Bills introduced in the House on Jan 26, 2004

You may find some of these curious as well:

1. H.CON.RES.16 : Congratulating the people of Ukraine for conducting a democratic, transparent, and fair runoff presidential election on December 26, 2004, and congratulating Viktor Yushchenko on his election as President of Ukraine and his commitment to democracy and reform.
Sponsor: Rep Hyde, Henry J. [IL-6] (introduced 1/6/2005) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Received in the Senate.

2. H.CON.RES.20 : Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
Sponsor: Rep Beauprez, Bob [CO-7] (introduced 1/25/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Received in the Senate.

3. H.CON.RES.21 : Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Sponsor: Rep Beauprez, Bob [CO-7] (introduced 1/25/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Received in the Senate.

4. H.CON.RES.28 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a School Zone Safety Awareness Week to encourage schools, government, parents, and businesses in the United States to educate children and adults about safety in our Nation's school zones.
Sponsor: Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

5. H.CON.RES.29 : Supporting the designation of a week as "Extension Living Well Week".
Sponsor: Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

6. H.CON.RES.30 : Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

7. H.CON.RES.31 : Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to human rights in Central Asia.
Sponsor: Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

8. H.CON.RES.32 : Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the occupation of the Republic of Lebanon by the Syrian Arab Republic.
Sponsor: Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

9. H.CON.RES.33 : Urging the President take immediate steps to establish a plan to adopt the recommendations of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission in its 2004 Report to the Congress in order to correct the current imbalance in the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
Sponsor: Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

10. H.CON.RES.34 : Honoring the life and contributions of Yogi Bhajan, a leader of Sikhs, and expressing condolences to the Sikh community on his passing.
Sponsor: Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

11. H.CON.RES.35 : Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should develop and implement a plan to begin the immediate withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq.
Sponsor: Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (24)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

12. H.RES.40 : Honoring the career and philanthropic contributions of Johnny Carson.
Sponsor: Rep Fortenberry, Jeff [NE-1] (introduced 1/25/2005) Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

13. H.RES.42 : Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 54) to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide reasonable standards for congressional gold medals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] (introduced 1/25/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Rules
House Reports: 109-1
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.

14. H.RES.48 : Electing Members and Delegates to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Sponsor: Rep Pryce, Deborah [OH-15] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

15. H.RES.49 : Electing Members and Delegates to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Sponsor: Rep Menendez, Robert [NJ-13] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

16. H.RES.50 : Electing a certain Member to a certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Sponsor: Rep Menendez, Robert [NJ-13] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

17. H.RES.51 : Amending the Rules of the House relating to the composition of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Sponsor: Rep DeLay, Tom [TX-22] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

18. H.RES.52 : Congratulating the Seattle Storm for winning the 2004 Women's National Basketball Association Championship.
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

19. H.RES.53 : Congratulating Ichiro Suzuki for breaking the Major League Baseball record for hits in a single season.
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

20. H.RES.54 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding anti-Semitism at the United Nations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

21. H.RES.55 : Recognizing the 100th anniversary of Rotary International.
Sponsor: Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

22. H.J.RES.12 : To commemorate the spirit of Cesar E. Chavez: "Si Se Puede".
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

23. H.J.RES.13 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding regulations on the amounts of expenditures of personal funds made by candidates for election for public office.
Sponsor: Rep Leach, James A. [IA-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

24. H.J.RES.14 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

25. H.R.54 : To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide reasonable standards for congressional gold medals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] (introduced 1/4/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

26. H.R.366 : To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to strengthen and improve programs under that Act.
Sponsor: Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

27. H.R.367 : To make permanent the teacher loan forgiveness provisions of the Teacher-Taxpayer Protection Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

28. H.R.368 : To establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Tom [VA-11] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Government Reform; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on 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.

29. H.R.369 : To provide for greater recognition of Veterans Day each year.
Sponsor: Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

30. H.R.370 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate that part or all of any income tax refund be paid over for use in biomedical research conducted through the National Institutes of Health.
Sponsor: Rep Bilirakis, Michael [FL-9] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

31. H.R.371 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

32. H.R.372 : To include in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, the land and facilities comprising St. Marks lighthouse.
Sponsor: Rep Boyd, Allen [FL-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.

