Representative Charles Dent (R-PA-15)

Representative Charles Dent (R-PA-15)
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H.R.6703 Charles Dent 0 Cosponsors 5 points	National Museum of Industrial History Act To assist in the establishment of an interpretive center and museum in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to protect and interpret the history of the industrialization of the United States. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.1333 Charles Dent 56 Cosponsors 30 points	Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Support Act of 2007 To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.4201 Charles Dent 31 Cosponsors 5 points	Justice for the Newark College Students Act To require State and local law enforcement agencies to determine the immigration status of all individuals arrested by such agencies for a felony, to require such agencies to report to the Secretary of Homeland Security when they have arrested for a felony an alien unlawfully present in the United States, to require mandatory Federal detention of such individuals pending removal in cases where they are not otherwise detained, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.4354 Charles Dent 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on Ancamine 2432 Curing Agent. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
H.R.4256 Charles Dent 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on Ancamine 2422 Curing Agent. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 4, 2007

H.R.4257 Charles Dent 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on hexafluoro isopropyl methyl ether (HFMOP). Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 4, 2007
H.R.4117 Charles Dent 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on certain electronic dimming ballasts with a three wire control scheme. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 8, 2007
H.CON.RES.165 Charles Dent 56 Cosponsors 6 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Teen Driver Safety Week. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, September 6, 2007
H.R.3152 Charles Dent 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Anti-Gang Task Force Act of 2007 To provide funding for multi-jurisdictional anti-gang task forces. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, August 10, 2007
H.R.2047 Charles Dent 17 Cosponsors 5 points	Health Insurance for Life Act of 2007 To remove the 18 or 36 month limitation on the period of COBRA continuation coverage. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 9, 2007
H.R.2561 Charles Dent 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Fast and Secure Travel at the Borders Act of 2007 To protect the United States by targeting terrorists at the border, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 25, 2007
H.R.2562 Charles Dent 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Limitation of Tribal Gambling to Existing Tribal Lands Act of 2007 To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to limit casino expansion. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, June 5, 2007
H.RES.285 Charles Dent 3 Cosponsors 1 points	Condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the Iranian Government's seizure of 15 British sailors and marines in the Shatt al Arab waterway on March 23, 2007, and asking for the immediate repatriation of these sailors and marines to the United Kingdom. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 29, 2007

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H.CON.RES.223 Chris Van Hollen 51 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring professional surveyors and recognizing their contributions to society. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.388 Roy Blunt 22 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense and the Federal Voting Assistance Program should take certain additional and timely measures to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their dependents and citizens living overseas are provided with reasonable information on how to register to vote and vote in the 2008 general elections. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1424 Patrick Kennedy 270 Cosponsors 0 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.6460 Vernon Ehlers 46 Cosponsors 9 points	Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6098 Dave Reichert 9 Cosponsors 0 points	Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities, and for other purposes. Resolving differences -- House actions on Monday, September 29, 2008

H.R.6392 Henry Cuellar 3 Cosponsors 3 points	Alerting Lives through Effective and Reliable Technological Systems Act of 2008 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate an agency within the Department of Homeland Security to modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the United States to disseminate homeland security and other information, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.6192 Walter Jones 9 Cosponsors 1 points	Illegal Alien Crime Reporting Act of 2008 To make payments by the Department of Homeland Security to a State contingent on a State providing the Federal Bureau of Investigation with certain statistics, to require Federal agencies, departments, and courts to provide such statistics to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and to require the Federal Bureau of Investigation to publish such statistics. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.7235 Chris Shays 10 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act the amount of deposits insured under that Act. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 29, 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.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.RES.1429 Yvette Clarke 10 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the employees of the Department of Homeland Security, their partners at all levels of government, and the millions of emergency response providers and law enforcement agents nationwide should be commended for their dedicated service on the Nation's front lines in the war against acts of terrorism. 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.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.1143 Todd Platts 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of the Apple Crunch and the Nation's domestic apple industry. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 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.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.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.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.RES.1283 Lee Terry 78 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing heartfelt sympathy for the victims and their families following the tornado that hit Little Sioux, Iowa, on June 11, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House 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.CON.RES.332 Jeff Fortenberry 49 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.3809 Paul Kanjorski 2 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 regarding the local coordinating entity of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 5, 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.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.6114 Michael Doyle 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Simplifying and Updating National Standards to Encourage Testing of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus of 2008 To amend the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 relating to testing for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. Referred to House 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.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 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.RES.1192 Mike Honda 5 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of World Hepatitis Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 13, 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.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.R.5974 Lee Terry 20 Cosponsors 1 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home purchases. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.R.4183 Loretta Sanchez 12 Cosponsors 3 points	National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.R.5890 Henry Cuellar 8 Cosponsors 3 points	Citizen and Community Preparedness Act of 2008 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Community Preparedness Division of the Department of Homeland Security and the Citizen Corps Program, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 30, 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.5907 Jim Gerlach 5 Cosponsors 0 points	Eagle Employers Act To provide a Federal income tax credit for Eagle employers, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 24, 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 0 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.5761 Mike Castle 1 Cosponsors 3 points	To withhold Federal financial assistance from each country that denies or unreasonably delays the acceptance of nationals of such country who have been ordered removed from the United States and to prohibit the issuance of visas to nationals of such country. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.R.5771 Michael McCaul 27 Cosponsors 0 points	To prohibit the use of Federal funds for a project or program named for an individual then serving as a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator of the United States Congress. 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.CON.RES.326 Chris Van Hollen 1 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring professional surveyors and recognizing their contributions to society. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.5746 John Larson 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Hydrogen Tax Incentives Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish the infrastructure foundation for the hydrogen economy, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.5714 Ike Skelton 107 Cosponsors 0 points	United States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 2008 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the establishment of the United States Army in 1775, to honor the American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States Army and its role in American society, from the Colonial period to today. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
H.R.4088 Heath Shuler 153 Cosponsors 0 points	Border Law Enforcement Act To provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.RES.951 Scott Garrett 263 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
H.R.3911 Chris Carney 18 Cosponsors 1 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 95 Church Street in Jessup, Pennsylvania, as the "Lance Corporal Dennis James Veater Post Office". Referred to Senate subcommittee on Wednesday, February 27, 2008
H.R.5222 John Campbell 92 Cosponsors 1 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.4987 Walter Jones 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Fence By Date Certain Act To require construction of fencing and security improvements in the border area from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, January 31, 2008
H.R.5105 David Dreier 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Fair and Simple Tax Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce taxes by providing an alternative determination of income tax liability for individuals, repealing the estate and gift taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates, reducing the maximum tax for individuals on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent, indexing the basis of assets for purposes of determining capital gain or loss, creating tax-free accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and life skills, repealing the adjusted gross income threshold in the medical care deduction for individuals under age 65 who have no employer health coverage, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.R.4900 Steve King 150 Cosponsors 0 points	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007 To reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearms laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, January 14, 2008
H.R.3793 Jason Altmire 274 Cosponsors 8 points	Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007 To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the continued payment to a member of the uniformed services who dies or is retired or separated under chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code, bonuses and similar benefits that the member was entitled to before the death, retirement, or separation of the member and would be paid if the member had not died, retired, or separated, to prohibit requiring the member to repay any portion of the bonuses or similar benefits previously paid, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
H.R.4297 Bill Shuster 8 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring energy conservation provisions and to provide a tax credit for certain individuals using home heating oil. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, December 5, 2007
H.R.4176 Peter King 169 Cosponsors 3 points	Prevention of Unsafe Licensing Act To enhance national security by restricting access of illegal aliens to driver's licenses and State-issued identification documents. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.CON.RES.263 Jack Kingston 159 Cosponsors 0 points	To establish the Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.R.4248 Ellen Tauscher 42 Cosponsors 0 points	Ensuring Medicare Access to Recreational Therapy Act of 2007 To ensure access to recreational therapy in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, inpatient psychiatric facilities, and skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.RES.808 Jim Moran 69 Cosponsors 3 points	Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
H.J.RES.54 Anna Eshoo 105 Cosponsors 0 points	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Medicare coverage for the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in cancer and related neoplastic conditions. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 8, 2007
H.R.4126 Bill Pascrell 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Roofing Energy Efficiency Tax Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the depreciation recovery period for certain roof systems. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 8, 2007
H.RES.800 Tom Latham 73 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the issuance of State driver's licenses or other government-issued photo identification to illegal aliens. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
H.R.4104 Roger Wicker 197 Cosponsors 1 points	Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on W