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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S3035-S3036 on June 6, 2018.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 112
At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 112, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 206
At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 206, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary of Education to award job training Federal Pell Grants.
S. 339
At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 339, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.
S. 372
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 372, a bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that merchandise arriving through the mail shall be subject to review by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and to require the provision of advance electronic information on shipments of mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and for other purposes.
S. 601
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 601, a bill to ensure that significantly more students graduate college with the international knowledge and experience essential for success in today's global economy through the establishment of the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program in the Department of Education.
S. 802
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Jones) were added as cosponsors of S. 802, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Lawrence Eugene ``Larry'' Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during World War II.
S. 808
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 808, a bill to provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.
S. 842
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 842, a bill to prohibit Federal agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an applicant for employment disclose criminal history record information before the applicant has received a conditional offer, and for other purposes.
S. 1022
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) 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. 1172
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as cosponsors of S. 1172, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and for other purposes.
S. 1352
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1352, a bill to establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs, and for other purposes.
S. 1764
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1764, a bill to extend the principle of federalism to State drug policy, provide access to medical marijuana, and enable research into the medicinal properties of marijuana.
S. 1854
At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1854, a bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee.
S. 1942
At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1942, a bill to direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, and for other purposes.
S. 2076
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) 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. 2488
At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2488, a bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to exclude the receipt of basic allowance for housing for members of the Armed Forces in determining eligibility for certain Federal benefits, and for other purposes.
S. 2497
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2497, a bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriations of funds to Israel, and for other purposes.
S. 2652
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 2652, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Stephen Michael Gleason.
S. 2654
At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2654, a bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish the Community Connect Grant Program, and for other purposes.
S. 2662
At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2662, a bill to provide for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.
S. 2756
At the request of Mr. Tillis, the names of the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) were added as cosponsors of S. 2756, a bill to amend the Securities Act of 1933 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the regulations of the Commission regarding the qualifications of natural persons as accredited investors.
S. 2823
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2823, a bill to modernize copyright law, and for other purposes.
S. 2827
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2827, a bill to amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act.
S. 2835
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2835, a bill to require a study of the well-being of the newsprint and publishing industry in the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 2838
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2838, a bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to require the Drug Enforcement Administration to report certain information on distribution of opioids, and for other purposes.
S. 2902
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2902, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to facilitate Medicaid access to State prescription drug monitoring programs, and for other purposes.
S. 2930
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2930, a bill to provide that Congress may not recess, adjourn, or consider other matters after August 1 of any year if Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the regular appropriations bills with respect to the next fiscal year.
S. 2957
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2961
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Mississippi
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2961, a bill to reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.
S. 2969
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2969, a bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to improve water or waste disposal grants or direct or guaranteed loans, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 2270
At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2270 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
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