Recognizing the importance and positive contributions of chemistry to our everyday lives and supporting the…

Full title

Recognizing the importance and positive contributions of chemistry to our everyday lives and supporting the goals and ideals of National Chemistry Week.

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IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

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D HoltSponsor

21 cosponsors · 15 D, 6 R

4 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Sep 21, 2005
House Passed Oct 17, 2005 366–2

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) recognizes that the important contributions of chemical scientists and engineers to technological progress and the health of many industries have created new jobs, boosted economic growth, and improved the Nation's health and standard of living; and (2) supports the goals of National Chemistry Week as founded…

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Oct 17, 2005

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Oct 17, 2005 · 366 Yea – 2 Nay Adoption (two-thirds required) Speaker: J. Dennis Hastert

About this bill and sources

Official title: Recognizing the importance and positive contributions of chemistry to our everyday lives and supporting the goals and ideals of National Chemistry Week.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Yea
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Yea
Terry Everett	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Bud Cramer	D	AL-5	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Yea
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Yea
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Yea
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Yea
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Nay
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Yea
J.D. Hayworth	R	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Nay
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Not Voting
Jim Kolbe	R	AZ-8	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Yea
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	Yea
Richard Pombo	R	CA-11	Not Voting
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12	Yea
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Not Voting
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Yea
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Yea
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Yea
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Yea
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Bill Thomas	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Yea
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Not Voting
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Not Voting
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Yea
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Not Voting
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Yea
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Yea
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Not Voting
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	Yea
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Not Voting
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Yea
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Not Voting
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Yea
John Doolittle	R	CA-4	Yea
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Yea
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Yea
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Yea
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Not Voting
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Yea
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Yea
Duke Cunningham	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Yea
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Yea
George Miller	D	CA-7	Yea
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	Yea
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Yea
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO-4	Yea
Joel Hefley	R	CO-5	Yea
Tom Tancredo	R	CO-6	Yea
Bob Beauprez	R	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Rob Simmons	R	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Christopher Shays	R	CT-4	Yea
Nancy Johnson	R	CT-5	Yea
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Yea
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Yea
C. Young	R	FL-10	Yea
Jim Davis	D	FL-11	Not Voting
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Yea
Katherine Harris	R	FL-13	Not Voting
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Yea
Dave Weldon	R	FL-15	Yea
Mark Foley	R	FL-16	Yea
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Yea
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Not Voting
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Yea
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Not Voting
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Not Voting
E. Shaw	R	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Yea
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Not Voting
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Not Voting
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Yea
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Ric Keller	R	FL-8	Not Voting
Michael Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Yea
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Yea
Nathan Deal	R	GA-10	Yea
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Yea
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Not Voting
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Jim Marshall	D	GA-3	Yea
Cynthia McKinney	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Yea
John Linder	R	GA-7	Yea
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-8	Yea
Charlie Norwood	R	GA-9	Yea
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Yea
Ed Case	D	HI-2	Not Voting
Jim Nussle	R	IA-1	Yea
Jim Leach	R	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Not Voting
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-5	Not Voting
Butch Otter	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Not Voting
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Yea
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Yea
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Not Voting
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Yea
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Yea
Lane Evans	D	IL-17	Yea
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	Not Voting
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Not Voting
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	Yea
Henry Hyde	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Not Voting
Chris Chocola	R	IN-2	Yea
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Yea
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Yea
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Yea
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
Julia Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
John Hostettler	R	IN-8	Yea
Michael Sodrel	R	IN-9	Yea
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Yea
Jim Ryun	R	KS-2	Not Voting
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Yea
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Yea
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Yea
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2	Yea
Anne Northup	R	KY-3	Yea
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Not Voting
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Yea
Bobby Jindal	R	LA-1	Yea
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	Yea
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Yea
Jim McCrery	R	LA-4	Yea
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Not Voting
Richard Baker	R	LA-6	Yea
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Yea
John Olver	D	MA-1	Yea
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Not Voting
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Not Voting
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Yea
Marty Meehan	D	MA-5	Yea
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Yea
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Yea
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Yea
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD-3	Not Voting
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Yea
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	Yea
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Yea
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Yea
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Yea
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Not Voting
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Yea
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Not Voting
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Yea
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Yea
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Yea
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Yea
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Yea
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Joe Schwarz	R	MI-7	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Yea
Joe Knollenberg	R	MI-9	Yea
Gil Gutknecht	R	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Jim Ramstad	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Martin Sabo	D	MN-5	Yea
Mark Kennedy	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Yea
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Yea
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Yea
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Yea
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO-9	Yea
Roger Wicker	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Not Voting
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Not Voting
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Charles Taylor	R	NC-11	Yea
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Not Voting
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Yea
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Yea
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Yea
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Not Voting
Tom Osborne	R	NE-3	Yea
Jeb Bradley	R	NH-1	Yea
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Yea
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Yea
Bob Menendez	D	NJ-13	Not Voting
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Jim Saxton	R	NJ-3	Not Voting
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Not Voting
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Yea
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Yea
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	Yea
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Yea
Jim Gibbons	R	NV-2	Not Voting
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Yea
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Not Voting
Major Owens	D	NY-11	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Yea
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Yea
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Not Voting
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Not Voting
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Yea
Sue Kelly	R	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Yea
John Sweeney	R	NY-20	Yea
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Yea
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Yea
John McHugh	R	NY-23	Yea
Sherry Boehlert	R	NY-24	Yea
Jim Walsh	R	NY-25	Yea
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY-26	Not Voting
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Yea
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Yea
Randy Kuhl	R	NY-29	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Yea
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Yea
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Not Voting
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Yea
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Yea
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	Not Voting
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13	Yea
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Yea
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Yea
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Yea
Bob Ney	R	OH-18	Yea
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Yea
Michael Oxley	R	OH-4	Not Voting
Paul Gillmor	R	OH-5	Yea
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6	Not Voting
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Yea
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Not Voting
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Ernest Istook	R	OK-5	Not Voting
David Wu	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Not Voting
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Not Voting
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Not Voting
Don Sherwood	R	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Yea
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Yea
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Yea
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Yea
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Yea
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Yea
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Yea
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Yea
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Yea
Phil English	R	PA-3	Yea
Melissa Hart	R	PA-4	Yea
John Peterson	R	PA-5	Yea
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Not Voting
Curt Weldon	R	PA-7	Yea
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Not Voting
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Yea
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Yea
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Yea
Bill Jenkins	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Yea
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Yea
Harold Ford	D	TN-9	Not Voting
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Yea
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Yea
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Not Voting
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Not Voting
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Yea
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Yea
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Tom DeLay	R	TX-22	Yea
Henry Bonilla	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Yea
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Yea
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Yea
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Yea
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
Chris Cannon	R	UT-3	Yea
Jo Ann Davis	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Yea
Tom Davis	R	VA-11	Yea
Thelma Drake	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Yea
Virgil Goode	R	VA-5	Not Voting
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Yea
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Not Voting
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Not Voting
Bernie Sanders	I	VT-AL	Not Voting
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Yea
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Yea
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Yea
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Yea
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Yea
Mark Green	R	WI-8	Yea
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Yea
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Yea
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	Yea

Recognizing the importance and positive contributions of chemistry to our everyday lives and supporting the…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Oct 17, 2005