WOMACK, STEVE (a Representative from Arkansas)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H55 [6JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 374), H7068 [25OC]

Agriculture: repeal sugar price support program (see H.R. 1739), H7069 [25OC]

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), H7009 [24OC]

Armed Forces: ensure those killed and wounded in the attack at a recruiting station in Little Rock, AR, are treated in the same manner as those killed or wounded in combat zones (see H.R. 2683), H5732 [28JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H684 [10FE]

———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), H5897 [5AU]

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

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1734), H8076 [1DE]

Colleges and universities: prohibit awarding of Federal grants and contracts to institutions that fail to offer academic credit for completion of courses offered by a Senior ROTC program (see H.R. 2628), H5398 [22JY]

Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs (see H.R. 2417), H4852 [11JY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1588), H3344 [23MY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H7578 [14NO]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H3111 [5MY]

Courts: prevent misuse of foreign law in Federal courts (see H.R. 973), H7399 [4NO]

Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (see H.R. 1981), H9928 [16DE]

———establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (see H.R. 1775), H4366 [21JN]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H4459 [22JN]

Dept. of Justice: decision to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (see H. Con. Res. 25), H3162 [10MY]

———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 100), H8262 [7DE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, provide fair revenue sharing for coastal States, and formulate offshore energy development plans to generate infrastructure revenue (see H.R. 3410), H7577 [14NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: rescind authority to develop a return-free tax system (see H.R. 2528), H6183 [14SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (see H.R. 2459), H6344 [21SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prevent from prohibiting use of dogs on Dept. property (see H.R. 1154), H3062 [4MY]

Disasters: provide temporary tax relief for areas damaged by Southern severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding (see H.R. 2321), H4526 [23JN]

Diseases: extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H4577 [24JN]

———require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H8076 [1DE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H3220 [11MY]

Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act: impose an additional condition on the repeal of the policy (see H.R. 337), H1180 (see H.R. 337), H1199 [17FE]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 2164), H4460 [22JN] (see H.R. 2885), H6273 [20SE]

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), H3062 [4MY]

EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (see H.R. 3158), H6853 [12OC]

———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), H4038 [3JN]

———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), H6673 [6OC]

———partially waive the renewable fuel standard when corn inventories are low (see H.R. 3097), H6624 [5OC]

———prohibit from regulating fossil fuel combustion waste (see H.R. 1391), H3112 [5MY]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (see H.R. 2681), H6183 [14SE]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (see H.R. 2250), H5286 [20JY]

———provide States increased flexibility in implementing regional haze management standards through State implementation plans (see H.R. 3379), H8077 [1DE]

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

FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H6922 [13OC]

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), H4672 [6JY]

Federal employees: require federally elected officials to place stocks, bonds, commodities futures, and other forms of securities in a blind trust (see H.R. 3639), H9432 [15DE]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H8126 [2DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H3304 [13MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 13), H6273 [20SE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H5965 [7SE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term for conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and provide conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises (see H.R. 1182), H6010 [8SE]

———suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with executive branch senior employees pay rates (see H.R. 1221), H7579 [14NO]

Health: eliminate certain entitlement programs in order to reduce the deficit (see H.R. 3243), H8077 [1DE]

———provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3000), H8077 [1DE]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see H.R. 5), H3000 [3MY]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H5581 [26JY]

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

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), H138 [7JA]

———deny certain assistance to a State or political subdivision of a State that prohibits its officials from taking certain actions with respect to immigration (see H.R. 1134), H3304 [13MY]

———enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 100), H8262 [7DE]

———temporarily suspend certain provisions of Federal immigration law relative to Executive efforts to block certain deportations (see H.R. 2497), H4944 [12JY]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H5019 [13JY]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H3987 [2JN]

Labor unions: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 972), H3162 [10MY]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2040), H7399 [4NO]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H3305 [13MY]

Medicare: provide for treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 2461), H8077 [1DE]

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), H4530 [23JN]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H7008 [24OC]

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: preserve Federal protection of State right-to-work laws and clarify employer right to decide where to do business (see H.R. 1976), H4673 [6JY]

NRC: permit a Commissioner to continue to serve if a successor is not timely appointed and confirmed (see H.R. 2068), H4038 [3JN]

Olympia (U.S.S.): mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3180), H7715 [16NO]

