DeSANTIS, RON (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H381 [14JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), H7678 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 3504), H5980 [15SE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H190 [9JA]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H5776 [29JY]

——— support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H4774 [25JN]

Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove FBI Miami Field Office, Miramar, FL: designate (see H.R. 1092), H1618 [4MR]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 140), H1663 [16MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H535 [22JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]

Business and industry: require certifications by prospective Government contractors that they are not boycotting a country with which the U.S. has a free trade agreement (see H.R. 1572), H1899 [24MR]

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (see H.R. 814), H1806 [19MR]

Citizenship: clarify that oath of allegiance administered in naturalization process may not be altered (see H.R. 3296), H5783 [31JY]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H664 [28JA]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H4383 [15JN]

Constitution—U.S.: restore integrity of the Fifth Amendment relative to due process of law in civil forfeiture proceedings (see H.R. 540), H1723 [17MR]

Corps of Engineers: deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project (see H.R. 231), H1165 [25FE]

——— modify certain Federal water resources development projects on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system (see H.R. 2492), H3577 [26MY]

Cuba: extradite to the U.S. William Morales and other individuals living in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses committed in the U.S. (see H. Res. 181), H2467 [23AP]

——— prohibit transactions with the Cuban military, incentivize arrest of those responsible for attack on U.S. aircraft, coordinate capture of U.S. fugitives, return confiscated property, and support Cuban people (see H.R. 2937), H4770 [25JN]

——— submit a plan for resolving all outstanding claims relative to property confiscated by Cuba before taking action to ease restrictions on travel to or trade (see H.R. 2466), H4957 [8JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits (see H.R. 733), H811 [4FE]

Dept. of Defense: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 2264), H8971 [2DE]

——— prohibit modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the U.S. acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 654), H758 [3FE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 3421), H5768 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit annual reports on certain demographic information on aliens arrested (see H.R. 3151), H9307 [11DE]

——— secure critical infrastructure against electromagnetic threats (see H.R. 1073), H2155 [13AP]

Dept. of State: offer rewards for information on kidnapping and murder of James W. Foley, Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig, and Steven J. Sotloff (see H.R. 751), H852 [5FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish non-formulary drugs and medicines to veterans diagnosed with mental health disorders (see H.R. 2123), H5404 [22JY]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 456), H1618 [4MR]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 91), H3214 [14MY]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H3391 [19MY]

——— 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. 1594), H5524 [27JY]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2722), H5174 [14JY]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see H.R. 10), H6836 [6OC]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Education: allow a State to opt out of K-12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 121), H2466 [23AP]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see H.R. 618), H662 [28JA]

——— prohibit Federal mandating, incentivizing, or coercing of States to adopt Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, content, or curricula (see H.R. 524), H581 [26JA]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H530 [22JA]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H8362 [18NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H8362 [18NO]

——— extend compliance date of rules on carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants pending judicial review and allow States to protect ratepayers from rate increases and reliability issues (see H.R. 2042), H3254 [15MY]

——— prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H8646 [30NO]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H810 [4FE]

Europe: encourage cooperation between European governments, European Union, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and law enforcement with Jewish community groups to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 354), H5777 [29JY]

FAA: amend the Pilot’s Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other issued certificates, and revise the third class medical certification regulations (see H.R. 1062), H4652 [24JN]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H5469 [23JY]

FCC: disapprove rule relative to protecting and promoting the open Internet (see H.J. Res. 42), H2467 [23AP]

——— limit authority to preempt laws of certain States relative to regulation of municipal broadband (see H.R. 1106), H1618 [4MR]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 427), H478 [21JA]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H2310 [16AP]

Fish and fishing: ensure Federal and State collaboration in developing fishing access restrictions where Federal and State waters overlap (see H.R. 3310), H5764 [29JY]

FRS: eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 3118), H5297 [20JY]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H36 [6JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see H.R. 132), H482 [21JA]

House Rules: require a reading of the names of Armed Forces members who died in the previous month as a result of combat operations (see H. Res. 24), H408 [14JA]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H5976 [11SE]

Immigration: increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the U.S. after being removed (see H.R. 3011), H5239 [15JY]

