[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 154 (Friday, October 14, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H6975-H6977]
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. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. Landry, Mr. Thompson 
             of Mississippi, Mr. King of New York, Mrs. Miller of 
             Michigan, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Rahall, and Mr. Larsen of Washington):
       H.R. 3202. A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to 
     require the Maritime Administrator, in making determinations 
     regarding the non-availability of qualified United States 
     flag capacity to meet national defense requirements, to 
     identify any actions that could be taken to enable such 
     capacity to meet some or all of those requirements, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
     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. BILBRAY (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Lance, 
             Mr. Burgess, Mr. Paulsen, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Guthrie, 
             Mr. Hunter, Mr. Dent, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Latta, and Mr. 
             Shimkus):
       H.R. 3203. A bill to amend section 513 of the Federal Food, 
     Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expedite the process for requesting 
     de novo classification of a device; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. GUTHRIE (for himself, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Rogers of 
             Michigan, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Paulsen, and Mr. 
             Latta):
       H.R. 3204. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to ensure public participation in the drafting 
     and issuance of Level 1 guidance documents, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. PAULSEN (for himself, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Kinzinger 
             of Illinois, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Latta, Mr. 
             Kline, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Cravaack, Mrs. Bono Mack, 
             and Mr. Bilbray):
       H.R. 3205. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to persons who, with respect to 
     devices, are accredited to perform certain reviews or 
     inspections; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Bilbray, 
             Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Guthrie, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Shimkus, and Mr. Latta):
       H.R. 3206. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to appointments to advisory 
     committees and conflicts of interest; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Latta, 
             and Mrs. Blackburn):
       H.R. 3207. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     create a pathway for premarket notification and review of 
     laboratory-developed tests, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, 
             Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Lance, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Rogers of 
             Michigan, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Barton of 
             Texas, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Latta):
       H.R. 3208. A bill to reaffirm the Safe Medical Devices Act 
     of 1990 by requiring that the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services establish a schedule and issue regulations as 
     required under section 515(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.

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           By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, 
             Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Lance, Mrs. Blackburn, 
             Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
             Barton of Texas, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. 
             Latta):
       H.R. 3209. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to provide predictability, consistency, and 
     transparency to the premarket review process; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. COOPER (for himself, Mrs. Bono Mack, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       H.R. 3210. A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
     to limit the application of that Act with respect to plants 
     and plant products that were imported before the effective 
     date of amendments to that Act enacted in 2008, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BASS of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. Rogers 
             of Michigan, Mr. Lance, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Guthrie, 
             Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Latta, and Mr. Shimkus):
       H.R. 3211. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to improve humanitarian device regulation; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. THORNBERRY (for himself, Mr. Donnelly of 
             Indiana, and Mr. Ross of Arkansas):
       H.R. 3212. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to restore State authority to waive for certain 
     facilities the 35-mile rule for designating critical access 
     hospitals under the Medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FINCHER (for himself, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Grimm, 
             Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Dold, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, 
             Mr. Quayle, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
             Stivers, Mr. Rigell, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. McHenry, and 
             Mr. Luetkemeyer):
       H.R. 3213. A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
     to provide additional exemptions from the internal control 
     auditing requirements for smaller and newer public companies; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan (for himself, Mrs. Myrick, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Guthrie, 
             Mr. Shimkus, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Latta, and Mr. 
             Paulsen):
       H.R. 3214. A bill to amend the Food and Drug 
     Administration's mission; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself and Mr. Nugent):
       H.R. 3215. A bill to prevent identity theft and tax fraud; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BENISHEK (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H.R. 3216. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish an ophthalmologic service and Director of 
     Ophthalmologic Services in the Veterans Health Administration 
     of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. BROWN of Florida:
       H.R. 3217. A bill to improve and provide increased access 
     to the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing 
     program; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BUCSHON (for himself and Mr. Huelskamp):
       H.R. 3218. A bill to amend section 1343 of the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure the privacy of 
     individually identifiable health information in connection 
     with risk adjustment; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 3219. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment 
     Act of 1958 with respect to small business investment 
     companies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
           By Mr. CRAVAACK (for himself, Mr. Kline, Mr. Paulsen, 
             Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, 
             Ms. McCollum, and Mr. Ellison):
       H.R. 3220. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 170 Evergreen Square SW in 
     Pine City, Minnesota, as the ``Master Sergeant Daniel L. 
     Fedder Post Office''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Carnahan, Ms. Woolsey, 
             Mr. Courtney, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Welch):
       H.R. 3221. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to 
     provide loan guarantees for energy efficiency upgrades to 
     existing buildings; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. DICKS:
       H.R. 3222. A bill to designate certain National Park System 
     land in Olympic National Park as wilderness or potential 
     wilderness, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. FOXX:
       H.R. 3223. A bill to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to 
     allow certain entities to use a portion of collected 
     recreational user fees for administrative expenses and for 
     the operations, maintenance, development of recreational 
     facilities or management of natural resources; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HIGGINS:
       H.R. 3224. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the new markets tax credit through 2016, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. 
             Moore, Ms. Norton, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Jackson Lee of 
             Texas, and Mr. Jackson of Illinois):
       H.R. 3225. A bill to promote and enhance community 
     agricultural production and technology in nontraditional 
     communities through the establishment of a new office in the 
     Department of Agriculture to ensure that Department 
     authorities are coordinated more effectively to encourage 
     local agricultural production and increase the availability 
     of fresh food in nontraditional communities, particularly 
     underserved communities experiencing hunger, poor nutrition, 
     obesity, and food insecurity, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 3226. A bill to restore the TANF Emergency Contingency 
     Fund to further support our Nation's jobless workers; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LoBIONDO (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Lance, and Mr. Frelinghuysen):
       H.R. 3227. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 
     from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer 
     Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 3228. A bill to require Federal law enforcement 
     agencies to report to Congress serious crimes, authorized as 
     well as unauthorized, committed by their confidential 
     informants, to amend title 28, United States Code, with 
     respect to certain tort claims arising out of the criminal 
     misconduct of confidential informants, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Holt):
       H.R. 3229. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf 
     Lands Act and the Mineral Leasing Act to require the 
     Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations to prevent or 
     minimize the venting and flaring of gas in oil and gas 
     production operations in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS (for herself, Mr. Lance, Mr. 
             Guthrie, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Bass of New 
             Hampshire, Mr. Latta, and Mr. Shimkus):
       H.R. 3230. A bill to direct the Food and Drug 
     Administration, with respect to devices, to enter into 
     agreements with certain countries regarding methods and 
     approaches to harmonizing certain regulatory requirements; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, 
             Mr. Carney, and Mr. Stivers):
       H.R. 3231. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the amount allowed as a deduction for start-
     up expenditures; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. Welch, Ms. Hochul, and 
             Mr. Hanna):
       H.R. 3232. A bill to improve the H-2A agricultural worker 
     program for use by dairy workers, sheepherders, and goat 
     herders, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Israel, 
             Mr. Kildee, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Tsongas, 
             Mr. Stark, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Andrews, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Levin, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Carson of Indiana, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Jackson of 
             Illinois, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Watt, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Connolly 
             of Virginia, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Ms. 
             Richardson, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
             Courtney, Mr. Welch, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Perlmutter, Mr. Carnahan, and Mr. Lujan):
       H.R. 3233. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008 to exclude the value of vehicles used for household 
     transportation, or to obtain or continue employment, from the 
     resource limitation applicable to determine eligibility to 
     receive supplemental nutrition assistance; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
           By Mr. PLATTS (for himself and Mr. Lynch):
       H.R. 3234. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow penalty-free withdrawals from pension plans for 
     unemployed individuals who have exhausted their rights to 
     unemployment compensation; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 3235. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
     require that a portion of amounts deposited into the general 
     fund of the Treasury from sales, bonuses, royalties, and 
     rentals from new mineral and geothermal lease authority be 
     paid to States for use for the education of students in 
     kindergarten through grade 12 and at institutions of higher 
     education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources, 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 Mr. WALZ of Minnesota (for himself and Mr. 
             Fortenberry):

