[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 147 (Friday, November 16, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6428]
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                      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. OLSON:
       H.R. 6593. A bill to amend the National Voter Registration 
     Act of 1993 to increase the penalties imposed for 
     intimidating, threatening, or coercing any person from 
     engaging in voter registration activities or for procuring, 
     submitting, or casting false voter registration applications 
     or ballots, to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 
     Absentee Voting Act to require election officials to transmit 
     balloting materials to absent uniformed services voters using 
     the automated tagging and tracing services provided by the 
     United States Postal Service, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 6594. A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas 
     Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require States which fail to 
     transmit validly requested absentee ballots in an election 
     for Federal office to absent uniformed services voters within 
     the deadline established under the Act to delay certifying 
     the results of the election, to establish a private right of 
     action to enforce the requirements of such Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. BARLETTA (for himself, Mr. Shuster, and Mr. 
             Platts):
       H.R. 6595. A bill to require a report on the establishment 
     of a joint Army-Navy storage and preservation facility at the 
     United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, 
     Pennsylvania; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. AMODEI:
       H.R. 6596. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy certain Federal land 
     in Churchill County, Nevada; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. Boren, Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana, Mr. Akin, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, Mr. Clay, 
             Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, 
             Mr. Costello, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Ms. Granger, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, 
             Mr. Harris, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Keating, Mrs. Maloney, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Royce, Mr. 
             Schiff, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Schock, Mr. Stivers, Mr. 
             Whitfield, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Wolf, 
             Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Young of Alaska, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Moore, Ms. Eshoo, 
             Mr. Cohen, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Himes, Mr. Kildee, 
             Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Paul, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. 
             Burgess, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. 
             Michaud, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
             Courtney, Mr. Polis, Mr. Petri, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. 
             Welch, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Roskam):
       H.R. 6597. A bill to amend section 5000A of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious 
     exemption from the individual health coverage mandate; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. BLACK (for herself, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Chabot, and 
             Mr. Broun of Georgia):
       H.R. 6598. A bill to amend certain requirements and 
     penalties implemented under the Medicare and Medicaid 
     programs by the HITECH Act of 2009, which would otherwise 
     impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health 
     records to improve patient care; 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. KUCINICH (for himself, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson 
             of Texas, Ms. Moore, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
             Filner, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Jackson of Illinois):
       H.R. 6599. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to protect children's health by denying any deduction 
     for advertising and marketing directed at children to promote 
     the consumption of food at fast food restaurants or of food 
     of poor nutritional quality; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 6600. A bill to amend the Emergency Food Assistance 
     Act of 1983 to provide for the increased purchase of Kosher 
     and Halal food and to modify the labeling of the commodities 
     list under the emergency food assistance program to enable 
     Kosher and Halal food bank operators to identify which 
     commodities to obtain from local food banks; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
           By Mr. DEUTCH (for himself and Mrs. Myrick):
       H.R. 6601. A bill to establish programs in the executive 
     branch to permit the labeling of certain products that do not 
     contain any carcinogens as ``Carcinogen-Free'', and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 Texas (for himself and Mr. Conyers):
       H.R. 6602. A bill to make revisions in title 36, United 
     States Code, as necessary to keep the title current and make 
     technical corrections and improvements; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself and Mr. Berman):
       H. Res. 813. A resolution expressing vigorous support and 
     unwavering commitment to the welfare, security, and survival 
     of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state with 
     secure borders, and recognizing and strongly supporting its 
     right to act in self-defense to protect its citizens against 
     acts of terrorism; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs; 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Smith of 
             Texas, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
             Gardner, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. 
             Huelskamp, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Smith 
             of Nebraska, Mr. Olson, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Graves of 
             Missouri, Ms. Buerkle, Mr. Canseco, Mrs. Hartzler, 
             Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Johnson 
             of Ohio, Mr. Upton, Mr. Southerland, Mr. Marino, Mr. 
             Guthrie, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Denham, Mr. Young of 
             Alaska, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Barletta, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Rivera, Mr. 
             Lamborn, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Gingrey 
             of Georgia, Mr. Manzullo, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Broun of 
             Georgia, Mr. Jordan, Mr. McKinley, Mr. McCaul, Mr. 
             Harris, Mr. Reed, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Griffith 
             of Virginia, Mr. Landry, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Poe of 
             Texas, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. McHenry, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Ross of Florida, 
             Mr. Owens, Mr. Schweikert, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Tipton, 
             Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. 
             Brooks, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
             Flores, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Huizenga of 
             Michigan, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Michaud, Mr. 
             Hurt, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Ms. Hayworth, and Mr. 
             Burgess):
       H. Res. 814. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United 
     States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade 
     Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. FATTAH (for himself and Mr. Hultgren):
       H. Res. 815. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that Federal laboratories have been and 
     continue to be on the cutting edge of scientific and 
     technological advancement and supporting the designation of 
     2013 as the ``Year of the Federal Lab''; to the Committee on 
     Science, Space, and Technology.
           By Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. Pascrell, and Mr. 
             Tiberi):
       H. Res. 816. A resolution recognizing September 2012 as the 
     160th anniversary of the arrival in the United States of 
     Constantino Brumidi, the artist who painted the Apotheosis of 
     Washington; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. MULVANEY:
       H. Res. 817. A resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of the Friday after Thanksgiving as the National 
     Day of Recognition for Veterans' Families; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.

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