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1. H.RES.711 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the United States-India nuclear cooperation agreement.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 10/4/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 10/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

2. H.RES.1194 : Reaffirming the support of the House of Representatives for the legitimate, democratically-elected Government of Lebanon under Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 5/14/2008)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2008 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): 401 - 10, 2 Present (Roll no. 354).

3. H.RES.1290 : Joining the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in observance of World Refugee Day and calling on the United States Government, international organizations, and aid groups to take immediate steps to secure urgently needed humanitarian relief for the more than 2,000,000 people displaced by genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 6/20/2008)      Cosponsors (68)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/20/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

4. H.RES.1341 : Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendments to H.R. 3890, with amendments.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 7/15/2008)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/15/2008 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.

5. H.RES.1361 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should lead a high-level diplomatic effort to ensure that the Durban Review Conference serves as a forum to review implementation of commitments made at the 2001 Durban Conference to combat all forms of racism by defeating the campaign by some members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to divert the United Nation's Durban Review Conference from a review of problems in their own and other countries by attacking Israel, promoting anti-Semitism, and undermining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 7/22/2008)      Cosponsors (24)
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, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

6. H.RES.1370 : Resolution calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately end abuses of the human rights of its citizens, to cease repression of Tibetan and Uighur people, and to end its support for the Governments of Sudan and Burma to ensure that the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games take place in an atmosphere that honors the Olympic traditions of freedom and openness.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 7/23/2008)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/30/2008 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): 419 - 1, 1 Present (Roll no. 539).

7. H.J.RES.95 : Providing for the disapproval of the Congress of the proposed agreement for cooperation between the United States and the Russian Federation pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (by request) (introduced 6/24/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

8. H.R.82 : To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (352)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/11/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

9. H.R.371 : To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 1/10/2007)      Cosponsors (58)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

10. H.R.580 : To amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a United States attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 1/19/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary
House Reports: 110-58
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 92.
Note: For further action, see S.214, which became Public Law 110-34 on 6/14/2007.

11. H.R.1263 : To redeploy United States Armed Forces from the non-Kurdish areas of Iraq if certain security, political, and economic benchmarks relating to Iraq are not met, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 3/1/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services; House Rules; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Hearings Held.

12. H.R.1275 : To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 3/1/2007)      Cosponsors (86)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

13. H.R.1312 : To expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 3/5/2007)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
House Reports: 110-540
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

14. H.R.1908 : To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 4/18/2007)      Cosponsors (23)
Committees: House Judiciary
House Reports: 110-314
Latest Major Action: 9/11/2007 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 348.

15. H.R.2336 : To amend title 35, United States Code, relating to the funding of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 5/16/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/4/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

16. H.R.2489 : To amend section 1091 of title 18, United States Code, to allow the prosecution of genocide in appropriate circumstances.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 5/24/2007)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Judiciary
House Reports: 110-468
Latest Major Action: 12/4/2007 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292.
Note: For further action, see S.888, which became Public Law 110-151 on 12/21/2007.

17. H.R.3689 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 9/27/2007)      Cosponsors (97)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 11/8/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

18. H.R.3973 : To suspend temporarily the duty on certain reusable grocery bags.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 10/25/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 11/9/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

19. H.R.4575 : To reduce temporarily the duty on certain reusable grocery bags.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 12/13/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 12/13/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

20. H.R.4789 : To provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 12/18/2007)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2008 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

21. H.R.4854 : To amend the provisions of title 31, United States Code, relating to false claims to clarify and make technical amendments to those provisions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 12/19/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/16/2008 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged.

22. H.R.5501 : To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 2/27/2008)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Financial Services; Senate Foreign Relations
House Reports: 110-546 Part 1, 110-546 Part 2
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-293 [GPO: Text, PDF]

23. H.R.5690 : To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 4/3/2008)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Foreign Affairs; Senate Judiciary
House Reports: 110-620 Part 1
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-257 [GPO: Text, PDF]

24. H.R.5889 : To provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 4/24/2008)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2008 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

25. H.R.5916 : To reform the administration of the Arms Export Control Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 4/29/2008)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations
House Reports: 110-626
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

26. H.R.5927 : To combat international violence against women and girls.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 4/30/2008)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/30/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

27. H.R.6028 : To authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 5/13/2008)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Judiciary; Senate Foreign Relations
House Reports: 110-673 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 6/11/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

28. H.R.6328 : To develop a policy to address the critical needs of Iraqi refugees.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 6/20/2008)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/16/2008 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

29. H.R.6362 : To amend title 35, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide that the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, shall appoint administrative patent judges and administrative trademark judges, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 6/25/2008)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/25/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Note: For further action, see S.3295, which became Public Law 110-313 on 8/12/2008.

30. H.R.6456 : To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 7/10/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-321 [GPO: Text, PDF]

31. H.R.6481 : To create a civil action to provide judicial remedies to carry out certain treaty obligations of the United States under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 7/14/2008)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/14/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

32. H.R.6531 : To amend chapter 13 of title 17, United States Code (relating to the vessel hull design protection), to clarify the definitions of a hull and a deck.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 7/17/2008)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-434 [GPO: Text, PDF]

33. H.R.6574 : To implement the United States-Russian Federation Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 7/23/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Science and Technology
Latest Major Action: 7/24/2008 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

34. H.R.6911 : To authorize assistance to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the people of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 9/16/2008)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/16/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

35. H.R.7061 : To approve the United States-India Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 9/25/2008)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

36. H.R.7081 : To approve the United States-India Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 9/25/2008)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Rules
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-369 [GPO: Text, PDF]

37. H.R.7112 : To impose sanctions with respect to Iran, to provide for the divestment of assets in Iran by State and local governments and other entities, and to identify locations of concern with respect to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items to Iran.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 9/26/2008)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Ways and Means; House Financial Services; House Oversight and Government Reform; House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
Latest Major Action: 9/27/2008 Received in the Senate.

38. H.R.7177 : To authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 9/27/2008)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-429 [GPO: Text, PDF]

39. H.R.7311 : To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 12/9/2008)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/12/2008 Presented to President.

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