CLARKE, YVETTE D. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

FCC: provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (H.R. 3309), H1624 [27MR]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2370, H2448 [8MY]

Appointments

Donald M. Payne funeral attendees, H1828 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H5131 [23JY]

AID: improve nutritional quality, quality control, and cost effectiveness of U.S. food assistance (see H.R. 4141), H1210 [6MR]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H5711 [2AU]

Armed Forces: improve provision of civil relief and the enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members (see H.R. 6293), H5704 [2AU]

Aviation: require individuals seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked against the terrorist watchlist (see H.R. 6159), H5328 [26JY]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 567), H1100 [29FE]

Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building, Mastic Beach, NY: designate (see H.R. 3912), H567 [7FE]

Budget Control Act: ensure any deal on taxes and spending does not cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits, increases revenue, reduces defense spending, and promotes economic growth (see H. Res. 733), H5008 [18JY]

Business and industry: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 3596), H28 [17JA]

Children and youth: establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 2012), H2329 [7MY]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the pioneers and participants of the civil rights movement (see H.R. 3866), H374 [1FE]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H159 [24JA]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 6421), H6060 [14SE]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transactions by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H694 [9FE]

Corporal Kyle Schneider Post Office Building, Baldwinsville, NY: designate (see H.R. 5837), H3161 [18MY]

Credit: encourage mortgage loan modifications and suspending foreclosures and evictions (see H.R. 4848), H2204 [26AP]

——— exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 2086), H1846 [16AP]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H5711 [2AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H5861 [11SE]

Dept. of Defense: enhance suicide prevention program by requiring suicide prevention training during recruit basic training, preseparation counseling, and mental health assessments (see H.R. 1284), H1497 [21MR]

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 3974), H1306 [8MR]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H1017 [28FE] (see H.R. 4816), H2289 [27AP]

——— provide interest-free deferment on unsubsidized student loans during periods of unemployment (see H.R. 5895), H3707 [15JN]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see H.R. 3776), H1847 [16AP]

——— restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 4286), H2212 [26AP]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2098), H903 [16FE]

Dept. of HHS: exempt Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration from sequestration (see H.R. 6692), H7424 [20DE]

——— provide for research and education to improve screening, detection, and diagnosis of prostate cancer (see H.R. 6033), H4156 [27JN]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H1978 [18AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish a toll-free telephone hotline where individuals may obtain information on voting in Federal elections and report on problems encountered in voting in such elections (see H.R. 2540), H1807 [29MR]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2721), H3267 [30MY]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 870), H1571 [26MR] (see H.R. 4277), H3578 [6JN]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H2033 [19AP]

Dept. of the Interior: require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail System (see H.R. 6257), H5628 [1AU]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H79 [18JA]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 5976), H3914 [20JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H1428 [20MR]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 4287), H3267 [30MY]

——— provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education programs (see H.R. 3483), H182 [25JA]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 6087), H6318 [26OC]

Diseases: bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 6138), H5008 [18JY]

——— expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H2288 [27AP]

——— provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 1774), H4907 [17JY]

——— recognize potential for virtual elimination of pediatric HIV and AIDS and keeping HIV positive mothers alive (see H. Con. Res. 123), H2645 [10MY]

District of Columbia: support an appropriate site at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard for a memorial to honor Armed Forces members who have served as divers (see H. Con. Res. 87), H1392 [19MR]

Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls (see H. Res. 694), H4158 [27JN]

——— restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (see H.R. 4170), H1916 [17AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1903), H1209 [6MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2234), H1741 [28MR]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and include domestic partners (see H.R. 3151), H1210 [6MR]

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: improve (see H.R. 5871), H3362 [31MY]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce discretionary budget authority if financial statement for the previous fiscal year does not receive an unqualified audit opinion by an external independent auditor (see H.R. 6528), H6275 [21SE]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H6152 [19SE]

——— tribute (see H. Res. 682), H5712 [2AU]

Firearms: require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 6241), H5717 [3AU]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3553), H4908 [17JY]

