DUNN, NEAL P. (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2500), H5573 [10JY]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), H3702 [10MY]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3351), H5177 [26JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 490), H517 [11JA]
——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H8880 [14NO]
——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 616), H7501 [13AU]
——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H8880 [14NO]
——— 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), H2506 [6MR]
Adams-Onís Treaty: anniversary of acquisition of Florida from Spain (see H. Res. 142), H2047 [22FE]
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), H2505 [6MR]
Alcoholic beverages: recognize successful State-based alcohol regulation since the creation of an effective system of independent beer, wine, and spirits distribution (see H. Res. 285), H3927 [16MY]
——— reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H3792 [14MY]
Althea Margaret Daily Mills Post Office Building, Winter Haven, FL: designate (see H.R. 2969), H5077 [24JN]
American Farm Bureau Federation: anniversary of national convention (see H. Res. 45), H2587 [7MR]
Armed Forces: expand certain benefits for survivors of members who die in the line of duty (see H.R. 1911), H3477 [7MY]
——— require a full military honors ceremony for certain deceased veterans (see H.R. 1019), H1494 [8FE]
Aviation: withhold Federal grants from airports that violate grant agreements by discriminating against an air carrier operating pursuant to Federal contract (see H.R. 2955), H4161 [23MY]
Brand USA, Inc.: extend transfer of Electronic Travel Authorization System fees (see H.R. 3851), H7711 [13SE]
CFTC: reauthorize (see H.R. 4895), H9059 [19NO]
Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 367), H1172 [23JA]
——— provide interim appropriations for Coast Guard Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans for each fiscal year after 2018 (see H.R. 847), H1282 [29JA]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: bring into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 969), H1361 [5FE]
Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality toward labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1858), H5270 [2JY]
Corps of Engineers: notify affected communities before releasing water contaminated with cyanobacteria from flood risk management projects (see H.R. 977), H3130 [8AP]
Courts: clarify liability protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators (see H.R. 1227), H2029 [14FE]
CPSC: require compliant flame mitigation devices to be used on portable fuel containers for flammable liquids (see H.R. 806), H1242 [28JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program (see H.R. 4496), H7989 [25SE]
Dept. of Defense: carry out a pilot program to lend departmental farm equipment to eligible farmers (see H.R. 351), H284 [8JA]
——— support F–35 Joint Strike Fighter Program (see H. Res. 177), H2368 [5MR]
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), H4066 [21MY]
——— update postsecondary student data system to ensure students and families have access to accurate and complete information on student outcomes (see H.R. 1766), H3276 [18AP]
Dept. of HHS: allow States to extend certain child welfare demonstration projects scheduled to expire (see H.R. 3116), H4698 [13JN]
——— assist States, tribes, territories, counties, and cities in implementing child welfare systems and services to families at risk of entering the child welfare or foster care systems (see H.R. 4980), H8786 [12NO]
——— 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), H7511 [20AU]
——— revise operations of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 3534), H5255 [27JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize use of Homeland Security Grant Program funds to expand access to bleeding control kits (BCKs) in public gathering places (see H.R. 2550), H4172 [24MY]
——— establish Joint Threat Assessment and Management Task Force to make recommendations on developing a national strategy to prevent targeted violence (see H.R. 838), H3220 [9AP]
——— waive certain environmental requirements to permit searches for unlawful border crossing tunnels on private land to prevent the illegal entry of aliens into the U.S. (see H.R. 3968), H7990 [25SE]
Dept. of Justice: establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program (see H.R. 886), H1333 [30JA]
——— extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1327), H5077 [24JN]
——— require a certain percentage of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grant funds to be used for salaries and benefits of school resource officers (see H.R. 916), H1335 [30JA]
Dept. of State: eliminate Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (see H.R. 479), H1172 [23JA]
Dept. of the Interior: permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 205), H1339 [30JA]
Dept. of Transportation: clarify definition of agricultural commodities relative to motor carrier safety regulations (see H.R. 1673), H2646 [11MR]
