Representative Todd Platts (R-PA-19)

Representative Todd Platts (R-PA-19)
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H.RES.1463 Todd Platts 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Recognizing the benefits of service-learning as a teaching strategy to effectively engage youth in the community and classroom, and supporting the goals of the National Learn and Serve Challenge. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1143 Todd Platts 57 Cosponsors 5 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.R.6677 Todd Platts 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Social Security Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an inflation adjustment of the base amounts used to determine the amount of Social Security benefits included in gross income. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.1328 Todd Platts 88 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.RES.1119 Todd Platts 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and ideals highlighted through National Volunteer Week. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 30, 2008

H.R.5555 Todd Platts 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Volunteer Firefighter Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow volunteer firefighters a deduction for personal safety clothing. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.R.5556 Todd Platts 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain individuals who have attained age 50 and who are unemployed to receive distributions from qualified retirement plans without incurring a 10 percent additional tax. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.R.5557 Todd Platts 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a full deduction for meals and lodging in connection with medical care. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.R.2968 Todd Platts 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Summer Food Service Rural Expansion Act To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, September 11, 2007
H.RES.257 Todd Platts 84 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, September 10, 2007
H.R.2020 Todd Platts 13 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 24, 2007
H.J.RES.38 Todd Platts 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to authorize the line item veto. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 19, 2007
H.J.RES.24 Todd Platts 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 1, 2007
H.R.975 Todd Platts 0 Cosponsors 5 points	For the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 26, 2007
H.R.950 Todd Platts 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Camp Security National Historic Site Study Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Camp Security, located in Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, as a unit of the National Park System. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, February 15, 2007
H.R.951 Todd Platts 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the running of periods of limitation for credit or refund of overpayment of Federal income tax by veterans while their service-connected compensation determinations are pending with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 8, 2007
H.R.952 Todd Platts 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Heritage Homes Tax Incentive Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an enhanced deduction for qualified residence interest on acquisition indebtedness for heritage homes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 8, 2007
H.R.953 Todd Platts 4 Cosponsors 5 points	To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 8, 2007

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H.AMDT.512 Todd Platts 0 points	An amendment to reduce appropriations for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and increase appropriations for education for the disadvantaged. No Action on
H.AMDT.37 Todd Platts 0 points	An amendment numbered 4 printed in part B of House Report 110-36 to extend the application of the full-and-open competition requirements of Title II of the Clean Water Act, found at Title 33, Section 1284(a)(6) of the United States Code, to bid specifications for projects funded in whole or in part with monies provided through the State Revolving Funds. No Action on
H.AMDT.42 Todd Platts 0 points	An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-48 to require that the Merit Systems Protection Board rely on a consistent standard for `clear and convincing evidence' as the burden of proof that must be met to sustain an agency's affirmative defense (that it would have taken the same personnel action independent of an employee's protected conduct). Under the amendment, `clear and convincing evidence' would be defined as `evidence indicating that the matter to be proved is highly probable or reasonably certain. No Action on
H.AMDT.43 Todd Platts 0 points	An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 110-48 to clarify that an otherwise-protected disclosure cannot be disqualified because of the forum in which it is communicated. In addition, the amendment would extend equal burdens of proof and individual rights of action to those serving as witnesses in Inspector General or Special Counsel investigations, as well as to those who allege retaliation for refusing to violate the law. No Action on

H.R.2583 Michael Burgess 23 Cosponsors 0 points	Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007 To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
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.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.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.R.5611 David Scott 52 Cosponsors 0 points	National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2008 To reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.R.6598 John Conyers 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption. House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration en... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1424 Patrick Kennedy 270 Cosponsors 27 points	Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
H.R.2095 Jim Oberstar 94 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes. Cleared for White House on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
H.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.6073 Virginia Foxx 18 Cosponsors 0 points	To provide that Federal employees receiving their pay by electronic funds transfer shall be given the option of receiving their pay stubs electronically. Cleared for White House on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6930 Jim Moran 18 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize extended benefits for certain autistic dependents of certain retirees. Referred to House subcommittee 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.RES.1430 Dave Loebsack 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing support for the goals of the National Step Up For Kids Day by promoting national awareness of the needs of the children, youth, and families of the United States, celebrating children, and expressing the need to make their future and well-being a national priority. Passed/agreed to in House on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.6568 Kevin Brady 23 Cosponsors 0 points	Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2008 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Friday, September 26, 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.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.7072 Buck McKeon 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To make technical corrections in the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008. Referred to House committee 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.RES.671 Steve Israel 52 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House 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.2343 Danny Davis 66 Cosponsors 3 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.2452 Tim Bishop 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that publicly owned treatment works monitor for and report sewer overflows, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5540 John Sarbanes 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act To amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network. Read twice on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.RES.1151 John Duncan 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating the University of Tennessee women's basketball team for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's Basketball Championship. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.CON.RES.407 Bill Pascrell 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Italian architect Andrea Palladio. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6730 Phil English 19 Cosponsors 3 points	Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site Act of 2008 To establish the Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6763 Patrick Tiberi 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Digital Television Coupon Extension Act of 2008 To amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the expiration date of digital-to-analog converter box coupons from 3 months to 6 months. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6023 Todd Akin 37 Cosponsors 1 points	Freedom to Serve Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain forms of interference with military recruiting. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 28, 2008
H.RES.1202 Tom Davis 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Guard Youth Challenge Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.6571 Eliot Engel 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Healthy Air for Federal Workers Act To prohibit smoking near executive, legislative, and judicial branch buildings and entryways. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.5546 John Conyers 45 Cosponsors 3 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.1306 Brian Bilbray 52 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the dedication and honorable service of members of the National Guard who are serving or have served in Operation Jump Start. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.R.2493 Roy Blunt 83 Cosponsors 0 points	Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2007 To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number of boutique fuels, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs on Tuesday, July 15, 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.1286 Maurice Hinchey 26 Cosponsors 0 points	Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6461 Jason Altmire 2 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 To assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6393 Diana Degette 2 Cosponsors 3 points	Quit Smoking for Life Act of 2008 To amend titles V, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act to promote tobacco use cessation under the Medicare Program, the Medicaid Program, and the maternal and child health program. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.6448 Chris Carney 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Caregiver Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit for taxpayers with long-term care needs. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 6 points	Lumbee Recognition Act To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
H.CON.RES.195 Zach Wamp 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that a National Dysphagia Awareness Month should be established. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.6407 John Lewis 34 Cosponsors 3 points	Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 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.1333 Charles Dent 56 Cosponsors 18 points	Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Support Act of 2007 To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.2279 Joseph Pitts 75 Cosponsors 0 points	To expedite the construction of new refining capacity on closed military installations in the United States, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.6266 Jerry Moran 2 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to waive the penalties for failure to disclose reportable transactions, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.RES.1268 Betty McCollum 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States foreign assistance is a critical instrument for achieving our national security goals and that modernizing United States foreign assistance should become a national priority. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.4926 Betty Sutton 98 Cosponsors 0 points	Josh Miller HEARTS Act To establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.R.3089 Mac Thornberry 87 Cosponsors 0 points	No More Excuses Energy Act of 2007 To secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.R.6056 Maurice Hinchey 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Preserving the American Historical Record Act To authorize the Archivist of the United States to make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
H.CON.RES.305 Earl Blumenauer 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, June 2, 2008
H.R.5987 Thelma Drake 4 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 37, United States Code, to guarantee a pay increase for members of the uniformed services for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 of one-half of one percentage point higher than the Employment Cost Index. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 23, 2008
H.R.6091 Phil English 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Save Medicare Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve access to physicians' services under the Medicare Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 23, 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.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.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.RES.1147 Geoff Davis 31 Cosponsors 1 points