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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S7031-S7033 on Oct. 18.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 127
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 127, a bill to support library infrastructure.
S. 535
At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) were added as cosponsors of S. 535, a bill to authorize the location of a memorial on the National Mall to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes.
S. 697
At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 697, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the Bicentennial of Harriet Tubman's birth.
S. 870
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 870, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to mental health services under the Medicare program.
S. 934
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 934, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve rural health clinic payments.
S. 1061
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1061, a bill to encourage the normalization of relations with Israel, and for other purposes.
S. 1106
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1106, a bill to prohibit the sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.
S. 1302
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1302, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
S. 1487
At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1487, a bill to ensure that certain incidents involving a covered employee that are reported to the title IX coordinator at an eligible institution of higher education have been reviewed by the president of the institution and not less than 1 additional member of the institution's board of trustees, and for other purposes.
S. 1574
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1574, a bill to codify a statutory definition for long-term care pharmacies.
S. 1679
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1679, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to authorize assistance for increasing workforce diversity in the professions of physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, audiology, and speech-
language pathology, and for other purposes.
S. 1748
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Marshall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1748, a bill to modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.
S. 1780
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill to remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-
prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes.
S. 1813
At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as cosponsors of S. 1813, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support research on, and expanded access to, investigational drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and for other purposes.
S. 1872
At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1872, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their extraordinary service during World War II.
S. 1964
At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from Wyoming
(Ms. Lummis) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) were added as cosponsors of S. 1964, a bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, and for other purposes.
S. 2011
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2011, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to honor the contributions of all those whose efforts led to the successful development of life saving vaccines to combat the novel coronavirus.
S. 2023
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2023, a bill to provide loan forgiveness for certain borrowers of Department of Agriculture direct farm loans, and for other purposes.
S. 2125
At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2125, a bill to divert Federal funding away from supporting the presence of police in schools and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that address the needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes, and for other purposes.
S. 2130
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2130, a bill to modify the disposition of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for renewable energy, and for other purposes.
S. 2305
At the request of Mr. Ossoff, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Kelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2305, a bill to enhance cybersecurity education.
S. 2376
At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2376, a bill to ensure the parental guardianship rights of cadets and midshipmen consistent with individual and academic responsibilities, and for other purposes.
S. 2455
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2455, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the exclusion of Pell Grants from gross income, and for other purposes.
S. 2562
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of S. 2562, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve extended care services by providing Medicare beneficiaries with an option for cost effective home-based extended care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
S. 2580
At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2580, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make free National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes available to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
S. 2607
At the request of Mr. Padilla, the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 2607, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the former hostages of the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981, highlighting their resilience throughout the unprecedented ordeal that they lived through and the national unity it produced, marking 4 decades since their 444 days in captivity, and recognizing their sacrifice to the United States.
S. 2674
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2674, a bill to reauthorize funding for programs to prevent, investigate, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.
S. 2730
At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2730, a bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot grant program to develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive mental health services programs in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
S. 2740
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) were added as cosponsors of S. 2740, a bill to establish a strategic active pharmaceutical ingredient reserve to maintain a domestic supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients and key starting materials needed for the manufacturing of essential generic medicines, and to build a pipeline for domestic active pharmaceutical ingredient production.
S. 2752
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2752, a bill to amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to protect civil rights and otherwise prevent meaningful harm to third parties, and for other purposes.
S. 2798
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2798, a bill to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes.
S. 2843
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2843, a bill to prohibit the imposition of a fine, fee, or taxation on any person for violation of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or any other executive agency, and for other purposes.
S. 2849
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2849, a bill to stipulate that nothing in Federal law provides a Federal agency with the authority to mandate that an individual be inoculated by a COVID-19 vaccine.
S. 2891
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 2891, a bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to address matters relating to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.
S. 2941
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2941, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to limit the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster.
S. 2945
At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were added as cosponsors of S. 2945, a bill to include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence in the definition of aggravated felonies under the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to expedite the removal of aliens convicted of such crimes.
S. 2952
At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2952, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow manufacturers and sponsors of a drug to use alternative testing methods to animal testing to investigate the safety and effectiveness of a drug, and for other purposes.
S. CON. RES. 9
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 9, a concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
S. RES. 338
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 338, a resolution designating September 2021 as National Democracy Month as a time to reflect on the contributions of the system of government of the United States to a more free and stable world.
S. RES. 377
At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 377, a resolution urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist organization.
S. RES. 380
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 380, a resolution reiterating United States support for the people of the Republic of South Sudan in their quest for lasting peace, stability, and democracy after 10 years of independence and calling for a review of United States policy toward South Sudan.
S. RES. 390
At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 390, a resolution expressing appreciation for the State of Qatar's efforts to assist the United States during Operation Allies Refuge.
AMENDMENT NO. 3853
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3853 intended to be proposed to S. 2792, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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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