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

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Day Slavery Officially Ended, James A. Wynn, Jr., Raleigh (NC) News & Observer, H6663 [5DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H6328 [9NO]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H7264 [18DE]

Armed Forces: improve protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures (see H.R. 5747), H3662 [7JN]

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

Buy American Week: designate (see H. Res. 705), H5526 [31JY]

Civil rights: restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H4065 [26JN]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H5292 [25JY]

Community development: provide funding through bonding or Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants to empower States to undertake significant residential and commercial structure demolition projects (see H.R. 4210), H2813 [16MY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1588), H4064 [26JN]

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see H.R. 4326), H1804 [29MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve energy programs (see H.R. 5955), H3732 [18JN]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 5873), H6152 [19SE]

——— require evaluation of county workload assessments prior to closure or relocation of a county or local Farm Service Agency office (see H.R. 4313), H5010 [18JY]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H5861 [11SE]

Dept. of Education: establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1704), H79 [18JA]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H1017 [28FE] (see H.R. 4816), H2212 [26AP]

——— provide interest-free deferment on unsubsidized student loans during periods of unemployment (see H.R. 5895), H3977 [21JN]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H5202 [24JY]

——— establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H1807 [29MR]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H945 [17FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2721), H3481 [5JN]

Dept. of State: establish the Muhammad Ali Legacy Grant Program to promote global respect, understanding, and communication (see H.R. 3795), H78 [18JA]

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

——— modify the Interstate System Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Pilot Program by disallowing toll facilities in North Carolina (see H.R. 4174), H2647 [10MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H79 [18JA]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H220 [31JA]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 2960), H2134 [25AP]

——— raise awareness, improve education, and encourage research and treatment of psychosocial needs of children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with a childhood cancer and their families (see H. Res. 262), H4869 [13JY]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 4818), H6152 [19SE]

Federal employees: tribute (see H. Res. 682), H5712 [2AU]

Foreign aid: provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2705), H6429 [16NO]

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]

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

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 6388), H6310 [16OC]

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), H3915 [20JN]

Immigration: facilitate travel and investment in the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals investing in residential real estate (see H.R. 3341), H3578 [6JN]

Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3481 [5JN]

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), H3405 [1JN]

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

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 2563), H5079 [19JY]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H3267 [30MY]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H3915 [20JN]

Medicare: provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 3790), H6429 [16NO]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies (see H.R. 4215), H1978 [18AP]

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

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

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

National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 725), H5079 [19JY]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 5914), H6302 [5OC]

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

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1274 [7MR]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2970), H28 [17JA]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 1867), H7360 [19DE]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see H.R. 3995), H697 [13FE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H1210 [6MR]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4606 [28JN]

Rhabdomyosarcoma Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 652), H4828 [11JY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H1134 [1MR]

——— direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H5202 [24JY]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1106), H5328 [26JY]

Taxation: clarify that any person who, for commercial purposes, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products (see H.R. 4134), H2072 [24AP]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H5292 [25JY]

——— exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic medal winners (see H.R. 6252), H5628 [1AU]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 2479), H6298 [28SE]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H3700 [8JN]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H3733 [18JN]

——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1614), H5526 [31JY]

——— treat automatic fire sprinkler systems under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1792), H4157 [27JN]

U.N.: oppose any resolution endorsing an international code of conduct for information security in order to preserve, enhance, and increase access to an open, global Internet (see H. Con. Res. 114), H2072 [24AP]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act: extend (see H.R. 6131), H4906 [17JY]

Veterans: improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 6107), H5131 [23JY]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 4124), H1133 [1MR]

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]

——— permit an individual who is required to present identification to vote in a Federal election to meet such requirement by signing an affidavit attesting to the individual’s identification (see H.R. 6419), H6060 [14SE]

——— require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5816), H3103 [17MY]

——— 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), H441 [2FE]

