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Congressional Record publishes “ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” on Oct. 1, 1997

Volume 143, No. 134 covering the 1st Session of the 105th Congress (1997 - 1998) 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 S10295-S10296 on Oct. 1, 1997.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 219

At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Harkin] was added as a cosponsor of S. 219, a bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish procedures for identifying countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products of the United States.

S. 755

At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from California [Mrs. Boxer] was added as a cosponsor of S. 755, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the provisions of chapter 76 of that title (relating to missing persons) as in effect before the amendments made by the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1997 and to make other improvements to that chapter.

S. 951

At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Lautenberg] was added as a cosponsor of S. 951, a bill to reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency.

S. 1062

At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the name of the Senator from Tennessee

[Mr. Frist] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1062, a bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions toward religious understanding and peace, and for other purposes.

S. 1096

At the request of Mr. Kerrey, the name of the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Cochran] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1096, a bill to restructure the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.

S. 1153

At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Santorum] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1153, a bill to promote food safety through continuation of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database Program operated by the Secretary of Agriculture.

S. 1173

At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Montana

[Mr. Burns] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1173, a bill to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, and for other purposes.

S. 1194

At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Helms] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1194, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the right of Medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts with physicians and other health care professionals for the provision of health services for which no payment is sought under the Medicare Program.

S. 1234

At the request of Mr. Hollings, the names of the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Rockefeller] and the Senator from Hawaii [Mr. Inouye] were added as cosponsors of S. 1234, a bill to improve transportation safety, and for other purposes.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 30

At the request of Mr. Helms, the names of the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Daschle] and the Senator from Florida [Mr. Mack] were added as cosponsors of Senate Concurrent Resolution 30, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Republic of China should be admitted to multilateral economic institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 48

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

[Mr. Breaux] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent Resolution 48, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding proliferation of missile technology from Russia to Iran.

Amendment No. 1253

At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Ohio [Mr. DeWine] was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1253 proposed to S. 1156, an original bill making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.

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

[Mrs. Boxer] was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1253 proposed to S. 1156, supra.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 143, No. 134