To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide protection for fashion design.
2006-07-27: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Innovation and Competitiveness Act
2006-03-02: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To authorize grants for contributions toward the establishment of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library.
2006-11-13: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Internet Gambling Prohibition Act
2006-09-22: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 405.
Tax Code Termination Act
2006-02-08: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission bill
2006-01-27: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 358.
Temporary Agricultural Labor Reform Act of 2005
2005-10-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
To reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 and to amend the swine reporting provisions of that Act.
2006-10-05: Became Public Law No: 109-296.
Meat Promotion Act of 2005
2005-05-24: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006
2006-07-24: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 939 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1956 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
Flexibility for Champion Schools Act
2005-05-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
SAFE for America Act
2005-09-08: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2005
2005-05-24: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Class Action Lawsuits bill
2005-02-16: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H685-686, H686, H687-690, H690-691)
Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Agriculture in the One Hundred Ninth Congress.
2005-02-15: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Congratulating the James Madison University Dukes football team for their outstanding and historic victory in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-AA Championship Game.
2005-03-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
2006-11-17: House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 8, 2006.
Recognizing the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture for 100 years of dedicated service and caring for the forest lands of the United States.
2005-06-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.