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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Senate section on pages S6377-S6379 on Sept. 11, 2013.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 15
At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 15, a bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
S. 84
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 84, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
S. 296
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships.
S. 357
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 357, a bill to encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.
S. 381
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 381, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the
``Doolittle Tokyo Raiders'', for outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to the United States in conducting the bombings of Tokyo.
S. 403
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 403, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
S. 411
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 411, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
S. 460
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 460, a bill to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.
S. 462
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 462, a bill to enhance the strategic partnership between the United States and Israel.
S. 535
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to require a study and report by the Small Business Administration regarding the costs to small business concerns of Federal regulations.
S. 557
At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the names of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as cosponsors of S. 557, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to medication therapy management under part D of the Medicare program.
S. 577
At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 577, 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. 629
At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 629, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law, and for other purposes.
S. 631
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 631, a bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
S. 727
At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to improve the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes.
S. 815
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 815, a bill to prohibit the employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
S. 888
At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 888, a bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
S. 931
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 931, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery, especially patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options.
S. 1069
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1069, 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. 1088
At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1088, a bill to end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.
S. 1123
At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1123, a bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
S. 1158
At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as cosponsors of S. 1158, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service, and for other purposes.
S. 1174
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1174, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.
S. 1188
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1188, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of full-time employee for purposes of the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
S. 1208
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1208, a bill to require meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
S. 1271
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1271, a bill to direct the President to establish guidelines for the United States foreign assistance programs, and for other purposes.
S. 1282
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1282, a bill to reduce risks to the financial system by limiting banks' ability to engage in certain risky activities and limiting conflicts of interest, to reinstate certain Glass-Steagall Act protections that were repealed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1302
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1302, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for cooperative and small employer charity pension plans.
S. 1320
At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1320, a bill to establish a tiered hiring preference for members of the reserve components of the armed forces.
S. 1332
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.
S. 1369
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes.
S. 1405
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 1405, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of certain ambulance add-on payments under the Medicare program.
S. 1445
At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1445, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes.
S. 1456
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 1456, a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.
S. 1457
At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1457, a bill to exempt the aging process of distilled spirits from the production period for purposes of capitalization of interest costs.
S. 1476
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1476, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration, and for other purposes.
S. 1490
At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1490, a bill to delay the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
S. RES. 203
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 203, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding efforts by the United States to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution.
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