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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S223-S224 on Jan. 9, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 41
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 41, a bill to provide a permanent deduction for State and local general sales taxes.
S. 127
At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 127, a bill to provide a permanent deduction for State and local general sales taxes.
S. 217
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 217, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to collect information from coeducational elementary schools and secondary schools on such schools' athletic programs, and for other purposes.
S. 946
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 946, a bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, and for other purposes.
S. 1174
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1174, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.
S. 1306
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1306, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to improve environmental literacy to better prepare students for postsecondary education and careers, and for other purposes.
S. 1383
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1383, a bill to provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, provide summer employment and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and carry out work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness, and for other purposes.
S. 1406
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) 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 Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1410, a bill to focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders.
S. 1431
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1431, a bill to permanently extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act.
S. 1590
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1590, a bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges.
S. 1719
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1719, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program, and for other purposes.
S. 1733
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1733, a bill to stop exploitation through trafficking.
S. 1737
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1737, a bill to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend increased expensing limitations and the treatment of certain real property as section 179 property.
S. 1798
At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 1798, a bill to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not counted as full-time employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
S. 1846
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1846, a bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and for other purposes.
S. 1848
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1848, a bill to amend section 1303(b)(3) of Public Law 111-148 concerning the notice requirements regarding the extent of health plan coverage of abortion and abortion premium surcharges.
S. 1881
At the request of Mr. McConnell, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1881, a bill to expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added as cosponsors of S. 1881, supra.
S. RES. 317
At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 317, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the continuing relationship between the United States and Georgia.
AMENDMENT NO. 2603
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2603 intended to be proposed to S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2608
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2608 intended to be proposed to S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2613
At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2613 intended to be proposed to S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2626
At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2626 intended to be proposed to S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
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