January 6, 2009 Of Interest in the House

Resolutions:

H.RES.11 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States, in collaboration with other international allies, should establish an energy project with the magnitude, creativity, and sense of urgency that was incorporated in the “Man on the Moon” project address the inevitable challenges of “Peak Oil”.
Sponsor: Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.RES.14 : Recognizing the importance of the Border Patrol in combating human smuggling and commending the Department of Justice for increasing the rate of human smuggler prosecutions.
Sponsor: Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.

H.J.RES.3 : Relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
Sponsor: Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

BILLS:

H.R.11 : To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, George [CA-7] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (168)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

The Lilly Ledbetter Act

H.R.12 : To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (175)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

H.R.15 : To provide a program of national health insurance, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

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