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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 1322), H625 [22JA]

African Americans: increase upward social mobility of Black families and help ensure equal protection under the law (see H.R. 5785), H3935 [11MY]

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal and child deaths globally within a generation (see H.R. 4022), H6589 [19JY]

Air pollution: preserve appropriate and achievable Federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions and corporate average fuel economy for cars and light trucks (see H.R. 5226), H1501 [8MR]

Armed Forces: remove prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of members of Reserve components who are eligible to enroll in certain health benefits plans (see H.R. 5121), H3507 [24AP]

——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 1229), H3707 [26AP]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 755), H1443 [6MR]

Bureau of the Census: provide that individuals in prison shall, for purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration (see H.R. 5454), H3887 [9MY]

CDC: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health (see H.R. 4256), H1477 [7MR]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 7107), H9459 [30OC]

Committee on the Library (Joint): obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the U.S. Capitol (see H.R. 4856), H1374 [5MR]

Crime: specify lynching as a hate crime (see H.R. 6086), H5152 [13JN]

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, and reform political campaign finance system (see H. Res. 975), H5975 [28JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: make institutions of higher education eligible for assistance from Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (see H.R. 6112), H5977 [28JN]

——— provide for State and tribal regulation of hemp production (see H.R. 5485), H5581 [22JN]

——— provide mandatory funding for grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at land-grant African-American colleges and universities (see H.R. 5122), H1374 [5MR]

——— remove certain limitations relative to commodity assistance for school breakfast programs (see H.R. 3738), H2043 [22MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (see H.R. 3994), H1374 [5MR]

Dept. of Defense: increase minority student participation in Cyber Scholarship Program (see H.R. 5746), H3928 [10MY]

Dept. of Education: improve opportunities to attain a quality, debt-free degree or credential (see H.R. 6543), H7732 [27JY]

Dept. of HHS: extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 959), H1373 [5MR]

——— provide funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, Teaching Health Centers, and Nurse Practitioner Residency Training program (see H.R. 3059), H4210 [17MY]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see H.R. 6378), H6465 [17JY]

——— reauthorize Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (see H.R. 6748), H7941 [7SE]

——— repeal provision prohibiting sponsorship of research on gun violence (see H.R. 1478), H1477 [7MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: strengthen partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions (see H.R. 6772), H8169 [12SE]

Dept. of Justice: develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in correctional facilities (see H.R. 5710), H3833 [8MY]

——— require judicial review of executive branch ability to remove a special counsel (see H.R. 5505), H3444 [18AP]

Dept. of Labor: 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. 1300), H9091 [26SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, BLM, and Bureau of Indian Education (see H.R. 6510), H7943 [7SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans from a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund (see H.R. 4444), H3343 [16AP]

Dept. of Transportation: include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 4800), H1217 [16FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct outreach to veterans on effect of certain delayed payments of claims for emergency medical care and submit to Congress an annual report on such delayed payments (see H.R. 5500), H7689 [25JY]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 4099), H1221 [20FE]

Doby, Lawrence E.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1861), H3507 [24AP]

Drugs: require improved packaging and disposal methods with respect to certain drugs (see H.R. 5687), H3781 [7MY]

Education: enforce Civil Rights Act sections that prohibit racial discrimination in education and restore private right of action in cases involving disparate impact (see H. Res. 902), H4209 [17MY]

——— ensure public school teacher compensation is comparable to other college graduates and increase investment in public education (see H. Res. 876), H3833 [8MY]

Elections: protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for infrastructure used to carry out such elections (see H.R. 5011), H1653 [15MR]

Emancipation National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 4745), H9744 [29NO]

EPA: address lead contamination in school drinking water (see H.R. 6951), H9150 [27SE]

——— call for resignation of E. Scott Pruitt as Administrator and appointment of an Administrator committed to fulfillment of the mission of the Agency (see H. Res. 834), H3441 [18AP]

Fair Housing Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 817), H3147 [11AP]

FCC: reinstate rules regulating inmate telephone service rates, which include immigrant detention facilities, and ensure immigrant parents can call their separated children without charge (see H.R. 6254), H5815 [27JN]

FDA: expand conditional approval pathway for more animal drugs (see H.R. 5599), H3505 [24AP]

Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (see H.R. 2598), H5649 [25JN]

——— ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require background checks for commercial sales (see H.R. 4240), H1214 [15FE]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 5087), H1266 [26FE]

Franklin, Aretha L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 6681), H8728 [13SE]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5499), H10337 [19DE]

Graham, Billy: authorize to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 107), H1226 [23FE]

Health: provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among the South Asian population of the U.S. (see H.R. 3592), H1336 [27FE]

Immigration: limit separation of families at or near ports of entry (see H.R. 6135), H5284 [19JN]

——— oppose zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally and leads to family separation for parents attempting to enter with children (see H. Res. 927), H4980 [7JN]

——— reform (H.R. 4760), consideration (see H. Res. 774), H3444 [18AP]

——— request the President and direct Sec. of HHS Azar to transmit to the House of Representatives information on health and welfare of children separated from parents due to zero tolerance policy (see H. Res. 982), H6113 [11JY]

——— require reunification of families separated as a result of the zero tolerance policy that prosecutes all adults entering the U.S. illegally (see H.R. 6236), H5814 [27JN]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9768 [6DE]

