Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-01)

Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-01)
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H.R.7091 Jeff Fortenberry 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Care for Life Act of 2008 To encourage and assist women throughout pregnancy by providing services that will alleviate the financial, social, emotional, and other difficulties that may otherwise lead to an abortion. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6881 Jeff Fortenberry 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To provide for audits of programs, projects, and activities funded through earmarks. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.332 Jeff Fortenberry 49 Cosponsors 6 points	Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.RES.1114 Jeff Fortenberry 53 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of the Arbor Day Foundation and National Arbor Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.RES.1113 Jeff Fortenberry 54 Cosponsors 8 points	Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 7, 2008

H.RES.1043 Jeff Fortenberry 51 Cosponsors 5 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.4222 Jeff Fortenberry 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title XXII of the Public Health Service Act to extend COBRA benefits for certain TAA-eligible individuals and PBGC recipients. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
H.CON.RES.272 Jeff Fortenberry 1 Cosponsors 1 points	Urging the United States Government to initiate a diplomatic surge to foster security and stability in the Middle East by engaging international stakeholders and governments throughout the region to curtail destabilizing influences, help prevent the spread of violence, address humanitarian concerns, and enhance prospects for security, political, and economic progress in Iraq. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 18, 2007
H.R.4223 Jeff Fortenberry 6 Cosponsors 5 points	To establish the Congressional-Executive Commission on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.R.3872 Jeff Fortenberry 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to impose requirements on coverage of children in higher income families under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, October 18, 2007
H.R.761 Jeff Fortenberry 2 Cosponsors 10 points	To authorize the Secretary of Interior to convey to The Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. certain Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an historical interpretive site along the trail. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
H.R.3028 Jeff Fortenberry 15 Cosponsors 5 points	Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007 To end the use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 12, 2007
H.R.2374 Jeff Fortenberry 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Homestead National Monument of America Boundary Expansion Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expand the boundary of the Homestead National Monument of America, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, May 21, 2007
H.RES.399 Jeff Fortenberry 2 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day. Referred to House committee on Monday, May 14, 2007
H.R.2110 Jeff Fortenberry 5 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for tax exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 2, 2007
H.R.1790 Jeff Fortenberry 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to expand the provision of special immigrant status for certain aliens, including translators or interpreters, serving with Federal agencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 20, 2007
H.R.1477 Jeff Fortenberry 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 3, 2007
H.R.1151 Jeff Fortenberry 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To provide for a temporary increase in the number of Iraqi and Afghan translators in the United States Armed Forces who may be provided status as special immigrants. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 19, 2007
H.R.124 Jeff Fortenberry 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Farm Programs Payment Limitation Integrity Act To require the prompt issuance by the Secretary of Agriculture of regulations to restore integrity to the payment limitation requirements applicable to commodity payments and benefits, to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse related to the receipt of commodity payments and benefits, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Friday, March 2, 2007
H.R.447 Jeff Fortenberry 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that World War II merchant mariners who were awarded the Mariners Medal shall be provided eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health care on the same basis as veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 2, 2007
H.R.125 Jeff Fortenberry 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To provide for a temporary increase in the number of Iraqi and Afghan translators in the United States Armed Forces who may be provided status as special immigrants. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, January 25, 2007
H.R.126 Jeff Fortenberry 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow loans from individual retirement plans for qualified small business capital assets. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007

