MACK, CONNIE (a Representative from Florida)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H5131 [23JY]
Budget: express that passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance (see H. Res. 516), H115 [23JA]
——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and apply savings to defense and non-defense categories (see H.R. 3662), H948 [21FE]
Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 931), H950 [24FE]
CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see H.R. 3582), H220 [31JA]
Dept. of State: designate as foreign terrorist organizations certain Mexican drug cartels and submit a report on activities assisting Mexico with drug cartel violence (see H.R. 4303), H1803 [29MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure deceased veterans with no known next of kin can receive a dignified burial (see H.R. 6073), H4655 [29JN]
Economy: encourage job creation through trade, tax, labor, health care, and court reforms, a balanced budget amendment, Alaskan energy development, Federal workforce reduction, and regulatory flexibility (see H.R. 3487), H2569 [9MY]
EPA: limit authority relative to numeric nutrient criteria for water quality requirements (see H.R. 3856), H727 [14FE]
FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3548), H513 [6FE]
Foreign policy: enhance security, bolster regional capacity to counter threats, and promote cooperation to prevent nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons proliferation in the Western Hemisphere (see H.R. 6067), H4654 [29JN]
Havel, Vaclav: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 97), H187 [27JA]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]
Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3808 [19JN]
Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H5202 [24JY]
Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1572 [26MR]
——— provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter growing presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere (see H.R. 3783), H77 [18JA]
Israel: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 115), H1805 [29MR]
——— reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see H.R. 4133), H1642 [27MR]
Law enforcement officers: permit State and local officers to be candidates for sheriff (see H.R. 498), H1807 [29MR]
Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H28 [17JA]
——— establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see H.R. 1700), H3703 [12JN]
NASA: preserve U.S. space leadership by establishing a Board of Directors to review and reform space programs and extend the term of the Administrator (see H.R. 6491), H6274 [21SE]
National Eagle Scout Day: designate (see H. Res. 716), H4604 [28JN]
Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1101 [29FE]
NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (see H.J. Res. 103), H901 [16FE]
——— prohibit from requiring that employers provide to the Board or a labor organization telephone numbers or e-mail addresses of any employees (see H.R. 3991), H691 [9FE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]
——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H3363 [31MY]
——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H1134 [1MR]
Presidential appointments: disapprove appointment of certain officers or employees during a congressional recess of less than 3 days and express that such appointments are unconstitutional (see H. Res. 509), H115 [23JA]
——— specify further conditions under which payment for services of a recess appointee may not be made from the Treasury (see H.R. 4364), H1914 [17AP]
Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 98), H28 [17JA]
Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 3276), H571 [7FE]
Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H6280 [21SE]
——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H3733 [18JN]
——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6151 [19SE]
——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 6048), H4603 [28JN]
William ‘‘Bill’’ Kling VA Clinic, Sunrise, FL: designate (see H.R. 6443), H6623 [4DE]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 3767), H1359 [9MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 4000), H692 [9FE]
Ecuador: condemn repression of democracy and human rights, express concern on lack of counternarcotics cooperation and relationship with Iran, and discourage renewal of trade preference systems (see H. Res. 745), H5525 [31JY]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: prohibit funding to implement health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6054), H4603 [28JN]
——— repeal health-care related provisions not declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (see H.R. 6053), H4603 [28JN]
Mexico: apply whole-of-government plan, in coordination with Mexican Government, to combat Mexican-based transnational criminal organizations (see H.R. 6280), H5704 [2AU]
Pakistan: prohibit assistance until Shakeel Afridi is freed (see H.R. 5924), H3660 [7JN]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 6054), H4603 [28JN]
——— repeal provisions not declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (see H.R. 6053), H4603 [28JN]
Constitutional authority statements
Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4000), H693 [9FE]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: prohibit funding to implement health-care related provisions (H.R. 6054), H4605 [28JN]
——— repeal health-care related provisions not declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (H.R. 6053), H4605 [28JN]
Mexico: apply whole-of-government plan, in coordination with Mexican Government, to combat Mexican-based transnational criminal organizations (H.R. 6280), H5708 [2AU]
Pakistan: prohibit assistance until Shakeel Afridi is freed (H.R. 5924), H3661 [7JN]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prohibit funding to implement (H.R. 6054), H4605 [28JN]
——— repeal provisions not declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (H.R. 6053), H4605 [28JN]
Remarks
Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (H.R. 3803), H5448• [31JY]
Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), H66• [18JA]
Votes: position on missed, H6195• [20SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Hrabe, Mark and Chianna: tribute to birth of child, H930 [17FE]