MICA, JOHN L. (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4427 [9JY], H4451 [10JY]
Appointments
Patsy T. Mink funeral attendees, H7006 [3OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4575 [12JY]
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H1202 [10AP]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3230 [5JN]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2735 [21MY]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H2662 [20MY]
Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 628), H1154 [9AP]
Aviation: amend certain laws relative to airport project streamlining (see H.R. 4481), H1482 [18AP]
———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2018 [1MY]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2355 [9MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H9036 [19NO]
Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H7929 [15OC]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H3825 [21JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (see H.R. 1205), H6060 [4SE]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6473 [23SE]
———require the geographic allocation of funds for medical care better reflect the veterans populations in different regions of the country (see H.R. 4852), H5087 [22JY]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1003 [19MR]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2164 [7MY]
———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1484 [18AP]
Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H4069 [26JN]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4069 [26JN]
———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H634 [27FE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 629), H1154 [9AP]
Executive Office of the President: ensure that requests or petitions for executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts (see H.R. 5131), H4765 [16JY]
Federal employees: provide that service performed by an air traffic controller who is transferred to a supervisory or staff position continue to be treated as controller service for retirement purposes (see H.R. 4760), H6304 [17SE]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H142 [5FE]
———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 3717), H834 [12MR]
Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H6374 [18SE]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H2354 [9MY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H1155 [9AP]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H5195 [23JY]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H2019 [1MY]
Housing: extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 4071), H2019 [1MY]
Immigration: secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H8023 [16OC]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H3601 [17JN]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 3960), H906 [13MR]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H781 [7MR]
Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H6061 [4SE]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H634 [27FE]
Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H1201 [10AP]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1156 [9AP]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), H2735 [21MY]
NTSB: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4466), H1409 [17AP]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1533 [23AP]
Pensions: application of catch-up contributions to the Federal Employees Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 3340), H3230 [5JN]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H7738 [9OC]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H7738 [9OC]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H907 [13MR]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H7303 [8OC]
Taxation: allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military Reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military Reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H6983 [2OC]
———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H781 [7MR]
———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1200 [10AP]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H4553 [11JY]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H1154 [9AP]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H6983 [2OC]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H1154 [9AP]
———treatment of tips (see H.R. 1274), H2735 [21MY]
———waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal disease (see H.R. 4875), H3669 [18JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 83), H634 [27FE]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
William C. Cramer Post Office Building, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5145), H4766 [16JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Aviation: extend time during which air carrier liability for third party damages as a result of terrorist attack may be limited (see H.R. 4016), H1087 [20MR]
———provide relief to the airline industry and reform the FAA (see H.R. 5506), H6925 [1OC]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: ensure public safety officers receive benefits (see H.R. 5375), H6250 [12SE]
Remarks
Airport Improvement Program: require study on use of funds to pay non-Federal costs of air traffic control tower operation, H3747 [20JN]
Airports: extend deadline for installing explosive detection machines for screening checked baggage, H5841 [26JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7393 [9OC]
Aviation: amend certain laws relative to airport project streamlining (H.R. 4481), H4361, H4363, H4365 [9JY]
———clarify Federal flight deck officers program guidelines relative to pilot background checks, discharge and storage of firearms, flight attendant self-defense training, and pilots use of less-than-lethal weapons, H4451 [10JY]
———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4441, H4451, H4455, H4457, H4459, H4461, H4463, H4464 [10JY]
———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), consideration (H. Res. 472), H4438 [10JY]
———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H4438, H4441, H4451, H4455, H4457, H4459, H4461, H4463, H4464 [10JY]
———prohibit air carriers from taking retaliatory action against pilots who volunteer for the Federal flight deck officer program, H4464 [10JY]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (S. Con. Res. 110), H6487 [24SE]
———remove cap on number of pilots who may be deputized as Federal flight deck officers and establish deadlines for training of such pilots, H4461 [10JY]
———remove cap on number of pilots who may be deputized as Federal flight deck officers and make the program permanent, H4455, H4457, H4459 [10JY]
———remove preference to pilots who are former military or law enforcement personnel for deputization as Federal flight deck officers, H4459, H4461, H4463 [10JY]
———restrictions on Airport Improvement Program grants, H3731, H3732, H3734 [20JN]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (H.R. 3479), H4652 [15JY], H5114, H5118 [23JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5841 [26JY]
———establish (H.R. 5710), H8707 [13NO]
Dept. of Transportation: use of Airport Improvement Program grants to retroactively reimburse certain airports for installation of air traffic control towers, H3737, H3742, H3744 [20JN]
Digital Tech Corps Act: prohibit access to trade secrets or any nonpublic information by private sector executives and establish a Federal information technology training program, H1176 [10AP]
Federal employees: establish an exchange program between the Government and the private sector to improve information technology management (H.R. 3925), H1176 [10AP]
Meningitis Awareness Month: support (H. Con. Res. 340), H3576, H3577 [17JN]
Miami, FL: opening of Consulate of the Slovak Republic, E243
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6887 [1OC]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (H. Res. 253), H7121
NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4466), H3084, H3087, H3089 [4JN]
Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), H3737, H3742, H3744, H3747 [20JN]
———provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (H.R. 1979), consideration (H. Res. 447), H3731, H3732, H3734 [20JN]
Votes: position on missed, E1135
William C. Cramer Post Office Building, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (H.R. 5145), H5036 [22JY]
Winter Park, FL: anniversary of Slovak Garden, E243
Remarks in House relative to
Tribute, H5192 [23JY]