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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S7304-S7305 on Oct. 19, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 352
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 352, a bill to amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate, and for other purposes.
S. 356
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 356, a bill to improve the provisions relating to the privacy of electronic communications.
S. 569
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to reauthorize the farm to school program, and for other purposes.
S. 579
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as cosponsors of S. 579, a bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to strengthen the independence of the Inspectors General, and for other purposes.
S. 746
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 746, a bill to provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.
S. 885
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 885, a bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to place in the United States Capitol a chair honoring American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action.
S. 928
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 928, a bill to reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, and for other purposes.
S. 960
At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, and to provide for Social Security benefit protection.
S. 1375
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1375, a bill to designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.
S. 1407
At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1407, a bill to promote the development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes.
S. 1562
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1562, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic beverages.
S. 1651
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1651, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
S. 1784
At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Utah
(Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1784, a bill to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
S. 1822
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1822, a bill to take certain Federal land located in Tuolumne County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, and for other purposes.
S. 1831
At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 1831, a bill to revise section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.
S. 1876
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1876, a bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.
S. 1882
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1882, a bill to support the sustainable recovery and rebuilding of Nepal following the recent, devastating earthquakes near Kathmandu.
S. 1893
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1893, a bill to reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Iowa
(Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1893, supra.
S. 2002
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as cosponsors of S. 2002, a bill to strengthen our mental health system and improve public safety.
S. 2015
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2015, a bill to clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act.
S. 2119
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) were added as cosponsors of S. 2119, a bill to provide for greater congressional oversight of Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes.
S. 2134
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2134, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as physician assistants of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes.
S. 2146
At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2146, a bill to hold sanctuary jurisdictions accountable for defying Federal law, to increase penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after being removed, and to provide liability protection for State and local law enforcement who cooperate with Federal law enforcement and for other purposes.
S. 2148
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2148, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prevent an increase in the Medicare part B premium and deductible in 2016.
S. CON. RES. 4
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 4, a concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
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