Representative Chris Carney (D-PA-10)

Representative Chris Carney (D-PA-10)
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H.R.3480 Chris Carney 43 Cosponsors 50 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.7041 Chris Carney 13 Cosponsors 5 points	Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants on a competitive basis to regional biocontainment laboratories for maintaining surge capacity that can be used to respond to acts of bioterrorism or outbreaks of infectious diseases, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.6879 Chris Carney 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend Public Law 100-573 to extend the authorization of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.5170 Chris Carney 1 Cosponsors 30 points	Department of Homeland Security Component Privacy Officer Act of 2008 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for a privacy official within each component of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6611 Chris Carney 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Strengthen American Manufacturers Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the research credit permanent, increase expensing for small businesses, reduce corporate tax rates, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008

H.R.6448 Chris Carney 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Caregiver Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit for taxpayers with long-term care needs. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.5595 Chris Carney 65 Cosponsors 5 points	Make Our Veterans Smile Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide dental care to veterans with service-connected disabilities, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.3911 Chris Carney 18 Cosponsors 6 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.3284 Chris Carney 7 Cosponsors 5 points	TSA Acquisition Reform Act of 2007 To amend title 49, United States Code, by repealing the provision regarding the acquisition management system for the Transportation Security Administration. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, December 26, 2007
H.R.4136 Chris Carney 0 Cosponsors 45 points	Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007 To amend title 18 of the United States Code to clarify the scope of the child pornography laws, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, December 3, 2007
H.R.4121 Chris Carney 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Restoring Trust in Public Officials Act of 2007 To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to prevent Government officials from accepting travel from persons having business before their agencies, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 8, 2007
H.CON.RES.193 Chris Carney 91 Cosponsors 10 points	Recognizing all hunters across the United States for their continued commitment to safety. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Tuesday, October 16, 2007
H.R.3850 Chris Carney 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Responsible and Effective Solutions for Children Using and Entering Online Services Act of 2007 To improve the collection and use of data related to crimes of child exploitation, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 16, 2007
H.R.3099 Chris Carney 68 Cosponsors 5 points	National Guard and Reserve Higher Education Fairness Act To amend title 10, to permit members of the Selected Reserves and members of the reserve component to renter their military service and receive chapter 1607 education benefits if that member has earned such benefit before originally separating from service. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
H.R.2126 Chris Carney 13 Cosponsors 5 points	Working Family Child Assistance Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 3, 2007
H.CON.RES.135 Chris Carney 11 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing Pennsylvania hunters for their continued commitment to safety and for setting a new State safety record in 2006. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 1, 2007
H.CON.RES.113 Chris Carney 11 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the important contributions and tremendous potential of military ground robotics and expressing the support of the Congress for continued funding and development of Unmanned Ground Vehicles. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 26, 2007
H.R.1639 Chris Carney 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To provide that no entity performing lead system integrator functions in the acquisition of a major system by the Department of Homeland Security may have any direct financial interest in the development or construction of any individual system or element of any system of systems, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 10, 2007
H.R.1330 Chris Carney 43 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend the time limit for the use of education assistance by members of the Selected Reserve and members of the reserve component supporting contingency operations and certain other operations. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, March 28, 2007
H.R.803 Chris Carney 19 Cosponsors 5 points	Department of Homeland Security Procurement Improvement Act of 2007 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the procurement-related activities of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Monday, March 26, 2007
H.R.1403 Chris Carney 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 2 percent tax reduction for members of the Armed Forces who serve in a combat zone. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 8, 2007
H.R.1404 Chris Carney 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income a portion of the compensation received for active service and for inactive-duty training as a member of the Armed Forces. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 8, 2007
H.RES.134 Chris Carney 21 Cosponsors 5 points	Recognizing and honoring the employees of the Department of Homeland Security for their efforts and contributions to protect and secure the Nation. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, February 12, 2007
H.R.2765 Chris Carney 18 Cosponsors 20 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 44 North Main Street in Hughesville, Pennsylvania, as the "Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office". Became Public Law No: 110-101 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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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.5577 Bennie Thompson 20 Cosponsors 3 points	Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend, modify, and recodify the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities, and for other purposes. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consider... 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.2095 Jim Oberstar 94 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes. Cleared for White House 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.7017 Scott Garrett 1 Cosponsors 15 points	To amend Public Law 100-573 to extend the authorization of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission. Received in the Senate on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6869 Loretta Sanchez 10 Cosponsors 0 points	Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2008 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a rule with respect to border security searches of electronic devices, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 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.7119 Mark Kirk 6 Cosponsors 3 points	To impose certain limits on the exercise by the Secretary of the Treasury of certain actions under any other Act which authorizes the Secretary to purchase troubled assets, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee 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.