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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Senate section on pages S7034-S7036 on Sept. 13, 2010.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 362
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
S. 510
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Kaufman) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 510, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply.
S. 515
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 515, a bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.
S. 850
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 850, a bill to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.
S. 984
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 984, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public health, and for other purposes.
S. 1203
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1203, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2010 and to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit, and for other purposes.
S. 1235
At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1235, a bill to amend the Public Health Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.
S. 1348
At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1348, a bill to recognize the heritage of hunting and provide opportunities for continued hunting on Federal public land.
S. 1501
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1501, a bill to provide a Federal tax exemption for forest conservation bonds, and for other purposes.
S. 1553
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as cosponsors of S. 1553, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Future Farmers of America Organization and the 85th anniversary of the founding of the National Future Farmers of America Organization.
S. 1617
At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1617, a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program for the award of grants to States to establish revolving loan funds for small and medium-sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy technology, and for other purposes.
S. 1703
At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1703, a bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.
S. 1709
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1709, a bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services, and for other purposes.
S. 2827
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2827, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the military housing allowance exclusion for purposes of determining area gross income in determining whether a residential rental property for purposes of the exempt facility bond rules.
S. 2882
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2882, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees, and for other purposes.
S. 2888
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2888, a bill to amend section 205 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics from the application of the general conflict of interest rules under such section.
S. 2925
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2925, a bill to establish a grant program to benefit victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.
S. 3036
At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3036, a bill to establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project.
S. 3257
At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as cosponsors of S. 3257, a bill to authorize the Department of Labor's voluntary protection program and to expand the program to include more small businesses.
S. 3320
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 3320, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, and for other purposes.
S. 3328
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3328, a bill to examine and improve the child welfare workforce, and for other purposes.
S. 3339
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 3339, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small producers.
S. 3345
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3345, a bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to remove the cap on punitive damages established by the Supreme Court in Exxon Shipping Company v. Baker.
S. 3398
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3398, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans.
S. 3409
At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 3409, a bill to make certain adjustments to the price analysis of propane prepared by the Secretary of Commerce.
S. 3424
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3424, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.
S. 3437
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 3437, a bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to establish grant programs for the development and implementation of model undergraduate and graduate curricula on child abuse and neglect at institutions of higher education throughout the United States and to assist States in developing forensic interview training programs, to establish regional training centers and other resources for State and local child protection professionals, and for other purposes.
S. 3447
At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added as cosponsors of S. 3447, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve educational assistance for veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
S. 3466
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3466, a bill to require restitution for victims of criminal violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.
S. 3474
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as cosponsors of S. 3474, a bill to provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests, and for other purposes.
S. 3479
At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3479, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program.
S. 3560
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3560, a bill to instruct the Secretary of State to designate the Pakistani Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization.
S. 3572
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 3572, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.
S. 3578
At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3578, a bill to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes.
S. 3621
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 3621, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an exclusion for assistance provided to participants in certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness programs.
S. 3653
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3653, a bill to remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
S. 3719
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3719, a bill to establish a grant program for first responder agencies that experience an extraordinary financial burden resulting from the deployment of employees.
S. 3744
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3744, a bill to establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
S. 3751
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 3751, a bill to amend the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005.
S. CON. RES. 39
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 39, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that stable and affordable housing is an essential component of an effective strategy for the prevention, treatment, and care of human immunodeficiency virus, and that the United States should make a commitment to providing adequate funding for the development of housing as a response to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome pandemic.
S. CON. RES. 63
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 63, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
S. RES. 586
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 586, a resolution supporting democracy, human rights, and civil liberties in Egypt.
AMENDMENT NO. 4596
At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from South Carolina
(Mr. Graham), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4596 proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes.
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