Volume 163, No. 102 covering the 1st 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 H4936-H4938 on June 15, 2017.
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. CURBELO of Florida (for himself and Mr. Danny K.
Davis of Illinois):
H.R. 2901. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grant program; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Walz,
Mr. Reichert, Mr. Schrader, and Mr. Katko):
H.R. 2902. A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. McKINLEY (for himself and Mr. Welch):
H.R. 2903. A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations that establish a national standard for determining whether mobile and broadband services available in rural areas are reasonably comparable to those services provided in urban areas; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. POCAN (for himself, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Correa, Ms.
Barragan, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms.
Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Carson of Indiana,
Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cicilline,
Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York,
Mr. Cohen, Mr. Crist, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Curbelo of
Florida, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Delaney, Ms.
DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Engel, Ms.
Eshoo, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Mr. Foster, Ms.
Frankel of Florida, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr.
Grijalva, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Heck, Mr. Higgins of New
York, Mr. Himes, Ms. Norton, Mr. Huffman, Ms.
Jayapal, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr.
Kennedy, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kihuen, Mr. Kildee, Mr.
Kind, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Lee,
Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Lipinski, Mr.
Lowenthal, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of
New Mexico, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of
New York, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms.
McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr.
Moulton, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Mrs.
Napolitano, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Norcross, Mr. O'Rourke,
Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Peters,
Ms. Pingree, Mr. Polis, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New
York, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff,
Mr. Schneider, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Scott of Virginia,
Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Shea-
Porter, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Soto, Mr. Swalwell of
California, Mr. Takano, Ms. Titus, Mr. Tonko, Ms.
Tsongas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Walz, Ms. Wasserman Schultz,
Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Yarmuth, and Mr.
Brady of Pennsylvania):
H.R. 2904. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to review the discharge characterization of former members of the Armed Forces who were discharged by reason of the sexual orientation of the member, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
H.R. 2905. A bill to require the Attorney General to establish procedures for expedited review of the case of any person who unlawfully solicits personal information for purposes of committing identity theft, while purporting to be acting on behalf of the IRS, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. BUCSHON (for himself and Mr. Bera):
H.R. 2906. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the designation of general surgery shortage areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. TIPTON:
H.R. 2907. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and publish an all-of-the-above quadrennial Federal onshore energy production strategy to meet domestic energy needs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Ben Ray
Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Welch, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Jeffries, Mr.
Raskin, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Tonko, Mr. McGovern, Ms.
Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. McEachin, Mr. DeSaulnier,
Mr. Payne, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Ted Lieu of
California, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Keating,
Mr. Evans, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Khanna, Mr.
Lowenthal, and Mr. Peters):
H.R. 2908. A bill to direct Federal departments and agencies to perform certain functions to ensure that climate change-related impacts are fully considered in the development of national security doctrine, policies, and plans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. MASSIE (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr.
Perry, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr.
Gosar, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Amash, Mr. Rothfus, Mr.
Meadows, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. Brooks of
Alabama, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Budd, Mr.
Buck, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Blum, Mr.
Rokita, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr.
Allen):
H.R. 2909. A bill to require reciprocity between the District of Columbia and other States and jurisdictions with respect to the ability of individuals to carry certain concealed firearms, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Mr. FLORES (for himself, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Olson, and Mr. Collins of New York):
H.R. 2910. A bill to provide for Federal and State agency coordination in the approval of certain authorizations under the Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Serrano, Mr.
Curbelo of Florida, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New
Mexico, Mr. Cardenas, Mrs. Torres, Mr. Hurd, Mr. King of New York, and Mr. Newhouse):
H.R. 2911. A bill to establish within the Smithsonian Institution the National Museum of the American Latino, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, 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. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Lamborn, Ms.
Hanabusa, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr.
Bridenstine, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Gallagher, Mr.
Ruppersberger, and Mr. Mast):
H.R. 2912. A bill to expand the capacity and capability of the ballistic missile defense system of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself and Mr. Katko):
H.R. 2913. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself and Mr. Donovan):
H.R. 2914. A bill to authorize assistance for anti-tunnel defense capabilities for Israel; to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. Cole, Mr. Mullin, Mr.
Jones, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Pocan, Mr.