Insurance: improve affordability, undo sabotage, and increase access to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 5155), H1610 [14MR]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 274), H5095 [12JN]

J. Howard Coble Post Office Building, Greensboro, NC: designate (see H.R. 5187), H1441 [6MR]

Julius L. Chambers Civil Rights Memorial Post Office Building, Charlotte, NC: designate (see H.R. 5451), H3094 [10AP]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 948), H5285 [19JN]

Korean War: award Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Korean War combat veterans (see H.R. 5222), H1501 [8MR]

Law enforcement officers: establish grant program for States that establish standards for education and training programs concerning civilian and law enforcement encounters during traffic stops and other in-person encounters (see H.R. 7281), H10169 [12DE]

Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office, Brooklyn, NY: designate (see H.R. 5238), H6112 [11JY]

Medicaid: ensure health insurance continuity for former foster youth (see H.R. 4998), H1125 [13FE]

——— provide States an option to cover children’s program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (see H.R. 6560), H7721 [26JY]

Medicare: establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (see H.R. 4143), H6464 [17JY]

——— improve process whereby administrative contractors issue local coverage determinations (see H.R. 3635), H3050 [26MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: codify emergency preparedness final rule for skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities as conditions of participation (see H.R. 4704), H555 [18JA]

Members of Congress: ensure access to Federal facilities in order to exercise oversight responsibilities (see H.R. 6260), H5973 [28JN]

Memphis, TN: anniversary of sanitation workers’ strike (see H. Res. 715), H677 [29JA] (see H. Res. 720), H732 [30JA]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5942), H5286 [19JN]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1443 [6MR]

National African American Women Engineers Day: designate (see H. Res. 746), H1226 [23FE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1104), H9406 [28SE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 914), H4732 [25MY]

National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities: submit a report to Congress on impact of opioid epidemic on minority communities (see H.R. 5616), H3574 [25AP]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 4732), H1442 [6MR]

National Media Diversity Month: designate (see H. Res. 888), H5201 [14JN]

National Men’s Health Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 123), H5152 [13JN]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 761), H1341 [1MR]

New York, NY: extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 7062), H9449 [26OC]

Orphan Drug Act: affirm importance, commend life-saving accomplishments, and recognize need and continued support for research in development of therapies, treatments, and cures for rare diseases (see H. Res. 1154), H9568 [16NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3976), H3783 [7MY]

——— provide funding for American Health Benefit Exchanges navigator programs and outreach and promotional activities (see H.R. 4784), H169 [11JA]

Pensions: adjust single-employer benefit plan premiums (see H.R. 3596), H3707 [26AP]

Phillips, Velvalea H. Rodgers: tribute (see H. Res. 863), H3742 [27AP]

Postal Service: ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization (see H. Res. 993), H7759 [21AU]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 6085), H7728 [26JY]

Sexual harassment: provide for research to better understand causes and consequences of sexual harassment in the scientific workforce and examine policies to reduce the prevalence and negative impact of such harassment (see H.R. 7031), H9419 [5OC]

Sports: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of integration of baseball (see H.R. 6469), H6648 [23JY]

Taxation: eliminate requirement that charities, churches, and traditionally tax-exempt organizations pay Federal taxes on provided employee benefits (see H.R. 6504), H7685 [25JY]

——— increase deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 5814), H3976 [15MY]

——— increase low-income housing credit (see H.R. 6542), H7735 [31JY]

——— provide tax relief for victims of Hurricane Florence (see H.R. 6854), H9821 [10DE]

——— reform the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1661), H4777 [5JN]

Trump, President: censure and condemn for alleged disparaging remarks relative to countries of origin of certain immigrants and call for a retraction and apology for such remarks (see H. Res. 700), H553 [18JA]

Voting: limit authority of State election officials to remove registrants from the official list of eligible voters in Federal elections on the basis of interstate cross-checks (see H.R. 3091), H5225 [15JN]

World Hearing Day: designate (see H. Res. 740), H1268 [26FE]

Lists

North Carolina Central University men’s basketball team members and coaching staff, H1588 [14MR]

Remarks

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 2), H3989 [16MY]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform, H3989 [16MY]

Dept. of HHS: expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (S. 292), H4353 [22MY]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 2410), H1242 [26FE]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (S. 2465), H10054• [11DE]

FDA: reauthorize user fee programs relative to new animal drugs and generic new animal drugs (H.R. 5554), H6242• [16JY]

John Hervey Wheeler U.S. Courthouse, Durham, NC: designate (H.R. 3460), H6222 [16JY]

Jones, Earle F.: Washington Government Relations Group Reginald ‘‘Reg’’ Gilliam Award for Lifetime Achievement recipient, E1070• [25JY]

North Carolina Central University: tribute to men’s basketball team, H1588 [14MR]

Wilson, NC: anniversary of Orginal Free Will Baptist Church, Middle Eastern District, E1476• [30OC]

——— anniversary of St. John African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, E1270• [20SE]

Tributes

Hood, James W., E1428• [19OC], E1474• [30OC]

Howard, Sallie Baldwin, H9093 [27SE]

Lewis, Harvey T., E1251• [13SE]

Manning, David L., H1616 [15MR]

McKinnon, James H., Jr., H1702 [20MR]

McLeod, Cora Jones (Boot), H7160 [25JY]

Rogers, Annie Belle Gilmore, H7160 [25JY]

Umstead, Christine Johnson, H7160 [25JY]