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.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 170 Cosponsors 12 points	Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012. House floor actions on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.3224 John Salazar 19 Cosponsors 6 points	Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2007 To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.3815 Ed Perlmutter 13 Cosponsors 15 points	Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2007 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source homeland security information products, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.RES.1000 Michael Doyle 58 Cosponsors 0 points	To commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Naming of Pittsburgh as the culmination of the Forbes Campaign across Pennsylvania and the significance this event played in the making of America, in the settlement of the Continent, and in spreading the ideals of freedom and democracy throughout the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.RES.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.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.1390 Dennis Cardoza 35 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of a 4-H National Youth Science Day. Passed/agreed to in House 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.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 3 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.R.4806 Jane Harman 13 Cosponsors 6 points	Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2007 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and other information, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6193 Jane Harman 7 Cosponsors 18 points	Improving Public Access to Documents Act of 2008 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer policies, procedures, and programs to promote the implementation of the Controlled Unclassified Information Framework applicable to unclassified information that is homeland security information, terrorism information, weapons of mass destruction information and other information within the scope of the information sharing environment established under section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485), and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6658 Jim Oberstar 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Enhancement Act of 2008 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance the Nation's disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6730 Phil English 19 Cosponsors 3 points	Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site Act of 2008 To establish the Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.2490 Gus Bilirakis 15 Cosponsors 0 points	To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a program in the maritime environment for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.1128 Dave Davis 50 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support of the goals and ideals of National Carriage Driving Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.5546 John Conyers 45 Cosponsors 1 points	Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008 To amend the antitrust laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.RES.984 Gabrielle Giffords 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of July 26, 2008 as "National Day of the Cowboy". Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.RES.1333 Mike Arcuri 40 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Tay-Sachs Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6462 Dennis Cardoza 14 Cosponsors 1 points	Jose Rivera Correctional Officer Protection Act To require the Bureau of Prisons to provide stab-resistant personal body armor to all correctional officers of the Bureau, and to require such officers to wear such armor while on duty. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 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.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 15 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.4264 Jeff Miller 33 Cosponsors 0 points	To name the Department of Veterans Affairs spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center". Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 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.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.5935 Peter Visclosky 33 Cosponsors 0 points	American Steel First Act of 2008 To require certain Federal agencies to use iron and steel produced in the United States in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.2818 Ed Perlmutter 134 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of epilepsy centers of excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.6330 Bart Stupak 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2008 To provide for regulation of certain transactions involving energy commodities, to strengthen the enforcement authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act and the Federal Power Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.R.4179 Yvette Clarke 16 Cosponsors 18 points	Fair, Accurate, Secure and Timely Redress Act of 2007 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an appeal and redress process for individuals wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight, or denied a right, benefit, or privilege, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.1333 Charles Dent 56 Cosponsors 0 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.6003 Jim Oberstar 44 Cosponsors 15 points	Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 To reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.6217 Albio Sires 61 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify the procedures governing the closure or consolidation of post offices. Referred to House subcommittee 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. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.R.5898 Gus Bilirakis 84 Cosponsors 1 points	Silver Alert Grant Program Act of 2008 To authorize a grant program to help establish and improve State-administered notification systems to help locate missing individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.3819 Zack Space 48 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse veterans receiving emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for such treatment until such veterans are transferred to Department facilities, and for other purposes. 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.R.2790 Phil Hare 25 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.3681 John Boozman 12 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Benefits Awareness Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to advertise in the national media to promote awareness of benefits under laws administered by the Secretary. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1153 Mazie Hirono 78 Cosponsors 1 points	Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1026 Sanford Bishop 80 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Congressional Club. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6065 Mark Kirk 9 Cosponsors 3 points	Green Schools Act To promote green schools. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.R.1783 Rahm Emanuel 114 Cosponsors 0 points	Elder Justice Act To amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 14, 2008