House Voice Votes

The following bills passed the House by Voice Vote last week:


H.R. 3625: To make permanent the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or national emergency.

H.R. 3375: To extend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months

H.R. 1943: Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2007
To provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons.

H.R. 1302: Global Poverty Act of 2007
To require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.

H.R. 3540: Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1389: Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act
To establish the Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes.

H.Con.Res. 140: Financial Services Diversity Initiative
Recognizing the low presence of minorities in the financial services industry and minorities and women in upper level positions of management, and expressing the sense of the Congress that active measures should be taken to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry.