Bill Title: Commending the efforts and honoring the work of the men and women of USNS Comfort and the United States Navy in the immediate response to those affected by the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 69-38-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-23 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. [HR1048 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Representative Mike Coffman [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CO-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Charles Dent [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-15	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Virginia Foxx [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Gerlach [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sam Graves [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Tim Holden [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-17	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bob Inglis [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-SC-4	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lynn Jenkins [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-KS-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Walter Jones [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Steve King [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IA-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Kline [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Leonard Lance [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Howard Coble [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Bill Cassidy [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-LA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Carter [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-31	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Elton Gallegly [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-24	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Duncan Hunter [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-50	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jerry Lewis [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-41	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative James Sensenbrenner [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WI-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Christopher Smith [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Melissa Bean [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-8	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Roy Blunt [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MO	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jo Bonner [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AL-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Dan Boren [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OK-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Anh Cao [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-LA-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Christopher Carney [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Christopher Lee [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-26	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Frank LoBiondo [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Paul Broun [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Randy Forbes [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Trent Franks [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Phil Gingrey [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Kirk [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IL	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Doug Lamborn [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CO-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Daniel Lungren [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Howard McKeon [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-25	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Scott Murphy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-20	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mike Pence [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IN-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Harold Rogers [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-KY-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Judy Biggert [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Spencer Bachus [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AL-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Todd Akin [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Charlie Melancon [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-LA-3	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jerry Moran [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-KS	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ed Perlmutter [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CO-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ted Poe [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Thomas Rooney [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-17	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Shimkus [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-15	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bill Shuster [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lee Terry [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NE-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mac Thornberry [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Frank Wolf [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Paul Kanjorski [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-11	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jean Schmidt [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Kathleen Dahlkemper [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-3	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative David Loebsack [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Carolyn Maloney [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim McDermott [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Patrick Murphy [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eleanor Norton [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-DC	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Glenn Nye [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Pedro Pierluisi [N]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PR	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative C.A. Ruppersberger [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Sarbanes [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jose Serrano [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-15	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Harry Teague [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NM-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Dale Kildee [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Steve Israel [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Maurice Hinchey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-22	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Dingell [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gene Green [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-29	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mary Kilroy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-15	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eric Massa [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-29	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Arcuri [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-24	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Brian Baird [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-3	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Brady [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Russ Carnahan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Emanuel Cleaver [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Cooper [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TN-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Elijah Cummings [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Timothy Walz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Parker Griffith [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AL-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jeff Miller [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Adam Putnam [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-12	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative David Reichert [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Adam Smith [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Roscoe Bartlett [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Rodney Alexander [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-LA-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gus Bilirakis [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Shelley Capito [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WV	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Fleming [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-LA-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jeff Fortenberry [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NE-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Latta [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Kenny Marchant [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-24	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Connie Mack [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-14	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Tim Murphy [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-18	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-18	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gene Taylor [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MS-4	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Paul Tonko [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Paul Tonko [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Marsha Blackburn [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-TN	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ginny Brown-Waite [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-5	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Burgess [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-26	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Duncan [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TN-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Dean Heller [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NV	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-SD	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Shadegg [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-3	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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