SOUTHERLAND, STEVE, II (a Representative from Florida)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H59 [6JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H553 [8FE]

Alto Lee Adams, Sr., U.S. Courthouse, Fort Pierce, FL: designate (see H.R. 1791), H3870 (see H.R. 1791), H3911 [1JN]

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]

Appropriations: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 920), H2412 [6AP]

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (see H.R. 1904), H6978 [14OC]

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]

Aviation: prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme (see H.R. 2594), H5489 [25JY]

Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see H.R. 1848), H3870 (see H.R. 1848), H3911 [1JN]

———constitutional amendment to establish a spending limit (see H.J. Res. 73), H5373 [21JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H513 [26JA] (see H.J. Res. 11), H6855 [12OC] (see H.J. Res. 81), H6977 [14OC]

———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), H6234 [15SE]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant (see H.R. 2997), H6922 [13OC]

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), H8188 [6DE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H134 [7JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H2934 [2MY]

Courts: assert the standing of the House of Representatives to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in any Federal court litigation (see H. Res. 143), H1575 [3MR]

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

Dallas Mavericks (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 311), H4327 [16JN]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 745), H1666 [9MR]

Dept. of Education: allow a State to opt out of K-12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 3176), H6919 [13OC]

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

Dept. of HHS: award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see H.R. 2874), H7333 [3NO]

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

Dept. of Labor: prohibit from implementing certain rules relative to employment of aliens in the U.S. for temporary employment (see H.R. 3162), H8000 [30NO]

Dept. of the Interior: assess U.S. capability to meet current and future demands for minerals critical to manufacturing competitiveness and economic and national security (see H.R. 2011), H4330 [16JN]

———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. 49), H2412 [6AP]

———expedite a program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year during a certain period (see H.R. 2150), H4074 [13JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (see H.R. 2459), H7929 [29NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist in identification of unclaimed and abandoned human remains to determine if any such remains are eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see H.R. 2051), H7999 [30NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands (see H.R. 1505), H5581 [26JY]

Disasters: enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 2069), H3987 [2JN]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H3111 [5MY]

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

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), H7069 [25OC]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (see H.R. 991), H3806 [31MY]

EPA: consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, or guidance, or implementing any new or substantially altered program (see H.R. 1872), H5019 [13JY]

———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (see H.R. 1633), H7999 [30NO]

———exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 1558), H4076 [13JN]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (see H.R. 2681), H6233 [15SE]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (see H.R. 2250), H4674 [6JY]

———require inclusion in any notice of rulemaking a statement on the impact of the rule on jobs loss or creation (see H.R. 1341), H5019 [13JY]

FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (see H.R. 658), H722 [11FE]

Families and domestic relations: recognize contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, support responsible fatherhood, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 315), H4328 [16JN]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 642), H680 [10FE]

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. 10), H513 [26JA]

———require assessment of the impact of Federal action on jobs and job opportunities (see H.R. 2204), H5286 [20JY]

Federal employees: reduce size of the Federal workforce through attrition (see H.R. 3029), H7161 [27OC]

Financial institutions: permit certain current loans that would otherwise be treated as non-accrual loans as accrual loans for certain purposes (see H.R. 1723), H4187 [14JN]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H3111 [5MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H3220 [11MY]

Fish and fishing: permit eligible fishermen to approve certain limited access privilege programs (see H.R. 2772), H6344 [21SE]

———preserve jobs and coastal communities through transparency and accountability in fishery management (see H.R. 1646), H4076 [13JN]

———prohibit the sale of billfish (see H.R. 2706), H8188 [6DE]

———provide the necessary scientific information to properly implement annual catch limits (see H.R. 2304), H4457 [22JN]

Government: provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment of certain Social Security, public debt, defense, veterans, and Medicare obligations (see H.R. 2534), H5085 [14JY]

Government regulations: establish a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, repeal all rules enacted over a certain number of years, and allow agencies to request exceptions to such repeal (see H.R. 3181), H7400 [4NO]

———prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (see H.R. 2898), H6344 [21SE]

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), H1252 (see H.R. 690), H1364 [18FE]

Gulf Coast Economic Restoration Fund: establish (see H.R. 1333), H2266 [1AP]

Gulf Coast Restoration Fund: establish (see H.R. 1762), H3107 [5MY]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 3096), H6624 [5OC]

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

Health: clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health care insurance issuers (see H.R. 1409), H7999 [30NO]

———ensure the privacy of individually identifiable health information in connection with risk adjustment (see H.R. 3218), H8262 [7DE]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H3305 [13MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H204 [12JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H256 [18JA]

———rescind funds appropriated to the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund (see H.R. 38), H103 [6JA]

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

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see H.R. 1755), H6233 [15SE]

Insects: support efforts to control and eradicate bed bugs relative to public health (see H.R. 967), H1908 [16MR]

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), H6855 [12OC]

IRS: require fees for services provided by the IRS be deposited in the Treasury as general receipts (see H.R. 2585), H6626 [5OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2040), H7627 [15NO]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H3111 [5MY]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 365), H601 [9FE]

Medicare: establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see H.R. 1700), H5286 [20JY]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H4187 [14JN]

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), H4367 [21JN]

Motor vehicles: protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 2469), H5489 [25JY]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H3161 [10MY]

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]

National wildlife refuges: require new refuges may not be established except as expressly authorized by statute (see H.R. 3009), H6674 [6OC]

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

OMB: direct Federal agencies to postpone implementation of major rules (see H. Res. 402), H6232 [15SE]

Outer Continental Shelf: require offshore renewable energy resources and devices to be installed and serviced by U.S. workers (see H.R. 2360), H4852 [11JY]

Palestinians: restrict funds for the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 2457), H5888 [1AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H204 [12JA]

———provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2213 [31MR]

———repeal (see H.R. 2), H256 [18JA]

———repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H7069 [25OC]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see H.R. 1173), H7134 [26OC]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H3646 (see H.R. 452), H3684 [25MY]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H1621 [8MR]

Power resources: prevent Federal residential and commercial mortgage lending regulators from adopting policies that contravene established State and local property assessed clean energy (PACE) laws (see H.R. 2599), H5734 [28JY]

———promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under existing geothermal leases (see H.R. 2171), H4530 [23JN]

Public debt: disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 77), H6011 [8SE]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 421), H3062 [4MY]

———provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment in full of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2581), H5286 [20JY]

Public welfare programs: provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, provide additional work requirements, and provide overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs (see H.R. 1167), H2412 [6AP]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H. Res. 40), H513 [26JA]

Religion: anniversary of King James Bible (see H. Con. Res. 38), H4460 [22JN]

Renewable energy: facilitate development of offshore wind energy resources (see H.R. 2173), H4530 [23JN]

———facilitate development of wind energy resources on Federal lands (see H.R. 2172), H5019 [13JY]

———streamline Federal review to facilitate projects (see H.R. 2170), H4946 [12JY]

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), H6673 [6OC]

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

Special days and holidays: recognize importance of protecting symbols and traditions of Christmas (see H. Res. 489), H9946 [19DE]

States: preserve authority to make determinations relating to water quality standards (see H.R. 2018), H4366 [21JN]

———provide special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations issued in conjunction with the implementation of Federal laws (see H.R. 455), H506 [26JA]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4529 [23JN]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H8136 [5DE]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H4188 [14JN]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H5782 [29JY]

———provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss (see H.R. 2945), H6626 [5OC]

———provide penalty-free distributions from certain retirement plans for mortgage payments for a principle residence and modify hardship distribution rules (see H.R. 3104), H6624 [5OC]

———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), H4529 [23JN]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H4459 [22JN]

———temporarily provide the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1663), H4946 [12JY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H3758 [26MY]

Ten Commandments Weekend: designate (see H. Res. 211), H2534 [7AP]

Terrorism: include Western Hemisphere in the National Strategy for Counterterrorism's areas of focus with attention on Iran's growing presence and activity (see H. Res. 429), H7400 [4NO]

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), H5087 [14JY]

Transportation: limit claims relative to decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects (see H.R. 2426), H5240 [19JY]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H8881 [13DE]

U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H7069 [25OC]

———promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H5936 [2SE]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H6673 [6OC]

Water pollution: impose penalties and provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign offshore units (see H.R. 3393), H8188 [6DE]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H5286 [20JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6922 [13OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see H.R. 935), H1575 [3MR]

Constitutional authority statements

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (H.R. 935), H1577 [3MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2550 [8AP]

Remarks

Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending, H1229 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1229 [18FE]

Armed Forces: direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Libya (H. Con. Res. 51), H4016 [3JN]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5206 [19JY]

———deficit, H2550 [8AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2881 [15AP]

Committees of the House: direct certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from Federal agencies (H. Res. 72), H706 [11FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), consideration (H. Res. 287), H3825 [1JN]

Dept. of the Interior: require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), consideration (H. Res. 257), H3177 [11MY]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H706 [11FE], H5973 [8SE]

———importance of job creation, H706 [11FE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to instruct conferees, H9981 [20DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H6150 [14SE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 12), H6353 [22SE]

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

Medicare: reform, H3825 [1JN]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), H1960 [17MR]

Obama, President: Executive order to establish a comprehensive national ocean policy, H6561 [5OC]

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

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), H179 [12JA]