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1. H.CON.RES.189 : Honoring the Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the Treaties of 1855 between these tribes and the United States of America.
Sponsor: Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] (introduced 6/23/2005)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 6/23/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

2. H.CON.RES.210 : Supporting the goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by the year 2015.
Sponsor: Rep Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [FL-22] (introduced 7/18/2005)      Cosponsors (167)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 9/20/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

3. H.CON.RES.315 : Urging the President to issue a proclamation for the observance of an American Jewish History Month.
Sponsor: Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] (introduced 12/14/2005)      Cosponsors (250)
Committees: House Government Reform; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2006 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

4. H.CON.RES.383 : Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Arbor Day Foundation and National Arbor Day.
Sponsor: Rep Fortenberry, Jeff [NE-1] (introduced 4/6/2006)      Cosponsors (58)
Committees: House Government Reform; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/1/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

5. H.CON.RES.392 : Recognizing the 58th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
Sponsor: Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] (introduced 4/26/2006)      Cosponsors (102)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/3/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

6. H.CON.RES.424 : Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
Sponsor: Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] (introduced 6/7/2006)      Cosponsors (93)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Energy and Commerce; House Resources
House Reports: 109-710 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 11/17/2006 House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 8, 2006.

7. H.CON.RES.430 : Recognizing the accomplishments of the American Council of Young Political Leaders for providing 40 years of international exchange programs, increasing international dialogue, and enhancing global understanding, and commemorating its 40th anniversary.
Sponsor: Rep Thomas, William M. [CA-22] (introduced 6/14/2006)      Cosponsors (29)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 12/6/2006 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

8. H.CON.RES.444 : Extending the appreciation of Congress and the Nation to the Department of Defense organizations, military departments, and personnel engaged in the mission to achieve the fullest possible accounting for all Americans unaccounted for as a result of the Nation's wars, to the POW/MIA families and veterans who support the mission, and to foreign nations that assist in the mission.
Sponsor: Rep Simmons, Rob [CT-2] (introduced 6/29/2006)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Armed Services; House International Relations; Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 9/14/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

9. H.CON.RES.476 : Supporting the observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Harris, Katherine [FL-13] (introduced 9/19/2006)      Cosponsors (103)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2006 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

10. H.RES.52 : Congratulating the Seattle Storm for winning the 2004 Women's National Basketball Association Championship.
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] (introduced 1/26/2005)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

11. H.RES.53 : Congratulating Ichiro Suzuki for breaking the Major League Baseball record for hits in a single season.
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] (introduced 1/26/2005)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

12. H.RES.137 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the resumption of beef exports to Japan.
Sponsor: Rep Moran, Jerry [KS-1] (introduced 3/3/2005)      Cosponsors (89)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/8/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

13. H.RES.220 : Recognizing America's Blood Centers and its member organizations for their commitment to providing over half the Nation with a safe and adequate volunteer donor blood supply, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [LA-7] (introduced 4/19/2005)      Cosponsors (84)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 10/25/2005 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

14. H.RES.316 : Calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] (introduced 6/14/2005)      Cosponsors (159)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 9/15/2005 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 7.

15. H.RES.357 : Honoring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Sponsor: Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny [FL-5] (introduced 7/12/2005)      Cosponsors (54)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/1/2006 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 0 (Roll no. 17).

16. H.RES.374 : Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the death of Glenn Hammond Curtiss and supporting the establishment of Glenn Hammond Curtiss Day to recognize his innovative spirit and legacy.
Sponsor: Rep Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [NY-29] (introduced 7/21/2005)      Cosponsors (53)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 7/21/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

17. H.RES.533 : Supporting the goals and ideals of Cambodian-American Freedom Day.
Sponsor: Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] (introduced 11/3/2005)      Cosponsors (66)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 11/3/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

18. H.RES.556 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week should be established to increase awareness of methamphetamine and to educate the public on ways to help prevent the use of that damaging narcotic.
Sponsor: Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] (introduced 11/16/2005)      Cosponsors (64)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 4/6/2006 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 421 - 2 (Roll no. 98).

19. H.RES.575 : Asserting that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Cantor, Eric [VA-7] (introduced 11/18/2005)      Cosponsors (163)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 12/16/2005 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 397 - 17, 7 Present (Roll no. 650).

20. H.RES.608 : Condemning the escalating levels of religious persecution in the People's Republic of China.
Sponsor: Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] (introduced 12/14/2005)      Cosponsors (38)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/12/2006 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 363 - 1 (Roll no. 253).

21. H.RES.795 : Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Dahab and Northern Sinai, Egypt, on April 24 and 26, 2006.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Tom [VA-11] (introduced 5/3/2006)      Cosponsors (40)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/18/2006 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 0 (Roll no. 162).

