Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN-06)

Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN-06)
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H.R.6997 Bart Gordon 0 Cosponsors 5 points	National Water Research and Development Initiative Act of 2008 To implement a National Water Research and Development Initiative, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.5940 Bart Gordon 30 Cosponsors 30 points	National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008 To authorize activities for support of nanotechnology research and development, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 6, 2008
H.R.364 Bart Gordon 26 Cosponsors 5 points	To provide for the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.R.1237 Bart Gordon 173 Cosponsors 30 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.5632 Bart Gordon 7 Cosponsors 5 points	To prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the United States. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 13, 2008

H.RES.971 Bart Gordon 20 Cosponsors 5 points	Expressing the sympathies and support of the House of Representatives for the individuals and institutions affected by the powerful tornados that struck communities in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee on February 5th, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, February 13, 2008
H.R.2406 Bart Gordon 28 Cosponsors 5 points	To authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to increase its efforts in support of the integration of the healthcare information enterprise in the United States. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.CON.RES.225 Bart Gordon 10 Cosponsors 6 points	Honoring the 50th anniversary of the dawn of the Space Age, and the ensuing 50 years of productive and peaceful space activities. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Friday, November 2, 2007
H.R.3776 Bart Gordon 0 Cosponsors 30 points	Energy Storage Technology Advancement Act of 2007 To provide for research, development, and demonstration programs in advanced energy storage systems for electric drive vehicles, stationary applications, and electricity transmission and distribution applications, to support the ability of the United States to remain globally competitive in this field, and to promote the efficient delivery and use of energy. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
H.R.2749 Bart Gordon 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a transition to a new voluntary quality reporting program for physicians and other health professionals. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, June 15, 2007
H.R.2511 Bart Gordon 51 Cosponsors 5 points	Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2007 To revise and extend provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
H.R.2229 Bart Gordon 0 Cosponsors 5 points	United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act To establish a joint energy cooperation program within the Department of Energy to fund eligible ventures between United States and Israeli businesses and academic persons in the national interest, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 15, 2007
H.R.2298 Bart Gordon 13 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit. Referred to House committee on Monday, May 14, 2007
H.R.1768 Bart Gordon 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Federal Stimulus of Commercial Application of Energy Technology Act of 2007 To provide for the demonstration and commercial application of innovative energy technologies derived from federally-sponsored research and development programs, by incorporating those technologies into Federal buildings and associated facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
H.R.2153 Bart Gordon 0 Cosponsors 5 points	21st Century Competitiveness Act of 2007 To recognize and enhance the contributions of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to the Nation's competitiveness in the 21st Century, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
H.R.2083 Bart Gordon 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to improve energy standards for home appliances, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 1, 2007
H.R.362 Bart Gordon 32 Cosponsors 30 points	To authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 25, 2007
H.R.363 Bart Gordon 18 Cosponsors 10 points	Sowing the Seeds Through Science and Engineering Research Act To authorize programs for support of the early career development of science and engineering researchers, and for support of graduate fellowships, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 25, 2007
H.R.1884 Bart Gordon 145 Cosponsors 5 points	National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
H.R.1267 Bart Gordon 15 Cosponsors 5 points	National Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007 To develop a methodology for, and complete, a national assessment of geological storage capacity for carbon dioxide, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 5, 2007
H.R.882 Bart Gordon 122 Cosponsors 5 points	Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical services and the quality of care furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and by requiring reports on certain emergency department information as a condition of participation in the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 20, 2007
H.R.547 Bart Gordon 15 Cosponsors 30 points	Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act To facilitate the development of markets for biofuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research and development and data collection. Referred to Senate committee on Saturday, February 17, 2007
H.RES.160 Bart Gordon 1 Cosponsors 1 points	Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Science and Technology in the One Hundred Tenth Congress. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
H.R.2272 Bart Gordon 21 Cosponsors 44 points	21st Century Competitiveness Act of 2007 To invest in innovation through research and development, and to improve the competitiveness of the United States. Became Public Law No: 110-69 on Saturday, June 6, 1970
H.R.365 Bart Gordon 120 Cosponsors 100 points	Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007 To provide for a research program for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories, and for other purposes. Became Public Law No: 110-143 on Saturday, June 6, 1970
H.R.3403 Bart Gordon 5 Cosponsors 100 points	911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007 A bill to promote and enhance public safety by facilitating the rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 services, encourage the Nation's transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network, and improve 911 and E-911 access to those with disabilities. Became Public Law No: 110-283 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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H.AMDT.1085 Bart Gordon 0 points	An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-707 to include a provision related to coordination with the FAA on sonic boom research. It also replaces Secs. 305 and 306 with equivalent language from Secs. 903 and 905 respectively of the House-passed FAA Reauthorization, H.R. 2881. It adds suborbital reusable launch vehicles to the list of suborbital science research platforms. The amendment includes a sense of Congress on the value of NASA's EarthKam and robotics competitions for inspiring students. It also includes sense of Congress language urging NASA to use entrepreneurial companies to conduct appropriate R&D and seek ways to ensure that firms that rely on fixed price proposals aren't disadvantaged. The amendment also includes NASA workforce-related provisions, including an extension of the RIF moratorium, a limit on the use of term positions in FY 2009, and a temporary continuation of coverage of health benefits. No Action on
H.AMDT.1093 Bart Gordon 0 points	An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 110-707 to direct NASA to prioritize any existing cooperatives with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that are related to the study of tornadoes and tornado force winds with the goal of determining the nation's ability to predict tornado events. The amendment would also require NASA to examine if there are other areas where NASA can work with NOAA in the area of tornado research. No Action on
H.AMDT.104 Bart Gordon 0 points	An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-105 to establish an additional type of award under NSF's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program to recruit and train science, math and engineering professionals who are interested in becoming science or math teachers. The awards are for institutions of higher education that enter into partnerships with private sector entities and state or local government educational organizations. The awards support the development of specialized pedagogy courses for training students to teach science or math and provide for stipends of up to $10,000 per year for participants in the program. In exchange for the stipend, the participants are obligated to teach in a secondary school for four years. As a condition for receiving the NSF grant, the partnership must provide salary supplements, from non-Federal sources, to the graduates of the program during the period of their teaching commitment. No Action on
H.AMDT.105 Bart Gordon 0 points	An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-105 to require NSF, in making awards under the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, to ensure that the recipients are from a variety of types of academic institutions, including Minority Serving Institutions, and requires NSF to establish and maintain a clearinghouse of information on teaching opportunities in high-need school systems for use by individuals who participate in the Noyce program and consequently have an obligation to teach for a prescribed period of time. No Action on

