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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S8883-S8885 on Dec. 18, 2015.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 429
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services in Medicaid.
S. 613
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 613, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the efficiency of summer meals.
S. 627
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 627, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes.
S. 697
At the request of Mr. Udall, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 697, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reauthorize and modernize that Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1082
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1082, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes.
S. 1121
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1121, 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. 1169
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1169, a bill to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
S. 1455
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1455, a bill to provide access to medication-assisted therapy, and for other purposes.
S. 1559
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1559, a bill to protect victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence from emotional and psychological trauma caused by acts of violence or threats of violence against their pets.
S. 1607
At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. Ernst) were added as cosponsors of S. 1607, a bill to affirm the authority of the President to require independent regulatory agencies to comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to executive agencies, and for other purposes.
S. 1648
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1648, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a sustainable future for rural healthcare.
S. 1656
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1656, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels, and for other purposes.
S. 1688
At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1688, a bill to provide for the admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union.
S. 1774
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1774, a bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code to treat Puerto Rico as a State for purposes of chapter 9 of such title relating to the adjustment of debts of municipalities.
S. 1890
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as cosponsors of S. 1890, a bill to amend chapter 90 of title 18, United States Code, to provide Federal jurisdiction for the theft of trade secrets, and for other purposes.
S. 1893
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1893, a bill to reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.
S. 1911
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1911, a bill to implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally.
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1911, supra.
S. 1915
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1915, a bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers, and for other purposes.
S. 2196
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2196, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.
S. 2222
At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2222, a bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to support community college and industry partnerships, and for other purposes.
S. 2234
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from West Virginia
(Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Casey), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from Rhode Island
(Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. Ernst), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added as cosponsors of S. 2234, a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in recognition of their superior service and major contributions during World War II.
S. 2251
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2251, a bill to provide for a supplementary payment to Social Security beneficiaries, supplemental security income beneficiaries, and recipients of veterans benefits, and for other purposes.
S. 2268
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) were added as cosponsors of S. 2268, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dust Off crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life-saving actions in Vietnam.
S. 2356
At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2356, a bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require an electronic communication service provider that generates call detail records pursuant to an order under that Act to notify the Attorney General if the provider intends to retain such records for a period less than 18 months.
S. 2362
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2362, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide enhanced security measures for the Visa Waiver Program, and for other purposes.
S. 2372
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2372, a bill to require reporting of terrorist activities and the unlawful distribution of information relating to explosives, and for other purposes.
S. RES. 290
At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 290, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any protocol to, or other agreement regarding, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, negotiated at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris will be considered a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.
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