| HB 1 (1) | Fannin | Provides for the ordinary operating expenses of state government. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 4 | Hardy | Provides conditions for alcoholic beverage permit revocation. |
| Bill History: |
02-29-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Judiciary |
| HB 10 | Richardson | Establishes the Mayor's Court of the City of Central. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 12 | Richardson | Authorizes mayor of Central to appoint a court magistrate. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 13 | Greene | Increases the civil jurisdictional limit for the City Court of Zachary. |
| Bill History: |
05-13-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. House Judiciary |
| HB 15 | Greene | Increases the civil jurisdictional limits of the City Court of Baker. |
| Bill History: |
05-13-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. House Judiciary |
| HB 16 | Greene | Increases the civil jurisdictional limits for the City Court of Baton Rouge. |
| Bill History: |
06-12-08 S Meeting set for 1:00 P.M. RM. A-B Senate Finance |
| HB 27 | Johnson | Authorizes the appointment of a court magistrate for the mayor's court in the town of Evergreen. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 31 | Richmond | Amends provisions of law allowing certain elected officials to pardon individuals for violations of municipal ordinances. |
| Bill History: |
06-19-08 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 34 | Katz | Changes the hours the polls are required to be open. |
| Bill History: |
04-16-08 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 41/N: 59) |
| HB 35 | Baldone | Provides that part of work release wages cover the entire cost of board for the inmate. |
| Bill History: |
05-07-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Administration of Criminal Jus |
| HB 41 | Geymann | Provides for changes to the enforcement of certain provisions of the International Residential Code. |
| Bill History: |
05-05-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 1 House Commerce |
| HB 50 | Ellington | Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Winnsboro to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 51 | Ellington | Authorizes the governing authority of the city of Winnsboro to levy and collect a hotel occupancy tax subject to voter approval. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 56 | Henry | Provides relative to filings in civil actions by facsimile transmissions. |
| Bill History: |
03-31-08 H Withdrawn |
| HB 65 | Morris | Provides relative to expenses for board members of the Construction Code Council. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 69 | Richmond | Requires a court to submit its request to the Judicial Council for review and recommendation when a court is requesting splitting of a court or the merging of a court. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 80 | Lopinto | Exempts certain transactions from certain disclosure requirements. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 81 | LaFonta | Prohibits the governor from appointing a contributor or an immediate family member of a contributor to serve on a board or commission. |
| Bill History: |
04-22-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 82 | LaFonta | Prohibits persons from serving on or being employed by any board or commission under certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: |
06-11-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 92 | Aubert | Provides relative to payment of health care for prisoners |
| Bill History: |
04-24-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 1 House Judiciary |
| HB 93 | St. Germain | Amends provisions regarding rights of law enforcement officers under investigation. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 95 | Kleckley | Requires the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana to release copies of the Field Procedure Reference Guide for Public Protection. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Insurance |
| HB 98 | Lopinto | Clarifies the master-servant relationship in connection with liability of political subdivisions. |
| Bill History: |
06-13-08 G Effective |
| HB 99 | Jones, R. | Requires health insurance coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine. |
| Bill History: |
05-19-08 H Withdrawn |
| HB 105 | Baldone | Provides relative to the agency of certain public servants for purposes of the Code of Governmental Ethics. |
| Bill History: |
04-22-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 108 | Arnold | Makes permanent certain requirements that state retirement systems direct portions of certain types of investments through Louisiana broker-dealers. |
| Bill History: |
04-24-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 4 House Retirement |
| HB 112 | Henry | Provides relative to facsimile filings in civil actions. |
| Bill History: |
04-17-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 1 House Judiciary |
| HB 117 | Abramson | Prohibits public servants from using assets of the state or a political subdivision thereof for certain personal use. |
| Bill History: |
04-21-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 129 | Monica | Increases the civil jurisdictional amount of justice of the peace courts. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 143 | Cromer | Increases the civil jurisdictional amount in the City Court of Slidell, small claims division. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 144 | Cromer | Provides for the qualification for office for the City Court of Slidell. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 159 | Badon, Bobby | Provides relative to provisions governing the merger of the Firefighters' Retirement System and the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund for the city of Lafayette. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 168 | Wooton | (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes certain disabled persons to submit physician statements concerning the extent of the person's disability in order to qualify for the special assessment level. |
| Bill History: |
05-05-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 169 (1) | Arnold | (Constitutional Amendment) Limits increases in millages after reappraisal. |
| Bill History: |
04-07-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 173 | Baldone | Authorizes public entities to undertake public works projects with their own employees. |
