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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S291-S292 on Jan. 13, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 314
At the request of Mr. Markey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 314, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life.
S. 397
At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 397, a bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lena Horne in recognition of her achievements and contributions to American culture and the civil rights movement.
S. 644
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 644, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the abuse of dextromethorphan, and for other purposes.
S. 809
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 809, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly.
S. 1114
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1114, a bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
S. 1406
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1406, 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. 1623
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1623, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector.
S. 1737
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1737, a bill to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend increased expensing limitations and the treatment of certain real property as section 179 property.
S. 1759
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1759, a bill to reauthorize the teaching health center program.
S. 1788
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1788, a bill to make it a negotiating principle of the United States in negotiations for bilateral, plurilateral, or multilateral agreements to seek the inclusion of provisions that promote Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade.
S. 1808
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1808, a bill to prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage.
S. 1844
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1844, a bill to restore full military retirement benefits by closing corporate tax loopholes.
S. 1869
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1869, a bill to repeal section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, relating to an annual adjustment of retired pay for members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62, and to provide an offset.
S. 1878
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1878, a bill to better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.
S. 1880
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Udall) and the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) were added as cosponsors of S. 1880, a bill to provide that the annual adjustment of retired pay for members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 shall not apply to members retired for disability and to retired pay used to compute certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.
S. 1891
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1891, a bill to require a study and report by the Comptroller General regarding the restart provision of the Hours of Service Rules for Commercial Truck Drivers, and for other purposes.
S. 1897
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1897, a bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information.
S. 1902
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) were added as cosponsors of S. 1902, a bill to require notification of individuals of breaches of personally identifiable information through Exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
S. 1907
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. 1907, a bill to amend a provision of the Bank Holding company Act of 1965 regarding prohibitions on investments in certain funds to clarify that such provision shall not be construed to require the divestiture of certain collateralized debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities or debt securities of collateralized loan obligations.
S. 1908
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors of S. 1908, a bill to allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
AMENDMENT NO. 2615
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2615 intended to be proposed to S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2618
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2618 intended to be proposed to S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
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