Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)

Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
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H.R.7103 Earl Pomeroy 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Small Business Efficiency Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6678 Earl Pomeroy 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Northern Plains National Heritage Area Act To establish the Northern Plains National Heritage Area in the State of North Dakota. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, August 4, 2008
H.R.6755 Earl Pomeroy 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6756 Earl Pomeroy 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Carbon Reduction Technology Bridge Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for clean coal technology, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6603 Earl Pomeroy 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Local Officials Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain employment as a member of a local governing board, commission, or committee from Social Security tax coverage. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008

H.R.5707 Earl Pomeroy 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Conrad State 30 Improvement Act To provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.4243 Earl Pomeroy 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Indian School Construction Act To provide for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for the construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
H.R.4688 Earl Pomeroy 20 Cosponsors 5 points	Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Access Act of 2007 To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide equitable access for foster care and adoption services for Indian children in tribal areas, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, December 13, 2007
H.R.719 Earl Pomeroy 74 Cosponsors 45 points	Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2007 A bill to authorize additional appropriations for supervision of Internet access by sex offenders convicted under Federal law, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.R.4242 Earl Pomeroy 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Certain and Immediate Estate Tax Relief Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to retain the estate tax with an immediate increase in the exemption, to repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.R.4150 Earl Pomeroy 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Lifetime Pension Annuity for You Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments. Referred to House committee on Friday, November 9, 2007
H.R.4082 Earl Pomeroy 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007 To improve the quality of, and access to, long-term care. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, November 6, 2007
H.R.3545 Earl Pomeroy 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Rural Education Achievement Program Reauthorization Act To amend the small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
H.R.3868 Earl Pomeroy 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To provide an orderly transition to new requirements, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
H.R.3817 Earl Pomeroy 19 Cosponsors 5 points	Agricultural Bond Improvement Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements to assist young farmers and ranchers. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, October 10, 2007
H.R.3057 Earl Pomeroy 31 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure and foster continued patient quality of care by establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals and related improvements under the Medicare Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, July 20, 2007
H.R.2860 Earl Pomeroy 71 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
H.R.2473 Earl Pomeroy 7 Cosponsors 5 points	Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
H.R.2659 Earl Pomeroy 15 Cosponsors 5 points	Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2007 To treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate. Referred to House committee on Monday, June 11, 2007
H.R.2315 Earl Pomeroy 26 Cosponsors 5 points	New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2007 To enhance the State inspection of meat and poultry in the United States, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 31, 2007
H.R.2540 Earl Pomeroy 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Honoring Existing Retirement Obligations for Every Servicemember Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United State Code, to provide for the treatment of period of service in uniformed services as continued employment for purposes of pension and retirement benefits for individuals who die during the period of service. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 29, 2007
H.R.2280 Earl Pomeroy 45 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 10, 2007
H.R.2119 Earl Pomeroy 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Tribal Government Pension Equality Act of 2007 To amend titles I and IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the definition of governmental plan with respect to Indian tribal governments. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 2, 2007
H.R.1990 Earl Pomeroy 15 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend reasonable cost contracts under Medicare. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 25, 2007
H.R.1965 Earl Pomeroy 38 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit to holders of clean renewable energy bonds. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 19, 2007
H.R.1629 Earl Pomeroy 30 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 29, 2007
H.R.1552 Earl Pomeroy 150 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize physical therapists to evaluate and treat Medicare beneficiaries without a requirement for a physician referral, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 23, 2007
H.R.1584 Earl Pomeroy 245 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
H.R.1610 Earl Pomeroy 226 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
H.R.1419 Earl Pomeroy 111 Cosponsors 5 points	Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 8, 2007
H.R.686 Earl Pomeroy 45 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the qualified tuition deduction. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
H.R.578 Earl Pomeroy 18 Cosponsors 5 points	Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for qualified equity investments in certain small businesses. Referred to House committee on Friday, January 19, 2007
H.R.196 Earl Pomeroy 18 Cosponsors 5 points	Renewable Fuels and Energy Independence Promotion Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain tax incentives for ethanol and biodiesel used as a fuel, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
H.R.197 Earl Pomeroy 135 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year extension of the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007

