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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S3361-S3363 on April 21, 1998.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 356
At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Campbell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 356, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to assure access to emergency medical services under group health plans, health insurance coverage, and the medicare and medicaid programs.
S. 375
At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 375, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore the link between the maximum amount of earnings by blind individuals permitted without demonstrating ability to engage in substantial gainful activity and the exempt amount permitted in determining excess earnings under the earnings test.
S. 772
At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Burns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 772, a bill to establish an Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring, to provide for the imposition of sanctions against countries engaged in a pattern of religious persecution, and for other purposes.
S. 852
At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 852, a bill to establish nationally uniform requirements regarding the titling and registration of salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles.
S. 981
At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 981, a bill to provide for analysis of major rules.
At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 981, supra.
S. 1080
At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1080, a bill to amend the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 to provide for the coordination and implementation of a national aquaculture policy for the private sector by the Secretary of Agriculture, to establish an aquaculture development and research program, and for other purposes.
S. 1141
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1141, a bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and to equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives to increase the flexibility of controlled fleet owners and operators, and for other purposes.
S. 1255
At the request of Mr. Coats, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) were added as cosponsors of S. 1255, a bill to provide for the establishment of demonstration projects designed to determine the social, civic, psychological, and economic effects of providing to individuals and families with limited means an opportunity to accumulate assets, and to determine the extent to which an asset-based policy may be used to enable individuals and families with limited means to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
S. 1260
At the request of Mr. Gramm, the names of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were added as cosponsors of S. 1260, a bill to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law, and for other purposes.
S. 1305
At the request of Mr. Gramm, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Moynihan) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1305, a bill to invest in the future of the United States by doubling the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical, and pre-competitive engineering research.
S. 1325
At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1325, a bill to authorize appropriations for the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1325, supra.
S. 1334
At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1334, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a demonstration project to evaluate the feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health Benefits program to ensure the availability of adequate health care for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries under the military health care system.
S. 1360
At the request of Mr. Abraham, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1360, a bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to clarify and improve the requirements for the development of an automated entry-exit control system, to enhance land border control and enforcement, and for other purposes.
S. 1392
At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Ashcroft), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) were added as cosponsors of S. 1392, a bill to provide for offsetting tax cuts whenever there is an elimination of a discretionary spending program.
S. 1406
At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors of S. 1406, a bill to amend section 2301 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for the furnishing of burial flags on behalf of certain deceased members and former members of the Selected Reserve.
S. 1418
At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Mississippi
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1418, a bill to promote the research, identification, assessment, exploration, and development of methane hydrate resources, and for other purposes.
S. 1421
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1421, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional support for and to expand clinical research programs, and for other purposes.
S. 1571
At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1571, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement age.
S. 1608
At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Ashcroft) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1608, a bill to provide for budgetary reform by requiring the reduction of the deficit, a balanced Federal budget, and the repayment of the national debt.
S. 1621
At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1621, a bill to provide that certain Federal property shall be made available to States for State use before being made available to other entities, and for other purposes.
S. 1643
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1643, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay for one year implementation of the per beneficiary limits under the interim payment system to home health agencies and to provide for a later base year for the purposes of calculating new payment rates under the system.
S. 1647
At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1647, a bill to reauthorize and make reforms to programs authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965.
S. 1677
At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. 1677, a bill to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act and the Partnerships for Wildlife Act.
S. 1758
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Faircloth) were added as cosponsors of S. 1758, a bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical forests.
S. 1759
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were added as cosponsors of S. 1759, a bill to grant a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the United States.
S. 1825
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1825, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide sufficient funding to assure a minimum size for honor guard details at funerals of veterans of the Armed Forces, to establish the minimum size of such details, and for other purposes.
S. 1903
At the request of Mr. Thomas, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Coverdell), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Roth) were added as cosponsors of S. 1903, a bill to prohibit the return of veterans memorial objects to foreign nations without specific authorization in law.
S. 1957
At the request of Mr. Burns, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added as cosponsors of S. 1957, a bill to provide regulatory assistance to small business concerns, and for other purposes.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 65
At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from New York (Mr. Moynihan), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as cosponsors of Senate Concurrent Resolution 65, a concurrent resolution calling for a United States effort to end restriction on the freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people in the occupied area of Cyprus.
Senate Resolution 175
At the request of Mr. Robb, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 175, a bill to designate the week of May 3, 1998 as ``National Correctional Officers and Employees Week.''
Senate Resolution 197
At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 197, a resolution designating May 6, 1998, as
``National Eating Disorders Awareness Day'' to heighten awareness and stress prevention of eating disorders.
Senate Resolution 199
At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Murkowski), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Coverdell) were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 199, a resolution designating the last week of April of each calendar year as ``National Youth Fitness Week.''
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