SeekLiberty
08-05-2007, 05:59 PM
Looking at all this socialism legislation in progress makes me sick!
What, are we a communist country now or something?
- SL
Here's our socialist "representatives" at work. :( (except for Ron Paul, of course)
Members
This committee has 70 members.
Chair
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA] Ranking Member
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]
Rep. Richard Baker [R-LA]
Rep. Deborah Pryce [R-OH]
Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]
Rep. Ronald Paul [R-TX]
Rep. Paul Gillmor [R-OH]
Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]
Rep. Christopher Shays [R-CT]
Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]
Rep. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. Tom Feeney [R-FL]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]
Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R-FL]
Rep. James Barrett [R-SC]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Steven Pearce [R-NM]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]
Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]
Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]
Rep. Patrick Mchenry [R-NC] (no photo available)
Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]
Rep. Adam Putnam [R-FL] (no photo available)
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN] (no photo available)
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. Paul Kanjorski [D-PA]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D-IL]
Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D-NY]
Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]
Rep. Julia Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. William Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Bradley Miller [D-NC]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Melissa Bean [D-IL]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN] (no photo available)
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ] (no photo available)
Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH] (no photo available)
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN] (no photo available)
Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL] (no photo available)
Rep. Tim Mahoney [D-FL] (no photo available)
Rep. Charles Wilson [D-OH] (no photo available)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO] (no photo available)
Rep. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] (no photo available)
Rep. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]
Rep. James Marshall [D-GA]
Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]
Subcommittees
Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Legislation in this Committee
Below are the bills that are assigned to this committee in this legislative session. These bills and resolutions have been proposed by Members of Congress but may not have had any action taken on them on their path to becoming law. In fact, the vast majority of proposed legislation never becomes law.
Introduced Measures Pending Committee Consideration
H.R. 41: To repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits, and for other purposes.
H.R. 43: To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide financial assistance for the development and reuse of brownfields.
H.R. 44: To preserve affordable housing opportunities for low-income families, and for other purposes.
H.R. 66: To establish the SouthEast Crescent Authority, and for other purposes.
H.R. 91: To establish a program to provide reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs to help the United States better prepare for and protect its citizens against the ravages of natural catastrophes, to encourage and promote mitigation and prevention for, and recovery and rebuilding from such catastrophes, and to better assist in the financial recovery from such catastrophes.
H.R. 111: To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 127: To amend the National Housing Act to increase the mortgage amount limits applicable to FHA mortgage insurance for multifamily housing located in high-cost areas.
H.R. 158: To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes.
H.R. 172: To assist teachers and public safety officers in obtaining affordable housing.
H.R. 173: To protect innocent elderly and disabled tenants in public housing and housing assisted under the rental assistance program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 from eviction by reason of criminal activity.
H.R. 174: To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
H.R. 179: To confirm the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to releasing systems on residential window bars and to establish a consumer product safety standard ensuring that all such bars include a quick-release mechanism.
H.R. 201: To authorize 150,000 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to help meet the housing needs of low-income families.
H.R. 202: To authorize the renewal of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
H.R. 217: To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
H.R. 266: To authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the seven members of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation.
H.R. 330: To establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance.
H.R. 336: To require the distribution by the National Technical Information Service of monthly updates of the Death Master List prepared by the Social Security Administration to all nationwide consumer reporting agencies, to require such consumer reporting agencies to maintain a permanent fraud alert in each file of a consumer whose name appears on the Death Master List, and for other purposes.
H.R. 382: To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to municipal deposits.
H.R. 403: To amend section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt residents of public housing who are determined by the Veterans Administration to be permanently and totally disabled from the requirement to perform community service.
H.R. 406: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul in recognition of her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
H.R. 458: To repeal the requirements under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for residents of public housing to engage in community service and to complete economic self-sufficiency programs.
H.R. 480: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to any individual who lacks a Social Security account number.
H.R. 537: To establish a bipartisan commission on insurance reform.
H.R. 568: To amend section 255 of the National Housing Act to remove the limitation on the number of reverse mortgages that may be insured under the FHA mortgage insurance program for such mortgages.
H.R. 622: To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Shirley Chisholm.
H.R. 624: To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
H.R. 647: To extend for 5 years the Mark-to-Market program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
H.R. 655: To provide for more accurate valuation of multifamily housing properties, and loans for such properties, that are sold at a discount by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to facilitate acquisition of such properties that maintains the properties as affordable housing.
H.R. 782: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy, to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency, and for other purposes.
H.R. 840: To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate the housing assistance programs for homeless persons under title IV of such Act, and for other purposes.
H.R. 873: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit fees by creditors for payments on credit card accounts by electronic fund transfers, and for other purposes.
