Urging the discontinued use of the Confederate battle flag, which represents pain, humiliation, torture, and racial oppression, in remembrance of the Emanuel 9.
2015-07-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Economic Fair Treatment and Job Creation Act of 2010
2010-10-13: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to certain entities that agree that the funds will be used to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures involving structural improvements and investments in cost-effective, commercial off-the-shelf technologies to reduce energy use, and for other purposes.
2010-09-20: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Access for All America Act
2009-03-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
To authorize additional appropriations for summer youth employment activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
2008-06-20: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Job Investment and Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
2008-02-14: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
First Tee in Character Education Act of 2007
2007-09-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma Federal Match Relief Act of 2007
2007-07-11: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 141.
Expressing the support and sympathy of the House of Representatives and the people of the United States for the victims of the tragic fire that occurred in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, on October 28, 2007.
2007-11-06: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Recognizing College Summit for its achievements in increasing the college enrollment rate of low-income students, and encouraging the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to determine how the Federal Government can support the efforts of College Summit.
2007-10-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
2007-02-20: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act
2004-09-29: Received in the Senate.
To award congressional gold medals posthumously on behalf of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson in recognition of their contributions to the Nation as pioneers in the effort to desegregate public schools that led directly to the landmark desegregation case of Brown et al. v. the Board of Education of Topeka et al.
2003-12-15: Became Public Law No: 108-180.
Congaree National Park Act of 2003
2003-06-26: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1901 West Evans Street in Florence, South Carolina, as the "Dr. Roswell N. Beck Post Office Building".
2003-07-14: Became Public Law No: 108-51.
Electing Members and Delegates to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
2003-02-05: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.
2003-01-08: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Electing certain ranking minority members to standing committees.
2003-01-08: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Rev. Joseph A. De Laine Congressional Gold Medal Act
2002-07-15: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and Economic Growth.
To amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically black colleges and universities, to decrease the matching requirement related to such appropriations, and for other purposes.
2002-11-22: Message on Senate action sent to the House.