33. H.R.373 : To require notification to Congress of certain contracts, and to amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes.
Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

34. H.R.374 : To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain tribally-owned reservation land into trust for the Puyallup Tribe.
Sponsor: Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

35. H.R.375 : To declare, under the authority of Congress under Article I, section 8 of the Constitution to "provide and maintain a Navy", a national policy for the naval force structure required in order to "provide for the common defense" of the United States throughout the 21st century.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Jo Ann [VA-1] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

36. H.R.376 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.
Sponsor: Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 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.

37. H.R.377 : To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve death benefits for the families of deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Everett, Terry [AL-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Armed Services; House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.

38. H.R.378 : To establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing unavoidable, temporary difficulty making payments on mortgages insured under the National Housing Act.
Sponsor: Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

39. H.R.379 : To ensure equal protection and due process of law in capital punishment cases by imposing a moratorium on the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in certain States.
Sponsor: Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

40. H.R.380 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance.
Sponsor: Rep Foley, Mark [FL-16] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

41. H.R.381 : To clarify congressional approval of certain State energy production tax practices.
Sponsor: Rep Gillmor, Paul E. [OH-5] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

42. H.R.382 : To amend title 40, United States Code, to designate certain counties and a city as part of the Appalachian region.
Sponsor: Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

43. H.R.383 : To designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

44. H.R.384 : To prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final rule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for the designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during that calendar year, unless country of origin labeling is required for the retail sale of a covered commodity during that calendar year.
Sponsor: Rep Herseth, Stephanie [SD] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

45. H.R.385 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a $1,000 refundable credit for individuals who are active members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations.
Sponsor: Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

46. H.R.386 : To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities under that Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

47. H.R.387 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude disaster mitigation payments from gross income.
Sponsor: Rep Jindal, Bobby [LA-1] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

48. H.R.388 : To provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve, and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make and guarantee loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels.
Sponsor: Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

49. H.R.389 : To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of the bestowal of the Nobel Peace Prize on President Theodore Roosevelt, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (39)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

50. H.R.390 : To amend the impact aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the delivery of payments under the program to local educational agencies.
Sponsor: Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

51. H.R.391 : To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey the remaining water supply storage allocation in Rathbun Lake, Iowa, to the Rathbun Regional Water Association.
Sponsor: Rep Leach, James A. [IA-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

52. H.R.392 : To establish a grant program to enhance the financial and retirement literacy of mid-life and older Americans and to reduce financial abuse and fraud among such Americans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

53. H.R.393 : To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to notify the Congress of any shortfall in funding for the tenant-based rental assistance program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
Sponsor: Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

54. H.R.394 : To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a boundary study to evaluate the significance of the Colonel James Barrett Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of the Minute Man National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

55. H.R.395 : To adjust the boundary of Lowell National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

56. H.R.396 : To provide assistance for early warning systems in foreign countries.
Sponsor: Rep Menendez, Robert [NJ-13] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

57. H.R.397 : To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance to children who are orphaned or unaccompanied as a result of the tsunamis that occurred on December 26, 2004, in the Indian Ocean.
Sponsor: Rep Menendez, Robert [NJ-13] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

58. H.R.398 : To provide for full voting representation in Congress for the citizens of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

59. H.R.399 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property.
Sponsor: Rep Osborne, Tom [NE-3] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

60. H.R.400 : To provide for the conveyance of the Western Cotton Research Laboratory in Phoenix, Arizona, to the nonprofit organizations that originally provided the real property for the laboratory, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

61. H.R.401 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make higher education more affordable by providing a full tax deduction for higher education expenses and interest on student loans.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

62. H.R.402 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

63. H.R.403 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Hope Scholarship Credit to be used for elementary and secondary expenses.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

64. H.R.404 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts contributed to charitable organizations which provide elementary or secondary school scholarships and for contributions of, and for, instructional materials and materials for extracurricular activities.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

