Volume 164, No. 20 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 H731-H732 on Jan. 30, 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. BACON (for himself, Mr. Perry, Mr. Donovan, and
Mr. Norman):
H.R. 4896. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide States with limited authority to reduce the frequency with which qualified law enforcement officers must meet firearm training standards in order to be eligible to carry a concealed firearm; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LoBIONDO (for himself, Mr. Nolan, Ms. Bonamici, and Mrs. Comstock):
H.R. 4897. A bill to require a study on women and lung cancer, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Westerman, and Mrs. Murphy of Florida):
H.R. 4898. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend authorities relating to homeless veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. Payne, and Ms.
Norton):
H.R. 4899. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for treatment of heroin, opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphet-amine
(ecstasy), and phency-clidine (PCP) abuse, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Norton,
Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Raskin, and Mr. Brown of
Maryland):
H.R. 4900. A bill to authorize additional funding for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York):
H.R. 4901. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to treat flamethrowers the same as machineguns; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. KATKO (for himself and Mr. Blumenauer):
H.R. 4902. A bill to amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to provide to State infrastructure financing authorities additional opportunities to receive loans under that Act to support drinking water and clean water State revolving funds to deliver water infrastructure to communities across the United States, 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 Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee (for himself and Mr.
Norcross):
H.R. 4903. A bill to direct the Comptroller General to conduct a study and submit a report to Congress on best practices in use by Federal departments and agencies to reduce opioid usage following medical procedures; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. LaHOOD:
H.R. 4904. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to allow producers to file a one-time program contract for certain programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia (for himself and Mr.
Gonzalez of Texas):
H.R. 4905. A bill to provide for improvements to National Flood Insurance Program rate maps, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York):
H.R. 4906. A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to prohibit the use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in any decennial census, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. Pallone, and Mrs.
Bustos):
H.R. 4907. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to assist eligible entities in carrying out programs to replace lead service lines for schools and solder that is not lead free used in the plumbing for schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. Pallone, and Mrs.
Bustos):
H.R. 4908. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance to schools to replace drinking water fountains that may contain lead, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. RUTHERFORD (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky,
Mr. Kilmer, and Mr. Deutch):
H.R. 4909. A bill to reauthorize the grant program for school security in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia (for himself and Mr.
Bishop of Georgia):
H.R. 4910. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. SMUCKER:
H.R. 4911. A bill to establish a Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform; to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. CHENEY:
H. Res. 719. A resolution electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives; considered and agreed to.
By Mr. COHEN (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Brady of
Pennsylvania, Ms. Bass, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cooper, Mr.
Doggett, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Sean
Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Moore, Mrs.
Napolitano, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Rush, Ms.
Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mrs.
Black, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Beyer, Mr. DeSaulnier,
Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr.
Scott of Virginia, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Lee, Mr. David Scott of Georgia,
Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mrs. Watson
Coleman, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Carson of
Indiana, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Johnson of
Georgia, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Maxine
Waters of California, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr.
DesJarlais, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Evans,
Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Hastings, Ms.
Castor of Florida, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Welch, Mr. Raskin,
Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Butterfield,
Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Ellison, Mrs. Demings,
Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Neal, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr.
Blumenauer, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, and
Mr. Cleaver):
H. Res. 720. A resolution recognizing the coordinated struggle of workers on the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike to voice their grievances and reach a collective agreement for rights in the workplace; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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