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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S6240-S6241 on Aug. 3, 2015.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 298
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 298, a bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program focused on improving health outcomes for children with medically complex conditions and lowering costs, and for other purposes.
S. 377
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 377, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase access to ambulance services under the Medicare program and to reform payments for such services under such program, and for other purposes.
S. 404
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 404, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
S. 429
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services in Medicaid.
S. 471
At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 471, a bill to improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
S. 586
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 586, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-
diabetes, diabetes, and the chronic diseases and conditions that result from diabetes.
S. 709
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Kirk) 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. 898
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 898, 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. 993
At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 993, a bill to increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment, and substance abuse systems.
S. 1020
At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1020, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services, and for other purposes.
S. 1090
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1090, a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide eligibility for broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
S. 1143
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 1143, a bill to make the authority of States of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage Dungeness crab fishery permanent and for other purposes.
S. 1148
At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 1314
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1314, a bill to establish an interim rule for the operation of small unmanned aircraft for commercial purposes and their safe integration into the national airspace system.
S. 1512
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.
S. 1566
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1566, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the coverage provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.
S. 1719
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1719, a bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a National Family Caregiving Strategy, and for other purposes.
S. 1722
At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1722, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain additional disclosure requirements, and for other purposes.
S. 1742
At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as cosponsors of S. 1742, a bill to improve the provision of postal services to rural areas of the United States.
S. 1767
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1767, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to combination products, and for other purposes.
S. 1774
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1774, a bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code to treat Puerto Rico as a State for purposes of chapter 9 of such title relating to the adjustment of debts of municipalities.
S. 1785
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from South Dakota
(Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1785, a bill to repeal the wage rate requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.
S. 1798
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1798, a bill to reauthorize the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and for other purposes.
S. 1863
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1863, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Timothy Nugent, in recognition of his pioneering work on behalf of people with disabilities, including disabled veterans.
S. 1875
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 1876
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1876, a bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1876, supra.
S. 1881
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1881, a bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
S. 1882
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1882, a bill to support the sustainable recovery and rebuilding of Nepal following the recent, devastating earthquakes near Kathmandu.
S. 1883
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1883, a bill to maximize discovery, and accelerate development and availability, of promising childhood cancer treatments, and for other purposes.
S. 1893
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1893, a bill to reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.
S. RES. 176
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 176, a resolution designating September 2015 as ``National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month'' .
S. RES. 228
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 228, a resolution designating September 2015 as ``National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month'' .
S. RES. 232
At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 232, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that August 30, 2015, be observed as
``1890 Land-Grant Institutions Quasquicentennial Recognition Day''.
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