ROONEY, THOMAS J. (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

C.W. Bill Young funeral attendees, H6778 [28OC]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H419 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see H.R. 447), H1398 [13MR]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H5175 [30JY]

Agriculture: express that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries should be eliminated (see H. Con. Res. 39), H3653 [14JN]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H4523 [16JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to voluntarily correct a violation prior to commencing civil action (see H.R. 777), H595 [15FE]

Armed Forces: afford each member prior to separation from service with an electronic copy of medical records and the opportunity for a physical examination (see H.R. 3045), H5398 [2AU]

——— allow suspension of pay and allowances of a member who is held in confinement pending trial by court-martial or by civil authority for any sex-related offense or capital offense (see H.R. 2777), H4980 [23JY]

——— authorize enlistment of additional persons residing in the U.S. and lawfully admit for permanent residence certain enlistees who are not citizens or other nationals of the U.S. (see H.R. 435), H5834 [25SE]

——— authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (see H.R. 2377), H4485 [11JY]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H7188 [18NO]

——— exempt retired pay of certain disabled veterans from full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment and prevent adverse impact of such adjustment on Survivor Benefit Plan annuities (see H.R. 3789), H8125 [19DE]

——— extend duration of Physical Disability Board of Review and expand authority of such Board to review the separation of members on the basis of a mental condition not amounting to disability (see H.R. 975), H982 [5MR]

——— issue a forever stamp to honor sacrifices of members who are still prisoner, missing, or unaccounted for (see H.R. 2794), H5093 [26JY]

——— limit use of funds for introduction into hostilities (see H.R. 383), H280 [23JA]

——— provide permanent appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members in the event of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 3352), H6827 [28OC]

——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2324), H3655 [14JN]

——— require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal (see H.R. 833), H659 [26FE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7111 [14NO]

Brazil: suspend issuance of visas to nationals until Brazil removes prohibition on extradition of Brazilian nationals to other countries (see H.R. 572), H703 [27FE]

C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (see H.R. 3302), H6674 [22OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 1250), H5051 [24JY]

Children and youth: establish and implement concussion management guidelines for school-aged children (see H.R. 3113), H5588 [17SE]

——— require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 680), H501 [13FE]

Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 853), H700 [27FE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H1720 [20MR]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H5589 [17SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H7358 [21NO]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H2125 [17AP]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 436), H1993 [12AP]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 3211), H6999 [12NO]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about receipt of military decorations or medals (see H.R. 258), H2803 [20MY]

——— prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H6902 [29OC]

David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Miami, FL: convey to Miami Dade College (see H.R. 1592), H2123 [17AP]

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. 730), H546 [14FE]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H4214 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: declare the attack at Fort Hood, TX, a terrorist attack and ensure victims of such attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those killed or wounded in overseas combat zones (see H.R. 3111), H5587 [17SE]

——— establish a task force on urotrauma (see H.R. 984), H7508 [4DE]

——— require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families (see H.R. 705), H2299 [24AP]

Dept. of HHS: ensure women who access federally funded family planning services are given pregnancy option counseling including professional adoption counseling (see H.R. 3539), H7357 [21NO]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 460), H1860 [9AP]

Dept. of Justice: making supplemental appropriations for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program COPS in Schools program (see H.R. 751), H594 [15FE]

——— require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions (see H.R. 3103), H5656 [18SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see H.R. 2009), H2775 [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H3253 [6JN]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes (see H.R. 2726), H5263 [31JY]

——— improve authority to hire psychiatrists (see H.R. 2540), H4142 [27JN]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32), H4826 [19JY]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7311 [20NO]

Drugs: make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act (see H.R. 1285), H1718 [20MR]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H1959 [11AP]

EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (see H.R. 311), H416 [6FE]

FAA: modify appropriations (see H.R. 1432), H2300 [24AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirements (see H.R. 1001), H3929 [19JN] (see H.R. 3179), H5832 [25SE]

Federal agencies and departments: include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 3308), H6829 [28OC]

Federal employees: provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6225 [3OC]

FEMA: allow monthly installment payments for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program, cap the annual cost of flood insurance, and phase-in premium increases (see H.R. 3312), H6767 [23OC]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study and congressional consideration of reforms to make rates affordable (see H.R. 3218), H6011 [28SE]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H6958 [30OC]

——— enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1878), H5262 [31JY]

——— modify phase-in increases in flood insurance premium rates for certain properties (see H.R. 1485), H2604 [14MY]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H4726 [18JY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H6676 [22OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 19), H5436 [9SE]

Government: prohibit Members of Congress, President, Vice-President, and executive department heads from receiving pay and prioritize payments to seniors, military, and veterans during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 3152), H6053 [30SE]

