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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S28 on Jan. 6, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 273
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 273, a bill to modify the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans.
S. 666
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 666, a bill to prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other purposes.
S. 740
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.
S. 888
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 888, a bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
S. 1091
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1091, a bill to provide for the issuance of an Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp.
S. 1249
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1249, 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.
S. 1577
At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction.
S. 1708
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1708, a bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.
S. 1733
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1733, a bill to stop exploitation through trafficking.
S. 1737
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Casey), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as cosponsors of S. 1737, a bill to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend increased expensing limitations and the treatment of certain real property as section 179 property.
S. 1738
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1738, a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking.
S. 1754
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1754, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for homeless children and youths and foster children and youth.
S. 1761
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1761, a bill to permanently extend the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 and establish a private right of action to enforce compliance with such Act.
S. 1808
At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) were added as cosponsors of S. 1808, a bill to prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage.
S. 1845
At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 1845, supra.
S. 1881
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Toomey), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 1881, a bill to expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.
S. 1894
At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1894, a bill to provide for the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if it is determined that the Act has resulted in increasing the number of uninsured individuals.
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