Food industry: require labels on packages of meat include a statement on whether the meat contains lean finely textured beef (pink slime) (see H.R. 4346), H2134 [25AP]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H376 [1FE]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), H6062 [14SE]

Haiti: address gender-based violence against women and children (see H. Res. 521), H114 [23JA]

——— authorize appropriations to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development (see H.R. 3771), H26 [17JA]

——— recognize anniversary of earthquake, honor victims and responders, and reaffirm support and assistance (see H. Res. 510), H26 [17JA]

Homeless: eliminate involuntary homelessness for families, women, and children (see H. Con. Res. 119), H2329 [7MY]

Housing: extend protection of interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see H.R. 3619), H3267 [30MY]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5905), H3660 [7JN]

——— prohibit transfer of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries that are engaging in gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see H.R. 5749), H3267 [30MY]

Hurricanes: express condolences to, commend resiliency and courage of, and provide necessary resources for relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts of victims of Hurricane Sandy (see H. Res. 820), H6505 [28NO]

Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1842), H2447 [8MY]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (see H.R. 6412), H6318 [26OC]

Indonesia: allow Indonesian citizens fleeing religious persecution to file a motion to reopen their asylum claims (see H.R. 3590), H2715 [15MY]

Inouye, Daniel K.: tribute (see H. Res. 837), H7360 [19DE]

Insurance: require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 4470), H2289 [27AP]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see H. Res. 713), H4908 [17JY]

Israel: reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see H.R. 4133), H2570 [9MY]

Johnson, John H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3868), H441 [2FE]

Judge, Mychal: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2580), H4685 [9JY]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H2072 [24AP]

Leonard Montalto Post Office Building, Staten Island, NY: designate (see H.R. 6636), H7429 [21DE]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H1571 [26MR]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H1846 [16AP]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 640), H2274 [27AP]

Minimum wage: provide for increases consistent with inflation (see H.R. 6211), H5326 [26JY]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 130), H4655 [29JN]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Cancer Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 531), H219 [31JA]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H5078 [19JY]

National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 803), H6276 [21SE]

National Foster Care Month: recognize goals and ideals (see H. Res. 659), H2812 [16MY]

National Month of Voter Registration: designate (see H. Res. 758), H5707 [2AU]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 644), H2320 [7MY]

National security: promote civil defense and power generation (see H. Res. 762), H5707 [2AU]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 573), H1209 [6MR]

National Women’s Rights History Project Act: reauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 6150), H5712 [2AU]

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 353), H5010 [18JY]

New York Giants (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 544), H640 [8FE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1498 [21MR]

NOAA: establish constituent-driven program to collect priority coastal geospatial data and support information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data to manage the coastal region (see H.R. 6475), H7264 [18DE]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see H. Res. 832), H6806 [13DE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H966 [27FE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H3733 [18JN]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 589), H1427 [20MR]

Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (see H. Res. 728), H4863 [12JY]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4158 [27JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 14), H1496 [21MR]

Russia: impose sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, the conspiracy to defraud Russia of taxes on corporate profits, and other human rights violations (see H.R. 4405), H5331 [30JY]

SBA: improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns (see H.R. 4203), H1390 [19MR]

——— increase small business participation in multiple award contracts (see H.R. 4118), H1154 [5MR]

——— provide for a program to provide Federal contracts to early-stage small businesses (see H.R. 4121), H1210 [6MR]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H3976 [21JN]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 793), H6429 [16NO]

Social Security: treat permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 4609), H2066 [24AP]

Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building, Tyrone, NY: designate (see H.R. 6681), H7264 [18DE]

Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 4169), H1847 [16AP]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 2697), H6807 [13DE]

Taxation: allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund (see H.R. 3352), H3404 [1JN]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H1847 [16AP]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H6152 [19SE]

——— modify dependent care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grandparents who do not live with the taxpayer (see H.R. 3820), H903 [16FE]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H2134 [25AP]

——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (see H.R. 1860), H2134 [25AP]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H5711 [2AU]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 3903), H1916 [17AP]

