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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S4627-S4628 on May 2, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
s. 704
At the request of Mr. Simon, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
[Mr. Inhofe] was added as a cosponsor of S. 704, a bill to establish the Gambling Impact Study Commission.
s. 929
At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Arizona
[Mr. Kyl] was added as a cosponsor of S. 929, a bill to abolish the Department of Commerce.
s. 1233
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. Hollings] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1233, a bill to assure equitable coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans.
s. 1385
At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Rockefeller] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1385, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of periodic colorectal screening services under Part B of the Medicare Program.
s. 1584
At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Cochran] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1584, a bill to authorize appropriations for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically black colleges and universities.
s. 1646
At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Bumpers] and the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Harkin] were added as cosponsors of S. 1646, a bill to authorize and facilitate a program to enhance safety, training, research and development, and safety education in the propane gas industry for the benefit of propane consumers and the public, and for other purposes.
s. 1647
At the request of Mr. Pressler, the name of the Senator from Idaho
[Mr. Kempthorne] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1647, a bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide that forest management activities shall be subject to initial judicial review only in the United States district court for the district in which the affected land is located, and for other purposes.
S. 1667
At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
[Mr. Grams] and the Senator from Georgia [Mr. Coverdell] were added as cosponsors of S. 1667, a bill to change the date on which individual Federal income tax returns must be filed to the nation's Tax Freedom Day, or the day on which the country's citizens no longer work to pay taxes, and for other purposes.
Senate Resolution 243
At the request of Mr. Robb, the names of the Senator from Michigan
[Mr. Abraham], the Senator from Utah [Mr. Bennett], the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley], the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Bumpers], the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Byrd], the Senator from Indiana [Mr. Coats], the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Cochran], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. Craig], the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Daschle], the Senator from Ohio [Mr. DeWine], the Senator from Connecticut [Mr. Dodd], the Senator from Kansas [Mr. Dole], the Senator from Nebraska
[Mr. Exon], the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Faircloth], the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Ford], the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Frist], the Senator from Ohio [Mr. Glenn], the Senator from Washington
[Mr. Gorton], the Senator from Florida [Mr. Graham], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Grams], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. Kempthorne], the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy], the Senator from Nebraska
[Mr. Kerrey], the Senator from Michigan [Mr. Levin], the Senator from Indiana [Mr. Lugar], the Senator from Florida [Mr. Mack], the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell], the Senator from Maryland [Ms. Mikulski], the Senator from New York [Mr. Moynihan], the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Nickles], the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Pryor], the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Rockefeller], the Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Smith], the Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Thomas], the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Wyden], the Senator from Delaware [Mr. Biden], the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Feingold], and the Senator from Georgia
[Mr. Nunn] were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 243, a resolution to designate the week of May 5, 1996, as ``National Correctional Officers and Employees Week.''
Amendment No. 3840
At the request of Mr. Chafee the name of the Senator from Florida
[Mr. Mack] was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3840 proposed to S. 1664, an original bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase control over immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel and detention facilities, improving the system used by employers to verify citizenship or work-
authorized alien status, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and document fraud, and reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures; to reduce the use of welfare by aliens; and for other purposes.
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