22. H.RES.880 : Expressing the sense of the House on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v. City of New London.
Sponsor: Rep Garrett, Scott [NJ-5] (introduced 6/20/2006)      Cosponsors (21)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/20/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

23. H.J.RES.58 : Proposing a balanced budget amendment the Constitution of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [OK-5] (introduced 7/13/2005)      Cosponsors (143)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 8/23/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

24. H.J.RES.61 : Supporting the goals and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day.
Sponsor: Rep Gutknecht, Gil [MN-1] (introduced 7/20/2005)      Cosponsors (246)
Committees: House Government Reform; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/7/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

25. H.J.RES.88 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
Sponsor: Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] (introduced 6/6/2006)      Cosponsors (134)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/18/2006 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 236 - 187, 1 Present (Roll no. 378).

26. H.R.5 : To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
Sponsor: Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] (introduced 7/21/2005)      Cosponsors (63)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/29/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

27. H.R.8 : To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.
Sponsor: Rep Hulshof, Kenny C. [MO-9] (introduced 2/17/2005)      Cosponsors (206)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2006 Senate floor actions. Status: Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 41. Record Vote Number: 164.

28. H.R.11 : To extend the temporary increase in payments under the Medicare Program for home health services furnished in a rural area.
Sponsor: Rep Walden, Greg [OR-2] (introduced 1/4/2005)      Cosponsors (70)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

29. H.R.64 : To repeal the Federal death tax, including the estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers.
Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher [CA-48] (introduced 1/4/2005)      Cosponsors (161)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

30. H.R.65 : To amend the age restrictions for pilots.
Sponsor: Rep Gibbons, Jim [NV-2] (introduced 1/4/2005)      Cosponsors (87)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 1/5/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

31. H.R.68 : To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Sponsor: Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] (introduced 1/4/2005)      Cosponsors (290)
Committees: House Financial Services; House Ways and Means; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
House Reports: 109-133 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 7/13/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

32. H.R.111 : To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] (introduced 1/4/2005)      Cosponsors (259)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 2/22/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

33. H.R.282 : To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran.
Sponsor: Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] (introduced 1/6/2005)      Cosponsors (360)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
House Reports: 109-417
Latest Major Action: 4/27/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Note: For further action, see H.R.6198, which became Public Law 109-293 on 9/30/2006.

34. H.R.356 : To ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 1/25/2005)      Cosponsors (142)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/25/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

35. H.R.383 : To designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Route, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] (introduced 1/26/2005)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Resources; Senate Energy and Natural Resources
House Reports: 109-619
Latest Major Action: 11/13/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

36. H.R.450 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage stronger math and science programs at elementary and secondary schools.
Sponsor: Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] (introduced 2/1/2005)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/1/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

37. H.R.500 : To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
Sponsor: Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] (introduced 2/1/2005)      Cosponsors (122)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 3/24/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

38. H.R.517 : To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Walden, Greg [OR-2] (introduced 2/2/2005)      Cosponsors (139)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Resources
House Reports: 109-117 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 6/9/2005 Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-117, Part I.

39. H.R.519 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the allowance of the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent.
Sponsor: Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] (introduced 2/2/2005)      Cosponsors (73)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

40. H.R.552 : To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.
Sponsor: Rep Hunter, Duncan [CA-52] (introduced 2/2/2005)      Cosponsors (101)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

41. H.R.685 : To amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced 2/9/2005)      Cosponsors (88)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 5/13/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Note: For further action, see S.256, which became Public Law 109-8 on 4/20/2005.

42. H.R.713 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain chemicals.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, Ron [KY-2] (introduced 2/9/2005)      Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

43. H.R.748 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the transportation of minors in circumvention of certain laws relating to abortion, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] (introduced 2/10/2005)      Cosponsors (129)
Committees: House Judiciary
House Reports: 109-51, 109-51 Part 2
Latest Major Action: 7/11/2005 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.

44. H.R.800 : To prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages or injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.
Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] (introduced 2/15/2005)      Cosponsors (257)
Committees: House Judiciary
House Reports: 109-124
Latest Major Action: 6/14/2005 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 70.
Note: For further action, see S.397, which became Public Law 109-92 on 10/26/2005.

