Jerry F. Costello

Jerry F. Costello

Democratic rep — IL, District 12

Recent Votes

Yea

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Jan 2, 2013 · ResolvingDifferences

Yea

Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003, and to provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing for comprehensive tax reform, and for other purposes.

Jan 2, 2013 · Floor

Yea

Drywall Safety Act of 2012

Jan 2, 2013 · ResolvingDifferences

Yea

To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.

Jan 2, 2013 · ResolvingDifferences

Nay

Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility Act

Jan 1, 2013 · Floor

Not Voting

World War I Centennial Commission Act

Dec 31, 2012 · ResolvingDifferences

Not Voting

To redesignate the Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range.

Dec 31, 2012 · Floor

Not Voting

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

Dec 31, 2012 · Floor

Not Voting

Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012

Dec 31, 2012 · Floor

Not Voting

Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012

Dec 31, 2012 · ResolvingDifferences

Not Voting

Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012

Dec 30, 2012 · Floor

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Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2011

Dec 21, 2012 · Floor

Yea

To designate the facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 9800 West Commercial Boulevard in Sunrise, Florida, as the "William 'Bill' Kling VA Clinic".

Dec 21, 2012 · Floor

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To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Spokane, Washington, as the "Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

Dec 20, 2012 · Floor

Yea

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

Dec 20, 2012 · ResolvingDifferences

Not Voting

Spending Reduction Act of 2012

Dec 20, 2012 · Floor

Yea

Spending Reduction Act of 2012

Dec 20, 2012 · Floor

Nay

Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Dec 20, 2012 · Floor

Nay

Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Dec 20, 2012 · Floor

Nay

Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 66) approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6684) to provide for spending reduction.

Dec 20, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 66) approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6684) to provide for spending reduction.

Dec 20, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Government Employee Accountability Act

Dec 19, 2012 · Floor

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Public Interest Declassification Board Reauthorization Act of 2012

Dec 19, 2012 · Floor

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Protect our Kids Act of 2012

Dec 19, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

To refer H.R. 5862, a bill making congressional reference to the United States Court of Federal Claims pursuant to sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, United States Code, the Indian trust-related claims of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (O-Gah-Pah) as well as its individual members.

Dec 19, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012

Dec 19, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2012

Dec 19, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012

Dec 19, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States Code.

Dec 19, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012

Dec 19, 2012 · ResolvingDifferences

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Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012

Dec 18, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Barona Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012

Dec 18, 2012 · Floor

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To authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for other purposes.

Dec 18, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012

Dec 13, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

Dec 13, 2012 · ResolvingDifferences

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Not Voting

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

Dec 13, 2012 · ResolvingDifferences

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Not Voting

Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012

Dec 12, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Dec 12, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Dec 12, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

21st Century Language Act of 2012

Dec 5, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

To make revisions in title 36, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current and make technical corrections and improvements.

Dec 5, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived.

Dec 5, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act

Dec 4, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

STEM Jobs Act of 2012

Nov 30, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

STEM Jobs Act of 2012

Nov 30, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6429) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote innovation, investment, and research in the United States, to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Nov 29, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act

Nov 28, 2012 · ResolvingDifferences

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Yea

Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act

Nov 27, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012

Nov 16, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act

Nov 15, 2012 · ResolvingDifferences

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Not Voting

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6156) to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation and Moldova and to require reports on the compliance of the Russian Federation with its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization, and for other purposes.

Nov 15, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6156) to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation and Moldova and to require reports on the compliance of the Russian Federation with its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization, and for other purposes.

Nov 15, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act

Nov 13, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012

Sep 21, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012

Sep 21, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act

Sep 20, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

STEM Jobs Act of 2012

Sep 20, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

Sep 20, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 118) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3409) to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; and providing for proceedings during the period from September 22, 2012, through November 12, 2012.

Sep 20, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 118) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3409) to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; and providing for proceedings during the period from September 22, 2012, through November 12, 2012.

Sep 20, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions.

Sep 19, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act

Sep 19, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

No More Solyndras Act

Sep 14, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

No More Solyndras Act

Sep 14, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

A bill to extend by 3 years the authorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program.

Sep 13, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013

Sep 13, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013

Sep 13, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

National Security and Job Protection Act

Sep 13, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

National Security and Job Protection Act

Sep 13, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Stolen Valor Act of 2012

Sep 13, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6213) to limit further taxpayer exposure from the loan guarantee program established under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Sep 13, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 117) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6365) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act of 2011.

Sep 13, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 117) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6365) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act of 2011.

Sep 13, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012

Sep 12, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act

Sep 12, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012

Sep 12, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act

Sep 12, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act

Sep 12, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act of 2012

Sep 11, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5544) to authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in the State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands owned by the State of Minnesota in trust for the public school system that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and have important recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5949) to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.

Sep 11, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5544) to authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in the State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands owned by the State of Minnesota in trust for the public school system that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and have important recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5949) to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.

Sep 11, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

To require a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.

