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Candidate Notes on 07-HR1881

 


07-HR1881 on Apr 17, 2007

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to:
  1. convene, on behalf of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, a Treatments, Interventions, and Services Evaluation Task Force to evaluate evidence-based biomedical and behavioral treatments and services for individuals with autism;
  2. establish a multi-year demonstration grant program for states to provide evidence-based autism treatments, interventions, and services.
  3. establish planning and demonstration grant programs for adults with autism;
  4. award grants to states for access to autism services following diagnosis;
  5. award grants to

University Centers of Excellence for Developmental Disabilities to provide services and address the unmet needs of individuals with autism and their families;
  • make grants to protection and advocacy systems to address the needs of individuals with autism and other emerging populations of individuals with disabilities; and
  • award a grant to a national nonprofit organization for the establishment and maintenance of a national technical assistance center for autism services and information dissemination.
  • Directs the Comptroller General to issue a report on the financing of autism services and treatments.



    • Democrats participating in 07-HR1881

    Tom Allen s1oMaine Democrat
    Jason Altmire s1oPennsylvania Democrat
    Tammy Baldwin s1oWisconsin Democrat
    John Barrow s1oGeorgia Democrat
    Shelley Berkley s1oNevada Democrat
    Howard Berman s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Leonard Boswell s1oIowa Democrat
    Rick Boucher s1oVirginia Democrat
    Barbara Boxer s1oCA Democratic incumbent
    Bruce Braley s1oIowa Democrat
    Sherrod Brown s1oOH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
    Benjamin Cardin s1oMaryland Democrat
    Russ Carnahan s1oMissouri Democrat
    Chris Carney s1oPennsylvania Democrat
    Julia Carson s1oIndiana Democrat
    Kathy Castor s1oFlorida Democrat
    William Lacy Clay s1oMissouri Democrat
    Hillary Clinton s1pNY Democrat Jr Senator
    Joseph Crowley s1oNew York Democrat
    Danny Davis s1oIllinois Democrat
    Peter Defazio s1oOregon Democrat
    Diana DeGette s1oColorado Democrat
    Mike Doyle s1pPennsylvania Democrat
    Chet Edwards s1oTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
    Keith Ellison s1oMinnesota Democrat
    Eliot Engel s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Bob Filner s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Kirsten Gillibrand s1oNew York Democrat
    Bart Gordon s1oTennessee Democrat
    Gene Green s1oTexas Democrat
    Raul Grijalva s1oArizona Democrat
    John Hall s1oNew York Democrat
    Ruben Hinojosa s1oTexas Democrat
    Tim Holden s1oPennsylvania Democrat
    Rush Holt s1oNew Jersey Democrat
    Mike Honda s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Steve Israel s1oNew York Democrat
    Hank Johnson s1oGeorgia Democrat
    Dale Kildee s1oMichigan Democrat
    Amy Klobuchar s1oMN DFL challenger, Hennepin County Attorney
    Frank Lautenberg s1oNJ Democrat Sr Senator
    Zoe Lofgren s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Nita Lowey s1oNew York Democrat
    Carolyn Maloney s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Jerry McNerney s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Michael McNulty s1oNew York Democratic/Ind./Cons.
    Robert Menendez s1oNew Jersey Democrat
    Brad Miller s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
    George Miller s1oCalifornia Democrat
    James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
    Patrick Murphy s1oPennsylvania Democrat
    Jerrold Nadler s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
    Barack Obama s1oIL Democratic Jr Senator
    James Oberstar s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
    Collin Peterson s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
    Nick Rahall s1oWest Virginia Democrat
    Silvestre Reyes s1oTexas Democrat
    Steven Rothman s1oNew Jersey Democrat
    Jan Schakowsky s1oIllinois Democrat
    Adam Schiff s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Jose Serrano s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Joe Sestak s1oPennsylvania Democrat
    Vic Snyder s1oArkansas Democrat
    Hilda Solis s1oCalifornia Democrat
    John Tierney s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Ed Towns s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Tim Walz s1oMinnesota Democrat
    Sheldon Whitehouse s1oRI Democratic challenger, previously attorney general
    Lynn Woolsey s1oCalifornia Democrat
    John Yarmuth s1oKentucky Democrat



    Republicans participating in 07-HR1881

    Wayne Allard s1oCO Republican Jr Senator
    Mary Bono s1oCalifornia Republican
    Norm Coleman s1oMN Republican Jr Senator
    Tom Davis s1oVirginia Republican
    Pete Domenici s1oNM Republican Sr Senator
    Bobby Jindal s1oLA Republican
    Frank LoBiondo s1oNew Jersey Republican
    Thad McCotter s1oMichigan Republican
    John McHugh s1oNew York Republican/Conservative
    Tim Murphy s1oPennsylvania Republican
    Charles Pickering s1oMississippi Republican
    Todd Platts s1oPennsylvania Republican
    Ileana Ros-Lehtinen s1oFlorida Republican
    Pete Sessions s1oTexas Republican
    Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican
    Christopher Smith s1oNew Jersey Republican
    Mark Souder s1oIndiana Republican
    Lee Terry s1oNebraska Republican
    Mike Turner s1oOhio Republican
    Zach Wamp s1oTennessee Republican



    Independents participating in 07-HR1881

    Bernie Sanders s1oVermont Independent



    Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

    Democrats: 73
    Republicans: 20
    Independents: 1