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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S10844-S10845 on Nov. 12, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 29
At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 29, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for 100 percent of the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.
S. 326
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 326, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 15 percent reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and to permanently increase payments for such services that are furnished in rural areas.
S. 830
At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 830, 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. 1248
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1248, a bill to establish a National Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the development of decent, safe, and affordable, housing for low-income families, and for other purposes.
S. 1291
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1291, a bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien college-bound students who are long term United States residents.
S. 2008
At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2008, a bill to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.
S. 2085
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2085, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the definition of homebound with respect to home health services under the medicare program.
S. 2268
At the request of Mr. Miller, the names of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Thompson) were added as cosponsors of S. 2268, a bill to amend the Act establishing the Department of Commerce to protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce.
S. 2489
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2489, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care, and for other purposes.
S. 2573
At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 2573, a bill to amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes.
S. 2714
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2714, a bill to extend and expand the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.
S. 2826
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards) were added as cosponsors of S. 2826, a bill to improve the national instant criminal background check system, and for other purposes.
S. 2903
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland) were added as cosponsors of S. 2903, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care.
S. 3018
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3018, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services under the medicare program, and for other purposes.
S. 3114
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3114, a bill to ensure that a public safety officer who suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of public safety officer survivor benefits.
S. 3118
At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3118, a bill to strengthen enforcement of provisions of the Animal Welfare Act relating to animal fighting, and for other purposes.
S. RES. 339
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 339, a resolution designating November 2002, as ``National Runaway Prevention Month''.
S. CON. RES. 94
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 94, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that public awareness and education about the importance of health care coverage is of the utmost priority and that a National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month should be established to promote that awareness and education.
S. CON. RES. 129
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Cleland), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Dewine), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 129, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the establishment of the month of November each year as ``Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month''.
S. CON. RES. 138
At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 138, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health And Human Services should conduct or support research on certain tests to screen for ovarian cancer, and Federal health care programs and group and individual health plans should cover the tests if demonstrated to be effective, and for other purposes.
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