[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H2653-H2654]
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. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Holt, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Jackson Lee, 
             Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Polis, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
             Lewis, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York, and Ms. Wilson of Florida):
       H.R. 1981. A bill to require certain standards and 
     enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in 
     residential programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. Thompson of 
             California):
       H.R. 1982. A bill to amend section 1862 of the Social 
     Security Act with respect to the application of Medicare 
     secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement 
     agreements and Medicare set-asides under such agreements; 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. ROYCE (for himself and Ms. Bass):
       H.R. 1983. A bill to amend the Food for Peace Act to reform 
     the food assistance programs under that Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and 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. LANCE (for himself and Mrs. Christensen):
       H.R. 1984. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients 
     anticipating surgery, especially patients who are members of 
     racial and ethnic minority groups, regarding the availability 
     and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other 
     options; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LANCE (for himself, Mr. Dent, Mr. Duncan of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Grimm, Mr. 
             Hanna, Mr. Harris, Mr. Jones, Mr. Runyan, Mr. Smith 
             of New Jersey, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, and Mr. King of New York):
       H.R. 1985. A bill to amend the National Oilheat Research 
     Alliance Act of 2000 to reauthorize and improve that Act, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. Fortenberry, Mrs. 
             Hartzler, and Ms. Speier):
       H.R. 1986. A bill to provide for the assignment of Sexual 
     Assault Nurse Examiners-Adult/Adolescent to brigades and 
     equivalent units of the Armed Forces; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 1987. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase the amount of benefits payable for the burial and 
     funeral expenses of certain veterans; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. Connolly):
       H.R. 1988. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide authority for certain members of the Armed Forces to 
     transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to 
     their dependents; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       H.R. 1989. A bill to require the Forest Service to 
     accommodate, to the extent consistent with the management 
     objectives and limitations applicable to the National Forest 
     System lands at issue, individuals with mobility disabilities 
     who need to use a power-driven mobility device for reasonable 
     access to such lands; 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. PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 1990. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury 
     from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
     and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 1991. A bill to require the Secretary of Education to 
     verify that individuals have made a commitment to serve in 
     the Armed Forces or in public service, or otherwise are a 
     borrower on an eligible loan which has been submitted to a 
     guaranty agency for default aversion or is already in 
     default, before such individuals obtain a consolidation loan 
     for purposes specified under section 455(o) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Schneider, 
             Mr. Royce, and Ms. Gabbard):
       H.R. 1992. A bill to amend the requirements relating to 
     assessment of Israel's qualitative military edge over 
     military threats, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. FORBES:
       H.R. 1993. A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service 
     from hiring new employees

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     to enforce the Federal Government's invasion into the health 
     care lives of American citizens; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. HARPER:
       H.R. 1994. A bill to terminate the Election Assistance 
     Commission; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. Petri, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
             McGovern, and Mr. Cooper):
       H.R. 1995. A bill to reform the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
     and reduce Federal spending on crop insurance; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mrs. Carolyn B. 
             Maloney of New York, Mr. Runyan, Mr. Petri, Mr. Young 
             of Florida, and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 1996. A bill to provide for free mailing privileges 
     for personal correspondence and parcels sent to members of 
     the Armed Forces serving on active duty in Iraq or 
     Afghanistan; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. McKEON (for himself and Mr. Peters of 
             California):
       H.R. 1997. A bill to allow investor participation in the 
     loan rehabilitation program authorized under section 203(k) 
     of the National Housing Act; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. McKEON (for himself and Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California):
       H.R. 1998. A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
     to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety 
     Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. MURPHY of Florida (for himself, Mr. Joyce, Mr. 
             Peters of California, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, and 
             Ms. Sinema):
       H.R. 1999. A bill to reduce waste and implement cost 
     savings and revenue enhancement for the Federal Government; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture, 
     Energy and Commerce, and 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. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Young of 
             Alaska, Mr. Serrano, Mr. King of New York, Mr. George 
             Miller of California, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Norton, Ms. Brown of 
             Florida, Mr. Mica, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. Kind, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Castor of 
             Florida, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Schock, Mr. Sablan, Mr. 
             Deutch, Mr. Polis, Mr. Grayson, Ms. Wilson of 
             Florida, Mr. Garcia, and Ms. Shea-Porter):
       H.R. 2000. A bill to set forth the process for Puerto Rico 
     to be admitted as a State of the Union; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Lee of California, 
             Mr. Rahall, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. McCaul, Mr. 
             Westmoreland, Mr. Perry, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Capps, Ms. 
             Chu, Ms. Norton, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Walz, Mr. Cooper, Mr. 
             Nunnelee, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Gary 
             G. Miller of California, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Pocan, and Mr. Roe of Tennessee):
       H.R. 2001. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the ability of health care professionals to treat 
     veterans via telemedicine; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself, Ms. Granger, Ms. 
             McCollum, Ms. Kuster, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Cole, and Mr. Crenshaw):
       H.R. 2002. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     enhance assistance for victims of sexual assault committed by 
     members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself and Mrs. Lowey):
       H.R. 2003. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to require the label of drugs intended for human 
     use to contain a parenthetical statement identifying the 
     source of any ingredient constituting or derived from a grain 
     or starch-containing ingredient; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. SIMPSON (for himself and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 2004. A bill to expand geothermal production, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TIERNEY (for himself, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cummings, 
             Mr. Farr, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Keating, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. 
             Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Speier, and 
             Ms. Tsongas):
       H.R. 2005. A bill to provide for the development and use of 
     technology for personalized handguns, to require that, within 
     3 years, all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported 
     into, the United States incorporate such technology, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. WALBERG (for himself and Mr. Kildee):
       H.R. 2006. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand access to Coverdell education savings 
     accounts; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 2007. A bill to eliminate the limitation on the period 
     for which borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance 
     under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 2008. A bill to prohibit United States assistance for 
     Afghanistan unless the United States and Afghanistan enter 
     into a bilateral agreement which provides that work performed 
     in Afghanistan by United States contractors is exempt from 
     taxation by the Government of Afghanistan; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, 
             Mr. Hall, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
             Stockman, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. 
             Stewart):
       H. Res. 214. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that extensive scientific and technical 
     studies and analyses by the Department of State and other 
     Federal agencies have affirmed that the proposed Keystone XL 
     pipeline is an environmentally sound project; to the 
     Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
           By Mr. BENTIVOLIO:
       H. Res. 217. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the Federal, State, and local police 
     officers who have fallen while fulfilling their duty both in 
     Michigan and the United States should be honored for their 
     sacrifice and commitment to preserving law and order; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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