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1. H.CON.RES.25 : Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 1/10/2007) Cosponsors (72)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Energy and Commerce; House Natural Resources; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
House Reports: 110-344 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 10/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

2. H.CON.RES.402 : Recognizing the historical significance of the discovery of oil and the birth of the petroleum and natural gas industries on the banks of Oil Creek, Venango County, near Titusville, Pennsylvania on August 27, 1859, and designating the year 2009 as the "Sesquicentennial of Oil".
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 7/31/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 9/10/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

3. H.RES.170 : Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to clarify the treatment of reimbursements to Members for the use of personally owned airplanes in the performance of official or campaign travel.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 2/15/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Standards of Official Conduct
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

4. H.RES.187 : Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Agriculture in the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 2/16/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

5. H.RES.363 : Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to clarify certain matters relating to official conduct.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 5/2/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Standards of Official Conduct
Latest Major Action: 5/2/2007 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

6. H.J.RES.88 : Amending the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reinsert the trade title contained in the conference report to accompany H.R. 2419 of the 110th Congress (Report 110-627).
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 5/22/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

7. H.R.1398 : To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that manure shall not be considered to be a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 3/8/2007) Cosponsors (133)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

8. H.R.2118 : To establish the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to provide funding for the support of fundamental agricultural research of the highest quality, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 5/2/2007) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 5/31/2007 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

9. H.R.2306 : To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, et al., by the United States Court of Federal Claims in Docket Numbers 18 and 188, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 5/14/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2008 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Hearings Held.

10. H.R.2419 : To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 5/22/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Foreign Affairs
House Reports: 110-256 Part 1; Latest Conference Report: 110-627 (in Congressional Record H3409-3700)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-234 [GPO: Text, PDF]
Note: The House and Senate passed H.R. 2419 over veto, enacting 14 of 15 farm bill titles into law. The trade title (title III) was inadvertently excluded from the enrolled bill. To remedy the situation, both chambers re-passed the farm bill conference agreement (including the trade title) as H.R. 6124 , again over veto. H.R. 6124 , in section 4, repealed Public Law 110-234 and amendments made by it, effective on the date of that Act's enactment.

11. H.R.2784 : To greatly enhance the Nation's environmental, energy, economic, and national security by terminating long-standing Federal prohibitions on the domestic production of abundant offshore supplies of natural gas, to dedicate fixed percentages of the resultant royalties for environmental restoration projects, renewable energy and carbon sequestration research, and weatherization and energy assistance for those in need, and to share a portion of such royalties with producing States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 6/20/2007) Cosponsors (171)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Rules; House Budget
Latest Major Action: 6/29/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

12. H.R.3070 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize additional compensation to be paid to certain veterans in receipt of compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling for whom a family member dependent on the veteran for support provides care.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 7/17/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/23/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

13. H.R.3510 : To prohibit the imposition and collection of tolls on certain highways constructed using Federal funds.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 9/10/2007) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 9/11/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

14. H.R.3538 : To establish a National Commission on the Infrastructure of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 9/14/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

15. H.R.4988 : To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Orgasol.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 1/16/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/17/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

16. H.R.4989 : To suspend temporarily the duty on stainless steel single piece exhaust gas manifolds.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 1/16/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/17/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

17. H.R.5149 : To suspend temporarily the duty on dry adhesive copolyamide pellets.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 1/28/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/6/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

18. H.R.5503 : To suspend temporarily the duty on certain engines for snowmobiles.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 2/27/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/29/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

19. H.R.5578 : To extend agricultural programs beyond March 15, 2008, to suspend permanent price support authorities beyond that date, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 3/11/2008) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

20. H.R.5813 : To amend Public Law 110-196 to provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond April 18, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 4/16/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-200 [GPO: Text, PDF]

21. H.R.6051 : To amend Public Law 110-196 to provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond May 16, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 5/14/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-231 [GPO: Text, PDF]

22. H.R.6124 : To provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 5/22/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-246 [GPO: Text, PDF]
Note: H.R. 6124 contains 15 farm bill titles and has been enacted over veto. Previously, H.R. 2419 was enacted over veto, enacting 14 of 15 farm bill titles into law.

23. H.R.6377 : To direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to utilize all its authority, including its emergency powers, to curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within the jurisdiction and control of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, on or through which energy futures or swaps are traded, and to eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in prices, or other unlawful activity that is causing major market disturbances that prevent the market from accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy commodities.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 6/26/2008) Cosponsors (22)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 7/8/2008 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 864.

24. H.R.6604 : To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 7/24/2008) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Agriculture; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 10/2/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

25. H.R.6709 : To greatly enhance the Nation's path toward energy independence and environmental, energy, economic, and national security, by amending Federal policy to increase the production of domestic energy sources, to dedicate fixed percentages of the royalties received for conservation programs, environmental restoration projects, renewable energy research and development, clean energy technology research and development, increased development of existing energy sources, and energy assistance for those in need, and to share a portion of such royalties with producing States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 7/31/2008) Cosponsors (141)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Science and Technology; House Education and Labor; House Budget; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

26. H.AMDT.405 to H.R.2643 Amendment sought to permit offshore natural gas drilling.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 6/26/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2007 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Peterson (PA) amendment (A011) Failed by recorded vote: 196 - 233 (Roll no. 552).

27. H.AMDT.406 to H.R.2643 Amendment sought to include areas within 100 miles of the coastline under the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 1998 and to include areas within 100 miles of the coastline in the funding restrictions regarding oil and natural gas preleasing activities.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 6/26/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2007 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Peterson (PA) amendment (A012) Failed by voice vote.

28. H.AMDT.445 to H.R.2643 An amendment to increase funding (by transfer) for the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 6/27/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/27/2007 Mr. Dicks raised a point of order against the Peterson (PA) amendment (A051). Mr. Dicks stated that the provisions of the Doolittle amendment seek to appropriate funds for a program not authorized. The Chair sustained the point of order.

29. H.AMDT.629 to H.R.3074 Amendment prohibiting the use of funds for tolling on I-80 in Pennsylvania.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, John E. [PA-5] (introduced 7/24/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/24/2007 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Peterson (PA) amendment (A033) Agreed to by voice vote.

30. H.AMDT.701 to H.R.2419 Amendments en bloc consist of amendment Nos. 4, 8, 9, 10, 14, 17, 22, 23 as modified, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 31 contained in House Report 110-261 and printed on pages H8723-H8726 in the Congressional Record for July 26, 2007.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 7/26/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Peterson (MN) amendments (A002) Agreed to by voice vote.

31. H.AMDT.714 to H.R.2419 Amendments en bloc consist of amendment Nos. 20 and 29 contained in House Report 110-261 and printed on page H8763 in the Congressional Record for July 27, 2007.
Sponsor: Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] (introduced 7/27/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/27/2007 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Peterson (MN) amendments (A015) as modified Agreed to by voice vote.

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