Congressman Altmire has quickly established himself as one of the leading voices in Congress on veteran, health care and small business issues. His leadership to guarantee bonuses for combat wounded veterans garnered national attention and he has authored 24 different legislative initiatives that have already passed the House. Sixteen of those initiatives have been signed into law. He is also credited with directing over $80 million in federal funding to western Pennsylvania for key economic development projects.
For more details on his positions and work in Congress, please follow the links below:
Energy & Environment
Jobs & Economy
Veterans
Small Business
Immigration
Tax Reform
Trade
Health Care
Education
Ethics Reform
Sportsmen's Rights
Sponsored and Cosponsored Legislation
Before a proposed piece of legislation can be considered by the House of
Representatives, it must first be sponsored by a Member of Congress (either a
Member of the House or a Member of the Senate). Members of COngress who are not
the primary sponsor of a piece of legislation may express their strong support
for the legislation by becoming a co-sponsor of that legislation. Here are the
pieces of legislation that Congressman Altmire has sponsored
or co-sponsored.
Committee Reports
The House of Representatives divides its work among over twenty permanent committees. Normally,
before a piece of legislation is considered by the House it has been reviewed
by at least one of the committees and a report is issued by that committee
describing the legislation and indicating (on section-by-section basis) how the
proposed statute changes existing statutes. These are the committee reports of the
current Congress.
Congressman Altmire chairs the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of
the Small Business Committee. He also
serves on:
Proceedings of the House
The Congressional Record is the official transcript of the proceedings and
debates of the U.S. Congress. The full text
of the Congressional Record
is pubilshed the day after each meeting of the House or Senate. A summary of what is
happening currently on the Floor of the House is also available as the
debate occurs.
Rules and Precedent of the House
The House
Rules and Precedents are the official documents that spell out the process
by which legislation is considered by the House and its committees; as well as
specifying the authority of the officers and committees of the House. Several
collections of material explaining the rules and precedents are available
through the House Rules Comittee: General Parliamentary
Procedure, House
Committee Procedures, House Floor Procedures,
and House and
Senate parliamentary procedure (originally compiled by the Congressional
Research Services of the Library of Congress).
Legislative Process
Tying It All Together: Learn
About the Legislative Process, How Our Laws Are Made,
and Enactment of a Law
are publications that discuss the steps of our Federal lawmaking process from
the source of an idea for a legislative proposal through its publication as a
statute. A kid's version
of How Laws Are Made
is also available.
Roll Call Votes
The record of how each Member of the House voted on each vote where the vote
was conducted electronically is available. These are the roll call votes.
Schedule of the House
Various schedules of upcoming House activites are available. On a daily
basis, there is the Majority Leader's Daily
Leader and the Majority Whip's Daily WhipLine. On
a weekly basis, there is the Weekly House Program
prepared by the Clerk of the House and the Weekly
Leader prepared by the House Majority Leader. On an annual basis, there is
the House Schedule
compiled by the Clerk of the House and the Majority Whip's annual
House Calendar.
Federal Laws
The U.S.
Code is the official compilation of the current Federal statutes of a
general and permanent nature. The Code is arranged according to subject matter
under 50 subject
headings ("titles"). The Code sets out the current status of the
laws, incorporating all amendments into the text. Prior to being added to the U.S.
Code, individual laws are published in pamphlet form as "slip laws"
which are later collected together in chronological order (not in subject
order) as the Statutes
at Large.
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