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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S6189-S6191 on Sept. 17, 2018.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 281
At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors of S. 281, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.
S. 301
At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 301, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination against providers of health services that are not involved in abortion.
S. 593
At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from Iowa
(Mrs. Ernst) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) were added as cosponsors of S. 593, a bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States.
S. 793
At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as cosponsors of S. 793, a bill to prohibit sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.
S. 928
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 928, a bill to prohibit, as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.
S. 1121
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1121, a bill to establish a postsecondary student data system.
S. 1143
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1143, a bill to amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit.
S. 1328
At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1328, a bill to extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and for other purposes.
S. 2081
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2081, a bill to amend the loan counseling requirements under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
S. 2461
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2461, a bill to allow for judicial review of certain final rules relating to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for brick and structural clay products or for clay ceramics manufacturing before requiring compliance with the rules by existing sources.
S. 2554
At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Iowa
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of S. 2554, a bill to ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees.
At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2554, supra.
S. 2572
At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Jones) were added as cosponsors of S. 2572, 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. 2584
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2584, a bill to end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.
S. 2599
At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2599, a bill to provide for the transfer of certain Federal land in the State of Minnesota for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.
S. 2633
At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2633, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to civil forfeitures relating to certain seized animals, and for other purposes.
S. 2744
At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2744, a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to States to prevent and repair damage to structures due to pyrrhotite.
S. 2763
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) were added as cosponsors of S. 2763, a bill to provide grants to State, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers.
S. 2796
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2796, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use the authority of the Secretary to conduct and support research on the efficacy and safety of medicinal cannabis, and for other purposes.
S. 2823
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 2823, a bill to modernize copyright law, and for other purposes.
S. 2852
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2852, a bill to reauthorize certain programs under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act.
S. 2918
At the request of Ms. Harris, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 2918, a bill to amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to protect civil rights and otherwise prevent meaningful harm to third parties, and for other purposes.
S. 2957
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) were added as cosponsors of S. 2957, 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. 2971
At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) were added as cosponsors of S. 2971, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit animal fighting in the United States territories.
S. 2996
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2996, a bill to make available necessary disaster assistance for families affected by major disasters, and for other purposes.
S. 3020
At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 3020, a bill to establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples, and for other purposes.
S. 3049
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3049, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require paper ballots and risk-
limiting audits in all Federal elections, and for other purposes.
S. 3057
At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 3057, a bill to provide for the processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of certain international mail shipments and to require the provision of advance electronic information on international mail shipments of mail.
S. 3135
At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from Iowa
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3135, a bill to prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.
S. 3170
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as cosponsors of S. 3170, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make certain changes to the reporting requirement of certain service providers regarding child sexual exploitation visual depictions, and for other purposes.
S. 3215
At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3215, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the development of a bus operations safety risk reduction program, and for other purposes.
S. 3223
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3223, a bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make supplemental funds available for the management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need, as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, and for other purposes.
S. 3233
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 3233, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for violence and human rights abuses in Nicaragua, and for other purposes.
S. 3257
At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) were added as cosponsors of S. 3257, a bill to impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for serious violations of international law regarding the protection of civilians during armed conflict, and for other purposes.
S. 3354
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3354, a bill to amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act, and for other purposes.
S. 3406
At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3406, a bill to express United States support for Taiwan's diplomatic alliances around the world.
S. 3427
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3427, a bill to effectively staff the public elementary schools and secondary schools of the United States with school-based mental health services providers.
S. 3435
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 3435, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.
S. 3436
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 3436, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans, and for other purposes.
S.J. RES. 62
At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 62, a joint resolution formalizing congressional opposition to any withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty, requiring the advice and consent of the Senate to modify or terminate the North Atlantic Treaty, and authorizing litigation to advance the Senate's constitutional authority.
S. RES. 606
At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 606, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States condemns all forms of violence against children globally and recognizes the harmful impacts of violence against children.
S. RES. 622
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 622, a resolution supporting renaming NATO Headquarters after the late United States Senator John Sidney McCain, III.
S. RES. 626
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 626, a resolution designating September 2018 as ``National Voting Rights Month''.
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