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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Senate section on pages S7545-S7547 on June 12, 2007.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 22
At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as cosponsors 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. 57
At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 57, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
S. 185
At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 185, a bill to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.
S. 225
At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 225, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the number of individuals qualifying for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury protection coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.
S. 242
At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 242, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
S. 251
At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 251, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
S. 294
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 294, a bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes.
S. 329
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.
S. 455
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 455, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief to active duty military personnel and employers who assist them, and for other purposes.
S. 469
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 469, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.
S. 479
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 479, a bill to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans.
S. 513
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor 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. 535
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.
S. 648
At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 648, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the eligibility age for receipt of non-regular military service retired pay for members of the Ready Reserve in active federal status or on active duty for significant periods.
S. 696
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 696, a bill to establish an Advanced Research Projects Administration--Energy to initiate high risk, innovative energy research to improve the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 713
At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 713, a bill to ensure dignity in care for members of the Armed Forces recovering from injuries.
S. 773
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 805
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.
S. 819
At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 819, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.
S. 836
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 836, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants.
S. 858
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 858, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters.
S. 901
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 901, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act.
S. 911
At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 911, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.
S. 991
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 991, a bill to establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation under the authorities of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.
S. 1078
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1078, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-
provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes.
S. 1140
At the request of Mr. Hagel, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1140, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the limitation on the foreign earned income exclusion, and for other purposes.
S. 1212
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1212, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment under the Medicare program for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities.
S. 1224
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 1224, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
S. 1244
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1244, a bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes.
S. 1271
At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1312
At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1312, a bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.
S. 1357
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1357, a bill to amend the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to permit certain annuitants of the retirement programs of the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive the adjustments in pension benefits to which such annuitants would otherwise be entitled as a result of the conversion of members of the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule under the amendments made by such Act.
S. 1382
At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.
S. 1431
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1431, a bill to provide for a statewide early childhood education professional development and career system, and for other purposes.
S. 1448
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1448, a bill to extend the same Federal benefits to law enforcement officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers that apply to law enforcement officers serving units of State and local government.
S. 1457
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were added as cosponsors of S. 1457, a bill to provide for the protection of mail delivery on certain postal routes, and for other purposes.
S. 1459
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1459, a bill to strengthen the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and cure of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection, study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and for other purposes.
S. 1460
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1460, a bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Development Act of 2002 to support beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.
S. 1492
At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1492, a bill to improve the quality of federal and state data regarding the availability and quality of broadband services and to promote the deployment of affordable broadband services to all parts of the Nation.
S. 1500
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, a bill to support democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, supra.
S. 1518
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1518, a bill to amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1529
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 1529, a bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to end benefit erosion, support working families with child care expenses, encourage retirement and education savings, and for other purposes.
S. 1557
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1557, a bill to amend part B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers.
S. CON. RES. 1
At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Martinez), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from South Carolina
(Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 1, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that an artistic tribute to commemorate the speech given by President Ronald Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate on June 12, 1987, should be placed within the United States Capitol.
S. CON. RES. 26
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 26, a concurrent resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and commending recipients of the Purple Heart for their courageous demonstrations of gallantry and heroism on behalf of the United States.
S. CON. RES. 27
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 27, a concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Purple Heart Recognition Day''.
S. RES. 213
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 213, a resolution supporting National Men's Health Week.
S. RES. 224
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 224, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the Israeli-
Palestinian peace process.
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