——— 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 dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H7704 [12SE]
——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 95), H3681 [9MY]
——— furnish Vet Center counseling and mental health services to National Guard, Reserve, or Coast Guard members who participated in drug interdiction or emergency or disaster response (see H.R. 1812), H4011 [20MY]
——— improve oversight of contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 561), H600 [15JA]
——— prohibit payment to child care providers that employ individuals convicted of certain crimes (see H.R. 3788), H5998 [17JY]
——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 628), H1173 [23JA]
——— 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), H7666 [11SE]
——— provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses who do not have mobility impairments (see H.R. 3147), H4343 [5JN]
——— 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. 553), H1214 [24JA]
——— restore a veteran’s rights to own or possess a firearm by requiring proof a veteran is a danger to self or others before reporting to National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 3826), H7490 [2AU]
Depts. of Energy and Veterans Affairs: conduct collaborative research to improve health care services for veterans (see H.R. 617), H7161 [22JY]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (see H.R. 2145), H3215 [9AP]
Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H10016 [10DE]
FCC: provide for a moratorium on telephone number reassignment after a disaster declaration (see H.R. 1289), H2032 [14FE]
FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and preventing providers from dispensing drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see H.R. 4399), H8960 [18NO]
——— strengthen regulation of compounding drugs by pharmacies (see H.R. 1959), H7152 [18JY]
Federal employees: prohibit International Stock Index Investment Fund of the Thrift Savings Plan from investing in any entity in-peer or near-peer competitor nations as outlined in the National Defense Strategy (see H.R. 2903), H7990 [25SE]
Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H202 [3JA]
FTC: protect consumers from deceptive practices by online hotel reservation booking sites, simplify complaint reporting system, and study impact of fraud on consumers (see H.R. 3956), H7711 [13SE]
Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 217), H7379 [24JY]
Green New Deal: express that implementation would negatively impact civil liberties and the economy, many proposals are unrelated to climate change, and it would usher in socialist policies (see H. Res. 398), H4119 [22MY]
Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (see H.R. 3502), H5200 [26JN]
House of Representatives: require Members to have non-participatory access to committee impeachment proceedings, transcribed interviews, and depositions (see H. Res. 639), H8300 [21OC]
House Rules: require a specific oath be administered to any witness appearing before a committee (see H. Res. 110), H2587 [7MR]
Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law (see H.R. 153), H7243 [23JY]
——— create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program (see H.R. 1740), H5260 [27JN]
Insurance: require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2279), H4175 [28MY]
——— require health plans to provide coverage for prostate cancer screenings without imposition of cost-sharing requirements (see H.R. 5200), H9121 [20NO]
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), H8596 [29OC]
——— 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]
Iraq: support secure return of minority communities displaced by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) and development of plan for stabilization and security of affected regions (see H. Res. 259), H3131 [8AP]
Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H4171 [24MY]
——— 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), H4350 [6JN]
Jacksonville, FL: designate the POW/MIA Memorial and Museum as the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum (see H.R. 4446), H7865 [20SE]
Jews: reject anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred (see H. Res. 72), H1587 [13FE]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2571), H3499 [8MY]
Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1763), H10259 [12DE]
——— improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement (see H.R. 2693), H8113 [11OC]
——— improve Medicare Advantage prior authorization process through common-sense transparency, electronic adoption, and an analysis of items and services subject to prior authorization (see H.R. 3107), H7472 [25JY]
——— modernize physician self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-based incentive payment system and facilitate physician practice participation in alternative payment models (see H.R. 2282), H5038 [21JN]
——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H4172 [24MY]
——— provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease care planning services (see H.R. 1873), H7529 [30AU]