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H.R.6064 Lloyd Doggett 70 Cosponsors 18 points	National Silver Alert Act To encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.5611 David Scott 52 Cosponsors 0 points	National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2008 To reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.429 Mike Conaway 55 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the importance of the United States wine industry to the American economy. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.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.J.RES.62 Joe Baca 82 Cosponsors 20 points	Native American Heritage Day Act of 2007 To honor the achievements and contributions of Native Americans to the United States, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008

H.R.6600 Lloyd Doggett 43 Cosponsors 15 points	Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards. Received in the Senate on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.7083 John Lewis 5 Cosponsors 15 points	Charity Enhancement Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance charitable giving and improve disclosure and tax administration. Received in the Senate 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.6950 Pete Stark 52 Cosponsors 24 points	Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 To establish the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal for organ donors and the family of organ donors. Received in the Senate on Friday, September 26, 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.6049 Charles Rangel 17 Cosponsors 36 points	Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008 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 Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1381 Lucille Roybal-Allard 113 Cosponsors 0 points	Resolution expressing the sense of the House that there should be an increased public and private commitment prioritizing prevention and public health for all people in the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 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.RES.1260 Melissa Bean 100 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.6377 Collin Peterson 22 Cosponsors 15 points	Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008 To direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to utilize all its authority, including its emergency powers, to curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within the jurisdiction and control of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, on or through which energy futures or swaps are traded, and to eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in prices, or other unlawful activity that is causing major market disturbances that prevent the market from accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy commodities. Read the second time on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
H.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 0 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.6275 Charles Rangel 12 Cosponsors 18 points	Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee 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.6307 Jim McDermott 27 Cosponsors 6 points	Fostering Connections to Success Act To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to assist children in foster care in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.5749 Jim McDermott 36 Cosponsors 3 points	Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 To provide for a program of emergency unemployment compensation. Read the second time on Friday, June 13, 2008
H.R.5954 Mike Thompson 59 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans for presumptions of service connection for purposes of benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs for diseases associated with service in the Armed Forces and exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.RES.1268 Betty McCollum 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States foreign assistance is a critical instrument for achieving our national security goals and that modernizing United States foreign assistance should become a national priority. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 11, 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.1650 Tammy Baldwin 22 Cosponsors 3 points	Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2007 To amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with respect to railroads. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.RES.1096 Dennis Moore 30 Cosponsors 1 points	Commending the University of Kansas Jayhawks for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I basketball championship. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.R.5877 Mazie Hirono 35 Cosponsors 3 points	Shingles Prevention Act To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for the shingles vaccine under the Medicare Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.RES.1079 Ruben Hinojosa 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month 2008, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.5720 Charles Rangel 16 Cosponsors 3 points	Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide assistance for housing. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.RES.1131 Stephanie Jones 65 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention observes the month of April as National STD Awareness Month and urging the House of Representatives to focus greater attention on activities related to the prevention of STDs and screening and treatment for STDs. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.5874 Michael Burgess 42 Cosponsors 0 points	National MS Disease Registry Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a permanent Multiple Sclerosis National Surveillance System. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.5719 Charles Rangel 17 Cosponsors 18 points	Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, assist low-income taxpayers, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 16, 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.R.5609 Sanford Bishop 49 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide for transitional health care for members of the Armed Forces separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.R.2464 Jim Matheson 75 Cosponsors 0 points	Wakefield Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.2040 John Lewis 311 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 2, 2008
H.RES.1070 Bill Pascrell 11 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing strong support for Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia to be extended invitations for membership to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the April 2008 Bucharest Summit, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.4544 Dan Boren 95 Cosponsors 1 points	Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2007 To require the issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American code talkers. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 28, 2008
H.R.5602 Brad Ellsworth 24 Cosponsors 3 points	Fair Share Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act to treat certain domestically controlled foreign persons performing services under contract with the United States Government as American employers for purposes of certain employment taxes and benefits. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 13, 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.5351 Charles Rangel 35 Cosponsors 18 points	Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, February 28, 2008
H.RES.996 Stephanie Jones 30 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the second annual America Saves Week 2008 from February 24, 2008 through March 2, 2008. Referred to House committee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.5450 Sam Johnson 58 Cosponsors 3 points	Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 280F. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 14, 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.RES.957 Stephanie Jones 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the second annual America Saves Week 2008 from February 24, 2008 through March 2, 2008. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
H.R.5174 Phil English 7 Cosponsors 3 points	Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hos