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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S2731-S2732 on May 7, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 192
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 192, a bill to reauthorize the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
S. 258
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 258, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services.
S. 298
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors 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. 373
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 373, a bill to provide for the establishment of nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel.
S. 389
At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 389, a bill to amend section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population.
S. 586
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 607
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 607, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a five-year extension of the rural community hospital demonstration program, and for other purposes.
S. 619
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 619, a bill to include among the principal trade negotiating objectives of the United States regarding commercial partnerships trade negotiating objectives with respect to discouraging activity that discourages, penalizes, or otherwise limits commercial relations with Israel, and for other purposes.
S. 697
At the request of Mr. Udall, the names of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 697, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reauthorize and modernize that Act, and for other purposes.
S. 727
At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include biomass heating appliances for tax credits available for energy-efficient building property and energy property.
S. 746
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 746, a bill to provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.
S. 772
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 772, a bill to secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.
S. 841
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Moran), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) were added as cosponsors of S. 841, a bill to expand eligibility for health care under the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include certain veterans seeking mental health care, and for other purposes.
S. 890
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 890, a bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the Land and Water Conservation Fund to maximize the effectiveness of the Fund for future generations, and for other purposes.
S. 928
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as cosponsors of S. 928, a bill to reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, and for other purposes.
S. 1099
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1099, a bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide States with flexibility in determining the size of employers in the small group market.
S. 1109
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1109, a bill to require adequate information regarding the tax treatment of payments under settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.
S. 1119
At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 1119, a bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.
S. 1121
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1121, 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. 1126
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1126, a bill to modify and extend the National Guard State Partnership Program.
S. 1148
At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors 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. 1188
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1188, a bill to provide for a temporary, emergency authorization of defense articles, defense services, and related training directly to the Kurdistan Regional Government, and for other purposes.
S. CON. RES. 4
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 4, a concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
S. RES. 143
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 143, a resolution supporting efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education.
S. RES. 168
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 168, a resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
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