Representative Dean Heller (R-NV-02)

Representative Dean Heller (R-NV-02)
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H.R.5293 Dean Heller 1 Cosponsors 25 points	Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act To approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation in Nevada, to require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the settlement, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.2246 Dean Heller 2 Cosponsors 30 points	A bill to provide for the release of any reversionary interest of the United States in and to certain lands in Reno, Nevada. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.358 Dean Heller 35 Cosponsors 6 points	Concurrent resolution commending the members of the Nevada Army and Air National Guard and the Nevada Reserve members of the Armed Forces for their dedicated, unselfish, and professional service, commitment, and sacrifices to the State of Nevada and the United States during more than five years of deployments to and in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.2299 Dean Heller 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Henderson, Nevada, certain Federal land located in the City, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.6292 Dean Heller 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Parents' Right to Know Improvement Act To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to provide to parents, on request, information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's specialized instructional support persons. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 18, 2008

H.R.2515 Dean Heller 8 Cosponsors 30 points	Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act To authorize appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.5971 Dean Heller 0 Cosponsors 5 points	American Elections Act of 2008 To require that ballots used in Federal elections be generally printed only in English and to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to modify the requirement that certain jurisdictions provide ballots and other voting materials in languages other than English, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.RES.1135 Dean Heller 16 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing support for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to reveal her commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.R.5737 Dean Heller 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Veterans Travel Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a deduction for travel expenses to medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.2326 Dean Heller 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Water Rights Settlement Act To approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, to require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the settlement, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 18, 2007

