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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S7157-S7159 on Dec. 18, 2019.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 109
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 109, a bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.
S. 133
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 133, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States merchant mariners of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated and vital service during World War II.
S. 221
At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 221, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Under Secretary of Health to report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable State licensing boards, and for other purposes.
S. 272
At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 272, a bill to establish the policy of the United States regarding the no-first-use of nuclear weapons.
S. 327
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a lifetime National Recreational Pass for any veteran with a service-connected disability.
S. 750
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 750, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax credit, and for other purposes.
S. 866
At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
S. 978
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 978, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the work opportunity credit.
S. 1007
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1007, 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. 1029
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) and the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) were added as cosponsors of S. 1029, a bill to allow the use of certified facility dogs in criminal proceedings in Federal courts, and for other purposes.
S. 1032
At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 1032, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain corporations.
S. 1153
At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1153, a bill to explicitly make unauthorized access to Department of Education information technology systems and the misuse of identification devices issued by the Department of Education a criminal act.
S. 1268
At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1268, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that hospitals receive adequate payment for the acquisition of hematopoietic stem cells under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
S. 1300
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1300, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
S. 1381
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, a bill to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, supra.
S. 1572
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1572, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional reporting on crime and harm that occurs during student participation in programs of study abroad, and for other purposes.
S. 1590
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1590, a bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime, and for other purposes.
S. 1757
At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1757, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their extraordinary service during World War II.
S. 1767
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1767, a bill to prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the United States of any inclined sleeper for infants, and for other purposes.
S. 1820
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 1820, a bill to improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping and medication control program to be developed and enforced by an independent Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority.
S. 1906
At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate the provision of suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families through the award of grants to such entities, and for other purposes.
S. 1908
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1908, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the efficiency of summer meals.
S. 2001
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of S. 2001, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, in recognition of his extraordinary contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and recreational opportunity.
S. 2037
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2037, a bill to amend the STEM education program for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
S. 2254
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2254, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and for other purposes.
S. 2373
At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 2373, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric care in rural areas.
S. 2417
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2417, a bill to provide for payment of proceeds from savings bonds to a State with title to such bonds pursuant to the judgment of a court.
S. 2641
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2641, a bill to promote United States national security and prevent the resurgence of ISIS, and for other purposes.
S. 2661
At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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. 2673
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2673, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for eating disorders treatment for members and certain former members of the uniformed services, and dependents of such members, and for other purposes.
S. 2680
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2680, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism, and for other purposes.
S. 2777
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 2777, a bill to assist States, tribes, territories, counties, and cities in implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act, and for other purposes.
S. 2803
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2803, a bill to provide Federal housing assistance on behalf of youths who are aging out of foster care, and for other purposes.
S. 2809
At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2809, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a surtax on high income individuals.
S. 2898
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 2916
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2916, a bill to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.
S. 2953
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2953, a bill to provide congressional oversight of United States talks with Taliban officials and Afghanistan's comprehensive peace process.
S. 2965
At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2965, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to repeal the requirement that the United States Postal Service prepay future retirement benefits, and for other purposes.
S. 3051
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3051, a bill to improve protections for wildlife, and for other purposes.
S. 3054
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 3054, a bill to establish that a State-based education loan program is excluded from certain requirements relating to a preferred lender arrangement.
S. 3072
At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3072, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the approval of new abortion drugs, to prohibit investigational use exemptions for abortion drugs, and to impose additional regulatory requirements with respect to previously approved abortion drugs, and for other purposes.
S. RES. 297
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 297, a resolution commending the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) on the occasion of its 50th anniversary for its significant accomplishments and contributions to the economic and social development of the Americas.
S. RES. 374
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 374, a resolution expressing support for the designation of October 23, 2019, as a national day of remembrance of the tragic terrorist bombing of the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.
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