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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S4154-S4156 on June 26, 2014.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 654
At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) 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. 719
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 719, a bill to provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.
S. 742
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 742, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for other purposes.
S. 836
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 836, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
S. 948
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 948, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items under the Medicare program.
S. 1027
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1027, a bill to improve, coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation research at the National Institutes of Health.
S. 1114
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were added as cosponsors of S. 1114, a bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
S. 1128
At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1128, a bill to clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers.
S. 1184
At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1184, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the Medicare and You Handbook and to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes.
S. 1396
At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1396, a bill to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfire.
S. 1406
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Donnelly) 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. 1445
At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1445, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes.
S. 1622
At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 1688
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1688, a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), collectively, in recognition of their superior service and major contributions during World War II.
S. 1799
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1799, a bill to reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.
S. 1875
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1875, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.
S. 2037
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 2091
At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2091, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing by the Department of Veterans Affairs of claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
S. 2192
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 2235
At the request of Mr. Reid, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2235, a bill to secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.
S. 2329
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2329, a bill to prevent Hezbollah from gaining access to international financial and other institutions, and for other purposes.
S. 2346
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2346, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to include national discovery trails, and to designate the American Discovery Trail, and for other purposes.
S. 2349
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2349, a bill to establish a grant program to enable States to promote participation in dual enrollment programs, and for other purposes.
S. 2363
At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2363, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.
S. 2395
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2395, a bill to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
S. 2414
At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2414, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide from new or existing power plants under certain circumstances.
S. 2449
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 2449, a bill to reauthorize certain provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to autism, and for other purposes.
S. 2483
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2483, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
S. 2496
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Coats) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) were added as cosponsors of S. 2496, a bill to preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States.
S. 2507
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2507, a bill to provide that service of the members of the organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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