WEBSTER, DANIEL (a Representative from Florida)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 490), H517 [11JA]

——— prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see H.R. 2373), H3283 [25AP]

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see H.R. 833), H1282 [29JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 616), H675 [16JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H1339 [30JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 962), H1465 [7FE]

Agriculture: combat unfair trade practices affecting core seasonal industries by allowing producers to bring trade cases if they can prove illegal seasonal dumping of products by foreign producers (see H.R. 101), H2796 [25MR]

——— prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 5410), H10257 [12DE]

Althea Margaret Daily Mills Post Office Building, Winter Haven, FL: designate (see H.R. 2969), H7379 [24JY]

American Legion: allow determination of membership requirements (see H.R. 1641), H3843 [15MY]

Armed Forces: improve TRICARE program for retired members of the National Guard and Reserve components (see H.R. 5169), H12211 [18DE]

Bulgaria: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 569), H7865 [20SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of rotunda to honor the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II upon death (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1587 [13FE]

China: condemn theft of intellectual property and control export of covered national interest technology and intellectual property (see H.R. 3532), H5272 [5JY]

Colleges and universities: require the FBI to create a list of foreign intelligence threats to higher education and require reporting to Dept. of Education of certain gifts from such entities (see H.R. 3071), H4216 [3JN]

Corps of Engineers: notify affected communities before releasing water contaminated with cyanobacteria from flood risk management projects (see H.R. 977), H3130 [8AP]

Courts: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by Federal, State, and local officials from threat of litigants seeking damages and attorney’s fees (see H.R. 1269), H2031 [14FE]

Crime: prohibit unlawful disposal in landfills or navigable waters of fetal remains resulting from an abortion (see H.R. 671), H718 [17JA]

Dept. of Education: allow parents of eligible military dependent children to redirect a portion of their per pupil Impact Aid Program allocations to establish Military Education Savings Accounts (see H.R. 1605), H2582 [7MR]

——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 3149), H4343 [5JN]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1652), H3926 [16MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize services to be provided to individuals under 60 with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction (see H.R. 1903), H5008 [20JN]

——— establish health insurance Federal invisible risk sharing program (see H.R. 2789), H3923 [16MY]

Dept. of State: submit to Congress a report on designation of Muslim Brotherhood (organization) as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 2412), H3339 [30AP]

Dept. of the Interior: convey Federal reversionary interests to land owned by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ (see H.R. 756), H1210 [24JA]

Dept. of Transportation: modify hours of service requirements relative to transportation of certain live animals (see H.R. 487), H463 [10JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on physical security at medical facilities and improve facility inspections and care for women (see H.R. 1125), H1491 [8FE]

——— establish an inter-agency task force on use of Federal lands for medical treatment and therapy through outdoor recreation for veterans (see H.R. 2435), H3792 [14MY]

——— modify presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Thailand during the Vietnam era (see H.R. 2201), H3306 [29AP]

——— provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families (see H.R. 3495), H9059 [19NO]

——— provide for circumstances under which reimbursement for emergency ambulance services shall be provided (see H.R. 485), H1339 [30JA]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H1464 [7FE]

——— update handbook on planning and activating community-based outpatient clinics to improve leasing projects and provide training on use of such handbook (see H.R. 3277), H4694 [13JN]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1218 [25JA]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H10016 [10DE]

EPA: direct program offices to carry out certain assessments relative to chemical toxicity (see H.R. 89), H288 [8JA]

——— exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 5434), H12292 [19DE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (see H.R. 983), H1362 [5FE]

Federal agencies and departments: require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H1339 [30JA]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H202 [3JA]

Foreign trade: authorize the President to take certain actions relative to reciprocal trade to encourage other nations to reduce tariffs (see H.R. 764), H2035 [14FE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H201 [3JA]

GAO: provide for a joint session of House and Senate budget committees to receive a presentation on the audited financial statement of the Executive branch (see H. Con. Res. 68), H8054 [26SE]

Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (see H.R. 3502), H8460 [23OC]

House of Representatives: require Members to have non-participatory access to committee impeachment proceedings, transcribed interviews, and depositions (see H. Res. 639), H8542 [28OC]

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), H206 [3JA]

——— permit certain E–2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident (see H.R. 2124), H7755 [17SE]

Iran: condemn state-sponsored terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and officials and Iranian dissidents and recognize right of Iranian people to establish a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic (see H. Res. 374), H3727 [10MY]

——— make financial assets of the Iranian Government available to pay compensatory damages to families of victims of the 1983 bombing of U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon (see H.R. 2790), H4122 [22MY]

Israel: oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (see H. Res. 246), H4345 [5JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2571), H3499 [8MY]

