[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 48 (Thursday, April 11, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H1955-H1957]
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 Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Al Green 
             of Texas, and Mr. Cummings):
       H.R. 1483. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Act to provide requirements for appropriate Federal banking 
     agencies when using independent consultants in carrying out a 
     consent order, to grant SIGTARP authority to provide 
     oversight of such consultants, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan:
       H.R. 1484. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to make publicly available on the official 
     Medicare Internet site Medicare payment rates for frequently 
     reimbursed hospital inpatient procedures, hospital outpatient 
     procedures, and physicians' services; 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. LoBIONDO:
       H.R. 1485. A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968 to modify the phase-in increases in flood insurance 
     premium rates for certain properties, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. RAHALL:
       H.R. 1486. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury 
     and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     from devising or implementing a carbon tax; 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. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 1487. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XI of the 
     Social Security Act to establish an exception from the 
     physician self-referral prohibition and a safe harbor from 
     Federal antikickback and other sanctions for incentive 
     payments made by hospitals to physicians under certain 
     incentive payment programs; 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. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Loebsack, Mr. Jones, Mr. Bishop of Utah, and Mr. 
             Barletta):
       H.R. 1488. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide that the waiting period for disability 
     insurance benefits shall not be applicable in the case of a 
     recovering service member; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York (for himself 
             and Mr. Gibson):
       H.R. 1489. A bill to amend the National Dam Safety Program 
     Act to identify and ensure the safety of dams in need of 
     repair and rehabilitation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 1490. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the recording of a patient in a facility of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs without the informed consent 
     of the patient; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
             Farr, Mr. Honda, Ms. Speier, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Ms. Chu, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
             Kilmer, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Heck of Washington, and Ms. 
             DelBene):
       H.R. 1491. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide 
     certain funds to eligible entities for activities undertaken 
     to address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku 
     earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. McDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Farr, Ms. Norton, Mr. Jones, Mr. Rush, Ms. 
             Wilson of Florida, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Sinema, Mr. 
             Enyart, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Lowenthal, 
             Mr. Vargas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lee of California, and 
             Mr. McNerney):
       H.R. 1492. A bill to establish the Commission on America 
     and its Veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. 
             Westmoreland, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Bishop of 
             Utah, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Holding, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. 
             Yoho, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Southerland, Mr. Perry, Mr. 
             Bachus, Mr. Coble, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Graves of 
             Georgia, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. 
             Bentivolio, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. 
             Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Daines, 
             and Mr. Kingston):
       H.R. 1493. A bill to impose certain limitations on consent 
     decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require 
     the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the 
     terms thereof, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GIBSON (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Kuster, 
             Mr. Stivers, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Shea-
             Porter, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Owens, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York, Ms. Meng, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Castro of Texas, 
             Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Walz, Mr. Poe of Texas, and 
             Mr. Courtney):
       H.R. 1494. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to 
     review the operation of certain ships during the Vietnam Era, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, 
     and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, and Mr. Schweikert):
       H.R. 1495. A bill to prohibit the further extension or 
     establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by 
     express authorization of Congress; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRAVES of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Schrader, 
             Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
             Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
             Crawford, Mr. Latta, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
             Southerland, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Valadao, and 
             Mr. Broun of Georgia):
       H.R. 1496. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the proposed 
     order published in the January 19, 2011 Federal Register (76 
     FR 3422) pertaining to the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
             Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Jones, 
             Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. 
             Latta, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             Vargas, Mr. Peters of California, Mr. Issa, and Mr. 
             Kline):
       H.R. 1497. A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the United 
     States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

