Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06)

Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06)
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Sponsored	Cosponsored	Maverick	Attendance	RBA*
411 points	829 points	63 points	82.6% points	.111 points

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H.R.7163 Frank Pallone 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Medical Waste Management Act of 2008 To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations on the management of medical waste. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.RES.1478 Frank Pallone 24 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Falls Prevention Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of falls among older adults. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.6752 Frank Pallone 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants or contracts for prescription drug education and outreach for healthcare providers and their patients. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6753 Frank Pallone 0 Cosponsors 1 points	To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp on the subject of inflammatory bowel disease. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6433 Frank Pallone 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a program of fees relating to generic new animal drugs. Placed on the Union Calendar on Wednesday, July 30, 2008

H.R.6381 Frank Pallone 66 Cosponsors 5 points	Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting devices. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6413 Frank Pallone 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from updating flood maps until the Administrator submits to Congress a community outreach plan, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6414 Frank Pallone 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Veterans Advocacy Act of 2008 To establish a pilot program on the provision of legal services to assist veterans and members of the Armed Forces receive health care, benefits and services, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6215 Frank Pallone 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.R.1328 Frank Pallone 58 Cosponsors 5 points	Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007 To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act. Placed on the Union Calendar on Friday, June 6, 2008
H.R.5998 Frank Pallone 44 Cosponsors 5 points	Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act of 2008 To nullify any effectiveness of the August 17, 2007, State health official letter issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, May 12, 2008
H.R.2537 Frank Pallone 39 Cosponsors 45 points	Beach Protection Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to beach monitoring, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
H.R.3701 Frank Pallone 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Keeping Seniors Safe From Falls Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to intensify programs with respect to research and related activities concerning falls among older adults. Placed on the Union Calendar on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
H.R.5530 Frank Pallone 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Tribal Government Homeland Security Coordination and Integration Act To ensure the coordination and integration of Indian tribes in the National Homeland Security strategy and to establish an Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
H.R.5425 Frank Pallone 19 Cosponsors 5 points	Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to extend the authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 19, 2008
H.R.4848 Frank Pallone 6 Cosponsors 45 points	To extend for one year parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, February 8, 2008
H.R.5268 Frank Pallone 140 Cosponsors 5 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.5086 Frank Pallone 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, to require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and to provide for Federal monitors to oversee deferred prosecution agreements. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 4, 2008
H.RES.835 Frank Pallone 2 Cosponsors 1 points	Condemning Syria for its destablizing actions in the Middle East region and calling on Iraq not to reopen its oil pipeline to Syria. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.CON.RES.229 Frank Pallone 13 Cosponsors 6 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should seek a review of compliance by all nations with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' conservation and management recommendations for Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species, and should pursue strengthened conservation and management measures to facilitate the recovery of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, November 14, 2007
H.R.3700 Frank Pallone 56 Cosponsors 5 points	Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act of 2007 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that individuals eligible for medical assistance under the Medicaid Program continue to have access to prescription drugs, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 8, 2007
H.CON.RES.60 Frank Pallone 18 Cosponsors 6 points	Expressing support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, November 6, 2007
H.R.3962 Frank Pallone 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Superfund Polluter Pays Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the financing of the Superfund. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, October 24, 2007
H.R.1055 Frank Pallone 71 Cosponsors 5 points	Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, October 4, 2007
H.R.3624 Frank Pallone 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Consumer Food Safety Act of 2007 To establish a comprehensive program to ensure the safety of food products intended for human consumption which are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 20, 2007
H.R.3555 Frank Pallone 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To prohibit the implementation of policies to prohibit States from providing quality health coverage to children in need under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 17, 2007
H.R.3001 Frank Pallone 16 Cosponsors 5 points	CLASS Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to help individuals with functional impairments and their families pay for services and supports that they need to maximize their functionality and independence and have choices about community participation, education, and employment, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 11, 2007
H.R.2939 Frank Pallone 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Atlantic Blackfish Conservation Act To prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic blackfish in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, July 5, 2007
H.R.2854 Frank Pallone 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To restore, protect, and preserve the natural, chemical, physical, and biological integrity, and the economic potentialities, of the New York/New Jersey Bight through designation and establishment of the New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone and the regulation of various activities therein, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Saturday, June 30, 2007
H.R.1692 Frank Pallone 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Fighting Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2007 To fight criminal gangs. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
