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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Senate section on pages S2763-S2764 on June 8, 2020.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 631
At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 631, a bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.
S. 1552
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1552, a bill to decriminalize marijuana, and for other purposes.
S. 1938
At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the names of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as cosponsors of S. 1938, a bill to provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and prosecution of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
S. 2163
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2163, a bill to establish the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, to study and make recommendations to address social problems affecting Black men and boys, and for other purposes.
S. 2286
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as cosponsors of S. 2286, a bill to establish a Science Advisory Board at the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.
S. 2417
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2417, a bill to provide for payment of proceeds from savings bonds to a State with title to such bonds pursuant to the judgment of a court.
S. 2815
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2815, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission.
S. 3422
At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3422, a bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Education, and to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes.
S. 3624
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3624, a bill to amend the national service laws to prioritize national service programs and projects that are directly related to the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes.
S. 3634
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3634, a bill to address health workforce shortages and disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic through additional funding for the National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps.
S. 3718
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3718, a bill to expand the waiver of affiliation rules for certain business concerns with more than 1 physical location, and for other purposes.
S. 3793
At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) were added as cosponsors of S. 3793, a bill to amend the CARES Act to modify the employee retention tax credit to secure the paychecks and benefits of workers, to provide a refundable credit against payroll taxes for the operating costs of employers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a small business rebate, and for other purposes.
S. 3829
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3829, a bill to advance the global health security and diplomacy objectives of the United States, improve coordination among the relevant Federal departments and agencies implementing United States foreign assistance for global health security, and more effectively enable partner countries to strengthen and sustain resilient health systems and supply chains with the resources, capacity, and personnel required to prevent, detect, mitigate, and respond to infectious disease threats before they become pandemics, and for other purposes.
S. 3866
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as cosponsors of S. 3866, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to improve the Federal Aviation Administration's aircraft certification process, and for other purposes.
S. 3898
At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3898, a bill to provide flexibility for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in caring for homeless veterans during a covered public health emergency, and for other purposes.
S. 3902
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Massachusetts
(Mr. Markey), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 3902, a bill to amend the Insurrection Act to curtail violations against the civil liberties of the people of the United States, and for other purposes.
S.J. RES. 49
At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 49, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States
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