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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S125-S127 on Jan. 9, 2020.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 109
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 109, a bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.
S. 130
At the request of Mr. Sasse, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 130, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
S. 160
At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 160, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children, and for other purposes.
S. 578
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 578, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits under such title for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
S. 605
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) were added as cosponsors of S. 605, a bill to assist States in carrying out projects to expand the child care workforce and child care facilities in the States, and for other purposes.
S. 754
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 754, a bill to encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested parties to promote fish conservation, and for other purposes.
S. 933
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 933, a bill to improve data collection and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts, and for other purposes.
S. 944
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added as cosponsors 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. 1039
At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1039, a bill to limit the use of funds for kinetic military operations in or against Iran.
S. 1186
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1186, a bill to promote democracy and human rights in Burma, and for other purposes.
S. 1190
At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 1190, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payments for certain rural health clinic and Federally qualified health center services furnished to hospice patients under the Medicare program.
S. 1246
At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1246, a bill to extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and for other purposes.
S. 1374
At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1374, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes.
S. 1554
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1554, a bill to provide for an automatic acquisition of United States citizenship for certain internationally adopted individuals, and for other purposes.
S. 1772
At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1772, a bill to establish the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis, and for other purposes.
S. 2233
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2233, a bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that requires Federal agencies to share citizenship data.
S. 2321
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) were added as cosponsors of S. 2321, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Negro Leagues baseball.
S. 2529
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2529, a bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to modify provisions relating to whistleblower incentives and protection, and for other purposes.
S. 2661
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2661, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to designate 9-8-8 as the universal telephone number for the purpose of the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and through the Veterans Crisis Line, and for other purposes.
S. 2892
At the request of Ms. Hassan, the names of the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 2892, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions to help combat the opioid crisis.
S. 2898
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 2989
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2989, a bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify the mailing requirement relating to social security account statements.
S. 3040
At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3040, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include teacher preparation for computer science in elementary and secondary education.
S. 3056
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3056, a bill to designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.
S. 3085
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3085, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
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On page S126, January 9, 2020, in the third column, the following appears: S. 3058 At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3058, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the United States and Canada.
The online Record has been corrected to read: S. 3085 At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. MURPHY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3085, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
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S. 3102
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3102, a bill to require the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to provide estimates relating to the distribution of aggregate economic growth across specific percentile groups of income.
S.J. RES. 6
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Massachusetts
(Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 6, a joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
S.J. RES. 15
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 15, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
S.J. RES. 64
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 64, a joint resolution relating to the use of military force against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
S. CON. RES. 32
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 32, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that attacks on cultural sites are war crimes.
S. RES. 463
At the request of Mr. Hawley, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 463, a resolution amending the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials.
S. RES. 465
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 465, a resolution condemning threats by President Donald J. Trump to violate the law of armed conflict with respect to Iran.
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