Representative Tom Allen (D-ME-01)

Representative Tom Allen (D-ME-01)
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H.R.6605 Tom Allen 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Home Heating Fuels Cost Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable tax credit for heating fuels and to create a grant program for States to provide individuals with loans to weatherize their homes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.R.4174 Tom Allen 17 Cosponsors 25 points	Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2007 To establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Received in the Senate on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.CON.RES.337 Tom Allen 51 Cosponsors 9 points	Honoring Seeds of Peace for its 15th anniversary as an organization promoting understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and peace in the Middle East, South Asia, and other regions of conflict. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.1534 Tom Allen 14 Cosponsors 30 points	Mercury Export Ban Act of 2007 To prohibit certain sales, distributions, and transfers of elemental mercury, to prohibit the export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
H.R.5820 Tom Allen 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Traditional Use Protection Act of 2008 To authorize the Forest Service to provide financial assistance to States for the acquisition of land to preserve and maintain such land for traditional use by the public, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 21, 2008

H.R.5682 Tom Allen 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Rural America Communication Expansion for the Future Act of 2008 To improve access to broadband service in rural and underserved areas of the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 2, 2008
H.R.2342 Tom Allen 22 Cosponsors 30 points	National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act of 2007 To direct the President to establish a National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.5643 Tom Allen 9 Cosponsors 5 points	First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of a principal residence by a first-time homebuyer. Referred to House committee on Friday, March 14, 2008
H.R.5536 Tom Allen 9 Cosponsors 5 points	To require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.R.5543 Tom Allen 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Women's Retirement Security Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.R.5547 Tom Allen 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Consumer Protection and Cost Accountability Act To amend the Federal Power Act to ensure that the mission and functions of Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators include keeping energy costs as low as reasonably possible for consumers, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.R.3223 Tom Allen 15 Cosponsors 5 points	Keep Our Waterfronts Working Act of 2007 To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a grant program to ensure coastal access for commercial and recreational fishermen and other water-dependent coastal-related businesses, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, February 28, 2008
H.R.5448 Tom Allen 24 Cosponsors 5 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. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 15, 2008
H.R.4305 Tom Allen 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve elementary and secondary education. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
H.R.4205 Tom Allen 4 Cosponsors 5 points	National Health Services Corps and Loan Repayment Programs Renewal Act of 2007 To reauthorize and improve programs of the National Health Service Corps. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.R.3893 Tom Allen 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Connect America Now Act To promote the deployment and adoption of telecommunications services and information technologies, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, October 22, 2007
H.R.2132 Tom Allen 15 Cosponsors 5 points	Small Business Health Plans Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a small business health benefits program. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
H.R.2901 Tom Allen 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a program demonstrating multiple approaches to Lifelong Learning Accounts, which are portable, worker-owned savings accounts that can be used by workers to help finance education, training, and apprenticeships and which are intended to supplement both public and employer-provided education and training resources, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 28, 2007
H.R.2902 Tom Allen 28 Cosponsors 5 points	Middle Class Opportunity Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code to double the child tax credit for the first year, to expand the credit dependent care services, to provide relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 28, 2007
H.RES.525 Tom Allen 11 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reaffirm the commitments of the United States to the 2001 Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health and to pursuing trade policies that promote access to affordable medicines. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 28, 2007
H.R.2184 Tom Allen 4 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to expand comparative effectiveness research and to increase funding for such research to improve the value of health care. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 15, 2007
H.R.2231 Tom Allen 55 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competitive acquisition program. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 15, 2007
H.R.2133 Tom Allen 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Small Business Investment and Promotion Act of 2007 To provide support for small business concerns, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
H.R.2050 Tom Allen 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to obtain reimbursement under the Medicaid Program for care or services required under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act that are provided in a nonpublicly owned or operated institution for mental diseases. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 30, 2007
H.R.1117 Tom Allen 35 Cosponsors 5 points	REAL ID Repeal and Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007 To repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to reinstitute section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper- and counterfeit-resistant driver's licenses and to protect privacy and civil liberties by providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 23, 2007
H.R.1533 Tom Allen 9 Cosponsors 5 points	Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Program Establishment Act To provide for the establishment of a national mercury monitoring program. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 16, 2007

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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. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 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, August 1, 2008
H.R.6826 Allyson Schwartz 39 Cosponsors 3 points	Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare Program. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.1907 Jim Saxton 26 Cosponsors 1 points	Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act To authorize the acquisition of land and interests in land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6732 John Hall 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of "combat with the enemy" for purposes of service-connection of disabilities. Referred to House committee 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.R.2192 Paul Hodes 44 Cosponsors 6 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Referred to Senate committee 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.5618 Madeleine Bordallo 10 Cosponsors 6 points	National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2008 To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee 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.3036 John Sarbanes 64 Cosponsors 0 points	No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.5541 Nick Rahall 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6473 Paul Hodes 10 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the conditions for the release of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.5741 Madeleine Bordallo 14 Cosponsors 0 points	Shark Conservation Act of 2008 To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 9, 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.CON.RES.163 Heather Wilson 104 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress in support of further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.RES.353 Elijah Cummings 101 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be an increased commitment supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 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.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.RES.111 Peter King 277 Cosponsors 0 points	Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.4044 Janice Schakowsky 65 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 11 of the United States Code to exempt for a limited period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under Chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.RES.1050 John Olver 26 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as being home to the earliest known reference to the word "baseball" in the United States as well as being the birthplace of college baseball. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 23, 2008
H.R.6330 Bart Stupak 45 Cosponsors 3 points	Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2008 To provide for regulation of certain transactions involving energy commodities, to strengthen the enforcement authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act and the Federal Power Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.RES.1230 Donald Payne 60 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning postelection violence in Zimbabwe and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.634 Dennis Moore 296 Cosponsors 0 points	American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. Resolving differences -- House actions on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.1553 Deborah Pryce 226 Cosponsors 0 points	Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to information regarding pediatric cancers and current treatments for such cancers, establish a national childhood cancer registry, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancer. Received in the Senate on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.6252 Pete Stark 28 Cosponsors 3 points	Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay and reform the Medicare competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.6238 John Dingell 33 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.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. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.R.6210 Ron Kind 11 Cosponsors 3 points	SHOP Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible. Referred to House committee 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.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. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 5, 2008
H.CON.RES.138 Elijah Cummings 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting National Men's Health Week. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
H.R.5451 Madeleine Bordallo 14 Cosponsors 3 points	Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008 To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
H.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 149 Cosponsors 3 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. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 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.493 Louise Slaughter 222 Cosponsors 47 points	Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. Signed by President on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 218 Cosponsors 3 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. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 21, 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.5554 Mike Michaud 16 Cosponsors 18 points	Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs for substance use disorders, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.2790 Phil Hare 25 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health. Referred to Senate committee 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.RES.1203 Shelley Capito 1 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of the week beginning May 11, 2008, as "National Nursing Home Week". Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 16, 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.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. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.R.6075 Patrick Kennedy 6 Cosponsors 3 points	National Guard and Reserve Mental Health Access Act of 2008 To expand and improve mental health care and reintegration programs for members of the National Guard and Reserve, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.RES.1173 Doris Matsui 40 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing AmeriCorps Week. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.RES.1086 Eddie Bernice Johnson 115 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, May 8, 2008
H.R.5875 Joe Courtney 19 Cosponsors 1 points	PROTECT Act of 2008 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that personal protective equipment undergoes survivability testing before full-scale production. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.CON.RES.342 Mike Ross 55 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new policy restricting women's access to medications containing estriol does not serve the public interest. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 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.5689 Lloyd Doggett