Representative Charles Boustany (R-LA-07)

Representative Charles Boustany (R-LA-07)
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H.RES.1416 Charles Boustany 0 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring Dr. Michael DeBakey for his lifetime of accomplishments. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 8, 2008
H.R.6345 Charles Boustany 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Patient-Controlled Health IT Act To establish a demonstration program to provide financial incentives to encourage the adoption and use of interactive personal health records and to encourage health information exchange networks to link clinical data to such personal health records. Referred to House committee on Monday, June 23, 2008
H.RES.1168 Charles Boustany 0 Cosponsors 8 points	Congratulating charter schools and their students, parents, teachers, and administrators across the United States for their ongoing contributions to education, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.RES.1025 Charles Boustany 2 Cosponsors 1 points	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1843) to extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from numerical limitations for temporary workers. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.4001 Charles Boustany 20 Cosponsors 5 points	Nursing Education Opportunities Act To amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the nurse student loan program, to establish grant programs to address the nursing shortage, to amend title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a nurse faculty pilot project, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008

H.R.2904 Charles Boustany 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Charter School Program Enhancement Act of 2007 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize the laws relating to public charter schools to improve academic achievement of all students. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, September 11, 2007
H.R.3207 Charles Boustany 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Energy Security and Foreign Policy Integration Act of 2007 To provide mechanisms for developing and implementing a national energy security strategy for the United States. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
H.R.2639 Charles Boustany 24 Cosponsors 5 points	Promoting Health for Future Generations Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules with respect to health savings accounts and medical savings accounts, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 11, 2007
H.CON.RES.54 Charles Boustany 0 Cosponsors 6 points	Expressing the support of Congress for the creation of a National Hurricane Museum and Science Center in Southwest Louisiana. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 7, 2007
H.RES.398 Charles Boustany 0 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the long and mutually-beneficial relationship between the United States and France and congratulating France's President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy on his victory in the May 6, 2007, Presidential election. Referred to House committee on Monday, May 14, 2007
H.RES.344 Charles Boustany 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Congratulating charter schools and their students, parents, teachers, and administrators across the United States for their ongoing contributions to education, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 1, 2007

