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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S9105-S9106 on Dec. 20, 2013.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 313
At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as cosponsors 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. 456
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 456, a bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish an award program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in prekindergarten through higher education.
At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 456, supra.
S. 876
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 876, a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers.
S. 896
At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 896, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
S. 913
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 913, a bill to amend the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 to reauthorize and improve that Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1143
At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1143, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.
S. 1269
At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1269, a bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to support community college and industry partnerships, and for other purposes.
S. 1291
At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1291, a bill to strengthen families' engagement in the education of their children.
S. 1391
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1391, a bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and other laws to clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims, and for other purposes.
S. 1406
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors 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. 1491
At the request of Mr. Coons, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1491, a bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve United States-Israel energy cooperation, and for other purposes.
S. 1523
At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1523, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent qualified school construction bonds and qualified zone academy bonds, to treat qualified zone academy bonds as specified tax credit bonds, and to modify the private business contribution requirement for qualified zone academy bonds.
S. 1599
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1599, a bill to reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other purposes.
S. 1645
At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as cosponsors of S. 1645, a bill to limit the authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States.
S. 1710
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1710, a bill to require Amtrak to propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain Amtrak trains, and for other purposes.
S. 1723
At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1723, a bill to clarify that the anti-kickback laws apply to qualified health plans, the federally-facilitated marketplaces, and other plans and programs under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1827
At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1827, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the American Fighter Aces, collectively, in recognition of their heroic military service and defense of our country's freedom throughout the history of aviation warfare.
S. 1837
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1837, a bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making adverse employment decisions.
S. 1844
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1844, a bill to restore full military retirement benefits by closing corporate tax loopholes.
S. 1845
At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
S. 1848
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Portman) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were added as cosponsors of S. 1848, a bill to amend section 1303(b)(3) of Public Law 111-148 concerning the notice requirements regarding the extent of health plan coverage of abortion and abortion premium surcharges.
S. 1867
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1867, a bill to provide protection for consumers who have prepaid cards, and for other purposes.
S. 1880
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1880, a bill to provide that the annual adjustment of retired pay for members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 shall not apply to members retired for disability and to retired pay used to compute certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.
S. 1881
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1881, a bill to expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.
S. RES. 75
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 75, a resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
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