Health: incentivize the development of abuse-deterrent drugs (see H.R. 486), H1430 [14MR]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (see H.R. 1098), H1357 [12MR]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence and call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico (see H. Res. 35), H3689 [17JN]

Immigration: enhance competitiveness through encouragement of high-skilled immigration (see H.R. 2131), H4485 [11JY]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2803 [20MY]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H4726 [18JY]

——— suspend authority to conduct new audits (see H.R. 2045), H2773 [17MY]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2958 [23MY]

Larcenia J. Bullard Post Office Building, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 2678), H4483 [11JY]

Medal of Honor: award to Bennie G. Adkins, Donald P. Sloat, and certain other veterans who were previously recommended (see H.R. 3304), H6675 [22OC]

Medicare: delay implementation of competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) and diabetic testing supply mail order program (see H.R. 2375), H3689 [17JN]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see H.R. 3616), H7354 [21NO]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H2804 [20MY]

——— prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H2027 [15AP]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H5262 [31JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 2305), H4858 [22JY]

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. 310), H176 [18JA]

National Nonprofit Day: designate (see H. Res. 345), H5547 [12SE]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1550 [15MR]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H2955 [23MY]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see H.R. 2019), H3016 [3JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3350), H6957 [30OC]

——— ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see H.R. 346), H983 [5MR]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce certain provisions (see H. Res. 425), H7358 [21NO]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H4173 [28JN]

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H5052 [24JY]

——— provide that the only health plans available to Federal employees responsible for administering such Act are those created under such Act or offered through exchanges (see H.R. 3170), H5806 [23SE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H1860 [9AP]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H7357 [21NO]

Public debt: prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt ceiling is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and civilian employees serving in combat zones (see H.R. 342), H222 [22JA]

Richard K. Salick Post Office, Cocoa Beach, FL: designate (see H.R. 451), H2839 [21MY]

Shaw, E. Clay, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 343), H5547 [12SE]

Sports: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 1825), H4524 [16JY]

——— reduce sports-related concussions in youth (see H.R. 2118), H2911 [22MY]

Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H6676 [22OC]

Taxation: allow individuals a deduction for amounts contributed to disaster savings accounts to help defray costs of preparing their homes to withstand a disaster (see H.R. 3298), H8112 [12DE]

——— allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 38), H1993 [12AP]

——— create policyholder disaster protection funds, Catastrophe Savings Accounts, and tax credits for natural disaster mitigation expenses (see H.R. 549), H411 [6FE]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H500 [13FE]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H7365 [22NO]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H7446 [3DE]

——— provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (see H.R. 1040), H2803 [20MY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H1720 [20MR]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H2774 [17MY]

——— terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 259), H5262 [31JY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H5589 [17SE]

Terrorism: require all foreign terrorists who attack the U.S. be considered enemy combatants to be tried by military tribunals instead of civilian courts (see H.R. 1081), H1356 [12MR]

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. 792), H6770 [23OC]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H2067 [16AP]

Turkey: urge reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Theological School of Halki without condition or further delay (see H. Res. 188), H5404 [2AU]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H2353 [25AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1359 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in terrorist attacks perpetrated within the U.S. and clarify eligibility of such members for combat-related special compensation (see H.R. 3049), H5398 [2AU]

Credit: require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 839), H659 [26FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: consider resources of pension applicants recently disposed of by the applicants for less than fair market value when determining eligibility for such pensions (see H.R. 2341), H3356 [12JN]

Syria: prohibit Federal funding to conduct military or paramilitary operations absent express prior statutory authorization from Congress (see H.R. 2501), H4038 [25JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in terrorist attacks perpetrated within the U.S. and clarify eligibility of such members for combat-related special compensation (H.R. 3049), H5402 [2AU]

Credit: require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (H.R. 839), H660 [26FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: consider resources of pension applicants recently disposed of by the applicants for less than fair market value when determining eligibility for such pensions (H.R. 2341), H3357 [12JN]

Syria: prohibit Federal funding to conduct military or paramilitary operations absent express prior statutory authorization from Congress (H.R. 2501), H4039 [25JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H5549 [16SE], H6959 [12NO]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H5549 [16SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3745 [18JN]

Dept. of Defense: decision to designate the Fort Hood, TX, shootings as a workplace violence case, H2462 [7MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H5015 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: consider resources of pension applicants recently disposed of by the applicants for less than fair market value when determining eligibility for such pensions, H6791 [28OC]

——— establish a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims (H.R. 2189), H6791 [28OC]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H685 [27FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7085 [14NO]

Syria: prohibit funding to escalate U.S. military involvement in Syria, H5015 [24JY]

Votes: correction, H2012• [15AP]

——— position on missed, E989• [28JN]