H.RES.186 Frank Pallone 86 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Clean Beaches Week and recognizing the considerable value of American beaches and their role in American culture. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
H.RES.516 Frank Pallone 1 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the serious concern of the House of Representatives regarding the worsening situation in Sri Lanka. Referred to House committee on Monday, June 25, 2007
H.R.2731 Frank Pallone 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Safe Tissue Act To improve the oversight and regulation of tissue banks and the tissue donation process, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, June 14, 2007
H.R.2625 Frank Pallone 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 11, 2007
H.R.2386 Frank Pallone 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals under the Medicare Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 25, 2007
H.R.2169 Frank Pallone 144 Cosponsors 5 points	Clean Water Protection Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 4, 2007
H.R.1456 Frank Pallone 30 Cosponsors 5 points	American-Owned Property in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act To amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to allow for certain claims of nationals of the United States against Turkey, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 20, 2007
H.RES.300 Frank Pallone 33 Cosponsors 5 points	Commending the achievements of the Rutgers University women's basketball team and applauding the character and integrity of their student-athletes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
H.R.1628 Frank Pallone 3 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the admission to the United States of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are the spouses and children of United States permanent resident aliens, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, March 21, 2007
H.R.1248 Frank Pallone 21 Cosponsors 5 points	Clean Railroads Act of 2007 To amend section 10501 of title 49, United States Code, to exclude solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 1, 2007
H.R.777 Frank Pallone 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, February 7, 2007
H.RES.113 Frank Pallone 25 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a postage stamp should be issued in commemoration of Diwali, a festival celebrated by people of Indian origin. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 30, 2007
H.R.6432 Frank Pallone 5 Cosponsors 95 points	Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the animal drug user fee program, to establish a program of fees relating to generic new animal drugs, to make certain technical corrections to the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, and for other purposes. Became Public Law No: 110-316 on Saturday, June 6, 1970
H.R.188 Frank Pallone 3 Cosponsors 44 points	To provide a new effective date for the applicability of certain provisions of law to Public Law 105-331. Became Public Law No: 110-3 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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H.R.1907 Jim Saxton 26 Cosponsors 0 points	Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act To authorize the acquisition of land and interests in land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes. Read twice on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.351 Rush Holt 51 Cosponsors 3 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.6357 John Dingell 12 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote the adoption of health information technology, and for other purposes. House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.5772 Chris Murphy 17 Cosponsors 0 points	Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008 To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for persons with disabilities. 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.R.840 Julia Carson 85 Cosponsors 0 points	Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2007 To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate the housing assistance programs for homeless persons under title IV of such Act, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar 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.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.7041 Chris Carney 13 Cosponsors 3 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.1294 Jim Moran 9 Cosponsors 18 points	Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2006 To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. Senate committee/subcommittee actions 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.1464 Tom Udall 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007 To assist in the conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.6983 Patrick Kennedy 7 Cosponsors 15 points	Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, and for other purposes. Received in the 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.3114 Louise Slaughter 80 Cosponsors 0 points	National Women's Rights History Project Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 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.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.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.2964 Eddie Bernice Johnson 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Captive Primate Safety Act To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other purposes. Read twice 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.CON.RES.407 Bill Pascrell 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Italian architect Andrea Palladio. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.194 Steve Cohen 119 Cosponsors 3 points	Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
H.R.5506 Albio Sires 12 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Bishop Ralph E. Brower Post Office Building". Referred to Senate subcommittee on Monday, July 21, 2008
H.R.6492 Bill Pascrell 3 Cosponsors 3 points	Accountability in Deferred Prosecution Act of 2008 To regulate certain deferred prosecution agreements and nonprosecution agreements in Federal criminal cases. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1338 Brad Sherman 2 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling on the United States Government and the international community to support a transition to sustainable peace in Sri Lanka by encouraging an international human rights monitoring presence, protecting the work of civil society and media, facilitating access of humanitarian operations, and retaining democratic principles in which rule of law and justice pervades. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.RES.1337 Adam Schiff 16 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the decision by the Government of Zimbabwe to hold the run-off presidential election on June 27, 2008;. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.5741 Madeleine Bordallo 14 Cosponsors 18 points	Shark Conservation Act of 2008 To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks. Referred to Senate 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 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.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.CON.RES.382 Rosa DeLauro 19 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the important social and labor contributions and accomplishments of Congresswoman Mary T. Norton of New Jersey on the 70th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 25, 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
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