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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S3424-S3426 on June 4, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 506
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 506, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers.
S. 539
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 539, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes.
S. 632
At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.
S. 958
At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 958, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-
1991 level, and for other purposes.
S. 1188
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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. 1214
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill to require the purchase of domestically made flags of the United States of America for use by the Federal Government.
S. 1249
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1249, a bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.
S. 1256
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1256, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in the treatment of human and animal diseases.
S. 1324
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1324, a bill to prohibit any regulations promulgated pursuant to a presidential memorandum relating to power sector carbon pollution standards from taking effect.
S. 1406
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) 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. 1410
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1410, a bill to focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders.
S. 1445
At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) 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. 1495
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1495, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order with respect to secondary cockpit barriers, and for other purposes.
S. 1647
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1647, a bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin.
S. 1708
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of S. 1708, a bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.
S. 1761
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1761, a bill to permanently extend the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 and establish a private right of action to enforce compliance with such Act.
S. 1875
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1875, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.
S. 1883
At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1883, a bill to extend duty-free treatment for certain trousers, breeches, or shorts imported from Nicaragua, and for other purposes.
S. 2004
At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor 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 names of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Corker), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added as cosponsors 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. 2091
At the request of Mr. Heller, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as cosponsors 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. 2125
At the request of Mr. Walsh, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2125, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such communications.
S. 2162
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2162, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a deduction for married couples who are both employed and have young children and to increase the earned income tax credit for childless workers, and to provide for budget offsets.
S. 2208
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Franken) 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. 2329
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 2329, a bill to prevent Hezbollah from gaining access to international financial and other institutions, and for other purposes.
S. 2358
At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2358, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize additional leave for members of the Armed Forces in connection with the birth of a child.
S. 2363
At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Corker) 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. 2370
At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2370, a bill to rescind unused earmarks provided for the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.
S. 2405
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2405, a bill to amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain trauma care programs, and for other purposes.
S. 2408
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2408, a bill to authorize the exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western portion of the Coastal Plain of the State of Alaska without surface occupancy, and for other purposes.
S. 2409
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2409, a bill to authorize the exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain in Alaska.
S. 2413
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2413, a bill to improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 2414
At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) were added as cosponsors 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.
At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2414, supra.
S. 2422
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Iowa
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Walsh), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 2422, a bill to improve the access of veterans to medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
S.J. RES. 36
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 36, a joint resolution relating to the approval and implementation of the proposed agreement for nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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