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1. H.CON.RES.135 : Directing the Architect of the Capitol to place a marker in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which acknowledges the role that slave labor played in the construction of the United States Capitol, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (25)
Committees: House Administration
House Reports:
111-153
Latest Major Action: 7/10/2009
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
2. H.CON.RES.166 : Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner, and the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 7/17/2009) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 7/17/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
3. H.CON.RES.249 : Commemorating the 45th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the role that it played in ensuring the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 3/4/2010) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2010
Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
4. H.RES.73 : Observing the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging the people of the United States to observe the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 1/16/2009) Cosponsors (52)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/21/2009
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.102 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/2/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
6. H.RES.103 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/3/2009) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/3/2009
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): 419 - 0 (Roll no. 48).
7. H.RES.134 : Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s visit to India, and the positive influence that the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi had on Dr. King's work during the Civil Rights Movement.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/4/2009) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/10/2009
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): 406 - 0 (Roll no. 59).
8. H.RES.416 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 5/7/2009) Cosponsors (39)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/12/2009
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
9. H.RES.765 : Expressing condolences to the families of the individuals killed during unusual storms and floods in the State of Georgia between September 18 and 21, 2009, and expressing gratitude to all of the emergency personnel who continue to work with unyielding determination to meet the needs of Georgia's residents.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 9/23/2009) Cosponsors (49)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 9/23/2009
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 - 0 (Roll no. 724).
10. H.RES.906 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to encourage continued investment to complete the development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine for the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 11/16/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 11/16/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
11. H.RES.948 : Commending the participants and organizers of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 12/3/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 12/3/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
12. H.RES.1058 : Honoring and praising the Sojourn to the Past organization on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/2/2010) Cosponsors (28)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 7/26/2010
Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
13. H.RES.1081 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/22/2010) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2010
Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
14. H.RES.1122 : Supporting the goals and ideals of the Year of the Lung 2010.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/26/2010) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2010
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
15. H.RES.1518 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the inaugural Nelson Mandela International Day.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 7/14/2010) Cosponsors (54)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/14/2010
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
16. H.RES.1566 : Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the pioneering of college students whose determination and nonviolent resistance led to the desegregation of lunch counters and places of public accommodation over a 5-year period.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 7/28/2010) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/30/2010
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. 503).
17. H.RES.1713 : Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Ruby Bridges desegregating a previously all-White public elementary school.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 11/15/2010) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/15/2010
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): 376 - 0 (Roll no. 567).
18. H.R.524 : GIVE Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 1/14/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
19. H.R.525 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the recapture rule of the first-time homebuyer credit and to extend the application of the credit through 2009.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 1/14/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
20. H.R.789 : Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/2/2009) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2009
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
21. H.R.796 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into private debt collection contracts.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/3/2009) Cosponsors (28)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/3/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
22. H.R.886 : Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/4/2009) Cosponsors (69)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
23. H.R.1093 : To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in the maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives with respect to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and to require cost-of-living adjustments to such level of authorized fees.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/13/2009) Cosponsors (23)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
24. H.R.1094 : Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/13/2009) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/23/2009
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
25. H.R.1126 : Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/23/2009) Cosponsors (93)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/23/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
26. H.R.1396 : Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Small Business
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
27. H.R.1596 : Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 3/18/2009) Cosponsors (67)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/18/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
28. H.R.1643 : Medicare Access to Community Health Centers (MATCH) Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 3/19/2009) Cosponsors (31)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/23/2009
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
29. H.R.1644 : Incentive to Serve Tax Act
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 3/19/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 5/14/2009
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
30. H.R.2085 : Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 4/23/2009) Cosponsors (21)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/23/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
31. H.R.2303 : State Tax Administration Assistance Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 5/7/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
32. H.R.2343 : Tax Compromise Improvement Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 5/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/12/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
33. H.R.2391 : Highway Trust Fund Fairness Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 5/13/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/13/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
34. H.R.2616 : Securing American Families by Educating and Training Youth (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 10/22/2009
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
35. H.R.3011 : Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 6/24/2009) Cosponsors (77)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
36. H.R.3035 : Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 6/25/2009) Cosponsors (37)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/25/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
37. H.R.3075 : National Parents Corps Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 6/26/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
38. H.R.3076 : Consumer Product and Food Safety Information Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 6/26/2009) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 7/7/2009
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
39. H.R.3328 : Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 7/24/2009) Cosponsors (49)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/24/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
40. H.R.3329 : Look-back Elimination Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 7/24/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 7/24/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
41. H.R.3439 : Close the SILO/LILO Loophole Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 7/31/2009) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 7/31/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
42. H.R.3901 : Homebuyer Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 10/22/2009) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 10/22/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
43. H.R.4068 : Small Business Penalty Relief Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 11/16/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 11/16/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
44. H.R.4147 : To provide for rollover treatment to traditional IRAs of amounts received in airline carrier bankruptcy.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 11/19/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 11/19/2009
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
45. H.R.4275 : To designate the annex building under construction for the Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John C. Godbold Federal Building".
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 12/10/2009) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; Senate Environment and Public Works
House Reports:
111-444
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-234 [GPO: Text, PDF]
46. H.R.4561 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a limited exclusion from gross income for the discharge of indebtedness of individuals.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/2/2010) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2010
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
47. H.R.4562 : Cash Back Reward Act of 2010
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 2/2/2010) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2010
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
48. H.R.4994 : Taxpayer Assistance Act of 2010
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 4/13/2010) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Budget; Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/15/2010
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
49. H.R.5817 : Fostering Success in Education Act
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 7/22/2010) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Education and Labor; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 10/13/2010
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
50. H.R.5869 : West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 7/27/2010) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 8/3/2010
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
51. H.R.6354 : Stephanie Tubbs Jones Assets for Independence Reauthorization Act of 2010
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 9/29/2010) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/29/2010
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
52. H.R.6441 : Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2010
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
(introduced 11/18/2010) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 11/18/2010
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
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