Volume 164, No. 153 covering the 2nd Session of the 115th Congress (2017 - 2018) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H8724-H8726 on Sept. 13, 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.
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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. BUCSHON (for himself and Mr. Shimkus):
H.R. 6793. A bill to transfer a bridge over the Wabash River to the States of Illinois and Indiana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. COFFMAN (for himself and Mr. Krishnamoorthi):
H.R. 6794. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 and
Mr. Lucas):
H.R. 6795. A bill to award a gold medal on behalf of the United States Congress to the women who worked as computers, mathematicians, and engineers for the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from the 1930s to the 1970s in recognition for their service to the Nation in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics; to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. STEFANIK (for herself, Mr. Faso, Mr.
Fitzpatrick, Mr. Stivers, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr.
Bacon, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, and Mr.
Coffman):
H.R. 6796. A bill to reauthorize Department of Justice programs that combat violence against women, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Financial 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 Mr. POE of Texas:
H.R. 6797. A bill to reauthorize Department of Justice programs that combat violence against women, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Financial 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 Mr. BYRNE (for himself and Mrs. Handel):
H.R. 6798. A bill to require the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences to make available to elementary and secondary school officials research for improving school safety, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. TIPTON:
H.R. 6799. A bill to authorize disaster recovery assistance for areas affected by wildfires on Federal Lands, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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. POCAN (for himself, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Kaptur, Mr.
Khanna, Ms. DeLauro, and Mr. Ellison):
H.R. 6800. A bill to impose a moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers, and to establish a commission to review large agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers, concentration, and market power; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. VARGAS (for himself, Mr. Thomas J. Rooney of
Florida, and Mr. Peters):
H.R. 6801. A bill to establish a Rare Disease Therapeutics Corporation to encourage the development of high-risk, high-return therapies for rare diseases, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. McNERNEY:
H.R. 6802. A bill to provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities in the areas of renewable energy; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. MARINO:
H.R. 6803. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education for active assailant consulting and training programs; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. BABIN (for himself and Ms. Sewell of Alabama):
H.R. 6804. A bill to improve processes for alternative wastewater systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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. BASS (for herself, Mrs. Love, Ms. Clark of
Massachusetts, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Ms. Frankel of
Florida, Ms. McSally, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Stefanik,
Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Granger, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs.
Comstock, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana,
Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas,
Ms. Jayapal, Mrs. Noem, Mrs. Napolitano, Mrs. Black,
Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Ms.
Matsui, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Brownley of California,
Mrs. Handel, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Cheney, Ms.
Fudge,
Mrs. Roby, Ms. McCollum, Mrs. Walorski, Mrs. Dingell,
Ms. Speier, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee,
Ms. Moore, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Pingree, Ms.
Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. Wilson of
Florida, Ms. Titus, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Hanabusa, Ms.
Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Davis of
California, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Bustos,
Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Meng, Ms.
Sinema, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Adams, and Ms. Schakowsky):
H.R. 6805. A bill to prohibit the use of restraints and restrictive housing on inmates during the period of pregnancy, labor and postpartum recovery, to collect data on incarcerated pregnant women in the United States and the results of such pregnancies, to address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. BORDALLO (for herself and Mr. Sablan):
H.R. 6806. A bill to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to increase the minimum amount made available to territories under the Sexual Assault Services Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr.
Huffman, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and Ms. Tsongas):
H.R. 6807. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain improvements in the laws relating to coal royalties, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. DeSAULNIER (for himself and Mr. Poe of Texas):
H.R. 6808. A bill to provide payment for patient navigator services under title XIX of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico (for herself, Mr.
Serrano, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Soto, and Mrs. Murphy of
Florida):
H.R. 6809. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for temporary stabilization of Medicare Advantage payments following Hurricane Maria; 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. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. Norman, and Ms. Speier):
H.R. 6810. A bill to affirm the power of the President to revoke the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Bill Cosby and to provide for criminal penalties for anyone who wears or publicly displays a Presidential Medal of Freedom that has been revoked; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. GROTHMAN:
H.R. 6811. A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to extend protection to additional employees; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. GROTHMAN:
H.R. 6812. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow unreimbursed employee expenses to be taken into account as miscellaneous itemized deductions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. Larson of Connecticut):
H.R. 6813. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow qualified distributions from health savings account for certain home care expenses; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself and Mr. Welch):
H.R. 6814. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a program to provide financial assistance to units of local government impacted by the reduction in tax revenue from nuclear power plants; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. LAMB (for himself and Ms. Stefanik):
H.R. 6815. A bill to authorize the use of veterans educational assistance for examinations and assessments to receive credit toward degrees awarded by institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mrs. LOVE (for herself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Curtis, Mr.
