Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA-13)

Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA-13)
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H.R.6826 Allyson Schwartz 42 Cosponsors 5 points	Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare Program. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.RES.1348 Allyson Schwartz 0 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring Anne d'Harnoncourt for her contributions as an internationally-esteemed museum leader and art scholar. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1294 Allyson Schwartz 1 Cosponsors 8 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.5952 Allyson Schwartz 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Police and Fire Station Modernization Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize tax credit bonds for capital improvements for police and fire departments. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.R.4519 Allyson Schwartz 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on pure dicumyl peroxide. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, December 12, 2007

H.R.4296 Allyson Schwartz 32 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require physician utilization of the Medicare electronic prescription drug program. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, December 5, 2007
H.R.4266 Allyson Schwartz 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Katie Elise and Meghan Agnes Act To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 4, 2007
H.R.4267 Allyson Schwartz 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on Epilink 701. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 4, 2007
H.R.3770 Allyson Schwartz 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that qualified personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, October 4, 2007
H.R.3264 Allyson Schwartz 3 Cosponsors 5 points	American Life Sciences Competitiveness Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize the tax treatment of biomedical research corporations. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 31, 2007
H.R.3037 Allyson Schwartz 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Green Meetings Act of 2007 To ensure that all Federal agencies consider the environmentally preferable features and practices of a vendor in purchases of meeting and conference services. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, July 26, 2007
H.RES.513 Allyson Schwartz 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 25, 2007
H.R.2842 Allyson Schwartz 59 Cosponsors 5 points	Children's Health Protection Act of 2007 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, June 22, 2007
H.RES.507 Allyson Schwartz 1 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
H.R.2307 Allyson Schwartz 6 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide broader and more informed protection to Medicare eligible individuals from abusive marketing practices of Medicare prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans to permit enrollees under Medicare prescription drug plans that have been sanctioned to elect to enroll under other plans. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 15, 2007
H.R.1099 Allyson Schwartz 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2007 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to protect disaster assistance employee reservists when activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for work at a specific disaster site from termination or demotion in their places of employment. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 16, 2007
H.R.898 Allyson Schwartz 64 Cosponsors 5 points	Veterans Employment and Respect Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military service personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, February 7, 2007
H.R.539 Allyson Schwartz 145 Cosponsors 5 points	Buildings for the 21st Century Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and extend the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, January 17, 2007

