ADAMS, SANDY (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H5078 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H1620 [8MR]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 374), H5919 [16AU]

Alto Lee Adams, Sr., U.S. Courthouse, Fort Pierce, FL: designate (see H.R. 1791), H3162 [10MY]

American Legion: provide for an additional power under its Federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to individual departments and posts, but not control of activities of such entities (see H.R. 2369), H7069 [25OC]

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. 389), H776 [14FE]

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 1255), H2216 [31MR]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide a memorial marker on Chaplains Hill to honor the memory of Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 12), H3063 [4MY]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1297), H2268 [1AP]

Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see H.R. 1848), H4366 [21JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H1727 [10MR] (see H.J. Res. 2), H1392 [28FE]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (see H.R. 2560), H5125 [15JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5812 [30JY]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): require to conduct business in a manner open to the public (see H.R. 2796), H6011 [8SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H7161 [27OC]

Congressional Record: limit printing (see H.R. 1626), H3281 [12MY]

Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs (see H.R. 91), H1988 [17MR]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H357 [19JA]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1166), H6983 [18OC]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (see H.R. 1775), H3411 [24MY]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H4456 [22JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 745), H1726 [10MR]

Dept. of Defense: clarify the right of an accused terrorist to plead guilty in a trial by a military commission for a capital offense (see H.R. 1894), H3300 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2514), H7069 [25OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H6782 [11OC]

Dept. of Justice: decision to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (see H. Con. Res. 25), H1770 [11MR]

———limit awarding of fees and lawsuits, reform reimbursement eligibility, and compile, and make publicly available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act (see H.R. 1996), H4578 [24JN]

Dept. of the Interior: take immediate action to streamline the shallow and deepwater oil and natural gas drilling permitting process (see H. Res. 140), H1575 [3MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 178), H6782 [11OC]

———temporarily preserve higher rates for tuition and fees at non-public institutions of higher education pursued by Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program enrollees (see H.R. 1383), H3343 [23MY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H1908 [16MR]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (see H.R. 750), H1797 [14MR]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H1723 [10MR]

EPA: prohibit funding to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases (see H.R. 153), H1907 [16MR]

FDA: give greatest weight in making critical policy decisions to readily available hard science data, including evidence from the natural, physical, and computing sciences (see H. Res. 98), H1727 [10MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (see H.R. 2145), H4530 [23JN]

———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. 10), H513 [26JA]

———reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (see H.R. 3010), H7258 [2NO]

———require zero-based budgeting (see H.R. 821), H2039 [29MR]

FEMA: terminate National Flood Insurance Program and related mandatory purchase and compliance requirements (see H.R. 435), H2934 [2MY]

———terminate National Flood Insurance Program and related mandatory purchase and compliance requirements, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 435), H3305 [13MY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H1621 [8MR]

———provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 615), H3000 [3MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H1620 [8MR]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H725 [11FE]

Government: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 2402), H4852 [11JY]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H2106 [30MR]

Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office, Cocoa, FL: designate (see H.R. 2338), H4527 [23JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

———rescind funds appropriated to the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund (see H.R. 38), H553 [8FE]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H9946 [19DE]

House Rules: require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs (see H. Res. 142), H1575 [3MR]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H684 [10FE]

———clarify law prohibiting issuance of certain visas to nationals of countries that refuse or unreasonably delay repatriation (see H.R. 3256), H7579 [14NO]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H5489 [25JY]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4530 [23JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1989 [17MR]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see H. Res. 268), H3759 [26MY]

Monuments and memorials: ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the U.S. Armed Forces may contain religious symbols (see H.R. 290), H553 [8FE]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H8136 [5DE]

NASA: establish sites for retiring space shuttles in Texas, Virginia, California, and Florida (see H.R. 1536), H2854 [14AP]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H1621 [8MR]

National Mediation Board: apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative (see H.R. 3538), H8075 [1DE]

NLRB: repeal rule requiring employers to post notices relative to the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2833), H6098 [12SE] (see H.R. 2854), H6183 [14SE]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions (see H. Res. 44), H1989 [17MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow waiver of certain requirements when the requirement would result in a significant decrease in access to coverage or significant increase in premiums or other costs (see H.R. 984), H2040 [29MR]

