Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA-09)

Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA-09)
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Bye, Bye Boucher: Markey to Head House Energy Subcommittee

Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 4:51 PM CST

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H.CON.RES.416 Rick Boucher 27 Cosponsors 9 points	Commending Barter Theatre on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.2208 Rick Boucher 63 Cosponsors 5 points	Coal Liquid Fuel Act To provide for a standby loan program for certain coal-to-liquid projects. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.6258 Rick Boucher 14 Cosponsors 5 points	Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act To accelerate the development and early deployment of systems for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel electric generation facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.1011 Rick Boucher 6 Cosponsors 30 points	Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007 To designate additional National Forest System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.5619 Rick Boucher 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2008 To enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008

H.R.3454 Rick Boucher 1 Cosponsors 30 points	To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in the George Washington National Forest in Alleghany County, Virginia, that contains the cemetery of the Central Advent Christian Church and an adjoining tract of land located between the cemetery and road boundaries. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, February 28, 2008
H.R.5267 Rick Boucher 18 Cosponsors 5 points	Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2008 To regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 7, 2008
H.R.3236 Rick Boucher 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2007 To promote greater energy efficiency. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
H.R.3238 Rick Boucher 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To promote the development of renewable fuels infrastructure, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
H.R.2102 Rick Boucher 71 Cosponsors 25 points	Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Read the second time on Thursday, October 18, 2007
H.R.3237 Rick Boucher 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Smart Grid Facilitation Act of 2007 To facilitate the transition to a smart electricity grid. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, August 24, 2007
H.R.3239 Rick Boucher 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To promote advanced plug-in hybrid vehicles and vehicle components. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, August 24, 2007
H.R.3241 Rick Boucher 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To clarify the amount of loans to be guaranteed under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, August 24, 2007
H.R.3240 Rick Boucher 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To enhance availability of critical energy information. Placed on the Union Calendar on Friday, August 3, 2007
H.R.3281 Rick Boucher 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Community Broadband Act of 2007 To promote competition, to preserve the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, August 1, 2007
H.R.2453 Rick Boucher 10 Cosponsors 5 points	End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2007 To protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 25, 2007
H.R.2365 Rick Boucher 40 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 35, United States Code, to limit damages and other remedies with respect to patents for tax planning methods. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 4, 2007
H.R.2054 Rick Boucher 43 Cosponsors 5 points	Universal Service Reform Act of 2007 To reform the universal service provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 30, 2007
H.RES.306 Rick Boucher 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Offering heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families regarding the horrific violence at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and to the students, faculty, administration and staff and their families who have been deeply affected by the tragic events that occurred there. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
H.R.1201 Rick Boucher 20 Cosponsors 5 points	Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 To amend title 17, United States Code, to promote innovation, to encourage the introduction of new technology, to enhance library preservation efforts, and to protect the fair use rights of consumers, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 19, 2007
H.RES.248 Rick Boucher 9 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the contributions of patient participants in clinical trials. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 16, 2007
H.R.329 Rick Boucher 3 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 40, United States Code, to designate certain counties as part of the Appalachian region. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, January 10, 2007
H.R.4118 Rick Boucher 7 Cosponsors 95 points	To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Became Public Law No: 110-141 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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H.AMDT.920

Rick Boucher

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An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-508 to authorize $10,000,000 to award grants to provide rehabilitation service s to current and former miners suffering from mental health impairments, including drug addiction and substance abuse issues, which may have been caused or exacerbated by their work as miners.

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H.AMDT.853

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-370 to provide the shiel can be pierced to prevent or identify the perpetrator of a terrorist attack or harm to national security. It also provides that the disclosure of a leaker's identity can be compelled in cases involving leaks of properly classified information. It also permits law enforcement to obtain an order compelling disclosure of documents and information obtained as the result of eyewitness observations of alleged criminal or tortious conduct. It also limits the Act's coverage to a person who "regularly" engages in the listed journalistic activities. Finally, it adds three new exceptions to the definition of "covered person:" Specially Designated Global Terrorist, as designated by the Treasury Department; a specially designated terrorist, as defined by federal regualtions; and a terrorist organization, as defined by immigration law.