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. 220), H5976 [11SE]

——— disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5291 [16JY]

——— enhance congressional oversight over administration of sanctions against certain Iranian terrorism financiers (see H.R. 3662), H6787 [1OC]

——— immediately release U.S. citizens that it holds and provide all known information on any U.S. citizens that have disappeared within its borders (see H. Res. 233), H3759 [2JN]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6706 [29SE]

——— urge the President and International Atomic Energy Agency to submit to Congress the text of all side agreements entered into with Iran relative to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (see H. Res. 553), H9011 [3DE]

——— 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. 3338), H6076 [16SE]

Iraq: authorize direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to Kurdish Regional Government (see H.R. 1654), H2108 [26MR]

IRS: prohibit designation of individuals who are not employees of the IRS to examine certain books and witnesses (see H.R. 3167), H5777 [29JY]

——— prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 599), H814 [4FE]

Israel: affirm right to defend itself against Iran and support efforts to maintain sovereignty (see H. Res. 500), H7743 [4NO]

——— express solidarity with people, condemn Palestinian terrorist attacks, and recertify that U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority is conditioned upon recognition of Israel’s right to exist (see H. Res. 485), H7089 [21OC]

——— express that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and therefore, consistent with the location of other U.S. embassies, the U.S. embassy in Israel should be located in Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 62), H5293 [16JY]

——— promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel (see H.R. 825), H1618 [4MR]

——— recognize Jerusalem as capital and support relocation of U.S. Embassy (see H.R. 114), H2270 [15AP]

Koskinen, John A.: impeach (see H. Res. 494), H7254 [27OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 3222), H8362 [18NO]

Medicare: provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H5031 [9JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H4862 [7JY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H1567 [3MR]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 14), H188 [9JA]

——— extend the basis for denial of retirement credit to include conviction of any felony (see H.R. 1054), H4432 [16JN]

——— hold salaries in escrow if Congress does not adopt a budget resolution or pass regular appropriations bills on a timely basis during a Congress (see H.R. 673), H754 [3FE]

——— 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. 187), H103 [7JA]

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. 2646), H5332 [21JY]

——— make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2646), H5405 [22JY]

Middle East: support efforts to encourage cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians and condemn anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 293), H4958 [8JY]

Nepal: express condolences to and solidarity with the people of Nepal following earthquake (see H. Res. 235), H2654 [29AP]

Nigeria: eliminate threat posed by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) and urge Government to conduct transparent, peaceful, and credible elections (see H. Res. 147), H4594 [23JN]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (see H.J. Res. 29), H1568 [3MR]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1893), H2315 [17AP]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 1003), H1069 [13FE]

Palestinian Authority: deplore actions to join International Criminal Court and undertake legal action against Israel and oppose illegitimate use of law, known as lawfare (see H. Res. 209), H4004 [9JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— repeal (see H.R. 132), H482 [21JA]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1033 [12FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5777 [29JY]

Power resources: promote energy security of European allies through opening of the Southern Gas Corridor (see H. Res. 188), H2467 [23AP]

Privacy: improve privacy of electronic communications (see H.R. 283), H482 [21JA]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H755 [3FE]

——— prohibit use of extraordinary measures to prevent the Government from reaching the statutory debt ceiling or once such ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 2185), H2769 [30AP]

Public documents: prohibit the Government sale of Government documents that are available for free online by abolishing the National Technical Information Service (see H.R. 443), H757 [3FE]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H7743 [4NO]

Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office, Mulberry, FL: designate (see H.R. 1326), H1613 [4MR]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

States: ensure methods of collecting taxes and fees by private citizens on behalf of States are fair and effective and do not discriminate against interstate commerce for wireless telecommunication services (see H.R. 1087), H4593 [23JN]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Taiwan: develop a strategy to obtain observer status at the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (see H.R. 1853), H3391 [19MY]

Taxation: encourage use of 529 plans and Coverdell education savings accounts (see H.R. 554), H705 [2FE]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1549), H1848 [23MR]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H1526 [2MR]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1723 [17MR]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H41 [6JA]

——— repeal inclusion of Social Security benefits in gross income (see H.R. 589), H660 [28JA]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H36 [6JA]

——— terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 1001), H1069 [13FE]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H2035 [25MR]

Terrorism: require a report on U.S. strategy to combat terrorist use of social media (see H.R. 3654), H7028 [20OC]

Ukraine: support right to freely elect their government and determine their future (see H. Res. 348), H6938 [8OC]

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), H1806 [19MR]

——— prohibit unrecognized individuals from charging fees for legal services provided to veterans related to appeals before the Dept. of Veterans Affairs or the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (see H.R. 2863), H6937 [8OC]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 868), H1618 [4MR]

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. 594), H668 [30JA]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protection for union employees (see H.R. 1513), H1803 [19MR]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H7742 [4NO]

——— commemorate anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp, remember Holocaust victims, and support educational efforts on the Holocaust and prevention of future genocide (see H. Res. 49), H664 [28JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: ensure appropriate judicial review of Federal actions by amending prohibition on exercise of jurisdiction by U.S. Court of Federal Claims of certain claims pending in other courts (see H.R. 2329), H3211 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: expand higher education opportunities by allowing States to develop their own systems of accrediting educational institutions, curricula, programs, and courses (see H.R. 1287), H1611 [4MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit certain foreign assistance to countries receiving certain detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 1689), H2109 [26MR]

Immigration: prohibit admission of refugees from countries containing terrorist-controlled territories (see H.R. 4143), H8859 [1DE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 49), H2799 [5MY]

——— terminate further retirement benefits, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 584), H660 [28JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: apply provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff (see H.R. 1953), H2416 [22AP]

Senior citizens: eliminate the payroll tax on individuals who have attained retirement age and repeal limits on outside income earned while receiving Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1395), H1721 [17MR]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 2716), H4135 [10JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Courts: ensure appropriate judicial review of Federal actions by amending prohibition on exercise of jurisdiction by U.S. Court of Federal Claims of certain claims pending in other courts (H.R. 2329), H3213 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: expand higher education opportunities by allowing States to develop their own systems of accrediting educational institutions, curricula, programs, and courses (H.R. 1287), H1616 [4MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit certain foreign assistance to countries receiving certain detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (H.R. 1689), H2113 [26MR]

Immigration: prohibit admission of refugees from countries containing terrorist-controlled territories (H.R. 4143), H8860 [1DE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 49), H2799 [5MY]

——— terminate further retirement benefits, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 584), H662 [28JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: apply provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff (H.R. 1953), H2418 [22AP]

Senior citizens: eliminate the payroll tax on individuals who have attained retirement age and repeal limits on outside income earned while receiving Social Security benefits (H.R. 1395), H1722 [17MR]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (H.R. 2716), H4137 [10JN]

Remarks

Cuba: proposal to re-establish U.S. diplomatic relations and lift trade and travel restrictions, H217 [12JA]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement, H4911 [8JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4911 [8JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H382 [14JA], H963 [11FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), Senate amendment, H1547 [3MR]

——— prohibit funding for any policy relative to deportation of illegal aliens that does not make deportation of child abusers, sexual offenders, and domestic abusers top priorities, H382 [14JA]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 597), H7225 [27OC]

Government: importance of accountability, H4375 [15JN]

Gross, Alan P.: release from Cuba as a political prisoner, H217 [12JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H737 [3FE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H963 [11FE]

Iran: agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H5121 [14JY], H5178 [15JY], H5317 [21JY]

——— approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5923 [10SE]

——— ensure requirements to cease nuclear enrichment program and support of terrorism are part of final agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program and relief from current sanctions, H4378 [15JN]

——— status of nuclear weapons program, H2139, H2141, H2142, H2143 [13AP]

IRS: disappearance of e-mails relative to investigation of alleged targeting of conservative nonprofit groups, H4375 [15JN]

Obama, President: constitutionality of Executive actions, H1547 [3MR]

——— evaluation of war on terrorism and Middle East policies, H2139, H2141, H2142, H2143 [13AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7678, H7679 [4NO]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H737 [3FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H737 [3FE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7678, H7679 [4NO]

Transportation: reform Federal role in transportation policy and empower States with taxing and spending authority over highway and transit programs, H7678, H7679 [4NO]