———constitutionality (see H. Res. 475), H8136 [5DE]

———provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2268 [1AP]

———repeal (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H9432 [15DE]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 421), H684 [10FE]

Public lands: release certain wilderness study areas from continued management as de facto wilderness areas and release certain inventoried National Forest System roadless areas from certain land use restrictions (see H.R. 1581), H8187 [6DE]

Refuse disposal: facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels (see H.R. 2273), H6458 [23SE]

Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 3276), H10017 [20DE]

Roy Schallern Rood Post Office Building, Jupiter, FL: designate (see H.R. 3637), H8727 [12DE]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 144), H104 [6JA]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 1834), H8125 [2DE]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 445), H470 [25JA] (see H.R. 476), H507 [26JA]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate and change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations (see H.R. 937), H1797 [14MR]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H4577 [24JN]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H7399 [4NO]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H33 [5JA]

———repeal taxes on income and improve income security of senior citizens (see H.R. 1140), H2328 [5AP]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H6182 [14SE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H1723 [10MR]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1639), H3305 [13MY]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H9432 [15DE]

U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H6922 [13OC]

———promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H6233 [15SE]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H6098 [12SE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6674 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: prevent misuse of foreign law in Federal courts (see H.R. 973), H1664 [9MR]

Drugs: ban the sale of certain synthetic drugs (see H.R. 1571), H2909 [15AP]

SBA: ensure treatment of Brevard County, FL, as a HUBZone (see H.R. 2712), H5811 [30JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Courts: prevent misuse of foreign law in Federal courts (H.R. 973), H1665 [9MR]

Drugs: ban the sale of certain synthetic drugs (H.R. 1571), H2914 [15AP]

SBA: ensure treatment of Brevard County, FL, as a HUBZone (H.R. 2712), H5811 [30JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H894 [15FE]

Avellan, Adam J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1856 [13OC]

Bosch, Andrew: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1669 [21SE]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5274 [20JY]

Cape Canaveral, FL: tribute to opening of NASA Propellants North Administrative and Maintenance Facility, E86 [20JA]

Controlled Substances Act: place synthetic drugs in Schedule I indicating high potential for abuse, no current accepted medical use, and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision (H.R. 1254), H8241 [7DE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2219), E1248 [6JY]

———utilize workforce at NASA Shuttle Logistics Depot to minimize employment impact of cancelled manned space flight program, E1248 [6JY]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit funding for maintaining, developing, or creating any website disseminating energy efficiency information specifically to children, H5078, H5079 [14JY]

Discovery (space shuttle): tribute to crew, E440 [9MR]

Dowdy, Mason: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1161 [22JN]

Economy: importance of job creation, H4356 [21JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5274 [20JY]

Edmondson, Logan I.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1518 [12AU]

Endeavour (space shuttle): tribute to final mission, E1007 [1JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H5078, H5079 [14JY]

Erbe, Christopher: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1156 [22JN]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H7668 [16NO]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H274 [19JA]

Hostettler, Christopher S.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1518 [12AU]

Kiriazes, Nicholas: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E2027 [10NO]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (H. Res. 268), H4629 [6JY]

NASA: reallocate climate research programs funding to manned space flight funding, H894 [15FE]

Otten, Casey B.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1521 [16AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H274 [19JA]

Pugnet, Eric T.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E2226 [12DE]

Reese, Skyler J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1157 [22JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4356 [21JN]

Salazar, Matthew C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1744 [3OC]

Schelling, Stephen M., Jr.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1522 [16AU]

Slade, Stephen P.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1158 [22JN]

States: preserve authority to make determinations relating to water quality standards (H.R. 2018), H4973 [13JY]

Stephens, Zachary P.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1669 [21SE]

Svetics, Christian: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1160 [22JN]

Timmer, Matthew: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1154 [22JN]

Timmes, Stephen M.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E2029 [10NO]

University of Central Florida: tribute to football team, E37 [7JA]