Representative John Salazar (D-CO-03)

Representative John Salazar (D-CO-03)
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H.R.3437 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 25 points	Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act of 2007 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in the State of Colorado. Read twice on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.3224 John Salazar 19 Cosponsors 30 points	Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2007 To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.6825 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to assess the irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6502 John Salazar 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Arkansas Valley Conduit Act of 2008 To provide for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.5871 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Ludlow Massacre National Historic Landmark Act To designate the Ludlow Massacre National Historic Landmark in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 28, 2008

H.R.3859 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Chronic Wasting Disease Support for States Act To support further research by State departments of wildlife and agriculture, colleges and universities, and related research entities regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further spread of the disease in deer and elk herds, to monitor the incidence of the disease, to support additional State efforts to control the disease, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.859 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area Act To establish the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.R.5851 John Salazar 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Roan Plateau Oil and Gas Leasing Improvement Act of 2008 To provide for orderly and balanced development of energy resources within the Roan Plateau Planning Area of Colorado, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.R.5807 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Oil Shale Reserve Fund Revenue Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the distribution of a share of certain mineral revenues, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 21, 2008
H.R.5574 John Salazar 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To prohibit the transport of hydrolysate from the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, or the Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, to an off-site location. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.R.317 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Arkansas Valley Conduit Act To authorize the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, March 13, 2008
H.R.5311 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the transfer certain receipts derived from leases involving Oil Shale Reserves Numbered 1 and 3 to the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, February 13, 2008
H.R.783 John Salazar 2 Cosponsors 9 points	Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2007 To modify the boundary of Mesa Verde National Park, and for other purposes. Read twice on Tuesday, January 22, 2008
H.R.4244 John Salazar 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Clean Stove Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for qualified expenditures paid or incurred to replace certain wood stoves. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.R.3769 John Salazar 59 Cosponsors 5 points	Military Valor Roll of Honor Act of 2007 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the establishment of a searchable database containing the names and citations of members of the Armed Forces, members of the United States merchant marine, and civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded the medal of honor or any other medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces, the United States merchant marine, or affiliated civilians. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 19, 2007
H.R.3858 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To improve the further development of water resources in Colorado and New Mexico, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 19, 2007
H.R.3051 John Salazar 47 Cosponsors 5 points	Heroes at Home Act of 2007 To improve the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members of the Armed Forces, to review and expand telehealth and telemental health programs of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
H.R.3004 John Salazar 33 Cosponsors 5 points	Rural Aviation Improvement Act To reform the essential air service program, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, July 12, 2007
H.R.2005 John Salazar 48 Cosponsors 5 points	Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 14, 2007
H.R.2174 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2007 To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish an Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 31, 2007
H.R.1660 John Salazar 8 Cosponsors 30 points	To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
H.R.1929 John Salazar 18 Cosponsors 5 points	Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
H.R.1833 John Salazar 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility study relating to long term water needs for the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 10, 2007
H.R.1658 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to explain the purpose and provide for the administration of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 2, 2007
H.R.1659 John Salazar 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act To provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the State of Colorado. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 23, 2007
H.R.1028 John Salazar 10 Cosponsors 5 points	To create a Rural Policing Institute as part of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 19, 2007
H.R.1323 John Salazar 5 Cosponsors 5 points	To authorize a major medical facility project for the Department of Veterans Affairs at Denver, Colorado. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 9, 2007
H.R.1098 John Salazar 28 Cosponsors 5 points	Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2007 To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 16, 2007
H.RES.91 John Salazar 0 Cosponsors 1 points	Demanding the return of the U.S.S. Pueblo to the United States Navy from North Korea. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 5, 2007
H.R.395 John Salazar 13 Cosponsors 5 points	Cellulosic Ethanol Development and Implementation Act of 2007 To amend the Clean Air Act to require the Secretary of Energy to provide grants to eligible entities to carry out research, development, and demonstration projects of cellulosic ethanol and construct infrastructure that enables retail gas stations to dispense cellulosic ethanol for vehicle fuel to reduce the consumption of petroleum-based fuel. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 2, 2007

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H.R.4131 Laura Richardson 70 Cosponsors 0 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.642 Stephanie Jones 101 Cosponsors 0 points	College Fire Prevention Act To establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.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.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.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.6437 Mike Conaway 33 Cosponsors 6 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 North Texas Avenue in Odessa, Texas, as the "Corporal Alfred Mac Wilson Post Office". Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.7231 Diana Degette 2 Cosponsors 3 points	To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes. 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.7169 Tom Udall 6 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend Public Law 106-392 to extend the authorizations for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery programs, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 222 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. Received in the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.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.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.R.1527 Jerry Moran 30 Cosponsors 0 points	Rural Veterans Access to Care Act A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program to permit certain highly rural veterans enrolled in the health system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive covered health services through providers other than those of the Department. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.6553 Mark Udall 2 Cosponsors 0 points	To clarify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 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.6078 Ed Perlmutter 43 Cosponsors 3 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.RES.1143 Todd Platts 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of the Apple Crunch and the Nation's domestic apple industry. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.415 Mike Honda 52 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring Edward Day Cohota, Joseph L. Pierce, and other veterans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent who fought in the United States Civil War. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.896 Joe Baca 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for primary lateral sclerosis, supporting the goals and ideals of Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.3094 Raul Grijalva 29 Cosponsors 0 points	National Park Centennial Fund Act To establish in the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as the National Park Centennial Fund, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Tuesday, July 29, 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.RES.984 Gabrielle Giffords 51 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing support for the designation of July 26, 2008 as "National Day of the Cowboy". Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.RES.1067 Joe Courtney 35 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the crossing of the North Pole by the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) and its significance in the history of both our Nation and the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 0 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.6268 Mark Udall 3 Cosponsors 3 points	HONOR Warriors Act To improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 2, 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.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.1291 Ciro Rodriguez 6 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing gratitude for the contributions of the American GI Forum on its 60th anniversary. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.2818 Ed Perlmutter 134 Cosponsors 15 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of epilepsy centers of excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.3014 Hilda Solis 113 Cosponsors 3 points	Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007 To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.5511 Doug Lamborn 3 Cosponsors 6 points	Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2008 To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.R.6332 James Clyburn 67 Cosponsors 3 points	To authorize additoinal appropriations for summer youth employment activities under the Workforce Invesment Act of 1998 for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.RES.1029 Luis Gutierrez 52 Cosponsors 3 points	Congratulating and recognizing Mr. Juan Antonio "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez for his continued success on and off of the golf course. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 19, 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.512 Xavier Becerra 107 Cosponsors 27 points	Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2007 To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 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.6217 Albio Sires 61 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify the procedures governing the closure or consolidation of post offices. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.RES.127 Don Young 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the entry of Alaska in the Union as the 49th State. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.R.1328 Frank Pallone 58 Cosponsors 0 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.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.1157 Nita Lowey 269 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1153 Mazie Hirono 78 Cosponsors 0 points	Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. 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.RES.1134 Grace Napolitano 148 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.RES.1191 Kathy Castor 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.R.2881 Jim Oberstar 38 Cosponsors 24 points	FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007 To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.RES.1109 Albio Sires 82 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the memory of Dith Pran by remembering his life's work and continuing to acknowledge and remember the victims of genocides that have taken place around the globe. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 6, 2008