H.R. 920: To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for the national flood insurance program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods, and for other purposes.
H.R. 921: To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to communities to be used for outreach efforts to encourage participation in the national flood insurance program.
H.R. 922: To provide for a study by the Government Accountability Office on methods, practices, and incentives to increase the extent to which low-income property owners living in high-risk locations participate in the National Flood Insurance Program.
H.R. 946: To extend the protections of the Truth in Lending Act to overdraft protection programs and services provided by depository institutions, to require customer consent before a depository institution may initiate overdraft protection services and fees, to enhance the information made available to consumers relating to overdraft protection services and fees, to prohibit systematic manipulation in the posting of checks and other debits to a depository account for the purpose of generating overdraft protection fees, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1000: To award a congressional gold medal to Edward William Brooke III in recognition of his unprecedented and enduring service to our Nation.
H.R. 1026: To facilitate the sale of United States agricultural products to Cuba, as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.
H.R. 1049: To reduce the unintended costs and burdens that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 imposes on United States businesses, while maintaining that Act's goals of bolstering confidence in the integrity of publicly held companies.
H.R. 1069: To provide Federal coordination and assistance in preventing gang violence.
H.R. 1081: To further competition in the insurance industry.
H.R. 1154: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.
H.R. 1171: To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise rules to provide for the comparable treatment and expanded use of qualified money market funds for broker-dealer financing.
H.R. 1208: To amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to require improved disclosure of corporate charitable contributions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1235: To amend section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to ensure that operating and capital assistance is provided for certain previously assisted public housing dwelling units.
H.R. 1243: To address ongoing small business and homeowner needs in the Gulf Coast States impacted by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.
H.R. 1259: To increase the use and research of sustainable building design technology, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1289: To enhance the availability of capital and credit for all citizens and communities, to ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers become affiliates as a result of the enactment of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1314: To provide that only certain forms of identification of individuals may be accepted by the Federal Government and by financial institutions.
H.R. 1341: To require corporate income reported to the Internal Revenue Service to be included in annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
H.R. 1357: To require divestiture of current investments in Iran, to prohibit future investments in Iran, and to require disclosure to investors of information relating to such investments.
H.R. 1373: To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Tiger Woods, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship, and in breaking barriers with grace and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people.
H.R. 1391: To accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1411: To provide for the construction and rehabilitation of child care facilities in areas of the Gulf Coast affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
H.R. 1443: To treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit their use in consumer transactions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1447: To amend sections 5313 and 5318 of title 31, United States Code, to reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1461: To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures, protect underage consumers, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1508: To reform certain provisions of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to make compliance with that section more efficient, with the goal of maintaining United States capital market global competitiveness.
H.R. 1510: To require enhanced disclosure to consumers regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1519: To prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts that contain in a single document both a mandatory arbitration agreement and other contract provisions, to prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to a mandatory arbitration agreement as a condition precedent to entering into a homebuilding purchase contract, and to provide for the Federal Trade Commission to enforce violations of such prohibitions as unfair and deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
H.R. 1537: To modernize credit union net worth standards, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modify credit union regulatory standards and reduce burdens, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1548: To establish the Northern Border Economic Development Commission, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1550: To reduce the reporting and certification burdens for certain financial institutions of sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
H.R. 1566: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Stevie Wonder, in recognition of his ground-breaking musical achievements, activism, and contributions to the music industry.
H.R. 1598: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to protect the credit of servicemembers deployed to an overseas combat zone and to facilitate awareness of a servicemember's rights under such Act, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1600: To continue and expand upon previous congressional efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops for American consumers and international markets, to enhance the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1609: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Constantino Brumidi.
H.R. 1619: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Model T Ford Automobile and the 100th anniversary of the Highland Park Plant, Michigan, the birthplace of the assembly line, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1673: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of passengers and crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who resisted the hijackers and caused the plane to crash.
H.R. 1679: To protect the environmental integrity of coral reefs and other coastal marine resources from exploration, development, and production activities for petroleum resources located in a maritime exclusive economic zone of the United States that is contiguous to a foreign exclusive economic zone.
H.R. 1682: To restore the financial solvency of the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1685: To protect information relating to consumers, to require notice of security breaches, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1692: To fight criminal gangs.
H.R. 1723: To amend the National Housing Act to ensure fair appraisals in connection with mortgages insured under the FHA single family mortgage insurance program.
H.R. 1739: To require the approval of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge or designated United States Magistrate Judge for the issuance of a national security letter, to require the Attorney General to submit semiannual reports on national security letters, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1746: To require disclosure of Holocaust-era policies by insurers and establish a federal cause of action for claims arising out of a covered policy.
