To prohibit the use of Federal funds for a project or program named for an individual then serving as a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator of the United States Congress.
Latest action · Apr 10, 2008 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prohibits the use of federal funds for a project or program named for an individual currently serving as a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator of the U.S. Congress.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2008 to Sep 29, 2008; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | Bill Sali | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-FL | Connie Mack | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-MN | John Kline | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-GA | Paul C. Broun | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Sep 29, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2008Introduced in House
- Apr 10, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-86 | THE TRUTH ABOUT VETERANS' SUICIDES252 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | May 6, 2008 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the use of Federal funds for a project or program named for an individual then serving as a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator of the United States Congress.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
