Representative Tom Latham (R-IA-04)

Representative Tom Latham (R-IA-04)
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H.R.6699 Tom Latham 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Health Security for All Americans Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform Medicare payments to physicians and certain other providers and improve Medicare benefits, to encourage the offering of health coverage by small businesses, to provide tax incentives for the purchase of health insurance by individuals, to increase access to health care for veterans, to address the nursing shortage, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, September 4, 2008
H.R.6652 Tom Latham 12 Cosponsors 5 points	Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.779 Tom Latham 4 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Society of Agronomy. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5127 Tom Latham 4 Cosponsors 5 points	To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, January 28, 2008
H.RES.800 Tom Latham 73 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the issuance of State driver's licenses or other government-issued photo identification to illegal aliens. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, November 7, 2007

H.CON.RES.175 Tom Latham 4 Cosponsors 9 points	Expressing the sense of Congress that courts with fiduciary responsibility for a child of a deceased member of the Armed Forces who receives a death gratuity payment under section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, should take into consideration the expression of clear intent of the member regarding the distribution of funds on behalf of the child. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Monday, July 30, 2007
H.R.3141 Tom Latham 4 Cosponsors 5 points	To increase the amount in certain funding agreements relating to patents and nonprofit organizations to be used for scientific research, development, and education, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
H.RES.311 Tom Latham 0 Cosponsors 1 points	Congratulating Iowa State University for its efforts to refurbish and rededicate Morrill Hall. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 9, 2007
H.CON.RES.164 Tom Latham 1 Cosponsors 9 points	Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, June 14, 2007
H.R.1426 Tom Latham 13 Cosponsors 5 points	Richard Helm Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and Resources Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans enrolled in the health system of the Department of Veterans Affairs the option of receiving covered health services through facilities other than those of the Department. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, April 26, 2007
H.R.1428 Tom Latham 42 Cosponsors 5 points	National Guard and Reserve Retirement Modernization Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the eligibility age for receipt of non-regular military service retired pay for members of the Ready Reserve in active federal status or on active duty for significant periods. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 3, 2007
H.R.1115 Tom Latham 29 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, to provide additional options regarding the designation of the person to receive the death gratuity paid with respect to a member of the Armed Forces who dies without a surviving spouse, but who is survived by a minor child. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, March 14, 2007
H.R.731 Tom Latham 16 Cosponsors 5 points	National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2007 To amend the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small business concerns, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 30, 2007
H.R.2563 Tom Latham 4 Cosponsors 20 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 309 East Linn Street in Marshalltown, Iowa, as the "Major Scott Nisely Post Office". Became Public Law No: 110-71 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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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.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.7139 Dave Davis 2 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to the qualification of the director of food services of a Medicare skilled nursing facility or a Medicaid nursing facility. 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.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.R.1527 Jerry Moran 30 Cosponsors 18 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.RES.1428 Leonard Boswell 14 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson, Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Alicia Sacramone, and Bridget Sloan of the United States Women's Gymnastics team for their outstanding performances and representation of the United States during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.6723 Bruce Braley 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Guaranteed Benefits for Our Troops Act To provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for certain periods before the implementation of the program. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, September 4, 2008
H.RES.1364 Geoff Davis 36 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the persons who are serving or have served in the airborne forces of the Armed Forces. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, September 4, 2008
H.R.6656 Debbie Wasserman Schultz 5 Cosponsors 3 points	Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act of 2008 To provide for the joint appointment of the Architect of the Capitol by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees of Congress with jurisdiction over the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6733 Phil Hare 8 Cosponsors 3 points	Midwest Schools Disaster Recovery Act To provide assistance to local educational agencies in areas of the Midwest adversely affected by storms and severe flooding that occurred in May and June, 2008, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6562 Bob Filner 4 Cosponsors 3 points	Agent Orange Equity Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, relating to presumptions of exposure for veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam. Referred to House committee 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.RES.1328 Todd Platts 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.RES.1283 Lee Terry 78 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing heartfelt sympathy for the victims and their families following the tornado that hit Little Sioux, Iowa, on June 11, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.6270 Diane Watson 7 Cosponsors 3 points	ACCESS Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new conditional approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 17, 2008
H.R.1483 Ralph Regula 22 Cosponsors 6 points	To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.5898 Gus Bilirakis 84 Cosponsors 0 points	Silver Alert Grant Program Act of 2008 To authorize a grant program to help establish and improve State-administered notification systems to help locate missing individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.334 Chris Shays 60 Cosponsors 5 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.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.1132 Ted Poe 69 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1152 Mike Ferguson 82 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring Arnold Palmer for his distinguished career in the sport of golf and his commitment to excellence and sportsmanship. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6026 Jerry Lewis 147 Cosponsors 3 points	Clean Global War on Terror Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 13, 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.RES.1091 Don Young 112 Cosponsors 1 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.R.5878 Lois Capps 6 Cosponsors 0 points	Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008 To authorize programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed Forces through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as nurses, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.5979 Peter King 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the national collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.RES.1100 Dave Loebsack 5 Cosponsors 3 points	Congratulating the University of Iowa Hawkeyes Wrestling Team on Winning the 2008 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.RES.1130 Sam Graves 85 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the roles and contributions of America's teachers to building and enhancing our Nation's civic, cultural, and economic well being. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.R.5914 Paul Kanjorski 18 Cosponsors 0 points	Student Loan Access Act of 2008 To clarify the authority of the Federal Financing Bank to purchase loans guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.5791 Carol Shea-Porter 14 Cosponsors 3 points	National Guard and Reserve Readiness Act of 2008 To amend title 10, United States Code, to clarify the effective date of active duty of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces receiving an alert order anticipating a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation for purposes of entitlement to medical and dental care as members of the Armed Forces on active duty. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5904 Jim Costa 10 Cosponsors 0 points	Safe FEAST Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish new procedures and requirements to improve the safety of food, whether produced and distributed domestically or imported into the United States, by providing for improved information technology to identify high-risk imports and for enhanced capacity in the United States and in foreign governments to identify and address food safety issues on a scientific basis, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5857 Spencer Bachus 32 Cosponsors 3 points	Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008 To establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, improve mortgage disclosures, create an Office of Housing Counseling, to provide incentives to facilitate loan modifications, reform the regulation of the Government Sponsored Enterprises, modernize the Federal Housing Administration, improve home ownership for veterans, reform appraisal activities, and combat mortgage fraud, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 22, 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.5825 Devin Nunes 237 Cosponsors 3 points	Hubbard Act To amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United States Code, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.R.5606 Adam Schiff 37 Cosponsors 0 points	Child Protection Improvements Act of 2008 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 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.5740 Harry Mitchell 169 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.5734 Edolphus Towns 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2008 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.5714 Ike Skelton 107 Cosponsors 0 points	United States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 2008 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the establishment of the United States Army in 1775, to honor the American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States Army and its role in American society, from the Colonial period to today. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
H.CON.RES.302 Kay Granger 124 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the observance of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.5604 Lloyd Doggett 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Medicare Part D Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under part D of such title for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual eligible individuals. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, March 19, 2008
H.RES.924 Bruce Braley 29 Cosponsors 4 points	Congratulating Iowa State University of Science and Technology for 150 years of leadership and service to the United States and the world as Iowa's land-grant university. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.R.1084 Sam Farr 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2007 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to build operational readiness in civilian agencies, and for other purposes. Read the second time on Friday, March 7, 2008
H.RES.951 Scott Garrett 263 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
H.RES.1012 Kenny Hulshof 19 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the historical significance of and reaffirming continued Congressional support for commercial navigation on the Missouri River. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
H.R.5222 John Campbell 92 Cosponsors 0 points	Semper Fi Act To rescind funds appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, for the City of Berkeley, California, and any entities located in such city, and to provide that such funds shall be transferred to the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account of the Department of Defense for the purposes of recruiting. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
H.R.1232 Tammy Baldwin 96 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterinary Public Health Workforce Expansion Act of 2007 To establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.R.4930 Joe Wilson 82 Cosponsors 3 points	National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.RES.937 Michael Burgess 4 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the emergency communications services provided by the American Red Cross are vital resources for military service members and their families. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.RES.856 Lee Terry 72 Cosponsors 3 points	Expresses heartfelt sympathy for the victims and families of the shootings in Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday, December 5, 2007. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, December 17, 2007
H.R.4651 Phil Hare 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act To amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act to cover services provided to injured Federal workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, December 13, 2007
H.R.1236 Bill Clay 161 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research. Referred to Senate subcommittee on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
H.CON.RES.261 Thelma Drake 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the centennial anniversary of the sailing of the Navy's "Great White Fleet," launched by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 16, 1907, from Hampton Roads, Virginia, and returning there on February 22, 1909. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
H.R.4306 Steve King 1 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Clean Air Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the use of ethanol and bio-diesel, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, December 6, 2007
H.R.4327 Tim Johnson 6 Cosponsors 3 points	Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network Act of 2007 To establish a Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network to develop and apply improved practices in care management for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple, chronic conditions. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, December 6, 2007
H.R.2915 Bruce Braley 47 Cosponsors 0 points	National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs Reauthorization Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, December 4, 2007
H.R.4176 Peter King 169 Cosponsors 3 points	Prevention of Unsafe Licensing Act To enhance national security by restricting access of illegal aliens to driver's licenses and State-issued identification documents. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.CON.RES.263 Jack Kingston 159 Cosponsors 0 points	To establish the Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.RES.684 Leonard Boswell 60 Cosponsors 3 points	Congratulating Shawn Johnson on her victory in becoming the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Champion in women's gymnastics. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
H.RES.672 Doris Matsui 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 8, 2007
H.J.RES.54 Anna Eshoo 105 Cosponsors 0 points