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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S6711-S6713 on June 8, 1999.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 37
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 37, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care imposed by section 4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
S. 216
At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Mack) was added as a cosponsor of S. 216, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax.
S. 296
At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to provide for continuation of the Federal research investment in a fiscally sustainable way, and for other purposes.
S. 337
At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 337, a bill to preserve the balance of rights between employers, employees, and labor organizations which is fundamental to our system of collective bargaining while preserving the rights of workers to organize, or otherwise engage in concerted activities protected under the National Labor Relations Act.
S. 345
At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 345, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful.
S. 348
At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 348, a bill to authorize and facilitate a program to enhance training, research and development, energy conservation and efficiency, and consumer education in the oilheat industry for the benefit of oilheat consumers and the public, and for other purposes.
S. 459
At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 459 a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the State ceiling on private activity bonds.
S. 512
At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Roth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion, intensification, and coordination of the activities of the Department of Health and Human Services with respect to research on autism.
S. 541
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor of S. 541, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make certain changes related to payments for graduate medical education under the medicare program.
S. 590
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 590, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines, and for other purposes.
S. 600
At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 600, a bill to combat the crime of international trafficking and to protect the rights of victims.
S. 625
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Crapo was added as a cosponsor of S. 625, a bill to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.
S. 632
At the request of Mr. DeWine the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to provide assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize the funding of regional poison control centers.
S. 642
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 642, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, and for other purposes.
S. 659
At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 659, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require pension plans to provide adequate notice to individuals whose future benefit accruals are being significantly reduced, and for other purposes.
S. 662
At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance for certain women screened and found to have breast or cervical cancer under a federally funded screening program.
S. 664
At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Bryan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 664, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against income tax to individuals who rehabilitate historic homes or who are the first purchasers of rehabilitated historic homes for use as a principal residence.
S. 740
At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to amend the Federal Power Act to improve the hydroelectric licensing process by granting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission statutory authority to better coordinate participation by other agencies and entities, and for other purposes.
S. 751
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Robb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 751, a bill to combat nursing home fraud and abuse, increase protections for victims of telemarketing fraud, enhance safeguards for pension plans and health care benefit programs, and enhance penalties for crimes against seniors, and for other purposes.
S. 777
At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald, the names of the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 777, a bill to require the Department of Agriculture to establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to enable the public to file all required paperwork electronically with the Department and to have access to public information on farm programs, quarterly trade, economic, and production reports, and other similar information.
S. 784
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Abraham) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 784, a bill to establish a demonstration project to study and provide coverage of routine patient care costs for medicare beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an approved clinical trial program.
S. 880
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 880, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to remove flammable fuels from the list of substances with respect to which reporting and other activities are required under the risk management plan program.
S. 897
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Murkowski) and the Senator from Washington (Mr. Gorton) were added as cosponsors of S.897, a bill to provide matching grants for the construction, renovation and repair of school facilities in areas affected by Federal Activities, and for other purposes.
S. 951
At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 951, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a permanent tax incentive for research and development, and for other purposes.
S. 1003
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide increased tax incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel and electric vehicle, and for other purposes.
S. 1010
At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Mack) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a medical innovation tax credit for clinical testing research expenses attributable to academic medical centers and other qualified hospital research organizations.
S. 1023
At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the names of the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 1023, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize indirect graduate medical education payments.
S. 1053
At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Coverdell) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Ashcroft) were added as cosponsors of S. 1053, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to incorporate certain provisions of the transportation conformity regulations, as in effect on March 1, 1999.
S. 1066
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1066, a bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to encourage the use of and research into agricultural best practices to improve the environment, and for other purposes.
S. 1067
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1067, a bill to promote the adoption of children with special needs.
S. 1074
At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors of S. 1074, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to waive the 24-month waiting period for medicare coverage of individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and to provide medicare coverage of drugs and biologicals used for the treatment of ALS or for the alleviation of symptoms relating to ALS.
S. 1106
At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1106, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for qualified individual for bone mass measurement (bone density testing) to prevent fractures associated with osteoporosis.
S. 1110
At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1110, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering.
S. 1128
At the request of Mr. Lott, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1128, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers, to provide for a carryover basis at death, and to establish a partial capital gains exclusion for inherited assets.
S 1148
At the request of Mr. Daschle, the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were added as cosponsors of S. 1148, a bill to provide for the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska certain benefits of the Missouri River Basin Pick-Sloan project, and for other purpose.
S. 1150
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. 1150, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to more accurately codify the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
S. 1177
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1177, a bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the harvesting of crops on land subject to conservation reserve contracts for recovery of biomass used in energy production.
S. 1187
At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1187, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and for other purposes.
Senate Resolution 34
At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Roth) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 34, a resolution designating the week beginning April 30, 1999, as ``National Youth Fitness Week.''
Senate Resolution 59
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Thurmond), and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Bryan) were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 59, a resolution designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000, as ``National Literacy Day.''
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