Rep. Jim Cooper

Jim Cooper  has co-sponsored bill HR5622

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include automated fire sprinkler system retrofits as section 179 property and classify certain automated fire sprinkler system retrofits as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....

Jim Cooper  has co-sponsored bill HR5609

To provide for the establishment of nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure....

Jim Cooper  has co-sponsored bill HR4772

To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for the payment of royalties for the performance of sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, and for other purposes.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....

Jim Cooper  has co-sponsored bill HR4163

Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2014

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....

Jim Cooper  has co-sponsored bill HR4143

Children in Families First Act of 2014

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 concerne...

Jim Cooper  has co-sponsored bill HR4143

To realign structures and reallocate resources in the Federal Government, in keeping with the core American belief that families are the best protection for children and the bedrock of any society, to bolster United States diplomacy and assistance targeted at ensuring that every child can grow up in a permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving family, and to strengthen intercountry adoption to the United States and around the world and ensure that it becomes a viable and fully developed option for providing families for children in need, and for other purposes.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 concerne...

Jim Cooper  has co-sponsored bill HR3555

To amend the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, including making changes to the Do Not Pay initiative, for improved detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals, and for other purposes.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 c...

Jim Cooper  has co-sponsored bill HR3323

To realign structures and reallocate resources in the Federal Government, in keeping with the core American belief that families are the best protection for children and the bedrock of any society, to bolster United States diplomacy and assistance targeted at ensuring that every child can grow up in a permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving family, and to strengthen intercountry adoption to the United States and around the world and ensure that it becomes a viable and fully developed option for providing families for children in need, and for other purposes.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 concerne...

Jim Cooper  has co-sponsored bill HR3304

To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services....

Jim Cooper  has co-sponsored bill HR3302

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Bay Pines, Florida, as the "C.W. Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

  Current Status
Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote....