MICA, JOHN L. (a Representative from Florida)

Addresses

Battle of the Bulge Monument Dedication: William E. Carlson, E977-E979 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H632 [1MR]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H7281 [6SE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H8736 [3OC]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 72), H921 [9MR]

Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 4399), H8200 [26SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 244), H49 [27JA]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H3413 [18MY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H7128 [26JY]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7872 [19SE]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H5435 [28JN]

———prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H1851 [5AP]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (see H.R. 4468), H3172 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 5174), H7650 [14SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1163 [21MR]

Drugs: clarify application of Federal controlled substances laws in States that authorize medical use of marijuana and other drugs (see H.R. 4802), H5655 [29JN]

———combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

———protect children from drug traffickers (see H.R. 5312), H8405 [27SE]

Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 4400), H8200 [26SE]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H7281 [6SE]

Europe: authorize assistance to southeastern European countries, but only democratization aid to Serbia and Montenegro, and require equitable burdensharing in the region (see H.R. 4053), H1284 [22MR]

Executive Office of the President: establish an Office of Management and redesignate OMB as the Office of the Budget (see H.R. 5600), H11526 [29OC]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H50 [27JA]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H9635 [10OC]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4040), H1162 [21MR]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H7281 [6SE]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 3822), H998 [14MR]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H2967 [11MY]

Immigration: modify implementation requirements for automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 1650), H255 [8FE]

Interstate commerce: prohibit States from imposing restrictions on interstate limousine services (see H.R. 1689), H7502 [12SE]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H7281 [6SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 792), H255 [8FE]

Law enforcement: combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (see H.R. 4553), H4122 [8JN]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1629 [30MR]

Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H756 [8MR]

———establish revolving funds for the operation of certain programs and activities (see H.R. 5410), H9504 [6OC]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1959 [6AP]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 5068), H8736 [3OC]

Medicare: require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H1588 [29MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H6719 [20JY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H9900 [12OC]

Panama Canal: negotiate new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 233), H4592 [15JN]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5657 [29JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

———preserve, rehabilitate, and improve certain railroad tracks and bridges using funds collected through the diesel fuel tax (see H.R. 4746), H7003 [25JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Research: protect human subjects in research (see H.R. 4605), H4120 [8JN]

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 5309), H10036 [17OC]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7578 [13SE]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 148), H454 [15FE]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7365 [7SE]

Surface Transportation Board: resolve disagreements between mass transit authorities and freight railroads over access to freight track and rights-of-way for fixed guideway transportation (see H.R. 4507), H3474 [19MY]

Taxation: allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (see H.R. 1303), H9011 [5OC]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H8736 [3OC]

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (see H.R. 4308), H7366 [7SE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H7281 [6SE]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H1629 [30MR]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1317), H7502 [12SE]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H3413 [18MY]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

Vicki Coceano Post Office Building, Miramar City, FL: designate (see H.R. 3985), H3173 [16MY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H6719 [20JY]

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see H.R. 1237), H931 [13MR]

———exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 5137), H7365 [7SE]

Drugs: establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (see H.R. 4493), H3412 [18MY]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: revise certain standards for petitions for compensation (see H.R. 5579), H11206 [26OC]

Veterans: provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March (see H.R. 4438), H2966 [11MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1468 [28MR]

Baltimore, MD: needle exchange program, H3643 [23MY]

Caribbean nations: drug interdiction assistance, H3645 [23MY]

Colombia: authorize urgent support to secure peace and the rule of law, and to enhance the effectiveness of anti-drug efforts, H981 [14MR], H1746-H1751 [4AP]

———drug interdiction assistance, H159-H161 [1FE], H437-H442 [15FE], H2763-H2768 [9MY], H3644 [23MY], H7248-H7253 [6SE]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigative practices and allegations, H8454 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: expand drug interdiction and counterdrug activities, H158-H163 [1FE], H981-H983 [14MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11461 [28OC]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7051 [26JY]

———prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H7051 [26JY]

Drug abuse: international narcotics control funding, H437-H442 [15FE], H2763-H2768 [9MY], H4776-H4779 [20JN]

———national drug control policy, H158-H163 [1FE], H437-H442 [15FE], H979-H983 [14MR], H1468-H1473 [28MR], H1746-H1751 [4AP], H2115-H2120 [11AP], H2763-H2768 [9MY], H3165-H3169 [16MY], H3642-H3646 [23MY], H3913-H3918 [6JN], H4333 [13JN], H4776-H4779 [20JN], H5836-H5841 [11JY], H6042-H6047 [13JY], H6461-H6466 [18JY], H7248-H7253 [6SE], H7864-H7868 [19SE], H8192-H8195 [26SE], H8909, H8914 [5OC], H9897 [12OC], H11777-H11779 [1NO]

Education: national policy to improve system, H89010 [5OC]

Elections: Presidential election results, H11869, H11870 [13NO]

Everglades National Park: restoration plan, H10355 [19OC], H11825 [3NO]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1016 [15MR]

Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, H11869, H11870 [13NO]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H8909 [5OC]

LIHEAP: funding, H11461 [28OC]

Mexico: drug interdiction assistance, H3644 [23MY]

———foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts, H980 [14MR]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: revise certain standards for petitions for compensation (H.R. 5579), E1946 [26OC]

Orlando, FL: dedication of the Battle of the Bulge Monument, E977 [12JN]

Peru: elections, H3916 [6JN]

Point of order, H11868 [13NO]

Power resources: national energy policy, H8909 [5OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, H8455-H8459 [28SE], H8909 [5OC], H11774-H11779 [1NO]

Sanford, FL: renovation of Helen Stairs Theater, E611 [2MY]

Veterans: provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March (H.R. 4438), E712 [11MY]

Votes: position on missed, H603 [1MR], H4793 [21JN], H8032 [25SE], H9048 [6OC], H9826 [12OC], H10702 [24OC], H10856 [25OC], H11555 [30OC]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), H10355 [19OC]

———provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), conference report, H11825 [3NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H12529 [15DE]

Special order: granted, H9008 [5OC], H11877 [13NO]

Tributes

Coverdell, Paul, H6461 [18JY]