BONNER, JO (a Representative from Alabama)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H95 [15JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Aaron, Henry L.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2635), H4308 [9JY]

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see H.R. 447), H315 [1FE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H2392 [26AP]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: provide that military technicians (dual status) shall be included in military personnel accounts for purposes of any issued orders (see H.R. 1014), H4214 [8JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H32 [3JA]

——— require that, if the President’s budget does not achieve balance in the budget’s covered year, the President shall submit a supplemental unified budget by a certain date (see H.R. 444), H344 [4FE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H278 [23JA]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H1861 [9AP]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H1547 [15MR]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 61, 217), H86 [14JA]

Corps of Engineers: provide construction and major rehabilitation funding for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways (see H.R. 1149), H1829 [21MR]

Courts: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at conception (see H.R. 2764), H4825 [19JY]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about receipt of military decorations or medals (see H.R. 258), H168 [15JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: amend maximum enrollment and eligible land in the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 349), H222 [22JA]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 979), H1317 [6MR]

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. 1563), H2775 [17MY]

Dept. of Defense: enhance assistance for victims of sexual assault committed by members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2002), H2775 [17MY]

——— require notification of congressional defense committees about certain sensitive military operations (see H.R. 1904), H2605 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: limit authority to issue regulations, rules, grant conditions and guidance materials in order to support decision-making functions of local educational agencies (see H.R. 1386), H2485 [7MY]

Dept. of HHS: improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H4485 [11JY]

——— prohibit replacement of existing coding system for disease and diagnosis classifications in implementing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards (see H.R. 1701), H2656 [15MY]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (see H.R. 297), H178 [18JA]

Dept. of Justice: revise certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities (see H.R. 203), H86 [14JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: convey a parcel of land in Tuskegee, AL, to Tuskegee University (see H.R. 1612), H2124 [17AP]

——— 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. 32), H178 [18JA]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1801), H5262 [31JY]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H1911 [10AP]

EPA: exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 322), H176 [18JA]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 50), H3759 [18JN]

Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process (see H.R. 2641), H4485 [11JY]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 367), H278 [23JA]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see H.R. 1012), H1319 [6MR]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 1174), H1426 [14MR]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission (see H.R. 2446), H4081 [26JN]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H86 [14JA]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 36), H2958 [23MY]

——— 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), H949 [4MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 45), H2604 [14MY]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1331 [11MR]

IRS: prevent discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 1950), H2574 [13MY]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2248 [23AP]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 1771), H3929 [19JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 946), H980 [5MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H596 [15FE]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H3654 [14JN]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H2804 [20MY]

——— 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. 1310), H1821 [21MR]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H5175 [30JY]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H2604 [14MY]

Members of Congress: prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 167), H173 [15JA]

National security: ensure the effectiveness of the U.S. missile defense system (see H.R. 1128), H1431 [14MR]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see H.R. 2019), H3655 [14JN]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see H. Res. 54), H371 [5FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: express that health insurance mandate violates the clause of the Constitution requiring that bills for raising revenue originate in the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 153), H1992 [12AP]

——— repeal (see H.R. 45), H2604 [14MY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H2248 [23AP]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H2437 [6MY]

——— repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (see H.R. 1099), H1569 [18MR]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 935), H1911 [10AP]

Printing: ensure citizens continue to be provided with paper-based information, products and services, and public notices while providing the ability to opt-in to electronic access to such documents (see H. Res. 97), H1431 [14MR]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 155), H1398 [13MR]

Taxation: allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 1324), H3990 [20JN]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H3592 [13JN]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1829 [21MR]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1918), H2567 [9MY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H410 [6FE]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H28 [3JA]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 582), H629 [25FE]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 352), H278 [23JA]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H5175 [30JY]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H1720 [20MR]

——— 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. 333), H2485 [7MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1549 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Fair Labor Standards Act: provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirements (see H.R. 1001), H1319 [6MR]

Fish and fishing: provide that certain States have exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico in waters that, on average, are 20 fathoms or less in depth (see H.R. 1219), H1547 [15MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Fair Labor Standards Act: provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirments (H.R. 1001), H1321 [6MR]

Fish and fishing: provide that certain States have exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico in waters that, on average, are 20 fathoms or less in depth (H.R. 1219), H1549 [15MR]

Letters

Resignation from the House of Representatives: by, H4988 [24JY]

Remarks

Budget: allocation of funds, H351 [5FE]

——— balance, H1580 [19MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1580 [19MR]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (H.R. 360), H2263 [24AP]

Dauphin Island, AL: anniversary, E431• [11AP]

Eichold, Bernard: tribute to Civitan International (organization) Mobile, AL, Cottage Hill chapter Mobilian of the Year Award recipient, E349• [21MR]

Honor Flight South Alabama (organization): tribute, E609• [7MY], E1176• [31JY]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H5294 [1AU]

National Travel and Tourism Week: observance, E639• [9MY]

University of Alabama: tribute to football team, E24• [14JA]

——— tribute to men’s golf team, E805• [5JN]

Vaughn, Donald: Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inductee, E109• [6FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, E1207, E1240 [2AU]

Resignations

House of Representatives, H4988 [24JY]

Tributes

Bakeman, Howard, E1080• [17JY]

Crawley, John B., E945• [20JN]

Daugherty, Carrol, E223• [28FE]

Garrard, John, Jr., E453• [12AP]

Hallett, Winthrop M., III, E1081• [17JY]

Henderson, Vincent, E1205• [2AU]

McInerney, Joseph A., E500• [18AP]

Meador, Daniel J., E184• [25FE]

Mitchem, Hinton, E110• [6FE]

Moore, Mal, E440• [12AP]

Sheppard, Mark, E1094• [18JY]

Steele, Jerry, E248• [6MR]

Terrell, John D., Jr., E225• [28FE]

Witt, Robert, E446• [12AP]

Yelding, Bailey, E52• [23JA]