——— repeal changes to exception to prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 3062), H7755 [17SE]
——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H3267 [12AP]
Middle East: impose sanctions relative to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism (see H.R. 1850), H4121 [22MY]
——— improve defense and security assistance to Israel and Jordan, halt human rights abuses and hold abusers accountable in Syria, and allow countering of anti-Israel boycotts, divestments, or sanctions (see H.R. 336), H4121 [22MY]
NASA: allow to accept in-kind consideration for certain leases (see H.R. 4304), H8460 [23OC]
National Park Service: waive application fee for any special use permit for veterans demonstrations and special events at war memorials on Federal land (see H.R. 1702), H2680 [12MR]
National Pi Day: designate (see H. Res. 232), H2745 [14MR]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H. Res. 213), H2647 [11MR]
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), H7536 [6SE]
——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H3791 [14MY]
Postal Service: establish rules and procedures relative to use of centralized delivery of mail to residential housing units (see H.R. 2158), H8541 [28OC]
Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1753), H4390 [10JN]
Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2042 [19FE]
Real estate: ensure short-term rental companies and Internet platforms comply with State and local law relative to leasing and renting of real property (see H.R. 4232), H7712 [13SE]
SBA: assume responsibility of verifying small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans (see H.R. 1615), H2583 [7MR]
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), H8145 [15OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]
Social Security: establish disability benefit offset for Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 2655), H9058 [19NO]
Taxation: allow certain federally declared disaster areas to be designated as opportunity zones for purposes of economic development and recovery (see H.R. 1851), H3844 [15MY]
——— eliminate requirement that charities, churches, and traditionally tax-exempt organizations pay Federal taxes on provided employee benefits (see H.R. 513), H2719 [13MR]
——— establish a new tax credit for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing workforce training and education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1739), H5260 [27JN]
——— 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), H7471 [25JY]
——— expand use of Coverdell education savings accounts as lifelong learning accounts to pay for skills training, career-related learning, and professional development (see H.R. 898), H5260 [27JN]
——— 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), H3964 [17MY]
——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 1680), H7525 [27AU]
——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H1339 [30JA]
——— provide a special rule for certain casualty losses of uncut timber (see H.R. 1444), H2313 [28FE]
——— provide disaster tax relief (see H.R. 1148), H1517 [11FE]
——— provide permanent disaster tax relief (see H.R. 3287), H5203 [26JN]
——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H3252 [10AP]
——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H3449 [3MY]
——— terminate designation of income tax payments to Presidential Election Campaign Fund and provide for designation of income tax payments to Border Wall Trust Fund (see H.R. 3717), H5726 [11JY]
Venezuela: prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the Maduro regime (see H.R. 2204), H3477 [7MY]
World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 550), H5038 [21JN]
——— mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H4348 [6JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
CFTC: clarify clearing exemption for small financial institutions (see H.R. 4604), H8094 [4OC]
Dept. of Defense: report to Congress on artificial intelligence strategy (see H.R. 2432), H3403 [1MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit from entering into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor union that offers financial incentives to prospective members (see H.R. 4503), H8052 [26SE]
Federal agencies and departments: require Federal agencies impacted by a major disaster to submit to Congress a report on estimated costs of the impact and expedite consideration of supplemental disaster funding (see H.R. 4376), H7772 [18SE]
FEMA: provide authority to reimburse local governments for interest expenses (see H.R. 5059), H8825 [13NO]
Florida: remove from John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System areas included in Indian Peninsula Unit FL-92 and Cape San Blas Unit P-30 (see H.R. 3733), H5774 [12JY]
NSF: promote veteran involvement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, computer science, and scientific research (see H.R. 425), H461 [10JA]
Taxation: provide a tax credit for homebuyers purchasing residences in residential recovery zones (see H.R. 3790), H5998 [17JY]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: give effect to more accurate maps of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System that were produced by digital mapping of such units (see H.R. 1047), H1459 [7FE]