45. H.R.817 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Mark [WI-8] (introduced 2/15/2005)      Cosponsors (324)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 5/18/2006 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

46. H.R.896 : To facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services, including volunteer services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Bilirakis, Michael [FL-9] (introduced 2/17/2005)      Cosponsors (155)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

47. H.R.997 : To declare English as the official language of the United States, to establish a uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.
Sponsor: Rep King, Steve [IA-5] (introduced 3/1/2005)      Cosponsors (164)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/4/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

48. H.R.998 : To preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking for that purpose.
Sponsor: Rep Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [MS-3] (introduced 3/1/2005)      Cosponsors (139)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/22/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

49. H.R.1245 : To provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.
Sponsor: Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 3/10/2005)      Cosponsors (257)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 109-475 [GPO: Text, PDF]

50. H.R.1288 : To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
Sponsor: Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] (introduced 3/14/2005)      Cosponsors (235)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

51. H.R.1298 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits under the Medicare Program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4] (introduced 3/15/2005)      Cosponsors (190)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/24/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

52. H.R.1306 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.
Sponsor: Rep English, Phil [PA-3] (introduced 3/15/2005)      Cosponsors (208)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/15/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

53. H.R.1333 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize physical therapists to evaluate and treat Medicare beneficiaries without a requirement for a physician referral, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hart, Melissa A. [PA-4] (introduced 3/16/2005)      Cosponsors (158)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/24/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

54. H.R.1357 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning.
Sponsor: Rep Weldon, Dave [FL-15] (introduced 3/17/2005)      Cosponsors (149)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/4/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

55. H.R.1370 : To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property to assist with Federal land management, resource conservation, and development of Federal real property, including identification of any such property that is no longer required to be owned by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Cannon, Chris [UT-3] (introduced 3/17/2005)      Cosponsors (31)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2006 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

56. H.R.1498 : To clarify that exchange-rate manipulation by the People's Republic of China is actionable under the countervailing duty provisions and the product-specific safeguard mechanisms of the trade laws of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] (introduced 4/6/2005)      Cosponsors (178)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2005 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

57. H.R.1499 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone to make contributions to their individual retirement plans even if the compensation on which such contribution is based is excluded from gross income.
Sponsor: Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] (introduced 4/6/2005)      Cosponsors (47)
Committees: House Ways and Means; Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 109-227 [GPO: Text, PDF]

58. H.R.1511 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year extension of the credit for electricity produced from wind.
Sponsor: Rep Foley, Mark [FL-16] (introduced 4/6/2005)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/6/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

59. H.R.1578 : To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan.
Sponsor: Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] (introduced 4/12/2005)      Cosponsors (201)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 4/19/2005 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

60. H.R.1602 : To provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 4/13/2005)      Cosponsors (68)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/10/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

61. H.R.1607 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] (introduced 4/13/2005)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/1/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

62. H.R.1616 : To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an increased penalty for endangering the life of a child while illegally manufacturing a controlled substance.
Sponsor: Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] (introduced 4/13/2005)      Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/10/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

63. H.R.1634 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use.
Sponsor: Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] (introduced 4/14/2005)      Cosponsors (101)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

64. H.R.1671 : To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under the National Labor Relations Act.
Sponsor: Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] (introduced 4/14/2005)      Cosponsors (113)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

65. H.R.1684 : To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce.
Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher [CA-48] (introduced 4/19/2005)      Cosponsors (44)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/1/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

66. H.R.1685 : To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce.
Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher [CA-48] (introduced 4/19/2005)      Cosponsors (44)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/1/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

67. H.R.1736 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research credit, to increase the rates of the alternative incremental credit, and to provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-5] (introduced 4/20/2005)      Cosponsors (127)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

68. H.R.1749 : To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Otter, C. L. (Butch) [ID-1] (introduced 4/21/2005)      Cosponsors (77)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 9/29/2005 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Hearings Held.

69. H.R.1772 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in either coin or bar form, in the same manner as equities and mutual funds for purposes of the maximum capital gains rate for individuals.
Sponsor: Rep Hayworth, J. D. [AZ-5] (introduced 4/21/2005)      Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

70. H.R.1871 : To provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations.
Sponsor: Rep Drake, Thelma D. [VA-2] (introduced 4/27/2005)      Cosponsors (29)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
House Reports: 109-394
Latest Major Action: 7/18/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

71. H.R.1898 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communications services.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] (introduced 4/27/2005)      Cosponsors (220)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/27/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

72. H.R.1953 : To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Old Mint at San Francisco, otherwise known as the "Granite Lady", and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Pelosi, Nancy [CA-8] (introduced 4/28/2005)      Cosponsors (291)
Committees: House Financial Services; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 109-230 [GPO: Text, PDF]

73. H.R.2034 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion for gain from the sale of farmland to encourage the continued use of the property for farming, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] (introduced 4/28/2005)      Cosponsors (47)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

74. H.R.2061 : To enhance the ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ryun, Jim [KS-2] (introduced 5/3/2005)      Cosponsors (88)
Committees: House Financial Services; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/3/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

75. H.R.2112 : To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States".
Sponsor: Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 5/4/2005)      Cosponsors (66)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 5/11/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.

76. H.R.2355 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
Sponsor: Rep Shadegg, John B. [AZ-3] (introduced 5/12/2005)      Cosponsors (71)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
House Reports: 109-378
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2006 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 207.

