Bills About Government Operations And Politics Sponsored by Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)

Rep. Cohen sponsored 22 bills about government operations and politics in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Oct. 1, 2020	H.R.8481	To amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
July 29, 2020	H.R.7829	To redesignate the Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Building".	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
June 30, 2020	H.RES.1032	Instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to further its inquiry into the misconduct of William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States.	38	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Jan. 3, 2019	H.R.118	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote early voting in elections for Federal office and to prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections, and for other purposes.	18	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan. 3, 2019	H.J.RES.7	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.	11	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
March 20, 2018	H.R.5349	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1320 Autumn Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, as the "Judge Russell B. Sugarmon Post Office Building".	8	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 115-291.
Nov. 15, 2017	H.RES.621	Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.	17	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov. 3, 2017	H.R.4244	To require the release of all records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
July 19, 2017	H.RES.456	Objecting to the conduct of the President of the United States.	32	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Feb. 1, 2017	H.R.787	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote early voting in elections for Federal office and to prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections, and for other purposes.	32	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan. 5, 2017	H.J.RES.19	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.	5	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Dec. 1, 2016	H.J.RES.104	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Oct. 22, 2015	H.R.3801	To redesignate the Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Building".	16	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Jan. 20, 2015	H.R.411	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote early voting in elections for Federal office and to prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections, and for other purposes.	30	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan. 16, 2014	H.R.3909	To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the payment of a bill, invoice, or statement of account due, if made by mail, shall be considered to have been made on the date as of which the envelope which is used to transmit such payment is postmarked.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan. 16, 2014	H.R.3910	To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to provide nonpostal services, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Oct. 23, 2013	H.R.3321	To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each voter registration agency in a State which requires an individual to present a government-issued photo identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to provide such an identification without charge upon request to any such individual who does not otherwise possess one, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
March 1, 2012	H.R.4126	To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each voter registration agency in a State which requires an individual to present a government-issued photo identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to provide such an identification without charge upon request to any such individual who does not otherwise possess one, and for other purposes.	11	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
Feb. 9, 2012	H.R.4003	To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the payment of a bill, invoice, or statement of account due, if made by mail, shall be considered to have been made on the date as of which the envelope which is used to transmit such payment is postmarked.	8	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Sept. 23, 2011	H.R.3047	To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to provide nonpostal services, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
May 5, 2009	H.R.2247	To amend title 5, United States Code, to make technical amendments to certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, enacted by the Congressional Review Act.	3	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
March 6, 2008	H.R.5548	To provide for the continued availability of automated stamp vending machines at facilities of the United States Postal Service serving underserved communities, and for other purposes.	3	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.

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