SANFORD, MARK (a Representative from South Carolina)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4940 [8JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3917 [4JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2723 [30AP]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3799 [3JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H5980 [15SE]

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

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H4957 [8JY]

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see H.R. 3776), H7391 [2NO]

Armed Forces: improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improving structural security (see H.R. 3139), H5330 [21JY]

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5404 [22JY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H4383 [15JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H2036 [25MR] (see H.J. Res. 55), H5525 [27JY]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2800 [5MY]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (see H.R. 119), H2466 [23AP]

——— provide that any estimate prepared by CBO or Committee on Taxation (Joint) shall include costs relative to servicing the public debt (see H.R. 3804), H7743 [4NO]

Constitution—U.S.: restore integrity of the Fifth Amendment relative to due process of law in civil forfeiture proceedings (see H.R. 540), H2211 [14AP]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H6706 [29SE]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 525), H814 [4FE]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 3238), H5588 [28JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 987), H2271 [15AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: certify that refugees admitted to the U.S. from Iraq or Syria are not security threats to the U.S. prior to admission (see H.R. 3999), H8362 [18NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), require motion that the House recedes from its previous position and concurs in the Senate amendment be offered only by the Majority Leader or his designee (see H. Res. 133), H1525 [2MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit payment of surcharges for commemorative coin programs to private organizations or entities (see H.R. 3097), H5290 [16JY]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6789 [1OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H3310 [18MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: authorize agreements with States and subdivisions providing for continued operation of public lands during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1836), H3310 [18MY]

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: extend authority to establish a commemorative work on Federal land to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion and his service (see H.R. 477), H530 [22JA]

Drugs: end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (see H.R. 1538), H6789 [1OC]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 920), H3310 [18MY]

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

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), H8241 [16NO]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H4490 [17JN]

FDA: grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products (see H.R. 2058), H8860 [1DE]

——— improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (see H.R. 2017), H3391 [19MY]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 451), H3214 [14MY]

——— 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), H583 [26JA]

——— require Congress to review and renew agencies every ten years (see H.R. 1950), H4243 [11JN]

FEMA: provide assistance for common interest communities, condominiums, and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster (see H.R. 3863), H8861 [1DE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1068 [13FE]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 2913), H5849 [8SE]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H157 [8JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see H.R. 132), H157 [8JA]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H2270 [15AP]

——— prohibit funding for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 29), H2211 [14AP]

——— prohibit receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities that interfere with the enforcement of Federal immigration law (see H.R. 3002), H5333 [21JY]

——— require consultation with State and local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or contracts for housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 2491), H3557 [21MY]

——— require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8282 [17NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see H.R. 4038), H8362 [18NO]

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

J. Waties Waring Judicial Center, Charleston, SC: designate (see H.R. 2131), H2767 [30AP]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H5783 [31JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H6975 [9OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide a grace period for physicians and other health care providers in transitioning from the ICD–9 to the ICD–10 standard (see H.R. 2652), H3913 [4JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 11), H6139 [17SE] (see H.J. Res. 14), H814 [4FE] (see H.J. Res. 19), H6789 [1OC]

——— eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 513), H532 [22JA]

NLRB: reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (see H.R. 4022), H8240 [16NO]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H5404 [22JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: apply provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff (see H.R. 1953), H3565 [21MY]

——— express that health insurance mandate violates the clause of the Constitution requiring that bills for raising revenue originate in the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 392), H6077 [16SE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H6076 [16SE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 132), H157 [8JA]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H4432 [16JN]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H2879 [12MY]

——— require participation in health care exchanges by Supreme Court Justices and staff (see H.R. 2905), H4957 [8JY]

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]

Privacy: clarify prohibition on warrantless searching of collections of communications for U.S. persons (see H.R. 2233), H3215 [14MY]

——— improve privacy of electronic communications (see H.R. 283), H814 [4FE]

——— 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. 699), H810 [4FE]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H4137 [10JN]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H8281 [17NO]

Taxation: improve health savings accounts (see H.R. 3006), H5333 [21JY]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 641), H702 [2FE]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H583 [26JA]

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

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H225 [12JA]

Terrorism: declassify the classified pages of the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 (see H. Res. 14), H984 [11FE]

Transportation Security Administration: conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (see H.R. 719), H811 [4FE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H2035 [25MR]

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), H919 [10FE] (see H.R. 1732), H2420 [22AP]

World War II: 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), H919 [10FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 664), H703 [2FE]

Public debt: 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]

Taxation: phaseout Highway Trust Fund Mass Transit Account (see H.R. 1551), H1848 [23MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (H.R. 664), H705 [2FE]

Public debt: prohibit use of extraordinary measures to prevent the Government from reaching the statutory debt ceiling or once such ceiling has been reached (H.R. 2185), H2772 [30AP]

Taxation: phaseout Highway Trust Fund Mass Transit Account (H.R. 1551), H1849 [23MR]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9431, H9686 [17DE]

Armed Forces: remove members deployed to Iraq or Syria, other than those required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel (H. Con. Res. 55), H4467 [17JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1556, H1557 [3MR]

——— deficit, H1556, H1557 [3MR], H1883 [24MR], H9686 [17DE]

——— reform entitlement programs, H1556 [3MR]

——— revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, H7306 [28OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1883 [24MR], H1936 [25MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), conference report, H2698 [30AP]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), motion to instruct conferees, H2175 [14AP]

Charleston, SC: offer condolences to the community, families, and victims of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting, H4580 [23JN]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H1936 [25MR]

Cuba: re-establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations and lifting of trade and travel restrictions, H9685 [17DE]

Dept. of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H2723 [30AP]

Dept. of the Interior: funding for Atlantic lease sales from the proposed plan for offshore oil and gas development, H4940 [8JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4940 [8JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to limit travel to Cuba, H3889, H3890 [4JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9431, H9686 [17DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3889, H3890 [4JN]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), H7066 [21OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2723 [30AP]

Families and domestic relations: provide for paid family and medical leave, H2175 [14AP]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (S. 754), H9686 [17DE]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5920 [10SE]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H7306 [28OC]

J. Waties Waring Judicial Center, Charleston, SC: designate (H.R. 2131), H4351• [15JN]

Maritime Administration: Maritime Security Program funding, H9686 [17DE]

Medicare: reform, H2175 [14AP]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S., H9686 [17DE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, H9686 [17DE]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), H2922• [13MY]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (H.R. 692), H7056 [21OC]

Refugees: provide assistance to increasing number seeking asylum from violence in Syria and Iraq, H9686 [17DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H3799, H3800 [3JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3799, H3800 [3JN]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H9431, H9685 [17DE]

——— rates, H9685, H9686 [17DE]

Votes: position on missed, H899• [10FE], H1694• [17MR], E340• [17MR], E1475• [13OC]

Water: revise definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ relative to application of environmental protection regulations, H9686 [17DE]

Tributes

Walling, Willis R. (Wally), E1308• [17SE]