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  • 34. H.R. 2829, National Drug Control Policy Office reauthorization. Amendment to establish a National Methamphetamine Information Clearinghouse under the Office of National Drug Control Policy to promote information-sharing on law enforcement, treatment, environmental concerns and social services relating to methamphetamine abuse, and authorize $1 million in FY 2007 and such sums as necessary from FYs 2008-2011 for the clearinghouse. Yes. Passed 403-2. 3/9/06.

  • 35. H.R. 2829. Amendment to require the Office of National Drug Control Policy to submit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to address the increased threat of methamphetamine, including control of precursors, demand reduction and treatment efforts. Yes. Passed 403-3. 3/9/06.

  • 36. H.R. 2829. Amendment to sunset the provisions in the legislation after September 30, 2011. No. Failed 85-322. 3/9/06.

  • 37. H.R. 2829. Amendment to require the Office of National Drug Control Policy to use at least 10 percent of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign funds each year to target methamphetamine abuse, or for grants to private entities running anti-meth ad campaigns, and provide that in FY 2008, the office could redirect those funds if domestic meth lab seizures had fallen by at least 75 percent from FY 2006. Yes. Passed 399-9. 3/9/06.

  • 38. H.R. 2829. On passage of the bill to reauthorize for five years through FY 2011 the Office of National Drug Control Policy and associated programs; authorize some $1.5 billion over FYs 2007-2011 for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program, $15 million annually to combat methamphetamine trafficking in high-intensity drug trafficking areas, and over $1 million in FYs 2007-2011 for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. Yes. Passed 399-5. 3/9/06.

  • 101. H.R. 4709, Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act to make it a federal crime to fraudulently obtain, attempt to obtain, buy, or sell confidential telephone records, and increase penalties for the use of fraudulently obtained phone records to commit a crime. Yes. Passed 409-0, under suspension of rules. 4/25/06.

  • 230. S. 193, Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act to increase the maximum penalty for broadcasting indecent, obscene or profane language to $325,000 per violation or per day, and to $3 million for continuing violations. Yes. Passed 379-35, under suspension of rules. 6/7/06.

  • 238. H.R. 5252, Communications Act. Amendment to clarify that the bill’s provisions giving the FCC exclusive authority to enforce its 2005 broadband policy statement could not be construed to modify, impair or supercede the applicability of antitrust laws or the jurisdiction of U.S. district courts to hear claims under antitrust laws. Yes. Passed 353-68. 6/8/06.

  • 239. H.R. 5252. Amendment to establish network neutrality requirements for broadband providers, including the duty to not block, impair, degrade or discriminate against lawful content, applications or services; operate its network in a non-discriminatory manners, and offer equal priority to all data of a particular type if it offers priority to one provider. Yes. Failed 152-269. 6/8/06.

  • 240. H.R. 5252. Motion to recommit the bill to the Energy and Commerce Committee with instructions to include language that would retain the current build-out requirement that ensures providers with a national franchise must eventually serve the entire community and expand non-discrimination requirements to include race, color, religion, national origin and sex. No. Failed 165-256. 6/8/06.

  • 241. H.R. 5252. On passage of the bill to create a new national franchising process for companies that want to offer pay video services; authorize the FCC to enforce its August 2005 broadband policy statement that endorsed network neutrality principles, but prohibit the issuance of additional rules, and pre-empt state and local laws concerning municipal broadband services. Yes. Passed 321-101. 6/8/06.

  • 259. H.R. 4894, to require the Justice Department, at the request of state officials, to conduct fingerprint-based background checks in national crime databases for any employees, candidates for employment, or volunteers at public or private elementary or secondary schools, local education agencies or other state agencies that work with children. Yes. Passed 415-1, under suspension of rules. 6/13/06.

  • 294. H.R. 5228, to require any representatives of a country classified as a state sponsor of terrorism to provide a detailed statement to the Justice Department describing lobbying contact with members of Congress or legislative branch employees. Yes. Failed 263-159, under suspension of rules (2/3 vote required). 6/20/06.

  • 326. H.R. 5672, FY 2007 Science, State, Justice, Commerce appropriations. Amendment to increase funding in the bill for the Legal Services Corporation by $25 million and offset the increase by cuts to other accounts. No. Passed 237-185. 6/27/06.

  • 327. H.R. 5672. Amendment to increase funding in the bill for the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) small business loan program by $40 million and offset the increase by cuts of $10 million each to several other accounts. No. Passed 214-207. 6/27/06.

  • 328. H.R. 5672. Amendment to increase funding in the bill for FBI background checks by $40 million and offset the increase by a corresponding cut for Justice Department legal activities, salaries and expenses. No. Failed 176-243. 6/27/06.

  • 329. H.R. 5672. Amendment to increase funding in the bill for the Federal Prison System salaries and expenses and offset the increase by a corresponding cut for the International Organizations Contributions account. No. Failed 163-257. 6/27/06.

