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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S12775-S12776 on Oct. 4, 2007.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 535
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) 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. 700
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 700, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species, and for other purposes.
S. 714
At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.
S. 887
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 887, a bill to restore import and entry agricultural inspection functions to the Department of Agriculture.
S. 897
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 897, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide more help to Alzheimer's disease caregivers.
S. 898
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 898, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention.
S. 911
At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) 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. 999
At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 1008
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1008, a bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to improve and strengthen the safety inspection process of nuclear facilities.
S. 1120
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1120, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health.
S. 1335
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 1356
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1356, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to establish industrial bank holding company regulation, and for other purposes.
S. 1394
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1394, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to exclude from gross income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations.
S. 1451
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 1451, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system.
S. 1455
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1455, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system.
S. 1471
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1471, a bill to provide for the voluntary development by States of qualifying best practices for health care and to encourage such voluntary development by amending titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide differential rates of payment favoring treatment provided consistent with qualifying best practices under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.
S. 1482
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1482, a bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on indicators of child well-being.
S. 1495
At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1495, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual United States domestic and foreign trades, and for other purposes.
S. 1604
At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1604, a bill to increase the number of well-educated nurses, and for other purposes.
S. 1708
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1708, a bill to provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.
S. 1760
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1760, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.
S. 1782
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 1782, a bill to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration.
S. 1865
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1865, a bill to provide for mandatory availability of life insurance that does not preclude future lawful travel, and for other purposes.
S. 2056
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2056, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore financial stability to Medicare anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians.
S. 2063
At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2063, a bill to establish a Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, to assure the economic security of the United States, and to expand future prosperity and growth for all Americans.
S. 2064
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2064, a bill to fund comprehensive programs to ensure an adequate supply of nurses.
S. 2071
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2071, a bill to enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine.
S. 2077
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2077, a bill to establish a program to assure the safety of fresh produce intended for human consumption, and for other purposes.
S. 2128
At the request of Mr. Sununu, the names of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) were added as cosponsors of S. 2128, a bill to make the moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce permanent.
S. 2134
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as cosponsors of S. 2134, a bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress reports on the status of planning for the redeployment of the Armed Forces from Iraq and to require the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and appropriate senior officials of the Department of Defense to meet with Congress to brief Congress on matters contained in the reports.
S.J. RES. 4
At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Iowa
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 4, a joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.
S. RES. 106
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 106, a resolution calling on the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide.
S. RES. 321
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 321, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the Israeli-
Palestinian peace process.
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