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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Senate section on pages S6683-S6684 on Sept. 23, 2013.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 114
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 114, a bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy.
S. 231
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 231, a bill to reauthorize the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp.
S. 232
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 232, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.
S. 313
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 313, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes.
S. 315
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 315, a bill to reauthorize and extend the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008.
S. 411
At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 411, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
S. 429
At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to enable concrete masonry products manufacturers to establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets for concrete masonry products.
S. 559
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 559, a bill to establish a fund to make payments to the Americans held hostage in Iran, and to members of their families, who are identified as members of the proposed class in case number 1:08-CV-00487 (EGS) of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
S. 569
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-
day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.
S. 635
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as cosponsors of S. 635, a bill to amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual written privacy notice requirement.
S. 820
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 820, a bill to provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, and for other purposes.
S. 822
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 822, a bill to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.
S. 948
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 948, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items under the Medicare program.
S. 1235
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1235, a bill to restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property.
S. 1249
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 1302
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added as cosponsors of S. 1302, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for cooperative and small employer charity pension plans.
S. 1335
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.
S. 1369
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes.
S. 1381
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, a bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes.
S. 1405
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1405, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of certain ambulance add-on payments under the Medicare program.
S. 1406
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1406, 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. 1413
At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1413, a bill to exempt from sequestration certain fees of the Food and Drug Administration.
S. 1445
At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1445, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes.
S. 1472
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1472, a bill to create a division within the Congressional Budget Office that would perform regulatory analysis.
S. 1490
At the request of Mr. Flake, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors of S. 1490, a bill to delay the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
S. 1500
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, a bill to declare the November 5, 2009, attack at Fort Hood, Texas, a terrorist attack, and to ensure that the victims of the attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those Americans who have been killed or wounded in a combat zone overseas and their families.
S. 1503
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 1503, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference given, in awarding certain asthma-related grants, to certain States (those allowing trained school personnel to administer epinephrine and meeting other related requirements).
S. RES. 225
At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 225, a resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Congress should establish a joint select committee to investigate and report on the attack on the United States diplomatic facility and American personnel in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012.
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