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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S8565-S8567 on Dec. 9, 2013.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 226
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 226, a bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the death of a son or daughter.
S. 264
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 264, a bill to expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care for all Americans.
S. 313
At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 313, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes.
S. 411
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 411, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
S. 749
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 749, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.
S. 857
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 857, a bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition.
S. 932
At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 932, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance appropriations for certain discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
S. 951
At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 951, a bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to a State all right, title, and interest in and to a percentage of the amount of royalties and other amounts required to be paid to the State under that Act with respect to public land and deposits in the State, and for other purposes.
S. 972
At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 972, a bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services replacing ICD-9 with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards.
S. 1085
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1085, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small businesses.
S. 1116
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1116, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes.
S. 1149
At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1149, a bill to reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms, and to extend the ban to undetectable firearm receivers and undetectable ammunition magazines.
S. 1187
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 1187, a bill to prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt.
S. 1302
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as cosponsors of S. 1302, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for cooperative and small employer charity pension plans.
S. 1332
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.
S. 1406
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1406, a bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1456
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1456, a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.
S. 1462
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1462, a bill to extend the positive train control system implementation deadline, and for other purposes.
S. 1500
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, a bill to declare the November 5, 2009, attack at Fort Hood, Texas, a terrorist attack, and to ensure that the victims of the attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those Americans who have been killed or wounded in a combat zone overseas and their families.
S. 1618
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1618, a bill to enhance the Office of Personnel Management background check system for the granting, denial, or revocation of security clearances or access to classified information of employees and contractors of the Federal Government.
S. 1690
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1690, a bill to reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.
S. 1706
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 1706, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to issue prospective guidance clarifying the employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments with respect to such clarifications.
S. 1712
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1712, a bill to provide protections for workers with respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization.
S. 1719
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1719, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program, and for other purposes.
S. 1728
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1728, a bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve ballot accessibility to uniformed services voters and overseas voters, and for other purposes.
S. 1735
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. 1735, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans.
S. 1740
At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of S. 1740, a bill to authorize Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases, and for other purposes.
S. 1749
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1749, a bill to improve master plans for major military installations.
S. 1753
At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1753, a bill to extend Government liability, subject to appropriation, for certain third-party claims arising from commercial space launches.
S. 1756
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1756, a bill to amend section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines.
S. 1759
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1759, a bill to reauthorize the teaching health center program.
S. RES. 299
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Reid), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from California
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 299, a resolution congratulating the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee on the celebration of its 100th anniversary and commending its significant contribution to empower and revitalize developing communities around the world.
AMENDMENT NO. 2142
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2142 intended to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2144
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2144 intended to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2176
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2176 intended to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2343
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2343 intended to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2418
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2418 intended to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2419
At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2419 intended to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2499
At the request of Mr. Begich, his name was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2499 intended to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
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