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Sept. 6, 2000: Congressional Record publishes “ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS”

Volume 146, No. 102 covering the 2nd Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S8114-S8116 on Sept. 6, 2000.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 867

At the request of Mr. Roth, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 867, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.

S. 1215

At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from South Dakota

(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1215, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers for marked graves of, or to otherwise commemorate, certain individuals.

S. 1608

At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from California

(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1608, a bill to provide annual payments to the States and counties from National Forest System lands managed by the Forest Service, and the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands managed predominately by the Bureau of Land Management, for use by the counties in which the lands are situated for the benefit of the public schools, roads, emergency and other public purposes; to encourage and provide new mechanisms for cooperation between counties and the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to make necessary investments in Federal lands, and reaffirm the positive connection between Federal Lands counties and Federal Lands; and for other purposes.

S. 1732

At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Louisiana

(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1732, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan.

S. 1814

At the request of Mr. Smith of Oregon, the name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1814, a bill to establish a system of registries of temporary agricultural workers to provide for a sufficient supply of such workers and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to streamline procedures for the admission and extension of stay of nonimmigrant agricultural workers, and for other purposes.

S. 1915

At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1915, a bill to enhance the services provided by the Environmental Protection Agency to small communities that are attempting to comply with national, State, and local environmental regulations.

S. 1938

At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Minnesota

(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1938, a bill to provide for the return of fair and reasonable fees to the Federal Government for the use and occupancy of National Forest System land under the recreation residence program, and for other purposes.

S. 1974

At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller) were added as cosponsors of S. 1974, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make higher education more affordable by providing a full tax deduction for higher education expenses and a tax credit for student education loans.

S. 2018

At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2018, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the update factor used in making payments to PPS hospitals under the medicare program.

S. 2096

At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Maryland

(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2096, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit to long-

term caregivers.

S. 2308

At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2308, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital program.

S. 2438

At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from New Mexico

(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2438, a bill to provide for enhanced safety, public awareness, and environmental protection in pipeline transportation, and for other purposes.

S. 2639

At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Maine

(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2639, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide programs for the treatment of mental illness.

S. 2643

At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2643, a bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased foreign assistance for tuberculosis prevention, treatment, and control.

S. 2686

At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Michigan

(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2686, a bill to amend chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, to modify rates relating to reduced rate mail matter, and for other purposes.

S. 2703

At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Vermont

(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added as cosponsors of S. 2703, a bill to amend the provisions of title 39, United States Code, relating to the manner in which pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters are established.

S. 2726

At the request of Mr. Helms, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2726, a bill to protect United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States Government against criminal prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United States is not a party.

S. 2729

At the request of Mr. Smith of Oregon, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2729, supra.

At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2729, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to restore stability and equity to the financing of the United Mine Workers of America Combines Benefit Fund by eliminating the liability of reachback operations, to provide additional sources of revenue to the Fund, and for other purposes.

S. 2733

At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Utah

(Mr. Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2733, a bill to provide for the preservation of assisted housing for low income elderly persons, disabled persons, and other families.

S. 2735

At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2735, a bill to promote access to health care services in rural areas.

S. 2787

At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2787, a bill to reauthorize the Federal programs to prevent violence against women, and for other purposes.

At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Indiana

(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2787, supra.

S. 2807

At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from Kentucky

(Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as cosponsors of S. 2807, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare Prescription Drug and Supplemental Benefit Program and to stabilize and improve the Medicare+Choice program, and for other purposes.

S. 2858

At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2858, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate payment rates for ambulance services, to apply a prudent layperson standard to the determination of medical necessity for emergency ambulance services, and to recognize the additional costs of providing ambulance services in rural areas.

S. 2868

At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), and the Senator from Hawaii

(Mr. Inouye) were added as cosponsors of S. 2868, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to children's health.

S. 2879

At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Delaware

(Mr. Roth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2879, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish programs and activities to address diabetes in children and youth, and for other purposes.

S. 2937

At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from Ohio

(Mr. Voinovich) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added as cosponsors of S. 2937, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in the annual Medicare+Choice capitation rates and for other purposes.

S. 2967

At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2967, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate competition in the electric power industry.

S. 2978

At the request of Mr. Daschle, the names of the Senator from Vermont

(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2978, a bill to recruit and retain more qualified individuals to teach in Tribal Colleges or Universities.

S. 2997

At the request of Mr. Kennedy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2997, a bill to establish a National Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the development of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families.

S. CON. RES. 127

At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 127, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece.

S. RES. 332

At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Michigan

(Mr. Abraham) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S.Res. 332, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the peace process in Northern Ireland.

S. RES. 343

At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson), the Senator from New Mexico

(Mr. Bingaman), and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) were added as cosponsors of S.Res. 343, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement should recognize and admit to full membership Israel's Magen David Adom Society with its emblem, the Red Shield of David.

AMENDMENT NO. 4033

At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Michigan

(Mr. Abraham) was added as a cosponsor of Amendment No. 4033 proposed to H.R. 4733, a bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 146, No. 102