| Bill History: |
04-15-08 H Meeting set for 10:00 A.M. RM 3 House Transportation |
| HB 176 | Abramson | Requires disclosure by certain elected officials of certain information relative to employment and appointment of campaign contributors and certain other contributors. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 177 | Ponti | Exempts one- and two-family residences from certain provisions of the State Uniform Fire Prevention Code. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 186 | Honey | Forgives unemployment compensation debt for certain employers. |
| Bill History: |
06-28-08 G Effective |
| HB 188 | Kleckley | Provides for non-continuation of group health benefits. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 190 | Mills | Allows the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to make final administrative orders and penalty assessments for violations of the state Sanitary Code executory in district court. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 198 | Arnold | Provides for changes to the State Uniform Construction Code. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 204 | Chandler | Exempts certain areas from enforcement of the International Residential Code. |
| Bill History: |
05-05-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House Commerce |
| HB 211 | Chandler | Provides for a fee structure between governmental entities and third-party providers to be determined by the governmental entity. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 212 | Arnold | Provides relative to the sale of property by parishes and municipalities. |
| Bill History: |
06-17-08 G Effective |
| HB 227 | Robideaux | Allows continuation of survivor benefits upon remarriage of a surviving spouse of a disability retiree, as relates to the Firefighters' Retirement System. |
| Bill History: |
06-05-08 G Effective |
| HB 228 | Robideaux | Provides relative to the quorum and voting requirements of the board of trustees of the Firefighters' Retirement System. |
| Bill History: |
06-16-08 G Effective |
| HB 231 | Doerge | Exempts Firefighters' Retirement System from the requirement of constructively engaging certain companies with facilities or employees or both in prohibited nations. |
| Bill History: |
06-12-08 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 232 | Doerge | Provides for the inclusion of certain deferred holiday pay in the definition of "earnable compensation" for members of the Firefighters' Retirement System. |
| Bill History: |
06-17-08 G Effective |
| HB 236 (1) | Jones, Sam | Removes population restriction to provide that an exception to the ethics code applies to members of parish and municipal governing authorities in all parishes and municipalities. |
| Bill History: |
06-04-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 252 | Pugh | Provides relative to the powers of the police chief in the city of Ponchatoula. |
| Bill History: |
06-05-08 G Effective |
| HB 258 | Little | Prohibits closure of railroad grade crossings when closure would prevent rights of passage in effect for 20 years. |
| Bill History: |
06-16-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 267 (1) | Hutter | Provides relative to financial disclosure for certain elected officials. |
| Bill History: |
04-30-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 269 | Arnold | Allows certain public employees to receive certain things of economic value from a not-for-profit organization or funds within the not-for-profit organization. |
| Bill History: |
04-23-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 270 | Jones, R. | Prohibits certain municipal employees from participation in political activity. |
| Bill History: |
03-18-08 H Referred to House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 273 | Ponti | Provides relative to the termination of provisional appointments in the municipal fire and police civil service. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 275 | Ligi | Provides relative to rules of evidence and procedure in workers' compensation hearings. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Labor and Industrial Relations |
| HB 276 | Gallot | Re-creates the Department of State. |
| Bill History: |
06-30-08 G Effective |
| HB 278 | St. Germain | Provides an exception for certain activities by or on behalf of an agency to restrictions on giving food, drink, and refreshment to public servants. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 281 | Jones, R. | Prohibits a public servant from creating a public service announcement during time periods around an election if such public servant has qualified to be a candidate in such election. |
| Bill History: |
04-16-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 314 | Cortez | Requires members of parish executive committees and state central committees to disclose certain financial information. |
| Bill History: |
04-30-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 318 | Kleckley | Requires health insurance coverage of prosthetic devices and prosthetic services. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-08 G Effective |
| HB 324 | Ellington | Provides relative to fees charged by third-party providers on inspections. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Commerce |
| HB 337 | Burrell | Provides relative to tax sales and adjudicated property. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 338 | Henry | Provides relative to expenses for mileage traveled by an injured employee relative to worker's compensation. |
| Bill History: |
06-09-08 H Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 340 | Morrell | Requires certain administrators of state correctional institutions to file certain financial disclosure statements. |
| Bill History: |
06-04-08 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| HB 342 (1) | Abramson | Requires a municipality to appropriate a portion of each appearance bond taken by a municipal police chief to the La. Association of Chiefs of Police. |
| Bill History: |
04-17-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 1 House Judiciary |
| HB 345 (1) | Arnold | Limits increases of ad valorem tax millages. |
| Bill History: |
04-07-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 347 | White | Prohibits the establishment of traffic offense quotas. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Judiciary |
| HB 348 | Talbot | Reduces the monetary amount in controversy necessary for a jury trial. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Civil Law |
