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1. H.CON.RES.7 : Calling on the League of Arab States and each Member State individually to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (111)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/28/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 244.

2. H.CON.RES.8 : Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring victims of HIV/AIDS and recognizing the struggle to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in the United States and throughout the world.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

3. H.CON.RES.9 : Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring former Representative Shirley Chisholm, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (111)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

4. H.CON.RES.10 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the tax give away since 2001 to the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans should be repealed and those monies instead invested in vital programs to relieve the growing burden on the working poor and to alleviate poverty in America.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

5. H.CON.RES.19 : Affirming the sense of Congress regarding the obligation of the United States to improve the lives of the 36,950,000 Americans living in poverty and the 15,928,000 of those who live in extreme poverty.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/9/2007)      Cosponsors (25)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

6. H.CON.RES.35 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/18/2007)      Cosponsors (40)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

7. H.CON.RES.46 : Declaring that it is the policy of the United States not to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq and not to exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/29/2007)      Cosponsors (39)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Hearings Held.

8. H.CON.RES.148 : Recognizing the significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 5/14/2007)      Cosponsors (53)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

9. H.CON.RES.161 : Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Dr. King's Launching of the Poor People's Campaign and Organization of the Poor People's Army.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 5/24/2007)      Cosponsors (28)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 5/24/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

10. H.CON.RES.166 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 6/7/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/7/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

11. H.CON.RES.169 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National HIV Testing Day, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 6/14/2007)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/14/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

12. H.CON.RES.198 : Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of those persons, groups and communities that are impoverished, disadvantaged or otherwise in poverty.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 8/1/2007)      Cosponsors (83)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/23/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

13. H.CON.RES.265 : Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 12/4/2007)      Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 12/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

14. H.CON.RES.280 : Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day".
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/16/2008)      Cosponsors (64)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/16/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

15. H.CON.RES.360 : Recognizing the important social and economic contributions and accomplishments of the New Deal to our Nation on the 75th anniversary of legislation establishing the initial New Deal social and public works programs.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 5/21/2008)      Cosponsors (56)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/2/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

16. H.CON.RES.363 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 5/22/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

17. H.CON.RES.364 : Recognizing the Significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 5/22/2008)      Cosponsors (60)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/24/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

18. H.CON.RES.384 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National HIV Testing Day, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 6/26/2008)      Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

19. H.CON.RES.413 : Expressing the sense of Congress on the need for a national AIDS strategy.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 9/15/2008)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 9/15/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

20. H.CON.RES.419 : Supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 9/17/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

21. H.CON.RES.438 : Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 9/27/2008)      Cosponsors (25)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/27/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

22. H.RES.23 : Disavowing the doctrine of preemption.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

23. H.RES.55 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding modern-day slavery.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/11/2007)      Cosponsors (41)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/17/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight.

24. H.RES.206 : Honoring the life, legacy, and contributions of Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer on the 30th anniversary of her death for her dedication to freedom and justice.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 2/28/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

25. H.RES.221 : Honoring the life, legacy, and contributions of Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer on the 30th anniversary of her death for her dedication to freedom and justice.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/7/2007)      Cosponsors (22)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

26. H.RES.272 : Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/26/2007)      Cosponsors (55)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/1/2007 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

27. H.RES.422 : Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to use its unique influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in Darfur, Sudan.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 5/21/2007)      Cosponsors (130)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2007 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. 427).

28. H.RES.554 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Passport Month.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 7/17/2007)      Cosponsors (62)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 9/5/2007 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.

29. H.RES.1019 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the current economic slowdown in the United States is directly related to the enormous costs of the ongoing occupation of Iraq, consigning the United States to what can only be called the Iraq recession, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/4/2008)      Cosponsors (37)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/4/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

30. H.RES.1028 : Reasserting congressional prerogatives in foreign policy and reaffirming the importance of following constitutional processes when the United States Government enters into agreements regarding the use or maintenance of the United States Armed Forces or the use of the financial resources of the United States to assist a foreign government or people and clarifying the nature and scope of status of forces agreements.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/6/2008)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

31. H.RES.1369 : Recognizing nongovernmental organizations working to bring just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 7/23/2008)      Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/23/2008 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.

32. H.RES.1379 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Passport Month.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 7/24/2008)      Cosponsors (32)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 7/24/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

33. H.RES.1520 : Commending the Kingdom of Morocco for designating a "National Women's Day" to be observed each year on October 10, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 9/29/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/29/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

34. H.RES.1529 : Acknowledging the 40th anniversary of the election of Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, the first African-American woman in Congress.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 11/19/2008)      Cosponsors (46)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 11/19/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

35. H.R.171 : To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (57)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

36. H.R.172 : To assist teachers and public safety officers in obtaining affordable housing.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

37. H.R.173 : To protect innocent elderly and disabled tenants in public housing and housing assisted under the rental assistance program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 from eviction by reason of criminal activity.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

38. H.R.174 : To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

39. H.R.175 : To provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in India, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

40. H.R.176 : To authorize the establishment of educational exchange and development programs for member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (58)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations
House Reports: 110-254; Senate Reports: 110-463
Latest Major Action: 9/15/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 968.