  • 330. H.R. 5672. Amendment to increase funding in the bill for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program by $50 million and offset the increase by a corresponding cut for the Census Bureau. No. Passed 291-129. 6/27/06.

  • 333. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to prevent the implementation of state laws authorizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes in Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont or Washington state. No. Failed 163-259. 6/28/06.

  • 334. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for the Arthur Avenue Retail Market, an Italian grocery market in Bronx, New York. No. Failed 76-345. 6/28/06.

  • 335. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for the Bronx Council for the Arts in Bronx, New York, for marketing of local business arts initiatives. No. Failed 74-343. 6/28/06.

  • 336. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for the Johnstown Area Regional Industries Workforce Development Program and Small Business Technology Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. No. Failed 63-356. 6/28/06.

  • 337. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for a small business development initiative at Fairmont State University in Fairmont, West Virginia. No. Failed 70-350. 6/28/06.

  • 338. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for the Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association in Somerset, Kentucky. No. Failed 56-363. 6/28/06.

  • 339. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill for Mars exploration No. Failed. 145-274. 6/28/06.

  • 340. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to carry out provisions added in 1975 to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require bilingual voting materials in areas that have a significant minority of voters who speak a language other than English. No. Failed 167-254. 6/28/06.

  • 341. H.R. 5672. Amendment to increase funds in the bill for the Community Oriented Policing Service hiring program by $477 million and offset the increase by a corresponding cut to the NASA Mars exploration account. No. Failed 185-236. 6/28/06.

  • 342. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to design, renovate, construct or rent any headquarters for the United Nations at any location in the United States. No. Failed 131-288. 6/28/06.

  • 343. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to carry out certain firearm-related crime and criminal procedure penalties. No. Passed 230-191. 6/28/06.

  • 344. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to issue a national security letter for health insurance records under any of the provisions of law amended by a section of the anti-terrorism law known as the Patriot Act. No. Failed 189-230. 6/28/06.

  • 345. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to enforce a federal district court decision that prohibits the speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives from permitting sectarian prayer as part of the official House proceedings. No. Passed 246-174. 6/28/06.

  • 346. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to obtain evidence in contravention of the U.S. Code concerning the requirement that officers with a warrant knock and announce their presence before entering a private residence. No. Failed 109-310. 6/28/06.

  • 347. H.R. 5672. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds by the secretary of State to implement a plan that permits individuals from using any documentation other than a passport to denote citizenship and identity when traveling into the United States from a foreign country. No. Failed 90-318. 6/29/06.

  • 348. H.R. 5672. Amendment to require a 1 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending. No. Failed 94-316. 6/29/06.

  • 349. H.R. 5672. On passage of the bill to provide $60.2 billion in FY 2007 appropriations for the departments of State, Justice and Commerce as well as various science and other related agencies. Yes. Passed 393-23. 6/29/06.

  • 361. H.R. 4411, Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act. Amendment to eliminate the exceptions to the bill’s general prohibition against online gambling, thereby establishing a complete ban on all Internet gambling-related activities. No. Failed 114-297. 7/11/06.

  • 362. H.R. 4411. Motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to include a provision to make it a U.S. Code violation to knowingly use a communication facility to accept any bet or wager unless the U.S. attorney general has certified that the wager is accepted using a customer identity verification system to comply with applicable age and residency requirements. No. Failed 167-243. 7/11/06.

  • 363. H.R. 4411. On passage of the bill to prohibit banks and credit card companies from processing payments for online gambling bets and prohibit gambling businesses from accepting credit cards and electronic transfer for online betting; provide protections for financial institutions from any civil liability for blocking transactions that are reasonably believed to involve illegal gambling; increase the criminal penalties for businesses to a maximum prison term of five years, and authorize $10 million annually from FYs 2007-2010 for the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute illegal Internet gambling operations. Yes. Passed 317-93. 7/11/06.

  • 370. H.R. 9, Voting Rights Act reauthorization. Amendment to revise the formula used to determine which voting jurisdictions are required to gain pre-clearance from the federal government before changing voting policies or procedures. No. Failed 96-318. 7/13/06.

  • 371. H.R. 9. Amendment to reauthorize expiring provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act for 10 years through 2016 rather than 25 years as proposed in the legislation. No. Failed 134-288. 7/13/06.

  • 372. H.R. 9. Amendment to strike a section of the bill which extends to 2032 provisions in law requiring bilingual ballots under certain circumstances, and a section which concerns the use of American Community Survey census data. Yes. Failed 185-238. 7/13/06.

  • 373. H.R. 9. Amendment to provide for an expedited procedure for states and jurisdictions to bail out from coverage under the pre-clearance requirements of the Voting Rights Act. No. Failed 118-302. 7/13/06.

  • 374. H.R. 9. On passage of the bill to extend expiring provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act for 25 years. Yes. Passed 390-33. 7/13/06.

  • 377. H.R. 3729, to provide emergency authority to the chief judges of federal district courts to provide relief from deadlines under federal or state laws or rules in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency situation requiring the closure of courts. Yes. Passed 363-0, under suspension of rules. 7/17/06.

