Texas Delegation: Recent Legislative Activity
This page contains a list of legislation recently introduced by members of the Texas Delegation. If you have questions or comments about any of the bills listed on this page, please contact Daniel Noll at dnoll@utsystem.edu.
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Index of Members
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Rep. Ralph Hall (R-4th) Rep. John Culberson (R-7th) Rep. Kevin Brady (R-8th) |
Rep. Kay Granger (R-12th) Rep. William Thornberry (R-13th) Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-18th) Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-19th) Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-20th) Rep. Lamar Smith (R-21st) |
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-30th) Rep. Pete Sessions (R-32nd) |
Senator John Cornyn
S.913 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use.
Sponsor: Sen Cornyn, John [TX] (introduced 4/28/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.926 : A bill to provide for the continuing review of unauthorized Federal programs and agencies and to establish a bipartisan commission for the purpose of improving oversight and eliminating Government spending.
Sponsor: Sen Cornyn, John [TX] (introduced 4/29/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
S.1026 : A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve procedures for the collection and delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed service voters, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Cornyn, John [TX] (introduced 5/12/2009) Cosponsors (31)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 5/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
S.1265 : A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide members of the Armed Forces and their family members equal access to voter registration assistance, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Cornyn, John [TX] (introduced 6/15/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 6/15/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
S.601 : A bill to establish the Weather Mitigation Research Office, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 3/16/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 5/20/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
S.614 : A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots ("WASP").
Sponsor: Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 3/17/2009) Cosponsors (75)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; House Financial Services; House Administration
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2009 Presented to President.
S.903 : A bill to permit a State to elect to receive the State's contributions to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of its Federal-aid Highway program apportionment for the next fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 4/28/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S.1040 : A bill to establish a demonstration program requiring the utilization of Value-Based Insurance Design in order to demonstrate that reducing the copayments or coinsurance charged Medicare beneficiaries for selected medications can increase adherence to prescribed medication, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 5/14/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/14/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.1115 : A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit the imposition of new tolls on the Federal-aid system, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S.1447 : A bill to expand broadband deployment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 7/14/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 7/14/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Representative Louie Gohmert
H.R.2486 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for support of funeral ceremonies for veterans provided by details that consist solely of members of veterans organizations and other organizations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] (introduced 5/19/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
H.R.2487 : To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the feasibility of using military identification numbers instead of social security numbers to identify members of the Armed Forces.
Sponsor: Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] (introduced 5/19/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
H.R.2661 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty for violations of section 119 (relating to protection of individuals performing certain official duties), and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] (introduced 6/2/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/16/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.3018 : To amend the Controlled Substances Act to address the use of intrathecal pumps.
Sponsor: Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] (introduced 6/24/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Representative Ted Poe
H.R.2469 : To amend the Controlled Substances Act to enhance criminal penalties for drug trafficking offenses relating to distribution of heroin, marihuana, and methamphetamine and distribution to and use of children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] (introduced 5/18/2009) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/12/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.2674 : To protect children from sex offenders.
Sponsor: Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] (introduced 6/3/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/3/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.3131 : To make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions.
Sponsor: Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] (introduced 7/8/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 7/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Representative Sam Johnson
H.R.2028 : To amend the Social Security Act to prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward benefits under title II of such Act and to make improvements in provisions governing totalization agreements, to amend the Social Security Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent unauthorized employment, and to improve coordination of the provisions of such Acts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] (introduced 4/22/2009) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and Labor; House Rules; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/26/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
H.R.2607 : To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (44)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Representative Jeb Hensarling
H.R.2327 : To preserve consumer choice and access to credit and enhance consumer disclosures.
Sponsor: Rep Hensarling, Jeb [TX-5] (introduced 5/7/2009) Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.2745 : To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to provide repayment procedures for certain assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Sponsor: Rep Hensarling, Jeb [TX-5] (introduced 6/8/2009) Cosponsors (29)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Representative Joe Barton
H.R.2183 : To improve public participation and overall decision-making at the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] (introduced 4/30/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 4/30/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Representative Al Green
H.R.3041 : To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide for the calculation of the minimum wage based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Census Bureau.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Al [TX-9] (introduced 6/25/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 6/25/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Representative Michael McCaul
H.R.2047 : To authorize appropriations for Operation Stonegarden of the Department of Homeland Security.
Sponsor: Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] (introduced 4/22/2009) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
H.R.2048 : To authorize appropriations for the Office of Detention and Removal of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sponsor: Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] (introduced 4/22/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/26/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Representative Mike Conaway
H.R.2712 : To provide that certain photographic records relating to the treatment of any individual engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the United States in operations outside the United States shall not be subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act).
