H.Res. 494 — 109th Congress

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 554) to prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by civil liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with weight gain or obesity.

Originated in the House · Introduced Oct 17, 2005 · Congress

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Latest action

Oct 18, 2005

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

CRS summary

As of Oct 18, 2005

Passed House without amendment

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

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 554 (Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act of 2005).

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Oct 18, 2005 · On Agreeing to the Resolution

Full roll call

Passed (310–114)

223 of 433 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea — 310: 96 R · 44 D · 1 I

Member	Party	State
PORTER, Jon C.	—	NV
RAMSTAD, James	—	MN
DICKS, Norman DeValois	—	WA
HYDE, Henry John	—	IL
CASTLE, Michael Newbold	—	DE
WELLER, Gerald C.	—	IL
SHADEGG, John B.	—	AZ
BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner	—	MD
BOREN, Daniel David	—	OK
CHANDLER, A. B.	—	KY
OTTER, C. L.	—	ID
PETERSON, John	—	PA
LEWIS, Charles Jeremy	—	CA
DRAKE, Thelma D.	—	VA
PUTNAM, Adam	—	FL
FOSSELLA, Vito John	—	NY
MCCRERY, James O., III	—	LA
LAHOOD, Ray H.	—	IL
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.	—	OH
HART, Melissa A.	—	PA
GILLMOR, Paul Eugene	—	OH
ALEXANDER, Rodney	—	LA
SHERWOOD, Don	—	PA
RYUN, Jim	—	KS
EHLERS, Vernon James	—	MI
AKIN, W. Todd	—	MO
GORDON, Barton Jennings	—	TN
GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W.	—	MN
SWEENEY, John E.	—	NY
HOSTETTLER, John Nathan	—	IN
LINDER, John Elmer	—	GA
RENZI, Rick	—	AZ
MOORE, Dennis	—	KS
BUYER, Stephen Earle	—	IN
REYES, Silvestre	—	TX
HAYWORTH, John D., Jr.	—	AZ
JOHNSON, Timothy V.	—	IL
FRANK, Barney	—	MA
DOOLITTLE, John Taylor	—	CA
BROWN-WAITE, Virginia	—	FL
HOBSON, David Lee	—	OH
KENNEDY, Mark	—	MN
BONILLA, Henry	—	TX
SIMMONS, Robert	—	CT
CHOCOLA, Chris	—	IN
KUHL, John R. (Randy), Jr.	—	NY
TANCREDO, Thomas G.	—	CO
BASS, Charles Foster	—	NH
SOUDER, Mark Edward	—	IN
TANNER, John S.	—	TN
SHAYS, Christopher H.	—	CT
DAVIS, Thomas M., III	—	VA
OSBORNE, Thomas	—	NE
GREEN, Mark	—	WI
NORTHUP, Anne Meagher	—	KY
MANZULLO, Donald A.	—	IL
REYNOLDS, Thomas M.	—	NY
BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr.	—	SC
INGLIS, Robert Durden	—	SC
BIGGERT, Judy Borg	—	IL
HOOLEY, Darlene	—	OR
RADANOVICH, George P.	—	CA
McCOTTER, Thaddeus George	—	MI
MUSGRAVE, Marilyn N	—	CO
FERGUSON, Michael	—	NJ
TAYLOR, Gary Eugene	—	MS
KOLBE, James Thomas	—	AZ
SULLIVAN, John	—	OK
ORTIZ, Solomon P.	—	TX
WILSON, Heather	—	NM
BOUCHER, Frederick C.	—	VA
KNOLLENBERG, Joseph	—	MI
BEAN, Melissa L.	—	IL
BOYD, F. Allen, Jr.	—	FL
SALAZAR, John	—	CO
SCHMIDT, Jean	—	OH
POMBO, Richard William	—	CA
McHUGH, John Michael	—	NY
DREIER, David Timothy	—	CA
BERKLEY, Shelley	—	NV
HARMAN, Jane L.	—	CA
HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie	—	SD
SODREL, Michael E.	—	IN
GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas	—	MD
MARSHALL, Jim	—	GA
YOUNG, Charles William	—	FL
TAYLOR, Charles Hart	—	NC
DAVIS, Artur	—	AL
CANTOR, Eric	—	VA
REHBERG, Denny	—	MT
BARRETT, James Gresham	—	SC
PAUL, Ronald Ernest	—	TX
