend title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide States with the option to allow legal immigrant pregnant women and children to be eligible for medical assistance under the medical program, and for other purposes.
S. 1452
At the request of Mr. Shelby, the names of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Hagel), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland) were added as cosponsors of S. 1452, a bill to modernize the requirements under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards of 1974 and to establish a balanced consensus process for the development, revision, and interpretation of Federal construction and safety standards for manufactured homes.
S. 1580
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1580, a bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to assist agricultural producers in managing risk, and for other purposes.
S. 1594
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1594, a bill to amend the Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
S. 1716
At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1716, a bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require local educational agencies and schools to implement integrated pest management systems to minimize the use of pesticides in schools and to provide parents, guardians, and employees with notice of the use of pesticides in schools, and for other purposes.
S. 1796
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1796, a bill to modify the enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgements, and for other purposes.
S. 1810
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1810, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures.
S. 1900
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1900, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak, and for other purposes.
S. 1921
At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors of S. 1921, a bill to authorize the placement within the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of a plaque to honor Vietnam veterans who died after their service in the Vietnam war, but as a direct result of that service.
S. 1984
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1984, a bill to establish in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters.
S. 2003
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2003, a bill to restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services.
At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2003, supra.
S. 2004
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2004, a bill to amend title 49 of the United States Code to expand State authority with respect to pipeline safety, to establish new Federal requirements to improve pipeline safety, to authorize appropriations under chapter 601 of that title for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, and for other purposes.
S. 2013
At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2013, a bill to restore health care equity for medicare-eligible uniformed services retirees, and for other purposes.
S. 2062
At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2062, a bill to amend chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for organ and tissue donation awareness through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps.
S. 2070
At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2070, a bill to improve safety standards for child restraints in motor vehicles.
S. 2074
At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, the names of the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Coverdell) were added as cosponsors of S. 2074, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the social security earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement age.
S. 2076
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Abraham), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli), the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 2076, a bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York, in recognition of his accomplishments as a priest, a chaplain, and a humanitarian.
S. 2083
At the request of Mr. Robb, the names of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 2083, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a uniform dollar limitation for all types of transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income, and for other purposes.
S. 2090
At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) were added as cosponsors of S. 2090, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a 1 year moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes.
S. CON. RES. 81
At the request of Mr. Roth, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 81, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the People's Republic of China should immediately release Rabiya Kadeer, her secretary, and her son, and permit them to move to the United States if they so desire.
S. RES. 60
At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 60, a resolution recognizing the plight of the Tibetan people on the fortieth anniversary of Tibet's attempt to restore its independence and calling for serious negotiations between China and the Dalai Lama to achieve a peaceful solution to the situation in Tibet.
s. res. 128
At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 128, a resolution designating March 2000, as ``Arts Education Month.'' At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 128, supra.
amendment no. 2825
At the request of Mr. Abraham, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Ashcroft), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from Washington (Mr. Gorton), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2825 intended to be proposed to S. 1134, an original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.
amendment no. 2854
At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the names of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2854 proposed to S. 1134, an original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Abraham), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Ashcroft) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2854 proposed to S. 1134, an original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.
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