Sponsor: Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] (introduced 6/4/2009) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/4/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
H.R.2875 : To provide that certain photographic records relating to the treatment of any individual engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the United States in operations outside the United States shall not be subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act).
Sponsor: Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] (introduced 6/15/2009) Cosponsors (75)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/15/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
H.R.3015 : To provide that certain photographic records relating to the treatment of any individual engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the United States in operations outside the United States shall not be subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), to amend section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) to provide that statutory exemptions to the disclosure requirements of that Act shall specifically cite to the provision of that Act authorizing such exemptions, to ensure an open and deliberative process in Congress by providing for related legislative proposals to explicitly state such required citations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] (introduced 6/24/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Representative William "Mac" Thornberry
. H.R.2539 : To secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission.
Sponsor: Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Ways and Means; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/1/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
H.R.2692 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals under the Medicare Program.
Sponsor: Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] (introduced 6/3/2009) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/3/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.2784 : To establish a loan repayment program for qualifying physicians and nurse practitioners participating in the Medicare Program.
Sponsor: Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] (introduced 6/10/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.2785 : To reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] (introduced 6/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
H.R.2786 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the ability of medical professionals to practice medicine and provide quality care to patients by providing a tax deduction for patient bad debt.
Sponsor: Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] (introduced 6/10/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.2787 : To provide grants to States for health care tribunals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] (introduced 6/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Representative Ron Paul
H.R.2121 : To provide for the transfer of certain Federal property to the Galveston Historical Foundation.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 4/27/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
H.R.2218 : To prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 4/30/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 6/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
H.R.2445 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income discharges of personal indebtedness outside of bankruptcy.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/14/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.2532 : To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to increase the limitation on the amount of community development block grant assistance that may be used to provide public services.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/20/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 5/20/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.2533 : To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/20/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/12/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
H.R.2629 : To protect the American people's ability to make their own health care decisions by ensuring the Federal Government shall not force any American to purchase health insurance.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.2630 : To protect the privacy of patients and physicians.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
H.R.2631 : To reduce the price of gasoline by allowing for offshore drilling, eliminating Federal obstacles to constructing refineries and providing incentives for investment in refineries, suspending Federal fuel taxes when gasoline prices reach a benchmark amount, and promoting free trade.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Natural Resources; House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 6/2/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
H.R.2953 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals either a credit against income tax or a deduction for expenses paid or incurred by reason of a voluntary or mandatory evacuation.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/18/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.3021 : To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that Act.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/24/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.3022 : To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/24/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
H.R.3023 : To provide for the safety of United States aviation and the suppression of terrorism.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 6/24/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
Representative Ruben Hinojosa
H.R.2776 : To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations.
Sponsor: Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] (introduced 6/9/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Education and Labor; House Oversight and Government Reform; House Administration
Latest Major Action: 6/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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.
H.R.2946 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a grant to a qualified youth-serving organization for recruiting and preparing students for careers and volunteer opportunities as future health care professionals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] (introduced 6/18/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.3210 : To authorize appropriations for the rural housing and economic development program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sponsor: Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] (introduced 7/14/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 7/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.3252 : To authorize the President of the United States to agree to an amendment to the agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States concerning the establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission and a North American Development Bank.
Sponsor: Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] (introduced 7/17/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 7/17/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Representative Silvestre Reyes
H.R.2053 : To designate the United States courthouse located at 525 Magoffin Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the "Albert Armendariz, Sr., United States Courthouse".
Sponsor: Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] (introduced 4/22/2009) Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 6/4/2009 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
H.R.2701 : To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] (introduced 6/4/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2009 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Representative Chet Edwards
H.R.2593 : To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a discretionary grant program for school construction for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Edwards, Chet [TX-17] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Education and Labor; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
H.R.2832 : To require the Secretary of the Treasury to develop a strategy and timeline for the repayment of assistance received by financial institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Edwards, Chet [TX-17] (introduced 6/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 6/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee
H.R.2160 : To promote and encourage the valuable public service, disaster relief, and emergency communications provided on a volunteer basis by licensees of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service, by undertaking a study of the uses of amateur radio for emergency and disaster relief communications, by identifying unnecessary or unreasonable impediments to the deployment of Amateur Radio emergency and disaster relief communications, and by making recommendations for relief of such unreasonable restrictions so as to expand the uses of amateur radio communications in Homeland Security planning and response.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 4/29/2009) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.2200 : To authorize the Transportation Security Administration's programs relating to the provision of transportation security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 4/30/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Homeland Security; Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
House Reports: 111-123
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
H.R.2450 : To require non-Federal prisons and correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to make available.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 5/15/2009) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/12/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R.2572 : To strengthen the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Representative Charles Gonzalez
H.R.2429 : To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.
