Representative Sanford Bishop, Democratic from Georgia

Sanford Bishop

Sponsored Legislation

Sanford Bishop has sponsored 142 bills and cosponsored 6,295 bills across 33 years in Congress. Rep. Bishop's top legislative focus is Armed Forces and National Security, followed by Agriculture and Food. See how this shapes their voting record and committee assignments.
HR 7761
To reauthorize and improve the relending program to resolve ownership and succession on farmland, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 7762
To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program to provide recovery payments to producers of seasonal and perishable crops that experience low prices caused by imports, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 5422
Military Housing Performance Insight Act
In Committee
HR 1369
President Jimmy Carter Congressional Gold Medal Act
In Committee
HR 333
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
In Committee
HR 9647
President Jimmy Carter Congressional Gold Medal Act
In Committee
HR 9600
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Main Street in Plains, Georgia, as the "Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office".
Passed
HR 9240
Protecting Our Produce Act
In Committee
HR 8198
Heirs Education and Investment to Resolve Succession of Property Act
In Committee
HCONRES 104
Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state of the remains of Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last Medal of Honor recipient for acts performed during the Korean conflict.
In Committee
HCONRES 103
Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in honor of the remains of Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last Medal of Honor recipient for acts performed during the Korean conflict.
In Committee
HRES 910
Honoring the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
In Committee
HR 1480
Beagle Brigade Act of 2023
Active
HR 333
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
In Committee
HRES 30
Recognizing the 94th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 40th anniversary of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday.
In Committee
HR 8432
Beagle Brigade Act of 2022
In Committee
HR 8350
Senator Johnny Isakson VA Regional Office Act of 2022
In Committee
HR 8239
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023
Active
HR 5346
Equal Access to the Right Nutrition for Military Families (EARN) Act of 2021
In Committee
HR 4356
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
Active
HR 3475
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Columbus, Georgia, as the "Robert S. Poydasheff VA Clinic".
Passed
HRES 271
Recognizing the importance of the blueberry industry to the United States and supporting the designation of July 2021 as National Blueberry Month.
Active
HR 2080
SAVE Act of 2021
In Committee
HR 333
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
In Committee
HRES 1054
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable John Lewis.
Active
HR 7610
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
Active
HCONRES 101
Expressing support for democratic elections in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
In Committee
HR 5472
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Redesignation Act
Passed
HR 5471
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida for benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
In Committee
HR 5060
Medical Retiree Pay Restoration Act
In Committee
Amendment 425
House Amendment 425
Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 3164
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Active
HR 2620
Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act
In Committee
HRES 196
Recognizing the American Peanut Shellers Association for their exemplary services and dedicated efforts to support our Nation's peanut industry over the past 100 years.
In Committee
Amendment 2
House Amendment 2
Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 333
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
In Committee
HR 283
To adjust the boundaries of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 265
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
In Committee
HR 6719
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 12th Street Lobby in Columbus, Georgia, as the "Richard W. Williams Chapter of the Triple Nickles (555th P.I.A.) Post Office".
In Committee
Amendment 695
House Amendment 695
Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 2891
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida for benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
In Committee
HR 538
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act
Active
HR 333
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
In Committee
HR 5561
Max Cleland Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2016
In Committee
HR 5248
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida for benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
In Committee
Amendment 108
House Amendment 108
Active
HR 482
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2016
In Committee
HR 333
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
In Committee
HRES 674
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that sedentary lifestyles are a public health issue and supporting the designation of a National Get Vertical Day to recognize the importance of preventing physical inactivity and encouraging adults to live physically active lifestyles.
In Committee
HR 5112
To provide eligibility for veterans benefits for individuals who served in the United States merchant marine in the Southeast Asia theater of operations during the Vietnam Era.
In Committee
HR 4991
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2014
In Committee
HR 333
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
In Committee
HR 4653
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain portable gas grills.
In Committee
HR 4652
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain portable infrared gas grill and cooler combinations.
In Committee
HR 4651
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain decorative outdoor bamboo garden torches.
In Committee
HR 4650
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain fishing reels.
In Committee
HR 4649
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain decorative dual wick torches.
In Committee
HR 4647
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain decorative tabletop torch vessels.
In Committee
HR 4646
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain grill brushes.
In Committee
HR 4644
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain portable electric grills.
In Committee
HR 4645
To suspend temporarily the duty on combination smoker, roaster, and grills.
In Committee
HR 4648
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain decorative outdoor torches.
In Committee
HR 4500
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 5-Chloro-1-indanone.
In Committee
HR 4499
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Dimethyl carbonate.
In Committee
HR 4498
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on formulations containing Diuron and application adjuvants.
In Committee
HR 4501
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Esfenvalerate.
In Committee
HR 4497
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on formulations containing Bromacil and Diuron and application adjuvants.
In Committee
HR 4417
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic filament tow.
In Committee
HR 4416
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic filament tow.
In Committee
HR 4418
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic staple fibers.
In Committee
HR 4419
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic filament tow.
In Committee
HR 4420
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic filament tow.
In Committee
HR 4412
To extend temporarily the reduction of duty on certain dyed acrylic staple fibers.
In Committee
HR 4411
To extend the temporary reduction of duty on certain polyacrylonitrile tow.
In Committee
HR 4410
To extend the temporary reduction of duty on acrylic or modacrylic staple fibers.
In Committee
HR 4415
To extend temporarily the reduction of duty on certain undyed polyacrylonitrile staple.
In Committee
HR 4414
To extend temporarily the reduction of duty on certain dyed polyacrylonitrile staple.
In Committee
HR 4413
To extend temporarily the reduction of duty on certain undyed acrylic staple fibers.
In Committee
HR 1941
Hiring Heroes Act of 2011
In Committee
HR 333
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
In Committee
HCONRES 330
Recognizing and honoring the commitment and sacrifices of military families of the United States.
In Committee
HRES 385
Celebrating the life of Millard Fuller, a life which provides all the evidence one needs to believe in the power of the human spirit to inspire hope and lift the burdens of poverty and despair from the shoulders of one's fellow man.
Active
HR 1471
To expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 7037
Healthy Activity for Lifelong Energy Act of 2008
In Committee
HR 6859
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Slappey Boulevard in Albany, Georgia, as the "Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building".
Passed
Amendment 1060
House Amendment 1060
Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 5609
To provide for transitional health care for members of the Armed Forces separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve.
In Committee
HRES 1026
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Congressional Club.
Active
HR 5410
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 3-oxido-5-oxo-4-propionylcyclohex-3-enecarboxylic acid calcium salt.
In Committee
HR 5408
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Paraquat dichloride (1,1'dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium dichloride).
In Committee
HR 5412
To suspend temporarily the duty on 4-Ý3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propen yl¨morpholine.
In Committee
HR 5411
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Methyl (E)-methoxyimino-2(2-o-tolyloxymethyl) phenyl) acetate (kresoxim methyl).
In Committee
HR 5409
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 4-(trifluoromethyl)-benzaldehyde.
In Committee
HR 4578
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.
In Committee
HR 4579
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.
In Committee
HJRES 70
Congratulating the Army Reserve on its centennial, which will be formally celebrated on April 23, 2008, and commemorating the historic contributions of its veterans and continuing contributions of its soldiers to the vital national security interests and homeland defense missions of the United States.
Passed
HR 4473
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.
In Committee
HR 4472
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.
In Committee
HR 4470
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.
In Committee
HR 4469
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on linuron.
In Committee
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