My Votes – Week of July 16th

Jul 20, 2018

My Votes – Week of July 16th

RULE BILLS
**A rule bill is a bill passed through a full House vote under a rule that has been voted and agreed upon by the Rules Committee. Rule bills require a simple majority of the House to pass (218 votes) through a recorded vote.

Result and Date	Bill #	Bill Title	My Vote	What it means for you and your family
7/19/2018 PASSED229 – 180, 2 Present	H.Con.Res. 119	Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy.	Yes	This legislation expresses the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to American families and businesses and is not in the best interest of the United States, or the people of Eastern Washington.
7/19/2018 PASSED217 – 199	H.R. 6147	Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019	Yes	This legislation provides a total of $58.675 billion in total discretionary budget authority for agencies within the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act and the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act. This includes $35.252 billion for the Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies and $24.423 billion for the financial services and general government provisions.

SUSPENSION BILLS

**A suspension bill is a bill passed by the House through suspending the rules to move quickly, circumventing the House Rules Committee. Suspension bills are typically less controversial pieces of legislation, and as the rules are being suspended, they require a higher threshold, two-thirds of those voting in the House, to pass. Additionally, these bills are often passed by a voice vote, without a formal roll call vote.

Result and Date	Bill #	Bill Title	My Vote
7/18/2018 PASSED244 – 35, 133 Present	H.Res. 990	Supporting the officers and personnel who carry out the important mission of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Yes
7/17/2018 PASSED414 – 0	H.R. 1037	To authorize the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes	Yes
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R.1376	Electronic Message Preservation Act of 2017		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R.5415	Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 4446	To amend the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act to extend the expiration date of the Commission, and for other purposes.		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R.4890	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as the “Wayne K. Curry Post Office Building”.		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R.5238	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1234 Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn, New York, as the “Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office”.
07/16/2018 PASSED	S.2692	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4558 Broadway in New York, New York, as the “Stanley Michels Post Office Building”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 4407	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3s101 Rockwell Street in Warrenville, Illinois, as the “Corporal Jeffery Allen Williams Post Office Building”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	S.931	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4910 Brighton Boulevard in Denver, Colorado, as the “George Sakato Post Office”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 2979	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California, as the “Jack H. Brown Post Office Building”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 4946	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1075 North Tustin Street in Orange, California, as the “Specialist Trevor A. Win’E Post Office”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 5504	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4801 West Van Giesen Street in West Richland, Washington, as the “Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman Post Office Building”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	S.899 House amendment	To amend title 5, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 3076	Creating Advanced Streamlined Electronic Services for Constituents Act of 2018		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 4960	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 511 East Walnut Street in Columbia, Missouri, as the “Spc. Sterling William Wyatt Post Office Building”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 3230	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, Idaho, as the “Harmon Killebrew Post Office Building”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 66	Route 66 Centennial Commission Act		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 3906	Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 5772	To designate the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the “J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 3460	To designate the United States courthouse located at 323 East Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina, as the “John Hervey Wheeler United States Courthouse”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	S. 2734	A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the “George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse”		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 5846	Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	S. 490	A bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam.		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 5333	Over-the-Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act of 2018		Passed by voice
7/16/2018 PASSED	H.R. 5554	Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	S.717 House amendment	POWER Act		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.Res.995	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Nation now faces a more complex and grave set of threats than at any time since the end of World War II, and that the lack of full, on-time funding related to defense activities puts servicemen and servicewomen at risk, harms national security, and aids the adversaries of the United States.		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	S.488 House amendment	To modernize U.S. markets and to promote capital formation, investor confidence, and economic growth, and for other purposes		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.Res. 994	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Marine Corps faces significant readiness challenges and that budgetary uncertainty impedes the Corps’ ability to meet ongoing and unexpected national security threats, putting United States national security at risk		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.Res. 998	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Navy’s total readiness remains in a perilous state due to high operational demands, increased deployment lengths, shortened training periods, and deferred maintenance all while the Navy is asked to “do more with less” as financial support for critical areas waned in the era of sequestration and without consistent Congressional funding		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.R. 4819	DELTA Act		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.R. 3030	Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.R. 4989	Protecting Diplomats from Surveillance Through Consumer Devices Act		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.R. 5105	BUILD Act of 2018		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.R. 5480	Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.R. 3777	Juab County Conveyance Act of 2018		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.R. 4032	Gila River Indian Community Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary Clarification Act		Passed by voice
7/17/2018 PASSED	H.R. 4645	East Rosebud Wild and Scenic Rivers Act