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1. H.CON.RES.350 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States, through the International Whaling Commission, should use all appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms, including scientific and other special permit whaling, coastal whaling, and community-based whaling, and seek to strengthen the conservation and management measures to facilitate the conservation of whale species, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 5/14/2008)      Cosponsors (36)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/20/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

2. H.RES.167 : Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Natural Resources in the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

3. H.RES.788 : Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 11/1/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 11/1/2007 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

4. H.RES.1006 : Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Miner's Day to celebrate and honor the contributions of miners and encouraging the people of the United States to participate in local and National activities celebrating and honoring the contributions of miners.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 2/28/2008)      Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 2/28/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

5. H.J.RES.41 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify that the Constitution neither prohibits voluntary prayer nor requires prayer in schools.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 3/29/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

6. H.R.6 : An Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 1/12/2007)      Cosponsors (198)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Natural Resources; House Budget; House Rules; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-140 [GPO: Text, PDF]
Note: Omnibus energy legislation.

7. H.R.249 : To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 1/5/2007)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Natural Resources; Senate Energy and Natural Resources
House Reports: 110-93
Latest Major Action: 4/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

8. H.R.576 : To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise the regulations under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require that belt haulage entries not be used to ventilate active working places in mines.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 1/19/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 5/18/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

9. H.R.1123 : To amend the Black Lung Benefits Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 2/16/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

10. H.R.1900 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for pension benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who received an expeditionary medal during a period of military service other than a period of war.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 4/17/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/23/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

11. H.R.1901 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for pension benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who served during certain periods of time in specified locations.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 4/17/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/23/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

12. H.R.2010 : To provide the necessary authority to the Secretary of Commerce for the establishment and implementation of a regulatory system for offshore aquaculture in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (by request) (introduced 4/24/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Ways and Means; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/12/2007 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

13. H.R.2262 : To modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 5/10/2007)      Cosponsors (62)
Committees: House Natural Resources; Senate Energy and Natural Resources
House Reports: 110-412
Latest Major Action: 11/5/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

14. H.R.2337 : To promote energy policy reforms and public accountability, alternative energy and efficiency, and carbon capture and climate change mitigation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 5/16/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Agriculture; House Science and Technology
House Reports: 110-296 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 8/3/2007 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 186.
Note: This bill text was generally incorporated in H.R. 3221, Division A, the New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act.

15. H.R.3821 : To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites and resources at Matewan, West Virginia, associated with the Battle of Matewan to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic areas as a unit of the National Park System.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 10/12/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 10/30/2007 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

16. H.R.5137 : To ensure that hunting remains a purpose of the New River Gorge National River.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 1/28/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources; Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 9/16/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1026.

17. H.R.5151 : To designate as wilderness additional National Forest System lands in the Monongahela National Forest in the State of West Virginia, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 1/29/2008)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Agriculture; Senate Energy and Natural Resources
House Reports: 110-598 Part 1; Senate Reports: 110-391
Latest Major Action: 6/16/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 823.

18. H.R.5541 : To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 3/6/2008)      Cosponsors (56)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Agriculture; House Budget; Senate Energy and Natural Resources
House Reports: 110-704 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 7/10/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

19. H.R.5608 : To establish regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials in the development of Federal policies that have tribal implications, to strengthen the United States government-to-government relationships with Indian tribes, and to reduce the imposition of unfunded mandates upon Indian tribes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 3/13/2008)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/9/2008 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Hearings Held.

20. H.R.6251 : To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 6/12/2008)      Cosponsors (61)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2008 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 223 - 195 (Roll no. 469).

21. H.R.6515 : To amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious environmentally responsible program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 7/16/2008)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Foreign Affairs; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 7/17/2008 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 244 - 173 (Roll no. 511).

22. H.R.6757 : To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out programs and activities to improve highway safety.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 7/31/2008)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 8/1/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

23. H.R.6899 : To advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 9/15/2008)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Oversight and Government Reform; House Judiciary; House Financial Services; House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Budget; House Rules; House Science and Technology; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 11/18/2008 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1118 under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/17/2008.

24. H.AMDT.861 to H.R.1011 At the end of section 2, add the following new subsection: (e) MOTERIZED ACCESS IN EMERGENCIES.--.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 10/23/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 10/23/2007 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote.

25. H.AMDT.863 to H.R.1483 At the end of the bill, add the following new title: TITLE VI--APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LAWS SEC. 6001. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL LAWS. All designated and future designated lands within any natural heritage area for which funding is provided under this Act shall be exclusively governed by relevant State and local laws regarding hunting, fishing, and the possession or use of a weapon, trap, or net.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 10/24/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 10/24/2007 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote.

26. H.AMDT.876 to H.R.2262 Amendment to clarify that "valid existing rights" associated with existing mining claims would be protected under the Act. It would clarify that in addition to paying a 4% royalty, existing operations will still need to come into compliance with the Act within 10 years; would clarify that the claim maintenance and location fees currently allotted to administration of the mining laws will continue to be so allotted with the balance going to clean-up of abandoned hardrock mines, subject to appropriations; would clarify that user fees assessed by the BLM to process mining permit applications will be used for administration of the mining law program; would limit the purview of section 504-citizen suits--to permits issued pursuant to title III of the Act; and finally, would clarify that nothing under the Act will affect the sovereign immunity of any Indian Tribe.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 11/1/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 11/1/2007 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A001) as modified Agreed to by voice vote.

27. H.AMDT.1186 to S.1193 Amendment inserted a complete new text.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 9/29/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/29/2008 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

28. H.AMDT.1187 to H.R.7017 Amendment changed the time of termination of the Commission from 1 year to 21 years after enactment of the Act.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 9/29/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/29/2008 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

29. H.AMDT.1188 to S.2382 Amendment inserted a complete new text.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 9/29/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/29/2008 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

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