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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: welcome leaders to U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit and trade ministers to Forum of the African Growth Opportunity Act (see H. Res. 699), H7184 [31JY]

African Americans: recognize difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights (see H. Con. Res. 78), H1431 [27JA]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H2065 [27FE]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 755), H8033 [17NO]

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War (see H.R. 4045), H1770 [11FE]

Angelou, Maya: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring life (see H. Res. 684), H6814 [24JY]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2847), H7389 [9SE]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 5524), H7675 [17SE]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 481), H1771 [11FE]

Booker, Simeon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3655), H2002 [26FE]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 610), H5064 [30MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see H.R. 5185), H7389 [9SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 4188), H3365 [30AP]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 5081), H6656 [22JY]

——— expand and improve Federal programs to reduce child hunger (see H.R. 4249), H2433 [13MR]

——— expand authority of governmental social service agencies with child protection responsibilities to access the national crime information databases (see H.R. 3923), H1246 [17JA]

——— provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 4888), H7189 [31JY]

Civil rights: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner and the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H7454 [11SE]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2434 [13MR]

Corporal Juan Mariel Alcantara Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4443), H3941 [7MY]

Credit: establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4511), H3365 [30AP]

Crime: stop exploitation through human trafficking (see H.R. 3610), H3144 [9AP]

Cynthia Jenkins Post Office Building, Springfield Gardens, NY: designate (see H.R. 3957), H1480 [28JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: preserve access of victims of trafficking to information about their eligibility to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 5238), H7039 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: require payment of full amount of separation pay otherwise due to former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 5009), H6108 [10JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5024 [29MY] (see H.R. 4622), H4057 [9MY]

——— amend adverse credit history determinations for purposes of Federal Direct PLUS Loan eligibility (see H.R. 4480), H3196 [10AP]

——— establish grant program for nebulizers in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4108), H2064 [27FE]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4373), H2853 [2AP]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4902), H5556 [19JN]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H6746 [23JY]

——— require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see H.R. 5343), H7182 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: conduct outreach efforts to provide certain health information to individuals enrolled in qualified health plans through exchanges or State plans under Medicaid (see H.R. 4796), H5068 [2JN]

——— ensure effectiveness of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program by ensuring funding allocations are evidence-based and by promoting greater utilization of patient-centered care (see H.R. 4260), H7242 [1AU]

——— increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program for child care for families with infants or toddlers (see H.R. 5000), H5817 [26JN]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H3292 [29AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and provide risk-based, performance-based cybersecurity standards for information technology requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 3847), H1773 [11FE]

——— secure critical infrastructure against electromagnetic pulses (see H.R. 3410), H1772 [11FE]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H6978 [28JY]

Dept. of Justice: study the cost of purchase and use of body cameras by State and local law enforcement agencies and require such agencies to purchase and use body cameras as a condition of receipt of Federal funding (see H.R. 5407), H7434 [10SE]

Dept. of Labor: make grants to carry out employment training programs to assist the long-term unemployed obtain skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in high-growth sectors of the economy (see H.R. 3888), H1720 [10FE]

——— phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H5725 [24JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H3058 [8AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3600), H2611 [24MR]

Discrimination: eliminate discrimination in State criminal and civil laws for those living with HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1843), H3293 [29AP]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1429), H3241 [28AP]

——— express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7184 [31JY]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5249 [10JN]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H6400 [17JY]

Employment: allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see H.R. 5159), H6654 [22JY]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]

Explosives: condemn bombings at the Boston Marathon, express condolences to victims and their families, and call for international reduction and support for victims of improvised explosive devices (see H. Res. 190), H3144 [9AP]

Families and domestic relations: provide States with assistance in finding a permanent home for every child (see H.R. 4909), H5598 [20JN]

FDA: approve certain drugs and biological products for use in a limited population of patients to address increases in bacterial and fungal resistance to drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3742), H7619 [16SE]

Federal aid programs: provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties (see H.R. 5571), H7883 [18SE]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H7893 [18SE]

Firearms: prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals (see H.R. 2648), H2991 [7AP]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H1769 [11FE]

Haiti: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 474), H1658 [5FE]

Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H4828 [22MY]

Homeless: improve provision of medical services to the homeless (see H.R. 29), H7455 [11SE]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see H. Res. 480), H3294 [29AP]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 606), H5641 [23JN]

Immigration: eliminate time limit on motions to reopen removal proceedings if motion claims fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization (see H.R. 5228), H7190 [31JY]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization) and condemn and call for an end to such attacks (see H. Res. 657), H6108 [10JY]

Jennings, Thomas: tribute (see H. Res. 514), H2360 [12MR]

Johnson, Henry: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 5459), H7454 [11SE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 632), H5557 [19JN]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H4685 [20MY]

Law enforcement: condemn Stand Your Ground laws, urge rejection and repeal of and find alternatives for such legislation, penalize racial profiling, and study ways to elevate the social status of Black males (see H. Res. 55), H1593 [4FE]

——— encourage States to prohibit Stand Your Ground laws and require Neighborhood Watch programs to register with local law enforcement agencies and the Dept. of Justice (see H.R. 2812), H2199 [5MR]

Make Music Day: designate (see H. Res. 630), H5494 [18JN]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 5517), H7940 [12NO]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 526), H2744 [27MR]

Medicaid: establish a demonstration project under which payment may be made to States for expenditures for medical assistance for substance use disorder treatment services (see H.R. 5136), H6397 [17JY]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 4016), H2303 [11MR]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H7129 [30JY]

——— provide coverage of pulmonary self-management education and training services furnished by a qualified respiratory therapist in a physician practice (see H.R. 2619), H6036 [9JY]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H20 [7JA]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H2645 [25MR]

