Representative Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-02)

Representative Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-02)
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H.R.2894 Dutch Ruppersberger 296 Cosponsors 13 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.3918 Dutch Ruppersberger 14 Cosponsors 5 points	Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards. Referred to House committee on Monday, October 22, 2007
H.R.3469 Dutch Ruppersberger 0 Cosponsors 5 points	America's Border Security Act of 2007 To assist the Secretary of Homeland Security in carrying out surveillance activities conducted at or near the international land borders of the United States to prevent illegal immigration, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, August 7, 2007
H.R.2660 Dutch Ruppersberger 8 Cosponsors 5 points	2007 Civil Rights Pay Fairness Act To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to extend the period for filing charges of discrimination in violation of such title and to provide relief for certain current injuries arising from compensation calculations attributable to compensation decisions made at any time in violation of such title. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
H.RES.374 Dutch Ruppersberger 5 Cosponsors 1 points	Congratulating and commending Free Comic Book Day as an enjoyable and creative approach to promoting literacy and celebrating a unique American art form. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 3, 2007

H.R.2042

Dutch Ruppersberger

8 Cosponsors

5 points

To amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision relating to the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals, and for other purposes.

Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 26, 2007

H.R.2021

Dutch Ruppersberger

128 Cosponsors

5 points

Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2007

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the credit for employers establishing workplace child care facilities, to increase the child care credit to encourage greater use of quality child care services, and to provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities.

Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 24, 2007

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H.R.642 Stephanie Jones 101 Cosponsors 0 points	College Fire Prevention Act To establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories, and for other purposes. 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.3036 John Sarbanes 64 Cosponsors 0 points	No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 To reauthorize and enhance the National Environmental Education Act, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.223 Chris Van Hollen 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring professional surveyors and recognizing their contributions to society. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.351 Rush Holt 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the 225th Anniversary of the Continental Congress meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1783. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.R.6598 John Conyers 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption. House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration en... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.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.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.5265 Eliot Engel 123 Cosponsors 0 points	Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6083 John Spratt 18 Cosponsors 30 points	To authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors. Cleared for White House on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.RES.135 Eddie Bernice Johnson 41 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week should be established. Passed/agreed to in House on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 222 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. Received in the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 170 Cosponsors 4 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.7035 Carol Shea-Porter 4 Cosponsors 3 points	Improving Dependent Care Tax Assistance Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.2831 George Miller 92 Cosponsors 0 points	Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.998 Carolyn McCarthy 82 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil Rights History Project Act of 2007 To direct the Librarian of Congress and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out a joint project at the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 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.1418 John Sarbanes 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating Michael Phelps, 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics champion swimmer, on winning 8 gold medals in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and becoming one of the most highly decorated athletes in Olympic history. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 8, 2008
H.R.5464 Ron Klein 23 Cosponsors 18 points	A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act To direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5540 John Sarbanes 13 Cosponsors 15 points	Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act To amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network. Read twice on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.2452 Tim Bishop 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that publicly owned treatment works monitor for and report sewer overflows, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.RES.1316 James McGovern 53 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, Operation Desert Storm, and global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by LST amphibious craft during these conflicts. Passed/agreed to in House on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6720 Tim Bishop 10 Cosponsors 3 points	Natural Gas Strategy Act To establish the Commission on Comprehensive Strategies for the Placement of Natural Gas Infrastructure, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.194 Steve Cohen 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
H.R.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.CON.RES.369 Mark Souder 13 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the men and women of the Drug Enforcement Administration on the occasion of its 35th anniversary. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1088 Jerrold Nadler 39 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and commending the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for 50 years of service as a vital American cultural ambassador to the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.4174 Tom Allen 17 Cosponsors 15 points	Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2007 To establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Received in the Senate on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.5541 Nick Rahall 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.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.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 6 points	Lumbee Recognition Act To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, July 8, 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.2910 Susan Davis 77 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2007 To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for reimbursement to members of the Armed Forces of tuition for programs of education delayed by military service, for deferment of students loans and reduced interest rates for members of the Armed Forces during periods of military service, and for other purposes. 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.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.3014 Hilda Solis 113 Cosponsors 0 points	Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007 To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.RES.1229 Greg Meeks 107 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the achievements of America's high school valedictorians of the graduating class of 2008, promoting the importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and rewarding academic excellence of all American high school students. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 23, 2008
H.R.1333 Charles Dent 56 Cosponsors 18 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.RES.1002 Earl Blumenauer 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of a "Public Radio Recognition Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.1388 John Sarbanes 10 Cosponsors 7 points	Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a National Historic Trail. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.1239 Alcee Hastings 66 Cosponsors 0 points	National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2007 A bill to amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to authorize additional funding to carry out the Act, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.5599 Carolyn Maloney 10 Cosponsors 3 points	To designate the Federal building located at 4600 Silver Hill Road in Suitland, Maryland, as the "Thomas Jefferson Census Bureau Headquarters Building". Placed on the House Calendar on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.5924 Robert Wexler 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act To provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.134 Albert Wynn 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to enhance public awareness of mental illness, especially within minority communities. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, June 2, 2008
H.R.752 G. K. Butterfield 61 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2007 To direct Federal agencies to transfer excess Federal electronic equipment, including computers, computer components, printers, and fax machines, to educational recipients. 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.1153 Mazie Hirono 78 Cosponsors 1 points	Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 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.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
H.RES.1109 Albio Sires 82 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the memory of Dith Pran by remembering his life's work and continuing to acknowledge and remember the victims of genocides that have taken place around the globe. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.RES.1159 Elijah Cummings 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the historical significance of the United States sloop-of-war Constellation as a surviving witness to the horrors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and a leading participant in America's effort to end the practice. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 29, 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.900 Jose Serrano 128 Cosponsors 0 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.RES.981 Tammy Baldwin 103 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing March 6, 2008, as the first-ever World Glaucoma Day, established to increase awareness of glaucoma, which is the second leading cause of preventable blindness in the United States and worldwide. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.2421 Jim Oberstar 175 Cosponsors 3 points	Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.RES.1115 Ron Klein 19 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of April 16, 2008, as "National Golf Day". Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.RES.1053 Jim Costa 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the mission and goals of National Crime Victims' Rights week in order to increase public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of victims and survivors of crime in the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.2063 Nita Lowey 76 Cosponsors 0 points	Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2007 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop a voluntary policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.CON.RES.310 Elijah Cummings 65 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing support for a national day of remembrance for Harriet Ross Tubman. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 2, 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.CON.RES.302 Kay Granger 124 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the observance of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.RES.1009 Ginny Brown-Waite 7 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing school resource officers and their crucial role in keeping America's students, teachers, and administrators safe. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 17, 2008
H.R.5654 Bobby Rush 23 Cosponsors 3 points	To authorize a program to provide grants to youth-serving organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents. Referred to House committee on Friday, March 14, 2008
H.CON.RES.289 Al Green 45 Cosponsors 7 points	Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 99th anniversary. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
H.RES.1013 Gwen Moore 43 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the sense of Congress that providing breakfast in schools through the National School Breakfast Program has a positive impact on classroom performance. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
H.R.5469 Louise Slaughter 30 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 15, 2008
H.R.5447 Edolphus Towns 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act To establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 14, 2008
H.CON.RES.273 Mary Bono Mack 60 Cosponsors 5 points	Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, February 8, 2008
H.R.5268 Frank Pallone 140 Cosponsors 0 points	To provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid Program, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, February 7, 2008
H.R.5173 Keith Ellison 86 Cosponsors 0 points	To temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment rules for case management and targeted case management services. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
H.R.1232 Tammy Baldwin 96 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterinary Public Health Workforce Expansion Act of 2007 To establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.RES.932 Linda Sanchez 42 Cosponsors 3 points