77. H.R.2386 : To make permanent the enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs enacted as part of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
Sponsor: Rep Hart, Melissa A. [PA-4] (introduced 5/17/2005)      Cosponsors (128)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

78. H.R.2389 : To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance.
Sponsor: Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] (introduced 5/17/2005)      Cosponsors (197)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 8/4/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

79. H.R.2498 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the tax incentives for the use of biodiesel through 2010.
Sponsor: Rep Hulshof, Kenny C. [MO-9] (introduced 5/19/2005)      Cosponsors (71)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

80. H.R.2533 : To amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act.
Sponsor: Rep Cubin, Barbara [WY] (introduced 5/23/2005)      Cosponsors (118)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/17/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

81. H.R.2561 : To amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act to cover services provided to injured Federal workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Norwood, Charles W. [GA-9] (introduced 5/24/2005)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 5/26/2005 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

82. H.R.2794 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, Ron [KY-2] (introduced 6/8/2005)      Cosponsors (80)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

83. H.R.2808 : To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
Sponsor: Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] (introduced 6/8/2005)      Cosponsors (309)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 109-285 [GPO: Text, PDF]

84. H.R.2925 : To amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought assistance.
Sponsor: Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] (introduced 6/15/2005)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Resources
House Reports: 109-568
Latest Major Action: 7/17/2006 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 324.

85. H.R.2989 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
Sponsor: Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4] (introduced 6/20/2005)      Cosponsors (121)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/20/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

86. H.R.3132 : To make improvements to the national sex offender registration program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced 6/30/2005)      Cosponsors (88)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Ways and Means; Senate Judiciary
House Reports: 109-218 Part 1, 109-218 Part 2
Latest Major Action: 9/15/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

87. H.R.3135 : To protect private property rights.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced 6/30/2005)      Cosponsors (136)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/21/2005 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee on the Constitution Discharged.

88. H.R.3255 : To direct the Secretary of Labor to update an Occupational Safety and Health Administration fire protection safety standard to incorporate the current consensus standard for fire protection for styrene cross-linked composites manufacturing.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] (introduced 7/12/2005)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 8/10/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

89. H.R.3478 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts.
Sponsor: Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] (introduced 7/27/2005)      Cosponsors (129)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 7/27/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

90. H.R.3547 : To amend section 340B of the Public Health Service Act to increase the affordability of inpatient drugs for Medicaid and safety net hospitals.
Sponsor: Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] (introduced 7/28/2005)      Cosponsors (44)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 8/5/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

91. H.R.3765 : A bill to extend through March 31, 2006, the authority of the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities and to expedite the processing of permits".
Sponsor: Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] (introduced 9/14/2005)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 109-99 [GPO: Text, PDF]

92. H.R.3824 : To amend and reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Pombo, Richard W. [CA-11] (introduced 9/19/2005)      Cosponsors (95)
Committees: House Resources; Senate Environment and Public Works
House Reports: 109-237
Latest Major Action: 9/30/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

93. H.R.3883 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for qualified timber gains.
Sponsor: Rep McCrery, Jim [LA-4] (introduced 9/22/2005)      Cosponsors (146)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/22/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

94. H.R.3889 : To further regulate and punish illicit conduct relating to methamphetamine, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] (introduced 9/22/2005)      Cosponsors (74)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary; House International Relations; House Transportation and Infrastructure
House Reports: 109-299 Part 1, 109-299 Part 2
Latest Major Action: 11/17/2005 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 167.
Note: Similar provisions were enacted as Title VII (the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005), of H.R. 3199, the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005.

95. H.R.4097 : To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Family Education Reimbursement Account Program to assist hurricane displaced students during the 2005-2006 school year, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Boehner, John A. [OH-8] (introduced 10/20/2005)      Cosponsors (32)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 10/20/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

96. H.R.4121 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents.
Sponsor: Rep Sodrel, Michael E. [IN-9] (introduced 10/20/2005)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 11/10/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

97. H.R.4128 : To protect private property rights.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced 10/25/2005)      Cosponsors (97)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
House Reports: 109-262, 109-262 Part 2
Latest Major Action: 11/4/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

98. H.R.4150 : To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying States to use a portion of their allotments under the State children's health insurance program for any fiscal year for certain Medicaid expenditures.
Sponsor: Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] (introduced 10/26/2005)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 11/4/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

99. H.R.4157 : To promote a better health information system.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-5] (introduced 10/27/2005)      Cosponsors (58)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
House Reports: 109-601 Part 1, 109-601 Part 2
Latest Major Action: 9/5/2006 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 587.

100. H.R.4167 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] (introduced 10/27/2005)      Cosponsors (226)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
House Reports: 109-379
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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