Volume 164, No. 29 covering the 2nd Session of the 115th Congress (2017 - 2018) 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 H1177-H1178 on Feb. 14, 2018.
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. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Langevin, Mr.
Richmond, and Mrs. Demings):
H.R. 5011. A bill to protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and 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. ROKITA (for himself, Mr. Marino, and Mr. Babin):
H.R. 5012. A bill to provide further tax relief for Americans receiving bonuses; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. OLSON (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Roe of
Tennessee, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Cheney, Mr. Dunn, and Mr.
Harris):
H.R. 5013. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to clarify liability protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. RUTHERFORD (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr.
Buchanan, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Mast, Mr.
Francis Rooney of Florida, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr.
Ross, and Mr. Yoho):
H.R. 5014. A bill to provide for a moratorium on oil and gas leasing and exploration on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida until 2029, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr.
Huffman, Ms. Norton, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Speier, Mr.
DeFazio, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Carolyn B.
Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Tsongas, Ms.
Schakowsky, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Connolly,
Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Polis, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Nadler, Ms.
Slaughter, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Pingree, Ms.
Lee, Mr. Ellison, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Grijalva,
Mr. Nolan, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Kuster of
New Hampshire, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Cohen, Ms.
DeLauro, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico,
Ms. Esty of Connecticut, and Ms. Kaptur):
H.R. 5015. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to take certain actions related to pesticides that may affect pollinators, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. ABRAHAM:
H.R. 5016. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Revitalize Rural America Grant Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Ms. FUDGE (for herself, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Lee):
H.R. 5017. A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. KIND:
H.R. 5018. A bill to carry out pilot programs to improve skills and job training, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself, Mr. Nadler,
Mr. Cummings, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr.
Connolly, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms.
Norton, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Carolyn B.
Maloney of New York, Mr. Payne, Mr. Cooper, Ms.
Velazquez, Mr. Welch, Ms. Jayapal, Mr.
Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Clay, Mr.
DeSaulnier, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Beyer, Mrs. Watson
Coleman, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Cicilline, and Mr. Gallego):
H.R. 5019. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require a quarterly report on security clearances for individuals working in the White House or the Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Mr. LOEBSACK:
H.R. 5020. A bill to provide for the establishment of a Department of Education program to award grants to secondary schools that establish a project to encourage students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
H.R. 5021. A bill to require the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to make publicly available on the website of the Drug Enforcement Administration a report on the sale of controlled substances and controlled substance analogues by means of the Internet; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Thompson of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Bustos, and Mrs. Dingell):
H.R. 5022. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize funding for the voluntary public access and habitat incentive program; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Ms. NORTON:
H.R. 5023. A bill to designate the Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park comprised of certain National Park System lands, and by affiliation and cooperative agreements other historically significant resources, located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, that were part of the Civil War defenses of Washington and related to the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, to study ways in which the Civil War history of both the North and South can be assembled, arrayed, and conveyed for the benefit of the public, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mrs. RADEWAGEN:
H.R. 5024. A bill to exclude the species known as bullet tuna and frigate tuna from the standard of identity established for canned tuna, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mrs. RADEWAGEN:
H.R. 5025. A bill to amend the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act to limit the imposition of penalties against a person fishing on a United States flag fishing vessel in certain areas of the Pacific Ocean based on a report by an observer on such a vessel; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mrs. RADEWAGEN (for herself and Ms. Bordallo):
H.R. 5026. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain requirements for naturalization for American Samoan United States nationals to become United States citizens, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 Mr. RATCLIFFE (for himself and Miss Rice of New
York):
H.R. 5027. A bill to amend chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that using drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act constitutes coercion and using drugs or illegal substances to provide or obtain the labor or services of a person constitutes forced labor; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. ROSEN:
H.R. 5028. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require disclosure of payments for settlements of disputes regarding sexual abuse and certain types of harassment and discrimination, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. SOTO:
H.R. 5029. A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to require the specialty crops committee to make an additional recommendation regarding agricultural technology, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Cardenas, Mr.
Cohen, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Johnson of
Georgia, Ms. Lee, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Pocan, Mr.
Quigley, Mr. Serrano, and Mr. Hastings):
H. Res. 738. A resolution expressing support for designation of February 14 as World Bonobo Day; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
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