Volume 162, No. 164 covering the 2nd 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 H6269-H6270 on Nov. 16, 2016.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
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 Mr. SARBANES:
H.R. 6324. A bill to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to prohibit the use of funds provided to the President-elect and the Vice President-elect under such Act for any services or facilities provided by registered lobbyists; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Mr. WALBERG:
H.R. 6325. A bill to establish an independent advisory committee to review certain regulations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. WALBERG:
H.R. 6326. A bill to prohibit any new major rule from taking effect until the Secretary of Labor conducts a study to determine the impact of such rule on wages and employment; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. WALBERG:
H.R. 6327. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Department of Labor be a covered agency for purposes of regulatory flexibility analyses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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. VELAZQUEZ:
H.R. 6328. A bill to establish grant programs to provide for the establishment of a national hate crime hotline and a hate crime information and assistance website, to provide training and education to local law enforcement to prevent hate crimes, and to provide assistance to victims of hate crimes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. VEASEY:
H.R. 6329. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a refundable credit against tax for costs associated with naturalization; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Ms. Esty, Mr. Larson of
Connecticut, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. Himes):
H.R. 6330. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study regarding the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Ms. GABBARD:
H.R. 6331. A bill to authorize Federal agencies to establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relating to coral reef ecosystems and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. Takano):
H.R. 6332. A bill to establish grant programs to provide for the establishment of a national hate crime hotline and a hate crime information and assistance website, to provide training and education to local law enforcement to prevent hate crimes, and to provide assistance to victims of hate crimes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr.
Buchanan):
H.R. 6333. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the accreditation of osteopathic residency training programs for purposes of graduate medical education payments under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. RUSH (for himself and Mrs. Bustos):
H.R. 6334. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to assist eligible entities in carrying out programs to replace lead service lines for schools and solder that is not lead free used in the plumbing for schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. TIBERI (for himself and Mr. Neal):
H.R. 6335. A bill to amend the nondiscrimination provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect older, longer service participants; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. HANNA (for himself, Mr. Dent, Mr. Kind, Mr.
Israel, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. McCaul, Ms.
Kaptur, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr.
Amodei, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. Coffman,
Mr. Katko, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr.
Lance, Mr. Jones, Mr. Gibson, Mrs. Roby, Mr.
McKinley, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Walz, Ms. Edwards, Ms.
Stefanik, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Norton, Ms. McCollum, Mr.
Bridenstine, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Payne,
Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Garamendi, Mr.
Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Brownley of
California, Mr. Donovan, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Lipinski,
Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Costa,
Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Tonko, Mr.
Mica, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Marino, Mr. Meehan, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Heck of Nevada, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Pocan,
Mr. Serrano, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Sires, Mr. Bishop of
Georgia, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Rokita, and Mr. Hudson):
H. Res. 925. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the vital role the Civil Air Patrol has played, and continues to play, in supporting the homeland security and national defense of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
H. Res. 926. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously, to Mrs. Henrietta Lacks, in recognition of her invaluable contribution to modern science in the form of her own immortal cells-HeLa cells-without which life-saving medicines and procedures would not have been developed at critical moments in our Nation's history; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. WENSTRUP (for himself and Mr. Ryan of Ohio):
H. Res. 927. A resolution expressing support for the designation of the third Wednesday of November as ``Utility Scam Awareness Day''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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