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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abingdon, VA: anniversary of Barter Theatre (see H. Con. Res. 416), H8397 [17SE]

African Americans: honor inventors, past and present, for their leadership, courage, and significant contributions to our national competitiveness (see H. Res. 966), H813 [7FE]

Air pollution: accelerate development and early deployment of systems for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel electric generation facilities (see H.R. 6258), H7629 [30JY]

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: anniversary (see H. Res. 1088), H6408 [10JY]

American Institute in Taiwan: require Senate confirmation of director (see H.R. 1390), H5111 [9JN]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see H.R. 1650), H4151 [19MY]

———provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1650), H6728 [17JY]

Armed Forces: ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 4930), H7853 [8SE]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2150 [9AP]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits available to veterans and members and enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 6268), H6728 [17JY]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 2303), H871 [12FE]

———lift restrictions on certain benefits for military technicians and repeal prohibition against overtime pay for National Guard technicians (see H.R. 6438), H7059 [23JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see H.R. 5714), H10132 [26SE]

———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see H.R. 3229), H1973 [2AP]

———provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve (see H.R. 5609), H1700 [13MR]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 942), H479 [28JA]

Black Music Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 372), H5407 [12JN]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]

Brown, Monica L.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 320), H2443 [16AP]

Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 338), H5045 [5JN]

Cape Hatteras National Seashore: reinstate Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle use pending issuance of a final rule by the National Park Service (see H.R. 6233), H5409 [12JN]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5329 [11JN]

CFTC: curb role of excessive speculation in contract markets involving energy futures or swaps and eliminate excessive speculation or other activity causing major energy market disturbances (see H.R. 6377), H6173 [26JN]

———provide greater resources and authority to improve transparency and accountability in the energy futures markets (see H.R. 6334), H5865 [23JN]

Challenger (space shuttle): anniversary of crash (see H. Res. 943), H479 [28JA]

Children and youth: authorize a program to provide grants to youth-serving organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents (see H.R. 5654), H1771 [14MR]

———authorize additional appropriations for summer youth employment activities (see H.R. 6332), H5796 [20JN]

———expand and improve the provision of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations (see H.R. 2371), H2356 [15AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for summer youth employment activities (see H.R. 5444), H993 [14FE]

———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 3846), H1973 [2AP]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see H. Res. 1013), H1220 [4MR]

———support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign (see H. Res. 1042), H8397 [17SE]

China, Republic of: resume normal diplomatic relations (see H. Con. Res. 73), H6674 [16JY]

———support membership in the U.N. and other international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 250), H6577 [15JY]

Chisholm, Shirley: anniversary of election (see H. Res. 1529), H10844 [19NO]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H1446 [10MR]

Communications Act: reform universal service provisions (see H.R. 2054), H814 [7FE]

Constellation (U.S.S.): recognize historical significance as a reminder of the participation of the U.S. in the transatlantic slave trade and of the efforts of the U.S. to end the slave trade (see H. Res. 1159), H2852 [29AP]

Correctional institutions: authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees (see H.R. 4063), H1221 [4MR]

Courts: enhance retirement benefits of administrative law judges (see H.R. 6706), H7785 [31JY]

Credit: permit deferrals on certain home mortgage foreclosures to take remedial action and require home mortgage servicers to provide notice of any upcoming reset of interest rates (see H.R. 6076), H4833 [22MY]

———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 5244), H4975 [4JN]

Dept. of Commerce: create an Office of Domestic Product Promotion (see H.R. 6573), H6824 [22JY]

Dept. of Education: establish discretionary school construction grant program for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments (see H.R. 6293), H6728 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS: conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3334), H6728 [17JY]

———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1440), H2070 [8AP]

———make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see H.R. 6201), H6825 [22JY]

———reauthorize Healthy Start Program (see H.R. 3267), H3050 [5MY]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 3430), H5482 [17JN]

Dept. of Justice: authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see H.R. 3546), H295 [16JA]

———establish a State grant program to establish ``Silver Alert'' notification systems to locate missing individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses (see H.R. 5898), H5045 [5JN]

———extend authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 6045), H3776 [13MY]

———promptly and thoroughly investigate complaints of violations of the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, and the Help America Vote Act (see H. Con. Res. 424), H9084 [23SE]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases (see H.R. 6251), H6010 [24JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program emblematic of prominent civil rights leaders and important events advancing civil rights (see H.R. 6701), H7809 [1AU]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see H.R. 5734), H3050 [5MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide dental care to veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 5595), H7165 [24JY]