H.R. 1752: To modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing Administration to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1764: To establish a congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families.
H.R. 1767: To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1780: To improve the implementation of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
H.R. 1801: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.
H.R. 1849: To amend the Federal Credit Union Act and the Small Business Act to improve small business lending, improve cooperation between the National Credit Union Administration and the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1850: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1856: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 to further promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1869: To enhance the ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1886: To prevent public financing of oil or gas field development projects, surveying or extraction activities, processing facilities, pipelines, or terminals, or other oil and gas production or distribution operations or facilities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1894: To provide for the construction and renovation of child care facilities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1931: To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the production of Federal reserve notes in a manner which enables an individual who is blind to determine the denomination of each such note, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1960: To amend the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to allow community reinvestment credit for investments and other financial support to enable veterans to purchase residential homes or to assist organizations with the establishment of housing opportunities and assisted living facilities for veterans.
H.R. 1966: To fully exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students.
H.R. 1967: To amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception from the continuing requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1993: To improve the delivery of counterterrorism financing training and technical assistance by providing for greater interagency coordination and cooperation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1994: To provide more transparency in the financial aid process and to ensure that students are receiving the best information about financial aid opportunities.
H.R. 1996: To clarify the applicability of State law to national banks and Federal savings associations, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1999: To authorize appropriations for assistance for the National Council of La Raza and the Raza Development Fund.
H.R. 2040: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
H.R. 2046: To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the licensing of Internet gambling facilities by the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2061: To protect home buyers from predatory lending practices.
H.R. 2068: To establish the Southwest Regional Border Authority.
H.R. 2096: To sunset Federal laws and regulations which treat the American people like children by denying them the opportunity to make their own decision regarding control of their bank accounts and what type of information they wish to receive from their banks, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2136: To restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2140: To provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences to identify the proper response of the United States to the growth of Internet gambling.
H.R. 2146: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit universal defaults on credit card accounts, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2261: To increase the diversity and independence of the United States energy supply by providing encouragement of energy sources from rural America, including biofuels and wind energy, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2268: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Mother's Day.
H.R. 2332: To strengthen sanctions against the Government of Syria, to enhance multilateral commitment to address the Government of Syria's threatening policies, to establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government in Syria, and for other purposes.
Continued ...
What, are we a communist country now or something?
- SL
Here's our socialist "representatives" at work. :( (except for Ron Paul, of course)
Members
This committee has 70 members.
Chair
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA] Ranking Member
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]
Rep. Richard Baker [R-LA]
Rep. Deborah Pryce [R-OH]
Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]
Rep. Ronald Paul [R-TX]
Rep. Paul Gillmor [R-OH]
Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]
Rep. Christopher Shays [R-CT]
Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]
Rep. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. Tom Feeney [R-FL]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]
Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R-FL]
Rep. James Barrett [R-SC]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Steven Pearce [R-NM]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]
Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]
Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]
Rep. Patrick Mchenry [R-NC] (no photo available)
Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]
Rep. Adam Putnam [R-FL] (no photo available)
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN] (no photo available)
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. Paul Kanjorski [D-PA]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D-IL]
Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D-NY]
Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]
Rep. Julia Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. William Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Bradley Miller [D-NC]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Melissa Bean [D-IL]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN] (no photo available)
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ] (no photo available)
Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH] (no photo available)
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN] (no photo available)
Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL] (no photo available)
Rep. Tim Mahoney [D-FL] (no photo available)
Rep. Charles Wilson [D-OH] (no photo available)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO] (no photo available)
Rep. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] (no photo available)
Rep. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]
Rep. James Marshall [D-GA]
Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]
Subcommittees
Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Legislation in this Committee
Below are the bills that are assigned to this committee in this legislative session. These bills and resolutions have been proposed by Members of Congress but may not have had any action taken on them on their path to becoming law. In fact, the vast majority of proposed legislation never becomes law.
Introduced Measures Pending Committee Consideration
H.R. 41: To repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits, and for other purposes.
H.R. 43: To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide financial assistance for the development and reuse of brownfields.
H.R. 44: To preserve affordable housing opportunities for low-income families, and for other purposes.
H.R. 66: To establish the SouthEast Crescent Authority, and for other purposes.
H.R. 91: To establish a program to provide reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs to help the United States better prepare for and protect its citizens against the ravages of natural catastrophes, to encourage and promote mitigation and prevention for, and recovery and rebuilding from such catastrophes, and to better assist in the financial recovery from such catastrophes.
H.R. 111: To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 127: To amend the National Housing Act to increase the mortgage amount limits applicable to FHA mortgage insurance for multifamily housing located in high-cost areas.
