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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S5407-S5409 on Sept. 10, 2019.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 13
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 13, a bill to include the State of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf revenue sharing program, to extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.
S. 184
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 184, a bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
S. 191
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 191, a bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to include in periodic health assessments, separation history and physical examinations, and other assessments an evaluation of whether a member of the Armed Forces has been exposed to open burn pits or toxic airborne chemicals, and for other purposes.
S. 203
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 203, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit, and for other purposes.
S. 227
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 227, a bill to direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, and for other purposes.
S. 261
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) were added as cosponsors of S. 261, a bill to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.
S. 362
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic beverages.
S. 473
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 473, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to include certain Federal positions within the definition of law enforcement officer for retirement purposes, and for other purposes.
S. 524
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 524, a bill to establish the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.
S. 554
At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 554, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take actions necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update the burn pit registry with the cause of death of a registered individual, and for other purposes.
S. 558
At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Hawley) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) were added as cosponsors of S. 558, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program on children and the media within the National Institutes of Health to study the health and developmental effects of technology on infants, children, and adolescents.
S. 655
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 655, a bill to impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for use in e-
cigarettes.
S. 743
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 743, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the soldiers of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), commonly known as ``Merrill's Marauders'', in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in the jungles of Burma during World War II.
S. 800
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) were added as cosponsors of S. 800, a bill to establish a postsecondary student data system.
S. 879
At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 879, a bill to provide a process for granting lawful permanent resident status to aliens from certain countries who meet specified eligibility requirements, and for other purposes.
S. 880
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 880, a bill to provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer's disease care planning services furnished under the Medicare program.
S. 901
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 901, a bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to support individuals with younger onset Alzheimer's disease.
S. 933
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as cosponsors of S. 933, a bill to improve data collection and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts, and for other purposes.
S. 997
At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 997, a bill to recognize and honor the service of individuals who served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, and for other purposes.
S. 1203
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1203, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the public service loan forgiveness program, and for other purposes.
S. 1218
At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1218, a bill to require the review of the service of certain members of the Armed Forces during World War I to determine if such members should be awarded the Medal of Honor, to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor based on the results of the review, and for other purposes.
S. 1243
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1243, a bill to provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes.
S. 1254
At the request of Mr. Young, the names of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 1254, a bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to review and report on certain laws, safety measures, and technologies relating to the illegal passing of school buses, and for other purposes.
S. 1263
At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1263, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an interagency task force on the use of public lands to provide medical treatment and therapy to veterans through outdoor recreation.
S. 1279
At the request of Mr. Jones, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 1279, a bill to reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions.
S. 1398
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1398, a bill to promote the use of smart technologies and systems in communities, and for other purposes.
S. 1409
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1409, a bill to enhance the ability of the Office of the National Ombudsman to assist small businesses in meeting regulatory requirements and develop outreach initiatives to promote awareness of the services the Office of the National Ombudsman provides, and for other purposes.
S. 1590
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1590, a bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime, and for other purposes.
S. 1642
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1642, a bill to increase the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health services providers by low-income local educational agencies.
S. 1727
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1727, a bill to establish the Partnership Fund for Peace to promote joint economic development and finance ventures between Palestinian entrepreneurs and companies and those in the United States and Israel to improve economic cooperation and people-to-people peacebuilding programs, and to further shared community building, peaceful coexistence, dialogue, and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
S. 1739
At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1739, a bill to enable projects that will aid in the development and delivery of related instruction associated with apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs that are focused on serving the skilled technical workforce at the National Laboratories and certain facilities of the National Nuclear Security Administration, and for other purposes.
S. 1757
At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 1757, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their extraordinary service during World War II.
S. 1777
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1777, a bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include in the Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices a section on conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence, to amend the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to authorize the President to impose economic sanctions and a visa ban on the leader of an organization that commits sexual or gender-based violence.
S. 1877
At the request of Mr. Braun, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1877, a bill to establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to complete regular appropriations.
S. 2043
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2043, a bill to provide incentives for hate crime reporting, provide grants for State-
run hate crime hotlines, and establish alternative sentencing for individuals convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
S. 2072
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2072, a bill to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2019, in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 2166
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2166, a bill to designate Regional Ocean Partnerships of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
S. 2179
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as cosponsors of S. 2179, a bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide social service agencies with the resources to provide services to meet the urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life.
S. 2183
At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2183, a bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to analyze certain legislation in order to prevent duplication of and overlap with existing Federal programs, offices, and initiatives.
S. 2206
At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2206, a bill to express the sense of Congress regarding restoration and maintenance of the Mardasson Memorial in Bastogne, Belgium.
S. 2216
At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2216, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to formally recognize caregivers of veterans, notify veterans and caregivers of clinical determinations relating to eligibility for caregiver programs, and temporarily extend benefits for veterans who are determined ineligible for the family caregiver program, and for other purposes.
S. 2330
At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from California
(Ms. Harris) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. 2330, a bill to amend the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to provide for congressional oversight of the board of directors of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and to protect amateur athletes from emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and for other purposes.
S. 2366
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2366, a bill to streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility verification process for the premium assistance tax credit and cost-
sharing subsidy.
S. RES. 252
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 252, a resolution designating September 2019 as National Democracy Month as a time to reflect on the contributions of the system of government of the United States to a more free and stable world.
S. RES. 274
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 274, a resolution expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost lives, freedoms, and other rights for adhering to their beliefs and practices, and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting, and for other purposes.
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