PAYNE, DONALD M., JR. (a Representative from New Jersey)

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]

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

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]

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

Business and industry: ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see H.R. 4611), H4015 [8MY]

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

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 4765), H5022 [29MY]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2148 [4MR]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H5364 [12JN]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5187 [9JN]

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

——— establish a grant program for career education in computer science (see H.R. 4929), H5597 [20JN]

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

——— improve teacher and principal effectiveness by investing in evidence-based best practices in training, evaluation, and support (see H.R. 4269), H2484 [14MR]

——— provide borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans with repayment terms available to borrowers of Federal Direct Loans (see H.R. 5596), H7884 [18SE]

——— verify eligibility of certain borrowers on loans submitted to a guaranty agency for default aversion or already in default before such borrowers obtain a consolidation loan (see H.R. 4579), H5820 [26JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1281), H473 [15JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a social media working group (see H.R. 4263), H2484 [14MR]

——— make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 5620), H8366 [3DE]

Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4981), H5816 [26JN]

——— 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: promote greater development of registered apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 5533), H9045 [10DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: use revenue generated by certain fines, penalties, and settlements to fund evidence-based youth mentoring projects, justice reinvestment efforts, and medical research and development (see H.R. 3580), H2991 [7AP]

Diseases: 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]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 4187), H5769 [25JN]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H6217 [14JY]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H1515 [31JA]

——— recognize importance of conducting research, education, and awareness of dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities and commend organizations dedicated to such causes (see H. Res. 623), H5363 [12JN]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6215 [14JY]

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), H7190 [31JY]

——— clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see H.R. 4227), H5826 [3JY]

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

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H7676 [17SE]

Federal agencies and departments: reform classification and security clearance processes, and establish within the Dept. of Homeland Security an effective and transparent security clearance review process (see H.R. 5240), H7894 [18SE]

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

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 4306), H5069 [2JN]

FEMA: designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of National Urban Search and Rescue System (see H.R. 2103), H1243 [16JA]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5368 [13JN]

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]

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see H.R. 4906), H5641 [23JN]

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]

Health: promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3116), H5640 [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]

Iran: ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the U.S. (see H.R. 3707), H3199 [10AP]

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), H3293 [29AP]

Medicare: enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see H.R. 5227), H7894 [18SE]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 1821), H72 [8JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 5373), H7184 [31JY]

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]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H8033 [17NO]

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

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

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H4686 [20MY]

National Nonviolence Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 626), H5363 [12JN]

New Jersey: anniversary of founding (see H. Res. 624), H5363 [12JN]

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: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 4221), H7129 [30JY]

——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H5187 [9JN]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2915 [3AP]

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

Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7894 [18SE]

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 631), H5598 [20JN]

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

Small business: increase lending to small businesses (see H.R. 4652), H4059 [9MY]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H7894 [18SE]

South Sudan: require U.S. activities relative to governance, reconstruction and development, and refugee relief and assistance to support basic human rights of women and women’s participation and leadership (see H.R. 4112), H2915 [3AP]

——— support an end to ethnic and politically fueled violence and the successful implementation of a transitional government (see H. Res. 689), H7129 [30JY]

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]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H6137 [11JY]

Taiwan Relations Act: affirm importance (see H. Res. 494), H2435 [13MR]

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), H5769 [25JN]

Taxation: extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2486 [14MR]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H3199 [10AP]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H2302 [11MR]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (see H.R. 5082), H8033 [17NO]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1918), H2001 [26FE]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 2468), H6297 [15JY]

Unemployment: ensure that individuals in an authorized job training program or completing degree or certificate work remain eligible for regular unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1530), H2260 [10MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H474 [15JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]

Veterans: extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3453), H135 [9JA]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7677 [17SE]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H5769 [25JN]

——— secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 4459), H3195 [10AP]

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), H7893 [18SE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H4685 [20MY]

World War I: 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

Business and industry: establish a fund consisting of donations from private industry to provide financial support for unemployed individuals to obtain information technology certifications (see H.R. 4932), H5597 [20JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable communications capabilities among departmental components (see H.R. 4289), H2610 [24MR]

Dept. of Labor: develop performance measures for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment activity and create requirements for providers of such training (see H.R. 4063), H1776 [14FE]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure safety of DOT–111 tank cars by improving standards for new tank cars and upgrading existing tank cars (see H.R. 4738), H4829 [22MY]

FEMA: require recipients of State Homeland Security Grant Program funding to preserve and strengthen interoperable emergency communications capabilities (see H.R. 5744), H8132 [19NO]

Gibson, Althea: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4972), H5768 [25JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Business and industry: establish a fund consisting of donations from private industry to provide financial support for unemployed individuals to obtain information technology certifications (H.R. 4932), H5598 [20JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable communications capabilities among departmental components (H.R. 4289), H2610 [24MR]

Dept. of Labor: develop performance measures for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment activity and create requirements for providers of such training (H.R. 4063), H1777 [14FE]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure safety of DOT–111 tank cars by improving standards for new tank cars and upgrading existing tank cars (H.R. 4738), H4830 [22MY]

FEMA: require recipients of State Homeland Security Grant Program funding to preserve and strengthen interoperable emergency communications capabilities (H.R. 5744), H8133 [19NO]

Gibson, Althea: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 4972), H5769 [25JN]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H7626 [17SE], H8284 [3DE]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3229 [28AP]

Civil rights: continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, H7283 [8SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H1538 [3FE]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution (H. Res. 676), H6943 [28JY], H7054 [30JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H3230 [28AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a social media working group (H.R. 4263), H5855 [8JY]

——— establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (H.R. 3488), H5843, H5844 [8JY]

——— make certain improvements relative to cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection (H.R. 3696), H6919 [28JY]

——— take administrative action to achieve and maintain interoperable communications capabilities among departmental components (H.R. 4289), H5857 [8JY]

Economy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H1266 [27JA], H3229 [28AP]

Electric power: provide for an independent assessment of the future resilience and reliability of the electric power transmission and distribution system, H6919 [28JY]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), Senate amendments, H5886 [9JY]

FEMA: codify authority to use Urban Areas Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities (H.R. 1791), H1519 [3FE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6943 [28JY]

——— legislative process, H6943 [28JY]

Hurricanes: improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, H1554 [4FE]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H236 [15JA]

Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building, Jersey City, NJ: designate (H.R. 1376), H2572 [24MR]

Minimum wage: increase, H1538 [3FE]

——— level, H1267 [27JA]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H2246 [6MR]

National Environmental Policy Act: ensure application to the declaration of national monuments (H.R. 1459), H2676 [26MR]

Newark, NJ: implementation of Newark Public Schools One Newark reorganization plan, H7627 [17SE]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance, H7398 [10SE]

Obama, President: initiative to help purchase body cameras for use by State and local law enforcement agencies, H8286 [3DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2658 [26MR]

Public debt: ceiling, H1709 [10FE]

Small business: provide assistance to small businesses providing low-income individuals with green jobs (H.R. 2863), H6943 [28JY]

Taiwan Relations Act: anniversary, E371• [13MR]

Taxation: provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (S. 881), H1538 [3FE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H179 [13JA], H1267 [27JA], H5406 [18JN]

Votes: position on missed, H3392• [1MY]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 3899), H5735 [25JN]

Tributes

Baraka, Amiri, H153 [10JA]

Froehlich, Ralph, E1250• [28JY]

Lovell, Deborah-Mae, E1684• [2DE]

Payne, Donald M., H2246 [6MR]

Price, Clement A., E1591• [14NO]

Santiago, Melvin, H6313 [16JY]