Sep 10, 2012 · Floor

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Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act

Sep 10, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

To revise the authority of the Librarian of Congress to accept gifts and bequests on behalf of the Library, and for other purposes.

Sep 10, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

A concurrent resolution providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.

Aug 2, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived.

Aug 2, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012

Aug 2, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012

Aug 2, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012

Aug 2, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012

Aug 2, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6233) to make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available for fiscal year 2012 with the costs of such assistance offset by changes to certain conservation programs, and for other purposes.

Aug 2, 2012 · Floor

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Not Voting

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6233) to make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available for fiscal year 2012 with the costs of such assistance offset by changes to certain conservation programs, and for other purposes.

Aug 2, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

To amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are subject to certain Federal tax levies.

Aug 1, 2012 · Floor

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Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1905, with an amendment.

Aug 1, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Aug 1, 2012 · Floor

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Yea

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Aug 1, 2012 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6169) to provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing for comprehensive tax reform; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003, and for other purposes; providing for proceedings during the period from August 3, 2012, through September 7, 2012; providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.

Aug 1, 2012 · Floor

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District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Jul 31, 2012 · Floor

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Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012

Jul 31, 2012 · Floor

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Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011

Jul 31, 2012 · Floor

Sponsored Bills

Local Modifications to Federal Flood Control Projects Act of 2012

HR 6450 · 112th Congress

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain parts of cupping presses.

HR 5811 · 112th Congress

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain tool blocks.

HR 5810 · 112th Congress

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain cupping machines.

HR 5809 · 112th Congress

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain horizontally-oriented lead shot machines.

HR 5808 · 112th Congress

Aviation Jobs and Safety Act of 2011

HR 2644 · 112th Congress

To suspend flood insurance rate map updates in geographic areas in which certain levees are being repaired.

HR 898 · 112th Congress

Terminally Ill Disability Beneficiary Act of 2009

HR 6002 · 111th Congress

Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to honor the life of Elijah Parish Lovejoy.

HCONRES 231 · 111th Congress

To suspend flood insurance rate map updates in geographic areas in which certain levees are being repaired.

HR 3415 · 111th Congress

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Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009

HR 3371 · 111th Congress

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To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.

HR 2938 · 111th Congress

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Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act

HR 568 · 111th Congress

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To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate certain easements held by the Secretary on land owned by the Village of Caseyville, Illinois, and to terminate associated contractual arrangements with the Village.

HR 511 · 111th Congress

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To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate certain easements held by the Secretary on land owned by the Village of Caseyville, Illinois, and to terminate associated contractual arrangements with the Village.

HR 6467 · 110th Congress

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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 219 East Main Street in West Frankfort, Illinois, as the "Kenneth James Gray Post Office Building".

HR 6061 · 110th Congress

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Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act

HR 4463 · 110th Congress

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Honoring the sacrifices and commitments of the men, women, and families of the United States Transportation Command, and for other purposes.

HRES 640 · 110th Congress

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To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to treat certain communities as metropolitan cities for purposes of the community development block grant program.

HR 1515 · 110th Congress

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America's Domestic Fuels Act

HR 931 · 110th Congress

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Land Between the Rivers Southern Illinois National Heritage Area Act of 2007

HR 929 · 110th Congress

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America's Domestic Fuels Act

HR 6356 · 109th Congress

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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, as the "Katherine Dunham Post Office Building".

HR 5929 · 109th Congress

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Land Between the Rivers Southern Illinois National Heritage Area Act of 2006

HR 5724 · 109th Congress

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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4755) to amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the mediation and implementation requirements of section 40122 regarding changes in the Federal Aviation Administration personnel management system, and for other purposes.

HRES 814 · 109th Congress

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To extend the filing deadline for certain Medicare claims to account for a delay in processing adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status.

HR 1045 · 109th Congress

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To provide for the external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health responsibilities at any nonmilitary energy laboratory owned or operated by the Department of Energy.

HR 755 · 109th Congress

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To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to modify requirements relating to transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for other purposes.

HR 5308 · 108th Congress

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To extend the filing deadline for certain Medicare claims to account for a delay in processing adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status.

HR 5309 · 108th Congress

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To authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, to be illuminated by pink lights in honor of breast cancer awareness month.

HR 5307 · 108th Congress

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To designate the Federal building located at 250 West Cherry Street in Carbondale, Illinois the "Senator Paul Simon Federal Building".

HR 3713 · 108th Congress

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Stating the agreement of the House of Representatives with the sentiment expressed by the Senate in Senate Resolution 281.

HRES 489 · 108th Congress

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Rebuild America Act of 2003

HR 2615 · 108th Congress

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To provide for the external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at the Department of Energy.

HR 1961 · 108th Congress

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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the minimum Medicare deadlines for filing claims to take into account delay in processing adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status.

HR 1788 · 108th Congress

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Coal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2003

HR 1269 · 108th Congress

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Terminally Ill Disability Beneficiary Act of 2003

HR 976 · 108th Congress

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