WELDON, DAVE (a Representative from Florida)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H973 [14MR]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 5470), H3226 [24MY]

Civil liberties: commemorate anniversary and reaffirm the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 411), H3016 [22MY]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H4328 [20JN]

Courts: jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the content of speech occurring during sessions of State legislative bodies (see H.R. 4776), H387 [16FE]

Crime: expand and modernize prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 4777), H387 [16FE]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H3642 [8JN]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 629), H26 [31JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: support efforts of citizen groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity of U.S. borders (see H. Res. 839), H3226 [24MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement covering accounts and associated activities of the executive branch (see H.R. 5129), H1853 [26AP]

Disasters: establish a program to provide reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs (see H.R. 4366), H4555 [26JN]

———prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1563 [5AP]

Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5107), H1562 [5AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]

FDA: prohibit the approval of any drug that infringes the right to life (see H.R. 3553), H1320 [29MR]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4680 [27JN]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4548), H26 [31JA]

———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H565 [2MR]

Freedom of religion: protect right of elected and appointed officials to express their religious beliefs through public prayer (see H.R. 4364), H2641 [16MY]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4838), H4189 [16JN]

Higher Education Act: amend relative to Academic Competitiveness Grants to preserve State authority over secondary school curricula (see H.R. 4810), H1197 [28MR]

House Rules: require that general appropriations bills contain a separate list of all earmarks in the accompanying report and the name of the sponsoring Member of each earmark (see H. Res. 662), H25 [31JA]

Immigration: supersede certain judicial orders relative to catching illegal aliens at ports of entry and returning them to their countries (see H.R. 5457), H3497 [7JN]

Law enforcement: provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children (see H.R. 4703), H2339 [9MY]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3643 [8JN]

Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H2175 [4MY]

———permit eligible seniors to elect to receive vouchers for health savings accounts and/or premiums for high deductible health insurance plan and suspend certain late enrollment penalties (see H.R. 4551), H155 [1FE]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5246), H2503 [10MY]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H973 [14MR]

Morris W. Milton Post Office, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5104), H1917 [27AP]

NASA: commemorate anniversary of the first flight of the Space Transportation System and honor individuals involved with the space program (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1320 [29MR]

National Arbor Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1854 [26AP]

National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H869 [9MR]

Power resources: suspend Federal highway fuels tax and authorize the leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 5462), H4328 [20JN]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 2037), H3909 [13JN]

Shipping industry: improve codification of U.S. Code title relative to shipping (see H.R. 5413), H3309 (see H.R. 5413), H3362 [25MY]

Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 5242), H4917 [29JN]

Tariff: ethanol (see H.R. 5170), H2339 [9MY]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see H.R. 5230), H3016 [22MY]

———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H1981 [2MY]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR]

———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H3309 (see H.R. 5262), H3361 [25MY]

———require employer disclosure of their share of taxes for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance and hospital insurance as well as the employee's share of such taxes on W-2 forms (see H.R. 3167), H645 [7MR]

———treat expenses for certain meal replacement and dietary supplement products that qualify for FDA-approved health claims as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1545), H4520 [22JN]

U.N.: sanction Iran for its noncompliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (see H. Res. 782), H1852 [26AP]

University of Florida: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 761), H1452 [4AP]

Veterans: provide automatic cost-of-living adjustments in disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans (see H.R. 5444), H4555 [26JN]

Vincent J. Whibbs, Sr., Post Office Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 5736), H4915 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program (see H.R. 5009), H1129 [16MR]

Research: prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (see H.R. 5719), H4914 [29JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 4890), H4481 [22JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3256 [25MY]

Bronx, NY: prohibit funding for the Bronx Council on the Arts, H4720 [28JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H163 [8FE]

Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H4720, H4721 [28JN]

Dept. of Commerce: global warming impact study funding, H4702 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5631), H4284, H4285 [20JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy (H.R. 5143), H2354 [10MY]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NASA funding, H4751 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2797 [18MY]

Health: success of using adult stem cells to treat diseases, H127 [1FE]

Intelligence services: prohibit funding for domestic electronic surveillance not in compliance with certain statutes, H4284, H4285 [20JN]

Johnstown, PA: prohibit funding for the Johnstown Area Regional Industries Workforce Development Program, H4721 [28JN]

Medicare: funding, H163 [8FE]

NASA: commemorate anniversary of the first flight of the Space Transportation System and honor individuals involved with the space program (H. Con. Res. 366), H1532 [5AP]

———funding, H4633 [27JN]

———prohibit funding for a manned space mission to Mars, H4727 [28JN]

NOAA: U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy recommendations implementation funding through reductions in NASA funding, H4697 [28JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H2797 [18MY]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities within a certain distance of a State's coastline unless the State requests leasing, H4874 [29JN]

———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4844, H4874 [29JN]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3256 [25MY]

Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4633 [27JN], H4697, H4702, H4720, H4721, H4727, H4751 [28JN]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4053 [15JN]

Votes: position on missed, H1112 [16MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H152 [1FE], H446 [28FE]

Tributes

Burnett, Jason K., E1066 [8JN]

Owen, Mark H., E1068 [8JN]