Jerry Lewis
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative
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CA - District 41
Republican
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Service: 1979-2013
Biography
A Representative from California. Born in Seattle, King County, Wash. , October 21, 1934. Graduated from San Bernardino High School, San Bernardino, Calif. , 1952. B. A. , University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1956. Coro Foundation, 1956-1957. Insurance businessman. Member, San Bernardino School Board, San Bernardino, Calif. , 1964-1968. Staff, United States Representative Jerry Pettis of California, 1966. Member of the California state assembly, 1969-1978. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 2013). Chair, House Republican Conference (One Hundred First and One Hundred Second Congresses). Chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Ninth Congress). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012. Died on July 15, 2021.
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Voting History
HR 3197
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Voted Yea on Dec 20, 2012
HR 4310
On Agreeing to the Conference Report
Voted Yea on Dec 20, 2012
HR 6684
On Passage
Voted Yea on Dec 20, 2012
HR 6684
On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
Voted Nay on Dec 20, 2012
HRES 840
On Agreeing to the Resolution
Voted Aye on Dec 20, 2012
Sponsored Bills
HR 6403: American Recovery and Reinvestment Rescissions Act
Status: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
HRES 1378: Condemning the theft from the Mojave National Preserve of the national Mojave Cross memorial honoring American soldiers who died in World War I.
Status: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR 5745: Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
Status: Referred to House Budget
HR 1854: To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to modify an environmental infrastructure project for Big Bear Lake, California.
Status: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HRES 721: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any major health care reform bill considered on the floor of the House should be available for viewing for 30 calendar days.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Cosponsored Bills
HR 6587: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 225 Simi Village Drive in Simi Valley, California, as the "Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building".
Status: Became Public Law No: 112-256.
HR 6429: STEM Jobs Act of 2012
Status: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 559.
HCONRES 129: Recognizing 375 years of service of the National Guard and affirming congressional support for a permanent Operational Reserve as a component of the Armed Forces.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HR 6260: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 211 Hope Street in Mountain View, California, as the "Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office".
Status: Became Public Law No: 112-254.
HR 4062: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1444 Main Street in Ramona, California, as the "Nelson 'Mac' MacWilliams Post Office Building".
Status: Received in the Senate.
Committee Memberships
No committee memberships found.
