DIAZ-BALART, MARIO (a Representative from Florida)
Addresses
Ensure Humanitarian Protections Are Upheld for Residents of Camp Ashraf and Support Removal of People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) From List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Rudolf Giuliani, E504• [29MR]
Amendments
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4065, H4066 [26JN], H4106 [27JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H2569 [9MY]
Africa: condemn atrocities and encourage efforts to end threats by the Lord’s Resistance Army and bring Joseph Kony and his top commanders to justice (see H. Res. 583), H2135 [25AP]
Armed Forces: protect child custody arrangements for parents who are members (see H.R. 4201), H2289 [27AP]
Budget: modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and apply savings to defense and non-defense categories (see H.R. 3662), H948 [21FE]
Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 931), H903 [16FE]
China: ensure open and free journalism access by establishing a reciprocal relationship between the number of visas issued to state-controlled media workers in China and the U.S. (see H.R. 2899), H4065 [26JN]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H1807 [29MR]
Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 4000), H692 [9FE]
CPSC: designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product (see H.R. 4212), H1390 [19MR]
Cyprus: respect sovereignty and urge Turkey to end illegal colonization, occupation, and interference with energy resources (see H. Res. 676), H5712 [2AU]
Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H4685 [9JY]
——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H948 [21FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see H.R. 3855), H218 [31JA]
Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove rule relative to U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens (see H.J. Res. 108), H2813 [16MY] (see H.J. Res. 113), H4604 [28JN]
Ecuador: condemn repression of democracy and human rights, express concern on lack of counternarcotics cooperation and relationship with Iran, and discourage renewal of trade preference systems (see H. Res. 745), H5525 [31JY]
Europe: designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, provide information about Hezbollah to European allies, and support Bulgaria in investigating terrorist attack in Burgas (see H. Res. 834), H7360 [19DE]
FDA: prohibit use of Federal money for any media advertisement, campaign, or form of publicity against the use of a food or beverage that is lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see H.R. 3848), H441 [2FE]
Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H1428 [20MR]
——— limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H2570 [9MY]
Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 6174), H5200 [24JY]
Foreign policy: enhance security, bolster regional capacity to counter threats, and promote cooperation to prevent nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons proliferation in the Western Hemisphere (see H.R. 6067), H4654 [29JN]
FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H3661 [7JN]
Georgia (country): initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement (see H. Res. 374), H376 [1FE]
——— support enhanced security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership, NATO membership, democratic reforms, and peaceful resolution of conflict (see H. Res. 526), H641 [8FE]
Havel, Vaclav: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 97), H187 [27JA]
Health: require the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff to purchase health insurance through health insurance exchanges (see H.R. 360), H5526 [31JY]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]
Investments: repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities (see H.R. 4235), H3363 [31MY]
Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 134), H5331 [30JY]
——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1274 [7MR]
IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H945 [17FE]
Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 115), H2034 [19AP]
——— reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see H.R. 4133), H1642 [27MR]
Medicare: extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H2033 [19AP]
——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H1017 [28FE]
Miami Heat (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 703), H4064 [26JN]
National Eagle Scout Day: designate (see H. Res. 716), H4604 [28JN]
Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1154 [5MR]
Palau: approve agreement providing terms for a continuation of free association between the U.S. and Palau (see H.R. 6040), H4156 [27JN]
Palm City, FL: anniversary (see H. Res. 565), H965 [27FE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H694 [9FE]
——— repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]
——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H5630 [1AU]
Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H1392 [19MR]
Russia: impose sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, the conspiracy to defraud Russia of taxes on corporate profits, and other human rights violations (see H.R. 4405), H5331 [30JY]
Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 793), H6280 [21SE]
Taxation: exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic medal winners (see H.R. 6267), H5712 [2AU]
——— provide a business tax credit for resilient construction (see H.R. 5839), H3162 [18MY]
——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 2866), H3733 [18JN]
——— provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt (see H.R. 3099), H5860 [11SE] (see H.R. 6410), H6060 [14SE]
——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1675), H6397 [15NO]
——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H512 [6FE]
——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 6048), H4603 [28JN]
Transportation Security Administration: transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) (see H.R. 2179), H79 [18JA]
Turkey: urge reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Theological School of Halki without condition or further delay (see H. Res. 506), H1135 [1MR]
U.N.: recognize the Proclamation of the Refugee Congress (see H. Res. 690), H3807 [19JN]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: acknowledge donor contributions at Visitor Center (see H.R. 6291), H6310 [16OC]
Wildlife: prohibit importation of various injurious species of constrictor snakes (see H.R. 511), H641 [8FE]
William ‘‘Bill’’ Kling VA Clinic, Sunrise, FL: designate (see H.R. 6443), H6151 [19SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Cuba: condemn for death of Wilman Villar Mendoza and repression of human and civil rights, commend pro-democracy activist organizations, and pledge solidarity with the people of Cuba (see H. Res. 536), H440 [2FE]
Remarks
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2607 [10MY]
Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (H.R. 1734), H493, H494 [6FE]
Cuba: call for release of political prisoners, E690• [27AP]
——— tribute to hunger strike by pro-democracy activists, H5929 [13SE]
Dept. of HUD: disaster relief funding, H4111 [27JN]
——— increase portion of Community Development Block Grant Program assistance that may be used to provide public services, H4107 [27JN]
——— require inclusion of owner-occupied units and rental units in property loss calculations used to determine disaster relief assistance, H4111 [27JN]
Dept. of State: remove People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from list of foreign terrorist organizations (H. Res. 60), E503• [29MR]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4107, H4111 [27JN]
Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), H6547 [30NO]
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: call for release of political prisoners, E837• [17MY]
Medicaid: adjust cap on payments and statutory matching rate for territories, H2607 [10MY]
National Women’s History Month: observance, E469•, E479• [28MR], E483•, E484•, E485•, E486• [29MR]
Parliamentary inquiry, H494 [6FE]
Point of order, H4111 [27JN]
San Joaquin River: address certain water-related concerns (H.R. 1837), consideration (H. Res. 566), H1037 [29FE]
Votes: position on missed, H4028• [26JN], E463• [28MR]
Tributes
Andrade, Patricia, E483• [29MR]
Curra, Iliana, E484• [29MR]
Ferre, Helen Aguirre, E466• [28MR]
Finlan, Mary, E455• [27MR]
Giuliani, Rudolf, E503• [29MR]
Grant, Robert C., E270• [28FE]
Hernandez, Emilio, E1602• [21SE]
Iriondo, Sylvia G., E351• [8MR]
Kalangwa, Aime, E726• [8MY]
Lozano, Lourdes, E498• [29MR], E659• [26AP]
Matte, Tina McCain, E486• [29MR]
Oeters, Phillis, E453• [27MR]
Puig, Claudia, E488• [29MR]
Rivera, Jenni, E2035• [2JA]
Rundle, Katherine Fernandez, E485• [29MR]
Russell, Mary Scott, E469• [28MR]
Smith, Geraldine, E487• [29MR]
Sosa, Rebeca, E456• [27MR]
Tokar, Stella, E1292• [19JY]
Travierso, Maria, E479• [28MR]
Ubieta, Lourdes, E661• [26AP]
Valoppi, Jennifer, E500• [29MR]