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Jim Costa Democrat U.S. Representative 20th Of CALIFORNIA
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COSTA, Jim, a Representative from California; born in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., April 13, 1952; B.A., California State University, Fresno, Calif., 1974; member of the California state assembly, 1978-1994; member of the California state senate, 1994-2002; private advocate; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present).

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U.S. Representative 2005 2010 California 20

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Washington Address: 1314 Longworth House Office Building
Phone: 202-225-3341
Fax: 202-225-9308
Web site: http://www.house.gov/costa/

Related Bill(s)
AsSponsor
Bill h5907
To modify the boundary of Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes.
Bill h4389
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 East Merced Street in Fowler, California, as the "Cecil E. Bolt Post Office".
Bill h3192
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the United States in Laos during the Vietnam War era.
Bill h2740
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain population census tracts for which information is not available as low-income communities for purposes of the new markets tax credit.
Bill h1251
To provide congressional direction for implementation of the Endangered Species Act as it relates to operation of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project and for water relief in the State of California.
AsCo-Sponsor
Bill h273
To amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.
Bill hj106
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims.
Bill h6378
To provide for the designation of, and the award of grant with respect to, air and health quality empowerment zones.
Bill h4202
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness.
Bill h1675
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level, and for other purposes.
Bill h6428
To provide for the expansion of affordable refinancing of mortgages held by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
Bill h6419
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by signing an affidavit attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
Bill h1394
To establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner.
Bill hr298
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is need for specified agencies to coordinate and capitalize on existing programs for epilepsy awareness.
Bill h1810
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes.
Bill hr785
Condemning the discrimination, hate crimes, racism, bigotry, bullying and brutal violence perpetrated against Sikh-Americans, and all acts of vandalism against Sikh Gurdwaras in the United States.
Bill h6153
To require the holder of a subordinate lien on the property that secures a federally related mortgage loan, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a timely decision whether to allow the sale.
Bill hr774
Expressing the sense of the House of Representative that the Boys & Girls Clubs of America should be commended for their unique role in improving outcomes for millions of youth and thousands of communities.
Bill h2842
To authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, and for other purposes.
Bill hr556
Condemning the Government of Iran for its continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy.
Bill h3521
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions, and for other purposes.
Bill h1734
To decrease the deficit by realigning, consolidating, selling, disposing, and improving the efficiency of federal buildings and other civilian real property, and for other purposes.
Bill h6154
To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes.
Bill h3097
To partially waive the renewable fuel standard when corn inventories are low.
Bill h2969
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions.
Bill h2016
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Bill hr745
Expressing concern regarding the conditions of democracy, freedom of the press, human rights, business and investment climate, counternarcotics cooperation, and the relationship with Iran, in Ecuador prior to the July 31, 2013, expiration of the Andean Trade Preference Act and the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act.
Bill hc129
Recognizing 375 years of service of the National Guard and affirming congressional support for a permanent Operational Reserve as a component of the Armed Forces.
Bill h4965
To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h4278
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permit requirements for dredged or fill material.
Bill h6260
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 211 Hope Street in Mountain View, California, as the "Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office".
Bill h6194
To ensure the viability and competitiveness of the United States agricultural sector.
Bill h1755
To enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of the Nation's home builders, and to provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the Nation's need for new homes.
Bill h1648
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
Bill hr304
Calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes.
Bill h3773
To amend the Renewable Fuel Program in section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act to allow domestic alternative fuel to be used to satisfy a portion of the required applicable volume of renewable fuel.
Bill h2245
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages.
Bill h3125
To establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by or on behalf of State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in the financial recovery from earthquakes, earthquake-induced landslides, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis.
Bill h1416
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past-due.
Bill h1960
To extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017.
Bill h1523
To amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide for Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and to establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry, and for other purposes.
Bill h854
To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Bill h4229
To authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.
Bill h3643
To provide that Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the regular appropriations bills.
Bill h1637
To safeguard the Crime Victims Fund.
Bill hr689
Honoring Catholic sisters for their contributions to the United States.
Bill h4010
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, and for other purposes.
Bill h2655
New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011
Bill h1327
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.
Bill h6121
To provide for the issuance of a Victory for Veterans stamp, and for other purposes.
Bill h6022
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to expand coverage under plans of insurance available under such Act to include losses to an insured commodity when, as a result of a federally-imposed quarantine, the commodity must be destroyed, and for other purposes.
Bill h5960
To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to improve the response to insect infestations and related diseases and to change the funding source for the Healthy Forests Reserve Program, to codify the stewardship end result contracting and good neighbor authorities, and to amend the emergency watershed protection program to improve post fire rehabilitation, and for other purposes.
Bill h5831
To direct the Secretary of the Army to undertake a comprehensive review of the Corps of Engineers policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees, and for other purposes.