DeLAY, Thomas Dale	—	TX
JOHNSON, Nancy Lee	—	CT
BACA, Joe	—	CA
PLATTS, Todd	—	PA
STEARNS, Clifford Bundy	—	FL
WELDON, Wayne Curtis	—	PA
SCHWARZ, John J. H.	—	MI
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV	—	MO
WU, David	—	OR
HEFLEY, Joel M.	—	CO
CANNON, Christopher B.	—	UT
CUBIN, Barbara L.	—	WY
MACK, Connie, IV	—	FL
KELLY, Sue W.	—	NY
GIBBONS, James A.	—	NV
HULSHOF, Kenny	—	MO
REGULA, Ralph Straus	—	OH
BRADLEY, Jeb	—	NH
PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr.	—	MS
DAVIS, Lincoln	—	TN
GOODE, Virgil H., Jr.	—	VA
KILDEE, Dale Edward	—	MI
BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis	—	NY
EVERETT, Robert Terry	—	AL
LEWIS, Ron	—	KY
CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr.	—	AL
ROSS, Michael Avery	—	AR
WAMP, Zachary Paul	—	TN
CUNNINGHAM, Randall	—	CA
POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III	—	ND
HOEKSTRA, Peter	—	MI
BILIRAKIS, Michael	—	FL
FEENEY, Tom	—	FL
KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph	—	RI
EMERSON, Jo Ann	—	MO
SNYDER, Victor F.	—	AR
MYRICK, Sue	—	NC
LUNGREN, Daniel Edward	—	CA
BEAUPREZ, Bob	—	CO
JINDAL, Bobby	—	LA
THOMAS, William Marshall	—	CA
SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr.	—	FL
DEAL, John Nathan	—	GA
NEY, Robert William	—	OH
JENKINS, William Lewis	—	TN
BURTON, Danny Lee	—	IN
LEACH, James Albert Smith	—	IA
HARRIS, Katherine	—	FL
ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan	—	PA
NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr.	—	GA
EDWARDS, Thomas Chester	—	TX
BERRY, Robert Marion	—	AR
DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln	—	FL
DAVIS, Jo Ann	—	VA
WALSH, James T.	—	NY
EMANUEL, Rahm	—	IL
BONO, Mary	—	CA
FOLEY, Mark A.	—	FL
WELDON, David Joseph	—	FL
DAVIS, Geoffrey C.	—	KY
HERGER, Walter William	—	CA
OXLEY, Michael Garver	—	OH
GALLEGLY, Elton W.	—	CA
NUSSLE, James Allen	—	IA
MELANCON, Charles J.	—	LA
WYNN, Albert Russell	—	MD
HUNTER, Duncan Lee	—	CA
BAKER, Richard Hugh	—	LA
PENCE, Mike	—	IN
ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr.	—	OK
GONZALEZ, Charles A.	—	TX
PRYCE, Deborah D.	—	OH
BONNER, Jr., Josiah Robins	—	AL
CARSON, Julia May	—	IN
HAYES, Robert Cannon	—	NC
SAXTON, Hugh James	—	NJ
TIAHRT, Todd	—	KS
Jim Costa	Democrat	CA
Linda T. Sánchez	Democrat	CA
Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	CA
Mike Thompson	Democrat	CA
Nancy Pelosi	Democrat	CA
Susan A. Davis	Democrat	CA
Diana DeGette	Democrat	CO
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democrat	FL
David Scott	Democrat	GA
John Barrow	Democrat	GA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Democrat	GA
Ed Case	Democrat	HI
Luis V. Gutiérrez	Democrat	IL
Richard E. Neal	Democrat	MA
Stephen F. Lynch	Democrat	MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Democrat	MD
Chris Van Hollen	Democrat	MD
Steny H. Hoyer	Democrat	MD
Michael H. Michaud	Democrat	ME
John Conyers, Jr.	Democrat	MI
John D. Dingell	Democrat	MI
Collin C. Peterson	Democrat	MN
Mike McIntyre	Democrat	NC
Robert Menendez	Democrat	NJ
Brian Higgins	Democrat	NY
Charles B. Rangel	Democrat	NY
José E. Serrano	Democrat	NY
Steve Israel	Democrat	NY
Timothy H. Bishop	Democrat	NY
Peter A. DeFazio	Democrat	OR
Allyson Y. Schwartz	Democrat	PA
Michael F. Doyle	Democrat	PA
James R. Langevin	Democrat	RI
Jim Cooper	Democrat	TN
Gene Green	Democrat	TX
