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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S2785-S2786 on June 6.
The Department was built out of more than 20 agencies in 2002. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lower taxes and boosting federal efficiency, argued the Department is burdened with "unneeded bureaucracy" which could be handled by other departments or standalone operations.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 744
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 744, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing incidents, and for other purposes.
S. 775
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 775, a bill to require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing-related misconduct, and for other purposes.
S. 839
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Hickenlooper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 839, a bill to establish a postsecondary student data system.
S. 1125
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1125, a bill to recommend that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation test the effect of a dementia care management model, and for other purposes.
S. 1819
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1819, a bill to support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose.
S. 2510
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2510, a bill to reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects, and for other purposes.
S. 2769
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2769, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care, to amend title XVIII of such Act to modify the requirements for diabetic shoes to be included under Medicare, and for other purposes.
S. 2808
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Kelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2808, a bill to provide compensation for United States victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism, and for other purposes.
S. 2952
At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 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. 2956
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2956, a bill to advance targeted, high-impact, and evidence-based inventions for the prevention and treatment of global malnutrition, to improve the coordination of such programs, and for other purposes.
S. 3417
At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3417, a bill to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports, and for other purposes.
S. 3495
At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3495, a bill to create a point of order against spending that will increase inflation unless inflation is not greater than 4.5 percent, and for other purposes.
S. 3607
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) were added as cosponsors of S. 3607, a bill to award a Congressional gold medal, collectively, to the First Rhode Island Regiment, in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War.
S. 3909
At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3909, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit.
S. 3957
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3957, a bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to make certain activities eligible for grants from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for other purposes.
S. 4102
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4102, a bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for supplemental security income eligibility.
S. 4161
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4161, a bill to establish effluent limitations guidelines and standards and water quality criteria for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.
S. 4202
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4202, a bill to require an annual budget estimate for the initiatives of the National Institutes of Health pursuant to reports and recommendations made under the National Alzheimer's Project Act.
S. 4203
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4203, a bill to extend the National Alzheimer's Project.
S. 4252
At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4252, a bill to terminate duties and other restrictions on the importation of infant formula, and for other purposes.
S. 4255
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4255, a bill to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism.
S. 4261
At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4261, a bill to suspend duties and other restrictions on the importation of infant formula to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 4278
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 4278, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the purchase of certain firearms by individuals under 21 years of age, and for other purposes.
S. 4335
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4335, a bill to improve voter access to the ballot box through automatic voter registration, and for other purposes.
S. 4343
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) were added as cosponsors of S. 4343, a bill to require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by the World Health Assembly to be subject to Senate ratification.
S. CON. RES. 38
At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 38, a concurrent resolution declaring a state of emergency due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in order to establish a waiver of the minimum tonnage requirements of section 55305 of title 46, United States Code.
S. RES. 394
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 394, a resolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia and its mission to provide an independent source of news to closed societies in Asia.
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