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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S6542-S6543 on Oct. 4, 2018.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 796
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 796, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-provided education assistance to employer payments of student loans.
S. 998
At the request of Mr. Daines, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added as cosponsors of S. 998, a bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect personally identifiable information, and for other purposes.
S. 1158
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from California
(Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1158, a bill to help prevent acts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, which threaten national and international security, by enhancing United States Government capacities to prevent, mitigate, and respond to such crises.
S. 2060
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from California
(Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2060, a bill to promote democracy and human rights in Burma, and for other purposes.
S. 2387
At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 2387, a bill to provide better care and outcomes for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their caregivers while accelerating progress toward prevention strategies, disease modifying treatments, and, ultimately, a cure.
S. 2432
At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2432, a bill to amend the charter of the Future Farmers of America, and for other purposes.
S. 2827
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2827, a bill to amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act.
S. 2942
At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2942, a bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to establish January 31 of each year as the Federal closing date for duck hunting season and to establish special duck hunting days for youths, veterans, and active military personnel, and for other purposes.
S. 2957
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as cosponsors of S. 2957, 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.
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2957, supra.
S. 2971
At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 2971, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit animal fighting in the United States territories.
S. 3040
At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3040, a bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to clarify Federal law with respect to reporting certain positive consumer credit information to consumer reporting agencies, and for other purposes.
S. 3049
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3049, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require paper ballots and risk-
limiting audits in all Federal elections, and for other purposes.
S. 3063
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3063, a bill to delay the reimposition of the annual fee on health insurance providers until after 2020.
S. 3177
At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3177, a bill to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to include the State insurance commissioner as a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and for other purposes.
S. 3338
At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3338, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to finalize certain proposed provisions relating to the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
S. 3492
At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3492, a bill to improve the removal of lead from drinking water in public housing.
S. 3530
At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 3530, a bill to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act.
S. 3540
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3540, a bill to provide a coordinated regional response to manage effectively the endemic violence and humanitarian crisis in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
S.J. RES. 64
At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 64, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury relating to ``Returns by Exempt Organizations and Returns by Certain Non-Exempt Organizations''.
S. RES. 636
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 636, a resolution recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September as ``National Suicide Prevention Month''.
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