SUTTON, BETTY (a Representative from Ohio)
Appointments
Committee to escort the President, H151 [24JA]
President’s Export Council, H1291 [8MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H4685 [9JY]
Animals: prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (see H.R. 2966), H182 [25JA]
Armed Forces: commend, make permanent, oppose proposals to diminish national security role of, and recognize the National Guard as the foundation of the Operational Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 129), H6001 [13SE]
Armstrong, Neil A.: tribute (see H. Res. 784), H6000 [13SE]
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), H376 [1FE]
——— promote growth and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing (see H.R. 5865), H5766 [10SE]
Buy American Act: strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (see H.R. 6216), H5326 [26JY]
Buy American Week: designate (see H. Res. 705), H5526 [31JY]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H3404 [1JN]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H3363 [31MY]
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), H1390 [19MR]
Contracts: increase requirement for American-made content and strengthen certain waiver provisions for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2722), H4065 [26JN]
Corps of Engineers: compel completion of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study within a certain time period and focus attention on permanent prevention of aquatic nuisance species (see H.R. 4406), H3267 [30MY]
Dept. of Commerce: establish a Make It in America Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1912), H903 [16FE]
Dept. of Defense: clarify the requirement to procure footwear from American sources (see H.R. 2955), H966 [27FE]
——— ensure detainees on U.S. soil have access to due process, the court system, and will not be detained indefinitely by the military (see H.R. 4192), H2033 [19AP]
——— provide for military sexual assault and domestic violence accountability (see H.R. 1517), H1741 [28MR]
——— provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms (see H.R. 324), H1100 [29FE]
Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H476 [3FE]
Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H159 [24JA]
Dept. of Justice: provide State and local government incentives under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to provide certain services to rape and sexual assault victims (see H.R. 2197), H2647 [10MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: transfer proceeds from the sale of Government stock in General Motors Co., to fund pension benefits for former Delphi Corp., employees (see H.R. 6404), H5999 [13SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 210), H3167 [22MY]
——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 4287), H3662 [7JN]
FEC: reassert congressional authority to restrict spending by corporations and labor organizations on campaigns for elections for Federal office (see H.R. 6310), H6234 [20SE]
Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H376 [1FE]
Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 6170), H5526 [31JY]
Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 4105), H1099 [29FE]
——— prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 3057), H3700 [8JN]
Freedom of Information Act: provide that exemptions shall not apply to matters relating to certain transactions executed by the Federal Government operating in a commercial manner (see H.R. 4232), H1847 [16AP]
Glenn, John: anniversary of first manned orbital mission for NASA (see H. Con. Res. 102), H902 [16FE]
Health: promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3497), H4065 [26JN]
Insurance: provide for equal access to COBRA continuation health coverage (see H.R. 2310), H376 [1FE]
Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1808 [29MR]
IRS: permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see H.R. 4123), H1133 [1MR]
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), H1847 [16AP]
Lance Corporal Joshua B. McDaniels and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, London, OH: designate (see H.R. 5984), H3977 [21JN]
Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H5526 [31JY]
March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H4907 [17JY]
Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office, Columbus, OH: designate (see H.R. 5985), H3977 [21JN]
Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, Grove City, OH: designate (see H.R. 5983), H3977 [21JN]
Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1543), H4869 [13JY]
——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H6298 [28SE]
——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 2140), H5130 [23JY]
——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H115 [23JA]
National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 552), H902 [16FE]
Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1498 [21MR]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: take action to obtain Russia’s full compliance with commitments under the protocol on their accession to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 6149), H5328 [26JY]
Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H727 [14FE]
Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 5684), H5631 [1AU]
Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see H.R. 3533), H159 [24JA]
Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4606 [28JN]
SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see H.R. 3875), H476 [3FE]
Taxation: encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H3734 [18JN]
——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H6061 [14SE]
——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H696 [13FE]
——— extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H2072 [24AP]
——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 2866), H5860 [11SE]
——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 3903), H572 [7FE]
Veterans: authorize military departments to provide an exception to standards for awarding the Purple Heart for World War II veterans whose service records are incomplete due to damage (see H.R. 6095), H5712 [2AU]
——— issue a Victory for Veterans stamp (see H.R. 6121), H4863 [12JY]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H2212 [26AP]
Wildlife: establish improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent introduction and establishment in the U.S. of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites (see H.R. 5864), H4908 [17JY]
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]
——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 47), H5712 [2AU]
Motions
Government regulations: prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), H5318 [26JY]
Remarks
Dept. of the Interior: set clear rules for development of U.S. oil shale resources and promote shale technology research and development (H.R. 3408), H771 [15FE]
FERC: prohibit approval of permit for the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline until certification that a certain percentage of iron and steel used for pipeline construction was manufactured in North America, H771 [15FE]
——— transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3047 [17MY]
Gordon, Terry: Akron, OH, Community Foundation Bert A. Polsky Humanitarian Award recipient, E1725• [26OC]
Government regulations: exempt regulations on offshore bank account disclosure, middle income tax relief, invasive species, prescription drug safety, and foreclosure relief and predatory lending from regulatory freeze, H5318 [26JY]
——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), motion to recommit, H5318 [26JY]
Gulf of Mexico: restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3047 [17MY]
Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S., H3047 [17MY]
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3047 [17MY]
Teodosio, Thomas and Linda: Catholic Commission of Summit County, OH, Bishop Cosgrove Justice Award recipients, E1889• [7DE]
Votes: position on missed, E755• [9MY], E1335• [26JY], E1383• [1AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H5522 [31JY]