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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S5929-S5930 on May 10, 2007.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 22
At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 22, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
S. 122
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 122, a bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend benefits to service sector workers and firms, enhance certain trade adjustment assistance authorities, and for other purposes.
S. 156
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 156, a bill to make the moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce permanent.
S. 430
At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 430, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the enhancement of the functions of the National Guard Bureau, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 430, supra.
S. 479
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as cosponsors of S. 479, a bill to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans.
S. 513
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 513, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to revive previous authority on the use of the Armed Forces and the militia to address interference with State or Federal law, and for other purposes.
S. 543
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) were added as cosponsors of S. 543, a bill to improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program.
S. 579
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 579, 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. 617
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans.
S. 747
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) were added as cosponsors of S. 747, a bill to terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and for other purposes.
S. 764
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 764, a bill to amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State children's health insurance program (SCHIP).
S. 773
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 773, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.
S. 777
At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 777, a bill to repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
S. 800
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 800, a bill to establish the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
S. 829
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 829, a bill to reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, and for other purposes.
S. 838
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 838, a bill to authorize funding for eligible joint ventures between United States and Israeli businesses and academic persons, to establish the International Energy Advisory Board, and for other purposes.
S. 844
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 844, a bill to provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.
S. 940
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 940, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.
S. 970
At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 970, a bill to impose sanctions on Iran and on other countries for assisting Iran in developing a nuclear program, and for other purposes.
S. 974
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added as cosponsors of S. 974, a bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.
S. 1040
At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1040, a bill to repeal the current Internal Revenue Code and replace it with a flat tax, thereby guaranteeing economic growth and greater fairness for all Americans.
S. 1092
At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1092, a bill to temporarily increase the number of visas which may be issued to certain highly skilled workers.
S. 1113
At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1113, a bill to facilitate the provision of care and services for members of the Armed Forces for traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.
S. 1132
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1132, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food.
S. 1147
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1147, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to terminate the administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as ``Priority 8'').
S. 1159
At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1159, a bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
S. 1190
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1190, a bill to promote the deployment and adoption of telecommunications services and information technologies, and for other purposes.
S. 1205
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1205, a bill to require a pilot program on assisting veterans service organizations and other veterans groups in developing and promoting peer support programs that facilitate community reintegration of veterans returning from active duty, and for other purposes.
S. 1237
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1237, a bill to increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists.
S. 1262
At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1262, a bill to protect students receiving student loans, and for other purposes.
S. 1271
At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1271, a bill to provide for a comprehensive national research effort on the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of the members of the Armed Forces and veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and their families.
S. 1277
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1277, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of payment under the Medicare program for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals.
S. 1324
At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1324, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuel sold in the United States.
S. 1335
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 1346
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1346, a bill to amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes.
S. 1349
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1349, a bill to ensure that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs provide to members of the Armed Forces and veterans with traumatic brain injury the services that best meet their individual needs, and for other purposes.
S. CON. RES. 29
At the request of Mr. Bunning, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 29, a concurrent resolution encouraging the recognition of the Negro Baseball Leagues and their players on May 20th of each year.
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