MACK, CONNIE (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments
Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H927 [15FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3652 [25MY]
Appointments
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4096 [14JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H435 [24JA]
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), H4795 [8JY]
Armed Forces: encourage commercial air carriers to provide certain benefits to members traveling on official military orders and are being deployed or are returning from an overseas deployment (see H. Con. Res. 60), H4327 [16JN]
Bankruptcy: exempt firearms from claims of creditors (see H.R. 1181), H3062 [4MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H40 [5JA]
———reduce spending (see H.R. 408), H434 [24JA]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5373 [21JY]
Clean Air Act: define next generation biofuel and allow States to opt out of corn ethanol portions of the renewable fuels standard (see H.R. 2009), H6182 [14SE]
Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs (House): establish (see H. Res. 82), H681 [10FE]
Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs (see H.R. 2417), H4795 [8JY]
Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H4366 [21JN]
Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1166), H6461 [26SE]
Cuba: exclude from admission to the U.S. aliens who contribute to Cuba's development of petroleum resources and impose sanctions on and prohibit such development (see H.R. 2047), H3755 [26MY]
Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 745), H1039 (see H.R. 745), H1070 [16FE]
Dept. of Energy: expedite consideration and approval of construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 1938), H4076 [13JN]
Dept. of State: address inefficiencies in the visa processing system that discourage overseas business and leisure travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3039), H6455 [23SE]
———designate as foreign terrorist organizations certain Mexican drug cartels (see H.R. 1270), H2605 [12AP]
———designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 3698), H9925 [16DE]
Dept. of the Interior: sell certain Federal lands in certain Western States previously identified as suitable for disposal (see H.R. 1126), H2216 [31MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase amount of Medal of Honor special pension (see H.R. 2318), H4526 [23JN]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H4750 [7JY]
EPA: exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 97), H138 [7JA]
FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 642), H680 [10FE]
———prohibit from further regulating the Internet (see H.R. 96), H256 [18JA]
FDA: modify approval of any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride to limit such approval to use for relief of severe-only pain (see H.R. 1316), H2265 [1AP]
FDIC: require a study on the impact of insured depository institution failures (see H.R. 2056), H3805 [31MY]
Federal agencies and departments: increase transparency of performance results (see H.R. 3262), H7333 [3NO]
———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), H7892 [18NO]
Federal employees: limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee (see H.R. 122), H37 [5JA]
———reduce size of the Federal workforce through attrition (see H.R. 3029), H7161 [27OC]
Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H2535 [7AP]
———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), H4750 [7JY]
———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H4750 [7JY]
FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H924 [15FE]
Government-sponsored enterprises: apply Freedom of Information Act to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during any period that such entities are in conservatorship or receivership (see H.R. 463), H507 [26JA]
GSA: transfer administrative jurisdiction, custody, and control of a building in the District of Columbia to the National Gallery of Art and relocate the FTC from such building (see H.R. 690), H1040 (see H.R. 690), H1071 [16FE]
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 2484), H4850 [11JY]
Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office, Cocoa, FL: designate (see H.R. 2338), H4527 [23JN]
Health: prohibit use of funds for implementation or enforcement of any Federal mandate to purchase health insurance (see H.R. 154), H357 [19JA]
———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see H.R. 5), H2039 [29MR]
———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H6673 [6OC]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]
Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels (see H. Res. 490), H8727 [12DE]
Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H7892 [18NO]
IMF: repeal authority to provide certain loans to the IMF, repeal increase in the U.S. quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and rescind related appropriations (see H.R. 2313), H8322 [9DE]
Immigration: extend detention of certain aliens ordered removed (see H.R. 1932), H4366 [21JN]
Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H394 [20JA]
Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4042 [7JN]
Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H4946 [12JY]
Medicare: exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H2667 [13AP]
———provide coverage of custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy (see H.R. 2233), H4750 [7JY]
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), H4076 [13JN]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H4750 [7JY]
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]
New Zealand: express condolences to those affected by earthquake and pledge support in rescue and recovery efforts (see H. Res. 139), H1727 [10MR]
NLRB: repeal rule requiring employers to post notices relative to the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2854), H6098 [12SE]
Norway: condemn terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya Island and express condolences and support to those affected by the attack (see H. Res. 379), H5782 [29JY]
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), H8728 [12DE]
———repeal (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]
