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Bill Flores Republican U.S. Representative 17th Of TEXAS
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SinginOurSong  : @kaybaileyhutch @JohnCornyn @RepFlores Hopefully the Dems have learned from the Reps: play dirty and run negative ads! Remember Swift Boat?
2012-05-23T12:57:10Z
ummallie  : @RepFlores. Please do NOT support CISPA. Help us retain our few existing rights to online privacy. Dr. Carrie Taylor-Hamilton TexasA&M
2012-05-21T18:39:15Z
EdFocus  : @repflores voted FOR violence again immigrant women, Native American women, gay women. SHAME!
2012-05-18T00:48:07Z
 
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FLORES, Bill, a Representative from Texas; born in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo.; February 25, 1954; B.B.A., Texas A & M University, College Station, Tex., 1976; M.B.A., Houston Baptist University, Houston, Tex., 1985; accountant; energy company executive; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress (January 3, 2011-present)

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U.S. Representative 2011 2012 Texas 17

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Washington Address: 1505 Longworth House Office Building
Phone: 202-225-6105
Fax: 202-225-0350
Web site: http://flores.house.gov/

Related Bill(s)
AsSponsor
Bill h4847
To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property.
Bill h1545
To establish the Waco Mammoth National Monument in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.
Bill h3565
To reduce the salaries of Members of Congress if a Federal budget deficit exists, prohibit commodities and securities trading based on non-public information relating to Congress, and for other purposes.
Bill h3306
To repeal the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program.
Bill h1115
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish a deadline and other requirements for issuance of drilling permits under that Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h993
To extend outer Continental Shelf leases to accommodate permitting delays and to provide operators time to meet new drilling and safety requirements.
Bill hc56
Expressing the sense of Congress that Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should donate their salaries to the Treasury for reducing the national debt if members of the Armed Forces do not receive pay or allowances because of a shutdown of the Federal Government or because the Government is unable to fund such pay and allowances because the public debt limit has been reached.
AsCo-Sponsor
Bill h4971
To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that the coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in Exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban.
Bill h3895
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to clarify that all veterans programs are exempt from sequestration.
Bill h2569
To make the Internal Revenue Service Free File Program permanent.
Bill hj103
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation election procedures.
Bill h4385
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.
Bill h4256
To direct the Attorney General to revise certain rules under titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 relating to accessible means of entry to pools.
Bill h4201
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces.
Bill h4114
To increase, effective as of December 1, 2012, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
Bill h2108
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program.
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 h1956
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.
Bill h1370
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bill h1327
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.
Bill h58
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.
Bill hj104
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States.
Bill h4180
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to improve the functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee, and for other purposes.
Bill h3159
To direct the President, in consultation with the Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Department of Defense, to establish guidelines for United States foreign assistance programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h2985
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans.
Bill h2660
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 North Holderrieth Boulevard in Tomball, Texas, as the "Tomball Veterans Post Office".
Bill h298
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 East Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park, Texas, as the "Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris Post Office Building".
Bill hr623
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prevent duplicative and overlapping government programs.
Bill h4160
To amend the Social Security Act to replace the Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance program with a block grant to the States, and for other purposes.
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 h2978
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the authority of the National Labor Relations Board with respect to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices.
Bill h2888
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow credits for the establishment of franchises with veterans.
Bill h2874
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents.
Bill h2514
To allow a State to combine certain funds and enter into a performance agreement with the Secretary of Education to improve the academic achievement of students.
Bill h2299
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
Bill h1653
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase the dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under the administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions of that Act.
Bill h973
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts, and for other purposes.
Bill hj13
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
Bill h3264
To empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h3098
To repeal the renewable fuel program of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Bill h2774
To repeal the Legal Services Corporation Act.
Bill h1167
To provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, to provide additional work requirements, and to provide an overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs.
Bill h750
To preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases under Federal and common law on enactment of a Federal policy to mitigate climate change.
Bill h615
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Bill h4004
To provide for Federal agencies to develop public access policies relating to research conducted by employees of that agency or from funds administered by that agency.
Bill h3862
To impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof, and for other purposes.
Bill h2964
To amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules, consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative, and for other purposes.
Bill h2304
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 to provide the necessary scientific information to properly implement annual catch limits, and for other purposes.