  • 378. H.J.Res. 88, to propose a constitutional amendment to define marriage as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman. Yes. Failed 236-187. 7/18/06. [Note: a 2/3 vote is required for passage of a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment.]

  • 384. H.R. 2389, Pledge Protection Act. Amendment to strike the bill’s provision prohibiting the Supreme Court from hearing any cases relating to the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance. No. Failed 183-241. 7/19/06.

  • 385. H.R. 2389. On passage of the bill to prohibit federal district and appellate courts and the Supreme Court from hearing cases challenging the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance, and allow the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to continue hearing such cases. Yes. Passed 260-167. 7/19/06.

  • 401. H.R. 5013, to prohibit confiscation of legally owned weapons during national emergencies or presidentially declared disasters, unless expressly permitted by other federal, state, or local laws. Yes. Passed 322-99, under suspension of rules. 7/25/06.

  • 405. H.R. 5319, to require schools and libraries applying for grants through the Universal Service Fund to certify that they are enforcing a policy of Internet safety for minors, including protecting their computers against access to visual depictions that are obscene, contain child pornography or are harmful to minors. Yes. Passed 410-15, under suspension of rules. 7/26/06.

  • 441. H.R. 2965, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act. Amendment to allow the Justice Department to acquire products from Federal Prison Industries on a non-competitive basis as authorized by the attorney general. Yes. Failed 77-339. 9/14/06.

  • 442. H.R. 2965. Amendment to allow the Federal Prison Industries to continue contracts to provide services to for-profit businesses. Yes. Failed 80-332. 9/14/06.

  • 443. H.R. 2965. On passage of the bill to phase out over five years a requirement that federal agencies seeking at least $2,500 worth of products or services first try to buy them through Federal Prison Industries before considering other vendors. No. Passed 362-57. 9/14/06.

  • 465. H.R. 6094, to set conditions under which illegal immigrants could be detained indefinitely pending their deportation, bar admission into the United States of gang members and allow alien members of certain gangs to be automatically eligible for deportation. Yes. Passed 328-95. 9/21/06.

  • 467. H.R. 6095, Immigration Law Enforcement Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to include language to provide additional resources to deal with alien smuggling. No. Failed 196-226. 9/21/06.

  • 468. H.R. 6095. On passage of the bill to set new procedures to expedite lawsuits against the government involving immigration law, require the Justice Department to hire more attorneys to prosecute human smuggling cases, and clarify that state and local law enforcement agencies have the authority to investigate and apprehend illegal immigrants. Yes. Passed 277-140. 9/21/06.

  • 476. H.R. 5092, to revise procedures at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives including setting graduated civil penalties for gun license violations. Yes. Passed 277-131, under suspension of rules. 9/26/06.

  • 477. H.R. 4772, to ensure access to federal courts for those challenging government attempts to take their property under eminent domain. No. Failed 234-172, under suspension of rules (2/3 vote required). 9/26/06.

  • 479. S. 403, to make it a federal crime to take a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion to circumvent state parental notification and consent laws, and provide an exception when an abortion is necessary to save the life of the minor. Yes. Passed 264-153. 9/26/06.

  • 480. H.R. 2679, to prohibit the awarding of attorney fees to individuals who win lawsuits against government officials in cases involving the First Amendment’s prohibition against the establishment or free exercise of religion. Yes. Passed 244-173. 9/26/06.

  • 501. H.R. 5825, Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to include language to streamline the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) application process, clarify that foreign intelligence through domestic electronic surveillance may only be gathered through FISA, and extend the application period for emergency surveillance to 168 hours. No. Failed 202-221. 9/28/06.

  • 502. H.R. 5825. On passage of the bill to authorize electronic surveillance of communications by suspected terrorists for specified periods without first obtaining approval from the secret FISA court; provide that warrantless surveillance could be conducted for up to 90 days if an armed or terrorist attack against the United States has occurred, or if there is an imminent threat, and provide that the president would have to notify congressional intelligence committees and the FISA court of such surveillance. Yes. Passed 232-191. 9/28/06.

  • 511. H.R. 4772, on passage of the bill to ensure access to federal courts for those challenging government attempts to take their property under eminent domain and allow private landowners who want to challenge a state or local government’s “taking” of their property to file a claim directly with a federal court when only federal claims are alleged. No. Passed 231-181. 9/29/06.

  • 525. H.R. 1176, to provide immunity for nonprofit athletic organizations in lawsuits claiming negligence resulting from rules enforced during an approved sports activity, and provide that claims arising from federal, state, or local laws prohibiting discrimination would be exempt. Yes. Failed 219-187, under suspension of rules (2/3 vote required). 12/5/06.

  • 542. S. 3718, to establish swimming pool and spa safety requirements as well as authorize state and local governments to enforce the requirements, and provide that violators would be subject to the same penalties that would apply for violations of related state and local laws. Yes. Failed 191-108, under suspension of rules (2/3 vote required). 12/8/06.