CLYBURN, JAMES E. (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

Committee to escort Pope Francis into the House Chamber, H6191 [24SE]

Committee to escort the President, H419 [20JA]

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [6JA], H7338 [29OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 13), H43 [6JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th constitutional amendment abolishing slavery (see H. Con. Res. 83), H6787 [1OC] (see H. Con. Res. 93), H8240 [16NO]

Children and youth: recognize importance of providing services to children of incarcerated parents (see H. Res. 322), H4491 [17JN]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H535 [22JA]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1619), H2032 [25MR]

——— issue postage stamp in commemoration of Selma to Montgomery, AL, voting rights marches (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1613 [4MR]

Crime: denounce attacks on healthcare centers for women, providers of healthcare for women, and patients and affirm right of women to access reproductive services without fear of violence or intimidation (see H. Res. 558), H9079 [8DE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 197), H103 [7JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide for an equitable distribution of formula funds between land-grant colleges and universities (see H.R. 3828), H7188 [26OC]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H1768 [18MR]

——— provide access to higher education through a Federal-State partnership to waive community college tuition and provide grants to minority-serving institutions to assist low-income students (see H.R. 2962), H4954 [8JY]

——— reinstate Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions (see H.R. 2521), H5776 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 861), H1038 [12FE]

Dept. of Justice: develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in correctional facilities (see H.R. 3399), H5767 [29JY]

——— enhance community-law enforcement relations through improved accreditation, development programs, due process, and data collection, combatting misconduct, and providing medallions for fallen officers (see H.R. 2875), H4650 [24JN]

Dept. of State: disapprove upgrading of Malaysia from Tier 3 country in Trafficking in Persons Report (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6795 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 581), H660 [28JA]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a veterans business enterprises program (see H.R. 3997), H8239 [16NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjust effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions (see H.R. 4087), H8410 [19NO]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 208), H2308 [16AP]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]

District of Columbia: extend authority to establish a commemorative work on Federal land to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion and his service (see H.R. 477), H530 [22JA]

——— statehood (see H.R. 317), H358 [13JA]

Dominica: increase relief and assistance (see H. Res. 453), H6790 [1OC]

Economy: acknowledge existence of, racial and ethnic components of, and public policy choices caused a wealth gap, and that addressing the wealth gap must be done through legislative changes (see H. Res. 159), H1769 [18MR]

Elections: change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (see H.R. 3910), H7624 [3NO]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 1031), H1166 [25FE]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 304), H357 [13JA]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1217), H6836 [6OC]

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. 671), H754 [3FE]

Greensboro, NC: recognize significance of Greensboro Four Woolworth lunch counter sit-in (see H. Res. 128), H1370 [26FE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H755 [3FE]

Higher Education Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 505), H8155 [5NO]

Insurance: provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women (see H.R. 2866), H4592 [23JN]

Iran: use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 3338), H5765 [29JY]

IRS: clarify that all Internal Revenue Code provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples (see H.R. 3105), H5290 [16JY]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 309), H4242 [11JN]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 1933), H2415 [22AP]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 2880), H8860 [1DE]

Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Res. 400), H5769 [29JY]

Medicare: anniversary (see H. Res. 400), H5769 [29JY]

——— expand coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care (see H.R. 3308), H5763 [29JY]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the median wage (see H.R. 2150), H2768 [30AP]

——— 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. 122), H40 [6JA]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 2), H43 [6JA]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 251), H2799 [5MY]

National Park Service: establish the African American Civil Rights Network (see H.R. 3683), H6794 [5OC]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for the Historic Preservation Fund (see H.R. 2817), H4491 [17JN]

Nepal: permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 2033), H2656 [29AP]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H7254 [27OC]

Nigeria: develop a regional strategy to combat threat posed by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) (see H.R. 3833), H8646 [30NO]

——— eliminate threat posed by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) and urge Government to conduct transparent, peaceful, and credible elections (see H. Res. 147), H4345 [12JN]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H478 [21JA]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H477 [21JA]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H811 [4FE]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H1038 [12FE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3406), H5767 [29JY]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 546), H5775 [29JY]

Stokes, Louis: tribute (see H. Res. 427), H6137 [17SE]

Taxation: expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see H.R. 620), H662 [28JA]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1260), H1610 [4MR]

Texas Southern University: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H7174 [23OC]

