CLYBURN, JAMES E. (a Representative from South Carolina)
Appointments
Committee To Escort the President, H340 [2FE]
Conferee: H.R. 2419, energy and water development appropriations, H9110 [26OC]
———H.R. 3058, Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies appropriations, H9988 [8NO]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H8986 [19OC]
American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]
Armed Forces: improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H5362 [28JN]
Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H3695 [19MY]
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H796 [17FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H11880 [15DE]
———revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 937), H1265 [9MR]
Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H4561 [15JN]
Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 71), H1780 [5AP]
Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H4188 [7JN]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H3332 [16MY]
———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 1409), H5604 [30JN]
Civil rights: recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H196 [25JA]
Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 363), H5914 [14JY]
———request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to the White House Iraq Group (see H. Res. 505), H10039 [8NO]
Climate: request documents from the President on the anticipated effects of climate change on coastal regions of the U.S. (see H. Res. 515), H9276 [26OC]
Cochran, Johnnie, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 185), H1778 [5AP]
Colleges and universities: ensure that all college students and families have the tools and resources to adequately save for, finance, and repay postsecondary and post-baccalaureate expenses (see H.R. 151), H984 [3MR]
———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 128), H1846 [6AP]
Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community: establish (see H.R. 2134), H3053 [5MY]
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. 1182), H2473 [21AP]
Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H5603 [30JN]
Davis, Ossie: tribute (see H. Res. 69), H412 [8FE]
Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H8249 [21SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H9044 [20OC]
Dept. of Education: recruit, select, train, and support a national teachers corps in underserved communities (see H.R. 3334), H7566 [28JY]
Dept. of HHS: establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (see H.R. 56), H73 [4JA]
Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of designating the site of the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 3493), H6934 [27JY]
———study suitability and feasibility of establishing Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area in South Carolina (see H.R. 1289), H1416 [14MR]
Disasters: require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H8643 [29SE]
Diseases: establish a program of grants for detection and control of colorectal cancer (see H.R. 1401), H2739 [28AP]
———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations (see H.R. 3640), H10227 [15NO]
———extend preventive-health and research programs for prostate cancer (see H.R. 2945), H6381 [22JY]
———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8163 [20SE]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 398), H7861 [13SE]
Ecology and environment: enforce certain enviromental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office (see H.R. 1648), H2473 [21AP]
Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H941 [2MR]
———expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (see H.R. 1522), H1845 [6AP]
———improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals (see H.R. 2835), H4401 [13JN]
———national policy to improve system (see H.R. 1681), H2148 [19AP]
———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H3054 [5MY]
FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 3685), H7742 [7SE]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations (see H.R. 1157), H1023 [8MR]
Foreign trade: provide relief from certain practices by other countries (see H.R. 3306), H5913 [14JY]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3563), H7558 [28JY]
FTC: study rating system of video game industry and determine if their labeling practices are unfair or deceptive (see H.R. 1145), H2738 [28AP]
Health: constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H941 [2MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1399), H6107 [19JY]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H2103 [14AP]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2553), H10910 [17NO]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified paper record, improve provisional balloting, and impose additional requirements (see H.R. 939), H2394 [20AP]
Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 1184), H1263 [9MR]
Horseracing: recognize contributions of Jimmy Winkfield and other African American jockeys and trainers to the sport of horseracing and the history of the Kentucky Derby (see H. Res. 231), H2979 [4MY]
House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]
Housing: support goal of increased homeownership in the U.S. and recognize the importance of homeownership programs, fair lending laws, and fair housing laws in achieving that goal (see H. Con. Res. 107), H3894 [24MY]
Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future (see H.R. 3764), H7948 [14SE]
———provide additional funds to local educational agencies for elementary and secondary students displaced by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3748), H8389 [27SE]
———recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4197), H9554 [2NO]
———support goals and ideals of a national day of prayer and remembrance for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and encourage all Americans to observe that day (see H. Con. Res. 240), H7861 [13SE]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 342), H287 [1FE]
Independent Commission on the Investigation of Detainee Abuses: establish (see H.R. 3003), H4895 [21JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1107), H982 [3MR]
International relations: recognize bilateral peace efforts of Pakistan and India (see H. Res. 225), H2472 [21AP] (see H. Res. 272), H3198 [11MY]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H4187 [7JN]
Iraq: commend for conducting free elections, express gratitude to U.S. Armed Forces and their families, and reaffirm U.S. mission (see H. Res. 60), H286 [1FE]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 73), H11655 [14DE]
Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2395 [20AP]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4561 [15JN]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1696), H7564 [28JY]
Las Vegas, NV: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 105), H3057 [5MY]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H287 [1FE]
Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H8388 [27SE]
Medicare: improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H2100 [14AP]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 2014), H4487 [14JN]
———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H10161 [14NO]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 791), H3113 [10MY]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H6205 [20JY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H10910 [17NO]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 1402), H8734 [6OC]
———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 1940), H8809 [7OC]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3561), H7558 [28JY]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H5177 [24JN]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 30), H287 [1FE]
National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1509 [15MR]
National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H2738 [28AP]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H7565 [28JY]
National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 245), H3114 [10MY]
National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 327), H7566 [28JY]
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H11655 [14DE]
Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H797 [17FE]
Navy: anniversary of disappearance of Avenger torpedo bombers of Flight 19 and the Mariner rescue aircraft sent to search for Flight 19 (see H. Res. 500), H10161 [14NO]
———require procurement of helicopters under the Presidential helicopter fleet replacement program that are wholly manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 459), H942 [2MR]
Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations for nutrition services (see H.R. 1792), H4656 [16JN]
Palestinians: provide that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 575), H11505 [13DE]
Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 4145), H9275 [26OC]
———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]
Poverty: affirm commitment and leadership of the U.S. to improve the lives of the world's people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery (see H. Con. Res. 172), H4803 [20JN]
———improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty (see H. Con. Res. 234), H7742 [7SE]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H4722 [17JN]
———extend authorization for certain national heritage areas (see H.R. 888), H791 [17FE]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H. Res. 197), H1970 [13AP]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 389), H233 [26JA]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H10145 [9NO]
South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.: anniversary (see H. Res. 300), H4142 [26MY]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H353 [2FE]
Sports: recognize contributions of African-American basketball teams and players for their achievements, dedication, and contributions to the sport of basketball and to the Nation (see H. Con. Res. 59), H5362 [28JN]
Sudan: impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Darfur (see H.R. 1424), H2473 [21AP]
Taxation: allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H2395 [20AP]
———rename low-income housing credit the affordable housing credit and increase the per capita amount allowed in the determination of the State housing credit ceiling (see H.R. 2681), H4188 [7JN]
Transportation: increase rail and public transportation security (see H.R. 3270), H5800 [13JY]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H3894 [24MY]
U.N.: call for a commission that will build an abolitionists movement to end slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation around the world (see H. Res. 490), H11881 [15DE]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]
Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H941 [2MR]
———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 63), H3894 [24MY]
———extend to Hurricane Katrina evacuees the right to use absentee balloting and registration procedures available to military and overseas voters (see H.R. 3734), H8648 [3OC]
———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 1300), H1507 [15MR]
Wiesenthal, Simon: honor life and work and reaffirm commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance (see H. Con. Res. 248), H8348 [26SE]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H3696 [19MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
African Americans: enhance the preservation and interpretation of the Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage (see H.R. 694), H521 [9FE]
Committees of the House: minority party appointments (see H. Res. 33), H138 [6JA]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H81 [6JA]
Remarks
African Americans: enhance the preservation and interpretation of the Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage (H.R. 694), H1385 [14MR]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1574 [16MR]
Columbia, SC: tribute to citizens and organizations for efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H8107 [20SE]
Committees of the House: minority party appointments (H. Res. 33), H82 [6JA]
Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1574 [16MR]
Georgetown County, SC: tribute, E1198
Lone Star, SC: anniversary of Good Hope Picnic, E1596
Roche, Inc.: anniversary, E1169
South Carolina: anniversary of South Lynches Fire Dept., E1986
———tribute to citizens and organizations for efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E1898
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H5360 [28JN], H9424 [28OC]
Special order: granted, H7670 [6SE]
Tributes
Bogle, Martha, E1791
Brooks, Allie E., Jr., E865
Coleman, Elouise Ashford, E1865
Cromartie, Charlie Mae, E2300
Dargan, Everett L., E1195
Edwards, Buster, E421
Flemming Brown, Sarah Mae, E1917
Gerald, Bobby, E2291
Greene, Donald E., Jr., E1412
Guess, Albert B., E2292
Holman, Lucille Hallman, E126
Johnson, Janie Holloman, E1411
McGill, Henry, Jr., E2195
McLawhorn, James T., Jr., E73
Murphy, Ivory and Doris, E1960
Northrop, Amy S.L., E1868
Reese, Robert S., Jr., E1577
Rowlette, Robert A., Jr., E1582
Simpson, Harriet G., E2534
Tucker, John, E2620
Turner, Abraham, E1595