BUCHANAN, VERN (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

House Democracy Partnership, H742 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H225 [12JA]

American Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 523), H9272 [10DE]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2849), H5298 [20JY]

——— outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H4345 [12JN]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H2416 [22AP]

Armed Forces: repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5777 [29JY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H1373 [26FE]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H1636 [13MR]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H5298 [20JY]

Corps of Engineers: modify certain Federal water resources development projects on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system (see H.R. 2492), H3557 [21MY]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H5849 [8SE]

Crime: prevent identity theft and tax fraud (see H.R. 3832), H7188 [26OC]

——— protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H1610 [4MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: require animals in Federal research centers be included in the definition of animal under the Animal Welfare Act (see H.R. 746), H852 [5FE]

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. 985), H5848 [8SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H1524 [2MR]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H1116 [24FE]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 1717), H2110 [26MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: report on debt levels, proposed debt reduction measures, and impact of increasing the debt ceiling and provide public access to such information (see H.R. 3442), H5867 [9SE]

Dept. of Transportation: make grants to assist units of local government in developing and implementing Vision Zero plans, to eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries (see H.R. 1274), H1611 [4MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H2960 [13MY]

——— 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), H2420 [22AP]

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

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 512), H2155 [13AP]

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), H5866 [9SE]

FCC: disapprove rule relative to protecting and promoting the open Internet (see H.J. Res. 42), H2153 [13AP]

——— prohibit reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service (see H.R. 1212), H2500 [28AP]

FDA: incentivize the development of abuse-deterrent drugs (see H.R. 2335), H3212 [14MY]

FEMA: enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1748), H8242 [16NO]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1941), H6260 [25SE]

——— improve regulation and the mortgage finance system (see H.R. 1389), H2310 [16AP]

——— provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H2356 [21AP]

——— require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H6750 [30SE]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H2357 [21AP]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H1662 [16MR]

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]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 19), H2795 [1MY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H757 [3FE]

FTC: establish Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors (see H.R. 2633), H3877 [3JN]

Health: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H1034 [12FE]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H3879 [3JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2300), H3879 [3JN]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5589 [28JY]

Immigration: improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see H.R. 1148), H5404 [22JY]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H5117 [13JY] (see H.R. 815), H5783 [31JY]

——— provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist employees in the purchase of policies in the individual market (see H.R. 2911), H5943 [10SE]

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

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6077 [16SE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2357 [21AP]

Medicare: authorize a blanket significant hardship exception for meaningful electronic health records use due to delay in timely publication of certain meaningful use rules (see H.R. 3940), H9692 [17DE]

——— establish smart card pilot program (see H.R. 3220), H6976 [9OC]

——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 696), H1850 [23MR]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 1021), H1112 [24FE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H1769 [18MR]

——— prevent application of budget sequestration to payment for certain physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H2035 [25MR]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H1898 [24MR]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H6981 [16OC]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H4137 [10JN]

——— reduce incidence of diabetes among beneficiaries (see H.R. 2102), H9206 [9DE]

——— reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 1686), H9206 [9DE]

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (see H.R. 887), H981 [11FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: implement a demonstration project to examine costs and benefits of providing payments for health care services provided by purpose-built, continuing care retirement communities to beneficiaries (see H.R. 837), H916 [10FE]

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. 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), H3912 [4JN]

National Entrepreneurs’ Day: designate (see H. Res. 511), H7624 [3NO]

National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week: designate (see H. Res. 552), H9011 [3DE]

NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification (see H.R. 2553), H3560 [21MY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H3879 [3JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing and related activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 2630), H3917 [4JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 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), H5173 [14JY]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see H.R. 555), H867 [9FE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2300), H3879 [3JN]

——— 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]

——— 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. 588), H1901 [24MR]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 863), H5943 [10SE]

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. 699), H810 [4FE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 602), H1116 [24FE]

Senate Rules: disapprove modern filibuster rule, end process of anonymous holds, and reaffirm House commitment to work with the Senate to end gridlock and pass legislation (see H. Res. 431), H6308 [28SE]

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

Taxation: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2128), H2767 [30AP]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H1069 [13FE]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H6228 [24SE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1142), H1723 [17MR]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H4002 [9JN]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2510), H3558 [21MY]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 855), H5404 [22JY]

——— prevent claims of the earned income tax credit by individuals receiving Social Security numbers and work authorizations pursuant to certain deferred action programs (see H.R. 1298), H2357 [21AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1850 [23MR]

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

——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2334), H3582 [29MY]

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. 662), H703 [2FE]

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]

Veterans Expedited Recovery Commission: establish to examine mental health treatment models and potential benefits of incorporating certain alternative treatments (see H.R. 271), H3214 [14MY]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2920), H4770 [25JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: condemn policy advising the observance of cultural and religious practices in Afghanistan that allow sexual abuse and reinstate Charles Martland as a member of the Army (see H. Res. 451), H6749 [30SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 4), H43 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 17), H224 [12JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require the search of all public records, including Internet sites and social media profiles, to determine if an alien is inadmissible to the U.S. (see H.R. 4301), H10710 [18DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 91), H39 [6JA]

IRS: extend authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W-2 wage and tax statements (see H.R. 3568), H6178 [18SE]

Medicare: delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts for plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (see H.R. 2506), H3558 [21MY]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program and delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts of plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (see H.R. 2582), H3581 [29MY]

Members of Congress: prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 92), H39 [6JA]

Social Security: prohibit recovery of certain overpayments through tax refund offsets and prohibit application of the earnings test relative to child’s insurance benefits (see H.R. 2774), H4381 [15JN]

SSA: prohibit seizing of tax refunds to repay overpayments, restore statute of limitations applicable to debt collection through administrative offset, and prevent recovery of overpayments to children (see H.R. 409), H430 [20JA]

Taxation: increase limitations for deductible new business expenditures and consolidate provisions for start-up and organizational expenditures (see H.R. 2524), H3559 [21MY]

——— modify certain safe harbor requirements to encourage small business to offer retirement plans and to allow individuals to save more (see H.R. 557), H638 [27JA]

——— temporarily allow expensing of certain costs of replanting citrus plants lost by reason of casualty (see H.R. 3957), H8150 [5NO]

Constitutional authority statements

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 4), H49 [6JA]

——— constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 17), H225 [12JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require the search of all public records, including Internet sites and social media profiles, to determine if an alien is inadmissible to the U.S. (H.R. 4301), H10711 [18DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (H.R. 91), H46 [6JA]

IRS: extend authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W-2 wage and tax statements (H.R. 3568), H6179 [18SE]

Medicare: delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts for plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (H.R. 2506), H3562 [21MY]

——— improve risk adjustment under Medicare Advantage program and delay authority to terminate Medicare Advantage contracts of plans failing to achieve minimum quality ratings (H.R. 2582), H3582 [29MY]

Members of Congress: prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (H.R. 92), H46 [6JA]

Social Security: prohibit recovery of certain overpayments through tax refund offsets and prohibit application of the earnings test relative to child’s insurance benefits (H.R. 2774), H4382 [15JN]

SSA: prohibit seizing of tax refunds to repay overpayments, restore statute of limitations applicable to debt collection through administrative offset, and prevent recovery of overpayments to children (H.R. 409), H430 [20JA]

Taxation: increase limitations for deductible new business expenditures and consolidate provisions for start-up and organizational expenditures (H.R. 2524), H3563 [21MY]

——— modify certain safe harbor requirements to encourage small business to offer retirement plans and to allow individuals to save more (H.R. 557), H640 [27JA]

——— temporarily allow expensing of certain costs of replanting citrus plants lost by reason of casualty (H.R. 3957), H8153 [5NO]

Remarks

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (H.R. 91), H3264 [18MY]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (H.R. 91), Senate amendment, H4782 [7JY]

Florida: tribute to 16th Congressional District Congressional Teacher Award recipients, E327• [16MR]

——— tribute to 16th District Congressional Fire and Rescue and EMS Awards recipients, E1305• [17SE], E1391• [30SE], E1446• [7OC]

——— tribute to 16th District Congressional Law Enforcement Award recipients, E454• [13AP]

Manatee County, FL: anniversary of Manatee County Fair, E1695• [2DE]

Resignations

Committee on the Budget (House), H9032 [8DE]

Tributes

Bezet, Randy, H4655 [25JN]

Clark, Eugenie, E329• [16MR]