H.R. 158: To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes.
H.R. 172: To assist teachers and public safety officers in obtaining affordable housing.
H.R. 173: To protect innocent elderly and disabled tenants in public housing and housing assisted under the rental assistance program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 from eviction by reason of criminal activity.
H.R. 174: To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
H.R. 179: To confirm the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to releasing systems on residential window bars and to establish a consumer product safety standard ensuring that all such bars include a quick-release mechanism.
H.R. 201: To authorize 150,000 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to help meet the housing needs of low-income families.
H.R. 202: To authorize the renewal of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
H.R. 217: To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
H.R. 266: To authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the seven members of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation.
H.R. 330: To establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance.
H.R. 336: To require the distribution by the National Technical Information Service of monthly updates of the Death Master List prepared by the Social Security Administration to all nationwide consumer reporting agencies, to require such consumer reporting agencies to maintain a permanent fraud alert in each file of a consumer whose name appears on the Death Master List, and for other purposes.
H.R. 382: To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to municipal deposits.
H.R. 403: To amend section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt residents of public housing who are determined by the Veterans Administration to be permanently and totally disabled from the requirement to perform community service.
H.R. 406: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul in recognition of her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
H.R. 458: To repeal the requirements under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for residents of public housing to engage in community service and to complete economic self-sufficiency programs.
H.R. 480: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to any individual who lacks a Social Security account number.
H.R. 537: To establish a bipartisan commission on insurance reform.
H.R. 568: To amend section 255 of the National Housing Act to remove the limitation on the number of reverse mortgages that may be insured under the FHA mortgage insurance program for such mortgages.
H.R. 622: To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Shirley Chisholm.
H.R. 624: To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
H.R. 647: To extend for 5 years the Mark-to-Market program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
H.R. 655: To provide for more accurate valuation of multifamily housing properties, and loans for such properties, that are sold at a discount by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to facilitate acquisition of such properties that maintains the properties as affordable housing.
H.R. 782: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy, to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency, and for other purposes.
H.R. 840: To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate the housing assistance programs for homeless persons under title IV of such Act, and for other purposes.
H.R. 873: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit fees by creditors for payments on credit card accounts by electronic fund transfers, and for other purposes.
H.R. 920: To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for the national flood insurance program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods, and for other purposes.
H.R. 921: To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to communities to be used for outreach efforts to encourage participation in the national flood insurance program.
H.R. 922: To provide for a study by the Government Accountability Office on methods, practices, and incentives to increase the extent to which low-income property owners living in high-risk locations participate in the National Flood Insurance Program.
H.R. 946: To extend the protections of the Truth in Lending Act to overdraft protection programs and services provided by depository institutions, to require customer consent before a depository institution may initiate overdraft protection services and fees, to enhance the information made available to consumers relating to overdraft protection services and fees, to prohibit systematic manipulation in the posting of checks and other debits to a depository account for the purpose of generating overdraft protection fees, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1000: To award a congressional gold medal to Edward William Brooke III in recognition of his unprecedented and enduring service to our Nation.
H.R. 1026: To facilitate the sale of United States agricultural products to Cuba, as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.
H.R. 1049: To reduce the unintended costs and burdens that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 imposes on United States businesses, while maintaining that Act's goals of bolstering confidence in the integrity of publicly held companies.
H.R. 1069: To provide Federal coordination and assistance in preventing gang violence.
H.R. 1081: To further competition in the insurance industry.
H.R. 1154: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.
H.R. 1171: To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise rules to provide for the comparable treatment and expanded use of qualified money market funds for broker-dealer financing.
H.R. 1208: To amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to require improved disclosure of corporate charitable contributions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1235: To amend section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to ensure that operating and capital assistance is provided for certain previously assisted public housing dwelling units.
H.R. 1243: To address ongoing small business and homeowner needs in the Gulf Coast States impacted by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.
H.R. 1259: To increase the use and research of sustainable building design technology, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1289: To enhance the availability of capital and credit for all citizens and communities, to ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers become affiliates as a result of the enactment of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1314: To provide that only certain forms of identification of individuals may be accepted by the Federal Government and by financial institutions.
H.R. 1341: To require corporate income reported to the Internal Revenue Service to be included in annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
H.R. 1357: To require divestiture of current investments in Iran, to prohibit future investments in Iran, and to require disclosure to investors of information relating to such investments.
H.R. 1373: To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Tiger Woods, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship, and in breaking barriers with grace and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people.
