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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 352
At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 352, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Rodrick ``Roddie'' Edmonds in recognition of his heroic actions during World War II.
S. 378
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 378, a bill to amend titles 5 and 28, United States Code, to require the maintenance of databases on awards of fees and other expenses to prevailing parties in certain administrative proceedings and court cases to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes.
S. 428
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 428, a bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to authorize States to provide coordinated care to children with complex medical conditions through enhanced pediatric health homes, and for other purposes.
S. 693
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 693, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, social work schools, and other programs, including physician assistant education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.
S. 1016
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1016, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.
S. 1036
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1036, a bill to promote research, development, and demonstration of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies, and for other purposes.
S. 1292
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1292, a bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally, and for other purposes.
S. 2227
At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2227, a bill to reauthorize the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program.
S. 2690
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2690, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit review of certain Medicare payment determinations for disproportionate share hospitals, and for other purposes.
S. 2971
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2971, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit animal fighting in the United States territories.
S. 3181
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 3181, a bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to include in periodic health assessments, separation history and physical examinations, and other assessments an evaluation of whether a member of the Armed Forces has been exposed to open burn pits or toxic airborne chemicals, and for other purposes.
S. 3319
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3319, a bill to impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for use in e-cigarettes.
S. 3501
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3501, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a contract or other agreement with a third party to review appointees in the Veterans Health Administration who had a license terminated for cause by a State licensing board for care or services rendered at a non-Veterans Health Administration facility and providing individuals treated by such an appointee with notice if it is determined that an episode of care or services to which they received was below the standard of care, and for other purposes.
S. 3549
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3549, a bill to establish the Palestinian Partnership Fund to promote joint economic development and finance joint ventures between Palestinian entrepreneurs and companies in the United States, Israel, and countries in the Middle East to improve economic cooperation and people to people exchanges to further shared community building, peaceful coexistence, dialogue, and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
S. 3559
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3559, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles and to provide for a Federal Highway user fee on alternative fuel vehicles.
S. 3577
At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3577, a bill to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to consider alternative approaches before determining that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes.
S. 3602
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 3602, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize school-based health centers, and for other purposes.
S. 3622
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3622, a bill to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.
S. 3649
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Perdue) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as cosponsors of S. 3649, a bill to provide for programs to help reduce the risk that prisoners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for other purposes.
S. 3702
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3702, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prevent the misclassification of drugs for purposes of the Medicaid drug rebate program.
S. 3728
At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3728, a bill to promote the provision of exercise or fitness equipment, and exercise or fitness classes and instruction, that are accessible to individuals with disabilities.
S. 3729
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3729, a bill to recognize and honor the service of individuals who served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, and for other purposes.
S. 3746
At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors of S. 3746, a bill to curtail the use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund to inflate spending.
S. RES. 717
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Utah
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 717, a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Rebecca Teresa Weichhand.
AMENDMENT NO. 4090
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4090 proposed to S.J. Res. 54, a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
AMENDMENT NO. 4095
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4095 proposed to S.J. Res. 54, a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
AMENDMENT NO. 4096
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4096 proposed to S.J. Res. 54, a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
AMENDMENT NO. 4097
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4097 proposed to S.J. Res. 54, a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
AMENDMENT NO. 4098
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4098 proposed to S.J. Res. 54, a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
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