[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 136 (Wednesday, September 14, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H6180-H6181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      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. HULTGREN:
       H.R. 2910. A bill to require parental consent to release 
     records of home-schooled students; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GOHMERT (for himself, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Ross of 
             Florida, Mr. Mica, and Mr. Farenthold):
       H.R. 2911. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the corporate income tax; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself and Mr. 
             Inslee):
       H.R. 2912. A bill to establish the San Juan Islands 
     National Conservation Area in the San Juan Islands, 
     Washington, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado (for himself and Ms. Foxx):
       H.R. 2913. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide for the termination of further retirement benefits 
     for Members of Congress, except the right to continue 
     participating in the Thrift Savings Plan; to the Committee on 
     House Administration, 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 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. Bass of California, 
             Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Edwards, Mr. 
             Ellison, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee of 
             Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
             Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             Richardson, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Stark, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Filner, Ms. Brown of Florida, 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. 
             Waters, and Mr. Courtney):
       H.R. 2914. A bill to create an emergency jobs program that 
     will fund 2,242,000 positions during fiscal years 2012 and 
     2013; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, 
     the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, 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. McCLINTOCK:
       H.R. 2915. A bill to repeal the Western Area Power 
     Administration borrowing authority, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CULBERSON (for himself and Mr. Bishop of Utah):
       H.R. 2916. A bill to enforce the tenth article of amendment 
     to the Constitution of the United States as it relates to the 
     autonomous sovereign police powers of the States; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CULBERSON (for himself and Mr. Bishop of Utah):
       H.R. 2917. A bill to restore State sovereignty, and to 
     dedicate excess grant funds to deficit reduction; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Diaz-
             Balart, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Royce, and Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana):
       H.R. 2918. A bill to strengthen and clarify the commercial, 
     cultural, and other relations between the people of the 
     United States and the people of Taiwan, as codified in the 
     Taiwan Relations Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary, 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. BACHUS (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Bonner, 
             Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Brooks, and Ms. Sewell):
       H.R. 2919. A bill to eliminate the reimbursement 
     requirement for certain tornado shelters constructed with 
     Federal assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CLARKE of Michigan:
       H.R. 2920. A bill to establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 Ms. CLARKE of New York:
       H.R. 2921. A bill to amend the Small Business Act with 
     respect to assistance under section 8(a) of that Act and 
     goals for procurement contracts, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business.
           By Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 2922. A bill to designate certain lands in the State 
     of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness 
     Preservation System, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana:
       H.R. 2923. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to 
     establish a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan for security 
     contractors operating in Afghanistan and in support of other 
     contingency operations; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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           By Mr. FORBES:
       H.R. 2924. A bill to expedite the deployment of highway 
     construction projects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. GERLACH (for himself and Mr. Blumenauer):
       H.R. 2925. A bill to establish a smart card pilot program 
     under the Medicare program; 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. GOWDY (for himself and Mr. Mulvaney):
       H.R. 2926. A bill to abolish the National Labor Relations 
     Board and to transfer its enforcement authority to the 
     Department of Justice and its oversight of elections to the 
     Office of Labor-Management Standards of the Department of 
     Labor; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
       H.R. 2927. A bill to give priority to local and State 
     artists when selecting appropriate artwork for Federal 
     buildings; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 2928. A bill to provide relief to the Pottawatomi 
     Nation in Canada for settlement of certain claims against the 
     United States; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LABRADOR (for himself and Mr. Simpson):
       H.R. 2929. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to provide an exception to that Act for actions carried 
     out against grizzly bears in self-defense, defense of others, 
     or a reasonable belief of imminent danger; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McHENRY:
       H.R. 2930. A bill to amend the securities laws to provide 
     for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded 
     securities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Moran, and Mr. Blumenauer):
       H.R. 2931. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     eliminate the statutory cap on the public debt and to place 
     limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be 
     issued; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PENCE:
       H.R. 2932. A bill to maintain the free flow of information 
     to the public by providing conditions for the federally 
     compelled disclosure of information by certain persons 
     connected with the news media; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 2933. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     remove the exclusion from Federal copyright of sound 
     recordings fixed before February 15, 1972; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. 
             Campbell, and Mr. Royce):
       H.R. 2934. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify the treatment of certain retirement plan 
     contributions picked up by governmental employers; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.J. Res. 79. A joint resolution making continuing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the 
     Committees on the Budget, 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. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Richardson, 
             Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. 
             Kissell, Mr. Carnahan, Ms. Lee, Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
             Fudge, Mr. Welch, Mr. Peters, Mr. Clay, Ms. Hahn, Mr. 
             Quigley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Clarke of Michigan, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Grijalva):
       H. Con. Res. 78. Concurrent resolution supporting the goals 
     and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H. Con. Res. 79. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress that Libya's frozen assets be utilized to pay for 
     NATO's military campaign; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.

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