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H.R.3511 Rodney Alexander 6 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2150 East Hardtner Drive in Urania, Louisiana, a the "Murphy A. Tannehill Post Office Building". Presented to President on Friday, October 10, 2008
H.CON.RES.239 Jean Schmidt 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and acknowledging the important role of adoption, and commending all parties involved, including birthparents who carry out an adoption plan, adoptive families, and adopted children. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.2933 Gary Miller 106 Cosponsors 0 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.5611 David Scott 52 Cosponsors 0 points	National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2008 To reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.405 Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 30 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the first full week of April as "National Workplace Wellness Week". Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.CON.RES.429 Mike Conaway 55 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the importance of the United States wine industry to the American economy. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.378 Barbara Cubin 55 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of September 6, 2008, as Louisa Swain Day. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, October 2, 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.1455 Ray Lahood 4 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. Referred to House subcommittee 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.CON.RES.431 Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 10 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of a Long-Term Care Awareness Week. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.7072 Buck McKeon 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To make technical corrections in the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.3202 Chris Smith 29 Cosponsors 0 points	Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2007 To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad. Placed on the Union Calendar on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.7008 Rodney Alexander 2 Cosponsors 3 points	Low-Income Rate Payer Disaster Recovery Act of 2008 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for disaster assistance for electric utility companies serving low-income households, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1427 Thaddeus McCotter 7 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating General David Howell Petraeus on being appointed Commander of the United States Central Command, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.RES.1364 Geoff Davis 36 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the persons who are serving or have served in the airborne forces of the Armed Forces. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, September 4, 2008
H.R.6758 Mike Rogers 29 Cosponsors 3 points	FREE Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to promptly commence an oil and gas leasing program for public lands within the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, August 4, 2008
H.R.6788 Randy Kuhl 49 Cosponsors 3 points	SCHIP Full Funding Extension Act of 2008 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend through fiscal year 2012 funding under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 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.1262 Darrell Issa 49 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Commerce should use all reasonable measures to ensure that every person is counted in the 2010 decennial census. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.R.2493 Roy Blunt 83 Cosponsors 0 points	Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2007 To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number of boutique fuels, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.2208 Rick Boucher 63 Cosponsors 0 points	Coal Liquid Fuel Act To provide for a standby loan program for certain coal-to-liquid projects. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr 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.6418 Ted Poe 27 Cosponsors 3 points	Developing Resources Immediately and Long-Term through Leases on Our Nation's Offshore Waters Act of 2008 To achieve greater national energy independence by terminating longstanding moratoriums on the domestic production of offshore oil and natural gas and to authorize States to petition for authorization to conduct offshore oil and natural gas exploration and extraction in the coastal zone of their State. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.195 Zach Wamp 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that a National Dysphagia Awareness Month should be established. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.6070 John Carter 69 Cosponsors 3 points	Military Spouses Residency Relief Act To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the residency of spouses of military personnel. 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.R.5656 Jeb Hensarling 93 Cosponsors 0 points	To repeal a requirement with respect to the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.2279 Joseph Pitts 75 Cosponsors 0 points	To expedite the construction of new refining capacity on closed military installations in the United States, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Wednesday, June 18, 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.3089 Mac Thornberry 87 Cosponsors 0 points	No More Excuses Energy Act of 2007 To secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.RES.127 Don Young 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the entry of Alaska in the Union as the 49th State. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.RES.1076 Buck McKeon 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling upon the courts to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.334 Chris Shays 60 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military Appreciation Month. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.RES.1194 Howard Berman 4 Cosponsors 1 points	Reaffirming the support of the House of Representatives for the legitimate, democratically-elected Government of Lebanon under Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, May 22, 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.1152 Mike Ferguson 82 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring Arnold Palmer for his distinguished career in the sport of golf and his commitment to excellence and sportsmanship. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6048 Mike Turner 58 Cosponsors 6 points	To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 21, 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.RES.1147 Geoff Davis 31 Cosponsors 1 points	Congratulating the Northern Kentucky University Norse women's basketball team, champions of the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II tournament. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, May 19, 2008
H.R.6026 Jerry Lewis 147 Cosponsors 0 points	Clean Global War on Terror Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
H.R.6013 Charlie Melancon 4 Cosponsors 3 points	Ratepayer Recovery Act of 2007 To provide for disaster assistance for power transmission and distribution facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 9, 2008
H.R.5984 Roscoe Bartlett 121 Cosponsors 3 points	Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency in order to prevent a downturn in these sectors that would result from a lapse in the tax law. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.RES.1155 Mike Ross 33 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the recipients of the El Dorado Promise scholarship. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.RES.1122 Marilyn Musgrave 112 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing Armed Forces Day. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.RES.892 Charlie Wilson 74 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of a "National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day". Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.4193 Jerry Moran 27 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide for an automatic one-year extension of the authorizations of appropriations and direct spending programs of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5903 Mike Conaway 26 Cosponsors 3 points	To redesignate the Federal building and United States Courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, as the "George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building ". Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.CON.RES.323 Phil Gingrey 106 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing Congressional support for the goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.R.5440 Vito Fossella 64 Cosponsors 0 points	FISA Amendments Act of 2008 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.R.900 Jose Serrano 128 Cosponsors 3 points	Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007 To provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico. Placed on the Union Calendar on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.5825 Devin Nunes 237 Cosponsors 3 points	Hubbard Act To amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United States Code, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.RES.994 Paul Broun 57 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing support for designation of a National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5775 Pete Sessions 25 Cosponsors 3 points	Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Enforcement Act of 2008 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to provide for specified civil penalties for violations of that Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee 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.5723 Paul Kanjorski 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to allow Federal home loan banks to invest surplus funds in student loan securities and make advances for student loan financing, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 8, 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.1005 Tom Davis 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.5644 John Mica 23 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide for competitive development and operation of high-speed rail corridor projects. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 17, 2008
H.J.RES.77 Phil Gingrey 9 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing Congressional support for the goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
H.RES.924 Bruce Braley 29 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating Iowa State University of Science and Technology for 150 years of leadership and service to the United States and the world as Iowa's land-grant university. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.315 Joe Wilson 111 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the idea that coalition victory in Iraq is possible. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.RES.944 David Scott 71 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the service and accomplishments of Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, United States Army, for his 37 years of service on behalf of the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.5233 Thelma Drake 18 Cosponsors 0 points	Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act To extend for two years the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for H-2B temporary workers. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.RES.972 Lois Capps 77 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, February 14, 2008
H.R.5222 John Campbell 92 Cosponsors 3 points	Semper Fi Act To rescind funds appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, for the City of Berkeley, California, and any entities located in such city, and to provide that such funds shall be transferred to the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account of the Department of Defense for the purposes of recruiting. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
H.R.4344 Tim Walberg 28 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend section 435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of economic hardship. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
H.RES.933 Richard Baker 5 Cosponsors 4 points	Commending the Louisiana State University Tigers football team for winning the 2007 Bowl Championship Series national championship game.