OMB: establish the Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Program (see H.R. 665), H723 [11FE]

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

———repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see H.R. 605), H4459 [22JN]

———repeal certain provisions relative to physician referals for hospitals (see H.R. 1186), H8125 [2DE]

———repeal certain provisions relative to physician referals for hospitals and physician ownership or investment interests transparency (see H.R. 1159), H5581 [26JY]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H3161 [10MY]

Pensions: prohibit Federal bailout of State and local government employee pension or other post-employment benefit plans and encourage reform of such plans (see H. Res. 23), H204 [12JA]

Power resources: expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and expand renewable electricity (see H.R. 909), H1573 [3MR]

———repeal tax credits for ethanol blenders and repeal the tariff on imported ethanol (see H.R. 2307), H4526 [23JN]

Public debt: disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 77), H5964 [7SE]

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), H6010 [8SE]

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

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), H4455 [22JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence reports by community water systems (see H.R. 1340), H7332 [3NO]

SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 1425), H3112 [5MY]

Schools: direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters unless the student's parent provides written request against the release (see H.R. 637), H3304 [13MY]

Securities: amend laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration (see H.R. 1965), H3409 [24MY]

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]

Special days and holidays: recognize importance of protecting symbols and traditions of Christmas (see H. Res. 489), H8728 [12DE]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 1834), H7715 [16NO]

———exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products (see H.R. 1712), H3221 [11MY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H2917 [15AP]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H8187 [6DE]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H7069 [25OC]

———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), H3062 [4MY]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H5888 [1AU]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H5374 [21JY]

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), H7929 [29NO]

———award Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to memorials established at 3 sites honoring individuals killed in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2864), H6140 [13SE]

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), H6782 [11OC]

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), H5375 [21JY]

U.N.: promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H6344 [21SE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 3767), H10026 [23DE]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6552 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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), H2106 [30MR]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 3179), H6919 [13OC]

Medicaid: require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (see H.R. 2841), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2841), H5939 [6SE]

Taxation: repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit (see H.R. 1075), H1796 [14MR]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H1524 [2MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (H.R. 3179), H6921 [13OC]

Medicaid: require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (H.R. 2841), H5936 [2SE]

Taxation: repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit (H.R. 1075), H1797 [14MR]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 886), H1525 [2MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H7137 [27OC], H9947 [20DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H205 [18JA], H1623 [9MR], H2580 [12AP]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4144 [14JN]

———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), consideration (H. Res. 194), H2222 [1AP]

———making continuing, H6324 [21SE], H6407 [22SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), H1821 [15MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H824 [15FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2538 [8AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7867 [18NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5745, H5759 [29JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5199 [19JY]

———deficit, H7867 [18NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H3265 [12MY]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 383), H5759 [29JY]

Corps of Engineers: emergency flood control and disaster relief funding through rescission of unobligated economic stimulus funding for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects, H5040 [14JY]

Daisy Outdoor Products (business): anniversary, H4685 [7JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: WIC funding, H4144 [14JN]

Dept. of HUD: rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), H1744 [11MR]

Economy: importance of job creation, H1821 [15MR], H3265 [12MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H5040 [14JY]

FEMA: Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H6324 [21SE], H6407 [22SE]

———Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program funding, H6407 [22SE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H2538 [8AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H229 [18JA]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 382), H5745 [29JY]

Journal: question of approval, H1623 [9MR], H2580 [12AP]

McKee Foods Corp.: tribute, H7639 [16NO]

Medicare: reform, H3265 [12MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H229 [18JA]

Securities: amend laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration (H.R. 1965), H7228 [2NO]

Small Business Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6324 [21SE], H6407 [22SE]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6324 [21SE], H6407 [22SE]

Taxation: rates, H3265 [12MY]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), H488 [26JA]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 886), H8829 [13DE]

Tributes

Baker, C. Ray, H1597 [8MR]

Basore, Harry H., Jr., H7138 [27OC]

Goodman, R.C., Sr., H6418 [23SE]

Hardin, Ethan C., H205 [18JA]

Lewis, Stacy, H2272 [4AP]

Reid, Ray, H6866 [13OC]

Schoolcraft, Roger, H8199 [7DE]

Tyson, Donald J., H106 [7JA]