H.R.6197 Marsha Blackburn 13 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7095 Highway 57 in Counce, Tennessee, as the "Pickwick Post Office Building". Presented to President on Friday, October 10, 2008
H.R.948 Ed Markey 32 Cosponsors 3 points	Social Security Number Protection Act of 2007 To strengthen the authority of the Federal Government to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers, and for other purposes. House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.2933 Gary Miller 106 Cosponsors 7 points	Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2007 To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for that Act, and for other purposes. Read twice on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.2583 Michael Burgess 23 Cosponsors 0 points	Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007 To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.3480 Chris Carney 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2007 To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for those involved in receiving stolen property where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.R.2994 Lois Capps 56 Cosponsors 0 points	National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6357 John Dingell 12 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote the adoption of health information technology, and for other purposes. House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6694 Al Green 28 Cosponsors 0 points	FHA Seller-Financed Downpayment Reform and Risk-Based Pricing Authorization Act of 2008 To revise the requirements for seller-financed downpayments for mortgages for single-family housing insured by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under title II of the National Housing Act and to authorize risk-based insurance premiums for certain mortgagors under such mortgages. Placed on the Union Calendar 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.1187 Lynn Woolsey 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act To expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders 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.5265 Eliot Engel 123 Cosponsors 0 points	Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6946 John Dingell 5 Cosponsors 27 points	To make a technical correction in the NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.971 Anthony Weiner 189 Cosponsors 0 points	Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers (including health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in the same manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the National Labor Relations Act. Placed on the Union Calendar on Sunday, September 28, 2008
H.R.6568 Kevin Brady 23 Cosponsors 0 points	Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2008 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate 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.928 Jim Cooper 7 Cosponsors 0 points	Improving Government Accountability Act To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, to create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes. Resolving differences -- House actions on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6063 Mark Udall 12 Cosponsors 10 points	National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008 To authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.1532 Gene Green 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.988 Jim Matheson 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Designating the month of March 2008 as "MRSA Awareness Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 170 Cosponsors 0 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.RES.1402 Joseph Crowley 41 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting a transition to democracy through free, fair, credible, peaceful, and transparent elections in Bangladesh. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.6996 John Duncan 8 Cosponsors 3 points	To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic". Referred to House committee 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.CON.RES.163 Heather Wilson 104 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress in support of further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.2698 Mark Udall 2 Cosponsors 3 points	Federal Aviation Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2007 To authorize appropriations for the civil aviation research and development projects and activities of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Monday, September 8, 2008
H.R.3548 Bruce Braley 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2007 To enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public, and for other purposes. Read twice on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.3021 Ben Chandler 140 Cosponsors 0 points	21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6826 Allyson Schwartz 42 Cosponsors 0 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.1151 John Duncan 25 Cosponsors 3 points	Congratulating the University of Tennessee women's basketball team for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's Basketball Championship. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6706 Dennis Kucinich 10 Cosponsors 3 points	Administrative Law Judges Retirement Act of 2008 To provide for enhanced retirement benefits for administrative law judges. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6388 Henry Waxman 18 Cosponsors 18 points	Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2008 To provide additional authorities to the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.194 Steve Cohen 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
H.R.3914 John Dingell 11 Cosponsors 3 points	Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the granting of regulatory forbearance by default. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.RES.1128 Dave Davis 50 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing support of the goals and ideals of National Carriage Driving Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.CON.RES.299 Ed Markey 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1080 Ed Whitfield 56 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the extraordinary service and exceptional sacrifice of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), known as the Screaming Eagles. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.3981 Brad Miller 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act To authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.RES.1328 Todd Platts 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Referred to House committee 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.RES.353 Elijah Cummings 101 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be an increased commitment supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.4044 Janice Schakowsky 65 Cosponsors 18 points	To amend title 11 of the United States Code to exempt for a limited period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under Chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.RES.1302 John Tanner 46 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the life and mourning the death of John Berthoud, Ph.D. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.1483 Ralph Regula 22 Cosponsors 6 points	To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.5749 Jim McDermott 36 Cosponsors 3 points	Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 To provide for a program of emergency unemployment compensation. Read the second time on Friday, June 13, 2008
H.R.6238 John Dingell 40 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide for the establishment of an interagency working group to conduct a study to identify the factors that affect the pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products, and to make recommendations on appropriate coordination of oversight and regulation. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.4926 Betty Sutton 98 Cosponsors 0 points	Josh Miller HEARTS Act To establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools.