Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL-21)

Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL-21)
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H.R.5627 Lincoln Diaz-Balart 22 Cosponsors 1 points	To award the congressional gold medal to Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, in recognition of his courageous and unwavering commitment to democracy and human rights in Cuba. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 9, 2008
H.R.3231 Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0 Cosponsors 5 points	For the relief of Alejandro Gomez and Juan Sebastian Gomez. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, August 24, 2007
H.R.1308 Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25 Cosponsors 5 points	Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2007 To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State children's health insurance program (SCHIP). Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 6, 2007

H.R.1746 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 44 Cosponsors 0 points	Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2007 To require disclosure of Holocaust-era policies by insurers and establish a federal cause of action for claims arising out of a covered policy. House Committee on Judiciary Granted an extension for further consideration endi... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6694 Al Green 28 Cosponsors 0 points	FHA Seller-Financed Downpayment Reform and Risk-Based Pricing Authorization Act of 2008 To revise the requirements for seller-financed downpayments for mortgages for single-family housing insured by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under title II of the National Housing Act and to authorize risk-based insurance premiums for certain mortgagors under such mortgages. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6338 Ron Klein 24 Cosponsors 5 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4233 West Hillsboro Boulevard in Coconut Creek, Florida, as the "Army SPC Daniel Agami Post Office Building". Cleared for White House on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.7119 Mark Kirk 6 Cosponsors 3 points	To impose certain limits on the exercise by the Secretary of the Treasury of certain actions under any other Act which authorizes the Secretary to purchase troubled assets, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 170 Cosponsors 0 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.1314 Sander Levin 29 Cosponsors 3 points	Remembering the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932-1933 and extending the deepest sympathies of the House of Representative to the victims, survivors, and families of this tragedy, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.6853 Kendrick Meek 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force Act of 2008 A bill to establish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator to address mortgage fraud in the United States, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.6772 Tim Mahoney 24 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the "CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building". Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1438 Devin Nunes 15 Cosponsors 1 points	Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Azorean Refugee Act of 1958 and celebrating the extensive contributions of Portuguese-American communities to the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.6728 Mario Diaz-Balart 5 Cosponsors 0 points	Everglades National Park Land Exchange Act of 2008 To provide for the resolution of several land ownership and related issues with respect to parcels of land located within the Everglades National Park. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, August 6, 2008
H.R.2608 Jim McDermott 15 Cosponsors 0 points	SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act An act to amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide, in fiscal years 2009 through 2011, extensions of supplemental security income for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to collect unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.4918 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 24 Cosponsors 0 points	To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Miami, Florida, as the "Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6788 Randy Kuhl 49 Cosponsors 3 points	SCHIP Full Funding Extension Act of 2008 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend through fiscal year 2012 funding under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.RES.901 Ander Crenshaw 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating University of Florida Quarterback Timothy "Tim" Tebow for winning the Heisman Trophy and honoring both his athletic and academic achievements. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
H.RES.645 Mario Diaz-Balart 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the House of Representatives to the professionalism and dedication of the United States Capitol Police as the House honors the 10th Anniversary of the tragic deaths of Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson, who lost their lives protecting the Capitol and the people inside from an armed attack. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
H.CON.RES.236 David Dreier 31 Cosponsors 7 points	Recognizing the close relationship between the United States and the Republic of San Marino. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, July 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.389 Kevin Brady 19 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating the Republic of Colombia on its successful rescue mission and thanking Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for the safe return of the Americans held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 0 points	Lumbee Recognition Act To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
H.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 0 points	ADA Restoration Act of 2007 To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Read the second time on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.4264 Jeff Miller 33 Cosponsors 7 points	To name the Department of Veterans Affairs spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center". Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.6381 Frank Pallone 66 Cosponsors 0 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.RES.1029 Luis Gutierrez 52 Cosponsors 3 points	Congratulating and recognizing Mr. Juan Antonio "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez for his continued success on and off of the golf course. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.6294 Allen Boyd 10 Cosponsors 0 points	To provide for a comprehensive study by the National Research Council of the National Academies to assess the water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.512 Xavier Becerra 107 Cosponsors 27 points	Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2007 To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.332 Jeff Fortenberry 49 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.6217 Albio Sires 61 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify the procedures governing the closure or consolidation of post offices. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.5669 Edolphus Towns 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United States. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 5, 2008
H.RES.1114 Jeff Fortenberry 53 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of the Arbor Day Foundation and National Arbor Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.5970 Chris Smith 11 Cosponsors 3 points	Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2008 To amend the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.5898 Gus Bilirakis 84 Cosponsors 1 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.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.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.1144 Jose Serrano 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of a Frank Sinatra Day, in honor of the dedication of the Frank Sinatra commemorative stamp. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
H.R.980 Dale Kildee 278 Cosponsors 0 points	Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. Senate floor actions on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.RES.1134 Grace Napolitano 148 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.R.6026 Jerry Lewis 147 Cosponsors 0 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.R.3658 Luis Fortuno 18 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to permit rest and recuperation travel to United States territories for members of the Foreign Service. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.RES.1166 Robert Wexler 34 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding provocative and dangerous statements and actions taken by the Government of the Russian Federation that undermine the territorial integrity of the Republic of Georgia. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.RES.1113 Jeff Fortenberry 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.5868 Steve Pearce 49 Cosponsors 1 points	Caleb Martin-Travis Dodson Wounded Warrior Retention Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the retention of members of the Armed Forces on active service or in an active status who would otherwise be retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but who are still medically able to perform noncombat-related military occupational specialties or duties. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.RES.1109 Albio Sires 82 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the memory of Dith Pran by remembering his life's work and continuing to acknowledge and remember the victims of genocides that have taken place around the globe. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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.5962 Mario Diaz-Balart 6 Cosponsors 3 points	Keep Our Homes Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide temporary housing related tax relief for individuals, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Monday, May 5, 2008
H.RES.1122 Marilyn Musgrave 112 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing Armed Forces Day. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 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.RES.578 Adam Putnam 55 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Watermelon Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.RES.49 Dave Camp 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Letter Carriers Appreciation Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 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.5886 Paul Broun 21 Cosponsors 3 points	Limiting the Intrusive Miles of International Terrorist Sponsors Act of 2008 To restrict the diplomatic travel of officials and representatives of state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.R.5905 Mario Diaz-Balart 8 Cosponsors 3 points	CARS Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individuals a deduction for commuting expenses. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.R.900 Jose Serrano 128 Cosponsors 3 points	Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007 To provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico. Placed on the Union Calendar 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.RES.1116 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the life of Claude Denson Pepper, distinguished former Senator and Representative from Florida. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.R.5816 Joe Knollenberg 31 Cosponsors 1 points	Coordinated American Response To Extreme Radicals Act To prohibit assistance for the Carter Center located in Atlanta, Georgia. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 16, 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.RES.838 Thaddeus McCotter 80 Cosponsors 0 points	Welcoming His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on his first apostolic visit to the United States. Passed/agreed to in House 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.R.5704 John Lewis 4 Cosponsors 0 points	Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2008 To ensure that home health agencies can assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for Medicare beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy under a home health plan of care, based upon physician referral. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 4, 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.RES.997 Robert Wexler 38 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the strong support of the House of Representatives for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to enter into a Membership Action Plan with Georgia and Ukraine. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.5604 Lloyd Doggett 28 Cosponsors 3 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.R.5475 Dennis Moore 53 Cosponsors 3 points	Sex Offender Mandatory Registration Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to make a technical correction to ensure sex offenders who travel between States, regardless of when they traveled, must register with appropriate state and local authorities. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 17, 2008
H.R.5615 Rob Andrews 26 Cosponsors 3 points	Group Health Plan Prosthetics Parity Act of 2007 To provide parity under group health plans and group health insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other medical and surgical services. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 13, 2008
H.RES.1049 Connie Mack 9 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 13, 2008
H.RES.1042 Mary Bono Mack 12 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the We Don't Serve Teens campaign. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
H.CON.RES.315 Joe Wilson 111 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the idea that coalition victory in Iraq is possible. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.RES.537 Anna Eshoo 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation and goals of "National 9-1-1 Education Month", and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, March 10, 2008
H.CON.RES.278 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting Taiwan's fourth direct and democratic presidential elections in March 2008. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, March 6, 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.R.1469 Tom Lantos 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007 To establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation under the authorities of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
H.RES.807 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 24 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the life of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, champion of the Florida Everglades and founder of Florida's environmental movement. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
H.RES.845 Alcee Hastings 17 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the 60th anniversary of Everglades National Park. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
H.R.4342 Vern Buchanan 24 Cosponsors 3 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 824 Manatee Avenue West in Bradenton, Florida, as the "Dan Miller Post Office Building". Referred to Senate subcommittee on Wednesday, February 27, 2008
H.R.5496 Doris Matsui 12 Cosponsors 0 points	Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 26, 2008
H.RES.995 Mario Diaz-Balart 38 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the 12th anniversary of the 1996 shooting down of 2 unarmed Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft, licensed by the United States, by the Cuban regime. Referred to House committee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.5450 Sam Johnson 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008