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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S6136-S6138 on July 29, 2015.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 30
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 30, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
S. 31
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 31, a bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.
S. 141
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 141, a bill to repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
S. 149
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 149, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.
S. 258
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 258, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services.
S. 330
At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 330, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other purposes.
S. 621
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 621, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety and effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials approved for use in the prevention and control of animal diseases, in order to minimize the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
S. 637
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 637, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
S. 700
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 700, a bill to amend the Asbestos Information Act of 1988 to establish a public database of asbestos-containing products, to require public disclosure of information pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, and use of asbestos-containing products in the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 709
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 709, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements.
S. 804
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 804, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to specify coverage of continuous glucose monitoring devices, and for other purposes.
S. 925
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 925, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to convene a panel of citizens to make a recommendation to the Secretary regarding the likeness of a woman on the twenty dollar bill, and for other purposes.
S. 1110
At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1110, a bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish in the Federal Register a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance, and for other purposes.
S. 1121
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1121, 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. 1144
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1144, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan.
S. 1212
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1212, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for other purposes.
S. 1312
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1312, a bill to modernize Federal policies regarding the supply and distribution of energy in the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 1345
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1345, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program.
S. 1382
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved.
S. 1465
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from South Dakota
(Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1465, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to stroke telehealth services under the Medicare program.
S. 1489
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1489, a bill to strengthen support for the Cuban people and prohibit financial transactions with the Cuban military, and for other purposes.
S. 1555
At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the Filipino veterans of World War II, in recognition of the dedicated service of the veterans during World War II.
S. 1659
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1659, a bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1760
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1760, a bill to prevent gun trafficking.
S. 1789
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 1789, a bill to improve defense cooperation between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
S. 1812
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1812, a bill to protect public safety by incentivizing State and local law enforcement to cooperate with Federal immigration law enforcement to prevent the release of criminal aliens into communities.
S. 1832
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1832, a bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage.
S. 1833
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1833, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the child and adult care food program.
S. 1834
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1834, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
S. 1872
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1872, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of applications for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility, to increase the income threshold to qualify for zero expected family contribution, and for other purposes.
S. 1875
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1875, a bill to support enhanced accountability for United States assistance to Afghanistan, and for other purposes.
S. 1877
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1877, a bill to require the Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Planned Parenthood, and for other purposes.
S. 1881
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Perdue), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Mississippi
(Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as cosponsors of S. 1881, a bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
S. RES. 230
At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 230, a resolution designating September 25, 2015, as ``National Lobster Day''.
AMENDMENT NO. 2279
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2279 intended to be proposed to H.R. 22, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
AMENDMENT NO. 2416
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2416 intended to be proposed to H.R. 22, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
AMENDMENT NO. 2419
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2419 intended to be proposed to H.R. 22, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
AMENDMENT NO. 2456
At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Heller) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2456 intended to be proposed to H.R. 22, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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