Law enforcement: use forfeited criminal proceeds resulting from prosecution of Joaquín A. Guzmán Loera (El Chapo) or other felony drug convictions for border security measures, including a border wall (see H.R. 714), H1586 [13FE]

McAuliffe, Christa: mint commemorative coins with proceeds from sales going to For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Robotics program (see H.R. 500), H2987 [2AP]

Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1763), H3442 [2MY]

——— improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 2573), H4434 [11JN]

——— provide certain coverage of audiologist services (see H.R. 4056), H9123 [20NO]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H4066 [21MY]

Motor vehicles: promote awareness of, and encourage collaboration and communication to engage in efforts to end, motorcycle profiling by law enforcement (see H. Res. 255), H7507 [16AU]

NASA: anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing, tribute to crew and support staff, and support of returning humans to the Moon and Mars, selection of diverse lunar exploration crew, and U.S. leadership in space (see H. Res. 443), H4774 [18JN]

National Academy of Inventors: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2857), H4063 [21MY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 1865), H8082 [27SE]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1225), H3130 [8AP]

National School Choice Week: designate (see H. Res. 44), H602 [15JA]

NSF: develop an Innovation Corps (I-Corps) course to support commercialization-ready innovation companies (see H.R. 539), H543 [14JA]

Officer Robert German Post Office Building, Windermere, FL: designate (see H.R. 5062), H8825 [13NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1398), H3449 [3MY]

Pensions: prohibit Federal bailout of, or other Federal assistance to, State and local government pension plans (see H.R. 2126), H4121 [22MY]

Pipelines: provide enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation (see H.R. 5175), H9171 [21NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 369), H357 [9JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H2719 [13MR]

——— ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization (see H. Res. 33), H4219 [3JN]

——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 2382), H8827 [13NO]

——— restore preexisting service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 60), H1465 [7FE]

Public debt: recognize the national debt as a threat to national security and commit to restoring regular order in appropriations process and addressing the fiscal crisis (see H. Res. 149), H2234 [26FE]

Purple Star Families Week: designate (see H. Res. 734), H9179 [26NO]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to remarks during hearing on whistleblower complaint against President Trump and alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia (see H. Res. 604), H8098 [4OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]

Ships and vessels: provide for deferral of payment of a duty on the sale of certain used vessels (see H.R. 2239), H5261 [27JN]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1218 [25JA]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1218 [25JA]

Taxation: allow individuals only enrolled in Medicare Part A to contribute to health savings accounts (see H.R. 908), H1334 [30JA]

——— allow limited 529 college savings programs funds to be used for elementary and secondary education, including homeschooling (see H.R. 621), H4217 [3JN]

——— establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for elementary and secondary students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations (see H.R. 1434), H7990 [25SE]

——— modify definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies (see H.R. 2147), H3449 [3MY]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H7493 [6AU]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H3252 [10AP]

——— repeal inclusion of Social Security benefits in gross income (see H.R. 3971), H7462 [25JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: modernize funding of wildlife conservation (see H.R. 877), H1494 [8FE]

Weather: enhance planning, preparation, and dissemination of best practices for extreme weather to increase resiliency, improve regional coordination, and mitigate financial risk (see H.R. 4347), H7753 [17SE]

Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8056 [26SE]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1218 [25JA]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to women who joined the workforce to provide vehicles, weaponry, and ammunition to win the war and were referred to as ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’ (see H.R. 1773), H5038 [21JN]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 550), H5168 [25JN]

——— mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H8541 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (see H.R. 788), H1211 [24JA]

NIST: implement certain recommendations relative to overcoming barriers to adoption of composites in sustainable infrastructure (see H.R. 2393), H3303 [29AP]

Taxation: provide deduction for certain charity care provided by physicians (see H.R. 856), H1283 [29JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (H.R. 788), H1213 [24JA]

NIST: implement certain recommendations relative to overcoming barriers to adoption of composites in sustainable infrastructure (H.R. 2393), H3304 [29AP]

Taxation: provide deduction for certain charity care provided by physicians (H.R. 856), H1284 [29JA]

Remarks

Beacon College: anniversary, E1138• [12SE]

Fish and fishing: improve conservation of sharks (H.R. 788), H9082 [20NO]

——— prohibit sale of shark fins (H.R. 737), H9081 [20NO], E1485• [21NO]

NSF: develop an Innovation Corps (I-Corps) course to support commercialization-ready innovation companies (H.R. 539), H2057 [25FE]

Tributes

Genshaft, Judy L., E902• [11JY]

Hunt, Bob and Jackie, E405• [4AP]

Peterson, George P. (Bud), E129• [5FE]

Webster, Phyllis, E59• [17JA]