Bill h157
To improve access to emergency medical services, and for other purposes.
Bill hj107
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.
Bill hc115
Recognizing the 64th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
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 h2810
To provide protections for workers with respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting representation by a labor organizations.
Bill h1777
To provide consumer relief for artificially high gas prices, and for other purposes.
Bill hr507
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and its actions relating to the Stanford Financial Group fraud.
Bill hr490
Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States.
Bill hr271
Expressing support for the State of Israel's right to defend Israeli sovereignty, to protect the lives and safety of the Israeli people, and to use all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the use of military force if no other peaceful solution can be found within reasonable time to protect against such an immediate and existential threat to the State of Israel.
Bill h3059
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the priority review voucher incentive program relating to tropical and rare pediatric diseases.
Bill h3000
To provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
Bill h972
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.
Bill h905
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.
Bill h3770
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that payment for services may not be made to an individual appointed during a recess of the Senate to fill a vacancy in an existing office, if the vacancy existed while the Senate was in session and was by law required to be filled by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.
Bill h2206
To repeal a requirement that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer's health benefits plan.
Bill h1112
To reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes.
Bill h361
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.
Bill h59
To define advisors often characterized as Czars and to provide that appropriated funds may not be used to pay for any salaries and expenses associated with such advisors.
Bill hc110
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not interpret or construe the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President or any Federal department or agency to confiscate personal or private property, to force conscription into the Armed Forces on the American people, to force civilians to engage in labor against their will or without compensation, or to force private businesses to relinquish goods or services without compensation.
Bill h4825
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a point of order to prohibit the extension of the statutory debt limit unless a concurrent resolution on the budget has been agreed to and is in effect, Federal spending is cut and capped, and a balanced budget amendment to the constitution has been sent to the States for ratification, and for other purposes.
Bill h4485
To further the preparedness of the United States Armed Forces, in cooperation with regional allies, to prevent the Government of Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and for other purposes.
Bill h4182
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to acquire and place a historical plaque to be permanently displayed in National Statuary Hall recognizing the seven decades of Christian church services being held in the Capitol from 1800 to 1868, which included attendees James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.
Bill h3068
To require the periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations.
Bill h2952
To provide for expedited removal of certain aliens, and for other purposes.
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 h1161
To reaffirm state-based alcohol regulation, and for other purposes.
Bill h1047
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to protect State requirements for a secret ballot election of labor organizations.
Bill h692
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes related to family-sponsored immigrants and to reduce the number of such immigrants, and for other purposes.
Bill h374
To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.
Bill h187
To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be subject to automatic adjustment; and to provide that any bill or resolution, and any amendment to any bill or resolution, which would increase Members' pay may be adopted only by a recorded vote.
Bill hr394
Supporting Israel's right to annex Judea and Samaria in the event that the Palestinian Authority continues to press for unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations.
Bill h3803
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Bill h25
To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.
Bill h1505
To prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands, and for other purposes.
Bill h3400
To spur economic growth and create jobs.
Bill h1041
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).
Bill h140
To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth.
Bill h5
To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
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 h3580
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for long-term budgeting, and for other purposes.
Bill h3579
To require greater accountability in spending in direct spending programs, 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 h2313
To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and to rescind related appropriations.
Bill h1558
To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act.
Bill h3805
To ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion.
Bill h2833
To repeal the rule requiring employers to post notices relating to the National Labor Relations Act.
Bill h4064
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain tax increases.
Bill h3883
To amend title 31, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that the President submit a budget to the Congress each year, and for other purposes.
Bill h3844
To provide for greater transparency and honesty in the Federal budget process.
Bill h3842
To prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specified State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws.
Bill h3608
To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to prohibit certain employees of the Transportation Security Administration from using the title of "officer" and from wearing uniforms and carrying badges resembling those of law enforcement officers.
Bill h3582
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation.
Bill h3581
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase transparency in Federal budgeting, and for other purposes.
Bill h3578
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline.
Bill h3577
To establish biennial budgets for the United States Government.
Bill h3576
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish spending limits and deficit control.
Bill h3575
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish joint resolutions on the budget, and for other purposes.
Bill h3548
To facilitate United States access to North American oil resources, and for other purposes.
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 h3480
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the termination of further retirement benefits for Members of Congress, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other purposes.
