SOUTHERLAND, STEVE, II (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4912 [28MY], H4992 [29MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: extend maternity leave for women serving in the military (see H.R. 4628), H4058 [9MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 3788), H1243 [16JA]

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]

——— encourage compensation transparency (see H.R. 5256), H7190 [31JY]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2746 [27MR]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H2611 [24MR]

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

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H2697 [26MR]

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), H3448 [6MY]

——— establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H2066 [27FE]

Dept. of HHS: award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see H.R. 718), H2991 [7AP]

——— 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), H7676 [17SE]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H6400 [17JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit use of Federal funds for position of Public Advocate, or position of Deputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach, within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 3732), H136 [9JA]

Dept. of Justice: protect crime victims’ rights (see H.R. 4165), H5826 [3JY]

Dept. of State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 2283), H2854 [2AP]

Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (see H.R. 4156), H2303 [11MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H5819 [26JN]

——— conduct study relative to claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans (see H.R. 4446), H5399 [17JN]

——— 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), H5185 [9JN]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H2002 [26FE]

——— 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), H5876 [8JY]

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), H7893 [18SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3689), H5399 [17JN]

Endangered Species Act: disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking (see H.R. 4317), H2743 [27MR]

——— improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees (see H.R. 4316), H2743 [27MR]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act (see H.R. 4318), H2743 [27MR]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (see H.R. 4315), H2743 [27MR]

EPA: clarify authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site (see H.R. 4854), H5362 [12JN]

——— 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), H3058 [8AP]

——— preserve existing rights and responsibilities relative to non-prohibited discharges of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5071), H6816 [24JY]

——— provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 3826), H1432 [27JA]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1461), H3058 [8AP]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H5364 [12JN]

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

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H1512 [29JA]

——— prohibit certain agencies from using or purchasing certain firearms and require GAO report on Federal units receiving tactical training that respond to certain high-risk situations (see H.R. 4934), H6580 [18JY]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see H.R. 1423), H1431 [27JA]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1750), H6107 [10JY]

——— improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H6036 [9JY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 4060), H6107 [10JY]

Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 3335), H1243 [16JA]

Foreign aid: suspend assistance to countries that fail to use INTERPOL’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database to determine accuracy of passports of prospective passengers on commercial flights (see H.R. 4448), H3195 [10AP]

FRS: establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee and for certain activities of the Board of Governors (see H.R. 5018), H6217 [14JY]

——— nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 5403), H7894 [18SE]

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

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (see H. Res. 442), H1720 [10FE]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 5135), H6397 [17JY]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of human trafficking and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last residence (see H.R. 5053), H6656 [22JY]

——— prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens (see H.R. 5160), H7190 [31JY]

——— 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), H7619 [16SE]

——— support authority of the Governors of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California to deploy the National Guard to secure the international border of the U.S. within their States (see H. Res. 675), H6816 [24JY]

IRS: implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft (see H.R. 5670), H7887 [18SE]

Lumber industry: exempt certain children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws (see H.R. 4590), H3939 [7MY]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 526), H2803 [1AP]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H2696 [26MR]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H5399 [17JN]

——— extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see H.R. 4780), H5559 [19JN]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H2696 [26MR]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H7455 [11SE]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 4437), H5399 [17JN]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H2611 [24MR]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H6580 [18JY]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (see H.R. 5110), H7619 [16SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7892 [18SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 1309), H135 [9JA]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H5725 [24JN]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4834 [23MY]

Muslim Brotherhood (organization): designate as terrorist organization and impose sanctions against persons who knowingly provide material support or resources (see H.R. 5194), H6814 [24JY]

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), H2066 [27FE]

National Day of Prayer: observance (see H. Res. 547), H3243 [28AP]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 449), H6107 [10JY]

National Guard: achieve operational control of the international border between the U.S. and Mexico through deployment of members in support of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (see H.R. 4882), H5559 [19JN]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H1592 [4FE]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H7676 [17SE]

Obama, President: condemn failure to notify Congress before releasing Taliban leaders detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and express concerns over their release and repercussions of negotiating with terrorists (see H. Res. 644), H5820 [26JN]

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: extend health plan coverage to dependent children in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5384), H7434 [10SE]

——— limit rescissions of coverage under health plans in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5321), H7297 [8SE]

——— maintain preexisting condition coverage and guaranteed availability of health insurance if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5328), H7456 [11SE]

——— prohibit Government contributions under the Federal employees health benefit program towards exchange health insurance coverage of Members of Congress (see H.R. 3853), H162 [10JA]

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 2453), H6656 [22JY]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 3489), H5725 [24JN]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 5285), H7125 [30JY]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see H. Res. 356), H2697 [26MR]

Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office, Mulberry, FL: designate (see H.R. 5089), H6580 [18JY]

Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities (see H. Con. Res. 86), H2258 [6MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 3590), H1432 [27JA]

States: test methods of program integration and coordination of services to move individuals and families towards self-sufficiency, reduce welfare dependence, and increase work and earnings (see H.R. 4206), H2301 [11MR]

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

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H6656 [22JY]

——— allow Federal law enforcement officers and firefighters to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (see H.R. 4634), H7676 [17SE]

——— index the dependent care credit for inflation (see H.R. 5258), H7190 [31JY]

——— provide a deduction relating to the compensation of the lesser earning spouse (see H.R. 5257), H7190 [31JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H2302 [11MR]

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), H2914 [3AP]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3486), H6137 [11JY]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3195 [10AP]

Venezuela: support freedom of expression and assembly, condemn violence and intimidation of country’s political opposition, and call for international support for democratic reform (see H. Res. 488), H2066 [27FE]

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), H6860 [25JY]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4682), H6977 [28JY]

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 for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H2746 [27MR]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6217 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Florida: correct boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units (see H.R. 4222), H2360 [12MR]

Monuments and memorials: require congressional approval, provide restrictions on the use of national monuments, and establish requirements for declaration of marine national monuments (see H.R. 4988), H5817 [26JN]

Roads and highways: exempt agricultural loads traveling on Federal highways from weight limitations if State agricultural regulations are met (see H.R. 5201), H6814 [24JY]

Tariff: extend preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (see H.R. 4955), H5724 [24JN]

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. 5078), H6135 [11JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Florida: correct boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units (H.R. 4222), H2361 [12MR]

Monuments and memorials: require congressional approval, provide restrictions on the use of national monuments, and establish requirements for declaration of marine national monuments (H.R. 4988), H5818 [26JN]

Roads and highways: exempt agricultural loads traveling on Federal highways from weight limitations if State agricultural regulations are met (H.R. 5201), H6815 [24JY]

Tariff: extend preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 4955), H5725 [24JN]

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), H6136 [11JY]

Remarks

Florida State University: tribute to football team, H7 [7JA]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H34 [8JA]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: observance, H3064 [9AP]

NOAA: prohibit funding to develop, approve, or implement new catch share programs along certain areas of the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, H4992 [29MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4992 [29MY]

Tuthill, Pat: Dept. of Justice Ronald Wilson Reagan Public Policy Award recipient, H3064 [9AP]

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), H7315 [9SE]

Tributes

Lundy, Robert, E727• [9MY]