Bill h4234
To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing leases and permits, and for other purposes.
Bill h4157
To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing a proposed rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 relating to child labor.
Bill h4134
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that any person who, for a commercial purpose, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products.
Bill h4077
To authorize the Secretary of State to pay a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international criminal tribunals, and for other purposes.
Bill h4062
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1444 Main Street in Ramona, California, as the "Nelson 'Mac' MacWilliams Post Office Building".
Bill h3892
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8771 Auburn Folsom Road in Roseville, California, as the "Private First Class Victor A. Dew Post Office".
Bill h3569
To improve Indian education, and for other purposes.
Bill h3523
To provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cybersecurity entities, and for other purposes.
Bill h3435
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the prevention of and response to sexual assault in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Bill h3352
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund.
Bill h3270
To facilitate the hosting in the United States of the 34th America's Cup by authorizing certain eligible vessels to participate in activities related to the competition.
Bill h3200
To provide flexibility of certain transit functions to local entities.
Bill h3065
To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States.
Bill h3062
To establish a program for dairy producers under which producers can offset reductions in producer income when the margin between milk prices and feed costs is less than a specified amount, to establish a dairy market stabilization program for producers participating in the margin protection program, to provide for the amendment of Federal milk marketing orders, and for other purposes.
Bill h3010
To reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents.
Bill h3004
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 260 California Drive in Yountville, California, as the "Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building".
Bill h2959
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations, and for other purposes.
Bill h2765
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the requirement that permit applications for the discharge of pollutants be approved by disinterested board members, and for other purposes.
Bill h2663
To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
Bill h2653
To provide that Members of Congress shall be paid last whenever the Treasury is unable to liquidate the obligations of the United States Government in a timely manner because the public debt limit has been reached.
Bill h2644
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend the airport improvement program, and for other purposes.
Bill h2599
To prevent Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other Federal residential and commercial mortgage lending regulators from adopting policies that contravene established State and local property assessed clean energy laws.
Bill h2578
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California, and for other purposes.
Bill h2508
To extend through fiscal year 2013 the increase in the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.
Bill h2477
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a Department of Veterans Affairs Medal for Distinguished Public Service to honor veterans who make remarkable and distinguished contributions to their communities.
Bill h2427
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify a maintenance exemption regarding the removal of sediment, debris, and vegetation from certain structures.
Bill h2401
To require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
Bill h2389
To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the surface transportation project delivery pilot program to carry out a demonstration program using State environmental laws, and for other purposes.
Bill h2337
To amend the Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, the development of sexual assault protocol and guidelines, the establishment of victims advocates, the establishment of a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, and for other purposes.
Bill h2307
To repeal the tax credits for ethanol blenders, to repeal the tariff on imported ethanol, and for other purposes.
Bill h2284
To prohibit the export from the United States of certain electronic waste, and for other purposes.
Bill h2250
To provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, and for other purposes.
Bill h2236
To provide for the issuance of a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp.
Bill h2158
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14901 Adelfa Drive in La Mirada, California, as the "Wayne Grisham Post Office".
Bill h2131
To amend the Small Business Act to reform the HUBZone program, and for other purposes.
Bill h2014
To encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel, to create jobs, and for other purposes.
Bill h1996
To amend titles 5 and 28, United States Code, with respect to the award of fees and other expenses in cases brought against agencies of the United States, to require the Administrative Conference of the United States to compile, and make publically available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h1975
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 281 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, as the "First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building".
Bill h1861
To greatly enhance America's path toward energy independence and economic and national security, to conserve energy use, to promote innovation, to achieve lower emissions, cleaner air, cleaner water, and cleaner land, to rebuild our Nation's aging roads, bridges, locks, and dams, and for other purposes.
Bill h1856
To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to strengthen the promotion of religious freedom in United States foreign policy and to reauthorize the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and for other purposes.
Bill h1754
To permanently increase the conforming loan limits for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association and the FHA maximum mortgage amount limitations.
Bill h1747
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the rule treating certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property.
Bill h1705
To require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
Bill h1697
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.
Bill h1695
To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to require that broadband conduit be installed as part of certain highway construction projects, and for other purposes.
Bill h1582
To address the application of the national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone with respect to extreme nonattainment areas, and for other purposes.
Bill h1498
To require the lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale.
Bill h1469
Making appropriations to ensure the prompt payment by the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) of the death gratuity paid upon the death of members of the Armed Forces and certain other eligible persons despite the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces.
Bill h1342
To reauthorize the impact aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Bill h1332
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Bill h1325
To require that certain Federal job training and career education programs give a priority to programs that provide an industry recognized and nationally portable credential.
