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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S6187-S6188 on Sept. 27, 2017.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 194
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 194, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a public health insurance option, and for other purposes.
S. 364
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 364, a bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt certain recipients of Department of Agriculture conservation assistance from certain reporting requirements, and for other purposes.
S. 538
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 538, a bill to clarify research and development for wood products, and for other purposes.
S. 693
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Risch), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 693, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, social work schools, and other programs, including physician assistant education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.
S. 951
At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) were added as cosponsors of S. 951, a bill to reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents, and for other purposes.
S. 1144
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1144, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage business creation by allowing faster recovery of start-up and organizational expenses, to simplify accounting methods for small businesses, to expand expensing and provide accelerated cost recovery to encourage investment in new plants and equipment, and for other purposes.
S. 1292
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1292, a bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally, and for other purposes.
S. 1319
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1319, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a continuing medical education program for non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals who treat veterans to increase knowledge and recognition of medical conditions common to veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 1358
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1358, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain direct primary care service arrangements and periodic provider fees.
S. 1361
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1361, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.
S. 1505
At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Strange) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were added as cosponsors of S. 1505, a bill to provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories.
S. 1531
At the request of Mr. Young, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 1531, a bill to require reporting by the Secretary of Education on the implementation of recent Government Accountability Office recommendations.
S. 1568
At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) were added as cosponsors of S. 1568, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of President John F. Kennedy.
S. 1595
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1595, a bill to amend the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 to impose additional sanctions with respect to Hizballah, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1595, supra.
S. 1697
At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1697, a bill to condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli citizens and United States Citizens.
S. 1718
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1718, a bill to authorize the minting of a coin in honor of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, and for other purposes.
S. 1753
At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1753, a bill to amend the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to provide a temporary license for loan originators transitioning between employers, and for other purposes.
S. 1754
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added as cosponsors of S. 1754, a bill to reauthorize section 340H of the Public Health Service Act to continue to encourage the expansion, maintenance, and establishment of approved graduate medical residency programs at qualified teaching health centers, and for other purposes.
S. 1767
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of S. 1767, a bill to reauthorize the farm to school program, and for other purposes.
S. 1774
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) were added as cosponsors of S. 1774, a bill to provide protections for workers with respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization.
S. 1816
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1816, a bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to enhance fraud alert procedures and provide free access to credit freezes, and for other purposes.
S. 1823
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1823, a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities, and for other purposes.
S. 1829
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added as cosponsors of S. 1829, a bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.
S. 1868
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1868, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for energy storage technologies, and for other purposes.
S. RES. 250
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 250, a resolution condemning horrific acts of violence against Burma's Rohingya population and calling on Aung San Suu Kyi to play an active role in ending this humanitarian tragedy.
S. RES. 264
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 264, a resolution designating September 2017 as ``National Kinship Care Month'' .
S. RES. 267
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 267, a resolution designating September 2017 as ``National Workforce Development Month'' .
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 267, supra.
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