[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 38 (Friday, March 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H1547-H1548]
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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. TERRY (for himself, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             Barrow of Georgia, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
             Barton, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Bridenstine, 
             Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Brooks of 
             Alabama, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
             Cassidy, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Coble, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
             Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Duncan of South 
             Carolina, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Flores, Mr. 
             Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
             Gingrey of Georgia, Ms. Granger, Mr. Graves of 
             Missouri, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Griffith of 
             Virginia, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Harper, Mr. Harris, Mr. 
             Huelskamp, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
             Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. 
             Lance, Mr. Latta, Mr. Long, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mrs. 
             Lummis, Mr. Marchant, Mr. McCaul, Mr. McHenry, Mr. 
             McKinley, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Mullin, Mr. Mulvaney, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Nunes, Mr. 
             Olson, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. 
             Ribble, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Rogers of 
             Michigan, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shuster, Mr. 
             Stivers, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Walden, 
             Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Westmoreland, 
             Mr. Womack, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Coffman, Mr. 
             Bentivolio, and Ms. Foxx):
       H.R. 3. A bill to approve the construction, operation, and 
     maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
     and Commerce, and 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. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself, Mr. 
             Fleischmann, and Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico):
       H.R. 1208. A bill to establish the Manhattan Project 
     National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, 
     New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. OLSON (for himself, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Griffin of 
             Arkansas, Mr. Turner, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Bridenstine, 
             Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Stivers):
       H.R. 1209. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     the World War II members of the ``Doolittle Tokyo Raiders'', 
     for outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to the 
     United States in conducting the bombings of Tokyo; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. SPEIER (for herself and Mr. Meehan):
       H.R. 1210. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
     prioritize the assignment of officers and analysts to certain 
     State and urban area fusion centers to enhance the security 
     of mass transit systems; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security.
           By Mr. ISSA (for himself and Mr. Cummings):
       H.R. 1211. A bill to amend section 552 of title 5, United 
     States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information 
     Act), to provide for greater public access to information, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. PETRI:
       H.R. 1212. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that reimbursements for costs of using 
     passenger automobiles for charitable and other organizations 
     are excluded from gross income; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. ELLISON (for himself and Mr. Scott of Virginia):
       H.R. 1213. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to replace the mortgage interest deduction with a 
     nonrefundable credit for indebtedness secured by a residence, 
     to provide affordable housing to extremely low-income 
     families, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 
     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. SHIMKUS:
       H.R. 1214. A bill to provide liability protection for 
     claims based on the design, manufacture, sale, offer for 
     sale, introduction into commerce, or use of certain fuels and 
     fuel additives, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, 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. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, and Ms. 
             Bonamici):
       H.R. 1215. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
     to make technical corrections to the segment designations for 
     the Chetco River, Oregon; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. Barber, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Salmon, 
             Mr. Schweikert, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Pastor of 
             Arizona):
       H.R. 1216. A bill to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Vet Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the ``Dr. Cameron 
     McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center''; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BECERRA (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen):
       H.R. 1217. A bill to establish within the Smithsonian 
     Institution the Smithsonian American Latino Museum, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and 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. AMASH (for himself, Mr. Duncan of South 
             Carolina, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Massie):
       H.R. 1218. A bill to prohibit the payment of surcharges for 
     commemorative coin programs to private organizations or 
     entities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. BONNER:
       H.R. 1219. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to provide that each of the 
     States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida 
     have exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish in 
     the Gulf of Mexico in waters that, on average, are 20 fathoms 
     or less in depth, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. Dingell, and Mr. 
             Matheson):
       H.R. 1220. A bill to direct the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to allow for the 
     distribution, sale, and consumption in the United States of 
     remaining inventories of over-the-counter CFC epinephrine 
     inhalers; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. FINCHER:
       H.R. 1221. A bill to require the Federal banking agencies 
     to conduct an impact study on the cumulative effect of 
     certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
     Consumer Protection Act before issuing final rules amending 
     the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for 
     determining risk-weighted assets as proposed in the 
     Standardized Approach for Risk Weighted Assets Notice of 
     Proposed Rulemaking and the Advanced Approaches Risk-based

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     Capital Rule; Market Risk Capital Rule Notice of Proposed 
     Rulemaking, and the Implementation of Basel III, Minimum 
     Regulatory Capital Ratios Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
     issued in June 2012, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Ms. HANABUSA (for herself, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, and Ms. Gabbard):
       H.R. 1222. A bill to amend the Compact of Free Association 
     of 1985 to provide for adequate Compact-impact aid to 
     affected States and territories, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. HUNTER (for himself, Mrs. Davis of California, 
             Mr. Turner, and Mr. Ryan of Ohio):
       H.R. 1223. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to ensure that relocation of a servicemember to serve on 
     active duty away from the servicemember's principal residence 
     does not prevent the servicemember from refinancing a 
     mortgage on that principal residence; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. Grimm, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Israel, Mr. Marino, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Runyan, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Higgins, and 
             Mr. Wolf):
       H.R. 1224. A bill to provide for the award of a gold medal 
     on behalf of Congress posthumously to Father Mychal Judge, 
     O.F.M., beloved Chaplain of the Fire Department of New York 
     who passed away as the first recorded victim of the September 
     11, 2001, attacks in recognition of his example to the Nation 
     of selfless dedication to duty and compassion for one's 
     fellow citizens; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
       H.R. 1225. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to place certain lands in Skagit and San Juan Counties, 
     Washington, into trust for the Samish Indian Nation, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. NOEM (for herself, Mr. Kline, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Calvert):
       H.R. 1226. A bill to clarify the rights of Indians and 
     Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor 
     Relations Act; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. PAULSEN (for himself, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Renacci, 
             and Mr. Delaney):
       H.R. 1227. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a Ph.D. 
     degree from a United States institution of higher education 
     in a field of science, technology, engineering, or 
     mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence and to be 
     exempted from the numerical limitations on H-1B 
     nonimmigrants; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RIBBLE (for himself, Mr. Petri, Mr. Ryan of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Kind, Ms. Moore, Mr. Pocan, 
             and Mr. Sensenbrenner):
       H.R. 1228. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 300 Packerland Drive in 
     Green Bay, Wisconsin, as the ``Corporal Justin D. Ross Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 1229. A bill to promote the economic security and 
     safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
     sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to 
     the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the 
     Judiciary, 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. SCHRADER (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, and Ms. Bonamici):
       H.R. 1230. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
     to designate segments of the Molalla River in the State of 
     Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
     System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 1231. A bill to provide that the President shall 
     submit to Congress a report detailing the priority of Federal 
     spending if the statutory debt limit is reached, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Barr, 
             Mr. Barton, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cramer, 
             Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
             LaMalfa, Mr. Long, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. 
             Palazzo, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Posey, Mr. Schweikert, 
             and Mr. Stivers):
       H. Res. 119. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to establish the Committee on the 
     Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs; to the 
     Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. GRIMM (for himself, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Pascrell, 
             and Mr. Lipinski):
       H. Res. 120. A resolution a resolution commemorating the 
     life and service of Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus, and 
     congratulating Pope Francis on his election as Supreme 
     Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself and Mr. Sires):
       H. Res. 121. A resolution honoring Yoani Sanchez, a 
     courageous blogger and activist for freedom in Cuba; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, 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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