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Nov. 16, 2011 sees Congressional Record publish “PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS”

Volume 157, No. 175 covering the 1st Session of the 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) 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 H7713-H7714 on Nov. 16, 2011.

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. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Kelly, Mr.

Meehan, and Mr. Pierluisi):

H.R. 3433. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide transparency and require certain standards in the award of Federal grants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

By Ms. McCOLLUM (for herself and Mr. Ellison):

H.R. 3434. A bill to authorize a replacement for the lift bridge in Stillwater, Minnesota with necessary taxpayer protection measures to promote fiscal responsibility; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. Bass of California, Mr.

Blumenauer, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Butterfield, Ms.

Clarke of New York, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison,

Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Filner, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hahn, Mr.

Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Lee of California, Ms.

Matsui, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Norton,

Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Richardson, Ms.

Roybal-Allard, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California,

Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Thompson of

California, Mr. Towns, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Ms.

Woolsey, Mr. Honda, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Scott of

Virginia, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. Lowey, Ms.

Moore, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Baca, Mr. Kucinich, Ms.

DeGette, and Mr. Andrews):

H.R. 3435. A bill 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 the Committee on Armed Services.

By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Schrader, and Mr.

Blumenauer):

H.R. 3436. A bill to expand the Wild Rogue Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to make additional wild and scenic river designations in the Rogue River area, and to provide additional protections for Rogue River tributaries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Watt,

Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr.

Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Towns, Mr. Grijalva, Ms.

DeLauro, Mrs. Emerson, Ms. Moore, Mr. Hastings of

Florida, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Scott of Virginia,

Ms. Fudge, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Clarke of

New York, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Rangel, Mr.

Clarke of Michigan, Ms. Norton, Ms. Waters, Mr.

Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Eddie

Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cleaver,

Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Miller of North

Carolina, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Rush,

Mr. Payne, Mr. Cummings, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Price of

North Carolina, Mr. Farr, Mr. Clay, Mr. Lewis of

Georgia, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania,

Ms. Richardson, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Mr. Meeks, Ms.

Edwards, Ms. Bass of California, Mr. David Scott of

Georgia, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr.

Richmond, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Conyers, and Mr.

Fattah):

H.R. 3437. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program to provide for fellowships to conduct research and education on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. FILNER:

H.R. 3438. A bill to require the Department of Defense to meet the annual goal for participation in procurement contracts by small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities; to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. McIntyre):

H.R. 3439. A bill to require the President to impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions that conduct transactions with the Central Bank of Iran if the President determines that the Central Bank of Iran has engaged in certain transactions relating to the proliferation of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons or support for acts of international terrorism; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr.

Franks of Arizona, Mr. Akin, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Broun of

Georgia, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Gallegly,

Mr. Hultgren, and Mr. Walsh of Illinois):

H.R. 3440. A bill to provide for certain oversight and approval on any decisions to close National Monument land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management to recreational shooting, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. FLEISCHMANN:

H.R. 3441. A bill to repeal the Department of Energy's weatherization assistance program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Ms.

Jackson Lee of Texas, and Mr. Frank of

Massachusetts):

H.R. 3442. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to payment for partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. KINGSTON (for himself and Mr. Westmoreland):

H.R. 3443. A bill to reform the H-2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. KINGSTON (for himself and Mr. Westmoreland):

H.R. 3444. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify eligibility for the child tax credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. LOEBSACK:

H.R. 3445. A bill to provide priority consideration to local educational agencies that establish high quality entrepreneurship education programs for secondary schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Holt, Mr. Kildee, Mr.

Grijalva, Ms. Bordallo, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr.

Pierluisi, and Mrs. Christensen):

H.R. 3446. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual production incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore and offshore lands that are subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. QUIGLEY:

H.R. 3447. A bill to require proprietary institutions of higher education to derive not less than 10 percent of such institutions' revenues from sources other than veterans' education benefits or funds provided under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

By Mr. RENACCI (for himself, Mr. Carney, and Mr.

Welch):

H.R. 3448. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation by any corporation that has increased wages or placed property in service for the year; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Critz, Mr.

Manzullo, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Jones, Mr.

Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and

Mr. Kissell):

H.R. 3449. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a defense supply chain and industrial base strategy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.

By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:

H.R. 3450. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to assist communities in complying with environmental requirements, to authorize the use of penalty amounts collected under laws administered by the Environmental Protection Agency to finance the grants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 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. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Ms.

Jackson Lee of Texas, Ms. Lee of California, Ms.

Bordallo, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Clarke of New

York, Ms. Bass of California, Mr. Sablan, Mr.

Pierluisi, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McGovern, Mr.

Smith of Texas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Israel,

Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Wilson of

Florida, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Butterfield, Mr.

Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Cleaver, and Ms. Richardson):

H. Con. Res. 88. Concurrent resolution honoring Brigadier General Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown, the first African-American woman to hold the rank of General in the United States Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. GRAVES of Missouri:

H. Res. 468. A resolution expressing support for the designation of a ``Small Business Saturday'' and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses; to the Committee on Small Business.

By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:

H. Res. 469. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, 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.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 157, No. 175