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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S9058 on July 27, 1998.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 389
At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 389, a bill to improve congressional deliberation on proposed Federal private sector mandates, and for other purposes.
S. 766
At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Faircloth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 766, a bill to require equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and contraceptive services under health plans.
S. 1220
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Moynihan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1220, a bill to provide a process for declassifying on an expedited basis certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras.
S. 1391
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from North Dakota
(Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1391, a bill to authorize the President to permit the sale and export of food, medicines, and medical equipment to Cuba.
S. 1529
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1529, a bill to enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.
S. 1759
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) were added as cosponsors of S. 1759, a bill to grant a Federal charter to the American GI Forum of the United States.
S. 1868
At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1868, a bill to express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted for their faith worldwide; to authorize United States actions in response to religious persecution worldwide; to establish an Ambassador at Large on International Religious Freedom within the Department of State, a Commission on International Religious Persecution, and a Special Adviser on International Religious Freedom within the National Security Council; and for other purposes.
S. 2017
At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the names of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. 2017, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance for breast and cervical cancer-related treatment services to certain women screened and found to have breast or cervical cancer under a Federally funded screening program.
S. 2100
At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2100, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase public awareness concerning crime on college and university campuses.
S. 2128
At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2128, a bill to clarify the authority of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the collection of fees to process certain identification records and name checks, and for other purposes.
S. 2179
At the request of Ms. Moseley-Braun, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2179, a bill to amend the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to clarify the conditions under which export controls may be imposed on agricultural products.
S. 2196
At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2196, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for establishment at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of a program regarding lifesaving interventions for individuals who experience cardiac arrest, and for other purposes.
S. 2235
At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Faircloth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2235, a bill to amend part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to encourage the use of school resource officers.
S. 2238
At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2238, a bill to reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in the professional boxing industry.
S. 2295
At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2295, a bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations of appropriations for that Act, and for other purposes.
S. 2319
At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2319, a bill to authorize the use of receipts from the sale of migratory bird hunting and conservation stamps to promote additional stamp purchases.
S. 2323
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Thomas) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2323, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to home health services under the medicare program.
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