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       H.R. 3236. A bill to expand and improve opportunities for 
     beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the 
     Committee on 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 Mr. AMASH (for himself, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Campbell, 
             Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Gosar, 
             Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Polis, Mr. Woodall, 
             Mr. Labrador, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Walsh of 
             Illinois, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. 
             Quigley, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Ribble, Mr. 
             Michaud, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Schrader, Mr. 
             Southerland, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. 
             Nugent, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Culberson, and Mr. 
             Moran):
       H.J. Res. 81. A joint resolution proposing a balanced 
     budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.J. Res. 82. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States authorizing regulation 
     of any expenditure in connection with an election; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
       H. Res. 438. A resolution recognizing the importance of the 
     property rights granted by the United States Constitution; 
     affirming the duty of each Member of this body to support and 
     defend such rights; and asserting that no public body should 
     unlawfully obtain the property of any citizen of the United 
     States for the benefit of another private citizen or 
     corporation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H. Res. 439. A resolution recognizing the religious and 
     historical significance of the festival of Diwali; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mr. Rivera):
       H. Res. 440. A resolution congratulating H.H. Dorje Chang 
     Buddha III and the Honorable Ben Gilman on being awarded the 
     2010 World Peace Prize; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. FORBES (for himself, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Akin, 
             Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. 
             Wittman, Mr. West, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Bishop of 
             Utah, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. 
             Schilling, Mr. Cravaack, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Palazzo, Mr. Platts, Mr. Jones, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
             Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Gerlach, 
             Mr. Heck, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Hunter, Mrs. Roby, Mr. 
             Kline, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Rooney, Mr. 
             Rigell, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, and Mr. Rogers of 
             Alabama):
       H. Res. 441. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that further reductions to core national 
     security funding will cause significant harm to United States 
     interests; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in 
     addition to the Committee on 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 Ms. LEE of California:
       H. Res. 442. A resolution recognizing the necessity and 
     urgency of job creation, extending unemployment assistance, 
     expanding education and job training programs, and investing 
     in improving and modifying the Nation's infrastructure; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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.

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