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Supporting raising awareness and educating the public about Alper's disease.

Bill: 111-hres-1700
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Health information and medical records
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical research
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Expresses support for: (1) raising awareness and educating the public about Alper's disease; and (2) increased funding for research into its causes, treatment, and cure.

Applauds the efforts of advocates and organizations that encourage awareness, promote research, and provide education, support, and hope to those impacted by that disease.

Recognizes the commitment of parents, families, researchers, health professionals, and others dedicated to finding an effective treatment and cure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cyber Security Awareness Month and raising awareness and enhancing the state of computer security in the United States.

Bill: 111-hres-1701
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional tributes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Supports the goals and ideals of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October 2010).
 
Congratulates the National Cyber Security Division, the National Cyber Security Alliance, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center on the anniversary of National Cyber Security Month.
 
Declares that the House of Representatives intends to work with federal agencies, national organizations, businesses, and educational institutions to encourage the development and implementation of existing and future computer security voluntary consensus standards, practices, and technologies in order to enhance the state of computer security in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that adding art and design into Federal programs that target the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth in the United States.

Bill: 111-hres-1702
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Art, artists, authorship
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Recognizes the importance of art and design in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
 
Encourages the inclusion of art and design in the STEM fields during the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the America COMPETES Act. 
 
Encourages institutions of higher education to incorporate the role of art and design into their STEM curricula.
 
Encourages the Secretaries of Commerce and Education, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a STEM to STEAM Council in order to facilitate a comprehensive approach to incorporate art and design into federal STEM programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1857)
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Congratulating the Warner Robins Little League softball team from Warner Robins, Georgia, on winning the 2010 Little League Softball World Series.

Bill: 111-hres-1703
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Georgia
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Congratulates the Warner Robins Little League softball team from Warner Robins, Georgia, on winning the 2010 Little League Softball World Series Championship. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon.

Bill: 111-hres-1704
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Athletes
Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Europe
Greece
Military history
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Joins with the Greek Embassy in Washington, DC, the people of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the people of Marathon, Greece, and the hundreds of thousands of runners participating in marathons throughout the United States, in celebrating the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon, Greece, one of the most significant battles in human history.

action_date: 2010-12-08
text: 
Joins with the Greek Embassy in Washington, DC, the people of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the people of Marathon, Greece, and the hundreds of thousands of runners participating in marathons throughout the United States, in celebrating the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon, Greece, one of the most significant battles in human history.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 359 - 44, 5 Present (Roll no. 618). (text: CR 12/7/2010 H8046)
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 359 - 44, 5 Present (Roll no. 618).(text: CR 12/7/2010 H8046)
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8146-8147)
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Klein (FL) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1704.
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8046-8047)
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Mr. Klein (FL) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for designation of the month of October as Italian and Italian American Heritage Month.

Bill: 111-hres-1705
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Europe
Italy
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Expresses support for the designation of Italian and Italian American Heritage Month in recognition of the contributions Italians and Italian Americans have made to the United States and the world throughout history. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the goals and ideals of Fire Prevention Week, which begins on October 3, 2010, and the work of firefighters in educating and protecting the communities of the United States.

Bill: 111-hres-1706
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Fires

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of Fire Prevention Week; and (2) the work of firefighters in educating and protecting U.S. communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Holding Congress Accountable Resolution of 2010

Bill: 111-hres-1707
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Holding Congress Accountable Resolution of 2010 - Requires the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, each session, to post on the Internet site of the House of Representatives a statement showing each disbursement from the Members' Representational Allowance for each specific Member of the House of Representatives. Directs each Member to include a hyperlink to such information on his or her official Internet site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the destructive role of the Government of Eritrea and calling on the Secretary of State to designate Eritrea as a country that has provided support for international terrorism.

Bill: 111-hres-1708
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Eritrea
Sanctions
Somalia
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) given the growing security threat from al Shabaab, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, every effort should be made to tackle its outside sources of support; (2) Eritrea's well-documented support for armed insurgents in Somalia, including al Shabaab, poses a significant threat to the national security interests of the United States and East African nations; and (3) the Secretary of State should designate Eritrea as a state sponsor of terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the goals and ideals of Red Ribbon Week.

Bill: 111-hres-1709
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Commemorative events and holidays
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Red Ribbon Week.

