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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Senate section on pages S6414-S6416 on Nov. 16, 2016.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 375
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 375, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers.
S. 386
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 386, a bill to limit the authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States.
S. 1081
At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 1081, a bill to end the use of body-
gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
S. 1148
At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1148, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.
S. 1559
At the request of Mr. Heller, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1559, a bill to protect victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence from emotional and psychological trauma caused by acts of violence or threats of violence against their pets.
S. 1808
At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1808, a bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a Northern Border threat analysis, and for other purposes.
S. 1874
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1874, a bill to provide protections for workers with respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization.
S. 2397
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2397, a bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States that extend or eliminate unexpired statutes of limitation applicable to laws involving child sexual abuse.
S. 2655
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2655, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the historic rehabilitation tax credit, and for other purposes.
S. 2748
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. 2748, 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. 2750
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2750, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify certain charitable tax provisions.
S. 2868
At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2868, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deferral of inclusion in gross income for capital gains reinvested in economically distressed zones.
S. 2921
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2921, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve health care and benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 2957
At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2957, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon.
S. 3034
At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3034, a bill to prohibit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from allowing the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions contract to lapse unless specifically authorized to do so by an Act of Congress.
S. 3090
At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3090, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-
stage renal disease, and for other purposes.
S. 3256
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 3256, a bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the goal of all children in school and learning as an objective of the United States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes.
S. 3353
At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3353, a bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from carrying out seizures relating to a structuring transaction unless the property to be seized derived from an illegal source or the funds were structured for the purpose of concealing the violation of another criminal law or regulation, to require notice and a post-seizure hearing for such seizures, and for other purposes.
S. 3390
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3390, a bill to ensure that significantly more students graduate college with the international knowledge and experience essential for success in today's global economy through the establishment of the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program in the Department of Education.
S. 3436
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3436, a bill to prevent proposed regulations relating to restrictions on liquidation of an interest with respect to estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes from taking effect.
S. 3462
At the request of Mr. Lankford, the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S. 3462, a bill to provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of a rule of the Department of Labor relating to income thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees.
S. 3464
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3464, a bill to provide incremental increases to the salary threshold for exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes.
S.J. RES. 41
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 41, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
S. CON. RES. 51
At the request of Mr. Rubio, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 51, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have been exposed to the toxin Agent Orange and should be eligible for all related Federal benefits that come with such presumption under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
S. RES. 608
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 608, a resolution designating the week of September 17 through September 24, 2016, as ``National Estuaries Week''.
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