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June 18, 2015 sees Congressional Record publish “PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS”

Volume 161, No. 98 covering the 1st Session of the 114th Congress (2015 - 2016) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H4541-H4542 on June 18, 2015.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

By Mrs. HARTZLER (for herself and Ms. Kuster):

H.R. 2818. A bill to promote permanent families for children, privacy and safety for unwed mothers, responsible fatherhood, and security for adoptive parents by establishing a National Responsible Father Registry and encouraging States to enter into agreements to contribute the information contained in the State's Responsible Father Registry to the National Responsible Father Registry, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr.

DesJarlais, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr.

Jody B. Hice of Georgia, and Mr. Miller of Florida):

H.R. 2819. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to make certain provisions relating to health insurance inapplicable in a State that does not have an exchange established by the State under section 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Ms. Matsui,

Mr. Jolly, and Mr. Fattah):

H.R. 2820. A bill to reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. RENACCI (for himself and Mr. Kind):

H.R. 2821. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform partnership audit rules; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. CARDENAS:

H.R. 2823. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure that juveniles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings are not subject to solitary confinement while committed to juvenile facilities; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. DeSAULNIER (for himself, Mr. Huffman, and Mrs.

Capps):

H.R. 2824. A bill to provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

By Mr. BABIN (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Olson, and

Mr. Weber of Texas):

H.R. 2825. A bill to eliminate the offsetting accounts that are currently available for use by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.

By Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr.

Cooper, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Coffman, Mr.

Lipinski, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Bera, Mr. Schrader, Mr.

Nolan, and Mr. Loebsack):

H.R. 2826. A bill to establish the Commission on Government Transformation to make recommendations to improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness, of Federal programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.

By Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and Mr. Wittman):

H.R. 2827. A bill to allow additional appointing authorities to select individuals from competitive service certificates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

By Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr.

McDermott, Ms. Bordallo, and Mr. Grijalva):

H.R. 2828. A bill to amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen):

H.R. 2829. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Rules, Appropriations, and 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.

By Mr. GOODLATTE:

H.R. 2830. A bill to make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. GOODLATTE:

H.R. 2831. A bill to make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions classified to chapters 44, 45, 46, and 47 of title 50, United States Code; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. GOODLATTE:

H.R. 2832. A bill to make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 52, United States Code; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. KILMER (for himself and Mr. Heck of Washington):

H.R. 2833. A bill to establish the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area in the State of Washington, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. MARINO:

H.R. 2834. A bill to enact certain laws relating to the environment as title 55, United States Code, ``Environment''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Ms. McSALLY (for herself, Ms. Titus, Mr. Hurd of

Texas, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Gosar, Mr.

Zinke, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Donovan, and Mr. Knight):

H.R. 2835. A bill to actively recruit members of the Armed Forces who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border Protection Officers; to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

By Ms. MENG (for herself, Mr. Conyers, Ms. McCollum,

Mr. McGovern, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Swalwell of

California, Ms. Lee, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. O'Rourke,

Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cartwright, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms.

Norton, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Kirkpatrick,

Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Torres):

H.R. 2836. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand the number of employers required to provide a reasonable time and place for employees to express milk at the workplace; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

By Ms. NORTON:

H.R. 2837. A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Pierre L'Enfant from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in the United States Capitol; to the Committee on House Administration.

By Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Boustany, Mr.

Thompson of California, Mr. Lucas, Mrs. Noem, Mr.

Denham, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr.

Peterson, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, and Mr. Marchant):

H.R. 2838. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. PASCRELL:

H.R. 2839. A bill to reform and modernize domestic refugee resettlement programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. SALMON:

H.R. 2840. A bill to prohibit any appropriation of funds for the Science and Technology account of the Environmental Protection Agency; to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

By Mr. STIVERS (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. McKinley,

Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Renacci, and Mr. Tiberi):

H.R. 2841. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that eligible product developers have competitive access to approved drugs and licensed biological products, so as to enable eligible product developers to develop and test new products, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. WILLIAMS:

H.R. 2842. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify individual income tax rates; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr.

Butterfield, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Hastings, Mr.

Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Norton, Mr.

Peters, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Conyers, Ms.

Clarke of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. MacArthur,

Mr. Carney, Mr. Clay, Mr. Sires, Mr. Lance, Mr. Yoho,

Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Meadows, Mr.

Connolly, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Katko, Mr. Lucas, Mr.

Frelinghuysen, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr.

Richmond, Mr. Rush, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Meeks, Mr.

Serrano, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi,

Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. David Scott of

Georgia, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Danny K. Davis of

Illinois, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Larson of

Connecticut, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Cohen, Mr.

Takano, Mr. Honda, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Gallego, and

Mr. Kildee):

H. Con. Res. 57. Concurrent resolution supporting National Men's Health Week; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

By Mr. NOLAN:

H. Res. 326. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the need to reduce the influence of money in politics; to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

By Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mr. Hinojosa, Mrs.

Napolitano, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Vargas,

Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr.

Gutierrez, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Vela, Mr. Sires, Mr.

Costa, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, and Ms.

Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico):

H. Res. 327. A resolution recognizing the three-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which permits young people who were brought to the United States by their parents as children to remain temporarily in the United States and make meaningful contributions to our country; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr.

Israel, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Larsen of

Washington, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Crowley, and Mr. Smith of Washington):

H. Res. 328. A resolution commemorating the inaugural

``International Yoga Day'' on June 21; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr.

Cicilline, Mr. Polis, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New

York, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Takano, and Ms. Jackson Lee):

H. Res. 329. A resolution encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQ Pride Month; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. Amodei, and Mr.

Duncan of Tennessee):

H. Res. 330. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of Congress should support and promote the respectful and dignified disposal of worn and tattered American flags; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:

H. Res. 331. A resolution expressing support for States to adopt ``Racheal's Law''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. Danny K. Davis of

Illinois, Mr. Harris, Mr. Huelskamp, and Mr. Carson of Indiana):

H. Res. 332. A resolution recognizing the immeasurable contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, supporting responsible fatherhood, and encouraging greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, especially on Father's Day; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 161, No. 98