Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA-27)

Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA-27)
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H.R.6828 Brad Sherman 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Export Control Improvements Act To make improvements in the electronic filing of export data, to strengthen enforcement authorities under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.RES.1479 Brad Sherman 8 Cosponsors 1 points	Commemorating the 50th anniversary of California State University, Northridge (CSUN), an extraordinary public university dedicated to promoting the intellectual, economic, and cultural qualities of the San Fernando Valley. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.6827 Brad Sherman 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Enable Divestment from Sudan and Iran Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of business entities engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6477 Brad Sherman 8 Cosponsors 5 points	To repeal a limitation in the Labor-Management Relations Act regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.RES.1338 Brad Sherman 2 Cosponsors 1 points	Calling on the United States Government and the international community to support a transition to sustainable peace in Sri Lanka by encouraging an international human rights monitoring presence, protecting the work of civil society and media, facilitating access of humanitarian operations, and retaining democratic principles in which rule of law and justice pervades. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008

H.R.6420 Brad Sherman 6 Cosponsors 5 points	To toll the congressional notification period for removing North Korea from the state sponsors of terrorism list. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.2798 Brad Sherman 3 Cosponsors 30 points	Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007 To reauthorize the programs of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
H.J.RES.73 Brad Sherman 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the process by which the House of Representatives chooses the President of the United States in the event no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, January 14, 2008
H.R.4246 Brad Sherman 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Defense Trade Controls Performance Improvement Act of 2007 To improve the performance of the defense trade controls functions of the Department of State, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.R.3578 Brad Sherman 9 Cosponsors 5 points	Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act To safeguard the economic health of the United States and the health and safety of United States citizens by improving the management, coordination, and effectiveness of domestic and international intellectual property rights enforcement, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 12, 2007
H.R.3527 Brad Sherman 0 Cosponsors 30 points	To extend for two months the authorities of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 4, 2007
H.R.2711 Brad Sherman 43 Cosponsors 5 points	Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain computer-assisted remote hunting, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 16, 2007
H.R.1642 Brad Sherman 1 Cosponsors 30 points	Homeless Veterans Housing at Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center Promotion Act To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, to the extent possible, an enhanced-use lease for a homeless housing project at the Department of Veterans Affairs facility known as the Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, located in North Hills, California, shall provide that such housing project shall be maintained as a sober living facility for veterans only, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
H.R.1838 Brad Sherman 90 Cosponsors 5 points	United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act To authorize funding for eligible joint ventures between United States and Israeli businesses and academic persons, to establish the International Energy Advisory Board, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 30, 2007
H.R.541 Brad Sherman 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Faster FOIA Act of 2007 To establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 19, 2007
H.R.540 Brad Sherman 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Presidential Succession Act of 2007 To amend chapter 1 of title 3, United States Code, relating to Presidential succession. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 2, 2007

