Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

110th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

July 30, 2008

Actions

Additional sponsors: Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Payne, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Ramstad, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Carson, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Israel, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Issa, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Stupak, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Spratt, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Olver, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Markey, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Hirono, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Lee, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Altmire, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Gordon of Tennessee, Mr. Engel, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Ross, Mr. Hill, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Farr, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Holt, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Allen, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Clay, Mr. Hare, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Mr. Platts, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Towns, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Arcuri, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Carson, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Sires, Ms. Waters, Mr. Childers, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Space, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment, Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed, Mr. Hodes (for himself, Mr. Castle, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Sutton, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Stark, Ms. Castor, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Emanuel, Ms. Solis, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Wu, Mr. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Berry, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. Harman, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Barrow, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Welch of Vermont, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Regula, and Mr. Bishop of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor and Ways and Means, 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

Bill Number

H.R. 2851

Bill Version

Reported in House (RH)

Short Title

Michelle's Law

Full Title

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Paul W. Hodes(NH)

Cosponsors

Michael N. Castle (DE); Carol Shea-Porter (NH); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Carolyn McCarthy (NY); Danny K. Davis (IL); Betty Sutton (OH); Nancy E. Boyda (KS); James P. McGovern (MA); Fortney Pete Stark (CA); Kathy Castor (FL); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Steve Cohen (TN); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Nita M. Lowey (NY); Edwards; Rahm Emanuel (IL); Hilda L. Solis (CA); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Tom Lantos (CA); Brad Sherman (CA); David Wu (OR); Lincoln Davis (TN); Steve Kagen (WI); John B. Larson (CT); Marion Berry (AR); Jim McDermott (WA); Ellen O. Tauscher (CA); Jane Harman (CA); Luis V. Gutierrez (IL); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Harry E. Mitchell (AZ); John P. Sarbanes (MD); Marcy Kaptur (OH); Wayne T. Gilchrest (MD); John Barrow (GA); Michael R. McNulty (NY); Peter Welch (VT); Allyson Y. Schwartz (PA); Bruce L. Braley (IA); Keith Ellison (MN); Ralph Regula (OH); Timothy H. Bishop (NY); Ruben Hinojosa (TX); Donald M. Payne (NJ); Henry A. Waxman (CA); Lois Capps (CA); Neil Abercrombie (HI); Howard L. Berman (CA); Jo Ann Emerson (MO); Barney Frank (MA); Dennis Moore (KS); John D. Dingell (MI); Jay Inslee (WA); Patrick J. Kennedy (RI); Diana DeGette (CO); Gary L. Ackerman (NY); Jim Ramstad (MN); Lynn C. Woolsey (CA); Ms. Carson; Michael H. Michaud (ME); Steve Israel (NY); George Miller (CA); Darrell E. Issa (CA); G. K. Butterfield (NC); Jose E. Serrano (NY); Bart Stupak (MI); Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD); John M. Spratt, Jr. (SC); Nydia M. Velazquez (NY); John W. Olver (MA); Anthony D. Weiner (NY); Joseph Crowley (NY); Edward J. Markey (MA); Ed Perlmutter (CO); Mazie K. Hirono (HI); Betty McCollum (MN); Barbara Lee (CA); David E. Price (NC); Jim Marshall (GA); John F. Tierney (MA); Earl Blumenauer (OR); Michael F. Doyle (PA); Jason Altmire (PA); Tammy Baldwin (WI); Bart Gordon (TN); Eliot L. Engel (NY); Albert Russell Wynn (MD); Gene Green (TX); Charles A. Gonzalez (TX); Mike Ross (AR); Baron P. Hill (IN); Shelley Berkley (NV); Maurice D. Hinchey (NY); Henry Cuellar (TX); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD); Sam Farr (CA); Bill Delahunt (MA); Rush Holt (NJ); John A. Yarmuth (KY); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Thomas H. Allen (ME); Charles B. Rangel (NY); Vernon J. Ehlers (MI); John M. McHugh (NY); Bob Etheridge (NC); Wm. Lacy Clay (MO); Phil Hare (IL); James P. Moran (VA); Susan A. Davis (CA); Linda T. Sanchez (CA); Todd Russell Platts (PA); Sheila Jackson Lee (TX); Elijah E. Cummings (MD); Gwen Moore (WI); Raul M. Grijalva (AZ); Joe Courtney (CT); Heath Shuler (NC); Dale E. Kildee (MI); John J. Hall (NY); Edolphus Towns (NY); Dennis J. Kucinich (OH); Charlie Melancon (LA); David Loebsack (IA); Rick Boucher (VA); Jim Matheson (UT); Michael A. Arcuri (NY); Darlene Hooley (OR); Adam B. Schiff (CA); Brad Ellsworth (IN); Andre Carson (IN); Steven R. Rothman (NJ); John P. Murtha (PA); Phil Gingrey (GA); John Conyers, Jr. (MI); Chris Van Hollen (MD); Patrick J. Murphy (PA); Ciro D. Rodriguez (TX); Timothy J. Walz (MN); Albio Sires (NJ); Maxine Waters (CA); Travis Childers (MS); Jerry McNerney (CA); Zachary T. Space (OH); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ); Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA); Joe Sestak (PA); Greg Walden (OR); Tim Ryan (OH); John Lewis (GA)

Committees

Committee on Education and Labor (Standing), Committee on Energy and Commerce (Standing), Committee on Ways and Means (Standing)

Report Number

H. Rept.110-806

United States Code References

29 U.S.C. 1185et seq.
42 U.S.C. 300gg-4 and 300gg-51