———remove certain limitations on the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 5229), H620 [6FE]

Detroit Red Wings (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 1246), H5409 [12JN]

d'Harnoncourt, Anne: tribute (see H. Res. 1348), H6734 [21JY]

Diseases: authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's disease patients and their families (see H.R. 1032), H2151 [9AP]

———establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (see H.R. 3005), H943 [13FE]

———establish national screening program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or colorectal polyps (see H.R. 1738), H1822 [31MR]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 1188), H1445 [10MR]

———improve and enhance research and programs on cancer survivorship (see H.R. 4450), H8477 [18SE]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 353), H2356 [15AP]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 5265), H6407 [10JY]

Drugs: improve safety (see H.R. 5839), H4061 [15MY]

———improve safety, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 5839), H4858 [3JN]

———target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 4545), H1155 [27FE]

Dunham, Katherine: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H5581 [18JN]

Economy: encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to invest in renewable energy and energy-efficient products and services (see H. Res. 987), H2152 [9AP]

———encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies (see H. Res. 977), H2855 [29AP]

Education: coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives (see H.R. 6104), H5111 [9JN]

———recognize achievements of high school valedictorians, promote importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and reward academic excellence of all high school students (see H. Res. 1229), H4831 [22MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 4926), H4454 [21MY]

EPA: accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction supplemental environmental projects (see H.R. 3754), H871 [12FE]

Fair Housing Act: commemorate anniversaries of enactment and later enactment of amending legislation (see H. Res. 1095), H2151 [9AP]

Federal employees: provide that employees receiving their pay by electronic funds transfer are given the option of receiving their pay stubs electronically (see H.R. 6073), H4878 [3JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see H.R. 6381), H9974 [25SE]

FEMA: establish a homeowner mitigation loan program to promote pre-disaster property mitigation measures (see H.R. 6424), H6674 [16JY]

FHA: create a voluntary program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market (see H.R. 5830), H2485 [17AP]

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act: permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid prohibition on certain payments when the sum of base acres of a farm is below a certain amount (see H.R. 6849), H8050 [11SE]

Foreign trade: prohibit import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor (see H.R. 1992), H1539 [11MR]

Garvey, Marcus M.: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 24), H6343 [9JY]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 370), H5214 [10JN]

Graham, Billy: tribute (see H. Res. 1358), H7166 [24JY]

Haiti: transfer real property of former U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince to Haitian Government (see H.R. 6335), H6728 [17JY]

Hazardous substances: express concern over current Federal policy allowing exportation of toxic electronic waste to developing nations and encourage U.S. banning of such activities (see H. Res. 1395), H7788 [31JY]

———reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 6903), H8127 [15SE]

Health: ensure victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services (see H.R. 6569), H6824 [22JY]

———establish a registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde have an opportunity to register and receive medical treatment (see H.R. 5897), H10331 [28SE]

———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see H.R. 2677), H6825 [22JY]

———national policy to increase Federal commitment prioritizing disease prevention and public health (see H. Res. 1381), H8276 [16SE]

———promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and communities across the U.S. (see H.R. 2045), H1889 [1AP]

———provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see H.R. 3750), H1342 [5MR]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 3186), H3020 [1MY]

Health care professionals: establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members (see H.R. 6652), H7627 [30JY]

———provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health (see H.R. 3404), H2225 [10AP]

Helms, Jesse: tribute (see H. Res. 1325), H6342 [9JY]

Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 5157), H555 [29JA]

Honore, Russell L.: tribute (see H. Res. 944), H479 [28JA]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 1169), H3018 [1MY]

———increase global stability and security by reducing number of individuals who are de jure or de facto stateless and at risk of being trafficked (see H.R. 6520), H7059 [23JY]

Inglewood, CA: anniversary (see H. Res. 962), H1188 [3MR]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 758), H1031 [25FE]

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD): recognize value as a cornerstone of global efforts to combat racial discrimination and uphold human rights (see H. Res. 1055), H1771 [14MR]

International Year of Sanitation: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 318), H1822 [31MR]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 353), H4064 [16MY] (see H. Con. Res. 354), H4150 [19MY]

Jordan, Louis: tribute (see H. Res. 1242), H5043 [5JN]

Kenya: call for a peaceful resolution to current electoral crisis (see H. Con. Res. 283), H623 [6FE]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 688), H1221 [4MR]

