[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 124 (Friday, September 14, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H6060-H6061]
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. SCALISE (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
             Brooks, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. 
             Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Harris, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. 
             Huelskamp, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mrs. 
             Myrick, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Young of 
             Florida, and Mr. Rokita):
       H.R. 6410. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for taxpayers making donations with their 
     returns of income tax to the Federal Government to pay down 
     the public debt; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Stark, 
             Mr. Filner, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. McGovern, and Ms. Lee of 
             California):
       H.R. 6411. A bill to impose a tax on certain trading 
     transactions to strengthen our financial security, expand 
     opportunity, and stop shrinking the middle class; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California (for herself, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Conyers, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Honda, Ms. 
             Eshoo, and Ms. Matsui):
       H.R. 6412. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide for immigrant visas for certain advanced STEM 
     graduates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. Petri, Ms. 
             Schwartz, and Ms. Schakowsky):
       H.R. 6413. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to cover transitional care services to improve 
     the quality and cost effectiveness of care under the Medicare 
     Program; 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. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Mr. Runyan, Mr. 
             King of New York, and Mr. Israel):
       H.R. 6414. A bill to amend the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 to set-aside community development 
     block grant amounts in each fiscal year for grants to local 
     chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation 
     of their facilities; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. FINCHER:
       H.R. 6415. A bill to facilitate prompt and efficient 
     adjusting of insurance claims in the case of natural and 
     other disasters and losses, to encourage licensing of 
     insurance claims adjusters, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 6416. A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act 
     of 1949 to revise the requirements for areas to be considered 
     as rural areas for purposes of such Act; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas:
       H.R. 6417. A bill to provide for research and education 
     with respect to triple-negative breast cancer, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself and Mr. Huelskamp):
       H.R. 6418. A bill to repeal a certain rule relating to 
     nutrition standards in the national school lunch and school 
     breakfast programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. Honda, 
             Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Moore, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Moran, 
             and Ms. Schwartz):
       H.R. 6419. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 
     2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement 
     to present identification as a condition of voting in an 
     election for Federal office to meet such requirement by 
     signing an affidavit attesting to the individual's 
     identification, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     House Administration.
           By Mr. CLARKE of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois):
       H.R. 6420. A bill to improve the effectiveness and 
     performance of Federal financial assistance programs, 
     simplify Federal financial assistance application and 
     reporting requirements, and improve the delivery of services 
     to the public; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Brown 
             of Florida, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clarke of 
             New York, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Honda, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. 
             Matsui, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Rangel, Ms. Richardson, and Ms. Schakowsky):
       H.R. 6421. A bill to establish the Commission to Study the 
     Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
     and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Crenshaw):
       H.R. 6422. A bill to establish a program to provide grants 
     to nonprofit organizations to enable such organizations to 
     assign and support volunteers to assist foreign countries in 
     the administration of their natural resources in an 
     environmentally sustainable manner; to the Committee on 
     Foreign 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. POSEY (for himself and Mrs. Biggert):
       H.R. 6423. A bill to exclude insurance companies from the 
     Federal Depository Insurance Corporation's ``orderly 
     liquidation authority''; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 6424. A bill to provide that a former Member of 
     Congress or former Congressional employee who receives 
     compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible for 
     retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits; 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. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 6425. A bill to revise the boundaries of the John H. 
     Chafee Coastal Barrier System Saddlebunch Keys Unit FL-57; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Deutch, 
             Mr. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, 
             Mr. Engel, Mr. Holt, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. 
             Polis, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Linda T. 
             Sanchez of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Sires, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Welch, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Larson of Connecticut, and Mr. Courtney):
       H.R. 6426. A bill to reform the financing of Congressional 
     elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the 
     funding of campaigns, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, 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. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 6427. A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security 
     Act to create a competitive self-sustainable social services 
     grant program to provide workforce development opportunities 
     and training to people with barriers to employment under the 
     program of block grants to States for temporary assistance 
     for needy families, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means, 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. WELCH (for himself and Mr. Costa):
       H.R. 6428. A bill to provide for the expansion of 
     affordable refinancing of mortgages held by the Federal 
     National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan 
     Mortgage Corporation; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Berman, 
             Ms. Chu, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
             Serrano, Ms. Speier, Mr. Moran, Ms. Moore, Mr. 
             Sherman, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Israel, Mr. Connolly of 
             Virginia, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
             Honda, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, 
             Mr. Becerra, Mr. Farr, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Al Green of

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             Texas, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
             Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Towns, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. Levin, Mr. Holt, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, 
             Mr. Meeks, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bass of California, 
             Mr. McDermott, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Peters, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Capuano, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Costa, Ms. 
             Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
             Doggett, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. DeGette, 
             Mrs. Napolitano, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Rothman of New 
             Jersey, Ms. McCollum, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             Clarke of Michigan, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
             Olver, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Nadler, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Welch, Ms. Hahn, Mr. 
             Pierluisi, Mr. Kind, Mr. Rush, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Schiff, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sires, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Kucinich, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. 
             Eshoo, and Mr. McNerney):
       H. Res. 785. A resolution condemning the discrimination, 
     hate crimes, racism, bigotry, bullying and brutal violence 
     perpetrated against Sikh-Americans, and all acts of vandalism 
     against Sikh Gurdwaras in the United States; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

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