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H.R.4131 Laura Richardson 70 Cosponsors 7 points	To designate a portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, as the "Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway". Presented to President on Friday, October 10, 2008
H.R.1746 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 44 Cosponsors 0 points	Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2007 To require disclosure of Holocaust-era policies by insurers and establish a federal cause of action for claims arising out of a covered policy. House Committee on Judiciary Granted an extension for further consideration endi... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.255 Mike Ferguson 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the United States commitment to preservation of religious and cultural sites and condemning instances where sites are desecrated. 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.R.6598 John Conyers 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption. House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration en... 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.RES.389 Donald Payne 50 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Malaria Awareness Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Saturday, September 27, 2008
H.R.923 John Lewis 81 Cosponsors 0 points	Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.6126 Linda Sanchez 22 Cosponsors 0 points	Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008 To amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration. Placed on the Union Calendar 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 24 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 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.1361 Howard Berman 25 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should lead a high-level diplomatic effort to ensure that the Durban Review Conference serves as a forum to review implementation of commitments made at the 2001 Durban Conference to combat all forms of racism by defeating the campaign by some members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to divert the United Nation's Durban Review Conference from a review of problems in their own and other countries by attacking Israel, promoting anti-Semitism, and undermining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.6156 Buck McKeon 2 Cosponsors 0 points	Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act To designate certain land as wilderness in the State of California, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.RES.1254 Eliot Engel 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the values and goals of the "Joint Action Plan Between the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Government of the United States of America to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality", signed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brazilian Minister of Racial Integration Edson Santos on March 13, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 9, 2008
H.R.5477 Adam Schiff 50 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, California, as the "Chi Mui Post Office Building". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5464 Ron Klein 23 Cosponsors 0 points	A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act To direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate 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.RES.1357 Doris Matsui 31 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the significance of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and the greatness of America in her ability to admit and remedy past mistakes and to recognize that there are other communities who may have suffered the mistakes of our government but have not received an apology and reparations. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6078 Ed Perlmutter 43 Cosponsors 0 points	GREEN Act of 2008 To encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing, commercial structures, and other buildings, and to create sustainable communities. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.896 Joe Baca 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for primary lateral sclerosis, supporting the goals and ideals of Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.1279 Lee Terry 46 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the Special Olympics' 40th anniversary. Passed/agreed to in House 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.3890 Tom Lantos 40 Cosponsors 10 points	An act to impose sanctions on officials of the State Peace and Development Council in Burma, to amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to prohibit the importation of gemstones and hardwoods from Burma, to promote a coordinated international effort to restore civilian democratic rule to Burma, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Friday, July 25, 2008
H.CON.RES.385 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 30 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 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.5541 Nick Rahall 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.5840 Paul Kanjorski 12 Cosponsors 0 points	Insurance Information Act of 2008 To establish an Office of Insurance Information in the Department of the Treasury. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 9, 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.3546 Hank Johnson 57 Cosponsors 0 points	To authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012. Received in the Senate on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.4789 Howard Berman 20 Cosponsors 0 points	Performance Rights Act To provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.1889 Tim Holden 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Private Prison Information Act of 2007 To require prisons and other 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 do by law. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6066 Barney Frank 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure Act To require, for the benefit of shareholders, the disclosure of payments to foreign governments for the extraction of natural resources, to allow such shareholders more appropriately to determine associated risks. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.1307 Brian Baird 42 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the Kingdom of Bhutan's participation in the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and commending the people and the Government of the Kingdom of Bhutan for their commitment to holding elections and broadening political participation. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.1229 Greg Meeks 107 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the achievements of America's high school valedictorians of the graduating class of 2008, promoting the importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and rewarding academic excellence of all American high school students. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 23, 2008
H.CON.RES.337 Tom Allen 51 Cosponsors 1 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.RES.1127 Gary Ackerman 35 Cosponsors 0 points	Resolution condemning the endemic restrictions on freedom of the press and media and public expression in the Middle East and the concurrent and widespread presence of anti-Semitic incitement to violence and Holocaust denial in the Arab media and press. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.RES.1270 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 30 Cosponsors 3 points	Commending the efforts of those who sought to block an international arms transfer destined for Zimbabwe, where the government has unleashed a campaign of violence and intimidation against members of the political opposition, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.6298 Ed Markey 15 Cosponsors 3 points	To restrict nuclear cooperation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.5749 Jim McDermott 36 Cosponsors 0 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.5912 John McHugh 7 Cosponsors 1 points	To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.6254 Gary Miller 2 Cosponsors 3 points	Temporary FHA Direct Endorsement Lender Participation Act of 2008 To authorize the temporary participation of mortgage brokers and lenders under the FHA single-family housing mortgage insurance program. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.512 Xavier Becerra 107 Cosponsors 0 points	Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2007 To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.759 Eliot Engel 12 Cosponsors 3 points	To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library". Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.359 Hilda Solis 68 Cosponsors 0 points	Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estarada Chavez and the farm labor movement. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.332 Jeff Fortenberry 49 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.RES.1063 David Wu 26 Cosponsors 0 points	Marking the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War with the Kingdom of Great Britain and recognized the independence of the United States of America, and acknowledging the shared values and close friendship between the peoples and governments of the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, June 10, 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.1106 Dave Reichert 114 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of April 2008 as "National Autism Awareness Month" and supporting efforts to devote new resources to research into the causes and treatment of autism and to improve training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with autism. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6074 Steve Kagen 18 Cosponsors 5 points	Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008 To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.CON.RES.356 Bob Filner 16 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
H.R.3320 Chris Smith 17 Cosponsors 0 points	Support for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act of 2007 To provide assistance for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, May 19, 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.5916 Howard Berman 4 Cosponsors 27 points	Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Reform Act of 2008 To reform the administration of the Arms Export Control Act, 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.RES.1134 Grace Napolitano 148 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month. Passed/agreed to in House 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.1181 Joseph Crowley 33 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing condolences and sympathy to the people of Burma for the grave loss of life and vast destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
H.R.1512 Linda Sanchez 60 Cosponsors 27 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 12, 2008
H.R.4279 John Conyers 19 Cosponsors 0 points	Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2007 To enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 12, 2008
H.R.5818 Maxine Waters 27 Cosponsors 6 points	Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and to make grants to States for related costs. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 12, 2008