CLAYTON, EVA M. (a Representative from North Carolina)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H640 [28FE]
Congressional Hunger Fellows Program Board of Trustees, S7319 [24JY]
Patsy T. Mink funeral attendees, H7006 [3OC]
Articles and editorials
Apartheid in the Holy Land, Desmond Tutu, Guardian (publication), H2081 [2MY]
Black Farmers—A Vanishing Way, Associated Press (news service), H195 [6FE]
Developers and Lawyers Use a Legal Maneuver To Strip Black Families of Land, Todd Lewan and Dolores Barclay, Associated Press (news service), H195-H197 [6FE]
Famine Looms for Southern Africa—Millions Suffering in Crisis Created by Nature, Exacerbated by Man, Jon Jeter, Washington (DC) Post, H2639 [20MY]
History Up in Smoke, Associated Press (news service), H195 [6FE]
Lynching Trail, Associated Press (news service), H195 [6FE]
Remember Patsy Mink—Slow the Rush to War, Honolulu (HI) Advertiser, H7292 [8OC]
With Help From Their White Lawyer, a Black Mississippi Family Loses a Farm, Todd Lewan, Associated Press (news service), H197 [6FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
African Americans: establish a memorial to slavery in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4964), H3720 [19JN]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H5087 [22JY]
Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H1155 [9AP]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7895 [10OC]
Children and youth: establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 5613), H8023 [16OC]
———protect from violence (see H.R. 5397), H6420 [19SE]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H1674 [25AP]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 3974), H3514 [12JN]
Consumers: establish security measures for automatic teller machines to ensure convenience and safety (see H.R. 3662), H104 [29JA]
Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 4630), H2018 [1MY]
Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H3514 [12JN]
———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (see H.R. 4098), H1152 [9AP]
Cultural Competence Commission: establish (see H.R. 5265), H5994 [26JY]
Davis, Sammy, Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3628), H834 [12MR]
Dept. of Defense: prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 5421), H6418 [19SE]
———prohibit purchase of equipment containing electronic components that are not manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 3597), H201 [6FE]
Dept. of HHS: award grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs (see H.R. 3581), H3161 [4JN]
———establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H6060 [4SE]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2608 [16MY]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H7738 [9OC]
Dept. of Justice: establish a national DNA database for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against children (see H.R. 5262), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing a Presidential National Historic Site in Hope, AR (see H.R. 3815), H634 [27FE]
———implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H1410 [17AP]
———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]
———increase testing of pregnant women and newborn infants for HIV infection (see H.R. 4644), H4425 [9JY]
Drugs: regulate receipt of donated prescription drug samples by charitable health care entities (see H.R. 2740), H781 [7MR]
Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 31), H7895 [10OC]
———establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H3860 [24JN]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6129 [9SE]
———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H3514 [12JN]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H1156 [9AP]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
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), H3668 [18JN]
Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see H.R. 3185), H1201 [10AP]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H1003 [19MR]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H105 [29JA]
Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Government: give preference in awarding of construction project contracts to qualified apprenticeship programs participants (see H.R. 5492), H8057 [7NO]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H1483 [18AP]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3826 [21JN]
———provide certain caregivers with Medicare benefits, allow long-term care tax credit, and establish programs for patients with fatal chronic illnesses (see H.R. 5139), H4873 [17JY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H2471 [14MY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H562 [26FE]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1769 [30AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 786), H2108 [6MY]
House of Representatives: establish a commission to make recommendations on the appropriate size of membership of the House and the method by which Representatives are elected (see H.R. 506), H79 [24JA]
Immigration: facilitate entry of nonimmigrant aliens into the U.S. for temporary stays due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 3714), H655 [4MR]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H2235 [8MY]
Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 792), H3160 [4JN]
Iraq: support U.N. efforts to assure Iraq's compliance with Security Council resolutions and advance peace and security in the Persian Gulf region (see H. Con. Res. 473), H6418 [19SE]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H3161 [4JN]
Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building, Marion, AL: designate (see H.R. 3849), H3514 [12JN]
Johnson, Henry: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3890), H1533 [23AP]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H937 [18MR]
Law enforcement: provide additional resources to States to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and ensure timely analysis of rape kits (see H.R. 3961), H2735 [21MY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1090 [20MR]
———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1475), H3669 [18JN]
Medicaid: establish a demonstration grant program to assist States in providing subsidies for group health insurance premiums for low-income, Medicaid-eligible individuals (see H.R. 1903), H6983 [2OC]
———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1484 [18AP]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H3825 [21JN]
Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H105 [29JA]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H4326 [27JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H7019 [3OC]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H2235 [8MY]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2735 [21MY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H2943 [22MY]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H.J. Res. 113), H7738 [9OC]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H3563 [13JN]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H2661 [20MY]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H4326 [27JN]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H6777 [26SE]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H6061 [4SE]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6130 [9SE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6129 [9SE]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: establish (see H. Con. Res. 429), H4425 [9JY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H1091 [20MR]
