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March 15, 2013: Congressional Record publishes “PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS”

Volume 159, No. 38 covering the 1st Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) 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 H1547-H1548 on March 15, 2013.

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. TERRY (for himself, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Upton, Mr.

Barrow of Georgia, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Bachus, Mr.

Barton, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs.

Blackburn, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Bridenstine,

Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Brooks of

Alabama, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Carter, Mr.

Cassidy, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Coble, Mr. Conaway, Mr.

Cramer, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Daines, Mr.

Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Duncan of South

Carolina, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Flores, Mr.

Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Gardner, Mr.

Gingrey of Georgia, Ms. Granger, Mr. Graves of

Missouri, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Griffith of

Virginia, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Harper, Mr. Harris, Mr.

Huelskamp, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Hunter, Mr.

Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr.

Lance, Mr. Latta, Mr. Long, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mrs.

Lummis, Mr. Marchant, Mr. McCaul, Mr. McHenry, Mr.

McKinley, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr.

Mullin, Mr. Mulvaney, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Nunes, Mr.

Olson, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr.

Ribble, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Rogers of

Michigan, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shuster, Mr.

Stivers, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Walden,

Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Westmoreland,

Mr. Womack, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Coffman, Mr.

Bentivolio, and Ms. Foxx):

H.R. 3. A bill to approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself, Mr.

Fleischmann, and Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico):

H.R. 1208. A bill to establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. OLSON (for himself, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Griffin of

Arkansas, Mr. Turner, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Bridenstine,

Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Stivers):

H.R. 1209. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the ``Doolittle Tokyo Raiders'', for outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to the United States in conducting the bombings of Tokyo; to the Committee on Financial Services.

By Ms. SPEIER (for herself and Mr. Meehan):

H.R. 1210. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize the assignment of officers and analysts to certain State and urban area fusion centers to enhance the security of mass transit systems; to the Committee on Homeland Security.

By Mr. ISSA (for himself and Mr. Cummings):

H.R. 1211. A bill to amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act), to provide for greater public access to information, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

By Mr. PETRI:

H.R. 1212. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that reimbursements for costs of using passenger automobiles for charitable and other organizations are excluded from gross income; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. ELLISON (for himself and Mr. Scott of Virginia):

H.R. 1213. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the mortgage interest deduction with a nonrefundable credit for indebtedness secured by a residence, to provide affordable housing to extremely low-income families, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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. SHIMKUS:

H.R. 1214. A bill to provide liability protection for claims based on the design, manufacture, sale, offer for sale, introduction into commerce, or use of certain fuels and fuel additives, and for other purposes; 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. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, and Ms.

Bonamici):

H.R. 1215. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. Barber, Mr. Franks of

Arizona, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Salmon,

Mr. Schweikert, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Pastor of

Arizona):

H.R. 1216. A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the ``Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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

H.R. 1217. A bill to establish within the Smithsonian Institution the Smithsonian American Latino Museum, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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. AMASH (for himself, Mr. Duncan of South

Carolina, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Massie):

H.R. 1218. A bill to prohibit the payment of surcharges for commemorative coin programs to private organizations or entities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.

By Mr. BONNER:

H.R. 1219. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide that each of the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida have exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico in waters that, on average, are 20 fathoms or less in depth, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. Dingell, and Mr.

Matheson):

H.R. 1220. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to allow for the distribution, sale, and consumption in the United States of remaining inventories of over-the-counter CFC epinephrine inhalers; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. FINCHER:

H.R. 1221. A bill to require the Federal banking agencies to conduct an impact study on the cumulative effect of certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act before issuing final rules amending the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets as proposed in the Standardized Approach for Risk Weighted Assets Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the Advanced Approaches Risk-based Capital Rule; Market Risk Capital Rule Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and the Implementation of Basel III, Minimum Regulatory Capital Ratios Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in June 2012, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.

By Ms. HANABUSA (for herself, Ms. Bordallo, Mr.

Faleomavaega, and Ms. Gabbard):

H.R. 1222. A bill to amend the Compact of Free Association of 1985 to provide for adequate Compact-impact aid to affected States and territories, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. HUNTER (for himself, Mrs. Davis of California,

Mr. Turner, and Mr. Ryan of Ohio):

H.R. 1223. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to ensure that relocation of a servicemember to serve on active duty away from the servicemember's principal residence does not prevent the servicemember from refinancing a mortgage on that principal residence; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. Grimm, Mr.

Crowley, Mr. Israel, Mr. Marino, Mr. Rangel, Mr.

Runyan, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Higgins, and

Mr. Wolf):

H.R. 1224. A bill to provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress posthumously to Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., beloved Chaplain of the Fire Department of New York who passed away as the first recorded victim of the September 11, 2001, attacks in recognition of his example to the Nation of selfless dedication to duty and compassion for one's fellow citizens; to the Committee on Financial Services.

By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:

H.R. 1225. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to place certain lands in Skagit and San Juan Counties, Washington, into trust for the Samish Indian Nation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mrs. NOEM (for herself, Mr. Kline, Mr. Gosar, Mr.

Cramer, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Calvert):

H.R. 1226. A bill to clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

By Mr. PAULSEN (for himself, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Renacci, and Mr. Delaney):

H.R. 1227. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a Ph.D. degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence and to be exempted from the numerical limitations on H-1B nonimmigrants; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. RIBBLE (for himself, Mr. Petri, Mr. Ryan of

Wisconsin, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Kind, Ms. Moore, Mr. Pocan, and Mr. Sensenbrenner):

H.R. 1228. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 Packerland Drive in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as the ``Corporal Justin D. Ross Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:

H.R. 1229. A bill to promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and 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. SCHRADER (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr.

Blumenauer, and Ms. Bonamici):

H.R. 1230. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in the State of Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:

H.R. 1231. A bill to provide that the President shall submit to Congress a report detailing the priority of Federal spending if the statutory debt limit is reached, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Barr,

Mr. Barton, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cramer,

Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Jones, Mr.

LaMalfa, Mr. Long, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr.

Palazzo, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Posey, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. Stivers):

H. Res. 119. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs; to the Committee on Rules.

By Mr. GRIMM (for himself, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Pascrell, and Mr. Lipinski):

H. Res. 120. A resolution a resolution commemorating the life and service of Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus, and congratulating Pope Francis on his election as Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself and Mr. Sires):

H. Res. 121. A resolution honoring Yoani Sanchez, a courageous blogger and activist for freedom in Cuba; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 159, No. 38