41. H.R.177 : To provide that no funds made available to the Department of the Treasury may be used to implement, administer, or enforce regulations to require specific licenses for travel-related transactions directly related to educational activities in Cuba.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

42. H.R.178 : To reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections in correctional facilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (28)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

43. H.R.179 : To confirm the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to releasing systems on residential window bars and to establish a consumer product safety standard ensuring that all such bars include a quick-release mechanism.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 4/11/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

44. H.R.180 : To require the identification of companies that conduct business operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such companies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (152)
Committees: House Financial Services; House Oversight and Government Reform; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 8/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

45. H.R.181 : To provide for the issuance of a semipostal to benefit the Peace Corps.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

46. H.R.320 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Geert Botzen.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/5/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

47. H.R.351 : To establish the Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/9/2007)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

48. H.R.352 : To require poverty impact statements for certain legislation.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/9/2007)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Rules; House Budget
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

49. H.R.770 : To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any covert action for the purpose of causing regime change in Iran or to carry out any military action against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat, in accordance with international law and constitutional and statutory requirements for congressional authorization.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/31/2007)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Armed Services; House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
Latest Major Action: 1/31/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.

50. H.R.1050 : To establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Education and Labor; House Budget; House Armed Services; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

51. H.R.1653 : To provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/22/2007)      Cosponsors (110)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/23/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

52. H.R.1713 : To require the President and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator to establish a comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls in countries for which the United States provides assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/27/2007)      Cosponsors (99)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

53. H.R.1812 : To provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative therapy for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other Federal health insurance programs.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/29/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and Labor; House Oversight and Government Reform; House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

54. H.R.2929 : To limit the use of funds to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq or to exercise United States economic control of the oil resources of Iraq.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 6/28/2007)      Cosponsors (77)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Armed Services; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

55. H.R.3000 : To establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 7/11/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Education and Labor; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/11/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

56. H.R.3337 : To remove from the Immigration and Nationality Act a provision rendering individuals having HIV inadmissible to the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 8/2/2007)      Cosponsors (41)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/10/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

57. H.R.3812 : To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 10/10/2007)      Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 10/10/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

58. H.R.3876 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 10/17/2007)      Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 10/17/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

59. H.R.5056 : To provide for the appointment of a high-level United States representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of easing tensions and normalizing relations between the United States and Iran.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/17/2008)      Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/17/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

60. H.R.5128 : Disapproving of any formal agreement emerging from the "Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America" unless the agreement is approved through an Act of Congress.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/23/2008)      Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/23/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

61. H.R.5758 : To prohibit authorized lenders of home equity conversion mortgages from requiring seniors to purchase an annuity with the proceeds of a reverse mortgage, and to provide other consumer protections to reverse mortgage borrowers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 4/10/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 4/10/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

62. H.R.5802 : To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of food stamp eligibility of ex-offenders.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 4/15/2008)      Cosponsors (56)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 11/19/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

63. H.R.5881 : To direct the President to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate certain Federal rules and regulations for potentially harmful impacts on public health, air quality, water quality, plant and animal wildlife, global climate, or the environment; and to direct Federal departments and agencies to create plans to reverse those impacts that are determined to be harmful by the National Academy of Sciences.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 4/23/2008)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Science and Technology; House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Natural Resources; House Agriculture; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 11/19/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

64. H.R.6255 : To provide for professional exchanges with Haiti, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 6/12/2008)      Cosponsors (39)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/12/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

65. H.R.6815 : To establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation, and to establish the Metro Area Green Institute to produce and disseminate best practice information to economic and workforce development initiatives undertaken by metropolitan communities nationally.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 8/1/2008)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 8/1/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

66. H.R.6846 : To ensure that any agreement with Iraq containing a security commitment or arrangement is concluded as a treaty or is approved by Congress.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 9/9/2008)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Armed Services; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 9/9/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Rules, 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.

67. H.R.6951 : To prohibit the use of funds by the Central Intelligence Agency or the Department of Defense to provide covert or clandestine assistance for the purpose of overthrowing the Government of Iran.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 9/18/2008)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Armed Services; House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
Latest Major Action: 9/18/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.

68. H.R.7153 : To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to create a National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network to provide grants and coordinate research with respect to the causes of and risk factors associated with childhood brain tumors, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 9/26/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 9/26/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

69. H.AMDT.179 to H.R.2082 An amendment to require a report to House and Senate Intelligence committees describing any authorization granted during the past 10 years to engage in intelligence activities related to the overthrow of a democratically elected government.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 5/10/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/10/2007 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Lee amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.

70. H.AMDT.927 to H.R.3524 Amendment safeguards the rights of tenants of HOPE VI housing from eviction based on the criminal activities of others if the tenant is elderly or disabled, and did not or should not have known of the activity, or if they were the victims of a criminal act.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/17/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/17/2008 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Lee amendment (A005) Agreed to by voice vote.

71. H.AMDT.971 to H.CON.RES.312 Amendment sought to provide at least $551.7 billion for domestic, non-military discretionary spending in FY09; provide a $118.9 billion economic stimulus package; extend unemployment insurance, food stamp benefits, and Medicaid payments to states and spend $468.3 billion on defense. The Progressive Caucus budget balances by FY12 and rebalances again in FY18, upon completion of the Reinvest and Rebuild America Initiative.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/13/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/13/2008 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Lee amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 98 - 322 (Roll no. 138).

72. H.AMDT.1055 to H.R.5658 Amendment states that no provision in any status of forces agreement negotiated between the United States and the Government of Iraq that obligates the United States to the defense of Iraq from internal or external threats shall have any legal effect unless the agreement is in the form of a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate, or is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 5/22/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2008 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Lee amendment (A010) Agreed to by recorded vote: 234 - 183 (Roll no. 359).

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