Honoring the workers who perished on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, extending condolences to their families, and recognizing the valiant efforts of emergency response workers at the disaster site.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

70 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 48 Democrats

22 of 70 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.

Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), John Barrow (D-GA), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Bobby Bright (D-AL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Anh Cao (R-LA), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), James Cooper (D-TN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Kathleen Dahlkemper (D-PA), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Fleming (R-LA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and 40 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charlie Melancon.

• H.Res. 429 (111th) Congratulating Jockey Calvin Borel for his victory at the 135th Kentucky Derby.
• H.R. 4250 (111th) Medicaid DSH Integrity Act
• H.R. 4277 (111th) To authorize the Secretary of Education to continue to waive certain requirements in order to ease fiscal burdens in States affected by…
• H.R. 3609 (111th) Wetlands Conservation Investment Act of 2009
• H.R. 3929 (111th) To provide an extension of the low-income housing credit placed-in-service date requirement for certain disaster areas.
• H.R. 5598 (111th) Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010

Sponsor’s state and district

Louisiana in Congress · LA-3 district