Liberia: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 6655), H7627 [30JY]

Lloyd, Earl: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 286), H557 [29JA]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H1188 [3MR]

Mandela, Nelson: tribute (see H. Res. 1090), H3051 [5MY]

Marshall, Thurgood: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 381), H6009 [24JN]

Medicaid: ensure individuals eligible for medical assistance continue to have access to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3700), H8477 [18SE]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H2267 [14AP]

———permit States to exclude earned income in determining eligibility for medical assistance for individuals with extremely high prescription drug costs (see H.R. 5748), H8128 [15SE]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5268), H6230 [8JY]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H1889 [1AP]

Medicare: ensure access to recreational therapy in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, inpatient psychiatric facilities, and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 4248), H295 [16JA]

———improve access to physical medicine and rehabilitation services (see H.R. 1846), H25 [15JA]

———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (see H.R. 5426), H7853 [8SE]

———provide payments for unscheduled physician telephone consultation services when such payments are cost and quality effective (see H.R. 6380), H8128 [15SE]

———require physician utilization of electronic prescription drug program (see H.R. 4296), H622 [6FE]

Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month: support goals (see H. Res. 339), H350 [17JA]

Mount Olive College: tribute to men's baseball team (see H. Res. 1267), H5328 [11JN]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 988), H4151 [19MY]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 289), H943 [13FE]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1191), H3886 [14MY]

National Black Arts Festival: anniversary (see H. Res. 1286), H6231 [8JY]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 280), H390 [22JA]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 1124), H3021 [1MY]

National Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 858), H6343 [9JY]

National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1202), H4878 [3JN]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 367), H4976 [4JN]

National Hurricane Research Initiative: establish (see H.R. 2407), H5044 [5JN]

National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1260), H5214 [10JN]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 1086), H2855 [29AP]

National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1379), H7309 [29JY]

National Public Health Week: observance (see H. Res. 1081), H2016 [4AP]

National STD Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1131), H2553 [22AP]

National Train Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1085), H3021 [1MY]

Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H8019 [10SE]

Northern Kentucky University: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 1147), H3021 [1MY]

Patents: create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture (see H.R. 5638), H4878 [3JN]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1771 [14MR]

Petroleum: establish an interagency working group to identify factors that affect pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products and make appropriate recommendations (see H.R. 6238), H5327 [11JN]

Power resources: require complete displays of the retail price of transportation fuel (see H.R. 6618), H7630 [30JY]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 896), H1446 [10MR]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 1073), H2152 [9AP]

Radio: require radios used in satellite digital radio service be capable of receiving terrestrial digital radio signals (see H.R. 7157), H10643 [29SE]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 5632), H4833 [22MY]

Railroads: ensure competition, enable rail customers to obtain reliable rail service, and provide those customers with a reasonable process for challenging rate and service disputes (see H.R. 2125), H5328 [11JN]

———ensure competition, enable rail customers to obtain reliable rail service, and provide those customers with a reasonable process for challenging rate and service disputes, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2125), H6728 [17JY]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level (see H.R. 3397), H3404 [8MY]

Reverend Earl Abel Post Office Building, Kansas City, MO: designate (see H.R. 6198), H6089 [25JN]

Rodriguez, Juan A. (Chi-Chi): tribute (see H. Res. 1029), H1417 [6MR]

Santa Fe, NM: mint coins in commemoration of quadricentennial (see H.R. 4833), H5408 [12JN]

Saudi Arabia: disapprove issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and defense services to Saudi Arabia (see H.J. Res. 76), H352 [18JA]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1453), H8579 [22SE]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 368), H1188 [3MR]

———ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 6485), H7308 [29JY]

———ensure payment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics (see H.R. 2870), H6734 [21JY]

Taxation: allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental procedures (see H.R. 3109), H6728 [17JY]

———establish infrastructure foundation for the hydrogen economy (see H.R. 5746), H2150 [9AP]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1584), H1183 [28FE]

———limit authority of States and localities to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States and localities (see H.R. 3359), H295 [16JA]

———limit deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation (see H.R. 3876), H9085 [23SE]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 6896), H10700 [2OC]

———reduce recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see H.R. 3874), H3777 [13MY]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1333), H7956 [9SE]

Tubman, Harriet: designate national day of remembrance (see H. Con. Res. 310), H1341 [5MR]

