U.S. Congress - Rep. Donald Payne, New Jersey (D)

To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to take appropriate actions to improve the nutritional q...

To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Althea Gibson, in recognition of her ground breaking achievements in athletics and her com...

To amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to help close the gaps in principal preparation and provide new princi...

To commemorate the life and accomplishments of Whitney Elizabeth Houston over the past 48 years; and expressing the condolences of the House o...

Recognizing the importance labor unions play in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for more equitable wages, humane work conditions,...

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "...

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance to expand, improve, support, and promote higher education in the countries o...

To amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in s...

Concerning efforts to provide humanitarian relief to mitigate the effects of drought and avert famine in the Horn of Africa, particularly Soma...

Welcoming the independence of the Republic of South Sudan, congratulating the people of South Sudan for freely and peacefully expressing their...

To authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free persons and sla...

To support Promise Neighborhoods.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece.

Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, and reaffirming United States leadership and support for efforts to combat malaria as a ...

To establish expanded learning time initiatives, and for other purposes.

To build capacity and provide support at the leadership level for successful school turnaround efforts.

To aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.

Supporting the democratic aspirations of the Ivoirian people and calling on the United States to apply intense diplomatic pressure and provide...

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of wheth...

Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that our current tax incentives for retirement savings provide important benefits to Americans to help pl...

Condemning the passage of legislation that would unduly burden an American citizen's ability to vote and opposing any State election law or pr...

Congratulating the National Football League champion New York Giants for winning Super Bowl XLVI.

To reduce the number of nuclear-armed submarines operated by the Navy, to prohibit the development of a new long-range penetrating bomber airc...

Expressing support for designation of February 4, 2012, as National Cancer Prevention Day.

To award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the pioneers and participants of the Civil Rights movement.

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the disclosure of the total number of a company's domestic and foreign employees.

To grant the congressional gold medal to John H. Johnson in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the United States.

To require a criminal background check for employees of child care providers, family child care providers, and adults who reside in the privat...

Supporting the contributions of Catholic schools.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should work with the Government of Haiti to address gender-based v...

Recognizing the anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives, and expressing continu...

To provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes.

To require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities, and for...

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion, intensification, and coordination of the programs and activities of the N...

To provide for grants from the Secretary of Education to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs.

To strengthen implementation of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005, and for other purposes.

To eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.

To provide States with incentives to require elementary schools and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, ...

To provide level funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

To allow certain Indonesian citizens to file a motion to reopen their asylum claims.

To reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families and related programs.

To extend the additional duty on ethanol.

To provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons.

To ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects carried out using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and...

To save money and reduce tragedies through prevention grants.

To require at least 10 percent of certain transportation funding to be made available for small business concerns owned and controlled by soci...

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to educational assistance under the Pos...

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish and provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund, and for other p...

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program to provide for fellowships to conduct research and educ...

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the prevention of and response to sexual assault in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

To provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, provide summer employment and year-round employment opportunities for low-...

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of ...

To suspend the authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army Sc...

Expressing support for designation of 2012 as the "Year of the Girl" and celebrating the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA.

Recognizing the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change.

To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the continuation of certain unemployment benefits, and for other...

To protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the renewable energy credit.

To establish the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty which will create and carry out a national plan to cut poverty in Ameri...

To temporarily expand the (V) nonimmigrant visa category to include Haitians whose petition for a family-sponsored immigrant visa was approved...

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Marc...

To provide flexibility of certain transit functions to local entities.

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require persons to keep records of non-employees who perform labor or services for remunerati...

To direct the President, in consultation with the Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, Millennium Challeng...

Celebrating the life and achievements of Reverend Fred Lee Shuttlesworth and honoring him for his tireless efforts in the fight against segreg...

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require any State offering an early voting period in elections for Federal office to make the pe...