WELDON, DAVE (a Representative from Florida)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 5032), H348 [17JA]

Air Force Space Command: anniversary (see H. Res. 906), H1772 [14MR]

American Battle Monuments Commission: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor World War I veterans (see H.R. 6696), H8019 [10SE]

American Religious History Week: designate (see H. Res. 888), H7854 [8SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for war on terror, international affairs, and national defense matters (see H.R. 6026), H3776 [13MY]

Armed Forces: mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see H.R. 5714), H10132 [26SE]

———tribute to families of servicemembers (see H. Con. Res. 295), H2760 [24AP]

Armed Forces Day: observance (see H. Res. 1122), H2761 [24AP]

Army SPC Daniel Agami Post Office Building, Coconut Creek, FL: designate (see H.R. 6338), H5796 [20JN]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]

Bruce W. Carter Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 4918), H5580 [18JN]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H2266 [14AP]

Buckley, William F., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 1016), H1418 [6MR]

Business and industry: ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work (see H.R. 4464), H25 [15JA]

Carter Center, Inc.: prohibit assistance (see H.R. 5816), H2760 [24AP]

CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building, Fort Pierce, FL: designate (see H.R. 6772), H7854 [8SE]

Challenger (space shuttle): anniversary of crash (see H. Res. 943), H623 [6FE]

China, People's Republic of: make proper disclosures with the SEC regarding the selective default status of certain bonds (see H. Res. 1179), H3405 [8MY]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H943 [13FE]

Cody Grater Post Office Building, Brooksville, FL: designate (see H.R. 5168), H555 [29JA]

Colorado: express condolences to victims and community impacted by church shootings (see H. Res. 886), H295 [16JA]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H1446 [10MR]

Congress: condition adjournment on enactment of comprehensive energy legislation (see H. Con. Res. 417), H8275 [16SE]

Conservation of energy: provide for the repeal of the phase out of incandescent light bulbs unless GAO makes certain specific findings (see H.R. 5616), H1701 [13MR]

Constitution—U.S.: anniversary of signing (see H. Res. 1356), H6727 [17JY]

Declaration of Independence: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 386), H6577 [15JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish a State grant program to establish ``Silver Alert'' notification systems to locate missing individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses (see H.R. 5898), H3020 [1MY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 6107), H6343 [9JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require forgiveness of certain debts of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities incurred on active duty in a combat zone (see H.R. 5148), H1184 [28FE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 6691), H8019 [10SE]

Elections: require Federal election ballots be generally printed only in English and modify requirement that certain jurisdictions provide ballots and other voting materials in languages other than English (see H.R. 5971), H7956 [9SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 89), H7956 [9SE]

FDIC: create a net worth certificate program (see H.R. 7226), H10641 [29SE]

Foreign aid: prohibit funding for U.N. Durban Review Conference or any planning, preparation, or implementation of a follow-up meeting to the Durban I Conference in Durban, South Africa (see H.R. 5847), H2486 [17AP]

Health: establish a health and education grant program related to autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 5446), H993 [14FE]

———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see H.R. 2677), H2760 [24AP]

———increase provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (see H.R. 3112), H4877 [3JN]

Heston, Charlton: tribute (see H. Res. 1091), H2225 [10AP]

Iran: respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see H. Con. Res. 362), H8276 [16SE]

Iraq: support idea that coalition victory is possible (see H. Con. Res. 315), H1619 [12MR]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 4900), H1446 [10MR]

Lincoln, Abraham: observe anniversary of birth and recognize the role the Declaration of Independence played in belief development (see H. Con. Res. 281), H814 [7FE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H4833 [22MY]

Louisa Swain Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 378), H8019 [10SE]

Medicare: exempt negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories from the competitive acquisition program until the clinical comparability of such products can be validated (see H.R. 4935), H943 [13FE]

———impose moratorium on use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program (see H.R. 4105), H943 [13FE]

———increase payments for physicians' services (see H.R. 5445), H1188 [3MR]

———repeal limiting charges for non-participating physicians and to preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing (see H.R. 4736), H5044 [5JN]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims and prohibit inclusion of pharmacy information (see H.R. 1474), H5044 [5JN]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H3109 [6MY]

NASA: develop plan to guarantee access to the International Space Station including possibility of continued shuttle flights (see H.R. 7062), H9972 [25SE]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1106), H3021 [1MY]

National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 994), H1342 [5MR]