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H.R.2933 Gary Miller 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2007 To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for that Act, and for other purposes. Read twice on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.3480 Chris Carney 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2007 To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for those involved in receiving stolen property where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.239 Jean Schmidt 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and acknowledging the important role of adoption, and commending all parties involved, including birthparents who carry out an adoption plan, adoptive families, and adopted children. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.255 Mike Ferguson 59 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the United States commitment to preservation of religious and cultural sites and condemning instances where sites are desecrated. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.408 Adrian Smith 28 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing North Platte, Nebraska, as "Rail Town USA". Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.R.1343 Gene Green 247 Cosponsors 0 points	Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.7226 John Shadegg 32 Cosponsors 3 points	Net Worth Certificate Program Act of 2008 To direct the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to create a "net worth certificate" program along the lines of what Congress enacted in the 1980s for the savings and loan industry. Referred to House committee 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.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.7016 Trent Franks 5 Cosponsors 3 points	Susan B. Anthony Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 To prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.CON.RES.163 Heather Wilson 104 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress in support of further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1472 Chris Smith 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting international health and education grant programs related to autism spectrum disorders. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1351 Steve Chabot 34 Cosponsors 1 points	Resolution expressing support for the United Nations/African Union Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and calling upon United Nations Member States and the international community to contribute the resources necessary to ensure the success of UNAMID, including troops and essential tactical and utility helicopters. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6672 Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Rural Energy Equity Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception to the reduction of renewable energy credit for certain authority under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.1279 Lee Terry 46 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the Special Olympics' 40th anniversary. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.5935 Peter Visclosky 33 Cosponsors 0 points	American Steel First Act of 2008 To require certain Federal agencies to use iron and steel produced in the United States in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.1283 Lee Terry 78 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing heartfelt sympathy for the victims and their families following the tornado that hit Little Sioux, Iowa, on June 11, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.CON.RES.337 Tom Allen 51 Cosponsors 5 points	Honoring Seeds of Peace for its 15th anniversary as an organization promoting understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and peace in the Middle East, South Asia, and other regions of conflict. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.6298 Ed Markey 15 Cosponsors 3 points	To restrict nuclear cooperation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.RES.1270 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 30 Cosponsors 1 points	Commending the efforts of those who sought to block an international arms transfer destined for Zimbabwe, where the government has unleashed a campaign of violence and intimidation against members of the political opposition, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.6255 Barbara Lee 37 Cosponsors 3 points	Next Steps for Haiti Act of 2008 To provide for professional exchanges with Haiti, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.1462 Mark Udall 7 Cosponsors 27 points	Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the implementation of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Species in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin and to modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.5669 Edolphus Towns 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United States. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 5, 2008
H.R.3819 Zack Space 48 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse veterans receiving emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for such treatment until such veterans are transferred to Department facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.CON.RES.334 Chris Shays 60 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military Appreciation Month. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.RES.1106 Dave Reichert 114 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of April 2008 as "National Autism Awareness Month" and supporting efforts to devote new resources to research into the causes and treatment of autism and to improve training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with autism. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6048 Mike Turner 58 Cosponsors 6 points	To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1026 Sanford Bishop 80 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Congressional Club. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1195 David Wu 38 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing condolences and sympathy to the people of the People's Republic of China for the grave loss of life and vast destruction caused by the earthquake of May 12, 2008 in Sichuan Province. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
H.R.6101 Mac Thornberry 5 Cosponsors 0 points	Patient Fairness and Indigent Care Promotion Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the ability of medical professionals to practice medicine and provide quality care to patients by providing a tax deduction for patient bad debt. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 20, 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.5960 Jason Altmire 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting America's Manufacturers Act To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for a limitation on presidential discretion with respect to actions to address market disruption. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.RES.1122 Marilyn Musgrave 112 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing Armed Forces Day. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.RES.1130 Sam Graves 85 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the roles and contributions of America's teachers to building and enhancing our Nation's civic, cultural, and economic well being. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.RES.49 Dave Camp 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Letter Carriers Appreciation Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.5722 Chris Smith 14 Cosponsors 3 points	International Megan's Law of 2008 To mandate reporting requirements for convicted sex traffickers and other sex offenders intending to engage in international travel, to provide advance notice of convicted sex offenders who intend to travel outside the United States to the government of the country of destination, to prevent entry into the United States by any foreign sex offender, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 28, 2008
H.R.5821 Paul Broun 26 Cosponsors 3 points	Military Honor and Decency Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to close loopholes in the prohibition on the sale or rental of sexually explicit material on military installations. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5864 Luis Fortuno 4 Cosponsors 0 points	Vieques Bioluminescent Bay Conservation Act of 2008 To designate Puerto Mosquito Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.RES.1016 Tom Feeney 93 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of William F. Buckley, Jr. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.RES.1140 Trent Franks 35 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 10th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.R.5837 Zoe Lofgren 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To make technical corrections to section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which provides special immigrant status for certain Iraqis, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
H.R.3646 Cliff Stearns 44 Cosponsors 0 points	To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a joint study on the fields of employment for which the greatest need for employees exists in various geographic areas. House committee/subcommittee actions 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.RES.886 Doug Lamborn 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing sympathy to the victims and families of the tragic acts of violence in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Arvada, Colorado. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5769 Phil Gingrey 36 Cosponsors 3 points	SMASH Act of 2008 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to explicitly prohibit the sending of a text message containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the national do-not-call registry. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.RES.838 Thaddeus McCotter 80 Cosponsors 0 points	Welcoming His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on his first apostolic visit to the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.RES.1005 Tom Davis 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.RES.1042 Mary Bono Mack 12 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the We Don't Serve Teens campaign. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
H.R.4088 Heath Shuler 153 Cosponsors 1 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.5534 Raul Grijalva 76 Cosponsors 0 points	Bear Protection Act of 2008 To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to bears illegally harvested for their viscera in the same manner as with respect to prohibited wildlife species, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, March 11, 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.1018 Baron Hill 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the House Ethics Commission. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
H.CON.RES.303 Michael Doyle 2 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the importance of autism awareness, supporting efforts to increase funding for research into the causes and treatment of autism and to improve training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with autism. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.5445 Tom Price 42 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase Medicare payments for physicians' services through December 31, 2009. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 18, 2008
H.R.5450 Sam Johnson 58 Cosponsors 0 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.CON.RES.281 Donald Manzullo 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Celebrating the birth of Abraham Lincoln and recognizing the prominence the Declaration of Independence played in the development of Abraham Lincoln's beliefs. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, February 13, 2008
H.RES.977 Bruce Braley 49 Cosponsors