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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 157
At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 157, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit kindergarten through grade 12 educational expenses to be paid from a 529 account.
S. 849
At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 849, a bill to provide for the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall of the names of the lost crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969.
S. 944
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 944, a bill to enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and the stability of the transportation security workforce by applying a unified personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration who are responsible for screening passengers and property, and for other purposes.
S. 1122
At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1122, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs.
S. 2233
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors of S. 2233, a bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that requires Federal agencies to share citizenship data.
S. 2238
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2238, a bill to protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and for other purposes.
S. 2434
At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2434, a bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.
S. 2479
At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2479, a bill to provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.
S. 2546
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2546, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.
S. 2669
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2669, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and report such acts, and for other purposes.
S. 2898
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2898, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a full annuity supplement for certain air traffic controllers.
S. 2903
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2903, a bill to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, to develop financial risk analyses relating to climate change, and for other purposes.
S. 2975
At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2975, a bill to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species in western waters, and for other purposes.
S. 3064
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3064, a bill to oppose violations of religious freedom in Ukraine by Russia and armed groups commanded by Russia.
S. 3232
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3232, a bill to promote and support the local arts and creative economy in the United States.
S. 3395
At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3395, a bill to require consultations on reuniting Korean Americans with family members in North Korea.
S. 3595
At the request of Ms. Rosen, the names of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) were added as cosponsors of S. 3595, a bill to require a longitudinal study on the impact of COVID-19.
S. 3599
At the request of Mr. Perdue, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3756
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3756, a bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a renewable fuel feedstock reimbursement program.
S. 3814
At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) were added as cosponsors of S. 3814, a bill to establish a loan program for businesses affected by COVID-19 and to extend the loan forgiveness period for paycheck protection program loans made to the hardest hit businesses, and for other purposes.
S. 3850
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3850, a bill to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect and report certain data concerning COVID-19.
S. 3952
At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the names of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Jones) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 3952, a bill to require the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have engaged in significant theft of trade secrets of United States persons, and for other purposes.
S. 3979
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3979, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to temporarily waive cost-sharing amounts under the TRICARE pharmacy benefits program during certain declared emergencies.
S. 4012
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as cosponsors of S. 4012, a bill to establish a $120,000,000,000 Restaurant Revitalization Fund to provide structured relief to food service or drinking establishments through December 31, 2020, and for other purposes.
S. 4033
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4033, a bill to require States to establish contingency plans for the conduct of elections for Federal office in response to national disasters and emergencies, and for other purposes.
S. 4117
At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4117, a bill to provide automatic forgiveness for paycheck protection program loans under
$150,000, and for other purposes.
S. 4129
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of S. 4129, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate advance refunding bonds.
S. 4150
At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 4150, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide assistance to certain providers of transportation services affected by the novel coronavirus.
S. 4152
At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 4152, a bill to provide for the adjustment or modification by the Secretary of Agriculture of loans for critical rural utility service providers, and for other purposes.
S. 4160
At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 4160, a bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.
S. 4167
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4167, a bill to set the interest rate applicable to certain economic injury disaster loans, and for other purposes.
S. 4172
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as cosponsors of S. 4172, a bill to provide emergency funding for child welfare services provided under parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.
S. 4174
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) were added as cosponsors of S. 4174, a bill to provide emergency appropriations to the United States Postal Service to cover losses related to the COVID-
19 crisis and to direct the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service to develop a plan for ensuring the long term solvency of the Postal Service.
S. 4227
At the request of Ms. Rosen, the names of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Jones) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 4227, a bill to improve access to economic injury disaster loans and emergency advances under the CARES Act, and for other purposes.
S. 4284
At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4284, a bill to provide for emergency education freedom grants, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations, and for other purposes.
S. 4285
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4285, a bill to establish a pilot program through which the Institute of Museum and Library Services shall allocate funds to States for the provision of Internet-
connected devices to libraries.
S. 4299
At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the names of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as cosponsors of S. 4299, a bill to provide grants for tourism and events support and promotion in areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes.
S. 4324
At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4324, a bill to facilitate the availability, development, and production of domestic resources to meet national personal protective equipment and material needs, and ensure American leadership in advanced research and development and semiconductor manufacturing.
S. RES. 531
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 531, a resolution honoring Las Damas de Blanco, a women-led nonviolent movement in support of freedom and human rights in Cuba, and calling for the release of all political prisoners in Cuba
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