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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S6055-S6057 on May 14, 2007.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 21
At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 21, a bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.
S. 22
At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Clinton) 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. 160
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 160, a bill to provide for compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River.
S. 223
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 223, a bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form.
S. 423
At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 423, a bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 2007, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans.
S. 573
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 573, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.
S. 579
At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors 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.
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 579, supra.
S. 609
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 609, a bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act.
S. 673
At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 673, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses, and for other purposes.
S. 691
At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 691, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits under the Medicare program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other purposes.
S. 739
At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 739, a bill to provide disadvantaged children with access to dental services.
S. 746
At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 746, a bill to establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research.
S. 773
At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name 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. 823
At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. 823, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to facilitating the development of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and for other purposes.
S. 871
At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 871, a bill to establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes.
S. 881
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
S. 941
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to increase Federal support for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps in order to ensure access to health care for millions of Americans living in medically-underserved areas.
S. 969
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 969, a bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the definition of supervisor.
S. 971
At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 971, a bill to establish the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to provide funding for the support of fundamental agricultural research of the highest quality, and for other purposes.
S. 973
At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 973, a bill to amend the Mandatory Victims' Restitution Act to improve restitution for victims of crime, and for other purposes.
S. 1026
At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were added as cosponsors of S. 1026, a bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, as the ``Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''.
S. 1060
At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1060, a bill to reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.
S. 1113
At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) 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. 1161
At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added as cosponsors of S. 1161, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the expansion of medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services.
S. 1164
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1164, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the Medicare Program.
S. 1239
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax credit through 2013, and for other purposes.
S. 1252
At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1252, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for uniformity in the awarding of disability ratings for wounds or injuries incurred by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
S. 1257
At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1257, a bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives.
S. 1267
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1267, a bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
S. 1277
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors 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. 1287
At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 1287, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past-due.
S. 1299
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1299, a bill to establish on behalf of consumers a fiduciary duty and other standards of care for mortgage brokers and originators, and to establish standards to assess a consumer's ability to repay, and for other purposes.
S. 1313
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1313, a bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief for servicemembers with respect to contracts for cellular phone service, and for other purposes.
S. 1328
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1328, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships.
S. 1332
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs.
S. 1346
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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. 1354
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1354, a bill to amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to ensure the inclusion of certain positions.
S. 1355
At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1355, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat spaceports like airports under the exempt facility bond rules.
S. CON. RES. 3
At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 3, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
S. RES. 171
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 171, a resolution memorializing fallen firefighters by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the day of the National Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
S. RES. 191
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 191, a resolution establishing a national goal for the universal deployment of next-generation broadband networks to access the Internet and for other uses by 2015, and calling upon Congress and the President to develop a strategy, enact legislation, and adopt policies to accomplish this objective.
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