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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Senate section on pages S4723-S4724 on May 6, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 253
At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Illinois
[Mr. Simon] was added as a cosponsor of S. 253, a bill to repeal certain prohibitions against political recommendations relating to Federal employment, to reenact certain provisions relating to recommendations by Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
S. 258
At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Harkin] was added as a cosponsor of S. 258, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards to protect taxpayer rights.
S. 794
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Tennessee
[Mr. Frist] was added as a cosponsor of S. 794, a bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to facilitate the minor use of a pesticide, and for other purposes.
S. 896
At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Missouri
[Mr. Bond] was added as a cosponsor of S. 896, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make certain technical corrections relating to physicians' services, and for other purposes.
S. 932
At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Oregon
[Mr. Wyden] was added as a cosponsor of S. 932, a bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
S. 1183
At the request of Mr. Hatfield, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
[Mr. Akaka] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1183, a bill to amend the act of March 3, 1931 (known as the Davis-Bacon Act), to revise the standards for coverage under the act, and for other purposes.
S. 1271
At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1271, a bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.
S. 1607
At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Arizona [Mr. McCain] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1607, a bill to control access to precursor chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine and other illicit narcotics, and for other purposes.
S. 1610
At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Faircloth] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1610, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the standards used for determining whether individuals are not employees.
S. 1613
At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
[Mr. McConnell] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1613, a bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to provide greater flexibility to schools to meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans under the school lunch and school breakfast programs, and for other purposes.
S. 1624
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Arizona
[Mr. McCain] and the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. Hollings] were added as cosponsors of S. 1624, a bill to reauthorize the Hate Crime Statistics Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1678
At the request of Mr. Grams, the names of the Senator from Arizona
[Mr. Kyl] and the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] were added as cosponsors of S. 1678, a bill to abolish the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
S. 1697
At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
[Mr. Ford] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1697, a bill to amend the independent counsel statute to require that an individual appointed to be an independent counsel must agree to suspend any outside legal work or affiliation with a law firm until the individual's service as independent counsel is complete.
S. 1724
At the request of Mr. Thomas, the names of the Senator from Wyoming
[Mr. Simpson], the Senator from Arizona [Mr. Kyl], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. Craig], and the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Shelby] were added as cosponsors of S. 1724, a bill to require that the Federal Government procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and management of certain Government agencies, and for other purposes.
Senate Resolution 151
At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Jeffords] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 151, a resolution to designate May 14, 1996, and May 14, 1997, as ``National Speak No Evil Day,'' and for other purposes.
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