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H.R.6469 Diana Degette 10 Cosponsors 36 points	Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize increased Federal funding for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Presented to President on Thursday, October 9, 2008
H.R.2994 Lois Capps 56 Cosponsors 0 points	National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care. 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.R.6353 Bart Stupak 13 Cosponsors 27 points	Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to address online pharmacies. Cleared for White House 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.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 24 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.6045 Peter Visclosky 170 Cosponsors 4 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.RES.988 Jim Matheson 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Designating the month of March 2008 as "MRSA Awareness Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.3224 John Salazar 19 Cosponsors 6 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.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.3202 Chris Smith 29 Cosponsors 0 points	Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2007 To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad. Placed on the Union Calendar on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.RES.1000 Michael Doyle 58 Cosponsors 0 points	To commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Naming of Pittsburgh as the culmination of the Forbes Campaign across Pennsylvania and the significance this event played in the making of America, in the settlement of the Continent, and in spreading the ideals of freedom and democracy throughout the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.7013 Lois Capps 2 Cosponsors 3 points	Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act To require the Federal Communications Commission to provide for a short term extension of the analog television broadcasting authority so that essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information may be provided for a short time during the transition to digital television broadcasting. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.7031 Rob Wittman 10 Cosponsors 3 points	To designate a portion of the Rappahannock River in the State of Virginia as the "John W. Warner Rapids". Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.2343 Danny Davis 66 Cosponsors 0 points	Education Begins at Home Act To expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health concerns, and for other purposes. House Committee on Armed Services Granted an extension for further consideration... on Friday, September 12, 2008
H.R.5483 Tom Davis 10 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10449 White Granite Drive in Oakton, Virginia, as the "Private First Class David H. Sharrett II Post Office Building". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6729 John Dingell 1 Cosponsors 3 points	To encourage greater energy efficiency in building codes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.194 Steve Cohen 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
H.R.5607 Jerrold Nadler 8 Cosponsors 0 points	State Secret Protection Act of 2008 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, July 25, 2008
H.R.3914 John Dingell 11 Cosponsors 3 points	Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the granting of regulatory forbearance by default. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.CON.RES.299 Ed Markey 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. 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.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 15 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.1307 Brian Baird 42 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the Kingdom of Bhutan's participation in the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and commending the people and the Government of the Kingdom of Bhutan for their commitment to holding elections and broadening political participation. 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.3014 Hilda Solis 113 Cosponsors 0 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.RES.1002 Earl Blumenauer 59 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing support for the designation of a "Public Radio Recognition Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.6238 John Dingell 40 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide for the establishment of an interagency working group to conduct a study to identify the factors that affect the pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products, and to make recommendations on appropriate coordination of oversight and regulation. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 11, 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.CON.RES.134 Albert Wynn 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to enhance public awareness of mental illness, especially within minority communities. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, June 2, 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.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.3681 John Boozman 12 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Benefits Awareness Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to advertise in the national media to promote awareness of benefits under laws administered by the Secretary. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.339 Michael Burgess 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 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.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.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.1091 Don Young 112 Cosponsors 0 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.RES.1178 Randy Forbes 10 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sympathy of the House of Representatives to the citizens of Suffolk, Brunswick, and Colonial Heights, Virginia, over the devastating tornadoes of April 28, 2008. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 7, 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.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.2634 Maxine Waters 104 Cosponsors 0 points	Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007 To provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.RES.981 Tammy Baldwin 103 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing March 6, 2008, as the first-ever World Glaucoma Day, established to increase awareness of glaucoma, which is the second leading cause of preventable blindness in the United States and worldwide. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.5874 Michael Burgess 42 Cosponsors 0 points	National MS Disease Registry Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a permanent Multiple Sclerosis National Surveillance System. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.3189 Jerrold Nadler 29 Cosponsors 3 points	National Security Letters Reform Act of 2007 To establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.5036 Rush Holt 91 Cosponsors 0 points	Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008 To direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 15, 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.5629 Anna Eshoo 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Pathway for Biosimilars Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 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 responsibilities, and to encourage and support individuals to enter nontraditional occupational fields. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.R.1237 Bart Gordon 173 Cosponsors 0 points	Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.1198 Lois Capps 60 Cosponsors 0 points	Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008