| HB 351 | Hines | Creates green building standards for certain buildings. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 353 | Richardson | Authorizes the Central Community School Board to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax. |
| Bill History: |
05-31-08 G Effective |
| HB 357 | LaFonta | Requires health insurance coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine. |
| Bill History: |
04-21-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Insurance |
| HB 381 | Chandler | (Constitutional Amendment) Increases the homestead exemption to $15,000 and requires the yearly adjustment of such exemption. |
| Bill History: |
04-21-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 383 | LeBas | Requires health insurance issuers to pay local sales and use taxes on prescription drugs and pharmacist services under certain circumstances and provides penalties for violations. |
| Bill History: |
06-30-08 G Effective |
| HB 388 | Greene | Provides relative to component parts of immovable property. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 392 | Gallot | Removes provision which allows a public body to take up a matter not on the agenda of a public meeting. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 395 | Montoucet | Provides relative to firefighter supplemental pay. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 407 | Hardy | Prohibits use of a cellular telephone by any person while driving public transportation. |
| Bill History: |
05-05-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Transportation |
| HB 409 | Arnold | Provides for changes to the La. Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law. Became HB 1382. |
| Bill History: |
05-21-08 H Set on the House Orders |
| HB 414 | Kleckley | Creates a prescription period for relief against preferred provider organizations. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Withdrawn |
| HB 415 | Kleckley | Requires the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana to release copies of the Field Procedure Reference Guide for Public Protection. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Insurance |
| HB 416 | Ellington | Provides relative to the payment of sales and use tax rebate requests. |
| Bill History: |
06-20-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 417 | Baldone | Provides relative to the date interest begins to accrue on delinquent ad valorem taxes. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 432 | Hines | Restricts certain persons from giving a public servant food, drink, and refreshment valued at more than $50 in a 24-hour period. |
| Bill History: |
05-01-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 436 (1) | Arnold | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for restrictions on millage increases after reappraisal and valuation. |
| Bill History: |
05-08-08 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 48/N: 48) |
| HB 438 (1) | Ligi | Provides relative to drug testing of employees of local governmental subdivisions. |
| Bill History: |
06-17-08 G Effective |
| HB 440 (1) | Lorusso | Provides for centralized collection of local sales and use taxes. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Ways and Means |
| HB 441 | Greene | Expands the jurisdictional boundaries of the Baton Rouge City Court. |
| Bill History: |
05-14-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 1 House Judiciary |
| HB 442 (1) | Tucker | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for centralized collection of local sales and use taxes. |
| Bill History: |
04-28-08 H Withdrawn |
| HB 446 | Greene | Removes the requirement that Acts of the legislature be published in the official journal of the state. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. F Senate and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 452 | Cortez | Requires recognition of assignment of health insurance benefits to health care providers. |
| Bill History: |
05-07-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 2 House Insurance |
| HB 453 (1) | Tucker | Provides for centralized collection of local sales and use taxes. |
| Bill History: |
04-28-08 H Withdrawn |
| HB 456 | Honey | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the seizure of property owned by political subdivisions of the state. |
| Bill History: |
05-07-08 H Meeting set for At Adj. House Municipal and Parochial Affair |
| HB 458 | Hutter | Provides funding for the Department of Economic Development for purposes of the St. Bernard Economic Development Commission. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 461 | Ritchie | (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for transfer of the special assessment level to new property purchased to replace expropriated property. |
| Bill History: |
06-11-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 474 | Monica | Reduces the monetary amount in controversy necessary for a jury trial. |
| Bill History: |
04-28-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Civil Law |
| HB 485 | Lorusso | Provides for civil damages and prohibits the recovery of hedonic damages. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Civil Law |
| HB 490 | Katz | Provides relative to the effectiveness of sales and use taxes on the sale of admission tickets by Little Theater organizations. |
| Bill History: |
04-01-08 H Set on the House Orders |
| HB 495 | Lopinto | Provide relative to evacuations, curfews, and essential or critical workforce during a disaster or state emergency. |
| Bill History: |
06-16-08 G Effective |
| HB 512 | Peterson | Requires health insurance coverage of annual mammograms. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Meeting set for 10:00 A.M. RM. C Senate Insurance |
| HB 514 | Ponti | Excludes certain people involved in the construction, maintenance, or manufacturing of any refining or petrochemical facility from drug testing requirements. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 516 | Cortez | Provides relative to coverage of rehabilitative services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language pathology therapy. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 519 | LaBruzzo | Requires recognition of dual authorization of health insurance benefits. |
| Bill History: |
05-22-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 2 House Insurance |
