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Senate bill · 100th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to designate the National Space Technology Laboratories in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, as the "John C. Stennis Space Center".

S. 2216Introduced Mar 25, 1988Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Sen. Thad Cochran R-MS
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 25, 1988 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

41 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 26 Democrats

27 of 41 cosponsors (66%) are from the other party.

Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Dale Bumpers (D-AR), Quentin Burdick (D-ND), John Chafee (R-RI), Lawton Chiles (D-FL), William Cohen (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), John Danforth (R-MO), Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), Alan Dixon (D-IL), Robert Dole (R-KS), Wendell Ford (D-KY), Wyche Fowler (D-GA), John Glenn (D-OH), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Mark Hatfield (R-OR), Howell Heflin (D-AL), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Robert Kasten (R-WI), John Kerry (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), George Mitchell (D-ME), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Donald Nickles (R-OK) and 11 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 100th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Thad Cochran.

Sponsor’s state and district

Mississippi in Congress

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Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.