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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S2968-S2970 on June 4, 2018.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 177
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 177, a bill to provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch, and for other purposes.
S. 256
At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 256, a bill to establish the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training pilot program to address human trafficking in the health care system.
S. 821
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 821, a bill to promote access for United States officials, journalists, and other citizens to Tibetan areas of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
S. 1022
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1022, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers, and for other purposes.
S. 1050
At the request of Mr. Warner, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1050, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the Chinese-American Veterans of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.
At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1050, supra.
S. 1112
At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1112, a bill to support States in their work to save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify solutions to improve health care quality and health outcomes for mothers, and for other purposes.
S. 1328
At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as cosponsors 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. 1358
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1358, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain direct primary care service arrangements and periodic provider fees.
S. 1596
At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1596, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase certain funeral benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 1870
At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1870, a bill to amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure urgent resources vital to Indian victims of crime, and for other purposes.
S. 2047
At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from California
(Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2047, a bill to restrict the use of funds for kinetic military operations in North Korea.
S. 2060
At the request of Mr. Peters, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2060, a bill to promote democracy and human rights in Burma, and for other purposes.
S. 2076
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2076, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the expansion of activities related to Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline, and brain health under the Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging Program, and for other purposes.
S. 2105
At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2105, a bill to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
S. 2109
At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2109, a bill to count revenues from military and veteran education programs toward the limit on Federal revenues that certain proprietary institutions of higher education are allowed to receive for purposes of section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
S. 2141
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2141, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reform procedures for determinations on disposition of charges and the convening of courts-
martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and for other purposes.
S. 2252
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2252, a bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to support State and Tribal efforts to develop and implement management strategies to address chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose populations, to support research regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further spread of the disease, and for other purposes.
S. 2269
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2269, a bill to reauthorize the Global Food Security Act of 2016 for 5 additional years.
S. 2365
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2365, a bill to impose additional sanctions with respect to serious human rights abuses by the Government of Iran, and for other purposes.
S. 2404
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2404, a bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize the organic agriculture research and extension initiative.
S. 2501
At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2501, a bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account.
S. 2559
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2559, a bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to implement the Marrakesh Treaty, and for other purposes.
S. 2578
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2578, a bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide advanced notice to Congress before changing any questions on the decennial census, and for other purposes.
S. 2637
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2637, a bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives.
S. 2652
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 2652, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Stephen Michael Gleason.
S. 2667
At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 2667, a bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for State and Tribal regulation of hemp production, and for other purposes.
S. 2802
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2802, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the opportunity for responsible health savings to all American families.
S. 2863
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2863, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
S. 2878
At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2878, a bill to improve the tracking of data on, and benefits paid to, public safety officers who are killed or disabled in the line of duty.
S. 2916
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2916, a bill to require a certain percentage of liquefied natural gas and crude oil exports be transported on United States-built and United States-flag vessels, and for other purposes.
S. 2937
At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2937, a bill to protect children affected by immigration enforcement actions.
S. 2957
At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) 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. 2979
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2979, a bill to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on May 8, 2018, in accordance with title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 1974.
S. CON. RES. 7
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 7, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States.
S. RES. 460
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 460, a resolution condemning Boko Haram and calling on the Governments of the United States of America and Nigeria to swiftly implement measures to defeat the terrorist organization.
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