SOUTHERLAND, STEVE, II (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2426, H2449 [8MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4348, highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration, H2108 [25AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 3805), H114 [23JA]

——— prohibit Federal assistance for telemedicine abortions and ban interstate abortions using telemedicine technology (see H.R. 5731), H2645 [10MY]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 374), H375 [1FE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H114 [23JA]

Agriculture: ensure viability and competitiveness of U.S. agricultural sector (see H.R. 6194), H5291 [25JY]

Armed Forces: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3676), H441 [2FE]

——— permit a State to issue a commercial drivers’ license to a member whose duty station is located in the State (see H.R. 6456), H6231 [20SE]

Aviation: ensure certain flight, duty, and rest requirements apply to all-cargo air operations (see H.R. 4350), H2647 [10MY]

——— require certain air carriers and their agents and ticket agents to disclose certain costs and fees (see H.R. 3867), H641 [8FE]

Budget: eliminate requirement that the President submit a budget to the Congress each year (see H.R. 3883), H439 [2FE]

——— provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (see H.R. 3844), H218 [31JA]

Defense Production Act: clarify interpretation does not allow confiscation of personal property or forced conscription into the Armed Forces, unwilling labor, or relinquishing of goods or services without compensation (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1542 [22MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: define urban rodent control for clarifying control of nuisance mammals and birds carried out by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wildlife services program and private sector (see H.R. 6470), H6231 [20SE]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 5873), H3362 [31MY]

Dept. of Justice: revise certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities (see H.R. 4256), H1847 [16AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: rescind authority to develop a return-free tax system (see H.R. 2528), H802 [15FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that Armed Forces members exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes in Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure (see H.R. 3337), H5923 [12SE]

Economy: encourage job creation through trade, tax, labor, health care, and court reforms, a balanced budget amendment, Alaskan energy development, Federal workforce reduction, and regulatory flexibility (see H.R. 3487), H5631 [1AU]

EPA: exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2541), H1543 [22MR]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 4818), H2813 [16MY]

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), H7425 [20DE]

Federal agencies and departments: require approval by agency head for conferences costing above a certain limit (see H.R. 4454), H2134 [25AP]

Federal employees: extend pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (see H.R. 6726), H7565 [1JA]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H1978 [18AP]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 3061), H159 [24JA]

——— provide additional flexibility for fishery managers, additional transparency for fishermen, a referendum for catch shares, and additional sources for fishery survey funding (see H.R. 6350), H5707 [2AU]

Gulf of Mexico: authorize use of certain offshore oil and gas platforms for artificial reefs (see H.R. 3429), H4907 [17JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H159 [24JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

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), H1306 [8MR]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H2288 [27AP]

——— preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H1915 [17AP]

Iran: clarify treatment of the interests of Iran in certain assets (see H.R. 4070), H2813 [16MY]

——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1306 [8MR]

——— provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter growing presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere (see H.R. 3783), H6152 [19SE]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 5796), H5328 [26JY]

Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 115), H2134 [25AP]

——— 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), H1847 [16AP]

Labor unions: protect State requirements for a secret ballot election of labor organizations (see H.R. 1047), H2134 [25AP]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2810), H2033 [19AP]

Law enforcement: limit domestic use of drones in investigating regulatory and criminal offenses (see H.R. 6199), H5291 [25JY]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H1210 [6MR]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 3506), H2072 [24AP]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 3643), H513 [6FE]

Middle East: support Israel’s right of self-defense, condemn Iranian support of terrorism and threats of annihilation of Israeli people, and persuade Iran to stop pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 271), H1154 [5MR]

Mining and mineral resources: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (see H.R. 4402), H3662 [7JN]

National Eagle Scout Day: designate (see H. Res. 716), H4604 [28JN]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H945 [17FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see H.R. 4971), H2267 [27AP]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H641 [8FE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

Presidential appointments: disapprove appointment of certain officers or employees during a congressional recess of less than 3 days and express that such appointments are unconstitutional (see H. Res. 509), H160 [24JA]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H2715 [15MY]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 98), H28 [17JA]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.J. Res. 118), H6062 [14SE]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 6140), H5079 [19JY]

Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 3276), H571 [7FE]

Roy Schallern Rood Post Office Building, Jupiter, FL: designate (see H.R. 3637), H513 [6FE]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 662), H3103 [17MY]

Taxation: clarify eligibility for the child tax credit (see H.R. 3444), H2288 [27AP]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H6234 [20SE]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 3728), H2212 [26AP]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 476), H1807 [29MR]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 3729), H2134 [25AP]

——— prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5912), H3660 [7JN]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 6048), H4603 [28JN]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3264), H1543 [22MR]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Res. 814), H6428 [16NO]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H1741 [28MR]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 4965), H2329 [7MY]

William ‘‘Bill’’ Kling VA Clinic, Sunrise, FL: designate (see H.R. 6443), H6623 [4DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Justice: convey a small parcel of Bureau of Prisons land to Leon County, FL (see H.R. 4151), H1272 [7MR]

EPA: limit authority relative to numeric nutrient criteria for water quality requirements (see H.R. 3856), H219 [31JA]

Florida: remove areas included in Indian Peninsula Unit FL-92 and Cape San Blas Unit P-30 from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (see H.R. 4150), H1272 [7MR]

——— revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P31–P (see H.R. 6354), H5707 [2AU]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see H.R. 4149), H1209 [6MR] (see H.R. 4176), H1304 [8MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Justice: convey a small parcel of Bureau of Prisons land to Leon County, FL (H.R. 4151), H1273 [7MR]

EPA: limit authority relative to numeric nutrient criteria for water quality requirements (H.R. 3856), H220 [31JA]

Florida: remove areas included in Indian Peninsula Unit FL-92 and Cape San Blas Unit P-30 from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (H.R. 4150), H1273 [7MR]

——— revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P31–P (H.R. 6354), H5711 [2AU]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (H.R. 4149), H1209 [6MR]

——— clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (H.R. 4176), H1305 [8MR]

Lists

Working and recreational fishermen of the Gulf of Mexico, H2427 [8MY]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1787 [29MR]

Dept. of the Interior: set clear rules for development of U.S. oil shale resources and promote shale technology research and development (H.R. 3408), H832 [16FE]

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, H832 [16FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4740 [10JY]

NOAA: prohibit funding to develop, approve, or implement new catch share programs along certain areas of the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, H2426, H2429, H2430 [8MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 6079), H4740 [10JY]

——— Supreme Court decision on constitutionality, H4740 [10JY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), complete conference report, H3790 [19JN]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3790 [19JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2426, H2429, H2430 [8MY]