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           By Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself, Ms. Moore, Ms. Michelle 
             Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Pocan, and Mr. 
             McDermott):
       H.R. 1498. A bill to extend the interest rate for Federal 
     Direct Stafford Loans; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself, Mr. Grimm, and Mr. 
             Crowley):
       H.R. 1499. A bill to ensure that homeowners who have 
     mortgages insured by the FHA, or owned or guaranteed by 
     Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and whose homes are located in 
     major disaster areas are notified of any forbearance relief 
     in connection with such disaster that is offered or 
     recommended by the FHA, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, 
     the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal 
     Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rangel, 
             Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mrs. Negrete McLeod, Ms. Brown of Florida, 
             Mr. Ellison, Mr. O'Rourke, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Delaney, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Vargas, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Nolan, Mr. Vela, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mr. 
             Yoho):
       H.R. 1500. A bill to amend section 9A of the Richard B. 
     Russell National School Lunch Act to require that local 
     school wellness policies include a requirement that students 
     receive 50 hours of school nutrition education per school 
     year; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself, Mr. Crowley, and Mr. 
             Israel):
       H.R. 1501. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
     Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Fort Greene Park, in the New 
     York City borough of Brooklyn, as a unit of the National Park 
     System; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. Renacci, 
             Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mrs. Black, Mr. 
             Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Boustany, and Mr. Schock):
       H.R. 1502. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits 
     and Social Security disability insurance, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself and Mr. Huelskamp):
       H.R. 1503. 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. LANGEVIN (for himself and Mr. Cicilline):
       H.R. 1504. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the 
     Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, 
             Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Bass, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Deutch, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Moran, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. King of New York, Ms. 
             Frankel of Florida, and Mr. Weber of Texas):
       H.R. 1505. A bill to ensure that the courts of the United 
     States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by 
     United States citizens and others against any railroad 
     organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the 
     deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi 
     concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such 
     railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Chu, 
             Mr. Clay, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, Ms. 
             Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Huffman, Mr. 
             Keating, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lewis, Mr. 
             Lowenthal, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Pocan, Mr. Polis, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Rangel, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Speier, 
             Mr. Tierney, Mr. Waxman, and Ms. Wilson of Florida):
       H.R. 1506. A bill to reduce the number of nuclear-armed 
     submarines operated by the Navy, to prohibit the development 
     of a new long-range penetrating bomber aircraft, to reduce 
     the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by 
     the Department of Defense, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Speier, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Fattah, Ms. 
             Moore, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Runyan, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
             Tierney, Mr. Israel, and Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 1507. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to increase diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and 
     related dementias, leading to better care and outcomes for 
     Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related 
     dementias; 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. MARKEY:
       H.R. 1508. A bill to provide for the issuance of an 
     Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Wolf, and 
             Mr. McKinley):
       H.R. 1509. A bill to establish a 5-year demonstration 
     program to provide skills to classroom teachers and staff who 
     work with children with autism spectrum disorders; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER (for himself, Mr. Austin Scott of 
             Georgia, Mr. Goodlatte, and Mr. Williams):
       H.R. 1510. A bill to improve and extend certain nutrition 
     programs; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mrs. NOEM:
       H.R. 1511. A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration 
     Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and 
     restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic 
     events, to redirect for a 5-year-period funding normally made 
     available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment 
     and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. PEARCE:
       H.R. 1512. A bill to prohibit the further extension or 
     establishment of national monuments in New Mexico except by 
     express authorization of Congress; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PERRY (for himself, Mr. Marino, Mr. Barletta, 
             and Mr. Gerlach):
       H.R. 1513. A bill to revise the boundaries of the 
     Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg 
     Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in Cumberland 
     Township, to limit the means by which property within such 
     revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 1514. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to authorize competitive grants to 
     prepare and train school principals on effective core 
     competencies and instructional leadership skills; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SIRES (for himself and Mr. Diaz-Balart):
       H.R. 1515. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to codify the cooperative agreement, known as the Health 
     Technologies program, under which the United States Agency 
     for International Development supports the development of 
     technologies for global health, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. 
             Brown of Florida, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. 
             Michaud, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Sablan, Mr. 
             Kingston, and Mr. Ellison):
       H.R. 1516. A bill to amend title 14, United States Code, to 
     modify the process for congressional nomination of 
     individuals for appointment as cadets at the Coast Guard 
     Academy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 1517. A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus 
     Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
     Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus and 
     a Medicare Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Hospital 
     Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Medicare surplus, to provide 
     for suspension of investment of amounts held in such Accounts 
     until enactment of legislation providing for investment of 
     the Trust Funds in investment vehicles other than obligations 
     of the United States, and to establish a Social Security and 
     Medicare Part A Investment Commission to make recommendations 
     for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security 
     and Medicare surpluses; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Pitts, and Mr. Moran):

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       H.R. 1518. A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to 
     designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen 
     penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of 
     Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Rahall, and Mr. 
             McKinley):
       H. Res. 151. A resolution recognizing the sesquicentennial 
     of West Virginia statehood; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. MICHAUD (for himself and Mr. Harper):
       H. Res. 152. A resolution celebrating the anniversary of 
     the enactment of Public Law 87-788, commonly known as the 
     McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.

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