Constitutional authority statements
CFTC: clarify clearing exemption for small financial institutions (H.R. 4604), H8096 [4OC]
Dept. of Defense: report to Congress on artificial intelligence strategy (H.R. 2432), H3405 [1MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit from entering into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor union that offers financial incentives to prospective members (H.R. 4503), H8055 [26SE]
Federal agencies and departments: require Federal agencies impacted by a major disaster to submit to Congress a report on estimated costs of the impact and expedite consideration of supplemental disaster funding (H.R. 4376), H7774 [18SE]
FEMA: provide authority to reimburse local governments for interest expenses (H.R. 5059), H8826 [13NO]
Florida: remove from John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System areas included in Indian Peninsula Unit FL-92 and Cape San Blas Unit P-30 (H.R. 3733), H5775 [12JY]
NSF: promote veteran involvement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, computer science, and scientific research (H.R. 425), H463 [10JA]
Taxation: provide a tax credit for homebuyers purchasing residences in residential recovery zones (H.R. 3790), H6000 [17JY]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: give effect to more accurate maps of units of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System that were produced by digital mapping of such units (H.R. 1047), H1462 [7FE]
Motions
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), H660 [16JA]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H2689 [13MR], H5832 [16JY], H7255 [24JY], H10269 [16DE]
Remarks
Air Force: operations and maintenance account funding to rebuild military installations affected by disasters, H3704 [10MY]
Appropriations: making continuing, H660 [16JA]
Budget: increase, and establish caps for, defense and non-defense discretionary spending in establishing a congressional budget for 2020 (H.R. 2021), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3146 [9AP]
——— provide for budget enforcement and limit advance appropriations (H. Res. 293), adopt (H. Res. 294), H3146 [9AP]
Cottondale, FL: tribute to Cottondale High School FFA chapter, E1335• [23OC]
Dept. of Defense: military construction funding to rebuild installations in North Carolina and Florida affected by hurricanes, H3702 [10MY]
Dept. of HHS: allow States to extend certain child welfare demonstration projects scheduled to expire, H7781 [19SE]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), H637 [16JA], H3090 [4AP], H3187, H3189, H3190, H3192, H3193 [9AP]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 268), motion to recommit, H660 [16JA]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2145), H3146 [9AP]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), H3349 [1MY], H3702, H3704 [10MY]
——— making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2157), Senate amendment, H4197 [3JN], E736• [10JN]
FCC: restore Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections (H.R. 1644), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3146 [9AP]
Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Inc.: tribute, H7781 [19SE]
House of Representatives: require all impeachment inquiry related hearings, interviews, communications, document production and examination, proceedings, and other related work be done in an open and public setting, H8378 [22OC]
Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 466), H5234 [27JN]
——— making supplemental appropriations for border security and necessary expenses associated with significant rise in unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 3401), unanimous-consent request, H5234 [27JN]
——— proposed construction of continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H510 [11JA]
Medicare: require drug price concessions, incentive payments, and adjustments to be included in negotiated prices at the point-of-sale under part D, H3659 [9MY]
NSF: promote veteran involvement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, computer science, and scientific research (H.R. 425), H2059 [25FE]
Pharmaceuticals: implement strategy to reduce prescription drug prices, H3659 [9MY]
Trump, President: impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12160 [18DE]
Tyndall AFB, FL: planning, design, and construction funding to repair damage from Hurricane Michael, H637 [16JA], H3349 [1MY]
Votes: position on missed, E311• [14MR], E579• [10MY]
Resignations
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H2900 [28MR]
Tributes
Anderson, Andy, E1624• [19DE]
Bellot, Leon A., Jr., E396• [3AP]
Davis, Grover, H7383 [25JY]
Hewitt, Jared S., E1332• [23OC]
Hewitt, Jeff, E1332• [23OC]
Montgomery, James H., H10269 [16DE]
Richardson, Robert, H2513 [7MR]
Sache, Jake and Tiffany, E1620• [19DE]
Sims, Clifford C., H4927 [20JN]
Sorenson, Edd, H7256 [24JY]
Taunton, David, H9155 [21NO]
Walker, Betty, H2689 [13MR]
Weaver, Harry K., H5832 [16JY]
Williams, Robert S., H5206 [27JN]