Henry Cuellar	Democrat	TX
Rubén Hinojosa	Democrat	TX
Sheila Jackson Lee	Democrat	TX
Jim Matheson	Democrat	UT
James P. Moran	Democrat	VA
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Democrat	VA
Adam Smith	Democrat	WA
Rick Larsen	Democrat	WA
Ron Kind	Democrat	WI
Bernard Sanders	Independent	VT
Don Young	Republican	AK
Mike Rogers	Republican	AL
Robert B. Aderholt	Republican	AL
Spencer Bachus	Republican	AL
John Boozman	Republican	AR
Jeff Flake	Republican	AZ
Trent Franks	Republican	AZ
Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	CA
Darrell Issa	Republican	CA
Devin Nunes	Republican	CA
Edward R. Royce	Republican	CA
Gary G. Miller	Republican	CA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon	Republican	CA
Ken Calvert	Republican	CA
Ander Crenshaw	Republican	FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	FL
Jeff Miller	Republican	FL
John L. Mica	Republican	FL
Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	FL
Lynn A. Westmoreland	Republican	GA
Phil Gingrey	Republican	GA
Tom Price	Republican	GA
Steve King	Republican	IA
Tom Latham	Republican	IA
Michael K. Simpson	Republican	ID
John Shimkus	Republican	IL
Mark Kirk	Republican	IL
Jerry Moran	Republican	KS
Ed Whitfield	Republican	KY
Harold Rogers	Republican	KY
Charles W. Boustany Jr.	Republican	LA
Candice S. Miller	Republican	MI
Dave Camp	Republican	MI
Fred Upton	Republican	MI
Mike Rogers	Republican	MI
John Kline	Republican	MN
Roy Blunt	Republican	MO
Sam Graves	Republican	MO
Roger F. Wicker	Republican	MS
Howard Coble	Republican	NC
Patrick T. McHenry	Republican	NC
Virginia Foxx	Republican	NC
Walter B. Jones	Republican	NC
Jeff Fortenberry	Republican	NE
Lee Terry	Republican	NE
Christopher H. Smith	Republican	NJ
Frank A. LoBiondo	Republican	NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Republican	NJ
Scott Garrett	Republican	NJ
Stevan Pearce	Republican	NM
Peter T. King	Republican	NY
John A. Boehner	Republican	OH
Michael R. Turner	Republican	OH
Patrick J. Tiberi	Republican	OH
Steve Chabot	Republican	OH
Frank D. Lucas	Republican	OK
Tom Cole	Republican	OK
Greg Walden	Republican	OR
Bill Shuster	Republican	PA
Charles W. Dent	Republican	PA
Jim Gerlach	Republican	PA
Joseph R. Pitts	Republican	PA
Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Republican	PA
Tim Murphy	Republican	PA
Joe Wilson	Republican	SC
John J. Duncan, Jr.	Republican	TN
Marsha Blackburn	Republican	TN
Jeb Hensarling	Republican	TX
Joe Barton	Republican	TX
John Abney Culberson	Republican	TX
John R. Carter	Republican	TX
K. Michael Conaway	Republican	TX
Kay Granger	Republican	TX
Kenny Marchant	Republican	TX
Kevin Brady	Republican	TX
Lamar Smith	Republican	TX
Louie Gohmert	Republican	TX
Mac Thornberry	Republican	TX
Michael C. Burgess	Republican	TX
Michael T. McCaul	Republican	TX
Pete Sessions	Republican	TX
Ralph M. Hall	Republican	TX
Randy Neugebauer	Republican	TX
Sam Johnson	Republican	TX
Ted Poe	Republican	TX
Rob Bishop	Republican	UT
Bob Goodlatte	Republican	VA
Frank R. Wolf	Republican	VA
J. Randy Forbes	Republican	VA
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	WA
David G. Reichert	Republican	WA
Doc Hastings	Republican	WA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Republican	WI
Paul D. Ryan	Republican	WI
Thomas E. Petri	Republican	WI
Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	WV