University of Maryland: anniversary of School of Medicine (see H. Res. 870), H6728 [17JY]

Veterans: presume service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112/Shipboard Hazard and Defense (see H.R. 5954), H5111 [9JN]

Water pollution: reduce water pollution from recreational vessels (see H.R. 2550), H3020 [1MY]

William `Bill' Clay Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 5395), H1221 [4MR]

World Glaucoma Day: observance (see H. Res. 981), H1222 [4MR]

Zimbabwe: commend efforts of those who sought to block an international arms transfer relative to campaign of violence and intimidation against political opposition members (see H. Res. 1270), H5581 [18JN]

———condemn postelection violence and call for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis (see H. Res. 1230), H4832 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

AMA: recognize contributions of African-American doctors on the occasion of apology to the National Medical Association for racial prejudices and wrongdoings (see H. Con. Res. 403), H7787 [31JY]

Insects: establish a grant program to assist States in inspecting hotel rooms for bed bugs (see H.R. 6068), H4059 [15MY]

Television: establish a Federal interagency task force to improve public awareness among older individuals and their families and caregivers about the impending digital television transition (see H. Con. Res. 339), H3018 [1MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H459 [28JA], H819 [12FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1828 [1AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2419), conference report, H3816 [14MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (H. Con. Res. 312), H1451 [11MR]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E2083 [27SE]

Coast Guard: tribute to selection as honored service branch for Military Appreciation Day at East Carolina University, E2202 [2OC]

Council, Mildred: National League of Cities Women in Municipal Government Leadership Award recipient, E2329 [20NO]

Courts: grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance, H1758 [14MR]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 3524), H322 [17JA]

———restore the set-aside for the HOPE VI Main Street grant program, H322 [17JA]

Dr. Clifford Bell Jones, Sr., Post Office, Elizabeth City, NC: designate (H.R. 3468), H839 [12FE]

Economy: encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies (H. Res. 977), H5276, H5277, H5278 [11JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5486 [18JN]

———provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), H874 [13FE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 3773), Senate amendment, H1758 [14MR]

FTC: extend authority to collect ``do-not-call'' registry fees (S. 781), H588, H589 [6FE]

John Henry Wooten, Sr., Post Office Building, Goldsboro, NC: designate (H.R. 3803), H1163 [28FE]

Judge Richard B. Allsbrook Post Office, Roanoke Rapids, NC: designate (H.R. 4211), E67 [23JA]

Kazakhstan: democracy efforts, E2081 [27SE]

Lincoln, Abraham: observe anniversary of birth and recognize the role the Declaration of Independence played in belief development (H. Con. Res. 281), H844, H845 [12FE]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), H1306 [5MR]

Monitors (musical group): anniversary, E46 [17JA]

National Association of Medical Minority Educators, Inc.: anniversary, E1674 [1AU]

New York Giants (football team): tribute (H. Res. 960), H837, H839 [12FE]

North Carolina: express support and sympathy to victims of tornado, E2290 [20NO]

North Carolina Electric Membership Corp.: tribute to participation in programs of National Renewable Cooperatives Organization relative to development of renewable energy resources, E1803 [16SE]

Private Johnathon Millican Lula Post Office, Lula, GA: designate (H.R. 3532), H840 [12FE]

Rocky Mount, NC: tribute to Rocky Mount High School boys' baseball team, E1119 [3JN]

Sergeant Jamie O. Maugans Post Office Building, Derby, KS: designate (H.R. 5135), H842, H843 [12FE]

Specialist Jamaal RaShard Addison Post Office Building, Lithonia, GA: designate (H.R. 4203), H841, H842 [12FE]

Surplus Government property: direct Federal agencies to donate excess and surplus Federal electronic equipment to qualifying small towns, counties, schools, nonprofit organizations, and libraries (H.R. 752), H4090, H4091 [19MY]

Temple, Ralph J.: ACLU of the National Capital Area Alan and Adrienne Barth Award recipient, E356 [11MR]

Tibotec Therapeutics (business): tribute for development of new FDA-approved HIV treatment drug, E66 [23JA]

Votes: position on missed, H5265 [11JN]

Tributes

Allsbrook, Richard B., E67 [23JA]

Balmer, Kentwan, E848 [7MY]

Cochran, Salter J., Jr., E987 [21MY]

Harris, Robert E., H4823 [22MY]

Mebane, Norman L., Jr., E1769 [11SE]

Williams, David B. (Blake), H1829 [1AP]