Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2005 for veterans medical services.
2005-06-29: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act
2006-04-06: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
To prohibit the issuance of any Federal or State permit or lease for new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling in or under one or more of the Great Lakes.
2005-06-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Minimum Wage bill
2006-09-27: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7501)
Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act
2005-05-16: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Health Security for All Americans Act
2005-09-21: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1908)
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Madison, Wisconsin, as the "Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Post Office Building".
2005-06-17: Became Public Law No: 109-15.
Employee Free Choice Act
2005-05-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act
2006-06-15: Became Public Law No: 109-230.
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Appleton, Wisconsin, as the "John H. Bradley Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".
2006-03-23: Became Public Law No: 109-206.
Paycheck Fairness Act
2005-05-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Certain and Immediate Estate Tax Relief Act of 2005
2005-04-12: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments through fiscal year 2007, to increase the payment quantity authorized under such contracts, and for other purposes.
2005-03-15: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
To award a congressional gold medal on behalf of the Tuskegee Airmen, collectively, in recognition of their unique military record, which inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces.
2006-04-11: Became Public Law No: 109-213.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2005
2005-04-18: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2005
2006-09-28: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Kennedy (RI). Petition No: 109-18. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/109/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis18.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments through the end of fiscal year 2007.
2005-03-16: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2005
2005-02-25: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge bill
2005-02-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Stem Cell Research bill
2006-07-19: On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Agreed to without objection.