| HB 521 | Montoucet | Relative to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System, increases non-service disability retirement eligibility from five years to 10 years of creditable service. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 535 | Ponti | Provides relative to allocation of death benefits to dependents of injured workers relative to workers' compensation. |
| Bill History: |
06-20-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 536 | Ponti | Provides relative to prescription on claims of reimbursement for medical treatments and services rendered relative to workers' compensation. |
| Bill History: |
04-16-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Labor and Industrial Relations |
| HB 537 | Ponti | Provides relative to the situs for workers' compensation hearings. |
| Bill History: |
04-16-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Labor and Industrial Relations |
| HB 543 | LaFonta | Provides for coverage of the hpv vaccine. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 2 House Insurance |
| HB 544 | Hutter | Expands authority of the Department of Transportation and Development for design build contracts. |
| Bill History: |
06-06-08 G Effective |
| HB 545 | Arnold | Provides for changes to the minimum standards for installation of manufactured homes. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 547 | Ponti | Provides for the time and procedure for submission of filing fees as relates to Workers' Compensation. |
| Bill History: |
06-20-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 551 | Peterson | Prohibits persons from serving on or being employed by any board or commission under certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: |
04-23-08 H Withdrawn |
| HB 553 | Arnold | Provides for changes to the Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured Housing. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 554 | Smith, Patricia | Provides relative to the discontinuance of business as relates to workers' compensation. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 555 | Kleckley | Provides for limitations on filing claims as relates to the claims-made insurance and claims-made Patient's Compensation Fund. |
| Bill History: |
05-06-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Insurance |
| HB 558 (1) | Downs | Requires public entities which advertise bids for construction of public works project to include an estimate of budget in the advertisement. |
| Bill History: |
06-19-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 559 | Greene | Provides with respect to the workers' compensation fee schedule. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Labor and Industrial Relations |
| HB 560 | Hutter | Adds an exception to Public Records Law for safety sensitive infrastructure. |
| Bill History: |
04-16-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M., RM. 3 House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 561 (1) | Abramson | Provides for the use of a portion of each appearance bond taken by municipal police chief by the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police for members and training. |
| Bill History: |
05-15-08 H Set on the House Orders |
| HB 562 | Peterson | Requires certain coverage of medically prescribed contraceptives and contraceptive services. |
| Bill History: |
05-06-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Insurance |
| HB 563 | Downs | Provides relative to the bid form for bidding on public works contracts. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-98 H Enrolled |
| HB 564 | Downs | Changes the terms of acceptance for projects constructed for public entities. |
| Bill History: |
05-12-08 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M. RM. 3 House Transportation |
| HB 567 (1) | Perry | Relative to operators of water systems. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 571 | Peterson | Provides relative to industrial development and prohibits industrial areas in newly created municipalities. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Municipal and Parochial Affairs |
| HB 575 | Ponti | Creates a prescriptive period for relief against preferred provider organizations. |
| Bill History: |
03-20-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Civil Law |
| HB 578 | Pugh | Changes the dates of qualifying for elections. |
| Bill History: |
04-10-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House and Governmental Affairs |
| HB 579 | Smith, Jane | Provides for a time limit for certain refunds of overpayments of taxes. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 582 | Tucker | Revises the capital outlay process and the priorities and other content of the Capital Outlay Bill. |
| Bill History: |
06-09-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs |
| HB 589 | Kleckley | Dedicates a portion of state revenues from gaming activities conducted on riverboats in Lake Charles to road improvements. |
| Bill History: |
06-02-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 5 House Appropriations |
| HB 591 | Danahay | Provides relative to the salaries of certain members of the police department of the city of Sulphur. |
| Bill History: |
04-01-08 G Effective |
| HB 593 | Carmody | Increases the contract limit on certain contracts advertised and let by Caddo Parish. |
| Bill History: |
05-08-08 H Failed to pass (Vote: Y: 36/N: 51) |
| HB 601 | Arnold | Provides for changes to the eligibility for supplemental pay for police officers and firefighters of certain agencies. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-08 H Enrolled |
| HB 607 | Lopinto | Increases the amount of time on the remittance of taxes by a motor vehicle dealer. |
| Bill History: |
06-18-08 S Enrolled |
| HB 610 | White | Provides for electronic bidding at the local level. |
| Bill History: |
01-01-09 G Effective |
| HB 612 (1) | Greene | Provides for an exemption from the occupational license tax for certain businesses and professions. |
| Bill History: |
05-05-08 H Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. RM. 6 House Ways and Means |
| HB 635 | Greene | Requires financial disclosure by certain persons as relates to the Governor's Transition Team. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 S Set on the Senate Orders |
| HB 641 | Jackson, G. | Provides for changes to accessibility for disabled individuals in certain facilities. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 644 | White | Changes the phase-in of the dedication of sales tax on new and used motor vehicles. |
| Bill History: |
03-20-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Appropriations |