Nay — 114: 64 D

Member	Party	State
CARDOZA, Dennis A.	—	CA
MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby	—	WV
ALLEN, Thomas H.	—	ME
WATT, Melvin L.	—	NC
BERMAN, Howard Lawrence	—	CA
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.	—	CA
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.	—	IL
ROTHMAN, Steven	—	NJ
KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks	—	MI
WEXLER, Robert	—	FL
OWENS, Major Robert Odell	—	NY
McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann	—	GA
OBEY, David Ross	—	WI
WATSON, Diane Edith	—	CA
TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane	—	CA
EVANS, Lane Allen	—	IL
KUCINICH, Dennis	—	OH
MILLER, Brad	—	NC
SOLIS, Hilda L.	—	CA
OBERSTAR, James Louis	—	MN
LANTOS, Thomas Peter	—	CA
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita	—	CA
TOWNS, Edolphus	—	NY
STRICKLAND, Ted	—	OH
MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr.	—	PA
DELAHUNT, Bill	—	MA
HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea	—	NY
FORD, Harold, Jr.	—	TN
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.	—	CA
MEEHAN, Martin Thomas	—	MA
INSLEE, Jay Robert	—	WA
ABERCROMBIE, Neil	—	HI
COSTELLO, Jerry Francis	—	IL
ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard	—	NY
SABO, Martin Olav	—	MN
SPRATT, John McKee, Jr.	—	SC
HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy	—	PA
CARNAHAN, Russ	—	MO
MEEK, Kendrick B.	—	FL
ETHERIDGE, Bobby R.	—	NC
STUPAK, Bart T.	—	MI
KANJORSKI, Paul E.	—	PA
JEFFERSON, William Jennings	—	LA
WEINER, Anthony D.	—	NY
JONES, Stephanie Tubbs	—	OH
FILNER, Bob	—	CA
McNULTY, Michael Robert	—	NY
PAYNE, Donald Milford	—	NJ
OLVER, John Walter	—	MA
BAIRD, Brian	—	WA
Ed Pastor	Democrat	AZ
Anna G. Eshoo	Democrat	CA
Barbara Lee	Democrat	CA
Brad Sherman	Democrat	CA
Doris O. Matsui	Democrat	CA
George Miller	Democrat	CA
Grace F. Napolitano	Democrat	CA
Henry A. Waxman	Democrat	CA
Lois Capps	Democrat	CA
Maxine Waters	Democrat	CA
Michael M. Honda	Democrat	CA
Sam Farr	Democrat	CA
Xavier Becerra	Democrat	CA
Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	CA
Mark Udall	Democrat	CO
John B. Larson	Democrat	CT
Rosa L. DeLauro	Democrat	CT
Alcee L. Hastings	Democrat	FL
Corrine Brown	Democrat	FL
Bobby L. Rush	Democrat	IL
Daniel Lipinski	Democrat	IL
Danny K. Davis	Democrat	IL
Janice D. Schakowsky	Democrat	IL
Peter J. Visclosky	Democrat	IN
Edward J. Markey	Democrat	MA
James P. McGovern	Democrat	MA
John F. Tierney	Democrat	MA
Michael E. Capuano	Democrat	MA
Benjamin L. Cardin	Democrat	MD
Elijah E. Cummings	Democrat	MD
Sander M. Levin	Democrat	MI
Betty McCollum	Democrat	MN
Emanuel Cleaver	Democrat	MO
Wm. Lacy Clay	Democrat	MO
Bennie G. Thompson	Democrat	MS
David E. Price	Democrat	NC
G. K. Butterfield	Democrat	NC
Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Rush Holt	Democrat	NJ
Tom Udall	Democrat	NM
Carolyn B. Maloney	Democrat	NY
Carolyn McCarthy	Democrat	NY
Eliot L. Engel	Democrat	NY
Gregory W. Meeks	Democrat	NY
Jerrold Nadler	Democrat	NY
Joseph Crowley	Democrat	NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Democrat	NY
Nita M. Lowey	Democrat	NY
Nydia M. Velázquez	Democrat	NY
Marcy Kaptur	Democrat	OH
Sherrod Brown	Democrat	OH
Tim Ryan	Democrat	OH
Earl Blumenauer	Democrat	OR
Chaka Fattah	Democrat	PA
Robert A. Brady	Democrat	PA
James E. Clyburn	Democrat	SC
Al Green	Democrat	TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democrat	TX
Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	TX
Jim McDermott	Democrat	WA
Gwen Moore	Democrat	WI
Tammy Baldwin	Democrat	WI
Nick J. Rahall II	Democrat	WV

Not Voting — 9: 4 D · 1 R

Member	Party	State
KELLER, Richard	—	FL
BOSWELL, Leonard L.	—	IA
DAVIS, Jim	—	FL
ANDREWS, Robert Ernest	—	NJ
Raúl M. Grijalva	Democrat	AZ
Adam B. Schiff	Democrat	CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	CA
John Lewis	Democrat	GA
Jack Kingston	Republican	GA

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