Volume 167, No. 176 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S6943-S6944 on Oct. 6.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 172
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Risch) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 172, a bill to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
S. 221
At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 221, a bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a grant program to increase cooperation on post-traumatic stress disorder research between the United States and Israel.
S. 535
At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor 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. 766
At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 766, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for attorney fees and costs in connection with consumer claim awards.
S. 780
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 780, a bill to provide for the admission of the State of Puerto Rico into the Union.
S. 809
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 809, a bill to encourage and facilitate efforts by States and other stakeholders to conserve and sustain the western population of monarch butterflies, and for other purposes.
S. 1125
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. Sinema) 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. 1183
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1183, a bill to allow veterans to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana and to discuss the use of medical marijuana with a physician of the Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized by a State or Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.
S. 1210
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1210, a bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes.
S. 1378
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1378, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to allow for the retirement of certain animals used in Federal research, and for other purposes.
S. 1385
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1385, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to establish additional requirements for dealers, and for other purposes.
S. 1396
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1396, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish State and Indian Tribe grants for community colleges and grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions, and for other purposes.
S. 1611
At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1611, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the responses of the Department of Defense to sex-related offenses, and for other purposes.
S. 1780
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from California
(Mr. Padilla) 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. 1785
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1785, a bill to repeal the debt ceiling, and for other purposes.
S. 1813
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1904
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1904, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism, and for other purposes.
S. 1907
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1907, a bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop effluent limitations guidelines and standards and water quality criteria for PFAS under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, to provide Federal grants to publicly owned treatment works to implement such guidelines and standards, and for other purposes.
S. 1986
At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1986, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to expand and expedite access to cardiac rehabilitation programs and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
S. 2011
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) 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. 2069
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) were added as cosponsors of S. 2069, a bill to expand the Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration program and to authorize funding for additional grants to certified community behavioral health clinics.
S. 2102
At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2102, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mammography screening for veterans who served in locations associated with toxic exposure.
S. 2376
At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 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. 2478
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2478, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment, and for other purposes.
S. 2511
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2511, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses.
S. 2580
At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) 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. 2660
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California
(Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2660, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to authorize grants for toxic substances remediation in schools, to reauthorize healthy high-performance schools, and for other purposes.
S. 2765
At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2765, a bill to provide that Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the regular appropriations bills.
S. 2863
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2863, a bill to require the imposition of sanctions with respect to the Taliban and persons assisting the Taliban in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.
S. 2907
At the request of Ms. Warren, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as cosponsors of S. 2907, a bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
S.J. RES. 25
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 25, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
S. RES. 183
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 183, a resolution condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
S. RES. 321
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 321, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050.
S. RES. 390
At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Kennedy) 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.
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