World War I: establish a commission to observe centennial and rededicate certain memorials as the National World War I Memorial and the National World War I Museum and Memorial (see H.R. 6364), H6675 [5DE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Bataan defenders (see H.R. 3712), H476 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Transportation: prioritize local comments when selecting a toll pilot project (see H.R. 5713), H2644 [10MY]

Tariff: eyelash curlers (see H.R. 4656), H2123 [25AP]

——— manicure and pedicure sets (see H.R. 4654), H2123 [25AP]

——— nail clippers (see H.R. 4655), H2123 [25AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Transportation: prioritize local comments when selecting a toll pilot project (H.R. 5713), H2646 [10MY]

Tariff: eyelash curlers (H.R. 4656), H2127 [25AP]

——— manicure and pedicure sets (H.R. 4654), H2127 [25AP]

——— nail clippers (H.R. 4655), H2127 [25AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 6083), H4831 [12JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1584 [27MR]

Business and industry: promote growth and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing (H.R. 5865), H5832 [11SE]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas issued to Attorney General Holder (H. Res. 706), consideration (H. Res. 708), H4166 [28JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H4831 [12JY]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H122 [24JA], H444 [3FE]

Emancipation Proclamation: anniversary, H7518 [1JA]

EPA: establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system (S. 710), H5828 [11SE]

FDA: improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for rare pediatric diseases, H3226 [30MY]

——— improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases, H3865 [20JN]

——— revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (H.R. 5651), H3226 [30MY]

——— revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (S. 3187), H3865 [20JN]

Fitts, Howard M., Jr.: NAACP, Durham, NC, chapter Freedom Fund Honoree, E1631• [21SE]

FTC: potential merger between Express Scripts, Inc., and Medco, E673• [26AP]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1441 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4730 [10JY]

History: anniversary of ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery, H6663 [5DE]

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), consideration (H. Res. 708), H4166 [28JN]

Insurance: repeal law requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting (H.R. 5859), H5098 [23JY]

Jamesville, NC: Jamesville Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1516• [13SE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, E1080• [19JN]

Medicare: provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies (H.R. 4215), E673• [26AP]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free African Americans and slaves who fought during the American Revolution (H.R. 2181), H4809 [11JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 6079), H4730 [10JY]

——— Supreme Court decision on constitutionality, H4163 [28JN]

——— Supreme Court review of constitutionality, H4070 [27JN]

Pharmaceuticals: Pharmaceutical Traceability Enhancement Code (RxTEC) proposal to establish national standard to address drug traceability and pedigree, H3226 [30MY]

Taxation: reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers, H816 [16FE]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act: extend (H.R. 6131), H5829 [11SE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H122 [24JA]

——— require enrollment in a program leading to a high school diploma or GED as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation, H444 [3FE]

Williams, Cassius S.: North Carolina State University Watauga Medal Award recipient, H1220 [7MR]

Women: health care for women, H1441 [21MR]

Tributes

Ballance, Alice Eason, E596• [19AP]

Barnes, Johnny, E556• [17AP]

Battle, George E., Jr., E1608• [21SE]

Battle, Rayvon, Jr., E1848• [29NO]

Cobbs, Joe, E1054• [18JN], E1113• [21JN]

DeMuth, Bobby G., H5770 [11SE]

Dunston, Lottie H. Rollins, H738 [15FE]

Hunter, Kyleanne, E597• [19AP]

Jones, Edward, E1225• [11JY]

Locks, Sidney A., Jr., E1245• [12JY]

Martin, Luke, Jr., E1054• [18JN], E1113• [21JN]

Neal, Audrey, E1826• [28NO]

Nelson, Joshua N., E1652• [21SE]

Odom, Stephanie, E1149• [27JN]

Taylor, Dale T., E392• [20MR]

Taylor, Gardner C., E1057• [18JN]

Thompskins, Johnny, E1054• [18JN], E1113• [21JN]

Thornton, Steve S., E905• [30MY]

Wainwright, William L., H5016 [19JY]

Walker, LeRoy T., E692• [27AP]

Woolard, William H. (Babe), E547• [17AP]