65. H.R.405 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for professional school personnel in grades kindergarten through grade 12.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

66. H.R.406 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for tuition and related expenses for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

67. H.R.407 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize space-available transportation on Department of Defense aircraft for an individual who is a surviving spouse or dependent child of a member of the Armed Forces who died on active duty when that individual is traveling with a relative of the deceased member who is otherwise eligible for such space-available transportation.
Sponsor: Rep Pombo, Richard W. [CA-11] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

68. H.R.408 : To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for portal-to-portal compensation for wildland firefighters, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Pombo, Richard W. [CA-11] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

69. H.R.409 : To provide for the exchange of land within the Sierra National Forest, California, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

70. H.R.410 : To provide for a land exchange in the State of Arizona between the Secretary of Agriculture and Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership.
Sponsor: Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

71. H.R.411 : To recognize the importance of livestock ranching to the history and continued economic vitality of the western United States and to compensate ranchers when certain Government actions result in the loss or reduction in animal unit months authorized under a grazing permit or lease issued by a Federal land management agency, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Resources; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

72. H.R.412 : To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Western Reserve Heritage Area.
Sponsor: Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

73. H.R.413 : To establish the Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ryun, Jim [KS-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

74. H.R.414 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.
Sponsor: Rep Ryun, Jim [KS-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

75. H.R.415 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for direct access to audiologists for Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ryun, Jim [KS-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 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.

76. H.R.416 : To prohibit the use of Department of Defense funds for any study related to the transportation of chemical munitions across State lines.
Sponsor: Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

77. H.R.417 : To provide incentives for investment in research and development for new medicines, to enhance access to new medicines, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Sanders, Bernard [VT] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 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.

78. H.R.418 : To establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, and to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (115)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Homeland Security; House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, 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.

79. H.R.419 : To extend the operation of the President's National Hire Veterans Committee, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Simpson, Michael K. [ID-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

80. H.R.420 : To amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (38)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

81. H.R.421 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of stipends to veterans who pursue doctoral degrees in science or technology.
Sponsor: Rep Sweeney, John E. [NY-20] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

82. H.R.422 : To provide for counterproliferation measures.
Sponsor: Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

83. H.R.423 : To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish an Advanced Power System Technology Incentives Program to fund the development and deployment of new advanced technologies such as advanced fuel cells, turbines, or hybrid power systems or power storage systems to generate or store electric energy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

84. H.R.424 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for certain energy efficient property placed in service or installed in an existing principal residence or property used by businesses.
Sponsor: Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

85. H.R.425 : To establish a grant and fee program through the Environmental Protection Agency to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

86. H.R.426 : To encourage the development and integrated use by the public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Science
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Science.

87. H.R.427 : To require Federal agencies to develop and implement policies and practices that promote environmental justice, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.

88. H.R.428 : To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats site in Colorado.
Sponsor: Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

89. H.R.429 : To reauthorize additional contract authority for States with Indian reservations.
Sponsor: Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

90. H.R.430 : To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to identify a route that passes through the States of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.
Sponsor: Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

91. H.R.431 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Flavia Maboloc Cahoon.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

92. H.R.432 : -- Private Bill; To require the Secretary of the Interior to permit continued occupancy and use of certain lands and improvements within Rocky Mountain National Park.
Sponsor: Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

93. H.AMDT.2 to H.R.54 An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-1 to change the effective date of the bill from "after December 31, 2005" to instead make the new limitation on the number of congressional gold medals effective on enactment of the bill.
Sponsor: Rep Oxley, Michael G. [OH-4] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Oxley amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.

94. H.AMDT.3 to H.R.54 An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 109-1 to increase the limit of gold medals provided for under the bill from 2 per calendar year to 6 per Congress.
Sponsor: Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Crowley amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 189 - 212 (Roll no. 10).

95. H.AMDT.4 to H.R.54 An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 109-1 to provide for an equitable distribution of gold medals under the bill between the majority party and the minority party.
Sponsor: Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] (introduced 1/26/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2005 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Crowley amendment (A003) Failed by recorded vote: 182 - 211 (Roll no. 11).