Virgin Islands: issue commemorative postage stamp commemorating the anniversary of the purchase of the territories (see H. Res. 291), H4493 [17JN]

Virgin Islands of the U.S. Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 2615), H4546 [19JN]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 12), H1800 [19MR]

——— permit an individual required to present identification to vote in a Federal election to meet requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual’s identification (see H.R. 3364), H5766 [29JY]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 885), H981 [11FE] (see H.R. 2867), H4775 [25JN]

White, George H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 3034), H5116 [13JY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 52), H3212 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Firearms: prohibit firearm dealers from proceeding with sale of a weapon if a background check on the buyer is not returned by the FBI within 3 days (see H.R. 3051), H5171 [14JY]

Flags: urge States to remove the Confederate flag from public and State locations and on property deemed governmental speech and urge businesses to discontinue selling such flags (see H. Res. 344), H4771 [25JN]

Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission: extend authorization (see H.R. 3004), H5029 [9JY]

J. Waties Waring Judicial Center, Charleston, SC: designate (see H.R. 2131), H2767 [30AP]

National Park Service: reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program (see H.R. 295), H356 [13JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Firearms: prohibit firearm dealers from proceeding with sale of a weapon if a background check on the buyer is not returned by the FBI within 3 days (H.R. 3051), H5172 [14JY]

Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission: extend authorization (H.R. 3004), H5030 [9JY]

J. Waties Waring Judicial Center, Charleston, SC: designate (H.R. 2131), H2770 [30AP]

National Park Service: reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program (H.R. 295), H359 [13JA]

Motions

House of Representatives: adjournment, H4973 [9JY]

Poems

‘‘One River, One Boat,’’ Marjory Wentworth, H398 [14JA]

Remarks

African Americans: anniversary of voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, AL, H709 [3FE], H1656 [16MR]

——— societal impact of poverty and discrimination, H688 [2FE], H2664 [30AP]

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (organization): anniversary, E1028• [9JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), conference report, H2664 [30AP], E635• [30AP]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation, H19 [6JA]

Civil rights: continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, H2202 [14AP]

Columbia, SC: anniversary of Columbia Chapter of Moles, E30• [8JA]

Dept. of Energy: Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation program funding through reductions in Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility funding, H2714, H2715 [30AP]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program, H3403 [20MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish grant program for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers, H2202 [14AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4966, H4973 [9JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a veterans business enterprises program (H.R. 3997), H8250 [17NO]

——— improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses for authorized highway and transit projects (H.R. 1694), H8250 [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: submit to Congress a Future-Years Veterans Program and a quadrennial veterans review and establish a Chief Strategy Officer (H.R. 216), H1824 [23MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2714, H2715 [30AP]

Flags: oppose display of Confederate flag, H4966, H4973 [9JY]

House Rules: amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H19 [6JA]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5894 [10SE]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: find that President Obama has not complied with section 2 relative to congressional review and oversight (H. Res. 411), H5894 [10SE]

J. Waties Waring Judicial Center, Charleston, SC: designate (H.R. 2131), H4351• [15JN]

National Park Service: allow display of U.S. flag, POW/MIA flag, or restricted display of Confederate flags in national cemeteries and reaffirm policy to request removal of Confederate flag from concession stands, H4966, H4973 [9JY]

Poverty: efforts to address high-poverty areas, H709 [3FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, E635• [30AP]

Voting: impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ‘‘voter suppression’’ legislation, H2202 [14AP]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 2867), H7402 [3NO]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 885), H1656 [16MR]

Voting Rights Act: reauthorize, H1656 [16MR]

‘‘Zip Code—Your Neighborhood, Your Health’’ documentary: Telly Awards Bronze recipient, E1011• [7JY]

Remarks in House relative to

House of Representatives: selection as assistant minority leader, H6 [6JA]

Leave of absence: granted, H3640 [1JN], H4540 [18JN], H4589 [23JN], H5115 [13JY]

Tributes

Gannon, Roland J. (Rocky), E261• [26FE]

Glover, Saundra H., E556• [22AP]

Joe, Isaac C., E766• [20MY]

Martin, Elise Jones, E122• [27JA]

Sifford, Charlie, H788 [4FE]

Swinton, David H., E469• [13AP]

Wentworth, Marjory, H397 [14JA]