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H.R.6779 Greg Walden 33 Cosponsors 3 points	SEA Act of 2008 To provide for secure rural schools and counties, and State enhanced authority for coastal and ocean resources, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.388 Roy Blunt 22 Cosponsors 3 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.CON.RES.386 Bill Sali 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and celebrating the 232nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.376 Ed Markey 50 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating the 2007-2008 National Basketball Association World Champions, the Boston Celtics, on an outstanding and historic season. 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.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.R.7131 Shelley Berkley 2 Cosponsors 3 points	Southern Nevada Higher Education Land Act of 2008 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Nevada System of Higher Education certain Federal land located in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 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.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.R.2140 Shelley Berkley 72 Cosponsors 3 points	Internet Gambling Study Act To provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences to identify the proper response of the United States to the growth of Internet gambling. House committee/subcommittee actions on Monday, July 28, 2008
H.R.6023 Todd Akin 37 Cosponsors 3 points	Freedom to Serve Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain forms of interference with military recruiting. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 28, 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.CON.RES.295 Gus Bilirakis 42 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the deepest appreciation of Congress to the families of members of the United States Armed Forces. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 17, 2008
H.R.6384 Rob Bishop 47 Cosponsors 3 points	Americans for American Energy Act of 2008 To provide a comprehensive plan for greater American energy independence. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.1311 Shelley Berkley 2 Cosponsors 18 points	Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act To provide for the conveyance of the Alta-Hualapai Site to the Nevada Cancer Institute, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.658 Jon Porter 4 Cosponsors 0 points	Natural Resource Protection Cooperative Agreement Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements to protect natural resources of units of the National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 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.R.5898 Gus Bilirakis 84 Cosponsors 0 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.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.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.789 Michele Bachmann 63 Cosponsors 4 points	Honoring public child welfare agencies, nonprofit organizations and private entities providing services for foster children. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.R.6026 Jerry Lewis 147 Cosponsors 1 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.RES.1091 Don Young 112 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the life, achievements, and contributions of Charlton Heston and extending its deepest sympathies to the family of Charlton Heston for the loss of such a great generous man, husband, and father. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.5868 Steve Pearce 49 Cosponsors 1 points	Caleb Martin-Travis Dodson Wounded Warrior Retention Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the retention of members of the Armed Forces on active service or in an active status who would otherwise be retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but who are still medically able to perform noncombat-related military occupational specialties or duties. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.5984 Roscoe Bartlett 121 Cosponsors 1 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.1043 Jeff Fortenberry 51 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the life and legacy of Chief Standing Bear, a pioneer in civil rights for Native Americans, on the 100th anniversary of Chief Standing Bear's death. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.5857 Spencer Bachus 32 Cosponsors 3 points	Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008 To establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, improve mortgage disclosures, create an Office of Housing Counseling, to provide incentives to facilitate loan modifications, reform the regulation of the Government Sponsored Enterprises, modernize the Federal Housing Administration, improve home ownership for veterans, reform appraisal activities, and combat mortgage fraud, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee 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.1108 Chris Shays 6 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that future Iraq reconstruction should be paid for by the Government of Iraq. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.5784 Kay Granger 18 Cosponsors 0 points	Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance. Referred to House committee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5695 Ginny Brown-Waite 10 Cosponsors 0 points	Noncitizen Voting Prevention Act of 2008 To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require applications for voter registration with respect to elections for Federal office to include a statement that an alien who falsely claims to be a citizen of the United States is deportable under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 3, 2008
H.R.5699 Jeb Hensarling 46 Cosponsors 0 points	Blogger Protection Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to protect uncompensated Internet activity by individuals from treatment as a contribution or expenditure under the Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 3, 2008
H.R.5673 Kevin McCarthy 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense to collect absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters for elections for Federal office and deliver the ballots to State election officials prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.5646 Paul Broun 48 Cosponsors 0 points	Protecting the Second Amendment and Hunting Rights on Federal Lands Act of 2008 To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry firearms and ammunition in units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System and to require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is managed. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 18, 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.R.5559 Adam Putnam 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.RES.1007 Donald Manzullo 29 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the condolences of the House to those affected by the devastating shooting incident of February 14, 2008, at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, March 5, 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.RES.958 John Kline 75 Cosponsors 0 points	Reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to the patriotic and professional men and women serving in the United States Marine Corps in defense of the United States. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 29, 2008
H.R.5238 Steve Pearce 8 Cosponsors 3 points	Restoring the West's Fair Share Act of 2008 To repeal a requirement to reduce by 2 percent the amount payable to each State in fiscal year 2008. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 8, 2008
H.RES.931 Tom Feeney 70 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of February 17, 2008, as "Race Day in America" and highlighting the 50th running of the Daytona 500. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
H.R.4464 Tom Price 107 Cosponsors 3 points	Common Sense English Act To ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 5, 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 1 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.5109 Scott Garrett 98 Cosponsors 1 points	Economic Growth Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for permanent tax incentives for economic growth. 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 0 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.CON.RES.254 Mary Fallin 55 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing and celebrating the centennial of Oklahoma statehood. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
H.RES.748 Robert Aderholt 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3584) to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend funding for 18 months for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr 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.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.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 Wednesday, November 7, 2007
H.R.4091 Jim Cooper 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Adoption Equality Act of 2007 To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote the adoption of children with special needs. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, November 6, 2007
H.R.4018 Jon Porter 2 Cosponsors 3 points	Mesquite Lands Act of 2007 To authorize the conveyance of certain parcels of public land in Clark County, Nevada, to the City of Mesquite, Nevada, and the Virgin Valley Water District, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, November 2, 2007
H.R.2295 Eliot Engel 273 Cosponsors 0 points	ALS Registry Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry. Read the second time on Wednesday, October 31, 2007
H.RES.786 Phil Gingrey 132 Cosponsors 0 points	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, October 31, 2007
H.CON.RES.244 Gene Green 224 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, October 31, 2007
H.RES.784 Kevin McCarthy 68 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and honoring, in community post offices, the service of men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces deployed overseas. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
H.R.1154 Al Green 311 Cosponsors 0 points	To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. Senate floor actions on Friday, October 26, 2007
H.R.3934 Joseph Crowley 143 Cosponsors 0 points	Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
H.R.3229 Lynn Westmoreland 164 Cosponsors 0 points	National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the legacy of the United States Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 19, 2007
H.R.3888 Marilyn Musgrave 50 Cosponsors 3 points	More Children, More Choices Act of 2007 To provide for a 5-year SCHIP reauthorization for coverage of low-income children, an expansion of child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and a health care Federalism initiative, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, October 18, 2007
H.R.3494 Marsha Blackburn 136 Cosponsors 0 points	Charlie Norwood CLEAR Act of 2007 To provide for enhanced Federal, State, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to authorize appropriations to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 12, 2007
H.RES.687 Joe Donnelly 102 Cosponsors 3 points	Resolution recognizing Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., for his contributions to the civil rights movement in the United States, his tireless work to reduce the threat of nuclear conflict, and his efforts to secure the peaceful resolution of international conflicts. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, October 9, 2007
H.R.1400 Tom Lantos 322 Cosponsors 0 points	Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 To enhance United States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by imposing additional economic sanctions against Iran, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
H.RES.557 John Campbell 84 Cosponsors 0 points