National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 497), H7738 [9OC]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]
Peace Parks Foundation: efforts to facilitate the establishment and development of transfrontier conservation efforts in southern Africa (see H. Con. Res. 287), H3293 [6JN]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H1154 [9AP]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H3513 [12JN]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H7172 [7OC]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H8023 [16OC]
Public service: facilitate participation in community and military service (see H.R. 3465), H201 [6FE]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]
———provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4669), H2662 [20MY]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H367 [13FE]
Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (see H. Con. Res. 349), H3826 [21JN]
Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office Building, Selma, AL: designate (see H.R. 3850), H3514 [12JN]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H3229 [5JN]
Safety: protect children from foods that pose a significant choking hazard (see H.R. 5739), H9023 [14NO]
SBA: establish position of Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman for Procurement (see H.R. 5314), H5996 [26JY]
SEC: permit certain funds assessed for securities laws violations to be used to compensate employees who are victims of excessive pension fund investments in employers stock (see H.R. 3634), H1484 [18AP]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H5791 [25JY]
Small business: issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6559 [24SE]
———provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H6777 [26SE]
———recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 515), H5997 [26JY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 5541), H7738 [9OC]
Southeastern States: provide a framework for coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to meet the special needs of the Southeast Crescent Region (see H.R. 3618), H1155 [9AP]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H2662 [20MY]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H562 [26FE]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H4425 [9JY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H5791 [25JY]
———provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located adjacent to qualified census tracts (see H.R. 4194), H1533 [23AP]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H6419 [19SE]
———treatment of frequent flyer mileage awards (see H.R. 4374), H2235 [8MY]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7894 [10OC]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H781 [7MR]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H2164 [7MY]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H2235 [8MY]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6060 [4SE]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Women: recognize the importance of sports in fostering leadership ability and success (see H. Res. 485), H4605 [15JY]
———support participation of women throughout the world in a week of workshops, forums, and other events to speak up for world peace (see H. Con. Res. 290), H142 [5FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Children and youth: prevent teen pregnancy by educating teenagers about the negative consequences of premature sexual activity (see H. Con. Res. 393), H2019 [1MY]
Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 5274), H5995 [26JY]
Rural areas: promote workforce development and assist low-income residents in moving from welfare to work (see H.R. 5015), H3927 [25JN]
Poems
``City Girl Clayton,'' Representative Owens, E1931 [17OC]
Remarks
Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa, H5069 [22JY], H5226 [23JY]
African Americans: encourage study of reparations relative to loss of property by landowners, H193, H194, H195, H197 [6FE]
———resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H4477, H4492
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2038 [2MY], H2501 [15MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2024 [2MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1465, H1468 [18AP]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2638 [20MY], H3020 [23MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, H5226 [23JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7292 [8OC], H7747 [10OC]
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H6109
Black History Month: observance, H618 [27FE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1047, H1048 [20MR]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H1078 [20MR]
Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H2638 [20MY], H4531 [11JY]
Foreign aid: improve famine prevention programs, H2638 [20MY]
Girl Scouts: anniversary, E891
Hall, Representative Tony P.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, H5615 [25JY], E1415
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), H2081, H2086 [2MY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H6259 [17SE]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4040 [26JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4172 [27JN]
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6896 [1OC]
Minorities: increase homeownership, H3766, H3767 [20JN]
National Homeownership Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 415), H3766, H3767 [20JN]
Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, H2551 [16MY]
———eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1465, H1468 [18AP], H2494 [15MY]
———make allowances for lack of accessible transportation and child care facilities in rural areas relative to fulfilling work requirements of certain programs, H2430 [14MY], H2551 [16MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3113), H1278 [11AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4700), H2430 [14MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2501, H2502 [15MY], H2551, H2587 [16MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), H2494 [15MY]
———State option to elect a food stamp block grant in lieu of a regular program, H2494, H2502 [15MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1047, H1048 [20MR], H3020 [23MY]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), H3898 [25JN]
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, H502 [14FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H502 [14FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H502 [14FE]
Votes: position on missed, H641 [28FE], E682
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE], H1085 [20MR], H2467 [14MY], H2509 [15MY], H2659 [20MY], H3597 [17JN], H4495 [10JY], H4550 [11JY], H5084 [22JY], H6040 [4SE], H6125 [9SE]
Tribute, E1931 [17OC]
Reports
Food Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, H5070-H5072 [22JY]
Tributes
Brewington, Launa Banks, E1284
Ceasar, Shirley, E1453
Fountain, L.H., H7836 [10OC]
Hall, Representative Tony P., H5615 [25JY], E1415
Lightner, Clarence E., H4477 [10JY]
Smiley, Tavis, E1453