MICA, JOHN L. (a Representative from Florida)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 5939), H6403 (see H.R. 5939), H6455 [29JY]
———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 881), H1656 [18MR]
Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation, clarify evidentiary rules for alcohol matters, and ensure collection of all alcohol taxes (see H.R. 5034), H2877 [26AP]
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (see H.R. 5679), H5501 [1JY]
Appropriations: establish an earmark moratorium, reduce discretionary spending by amount saved, and establish bicameral, bipartisan committee on budgetary, spending, and earmark processes (see H. Res. 1289), H2843 [22AP]
Armed Forces: ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 208), H6763 [15SE]
———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H2642 [15AP]
Baltic States: anniversary of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania reestablishing full independence (see H. Con. Res. 267), H8031 [2DE]
Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 450), H3311 [11MY]
Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 614), H4779 [23JN]
Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1103), H6406 (see H.R. 1103), H6457 [29JY]
Crime: prevent video depictions of animal cruelty (see H.R. 5092), H2937 [27AP] (see H.R. 5566), H4676 [22JN]
Dept. of Commerce: limit authority to implement certain fishery closures absent certification that closure is the only option available for maintaining a fishery at a sustainable level (see H.R. 4634), H646 [22FE]
Dept. of Defense: take illegal subsidization into account in evaluating proposals for contracts for major defense acquisition programs (see H.R. 5298), H4023 (see H.R. 5298), H4085 [27MY]
Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2406), H5617 [14JY]
Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 2305), H5503 [1JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (see H.R. 4541), H5303 [30JN]
———make certain improvements to laws relative to benefits for severely injured veterans (see H.R. 3407), H1169 [4MR]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands (see H.R. 5016), H5617 [14JY]
Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (see H.R. 2555), H3014 [28AP]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 5162), H3013 [28AP]
Europe: express that France and other member states of NATO and the European Union should decline to sell major weapons systems or offensive military equipment to Russia (see H. Res. 982), H2643 [15AP]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 4853), H1517 [16MR] (see H.R. 4915), H2260 [23MR] (see H.R. 5147), H2936 [27AP] (see H.R. 5611), H4905 [28JN] (see H.R. 5900), H6282 [28JY] (see H.R. 6473), H8029 [2DE]
Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 3765), H6043 [26JY]
Federal aid programs: increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 4429), H138 [13JA]
Federal employees: provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 2-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed (see H.R. 4786), H1219 [9MR]
FEMA: tribute to organizations comprising the National Urban Search and Rescue System for determination and work as first responders to disasters and other incidents, including the recent Haiti earthquake (see H. Res. 1076), H602 [4FE]
Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1074), H933 [25FE]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 4844), H3824 [25MY]
Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office, Cocoa, FL: designate (see H.R. 5446), H4022 (see H.R. 5446), H4083 [27MY]
Health: provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 3400), pass (see H.R. 4910), H5503 [1JY]
———require the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff to purchase health insurance through health insurance exchanges (see H.R. 4951), H2457 [25MR]
Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2406), H5617 [14JY]
———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 3308), H5712 [19JY]
———reform policies relative to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce the number of such immigrants (see H.R. 878), H5503 [1JY]
———support credible and effective policies which welcome lawful immigrants and nonimmigrants and also prevent the unlawful entry or continued presence of unlawful foreign persons (see H. Res. 1026), H1519 [16MR]
Iraq: deplore ongoing violence by Iraqi security forces against the residents of Camp Ashraf and call on Iraqi Government to ensure the well-being of such residents (see H. Res. 704), H1221 [9MR]
Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 5655), H5303 [30JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see H.R. 6072), H6804 [16SE]
Members of Congress: reduce rates of basic pay (see H.R. 4720), H1397 [12MR]
Miami Dade College: anniversary (see H. Res. 1571), H6405 (see H. Res. 1571), H6457 [29JY]
NASA: reauthorize manned space flight activities (see H.R. 4804), H1322 [10MR]
National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 6534), H8597 [16DE]
National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day: designate (see H. Res. 1294), H3203 [5MY]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 442), H972 [26FE]
National Missing Children's Day: observance (see H. Res. 1325), H3312 [11MY]
National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 1312), H3078 [29AP]
National Waterways Conference (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 1639), H6880 [22SE]
NTSB: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4714), H1026 [2MR]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: develop a Federal Lands Counterdrug Strategy and provide for enhanced penalties for certain drug offenses on Federal lands (see H.R. 5645), H5302 [30JN]
Palladio, Andrea: anniversary of birth (see H. Con. Res. 259), H6805 [16SE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs (see H.R. 4894), H2261 [23MR]
———repeal (see H.R. 4910, 4972), H5503 [1JY]
———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 4985), H2458 [25MR]
Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity on closed military installations (see H.R. 896), H3824 [25MY]
Power resources: increase energy independence and job creation through safe energy production, alternative and renewable energy development, and conservation promotion for a cleaner environment (see H.R. 2846), H3745 [24MY]
Rollins College: anniversary (see H. Res. 1169), H1358 [11MR]
Ships and vessels: extend period during which the EPA and States are prohibited from requiring Federal Water Pollution Control Act permits for certain discharges incidental to normal operation (see H.R. 5301), H3482 [13MY]
Slater, Robert K.: tribute (see H. Res. 792), H1104 [3MR]
