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“SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S7638-S7641 on June 13, 2007.
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SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS
The following concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions were read, and referred (or acted upon), as indicated:
By Mr. McCONNELL:
S. Res. 233. A resolution making Minority party appointments for the Select Committee on Ethics for the 110th Congress; considered and agreed to.
By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Dodd):
S. Res. 234. A resolution designating June 15, 2007, as
``National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day''; considered and agreed to.
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 22
At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 65
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Obama) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 65, a bill to modify the age-60 standard for certain pilots and for other purposes.
S. 116
At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 116, a bill to authorize resources to provide students with opportunities for summer learning through summer learning grants.
S. 117
At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 117, a bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes.
S. 185
At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 185, a bill to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.
S. 206
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 206, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
S. 329
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 382
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 382, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children.
S. 430
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 430, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the enhancement of the functions of the National Guard Bureau, and for other purposes.
S. 442
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 442, a bill to provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public defenders.
S. 543
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 543, a bill to improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program.
S. 755
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 755, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide diabetes screening tests under the Medicaid program for adult enrollees with diabetes risk factors, to ensure that States offer a comprehensive package of benefits under that program for individuals with diabetes, and for other purposes.
S. 790
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 790, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit the simplified summer food programs to be carried out in all States and by all service institutions.
S. 799
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and for other purposes.
S. 807
At the request of Mr. Martinez, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 807, a bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that manure shall not be considered to be a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
S. 829
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 829, a bill to reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, and for other purposes.
S. 887
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 887, a bill to restore import and entry agricultural inspection functions to the Department of Agriculture.
S. 901
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper) 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. 912
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 912, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools.
S. 970
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 970, a bill to impose sanctions on Iran and on other countries for assisting Iran in developing a nuclear program, and for other purposes.
S. 999
At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
S. 1042
At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1042, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly.
S. 1060
At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added as cosponsors 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. 1066
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1066, a bill to require the Secretary of Education to revise regulations regarding student loan repayment deferment with respect to borrowers who are in postgraduate medical or dental internship, residency, or fellowship programs.
S. 1099
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1099, a bill to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to make individuals employed by the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission eligible to obtain Federal health insurance.
S. 1125
At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1125, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity.
S. 1146
At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1146, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas, and for other purposes.
S. 1173
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1173, a bill to protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman's freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes.
S. 1205
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1205, a bill to require a pilot program on assisting veterans service organizations and other veterans groups in developing and promoting peer support programs that facilitate community reintegration of veterans returning from active duty, and for other purposes.
S. 1223
At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1223, a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to support efforts by local or regional television or radio broadcasters to provide essential public information programming in the event of a major disaster, and for other purposes.
S. 1260
At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1260, a bill to protect information relating to consumers, to require notice of security breaches, and for other purposes.
S. 1335
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 1337
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1337, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
S. 1375
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1375, a bill to ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with essential services, and to increase research at the National Institutes of Health on postpartum depression.
S. 1382
At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1382, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.
S. 1416
At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1416, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.
S. 1426
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1426, a bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to reauthorize the market access program, and for other purposes.
S. 1437
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1437, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
S. 1459
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 1469
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1469, a bill to require the closure of the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.
S. 1500
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1500, a bill to support democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe, and for other purposes.
S. 1514
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 1514, a bill to revise and extend provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.
S. 1551
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 1551, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.
S. 1555
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.
S. 1577
At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require screening, including national criminal history background checks, of direct patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers, and to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers.
S. 1593
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were added as cosponsors of S. 1593, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief and protections to military personnel, and for other purposes.
S. 1597
At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1597, a bill to preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.
S. RES. 215
At the request of Mr. Allard, the names of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 215, a resolution designating September 25, 2007, as ``National First Responder Appreciation Day''.
AMENDMENT NO. 1503
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1503 intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1505
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1505 proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1508
At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1508 proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1510
At the request of Mr. Lott, his name was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1510 intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1514
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1514 intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1518
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1518 intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1523
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1523 intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1524
At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Allard), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1524 intended to be proposed to H.R. 6, a bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.
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