SANFORD, MARK (a Representative from South Carolina)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H3357 [12JN]

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H3015 [3JN]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 3175), H6012 [28SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H3289 [11JN] (see H.J. Res. 24, 35), H3216 [5JN]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H6829 [28OC]

Dept. of Transportation: delay implementation of regulation changing the hours-of-service rule for commercial truck drivers pending a GAO assessment of such regulation (see H.R. 3413), H7395 [2DE]

EPA: exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2026), H4178 [28JN]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 3133), H5765 [19SE]

FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H6958 [30OC]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H3216 [5JN]

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (see H. Res. 442), H8109 [12DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5834 [25SE]

——— 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), H5263 [31JY]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce certain provisions (see H. Res. 425), H7689 [11DE]

——— prohibit funding to implement (see H.R. 2682), H5436 [9SE]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies (see H.R. 3076), H5475 [10SE]

Privacy: prevent mass collection of records of innocent Americans and provide greater accountability and transparency of Government surveillance activities and programs (see H.R. 2399), H3687 [17JN]

——— reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see H.R. 3361), H6900 [29OC]

Syria: restrict funds relative to escalating U.S. military involvement in Syria (see H.R. 2507), H4310 [9JY]

Taxation: make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H6604 [15OC]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H4726 [18JY]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H6545 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

National Security Agency: require Director and Inspector General to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate (see H.R. 3436), H6953 [30OC]

Public lands: extend State jurisdiction over submerged lands and allow States to grant oil and natural gas leases in the extended area (see H.R. 3051), H5398 [2AU]

Constitutional authority statements

National Security Agency: require Director and Inspector General to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate (H.R. 3436), H6956 [30OC]

Public lands: extend State jurisdiction over submerged lands and allow States to grant oil and natural gas leases in the extended area (H.R. 3051), H5402 [2AU]

Letters

Election of Mark Sanford to the House of Representatives: Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House of Representatives, H2635 [15MY]

——— Mark Hammond and Nikki R. Haley, Governor of South Carolina, H2635 [15MY]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, H2635, H2652 [15MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6065 [1OC], H6184 [3OC], H6228 [4OC]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 228), H2855 [22MY]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6711 [23OC]

Dept. of Defense: tribute to living Medal of Honor recipients, H5637 [18SE]

Executive Office of the President: resume public tours of the White House, H6228 [4OC]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6065 [1OC], H6184 [3OC], H6228 [4OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2687 [16MY]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H2635 [15MY]

National Park Service: call for removal of barricades around open, outdoor memorials during Government shutdown, H6184 [3OC], H6228 [4OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation, H6065 [1OC]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2687 [16MY]

Votes: position on missed, E984• [27JN], E1451• [8OC], E1617• [30OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4024 [25JN]

Tribute, H2635 [15MY]

Tributes

Glover, Candice, H2751 [17MY]

Reese, Timothy M., Jr., E1635• [12NO]