Bill h3477
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building.
Bill h3441
To repeal the Department of Energy's weatherization assistance program.
Bill h3409
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.
Bill h3326
To enable States to opt out of the Medicaid expansion-related provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bill h3294
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide funding flexibility for transportation emergencies, and for other purposes.
Bill h3262
To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase Government transparency.
Bill h3244
To amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from requiring the removal or modification of existing structures or encroachments in licenses of the Commission.
Bill h3218
To amend section 1343 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure the privacy of individually identifiable health information in connection with risk adjustment.
Bill h3193
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to implement a drug testing program for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
Bill h3176
To allow a State to opt out of K-12 education grant programs and the requirements of those programs, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to taxpayers in such a State, and for other purposes.
Bill h3135
To amend the provisions of title 40, United States Code, commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act, to raise the threshold dollar amount of contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements of such provisions.
Bill h3127
To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members of Congress.
Bill h3118
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revisit the universal service support program under section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, and for other purposes.
Bill h3101
To repeal a limitation on Federal procurement of certain fuels.
Bill h3099
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for taxpayers making donations with their returns of income tax to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt.
Bill h3029
To reduce the size of the Federal workforce through attrition, and for other purposes.
Bill h3009
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to require that any new national wildlife refuge may not be established except as expressly authorized by statute.
Bill h2997
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Responsive Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("Superfund") to provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant under that Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h2992
To provide Taiwan with critically needed United States-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen its self-defense capability against the increasing military threat from China.
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 h2926
To abolish the National Labor Relations Board and to transfer its enforcement authority to the Department of Justice and its oversight of elections to the Office of Labor-Management Standards of the Department of Labor.
Bill h2898
To provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 7.7 percent.
Bill h2897
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prevent the dissemination to the public of certain information with respect to noncommercial flights of private aircraft owners and operators.
Bill h2854
To repeal the rule relating to the notification of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act.
Bill h2829
To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within the United Nations system, and for other purposes.
Bill h2752
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based live lease sales, and for other purposes.
Bill h2731
To amend title III of the Social Security Act to provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite the reemployment of unemployed workers.
Bill h2706
To prohibit the sale of billfish.
Bill h2602
To improve the accountability and transparency in infrastructure spending by requiring a life-cycle cost analysis of major infrastructure projects, providing the flexibility to use alternate infrastructure type bidding procedures to reduce project costs, and requiring the use of design standards to improve efficiency and save taxpayer dollars.
Bill h2560
To cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget.
Bill h2528
To rescind the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to develop a return-free tax system.
Bill h2483
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to modify certain provisions relating to whistleblower incentives and protection.
Bill h2433
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws relating to the employment and training of veterans, and for other purposes.
Bill h2426
To amend title 23, United States Code, to limit claims in connection with decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects, and for other purposes.
Bill h2417
To repeal certain amendments to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to lighting energy efficiency, and for other purposes.
Bill h2411
To provide for an employee election on Form W-4 to have amounts deducted and withheld from wages to be used to reduce the public debt.
Bill h2402
To specify the priority of the obligations of the United States Government if the debt ceiling is reached.
Bill h2355
To amend title 38, United States Code, to exclude individuals who have been convicted of committing certain sex offenses from receiving certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors which are otherwise available to certain veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and related individuals, and for other purposes.
Bill h2252
To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right.
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 h2214
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt, and for other purposes.
Bill h2199
To prohibit the issuance of certain visas to nationals of a country that denies or unreasonably delays the repatriation of a national ordered removed from the United States to such country, and for other purposes.
Bill h2173
To facilitate the development of offshore wind energy resources.
Bill h2172
To facilitate the development of wind energy resources on Federal lands.
Bill h2171
To promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under existing geothermal leases, and for other purposes.
Bill h2170
Streamlining Federal review to facilitate renewable energy projects.
Bill h2150
To amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year in the period 2011 through 2021, and for other purposes.
Bill h2070
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to install in the area of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the nation on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day.
Bill h2059
To prohibit funding to the United Nations Population Fund.
Bill h2040
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
Bill h1981
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to child pornography and child exploitation offenses.
Bill h1980
To authorize the Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument in the District of Columbia.
Bill h1938
To direct the President to expedite the consideration and approval of the construction and operation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and for other purposes.
