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Congressional Record publishes “ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” on Sept. 24, 2002

Volume 148, No. 122 covering the 2nd Session of the 107th Congress (2001 - 2002) 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 S9116-S9117 on Sept. 24, 2002.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 732

At the request of Mr. Thompson, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 732, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the depreciation recovery period for certain restaurant buildings, and for other purposes.

S. 868

At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 868, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage and group health plans provide coverage of cancer screening.

S. 917

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

(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 917, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received on account of such claims, and for other purposes.

S. 1304

At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York

(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1304, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the medicare program of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in dialysis patients with end-stage renal disease.

S. 1651

At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Vermont

(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1651, a bill to establish the United States Consensus Council to provide for a consensus building process in addressing national public policy issues, and for other purposes.

S. 1967

At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 1967, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve outpatient vision services under part B of the medicare program.

S. 2053

At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Georgia

(Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2053, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program, and for other purposes.

S. 2268

At the request of Mr. Miller, the name of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2268, a bill to amend the Act establishing the Department of Commerce to protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce.

S. 2544

At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from New York

(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2544, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern, to authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such remediation, and for other purposes.

S. 2596

At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Nevada

(Mr. Reid), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. 2596, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the financing of the Superfund.

S. 2633

At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 2633, a bill to prohibit an individual from knowingly opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance, and for other purposes.

S. 2667

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

(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2667, a bill to amend the Peace Corps Act to promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government, and for other purposes.

S. 2795

At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2795, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services under the medicare program for new drugs administered in such departments as soon as the drug is approved for marketing by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.

S. 2821

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

(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2821, a bill to establish grants to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity, obesity prevention, and for other purposes.

S. 2869

At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2869, a bill to facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures required in the public interest to meet the needs of wireless telecommunications consumers.

S. 2892

At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Missouri

(Mrs. Carnahan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2892, a bill to provide economic security for America's workers.

S. 2894

At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2894, a bill to provide for the protection of the flag of the United States, and for other purposes.

S. 2896

At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2896, a bill to enhance the operation of the AMBER Alert communications network in order to facilitate the recovery of abducted children, to provide for enhanced notification on highways of alerts and information on such children, and for other purposes.

S. 2953

At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2953, a bill to redesignate the Colonnade Center in Denver, Colorado, as the ``Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building''.

S. 2968

At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from Virginia

(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2968, a bill to amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a battlefield acquisition grant program.

S. RES. 266

At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 266, a resolution designating October 10, 2002, as ``Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day''.

S. RES. 270

At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 270, a resolution designating the week of October 13, 2002, through October 19, 2002, as ``National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week''.

S. RES. 307

At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 307, a resolution reaffirming support of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and anticipating the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the enactment of the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (the Proxmire Act) on November 4, 2003.

S. RES. 326

At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Colorado

(Mr. Campbell) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 326, a resolution designating October 18, 2002, as ``National Mammography Day''.

S. CON. RES. 11

At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 11, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress to fully use the powers of the Federal Government to enhance the science base required to more fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention, and to explore how strategies can be developed to integrate lifestyle improvement programs into national policy, our health care system, schools, workplaces, families and communities.

AMENDMENT NO. 4581

At the request of Mr. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4581 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5005, a bill to establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

AMENDMENT NO. 4607

At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Wyoming

(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4607 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5005, a bill to establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

AMENDMENT NO. 4694

At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4694 proposed to H.R. 5005, a bill to establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 148, No. 122