Public debt: disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 77), H5964 [7SE]
———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 421), H601 [9FE]
Real estate: require State and local compliance with constitutional mandates and prevent abuses of power relative to eminent domain (see H. Res. 329), H4528 [23JN]
Roads and highways: allow States to elect to receive contributions to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of participating in the Federal-aid highway program or certain public transportation programs (see H.R. 1585), H3281 [12MY]
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), H38 [5JA]
Taxation: establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts (see H.R. 1180), H3112 [5MY]
———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 2327), H4527 [23JN]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H7892 [18NO]
———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6457 [23SE]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H3062 [4MY]
———provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 567), H598 [9FE]
———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), H4366 [21JN]
———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H4529 [23JN]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 428), H725 [11FE]
———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H4750 [7JY]
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]
Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 3421), H8188 [6DE]
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), H6238 [19SE]
Transportation: limit claims relative to decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects (see H.R. 2426), H5127 [15JY]
U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H6978 [14OC]
———promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H6855 [12OC]
Veterans: exclude those convicted of certain sex offenses from receiving burial-related benefits and funeral honors available to certain veterans, Armed Forces members, and related individuals (see H.R. 2355), H4573 [24JN]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6922 [13OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see H.R. 1848), H3218 [11MY]
Colombia: support citizens in aftermath of flooding, renew Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act extension, promote economic growth, and reinforce fight against drug trafficking (see H. Res. 77), H551 [8FE]
Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 746), H1039 (see H.R. 746), H1070 [16FE]
Energy Independence and Security Act: repeal (see H.R. 1522), H2665 [13AP]
Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment-evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 1798), H3114 [6MY]
FRS: repeal authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to prohibit certain acts or practices (see H.R. 2612), H5373 [21JY]
Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury: express that Congress and the public no longer holds confidence in ability to improve economy (see H. Con. Res. 76), H6010 [8SE]
Mexico: apply counterinsurgency tactics under a coordinated and targeted strategy to combat terrorist insurgency waged by transnational criminal organizations (see H.R. 3401), H7405 [10NO]
OAS: withhold a percentage of U.S. contributions for every permanent council meeting held where provisions of the Inter-American Democratic Charter are not invoked relative to Venezuelan constitutional reforms (see H.R. 2542), H5086 [14JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 145), H39 [5JA]
Rhode Island: revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Gasparilla Island Unit FL-70P (see H.R. 2154), H4075 [13JN]
———revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P16 (see H.R. 2155), H4075 [13JN]
———revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P17 (see H.R. 2156), H4075 [13JN]
Venezuela: designate as a state sponsor of terrorism (see H. Res. 247), H3061 [4MY]
Constitutional authority statements
Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (H.R. 1848), H3220 [11MY]
Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (H.R. 746), H1040, H1071 [16FE]
Dept. of Justice: close the National Drug Intelligence Center (H.R. 566), H599 [9FE]
Energy Independence and Security Act: repeal (H.R. 1522), H2666 [13AP]
Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment-evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (H.R. 1798), H3115 [6MY]
FRS: repeal authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to prohibit certain acts or practices (H.R. 2612), H5374 [21JY]
Mexico: apply counterinsurgency tactics under a coordinated and targeted strategy to combat terrorist insurgency waged by transnational criminal organizations (H.R. 3401), H7406 [10NO]
OAS: withhold a percentage of U.S. contributions for every permanent council meeting held where provisions of the Inter-American Democratic Charter are not invoked relative to Venezuelan constitutional reforms (H.R. 2542), H5087 [14JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 145), H46 [5JA]
Rhode Island: revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Gasparilla Island Unit FL-70P (H.R. 2154), H4075 [13JN]
———revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P16 (H.R. 2155), H4075 [13JN]
———revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P17 (H.R. 2156), H4075 [13JN]
Remarks
Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (H.R. 1848), H6158 [14SE]
Committees of the House: instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), H364 [20JA]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3652 [25MY]
———clarify that definition of ``sunken military craft'' will only include vessels, warships, or naval auxiliaries on military, noncommercial service when sunk, H3652 [25MY]
Public debt: disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 77), H6158 [14SE]
Taxation: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, H8252 [7DE]
Tucson, AZ: condemn shootings at ``Congress on Your Corner'' event, express condolences to friends and families of victims, commend first responders, and honor service of Representative Giffords (H. Res. 32), H162 [12JA]
U.N.: secure return to the U.S. of overpayments paid into the U.N. Tax Equalization Fund (H.R. 519), H567 [9FE]