H.R. 1391: To accelerate efforts to develop vaccines for diseases primarily affecting developing countries, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1411: To provide for the construction and rehabilitation of child care facilities in areas of the Gulf Coast affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
H.R. 1443: To treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit their use in consumer transactions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1447: To amend sections 5313 and 5318 of title 31, United States Code, to reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1461: To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures, protect underage consumers, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1508: To reform certain provisions of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to make compliance with that section more efficient, with the goal of maintaining United States capital market global competitiveness.
H.R. 1510: To require enhanced disclosure to consumers regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1519: To prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts that contain in a single document both a mandatory arbitration agreement and other contract provisions, to prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to a mandatory arbitration agreement as a condition precedent to entering into a homebuilding purchase contract, and to provide for the Federal Trade Commission to enforce violations of such prohibitions as unfair and deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
H.R. 1537: To modernize credit union net worth standards, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modify credit union regulatory standards and reduce burdens, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1548: To establish the Northern Border Economic Development Commission, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1550: To reduce the reporting and certification burdens for certain financial institutions of sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
H.R. 1566: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Stevie Wonder, in recognition of his ground-breaking musical achievements, activism, and contributions to the music industry.
H.R. 1598: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to protect the credit of servicemembers deployed to an overseas combat zone and to facilitate awareness of a servicemember's rights under such Act, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1600: To continue and expand upon previous congressional efforts to ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and other specialty crops for American consumers and international markets, to enhance the competitiveness of United States-grown specialty crops, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1609: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Constantino Brumidi.
H.R. 1619: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Model T Ford Automobile and the 100th anniversary of the Highland Park Plant, Michigan, the birthplace of the assembly line, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1673: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of passengers and crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who resisted the hijackers and caused the plane to crash.
H.R. 1679: To protect the environmental integrity of coral reefs and other coastal marine resources from exploration, development, and production activities for petroleum resources located in a maritime exclusive economic zone of the United States that is contiguous to a foreign exclusive economic zone.
H.R. 1682: To restore the financial solvency of the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1685: To protect information relating to consumers, to require notice of security breaches, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1692: To fight criminal gangs.
H.R. 1723: To amend the National Housing Act to ensure fair appraisals in connection with mortgages insured under the FHA single family mortgage insurance program.
H.R. 1739: To require the approval of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge or designated United States Magistrate Judge for the issuance of a national security letter, to require the Attorney General to submit semiannual reports on national security letters, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1746: To require disclosure of Holocaust-era policies by insurers and establish a federal cause of action for claims arising out of a covered policy.
H.R. 1752: To modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing Administration to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1764: To establish a congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families.
H.R. 1767: To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1780: To improve the implementation of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
H.R. 1801: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.
H.R. 1849: To amend the Federal Credit Union Act and the Small Business Act to improve small business lending, improve cooperation between the National Credit Union Administration and the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1850: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1856: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 to further promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1869: To enhance the ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1886: To prevent public financing of oil or gas field development projects, surveying or extraction activities, processing facilities, pipelines, or terminals, or other oil and gas production or distribution operations or facilities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1894: To provide for the construction and renovation of child care facilities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1931: To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the production of Federal reserve notes in a manner which enables an individual who is blind to determine the denomination of each such note, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1960: To amend the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to allow community reinvestment credit for investments and other financial support to enable veterans to purchase residential homes or to assist organizations with the establishment of housing opportunities and assisted living facilities for veterans.
H.R. 1966: To fully exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students.
H.R. 1967: To amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception from the continuing requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1993: To improve the delivery of counterterrorism financing training and technical assistance by providing for greater interagency coordination and cooperation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1994: To provide more transparency in the financial aid process and to ensure that students are receiving the best information about financial aid opportunities.
H.R. 1996: To clarify the applicability of State law to national banks and Federal savings associations, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1999: To authorize appropriations for assistance for the National Council of La Raza and the Raza Development Fund.
H.R. 2040: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
H.R. 2046: To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the licensing of Internet gambling facilities by the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2061: To protect home buyers from predatory lending practices.
H.R. 2068: To establish the Southwest Regional Border Authority.
H.R. 2096: To sunset Federal laws and regulations which treat the American people like children by denying them the opportunity to make their own decision regarding control of their bank accounts and what type of information they wish to receive from their banks, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2136: To restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2140: To provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences to identify the proper response of the United States to the growth of Internet gambling.
H.R. 2146: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit universal defaults on credit card accounts, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2261: To increase the diversity and independence of the United States energy supply by providing encouragement of energy sources from rural America, including biofuels and wind energy, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2268: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Mother's Day.
H.R. 2332: To strengthen sanctions against the Government of Syria, to enhance multilateral commitment to address the Government of Syria's threatening policies, to establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government in Syria, and for other purposes.
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