Mental health: incentivize State reporting systems that allow submittal of information by mental health professionals on individuals deemed dangerous relative to firearms possession (see H.R. 4784), H5063 [30MY]

——— maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H4911 [28MY]

——— strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 4783), H5063 [30MY]

Minimum wage: provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 4839), H5318 [11JN]

Minorities: anniversary of Executive order addressing environmental justice in minority and low-income populations (see H. Res. 479), H1771 [11FE]

——— improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H7126 [30JY]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 84), H1770 [11FE]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 563), H3408 [1MY]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 59), H1720 [10FE]

National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 667), H6816 [24JY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]

National Get Vertical Day: designate (see H. Res. 674), H6398 [17JY]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H2362 [12MR]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 527), H2744 [27MR]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: update a report on the role of telecommunications, including the Internet, on the commission of hate crimes (see H.R. 3878), H2099 [28FE]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H2695 [26MR]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5739), H8132 [19NO]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 5503), H7940 [12NO]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H2962 [4AP]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H3941 [7MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H6217 [14JY]

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 671), H6352 [16JY]

Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1657 [5FE]

Poverty: strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives (see H.R. 5352), H7183 [31JY]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H6107 [10JY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

Queens, NY: anniversary of 1964 World’s Fair (see H. Res. 552), H3365 [30AP]

SBA: ensure equal access for HUBZone designations to all tax-paying small business owners (see H.R. 5084), H6135 [11JY]

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2387), H1592 [4FE]

School Social Work Week: designate (see H. Res. 498), H2148 [4MR]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3465), H1659 [5FE]

Small business: provide assistance to small businesses providing low-income individuals with green jobs (see H.R. 2863), H1512 [29JA]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 728), H8133 [19NO]

Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 5024), H6297 [15JY]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H8273 [2DE]

Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office, Rochester, NY: designate (see H.R. 5019), H6037 [9JY]

Sports: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H2002 [26FE]

SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see H.R. 4664), H5024 [29MY]

St. Louis, MO: designate as the National Chess Capital (see H. Res. 169), H2803 [1AP]

Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building, Kingston, NY: designate (see H.R. 5087), H7041 [29JY]

Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H3448 [6MY]

——— make certain luggage and travel articles eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (see H.R. 2139), H3365 [30AP]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 3986), H1591 [4FE]

——— eliminate marriage penalty in the dollar limitation on the student loan interest deduction (see H.R. 5508), H7894 [18SE]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see H.R. 5239), H7242 [1AU]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H2486 [14MR]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2302 [11MR]

——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 3673), H1939 [25FE]

Terrorism: better secure U.S. international borders and prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. by allowing suspension of certain countries from the Visa Waiver Program and enhancing intelligence assessments (see H.R. 5470), H7528 [15SE]

Transportation: prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 4440), H7389 [9SE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H1720 [10FE] (see H.R. 3824), H225 [14JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3144 [9AP]

——— prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (see H.R. 3972), H1687 [6FE]

Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2291), H3058 [8AP]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H2611 [24MR]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2856), H6977 [28JY]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H6108 [10JY]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

World War I: designate memorials to the service of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4489), H4017 [8MY]

——— mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H2746 [27MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H2362 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Taxation: waive the penalty on qualified natural disaster distributions from qualified retirement plans (see H.R. 4403), H2961 [4AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Taxation: waive the penalty on qualified natural disaster distributions from qualified retirement plans (H.R. 4403), H2961 [4AP]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), E153• [3FE]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, E154• [3FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), E599•, E605• [28AP]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: reform the Border Patrol agent pay schedule (S. 1691), H8951 [10DE]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (H.R. 5081), H6707 [23JY]

Civil rights: continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, H8205 [1DE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), E589• [28AP]

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: anniversary, H174 [13JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H47 [8JA], E154• [3FE], E605• [28AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: codify the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (S. 2519), H9065 [11DE]

——— establish cybersecurity occupation classifications, assess the cybersecurity workforce, and address identified gaps in the cybersecurity workforce (H.R. 3107), H6926 [28JY]

——— improve laws relative to advancement of security technologies for critical infrastructure protection (H.R. 2952), H6924 [28JY]

——— improve laws relative to advancement of security technologies for critical infrastructure protection (H.R. 2952), Senate amendment, H9061 [11DE]

——— make certain improvements relative to cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection (H.R. 3696), H6918, H6920 [28JY]

——— modify and reauthorize Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (H.R. 4007), H5851, H5852 [8JY]

——— secure critical infrastructure against electromagnetic pulses (H.R. 3410), H8195, H8196 [1DE]

——— strengthen Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (H.R. 5629), H8193 [1DE]

Economy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H1266 [27JA]

FEMA: funding, E599• [28AP]

Haiti: anniversary of earthquake, H1229 [16JA]

Immigration: establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief (H.R. 5759), E1833• [12DE]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H47 [8JA]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), E402• [18MR]

Minimum wage: level, H1266 [27JA]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5739), E1733• [4DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate, E402• [18MR]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H47 [8JA]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), E745• [13MY]

——— limit compensation of charter school administrators, E745• [13MY]

——— require charter schools to disclose student retention rates, E745• [13MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, H4465 [19MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H47 [8JA], H176 [13JA], H1266 [27JA]

Votes: position on missed, H4• [7JA], H6363• [17JY], E747• [13MY], E1161• [15JY], E1203• [22JY]

World AIDS Day: observance, E1674• [1DE]

Tributes

Dingell, Representative, E1836• [12DE]

Fudge, Representative, E1834• [12DE]