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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Senate section on pages S601-S602 on Feb. 4, 2008.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 399
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 399, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the Medicaid program.
S. 573
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 573, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.
S. 912
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 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. 969
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 969, a bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the definition of supervisor.
S. 1459
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1512
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to expand Federal eligibility for children in foster care who have attained age 18.
S. 1555
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1981
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1981, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.
S. 2060
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2060, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee.
S. 2119
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2119, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
S. 2141
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2141, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes.
S. 2283
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2283, a bill to preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals on public land administered by the National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service on which there is a historical tradition of the use of pack and saddle stock animals.
S. 2305
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Iowa
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2305, a bill to prevent voter caging.
S. 2453
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2453, a bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify requirements relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of national origin.
S. 2550
At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as cosponsors of S. 2550, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the United States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and for other purposes.
S. 2565
At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 2565, a bill to establish an awards mechanism to honor exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty by Federal law enforcement officers.
S. 2568
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as cosponsors of S. 2568, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met.
S. 2578
At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. 2578, a bill to temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment rules for case management and targeted case management services.
S.J. RES. 25
At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 25, a joint resolution providing for the appointment of John W. McCarter as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
S. RES. 432
At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 432, a resolution urging the international community to provide the United Nations-African Union Mission in Sudan with essential tactical and utility helicopters.
S. RES. 434
At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 434, a resolution designating the week of February 10-16, 2008, as ``National Drug Prevention and Education Week''.
S. RES. 439
At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 439, a resolution expressing the strong support of the Senate for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to enter into a Membership Action Plan with Georgia and Ukraine.
AMENDMENT NO. 3913
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3913 intended to be proposed to S. 2248, an original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 3915
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3915 proposed to S. 2248, an original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 3930
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3930 proposed to S. 2248, an original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 3967
At the request of Mr. Domenici, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3967 intended to be proposed to S. 2483, a bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 3973
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3973 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5140, a bill to provide economic stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits.
AMENDMENT NO. 3978
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Webb), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3978 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5140, a bill to provide economic stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits.
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