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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S2718-S2720 on May 6, 2014.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 370
At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 370, a bill to improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.
S. 375
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 375, a bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form.
S. 462
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 462, a bill to enhance the strategic partnership between the United States and Israel.
S. 654
At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.
S. 933
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Walsh), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 933, a bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2018.
At the request of Mr. Schatz, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 933, supra.
S. 942
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 942, a bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.
S. 1012
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1012, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare integrity program, to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors, and for other purposes.
S. 1143
At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1143, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.
S. 1174
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Mr. King), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 1174, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.
S. 1188
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1188, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of full-time employee for purposes of the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
S. 1239
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill to expand the research and awareness activities of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma, and for other purposes.
S. 1406
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 1622
At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1622, a bill to establish the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.
S. 1645
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 1645, a bill to limit the authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States.
S. 1697
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1697, a bill to support early learning.
S. 1728
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) 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. 1862
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 1862, a bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the Monuments Men, in recognition of their heroic role in the preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and artifacts of cultural importance during and following World War II.
S. 2004
At the request of Mr. Begich, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2004, a bill to ensure the safety of all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, and individuals with disabilities, as they travel on and across federally funded streets and highways.
S. 2013
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2013, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal of Senior Executive Service employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for performance, and for other purposes.
S. 2037
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2037, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services.
S. 2154
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2154, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program.
S. 2177
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2177, a bill to establish an Office of Forensic Science and a Forensic Science Board, to strengthen and promote confidence in the criminal justice system by ensuring scientific validity, reliability, and accuracy in forensic testing, and for other purposes.
S. 2192
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2192, a bill to amend the National Alzheimer's Project Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to prepare and submit, directly to the President for review and transmittal to Congress, an annual budget estimate (including an estimate of the number and type of personnel needs for the Institutes) for the initiatives of the National Institutes of Health pursuant to such an Act.
S. 2208
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from North Dakota
(Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2208, a bill to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to rely on State examinations for certain financial institutions, and for other purposes.
S. 2231
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2231, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide an individual with a mental health assessment before the individual enlists in the Armed Forces or is commissioned as an officer in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
S. 2270
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2270, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
S. 2277
At the request of Mr. Corker, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of S. 2277, a bill to prevent further Russian aggression toward Ukraine and other sovereign states in Europe and Eurasia, and for other purposes.
S.J. RES. 19
At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 19, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
S. RES. 225
At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 225, a resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Congress should establish a joint select committee to investigate and report on the attack on the United States diplomatic facility and American personnel in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012.
S. RES. 353
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 353, a resolution designating September 2014 as ``National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month''.
S. RES. 364
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 364, a resolution expressing support for the internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary to ensure a lasting peace.
S. RES. 421
At the request of Mr. Chambliss, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 421, a resolution expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the Senate for the acts of heroism and military achievement by the members of the United States Armed Forces who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France, and commending them for leadership and valor in an operation that helped bring an end to World War II.
At the request of Mr. Moran, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 421, supra.
S. RES. 433
At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Massachusetts
(Mr. Markey), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 433, a resolution condemning the abduction of female students by armed militants from the Government Girls Secondary School in the northeastern province of Borno in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 433, supra.
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 433, supra.
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