Small business: ensure that small businesses have their fair share of Federal procurement opportunities (see H.R. 4496), H648 [22FE]
———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 5141), H5819 [20JY]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1067), H3079 [29AP]
Taxation: allow a credit for clean renewable water supply bonds (see H.R. 4132), H2642 [15AP]
———express that the value-added tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery (see H. Res. 1346), H3310 [11MY]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 4853), H1517 [16MR] (see H.R. 4915), H2260 [23MR] (see H.R. 5147), H2936 [27AP] (see H.R. 5611), H4905 [28JN] (see H.R. 5900), H6282 [28JY] (see H.R. 6473), H8029 [2DE]
———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 4764), H1168 [4MR]
———provide an incentive to encourage the replacement of inefficient, outdated freight railcars with greener, more fuel efficient vehicles (see H.R. 5478), H4246 [8JN]
———require issuer of tax-exempt State or local bonds to obtain certification that the fees and interest rate are reasonable without materially increasing risk (see H.R. 5189), H4506 [15JN]
Telecommunications: make more spectrum available to, facilitate development of a wireless broadband network for, and provide standards for spectrum needs of public safety agencies (see H.R. 5081), H6164 [27JY]
Terrorism: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3549), H387 [26JA]
———strike medals in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see H.R. 4684), H833 [24FE]
U.N.: prohibit U.S. participation on the U.N. Human Rights Council and prohibit contributions for purposes of paying for investigation into efforts to break Israeli blockade of Gaza (see H.R. 5501), H4507 [15JN]
U.S. Coast Guard Academy: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 258), H2459 [25MR]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 5680), H5618 [14JY]
U.S. Olympic Committee: tribute to U.S. Paralympics Team (see H. Res. 1479), H6164 [27JY]
Veterans: assist small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 5627), H6573 [30JY]
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: repeal section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC (see H.R. 5924), H6402 (see H.R. 5924), H6454 [29JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Oil Pollution Act: authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 5499), H4386 [10JN]
Paula Hawkins Post Office Building, Maitland, FL: designate (see H.R. 5395), H3823 [25MY]
Letters
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund advances for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Peter R. Orszag, OMB, H4338 [10JN]
Lists
Florida Armed Forces members killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan, E1014
Senate surface transportation extension State-by-State allocations of funding for projects of national significance and national corridor programs, H1141 [4MR]
Remarks
Aviation: express gratitude for contributions that U.S. air traffic controllers make to keep the traveling public safe and U.S. airspace running efficiently (H. Res. 1401), H6076 [27JY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1841 [21MR]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 1665), H7138 [28SE]
Economy: importance of job creation, H2327 [25MR]
———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1137), H1118 [4MR]
———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H1141 [4MR]
FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and providing stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system, H2327, H2408, H2411 [25MR]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), H1557 [17MR]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4915), H2271 [24MR]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 5147), H2951 [28AP]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 5611), H4933
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 5900), H6424 [29JY]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 6473), H7869
———improve airline safety and pilot training, H2408, H2411 [25MR], H6424 [29JY]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: include Great Lakes waterways and connecting waterways under definition of estuary, H2606 [15AP]
———reauthorize the National Estuary Program (H.R. 4715), H2604, H2606 [15AP]
Florida: tribute to Armed Forces, E1014
Gulf of Mexico: Federal response to oil leak caused by oil rig explosion, H4586, H4588 [16JN]
———require BP P.L.C., to reimburse all costs incurred by the Federal Government in assisting with cleanup efforts in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident, H4587 [16JN]
———waive compliance with the Jones Act to allow foreign-flagged vessels to assist in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, H4586 [16JN]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H1472 [16MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1841 [21MR]
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner Federal Building, Jackson, MS: designate (H.R. 3562), H2236 [23MR]
Memorial Day: observance, E1014
Miami Dade College: anniversary (H. Res. 1571), H6641
National Missing Children's Day: observance (H. Res. 1325), H3497 [18MY]
NTSB: authorize appropriations (H.R. 4714), E1786
Oil Pollution Act: authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (S. 3473), H4337, H4340, H4341, H4342 [10JN]
Paula Hawkins Post Office Building, Maitland, FL: designate (H.R. 5395), H4893, H4894 [28JN], E937
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization, H1118, H1141 [4MR]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H1141 [4MR]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1137), H1118 [4MR]
Taxation: extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), H1557 [17MR]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4915), H2271 [24MR]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 5147), H2951 [28AP]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 5611), H4933
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 5900), H6424 [29JY]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 6473), H7869
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), Senate amendments, H2408, H2411 [25MR]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1212), H2327 [25MR]
———modify rate of tax for the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, H4587 [16JN]
U.S. Coast Guard Academy: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 258), H6073 [27JY]
Votes: position on missed, H4197
Winter Park, FL: anniversary of Bach Festival of Winter Park, E791
Tables
Oil drilling and production activities in the Gulf of Mexico, H4340 [10JN]
Tributes
Deans, Patrick D., E2205
Kuwitzky, Carl, E2076
Whisenant, Marc, E1899