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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Senate section on pages S2932-S2934 on June 11, 2020.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 685
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 685, a bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General.
S. 1071
At the request of Mr. Portman, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1071, a bill to support empowerment, economic security, and educational opportunities for adolescent girls around the world, and for other purposes.
S. 2417
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2417, a bill to provide for payment of proceeds from savings bonds to a State with title to such bonds pursuant to the judgment of a court.
S. 2434
At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Sullivan) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 2434, a bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.
S. 2622
At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2622, a bill to provide greater controls and restrictions on revolving door lobbying.
S. 2681
At the request of Mr. Braun, his name and the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 2681, a bill to promote and ensure delivery of high-quality special education and related services to students with visual disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing or deaf-blind through instructional methodologies meeting their unique learning needs, to enhance accountability for the provision of such services, and for other purposes.
S. 3217
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3217, a bill to standardize the designation of National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes.
S. 3393
At the request of Mr. Portman, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 3393, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and for other purposes.
S. 3432
At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3432, a bill to support the advanced manufacturing technologies program of the Food and Drug Administration, to establish National Centers of Excellence in Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and for other purposes.
S. 3485
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 3485, a bill to expand the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expand revenue sharing for offshore wind, to reauthorize the National Oceans and Coastal Security Act, and for other purposes.
S. 3599
At the request of Mr. Perdue, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 3599, a bill to enhance our Nation's nurse and physician workforce during the COVID-19 crisis by recapturing unused immigrant visas.
S. 3685
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3685, a bill to provide emergency rental assistance under the Emergency Solutions Grants program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in response to the public health emergency resulting from the coronavirus, and for other purposes.
S. 3701
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3701, a bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to promulgate regulations to provide support to institutions of higher education for the provision of certain equipment and services to students of those institutions, and for other purposes.
S. 3713
At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3713, a bill to require the Secretary of Defense to provide to certain members of the National Guard serving on active service in response to the coronavirus
(COVID-19) the transitional health benefits provided to members of the reserve components separating from active duty.
S. 3909
At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3909, a bill to require Federal law enforcement officers, including contract employees, and members of the armed forces engaged in crowd control, riot control, or arrest or detainment of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, demonstrations, protests, or riots to visibly display identifying information.
S. 3912
At the request of Ms. Rosen, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 3912, a bill to hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.
S. 3917
At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3917, a bill to establish a home-based telemental health care demonstration program for purposes of increasing mental health services in rural medically underserved populations and for individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.
S. 3923
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3923, a bill to provide emergency relief to youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness, in light of the health and economic consequences of COVID-19.
S. RES. 406
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 406, a resolution recognizing that for 50 years, the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its ten members, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, have worked with the United States toward stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia, and expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States will continue to remain a strong, reliable, and active partner in the ASEAN region.
S. RES. 509
At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 509, a resolution calling upon the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution on Iran that extends the dates by which Annex B restrictions under Resolution 2231 are currently set to expire.
S. RES. 511
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 511, a resolution supporting the role of the United States in helping save the lives of children and protecting the health of people in developing countries with vaccines and immunization through GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance.
S. RES. 533
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 533, a resolution supporting the goals of International Women's Day.
S. RES. 542
At the request of Mr. Gardner, the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 542, a resolution commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp during World War II.
S. RES. 566
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 566, a resolution commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Katyn Massacre.
S. RES. 613
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the names of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Scott) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 613, a resolution calling for justice for George Floyd and opposing calls to defund the police.
AMENDMENT NO. 1601
At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1601 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1957, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1602
At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1602 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1957, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1619
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1619 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1957, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1620
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Rhode Island
(Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1620 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1957, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1624
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1624 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1957, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1625
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1625 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1957, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes
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