Encourages: (1) children and teens to live drug-free lives; and (2) people in the United States to promote drug-free communities and to participate in drug prevention activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Calling on the military regime in Burma, the State Peace and Development Council, to immediately recognize the Rohingya people as full and equal citizens of Burma, lift all restrictions on movement, marriage, and access to education for the Rohingya people, and end its campaign of religious and ethnic persecution amounting to crimes against humanity throughout Burma.

Bill: 111-hres-1710
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Bangladesh
Burma
Detention of persons
Economic development
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Middle East
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Saudi Arabia
Thailand
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
Calls on the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to recognize the Rohingya people as full citizens of Burma and to lift restrictions on movement, marriage, and access to education.
 
Calls on the government of Bangladesh to: (1) desist from forcing unregistered Rohingya to return to Burma; and (2) address, in cooperation with international agencies, the dire humanitarian conditions in the camps housing the unregistered Rohingya. 
 
Calls on the government of Thailand to: (1) allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) access to detained Rohingya rescued at sea and to allow refugees status determinations; and (2) provide Rohingya refugees with adequate protection.
 
Calls on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to allow Rohingya access to education and livelihoods.
 
Calls on the U.S. government to: (1) provide increased humanitarian assistance in northern Arakan State; (2) provide support for education for Rohingya refugees outside Burma; (3) raise the plight of the Rohingya in bilateral and international fora; (4) pressure the SPDC to release all political prisoners, including Rohingya Member of Parliament U Kyaw Min and his family; and (5) engage with the government of Bangladesh in the economic development of the Cox's Bazar region in which the majority of the Rohingya refugee population lives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Commemorating the eminently successful performance and record of excellence of Barbara A. McKinzie, immediate past international president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Bill: 111-hres-1711
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2010-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Higher education
Minority education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: 
 Acknowledges the leadership of immediate past international president Barbara McKinzie of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
 
 Salutes the efforts of the sorority, on a domestic and international level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hres-1712
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2010-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: 
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 5566 (Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010).

action_date: 2010-11-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 5566 (Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7403-7404)
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7403-7404)
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1712.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7403-7405)
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Ruby Bridges desegregating a previously all-White public elementary school.

Bill: 111-hres-1713
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2010-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Louisiana
Minority education
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: 
 Recognizes the 50th anniversary of Ruby Bridges desegregating William Frantz Elementary School, a previously all-White public elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana.
 
 Encourages people to recognize the historical importance of elementary school desegregation and Ruby Bridges.
 
 Expresses the House of Representatives' commitment to continuing the legacy of 
Brown v. Board of Education
 by protecting and advancing equal educational opportunity for all.

action_date: 2010-11-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Recognizes the 50th anniversary of Ruby Bridges desegregating William Frantz Elementary School, a previously all-White public elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana.
 
 Encourages people to recognize the historical importance of elementary school desegregation and Ruby Bridges.
 
 Expresses the House of Representatives' commitment to continuing the legacy of 
Brown v. Board of Education
 by protecting and advancing equal educational opportunity for all.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 376 - 0 (Roll no. 567). (text: CR H7412-7414)
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 376 - 0 (Roll no. 567).(text: CR H7412-7414)
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7415-7416)
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1713.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7412-7414)
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Congratulating the engineers, scientists, psychologists, and staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for helping to successfully rescue 33 trapped Chilean miners from a collapsed mine near Copiapo, Chile.

Bill: 111-hres-1714
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2010-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Accidents
Chile
Congressional tributes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latin America
Mining
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space flight and exploration

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: 
Congratulates the engineers, scientists, psychologists, and staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for helping to successfully rescue 33 trapped Chilean miners from a collapsed mine near Copiapo, Chile. 
 
Recognizes that the experience and knowledge that NASA has acquired through space flight was critical to the rescue of the miners. 

action_date: 2010-11-16
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Congratulates the engineers, scientists, psychologists, and staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for helping to successfully rescue 33 trapped Chilean miners from a collapsed mine near Copiapo, Chile. 
 
Recognizes that the experience and knowledge that NASA has acquired through space flight was critical to the rescue of the miners. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7471-7472)
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7471-7472)
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1714.
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7471-7472)
action_date: 2010-11-16
text: Ms. Johnson, E. B. moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Introduced in House