Bishop of Utah, and Mr. Stewart):
H.R. 6816. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to exempt certain performances from copyright and trademark infringement, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
H.R. 6817. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the deduction for interest on home equity indebtedness; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. McEACHIN:
H.R. 6818. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to increase assistance for States, water systems, and disadvantaged communities; to encourage good financial and environmental management of water systems; and to strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to enforce the requirements of the Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. McKINLEY (for himself and Mr. Welch):
H.R. 6819. A bill to establish a worker adjustment assistance program to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal dependent industries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. NORCROSS (for himself and Mr. McKinley):
H.R. 6820. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to support the development of pre-apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades that serve underrepresented populations, including individuals from low income and rural census tracts; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida (for himself, Mr.
Dunn, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr.
Grothman, and Mr. Gaetz):
H.R. 6821. A bill to address foreign threats to higher education in the United States; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. SCHNEIDER:
H.R. 6822. A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations on caller identification information authentication technology, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
H.R. 6823. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to suspend, rather than terminate, an individual's eligibility for medical assistance under the State Medicaid plan while such individual is an inmate of a public institution; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, Mr.
Duncan of South Carolina, and Ms. Lofgren):
H.R. 6824. A bill to prohibit States from retroactively imposing a sales tax collection duty on a remote seller, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. TSONGAS (for herself and Ms. Kuster of New
Hampshire):
H.R. 6825. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit Rivers as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
H.R. 6826. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for disaster loans to repair, rehabilitate, or replace property damaged or destroyed by hurricane Harvey, Irma, or Maria, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
By Ms. VELAZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. Cicilline, Ms.
Clarke of New York, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Espaillat, Mr.
Gallego, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Jayapal,
Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Khanna, Mr. McGovern, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sires, Mr. Soto, Mr.
Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Maxine Waters of
California, and Mr. Welch):
H.R. 6827. A bill to provide the option of discharging certain unsecured financial obligations of self-governing territories of the United States; to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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 Mrs. WAGNER (for herself, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs.
Mimi Walters of California, Ms. Sinema, and Ms.
Tenney):
H.R. 6828. A bill to require a strategy for engagement with Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr.
Pallone, Mr. Neal, and Mr. Scott of Virginia):
H.J. Res. 140. A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services relating to ``Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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. ROE of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Ruiz, Mr.
Harris, and Mr. Bera):
H. Con. Res. 136. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress on the need to improve and expand training for future physicians on properly treating pain and prescribing opioids, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. LaHood (for himself, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms.
Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr.
Quigley, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois,
Mr. Rush, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Foster,
Mr. Bost, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Hultgren,
Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Kinzinger, and Mrs. Bustos):
H. Res. 1063. A resolution designating room H-226 of the United States Capitol as the ``Lincoln Room''; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. POE of Texas:
H. Res. 1064. A resolution honoring the work done by the 12th Woman; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. YARMUTH (for himself, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, and
Mr. McNerney):
H. Res. 1065. A resolution expressing support for designation of the week of September 23 through 29, 2018, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Rodney Davis of
Illinois, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Blum,
Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California,
Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Knight, Mr.
Bost, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana,
Mr. King of New York, Mr. Renacci, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr.
Newhouse, Mr. Hurd, Mr. Huizenga, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. Upton, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Katko, Mr. Donovan, and
Ms. McSally):
H. Res. 1066. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions should be retained in law regardless of further amendments to, or the repeal of, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, and Mr.
Beyer):
H. Res. 1067. A resolution recognizing suicide as a public health problem and expressing support for designation of September as ``National Suicide Prevention Month``; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. CARDENAS (for himself, Mr. Aguilar, Ms.
Barragan, Ms. Bass, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Bordallo, Mr.
Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brady of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Carbajal,
Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Judy
Chu of California, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr.
Clay, Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Mr. Crowley, Mr.
Cuellar, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mrs.
Demings, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Michael F.
Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr.
Espaillat, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Mr. Evans, Ms.
Frankel of Florida, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas,
Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez,
Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana,
Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Keating, Mr. Kihuen,
Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of
Washington, Ms. Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs.
Lowey, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Ms. Michelle
Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Sean
Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms.
McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney,
Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mrs.
Murphy of Florida, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Nolan, Mr.
Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Pallone,
Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Ms.
Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Miss
Rice of New York, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr.
Ruiz, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. David Scott of
Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr.
Soto, Ms. Speier, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell of
California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi,
Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Torres,
Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velazquez, Ms.
Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of
Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Ted
Lieu of California, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Gallego, Mr.
Carson of Indiana, and Mr. Richmond):
H. Res. 1068. A resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States and the immense contributions of Latinos to the United States; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Ms. GABBARD (for herself and Mr. Jones):
H. Res. 1069. A resolution requiring the President to seek congressional authorization prior to any engagement of the United States Armed Forces against any adversary; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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