Sponsor: Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] (introduced 5/14/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 5/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
H.R.3056 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the deduction for use of a portion of a residence as a home office by providing an optional standard home office deduction.
Sponsor: Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] (introduced 6/25/2009) Cosponsors (None)
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.
H.R.3064 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Benita Veliz-Castillo.
Sponsor: Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] (introduced 6/25/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/6/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Representative Pete Olson
H.R.1981 : To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers.
Sponsor: Rep Olson, Pete [TX-22] (introduced 4/21/2009) Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Representative Ciro Rodriguez
H.R.2374 : To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to make credit scores available to consumers once each year free of charge and to allow consumers to see the credit score used in connection with any particular lending or credit decision, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] (introduced 5/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 5/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.2735 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans.
Sponsor: Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] (introduced 6/4/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Representative Kenny Marchant
H.R.2619 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily expand the credit for first-time homebuyers to all homebuyers and to allow individuals a temporary refundable credit against income tax for the costs of refinancing acquisition indebtedness secured by their principal residence.
Sponsor: Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.2706 : To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the reissuance of Social Security account numbers to young children in cases in which the confidentiality of the number has been compromised by reason of theft.
Sponsor: Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] (introduced 6/4/2009) Cosponsors (22)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/4/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Representative Lloyd Doggett
H.R.2700 : To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assist low-income individuals in obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage under the Medicare prescription drug program by expediting the application and qualification process and by revising the resource standards used to determine eligibility for such subsidies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] (introduced 6/4/2009) Cosponsors (84)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/4/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Representative Michael Burgess
H.R.2111 : To establish the Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness to examine and report upon the facts and causes relating to the breakdown in the financial and credit markets in 2008, and investigate and report to the Congress on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for prosecution of criminal behavior.
Sponsor: Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] (introduced 4/27/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 4/27/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.2249 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs.
Sponsor: Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] (introduced 5/5/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/5/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.2420 : To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 to ensure a uniform Federal scheme of regulation of restrictions in the use of certain substances in electrical products and equipment in interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] (introduced 5/14/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.2800 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of imported food, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] (introduced 6/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Representative Solomon Ortiz
H.R.2812 : To establish certain standards for the adjudication of United States passport applications, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] (introduced 6/10/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Representative Henry Cuellar
H.R.2142 : To require the review of Government programs at least once every 5 years for purposes of assessing their performance and improving their operations, and to establish the Performance Improvement Council.
Sponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] (introduced 4/28/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H.R.2166 : To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide universal service support to head start programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] (introduced 4/29/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.2167 : To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain lands as the Los Caminos del Rio Los Caminos del Rio National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] (introduced 4/29/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
H.R.2204 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals.
Sponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] (introduced 4/30/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/30/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.2325 : To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1300 Matamoros Street in Laredo, Texas, as the "Laredo Veterans Post Office".
Sponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] (introduced 5/7/2009) Cosponsors (31)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/16/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
H.R.2423 : To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the "George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse", and to designate the jury room in that Federal building and United States courthouse as the "Marcel C. Notzon II Jury Room".
Sponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] (introduced 5/14/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 5/15/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Representative Gene Green
H.R.2066 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 4/23/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 4/23/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.2075 : To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that, for purposes of any decennial census, any individual who is incarcerated as of the date on which such census is taken shall be attributed to the place that was such individual's last usual place of residence before such individual's incarceration began.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 4/23/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 4/23/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H.R.2307 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management and coordination services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 5/7/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
H.R.2595 : To restrict certain exports of electronic waste.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.2596 : To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a demonstration program to test the feasibility of using the Nation's elementary and secondary schools as influenza vaccination centers.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
H.R.2804 : To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 6/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.2805 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage for children under Medicaid.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 6/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson
H.R.2117 : To amend title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish financial literacy education programs for newly naturalized citizens of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 4/27/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 6/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
H.R.2257 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 5/5/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/5/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
H.R.2606 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and extend the first-time homebuyer credit.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.2663 : To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase certain infrastructure finance provisions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 6/2/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 6/2/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.2883 : To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for security at wastewater treatment works, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 6/16/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 6/16/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Representative John Carter
H.R.2422 : To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2300 Scenic Drive in Georgetown, Texas, as the "Kile G. West Post Office Building".
Sponsor: Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] (introduced 5/14/2009) Cosponsors (31)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/16/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
H.R.2538 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of an undiagnosed diseases registry.
Sponsor: Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