Cartwright, Mr. Beyer, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr.
Huffman, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Norton, Ms.
Tsongas, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. DelBene,
Mrs. Dingell, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Kilmer, Mr.
Lowenthal, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Polis, Mr. Ruiz, Mr.
Cummings, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr.
Hastings, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico,
Mr. Sablan, and Ms. Hanabusa):
H.R. 2915. A bill to repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr.
Blumenauer):
H.R. 2916. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify certain charitable tax provisions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. GIBBS (for himself, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Dunn, Mr.
McKinley, Mr. Massie, Mr. Jones, Mr. Perry, Mr.
Barletta, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Graves of
Missouri, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Jenkins of West
Virginia, Mr. Tipton, and Mr. Collins of New York):
H.R. 2917. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify when the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site under section 404 of such Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. BANKS of Indiana (for himself and Mr. Lipinski):
H.R. 2918. A bill to intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. Sewell of
Alabama, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Takano, and
Mr. Swalwell of California):
H.R. 2919. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program under title IV of such Act if the individual's period of consecutive years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted because the individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is relocated during the school year pursuant to military orders for a permanent change of duty station, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. COHEN (for himself and Mr. Young of Alaska):
H.R. 2920. A bill to extend the principle of federalism to State drug policy, provide access to medical marijuana, and enable research into the medicinal properties of marijuana; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Veterans' 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. CRAMER (for himself, Mr. Polis, Mr. Coffman, Mr.
Peterson, Mr. Buck, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Tipton, Ms.
DeGette, and Mr. Kind):
H.R. 2921. A bill to establish a vegetation management pilot program on National Forest System land to better protect utility infrastructure from passing wildfire, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. DONOVAN (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. King of
New York, and Mr. Fitzpatrick):
H.R. 2922. A bill to reform and improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Emergency Communications, and the Office of Health Affairs of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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 Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Palazzo, and Mr. Richmond):
H.R. 2923. A bill to designate the Gulf of Mexico Alliance as a regional coordination partnership of Federal and State actions related to the management of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Neal,
Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. Deutch, Ms.
Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Kaptur, and Mr. Keating):
H.R. 2924. A bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to establish the National Russian Threat Response Center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Intelligence
(Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on 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.
By Mr. McGOVERN:
H.R. 2925. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; 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. MEEHAN (for himself and Ms. Fudge):
H.R. 2926. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing incidents, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By Mr. MESSER:
H.R. 2927. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include apprentices as members of targeted groups for purposes of the work opportunity credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mr. Sires):
H.R. 2928. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to require air carriers to disclose to consumers the actual wheels-off and wheels-on times for certain domestic passenger flight segments, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. WITTMAN (for himself and Mr. Connolly):
H.R. 2929. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain combat zone compensation of civilian employees of the United States; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. McCARTHY:
H. Res. 385. A resolution expressing gratitude for the heroic actions of the United States Capitol Police and other first responders in the attack on Members of Congress on June 14, 2017, and expressing hope for a full recovery for the injured; considered and agreed to.
By Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. Johnson of
Georgia, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Moore, Mr. Connolly, Mr.
Butterfield, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Cohen,
Mr. Kildee, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Pallone, Ms.
Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr.
Vela, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Price of North
Carolina, Mr. Engel, Mr. Rush, Ms. McCollum, Mr.
Richmond, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Walz, Mrs. Demings, Ms.
Lee, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Payne, Mr. Clay, Ms. Adams, Mr.
Evans, Mrs. Torres, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms.
Lofgren, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr.
Cummings, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Levin,
Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Wilson of Florida,
Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Al Green of Texas, and Mr.
Vargas):
H. Res. 386. A resolution recognizing June 19, 2017, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. Pelosi, and Mr. Swalwell of California):
H. Res. 387. A resolution congratulating the Golden State Warriors for their historic championship victory in the 2017 National Basketball Association Finals; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Mr. HULTGREN (for himself and Mr. Foster):
H. Res. 388. A resolution congratulating and honoring Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on 50 years of groundbreaking discoveries; to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
By Mr. NOLAN:
H. Res. 389. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the need to reduce the influence of money in politics; to the Committee on House Administration, 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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