BUTTERFIELD, G.K. (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7199 [15SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H7945 [30SE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H6756 [7SE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1258), H9745 [16NO]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H7575 [23SE]

Credit: impose restrictions on high-cost mortgages, revise fees and charges on certain loans, prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by mortgage brokers and creditors, and provide counseling about predatory lenders (see H.R. 3974), H6756 [7SE]

Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H9050 [8OC]

Health: modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H8168 [5OC]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 4610), H9745 [16NO]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H7945 [30SE]

IRS: discourage payment of Federal tax collection services through a commission or as a percentage of taxes collected (see H. Con. Res. 213), H10926 [6DE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7138 [14SE]

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: visitor center funding (see H. Con. Res. 495), H7442 [22SE]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 4445), H6756 [7SE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H6997 [9SE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H8168 [5OC]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H8409 [6OC]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H8168 [5OC]

SouthEast Crescent Authority: establish (see H.R. 141), H7138 [14SE]

Sudan: provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (see H.R. 5061), H7575 [23SE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H8168 [5OC]

Tobacco products: terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs (see H.R. 4033), H7575 [23SE]

U.S. Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 480), H7443 [22SE]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H6900 [8SE]

United Negro College Fund, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 792), H7442 [22SE]

Veterans: improve access to health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 2379), H10000 [18NO]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H6899 [8SE]

Vietnamese Conflict: express appreciation for service and sacrifice to veterans (see H. Res. 840), H8859 [7OC]

Voting: condemn all efforts to suppress and intimidate voters in the U.S. and reaffirm that the right to vote is a fundamental right of all eligible citizens (see H. Res. 793), H7442 [22SE]

———constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H7864 [29SE]

———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H8038 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Eva Holtzman Post Office, Ridgeway, NC: designate (see H.R. 5039), H6996 [9SE]

Letters

Election of G.K. Butterfield to House of Representatives: Gary O. Bartlett, North Carolina State Board of Elections, H6496 [21JY]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, H6496, H6553 [21JY]

Remarks

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1915 [11OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), conference report, H9004 [8OC]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to extend phase-in period for regulations requiring foreign commercial vehicles to comply with U.S. safety standards, H7343 [22SE]

———prohibit use of funds for administrative expenses and public agencies that do not recognize Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program certifications from other States or localities, H7199 [15SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7199 [15SE], H7343 [22SE]

Eva Holtzman Post Office, Ridgeway, NC: designate (H.R. 5039), H7362 [22SE]

Granville County, NC: allow State use of Oxford Research Station lands, improvements, equipment, and resource materials (H.R. 2119), H7294 [21SE], H8141 [5OC]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H6497 [21JY]

North Carolina: Outlying Landing Field project funding, H9004 [8OC]

Taxation: remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, H8718 [7OC]

Tobacco products: terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs, H8718 [7OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H6496 [21JY]

Tributes

Murrell-White, Lena R., E2169 [7DE]