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July 15, 2014 sees Congressional Record publish “ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS”

Volume 160, No. 110 covering the 2nd Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S4503-S4504 on July 15, 2014.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 84

At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Montana

(Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 84, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

S. 109

At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as cosponsors of S. 109, a bill to preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.

S. 398

At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 398, a bill to establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum, and for other purposes.

S. 489

At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Nevada

(Mr. Heller) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 489, a bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day, and for other purposes.

S. 864

At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Alaska

(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 864, a bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize technical assistance to small public water systems, and for other purposes.

S. 1249

At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1249, a bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.

S. 1251

At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Michigan

(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1251, a bill to establish programs with respect to childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer.

S. 1505

At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1505, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from definition under that Act.

S. 1803

At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota

(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1803, a bill to require certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes.

S. 2013

At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2013, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal of Senior Executive Service employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for performance, and for other purposes.

S. 2103

At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Louisiana

(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2103, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots, and for other purposes.

S. 2188

At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Minnesota

(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2188, a bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.

S. 2244

At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin

(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2244, a bill to extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes.

S. 2323

At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2323, a bill to amend chapter 21 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in the civil service.

S. 2329

At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Arkansas

(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2329, a bill to prevent Hezbollah from gaining access to international financial and other institutions, and for other purposes.

S. 2335

At the request of Mr. Risch, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as cosponsors of S. 2335, a bill to exempt certain 16 and 17 year-old children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws.

S. 2340

At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2340, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of applications for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility, to increase the income threshold to qualify for zero expected family contribution, and for other purposes.

S. 2481

At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2481, a bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide authority for sole source contracts for certain small business concerns owned and controlled by women, and for other purposes.

S. 2498

At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2498, a bill to clarify the definition of general solicitation under Federal securities law.

S. 2529

At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 2529, a bill to amend and reauthorize the controlled substance monitoring program under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act.

S. 2543

At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2543, a bill to support afterschool and out-of-school-time science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs, and for other purposes.

S. 2563

At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Alaska

(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2563, a bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to improve highway safety and for other purposes.

S. 2577

At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from New Jersey

(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2577, a bill to require the Secretary of State to offer rewards totaling up to $5,000,000 for information on the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, a dual United States-Israeli citizen, that began on June 12, 2014.

S. 2578

At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) were added as cosponsors of S. 2578, a bill to ensure that employers cannot interfere in their employees' birth control and other health care decisions.

S. 2585

At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2585, a bill to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran to protect against human rights abuses in Iran, and for other purposes.

S.J. RES. 19

At the request of Mr. Nelson, his name was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 19, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.

S. RES. 498

At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Hawaii

(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 498, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United States support for the State of Israel as it defends itself against unprovoked rocket attacks from the Hamas terrorist organization.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 160, No. 110