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H.R.840 Julia Carson 85 Cosponsors 1 points	Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2007 To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate the housing assistance programs for homeless persons under title IV of such Act, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.642 Stephanie Jones 101 Cosponsors 0 points	College Fire Prevention Act To establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6064 Lloyd Doggett 70 Cosponsors 18 points	National Silver Alert Act To encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.371 Robert Wexler 32 Cosponsors 1 points	Strongly supporting an immediate and just restitution of, or compensation for, property illegally confiscated during the last century by Nazi and Communist regimes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.351 Rush Holt 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the 225th Anniversary of the Continental Congress meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1783. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.R.1424 Patrick Kennedy 270 Cosponsors 27 points	Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
H.R.1343 Gene Green 247 Cosponsors 0 points	Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6600 Lloyd Doggett 43 Cosponsors 15 points	Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards. Received in the Senate on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.7041 Chris Carney 13 Cosponsors 3 points	Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants on a competitive basis to regional biocontainment laboratories for maintaining surge capacity that can be used to respond to acts of bioterrorism or outbreaks of infectious diseases, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.6530 Charles Rangel 8 Cosponsors 0 points	Trade Enforcement Act of 2008 To amend United States trade laws to eliminate foreign barriers to exports of United States goods and services, to restore rights under trade remedy laws, to strengthen enforcement of United States intellectual property rights and health and safety laws at United States borders, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.6950 Pete Stark 52 Cosponsors 24 points	Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 To establish the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal for organ donors and the family of organ donors. Received in the Senate on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.7112 Howard Berman 11 Cosponsors 15 points	Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2008 To impose sanctions with respect to Iran, to provide for the divestment of assets in Iran by State and local governments and other entities, and to identify locations of concern with respect to transshipment, reexportation, or diversion of certain sensitive items to Iran. Passed/agreed to in House on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 222 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. Received in the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 170 Cosponsors 12 points	Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012. House floor actions on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.7090 Anna Eshoo 70 Cosponsors 3 points	Act to Save America's Forests To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal land, to designate certain Federal land as Ancient forests, roadless areas, watershed protection areas, and special areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited, to transfer administrative jurisdiction of Giant Sequoia National Monument to the National Park Service, to consider areas for inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.1000 Michael Doyle 58 Cosponsors 0 points	To commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Naming of Pittsburgh as the culmination of the Forbes Campaign across Pennsylvania and the significance this event played in the making of America, in the settlement of the Continent, and in spreading the ideals of freedom and democracy throughout the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.RES.1314 Sander Levin 29 Cosponsors 3 points	Remembering the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932-1933 and extending the deepest sympathies of the House of Representative to the victims, survivors, and families of this tragedy, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1381 Lucille Roybal-Allard 113 Cosponsors 0 points	Resolution expressing the sense of the House that there should be an increased public and private commitment prioritizing prevention and public health for all people in the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1435 Paul Hodes 42 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the 1938 occurrence of Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.6820 Carolyn McCarthy 2 Cosponsors 3 points	Water Assessment and Treatment Evaluation Research Study Act of 2008 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study of the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water supplies in the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.CON.RES.361 Janice Schakowsky 66 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating Irena Sendler, a woman whose bravery saved the lives of thousands during the Holocaust and remembering her legacy of courage, selflessness, and hope. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6725 Joseph Crowley 7 Cosponsors 3 points	Oncology Quality Care Improvement Act of 2008 To establish budget neutral demonstration projects to study and improve the quality and cost effectiveness of cancer care services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6730 Phil English 19 Cosponsors 3 points	Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site Act of 2008 To establish the Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1406 Hilda Solis 17 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and supporting the work of Community Health Workers. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.5949 Steve LaTourette 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Clean Boating Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel. Placed on the Union Calendar on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.RES.1311 Chaka Fattah 74 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of National GEAR UP Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.6316 Lloyd Doggett 91 Cosponsors 3 points	To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions through the creation of a domestic carbon market and international trade measures, and to direct the revenue therefrom to public interests. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.1286 Maurice Hinchey 26 Cosponsors 6 points	Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.RES.1260 Melissa Bean 100 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 6 points	Lumbee Recognition Act To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
H.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 0 points	ADA Restoration Act of 2007 To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Read the second time on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.6371 Rahm Emanuel 7 Cosponsors 3 points	Earned Income Credit Information Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require employers to notify their employees of the availability of the earned income credit. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.6374 Jim McDermott 2 Cosponsors 3 points	American Shipping Reinvestment Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the shipping investment withdrawal rules in section 955 and to provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the United States. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.6330 Bart Stupak 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2008 To provide for regulation of certain transactions involving energy commodities, to strengthen the enforcement authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act and the Federal Power Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.CON.RES.337 Tom Allen 51 Cosponsors 5 points	Honoring Seeds of Peace for its 15th anniversary as an organization promoting understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and peace in the Middle East, South Asia, and other regions of conflict. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.6252 Pete Stark 28 Cosponsors 3 points	Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay and reform the Medicare competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.5970 Chris Smith 11 Cosponsors 0 points	Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2008 To amend the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.1157 Nita Lowey 269 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1054 Susan Davis 47 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the service and achievements of women in the Armed Forces and female veterans. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
H.R.2894 Dutch Ruppersberger 296 Cosponsors 0 points	Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner" and the War of 1812, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 19, 2008
H.R.980 Dale Kildee 278 Cosponsors 0 points	Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. Senate floor actions on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.R.1783 Rahm Emanuel 114 Cosponsors 0 points	Elder Justice Act To amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.RES.1191 Kathy Castor 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.RES.1166 Robert Wexler 34 Cosponsors 4 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding provocative and dangerous statements and actions taken by the Government of the Russian Federation that undermine the territorial integrity of the Republic of Georgia. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.CON.RES.317 Rush Holt 50 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the Burmese regime's undemocratic draft constitution and scheduled referendum. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.CON.RES.112 Carolyn McCarthy 10 Cosponsors 2 points	Supporting the goals and ideas of a National Child Care Worthy Wage Day. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.R.5689 Lloyd Doggett 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title 18, United States Code, to deter the smuggling of tobacco products into the United States, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.R.5613 John Dingell 219 Cosponsors 0 points	Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 To extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009, and for other purposes. Read the second time on Monday, April 28, 2008
H.R.2809 Jay Inslee 28 Cosponsors 1 points	New Apollo Energy Act of 2007 To ensure that the United States leads the world baseline in developing and manufacturing next generation energy technologies, to grow the economy of the United States, to create new highly trained, highly skilled American jobs, to eliminate American overdependence on foreign oil, and to address the threat of global warming. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.2421 Jim Oberstar 175 Cosponsors 3 points	Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.RES.1110 Mark Kirk 77 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization responsible for the murders of 26 United States citizens. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.R.5036 Rush Holt 91 Cosponsors 0 points	Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008 To direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.5804 Jim McDermott 23 Cosponsors 3 points	Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.5603 Tom Davis 23 Cosponsors 0 points	National Guard Empowerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 2008 To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.R.1237 Bart Gordon 173 Cosponsors 0 points	Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.2040 John Lewis 311 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 2, 2008
H.RES.185 Jerrold Nadler 40 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the creation of refugee populations in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf region as a result of human rights violations. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.RES.997 Robert Wexler 38 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the strong support of the House of Representatives for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to enter into a Membership Action Plan with Georgia and Ukraine. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.2833 Joe Courtney 44 Cosponsors 0 points	Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional limitations on preexisting condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, March 20, 2008