U.S. Coast Guard Academy: modify process for congressional nomination of individuals for appointment as cadets (see H.R. 3695), H1359 [9MR]

Veterans: clarify responsibilities of small businesses relative to employment and reemployment rights of veterans (see H.R. 3860), H1391 [19MR]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 6107), H6234 [20SE]

——— issue a Victory for Veterans stamp (see H.R. 6121), H4863 [12JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H1847 [16AP]

Virgin Islands: provide for direct appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court (see H.R. 6116), H4862 [12JY]

Voting: condemn passage of State legislation that unduly burdens the ability to vote and oppose any election law or proposed legislation that has a disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities (see H. Res. 542), H640 [8FE]

——— modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 5799), H3102 [17MY]

——— require State voter registration agencies that require government-issued photo identification to vote in Federal elections to provide such identification without charge upon request (see H.R. 4126), H1274 [7MR]

——— require States to establish minimum early voting period and ensure that no individual be required to wait for longer than one hour to cast a ballot at a polling place in an election for Federal office (see H.R. 6591), H6536 [29NO]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H79 [18JA]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: designate (see H. Res. 601), H1740 [28MR]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 5647), H2443 [8MY]

——— provide protections against violence against immigrant women (see H.R. 5331), H2316 [7MY]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 589), H1427 [20MR]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H376 [1FE]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: designate (see H. Res. 618), H3268 [30MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: prevent terrorism, including terrorism associated with homegrown violent extremism and domestic violent extremism (see H.R. 6003), H3974 [21JN]

——— research, identify, and evaluate cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure (see H.R. 6221), H5327 [26JY]

Jamaica: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 764), H5707 [2AU]

Taxation: allow an income disparity tax credit (see H.R. 4260), H1570 [26MR]

Trinidad and Tobago: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 765), H5707 [2AU]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Homeland Security: prevent terrorism, including terrorism associated with homegrown violent extremism and domestic violent extremism (H.R. 6003), H3976 [21JN]

——— research, identify, and evaluate cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure (H.R. 6221), H5328 [26JY]

Taxation: allow an income disparity tax credit (H.R. 4260), H1571 [26MR]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (H.R. 3541), E946• [1JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (H.R. 3803), E1396• [3AU]

Dept. of Commerce: Minority Business Development Agency funding, H2370 [8MY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 3826), H2258 [27AP]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4628), H2258 [27AP]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4816), H2258 [27AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prevent terrorism, including terrorism associated with homegrown violent extremism and domestic violent extremism (H.R. 6003), E1112•, E1129• [21JN]

——— research, identify, and evaluate cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure (H.R. 6221), E1338• [26JY]

——— study and report to Congress on gaps in U.S. port security and a plan to address them (H.R. 4005), E1181• [29JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: allow use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, E957• [1JN]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), E957• [1JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4120 [27JN]

Economy: importance of job creation, H976 [28FE]

Firearms: gun control, H7354 [19DE]

House of Representatives: find Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 711), E1199• [29JN]

——— impact of partisanship, H4120 [27JN]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H7579 [2JA]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs, E1312• [24JY]

National Foster Care Month: observance, E965• [1JN]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings, H7354 [19DE]

Prostate Cancer Awareness Day: observance, E121• [2FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2370 [8MY]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in U.S. v. Arizona relative to law enforcement use of racial profiling in immigration enforcement, E470• [28MR]

Taiwan: tribute to donations toward Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, E1967• [19DE]

Taxation: provide payroll tax relief, H592 [8FE]

——— rates, H592 [8FE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H592 [8FE]

Violence Against Women Act: ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H2726 [16MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), consideration (H. Res. 656), H2726 [16MY]

Votes: position on missed, H1143• [5MR], H3945• [21JN], E1155• [27JN], E1225• [11JY], E1755• [14NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3972 [21JN], H4062 [26JN]

Tributes

Cleaver, Representative, H7274 [19DE]

Khaliquzzaman, Abu Naser, E1643• [21SE]

Payne, Donald M., H1202 [6MR]