To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("Superfund") to provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant under that Act, and for other purposes.
2005-12-08: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2211)
Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2006
2006-03-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2006
2006-09-21: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
To provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children.
2006-02-14: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H229)
Children's Hope Act of 2005
2005-11-18: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.
2006-02-16: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act
2006-08-02: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-826.
Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act
2005-12-15: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
To amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl, and for other purposes.
2006-09-21: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Veterans' Right to Know Act
2005-11-30: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Taxpayer Campaign Fund Elimination Act of 2005
2005-09-29: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 4 permanent and 1 temporary additional judgeships for the middle district of Florida, and 3 additional permanent judgeships for the southern district of Florida.
2005-10-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Hurricane Wilma Taxpayer Relief Act of 2005
2005-11-15: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Agriculture Hurricane Recovery Act of 2005
2005-11-15: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Ways and Means, and Resources, 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.
Nursery and Tropical Fruit Producer Hurricane Relief Act
2005-10-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
To postpone the enforcement of new rules governing rest periods for truck drivers using sleeper berths until January 1, 2006.
2005-09-30: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
Home School Non-Discrimination Act of 2005
2005-10-12: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Timber Tax Act of 2005
2005-09-22: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Drug Courts Improvement Act of 2005
2005-10-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
To require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide certain individuals or households affected by Hurricane Katrina in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida, with financial assistance and direct services under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act.
2005-09-22: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8328-8329)