Representative Jerry McNerney (D-CA-11)

Representative Jerry McNerney (D-CA-11)
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85 points	702 points	781 points	82.9% points	.100 points

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H.R.6686 Jerry McNerney 5 Cosponsors 5 points	COMBAT Act To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the maximum monthly rate for the military special pay known as hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, or hazardous duty pay, to increase the maximum monthly rate for the family separation allowance paid to deployed members of the Armed Forces, and to increase other special and incentive pays to recognize the service of members of the Armed Forces and encourage recruitment and retention. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, September 4, 2008
H.R.6596 Jerry McNerney 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Gas Price Relief for Schools Act of 2008 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a school bus emergency fuel grant program. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.R.2304 Jerry McNerney 14 Cosponsors 5 points	Advanced Geothermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007 To direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for geothermal energy, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.R.5958 Jerry McNerney 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Homeowner Opportunity Act of 2008 To make permanent the increases made by the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 in the loan limits for the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the FHA. Referred to House committee on Monday, May 5, 2008
H.RES.1117 Jerry McNerney 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Declaring the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of Earth Day and for developing the scientific and technological capabilities to achieve those goals. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 22, 2008

H.R.5681 Jerry McNerney 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Innovation Tax Credit Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to improve America's research competitiveness, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 2, 2008
H.R.5034 Jerry McNerney 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Veterans Education Benefits Extension Act of 2008 To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to extend the time periods of for the use of educational assistance benefits to which certain veterans and members of the reserve components are entitled under such titles. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 1, 2008
H.R.4042 Jerry McNerney 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Family Farm, Small Business, and Home Tax Relief Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the estate tax for periods before its termination in 2010 by increasing the unified credit, lowering the maximum estate tax rate, restoring the exclusion for family-owned business interests, excluding the value of the decedent's principal residence, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 1, 2007
H.R.3474 Jerry McNerney 0 Cosponsors 5 points	National Safe Streets Gang Crime Prevention Act of 2007 To expand the Safe Streets Program, to establish a National Gang Activity Database, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 12, 2007
H.R.2201 Jerry McNerney 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Caring for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Committee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 9, 2007
H.RES.316 Jerry McNerney 9 Cosponsors 5 points	Recognizing the accomplishments of Roger D. Kornberg, Andrew Fire, Craig Mello, John C. Mather, and George F. Smoot for being awarded Nobel Prizes in the fields of chemistry, physiology or medicine, and physics. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 1, 2007
H.R.700 Jerry McNerney 2 Cosponsors 30 points	Healthy Communities Water Supply Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the pilot program for alternative water source projects. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, March 9, 2007

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H.AMDT.138

Jerry McNerney

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An amendment numbered 3 printed in the Congressional Record to establish a new program to award grants on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis to Hispanic-serving institutions to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education at such institutions and to increase the retention and graduation rates of students pursuing associate's or baccalaureate degrees in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology.

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H.AMDT.1027

Jerry McNerney

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An amendment numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 110-604 to state that the marine safety provisions of the bill shall not impair the legal authority of the Coast Guard to carry out its homeland security mission, including protecting ports and waterways, stopping human smuggling, and preventing terrorist organizations from attacking the United States.