Bill h1904
To facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and for other purposes.
Bill h1885
To require that State and local pretrial services agencies receiving federal financial assistance report to the Department of Justice on defendants released by such agencies, and for other purposes.
Bill h1737
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the Federal tax on fuels by the amount of any increase in the rate of tax on such fuel by the States.
Bill h1723
To permit certain current loans that would otherwise be treated as non-accrual loans as accrual loans for certain purposes.
Bill h1712
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products.
Bill h1633
To establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in which such dust is regulated under State, tribal, or local law, and for other purposes.
Bill h1632
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5014 Gary Avenue in Lubbock, Texas, as the "Sergeant Chris Davis Post Office".
Bill h1585
To allow States to elect to receive contributions to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of participating in the Federal-aid highway program or certain public transportation programs.
Bill h1535
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to the identification of high priority corridors and the inclusion of certain route segments on the Interstate System, and for other purposes.
Bill h1286
To provide for fiscal accountability for new direct funding under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by converting its direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and by rescinding unobligated direct funding.
Bill h1281
To ensure economy and efficiency of Federal Government operations by establishing a moratorium on rulemaking actions, and for other purposes.
Bill h1255
To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h1231
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal, and for other purposes.
Bill h1230
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, and for other purposes.
Bill h1229
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico.
Bill h1186
To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.
Bill h1181
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.
Bill h1173
To repeal the CLASS program.
Bill h1159
To repeal certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to the limitation on the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals and to transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests.
Bill h1154
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prevent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from prohibiting the use of service dogs on Department of Veterans Affairs property.
Bill h1134
To amend section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny assistance under such section to a State or political subdivision of a State that prohibits its officials from taking certain actions with respect to immigration.
Bill h1126
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal, and for other purposes.
Bill h1111
To rescind $45 billion of unobligated discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
Bill h1093
To reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearms laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, and for other purposes.
Bill h1081
To delay the implementation of proposed or final rules issued under the authority of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to the reasonable and proportional fees and rules for electronic debit transactions, and for other purposes.
Bill h1075
To repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit.
Bill h1058
To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040SR.
Bill h1049
To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to direct the Council on Environmental Quality to report to Congress annually on the number of permits required under Federal law for which applications have been submitted and that have not been issued because an environmental impact statement is pending, 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 h984
To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a process for waiver of requirements of that title where the requirement is asserted to otherwise result in a significant decrease in access to coverage or significant increase in premiums or other costs.
Bill h921
To prohibit United States assistance to foreign countries that oppose the position of the United States in the United Nations.
Bill h920
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
Bill h910
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change, and for other purposes.
Bill h896
To provide health care liability reform, and for other purposes.
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 h840
To allow the conduct of offshore energy exploration, development, and production operations under drilling permits previously issued by the Minerals Management Service, and for other purposes.
Bill h782
To enable States to opt out of certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bill h771
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1081 Elbel Road in Schertz, Texas, as the "Schertz Veterans Post Office".
Bill h763
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the Interstate System, and for other purposes.
Bill h745
To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act.
Bill h735
To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.
Bill h704
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.
Bill h695
To require each applicant for a home mortgage to be insured under the FHA mortgage insurance program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, held by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, or made, insured, or guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or any other agency or entity of the Federal Government, to provide to the lender information sufficient to perform a verification of the applicant through the E-Verify program.
Bill h680
To prohibit United States contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Bill h665
To establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of Federal real property.
Bill h657
To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the number of civil service positions within the executive branch, and for other purposes.
Bill h645
To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
Bill h642
To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.
Bill h567
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans.
Bill h558
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Big Spring, Texas, as the George H. O'Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Bill h548
To repeal a rule of the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures.
Bill h546
To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the Honor and Remember Flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc., as an official symbol to recognize and honor members of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty, and for other purposes.
Bill h532
To eliminate certain provisions relating to Texas and the Education Jobs Fund.
Bill h497
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States.
Bill h455
To protect 10th Amendment rights by providing special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations, and for other purposes.
Bill h431
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
Bill h421
To require that the Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached.
Bill h408
To reduce Federal spending by $2.5 trillion through fiscal year 2021.
