[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H182-H183]
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. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Ms. McCollum, and Mr. 
             Costa):
       H.R. 3854. A bill to amend the Community Services Block 
     Grant Act to reauthorize and modernize the Act; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Gutieerrez, and Mr. Jordan):
       H.R. 3855. A bill to amend section 1105 of title 31, United 
     States Code, to require that the annual budget submissions of 
     the Presidents include the total dollar amount requested for 
     intelligence or intelligence related activities of each 
     element of the Government engaged in such activities; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.

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           By Mr. FOSTER:
       H.R. 3856. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a 2-year extension of the exclusion from 
     gross income for the discharge of qualified principal 
     residence indebtedness, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GERLACH (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. 
             Tiberi):
       H.R. 3857. A bill to authorize the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate to bring an action seeking declaratory and 
     injunctive relief in response to the failure of the President 
     to meet the requirement of the Constitution to faithfully 
     execute the law, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. KINZINGER of Illinois:
       H.R. 3858. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into 
     contracts with health care providers to improve health care 
     access and care coordination for veterans, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, and Mr. 
             Holt):
       H.R. 3859. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
     adjust minimum bids and annual rentals for oil and gas and 
     tar sands leases to reflect inflation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Gibson, and 
             Mr. Rahall):
       H.R. 3860. A bill to revise the formula for allocating 
     funding to States under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
     Act of 1981; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 Ms. SHEA-PORTER (for herself, Ms. Kuster, and Mr. 
             McNerney):
       H.R. 3861. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the deduction for business start-up 
     expenditures from $5,000 to $10,000; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H. Con. Res. 74. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3547; to the Committee 
     on Appropriations, 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 Ms. MENG:
       H. Res. 457. A resolution recognizing Lunar New Year as a 
     significant cultural holiday and encouraging local education 
     agencies to consider closing school on the Lunar New Year; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 3 of rule XII.

       168. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the House of 
     Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative 
     to House Resolution No. 223 memorializing the Congress to 
     support Congressman Glenn Thompson's efforts to add to the 
     Farm Bill or his efforts to introduce new legislation known 
     as the Forest Products Fairness Act of 2013; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.

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