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H.R.4131 Laura Richardson 70 Cosponsors 7 points	To designate a portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, as the "Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway". Presented to President on Friday, October 10, 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.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.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.1187 Lynn Woolsey 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act To expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, October 1, 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.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.2701 Jim Oberstar 15 Cosponsors 3 points	Transportation Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation Act of 2007 To strengthen our Nation's energy security and mitigate the effects of climate change by promoting energy efficient transportation and public buildings, creating incentives for the use of alternative fuel vehicles and renewable energy, and ensuring sound water resource and natural disaster preparedness planning, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar 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.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.1532 Gene Green 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate 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.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.1227 Carolyn Maloney 39 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and calling on the international community to take immediate actions to respond to the violence. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1390 Dennis Cardoza 35 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing support for the designation of a 4-H National Youth Science Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1438 Devin Nunes 15 Cosponsors 1 points	Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Azorean Refugee Act of 1958 and celebrating the extensive contributions of Portuguese-American communities to the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.5477 Adam Schiff 50 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, California, as the "Chi Mui Post Office Building". Passed/agreed to in Senate 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.4255 Bob Filner 13 Cosponsors 0 points	United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to the Paralympic Program of the United States Olympic Committee, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.RES.1332 Dennis Cardoza 36 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the importance of connecting foster youth to the workforce through internship programs, and encouraging employers to increase employment of former foster youth. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6078 Ed Perlmutter 43 Cosponsors 0 points	GREEN Act of 2008 To encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing, commercial structures, and other buildings, and to create sustainable communities. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.5546 John Conyers 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008 To amend the antitrust laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.RES.1327 Devin Nunes 30 Cosponsors 3 points	Congratulating the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Baseball Champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs, on an outstanding and historic season. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.6495 Earl Blumenauer 5 Cosponsors 3 points	Transportation and Housing Choices for Gas Price Relief Act of 2008 To authorize programs and activities to support transportation and housing options that will assist American families in reducing transportation costs, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1261 Diana Degette 26 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating East High School in Denver, Colorado, on winning the 2008 "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" national competition. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.3329 Al Green 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Homes for Heroes Act of 2007 To provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 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.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.6381 Frank Pallone 66 Cosponsors 3 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.CON.RES.383 Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 7 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the importance of homeownership for Americans. Referred to House 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.5448 Tom Allen 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Full Faith in Veterans Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, to improve the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.6003 Jim Oberstar 44 Cosponsors 15 points	Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 To reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Thursday, June 12, 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.R.1526 George Miller 7 Cosponsors 27 points	Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Authorization Act of 2007 To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.3754 Jim Costa 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.R.5940 Bart Gordon 30 Cosponsors 0 points	National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008 To authorize activities for support of nanotechnology research and development, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 6, 2008
H.R.3058 Peter DeFazio 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Public Land Communities Transition Assistance Act of 2007 To amend chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter to units of general local government in which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Thursday, June 5, 2008
H.R.3916 Ralph Hall 25 Cosponsors 0 points	To provide for the next generation of border and maritime security technologies. Reported on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
H.RES.1180 Dave Reichert 7 Cosponsors 1 points	Resolution recognizing the efforts and contributions of outstanding women scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians in the United States and around the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
H.R.1157 Nita Lowey 269 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6104 Mike Honda 39 Cosponsors 3 points	Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008 To provide for the coordination of the Nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6074 Steve Kagen 18 Cosponsors 5 points	Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008 To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1124 Janice Schakowsky 108 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Brain Tumor Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.2894 Dutch Ruppersberger 296 Cosponsors 0 points	Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner" and the War of 1812, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 19, 2008
H.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.1134 Grace Napolitano 148 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.R.4074 Jim Costa 5 Cosponsors 1 points	San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act To authorize the implementation of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
H.R.1512 Linda Sanchez 60 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 12, 2008
H.R.364 Bart Gordon 26 Cosponsors 0 points	To provide for the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.RES.952 Ron Klein 149 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Teacher Day to honor and celebrate teachers in the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, May 5, 2008
H.R.4884 Bob Filner 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Helping Our Veterans to Keep Their Homes Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the home loan guaranty programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.R.5684 Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Education Improvement Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the basic educational assistance program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 30, 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.2809 Jay Inslee 28 Cosponsors 0 points	New Apollo Energy Act of 2007 To ensure that the United States leads the world baseline in developing and manufacturing next generation energy technologies, to grow the economy of the United States, to create new highly trained, highly skilled American jobs, to eliminate American overdependence on foreign oil, and to address the threat of global warming. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.21 Sam Farr 70 Cosponsors 0 points	Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act To establish a national policy for our oceans, to strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a national and regional ocean governance structure, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 23, 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.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.5595 Chris Carney 65 Cosponsors 0 points	Make Our Veterans Smile Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide dental care to veterans with service-connected disabilities, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.281 Susan Davis 84 Cosponsors 0 points	Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections. Placed on the Union Calendar on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5161 David Wu 23 Cosponsors 0 points	Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Act To provide for the establishment of Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Centers, and for other purpose. Reported on Thursday, April 10, 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.5774 Linda Sanchez 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Pathways Advancing Career Training Act To provide effective employment, training, and career and technical education programs and to address barriers that result from family r