Bill h389
To prevent funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 from being used for physical signage indicating that a project is funded by such Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h371
To repeal title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
Bill h362
To redesignate the Federal building and United States Courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, as the "George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building".
Bill h358
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services under such Act.
Bill h305
To waive the time limitations specified by law for the award of certain military decorations in order to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II.
Bill h177
To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
Bill h154
To prohibit the use of funds for implementation or enforcement of any Federal mandate to purchase health insurance.
Bill h153
To prohibit funding for the Environmental Protection Agency to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.
Bill h152
To utilize the National Guard to provide support for the border control activities of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Bill h127
To deauthorize appropriation of funds to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Bill h100
To provide for enhanced Federal, State, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to authorize appropriations to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h97
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not subject to the Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h91
To repeal certain amendments to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to lighting energy efficiency.
Bill h69
To prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming, to provide for the transfer of certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt, and for other purposes.
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 h21
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the mandate that individuals purchase health insurance.
Bill hj98
Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on January 12, 2012.
Bill hj85
Disapproving the rule of the Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture with respect to the establishment of a Christmas tree promotion, research, and information program.
Bill hj84
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the United States government from increasing its debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of the membership of each House of Congress.
Bill hj42
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants.
Bill hj37
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.
Bill hj20
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Bill hj11
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to balance the Federal budget.
Bill hj9
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants.
Bill hj1
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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 hr528
Honoring the service and sacrifice of the members of the United States Armed Forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.
Bill hr516
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance.
Bill hr509
Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.
Bill hr489
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas.
Bill hr475
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
Bill hr429
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Western Hemisphere should be included in the Administration's 2012 National Strategy for Counterterrorism's "Area of Focus", with specific attention on the counterterrorism threat to the homeland emanating from Iran's growing presence and activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.
Bill hr315
Recognizing the immeasurable contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, supporting responsible fatherhood, and encouraging greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, especially on Father's Day.
Bill hr314
Declaring that it is the policy of the United States to support its ally Israel in seeking peace with its neighbors, particularly toward a two-state solution that results in a free, nonmilitarized Palestinian state living side-by-side in peace and security with the Jewish State of Israel, the home of the Jewish people.
Bill hr311
Congratulating the Dallas Mavericks on winning the 2011 National Basketball Association championship.
Bill hr296
Expressing support for peaceful demonstrations and universal freedoms in Syria and condemning the human rights violations by the Assad Regime.
Bill hr211
Expressing support for designation of the first weekend of May as Ten Commandments Weekend to recognize the significant contributions the Ten Commandments have made in shaping the principles, institutions, and national character of the United States.
Bill hr143
Directing the Speaker, or his designee, to take any and all actions necessary to assert the standing of the House to defend the Defense of Marriage Act and the amendments made by that Act in any litigation in any Federal court of the United States.
Bill hr142
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs.
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 hr82
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs.
Bill hr44
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that an effective moratorium by the Executive Branch on offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling should be terminated.
Bill hr40
Celebrating the life of President Ronald Wilson Reagan on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Bill hr23
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should not bail out State and local government employee pension plans or other plans that provide post-employment benefits to State and local government retirees.
Bill hc89
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Bill hc36
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473.
Bill hc25
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Obama administration's discontinuing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
Bill hc21
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
Bill hc14
Expressing the sense of the Congress that non-defense, non-security, non-veterans discretionary spending should be reduced by 20 percent.
Bill hc13
Reaffirming "In God We Trust" as the official motto of the United States and supporting and encouraging the public display of the national motto in all public buildings, public schools, and other government institutions.
Bill h3001
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.
Bill h1179
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items and services.
Bill h3269
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.
Bill h1744
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the employer health insurance mandate.
Bill h1148
To prohibit commodities and securities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, to require additional reporting by Members and employees of Congress of securities transactions, and for other purposes.
Bill h217
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.
Bill h886
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first Federal law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.
Bill h2447
To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.
Bill h10
To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
Bill h1259
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes.
Bill h459
To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end of 2012, and for other purposes.
Bill h420
To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.
Bill h436
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.
Bill h452
To repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
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 h822
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.
Bill h1297
To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, continue to receive pay and allowances for active service performed when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs, which results in the furlough of non-emergency personnel and the curtailment of Government activities and services.
Bill h1002
To restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property.
Bill hj2
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Bill h2
To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

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