Bill h1252
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the annual mailing of statements of Medicare beneficiary part A contributions and benefits in coordination with the annual mailing of Social Security account statements.
Bill h1193
To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons, and for other purposes.
Bill h1175
To establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program in the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes.
Bill h1132
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a grant program to improve the ability of trauma center hospitals and airports to withstand earthquakes, and for other purposes.
Bill h1043
To provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests, and for other purposes.
Bill h1042
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require that certain species be treated as extinct for purposes of that Act if there is not a substantial increase in the population of a species during the 15-year period beginning on the date the species is determined to be an endangered species, and for other purposes.
Bill h991
To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Bill h986
To provide for American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas to be treated as States for certain criminal justice programs.
Bill h898
To suspend flood insurance rate map updates in geographic areas in which certain levees are being repaired.
Bill h872
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes.
Bill h869
To clarify the definition of flood control operations for the purposes of the operation and maintenance of Project No. 2179 on the Lower Merced River.
Bill h795
To expand small-scale hydropower.
Bill h793
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12781 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Inverness, California, as the "Specialist Jake Robert Velloza Post Office".
Bill h760
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to designate certain parts of California's San Joaquin Valley as a rural area for purposes of programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Bill h740
To require disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission of certain sanctionable activities, and for other purposes.
Bill h711
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for the establishment of Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model.
Bill h590
To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment, to require States to conduct such redistricting through independent commissions, and for other purposes.
Bill h583
To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions, and for other purposes.
Bill h470
To further allocate and expand the availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam, and for other purposes.
Bill h466
To amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research.
Bill h453
To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment, to require States to conduct such redistricting through independent commissions, and for other purposes.
Bill h419
To require States to carry out Congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which members of the public are informed of redistricting proposals and have the opportunity to participate in the development of such proposals prior to their adoption, and for other purposes.
Bill h365
To encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.
Bill h363
To prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and provide for the affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Bill h210
To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Bill h204
To provide for a 5 percent reduction in the rates of basic pay for Members of Congress.
Bill h49
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Bill h23
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.
Bill h14
To reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.
Bill hj10
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Bill hr676
To expose and halt the Republic of Turkey's illegal colonization of the Republic of Cyprus with non-Cypriot populations, to support Cyprus in its efforts to control all of its territory, to end Turkey's illegal occupation of northern Cyprus, and to exploit its energy resources without illegal interference by Turkey.
Bill hr659
Recognizing the goals and ideals of National Foster Care Month.
Bill hr623
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prevent duplicative and overlapping government programs.
Bill hr538
Expressing support for designation of February 4, 2012, as National Cancer Prevention Day.
Bill hr397
Reestablishing the House of Representatives Page Program.
Bill hr306
Urging the Republic of Turkey to safeguard its Christian heritage and to return confiscated church properties.
Bill hr240
Commending President Barack Obama and the men and women of the military and intelligence agencies for the successful completion of the operation that led to the death of Osama bin Laden.
Bill hr172
Expressing heartfelt condolences and support for assistance to the people of Japan and all those affected in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake and tsunamis of March 11, 2011.
Bill hr140
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that domestic oil and gas resources are critical to our Nation's security and economy and the Secretary of the Interior should take immediate action to streamline the shallow and deepwater permitting process.
Bill hr98
Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives that the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration should give the greatest weight in making critical policy decisions to readily available hard science data, including evidence from the natural sciences, physical sciences, and computing sciences.
Bill hr88
Expressing solidarity with the people of Egypt in their democratic aspirations as they begin a new chapter in their country's proud history.
Bill hr60
Urging the Secretary of State to remove the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran from the Department of State's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Bill hc103
Expressing the sense of Congress that the effective Federal tax rate paid by the President and Vice-President of the United States, and Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, should not be less than the effective Federal tax rate paid by middle class Americans.
Bill hc60
Expressing the sense of Congress that United States commercial air carriers should provide certain benefits to members of the Armed Forces who are traveling on official military orders and are being deployed overseas or are returning from an overseas deployment.
Bill h1639
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration's jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.
Bill h4133
To express the sense of Congress regarding the United States-Israel strategic relationship, to direct the President to submit to Congress reports on United States actions to enhance this relationship and to assist in the defense of Israel, and for other purposes.
Bill hr568
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
Bill h4040
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.
Bill h3269
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.
Bill h721
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
Bill h733
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, and for other purposes.
Bill h2447
To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.
Bill h860
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles.
Bill hj69
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Bill hr25
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home should not be further restricted.
Bill hr137
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.
Bill h1351
To amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to the methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes.
Bill h1905
To strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and for other purposes.
Bill h674
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
Bill h24
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Bill hr268
Reaffirming the United States' commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other purposes.
Bill h1380
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation.
Bill h1002
To restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property.

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