National Health Care Decisions Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 77), H1618 [12MR] (see H. Con. Res. 323), H2069 [8AP]

National Year of the Bible: observance (see H. Con. Res. 284), H7956 [9SE]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions and allow State governors to petition for increased energy exploration off their coast (see H.R. 6418), H6674 [16JY]

———provide for State enhanced authority for coastal and ocean resources and expansion of natural gas and oil supplies (see H.R. 6428), H6674 [16JY]

Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H1155 [27FE]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H2759 [24AP]

Pepper, Claude: tribute (see H. Res. 1116), H2443 [16AP]

Power resources: promote alternative and renewable fuels, domestic energy production, conservation, and efficiency, and increase energy independence (see H.R. 6566), H7956 [9SE]

———provide a comprehensive plan for greater energy independence (see H.R. 6384), H6728 [17JY] (see H.R. 6709), H7809 [1AU]

Race Day in America: designate (see H. Res. 931), H349 [17JA]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 5235), H1703 [13MR]

Schools: withhold Federal funds from schools that permit or require the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem in a language other than English (see H.R. 6783), H8019 [10SE]

Securities: treat covered bonds the same as other qualified financial contracts to which a depository institution is a party when such institution is in receivership or conservatorship (see H.R. 6659), H10700 [2OC]

Social Security: invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H7789 [31JY]

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 648), H4976 [4JN]

Taxation: allow nontaxable employer matching contributions to 529 college savings plans (see H.R. 5591), H2012 [3AP]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 3660), H1155 [27FE]

———allow taxpayers to make contributions to the Federal Government on their income tax returns (see H.R. 5783), H2265 [14AP]

———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 6813), H7807 [1AU]

———exclude from gross income certain distributions from qualified retirement plans used for mortgage payments (see H.R. 5776), H2487 [17AP]

———make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see H.R. 2990), H1539 [11MR]

———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H814 [7FE]

———prohibit discrimination in State taxation of multichannel video programming distribution services (see H.R. 3679), H25 [15JA]

———provide a refundable credit against income tax to help individuals with high energy costs (see H.R. 6648), H7307 [29JY]

———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency (see H.R. 5984), H3185 [7MY]

———provide incentives for investing in companies involved in space-related activities (see H.R. 5310), H812 [7FE]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 5109), H480 [28JA]

———provide permanent zero percent capital gains rate for individuals and corporations (see H.R. 5908), H2948 [30AP]

———reduce corporate marginal income tax rates (see H.R. 4995), H294 [16JA]

———repeal withholding of income and Social Security taxes (see H.R. 5175), H555 [29JA]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 741), H25 [15JA]

U.S. Housing Act: reform rental assistance program under section 8 (see H.R. 5490), H1974 [2AP]

Workforce Investment Act: make non-union training programs eligible for Federal funding under the ``Green Jobs'' program (see H.R. 6220), H5409 [12JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing, H9299 [24SE]

Carter, Jimmy: urge cancellation of meeting with Hamas leader, H2427 [16AP]

CFTC: curb role of excessive speculation in contract markets involving energy futures or swaps and eliminate excessive speculation or other activity causing major energy market disturbances (H.R. 6377), H6108 [26JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), earmark declaration, E2335, E2336 [20NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), Senate amendment, H9299 [24SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), earmark declaration, E1773 [11SE]

Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10683 [2OC], H10792 [3OC]

Health: adult regenerative stem cell research, H7992 [10SE]

House of Representatives: appreciation for tributes, H10681 [2OC]

Housing: reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, H10683 [2OC]

Iran Nonproliferation Act: waive to allow NASA to purchase launch services from Russia, H9299 [24SE]

Israel: independence anniversary, H2209 [10AP]

———recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 322), H2525 [22AP]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), Senate amendments, H10683 [2OC], H10792 [3OC]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 6063), H5369 [12JN]

Palestinians: assist refugees in finding new homes outside refugee camp during ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, H337 [17JA]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5501), consideration (H. Res. 1065), H1897 [2AP]

Votes: position on missed, H331, H334 [17JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H20 [15JA], H454 [23JA], H5727 [19JN], H7849 [8SE]

Tribute, H9299, H9300 [24SE], H10681, H10682 [2OC], E2212 [2OC], E2239, E2246 [3OC]

Summaries

Israeli Initiative—The Right Road to Peace: Binyamin Elon, H338 [17JA]