ROONEY, THOMAS J. (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, H2410 [13MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (see H.R. 2548), H3409 [1MY]

Armed Forces: provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE (see H.R. 4630), H4058 [9MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3787), H136 [9JA] (see H.R. 3790), H1593 [4FE]

Business and industry: affirm private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening U.S. businesses and that it has fostered significant investment in the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 702), H7184 [31JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a surveillance system relative to traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 4251), H2483 [14MR]

——— reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see H.R. 5185), H7129 [30JY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H4910 [28MY]

Congress: bring an action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in response to the failure of the President to meet the constitutional requirement to faithfully execute the law (see H.R. 3857), H1659 [5FE]

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (see H.R. 4079), H5319 [11JN]

——— provide for the payment of royalties for the performance of sound recordings fixed before a certain date (see H.R. 4772), H7189 [31JY]

Corporal Christian A. Guzman Rivera Post Office Building, Princeton, FL: designate (see H.R. 5030), H5876 [8JY]

Courts: allow judges greater discretion in sentencing decisions in Federal cases involving mandatory minimum sentences (see H.R. 1695), H7388 [9SE]

Credit: require holder of subordinate lien on property that secures a federally related mortgage loan, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a timely decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 5496), H7617 [16SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit implementation of certain nutrition rules on food sold at schools as fundraisers (see H.R. 5417), H7940 [12NO]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H1772 [11FE]

Dept. of Education: establish grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 5589), H8932 [9DE]

——— expand higher education opportunities by allowing States to develop their own systems of accrediting educational institutions, curricula, programs, and courses (see H.R. 4612), H5725 [24JN]

Dept. of HHS: increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H7979 [13NO]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H4058 [9MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5250 [10JN]

——— enter into contracts with health care providers to improve health care access and care coordination for veterans (see H.R. 3858), H4910 [28MY]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H2915 [3AP]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 5059), H6105 [10JY]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H6746 [23JY]

Economy: create jobs by revising Federal labor laws, decreasing regulatory burdens, providing comprehensive energy reform, and streamlining access to investment capital (see H.R. 4304), H2695 [26MR]

Education: provide relief to State education budgets during a recovering economy and help fulfill the Federal mandate to provide higher education opportunities for Native Americans (see H.R. 1658), H1246 [17JA]

——— support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards and denounce the President’s coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards (see H. Res. 476), H1770 [11FE]

Endangered species: protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the U.S. (see H.R. 5052), H7189 [31JY]

EPA: eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 1462), H3409 [1MY]

——— prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (see H.R. 4012), H5819 [26JN]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see H.R. 4808), H5320 [11JN]

Falkland Islands: recognize referendum to remain a self-governing British Overseas Territory (see H. Res. 170), H5495 [18JN]

Father Richard Marquess-Barry Post Office Building, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 4030), H1718 [10FE]

FDA: provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (see H.R. 4250), H3293 [29AP]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (see H.R. 4792), H5320 [11JN]

——— require all officials who stop enforcing a law for any reason to report to Congress (see H.R. 3973), H1511 [29JA]

Feed the Future Initiative: authorize to reduce global poverty and hunger in developing countries on a sustainable basis (see H.R. 5656), H8932 [9DE]

FEMA: require periodic GAO reviews of the flood insurance rates and flood insurance rate maps under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4352), H2801 [1AP]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H7389 [9SE]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H5073 [5JN]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H3198 [10AP]

Galvez y Madrid, Bernardo de: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 105), H134 [9JA]

Government: restore the 10-year statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset (see H.R. 4491), H4017 [8MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3121), H3941 [7MY]

——— support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see H. Res. 688), H7940 [12NO]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 3121), H3941 [7MY]

Immigration: require notification of a Governor of a State if an unaccompanied alien child is transferred to the State and provide the Governor with the right-of-refusal of such transfers (see H.R. 5253), H7039 [29JY]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1812), H3409 [1MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 946), H1246 [17JA] (see H.R. 3485), H1431 [27JA]

Medicare: create alternative sanctions for technical noncompliance with the Stark rule limiting certain physician referrals (see H.R. 3776), H2803 [1AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H4830 [22MY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 5644), H8033 [17NO]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2303 [11MR]

Members of Congress: prohibit Members who retire before age 62 from receiving a cost-of-living increase prior to reaching retirement age (see H.R. 3787), H136 [9JA]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 3717), H9045 [10DE]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5365 [12JN]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 762), H8169 [20NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 762), H8169 [20NO]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1593 [4FE]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions (see H.R. 4398), H3448 [6MY]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 1226), H3364 [30AP]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H2255 [6MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 3121), H3941 [7MY]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3279), H7979 [13NO]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2991 [7AP]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H2991 [7AP]

Refugees: establish processes for certain aliens located in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Turkey, or Syria to apply for admission to the U.S. as refugees (see H.R. 5430), H7388 [9SE]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 5285), H7894 [18SE]

Ros-Lehtinen, Representative: Miami-Dade County, FL, Public Schools Hall of Fame inductee (see H. Res. 764), H8170 [20NO]

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2387), H1592 [4FE]

Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office, Mulberry, FL: designate (see H.R. 5089), H6353 [16JY]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H6400 [17JY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 3590), H1545 [3FE]

Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom (see H. Res. 601), H5065 [30MY]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H4830 [22MY]

Taxation: allow individuals a deduction for amounts contributed to disaster savings accounts to help defray costs of preparing their homes to withstand a disaster and repair or replace damaged property (see H.R. 3989), H1660 [5FE]

——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (see H.R. 3043), H3242 [28AP]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H7128 [30JY]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 4933), H5597 [20JN]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 4916), H7242 [1AU]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2302 [11MR]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H474 [15JA]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3486), H1431 [27JA]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3293 [29AP]

United Kingdom: recognize the self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory (see H. Res. 738), H8072 [18NO]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H5559 [19JN]

Voting: improve ballot accessibility and voter registration opportunities, strengthen voting rights, and provide voter assistance to absent overseas uniformed services voters (see H.R. 3576), H2915 [3AP]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: exempt nonprofit low-income housing providers from certain mortgage, servicing, and appraisal requirements (see H.R. 3529), H1780 [18FE]

Water: clarify definition of navigable waters relative to application of environmental protection regulations (see H.R. 3377), H2803 [1AP]

——— 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. 5078), H6746 [23JY]

Wilson, Representative Frederica S.: Miami-Dade County, FL, Public Schools Hall of Fame inductee (see H. Res. 764), H8170 [20NO]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6860 [25JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H2148 [4MR]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H163 [10JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1779 [18FE], H4063 [13MY]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H1779 [18FE], H4063 [13MY]

Remarks

FEMA: 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 (H.R. 3370), H2685 [26MR]

Lupus Awareness Month: observance, H3436 [6MY]

Ream, Ron: Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, H6940 [28JY]

Votes: position on missed, H2941• [4AP], H6005• [9JY]

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 (H.R. 5078), H7305 [9SE]

Tributes

Ferguson, Daniel M., H2987 [7AP]

Larson, Red, H2055 [27FE]

Mathis, Mark A., H5593 [20JN]