[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 49 (Thursday, March 27, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H2743-H2745]
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. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself, Mrs. 
             Lummis, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Collins 
             of Georgia, Mr. Harris, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. 
             Lankford, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
             Southerland, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
             Valadao):
       H.R. 4315. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for 
     determinations that species are endangered species or 
     threatened species, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. 
             Collins of Georgia, Mr. Harris, Mr. Huizenga of 
             Michigan, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. 
             Neugebauer, Mr. Southerland, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, and Mr. Valadao):
       H.R. 4316. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to improve the disclosure of certain expenditures under 
     that Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER (for himself, Mr. Hastings of 
             Washington, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Bishop of 
             Utah, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Harris, Mr. 
             Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Luetkemeyer, 
             Mr. Southerland, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, and 
             Mr. Valadao):
       H.R. 4317. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to require disclosure to States of the basis of 
     determinations under such Act, to ensure use of information 
     provided by State, tribal, and county governments in 
     decisionmaking under such Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Hastings 
             of Washington, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Bishop of 
             Utah, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Harris, Mr. 
             Lankford, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
             Southerland, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
             Valadao):
       H.R. 4318. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to conform citizen suits under that Act with other 
     existing law, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources, 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. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Griffin 
             of Arkansas, and Mr. Womack):
       H.R. 4319. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to publish and 
     make available for public comment a draft economic analysis 
     at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is 
     published; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KLINE (for himself, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Wilson of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Marchant, 
             Mr. Hunter, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Salmon, Mr. 
             DesJarlais, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Gowdy, Mrs. 
             Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Messer, Mr. 
             Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Ribble, and Mr. Schweikert):
       H.R. 4320. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     with respect to the timing of elections and pre-election 
     hearings and the identification of pre-election issues; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ROE of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Kline, Mr. 
             McKeon, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Price of 
             Georgia, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Salmon, Mr. 
             DesJarlais, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Gowdy, Mrs. 
             Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Messer, Mr. 
             Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Ribble, and Mr. Schweikert):
       H.R. 4321. A bill to amend the National labor Relations Act 
     to require that lists of employees eligible to vote in 
     organizing elections be provided to the National Labor 
     Relations Board; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. McKINLEY (for himself and Mr. Rush):
       H.R. 4322. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to 
     provide for the payment to affected producers and their 
     employees of duties that are collected pursuant to 
     countervailing and antidumping duty orders, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Ms. Bass, Mr. 
             Sensenbrenner, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia):
       H.R. 4323. A bill to reauthorize programs authorized under 
     the Debbie Smith Act of 2004, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. Nugent, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Mr. Cole, Mrs. Lummis, and Mr. Enyart):
       H.R. 4324. A bill to require adequate information regarding 
     the tax treatment of payments under settlement agreements 
     entered into by Federal agencies, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 Ms. ESTY (for herself, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mrs. 
             Bustos, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Ruiz, and Ms. Schakowsky):
       H.R. 4325. A bill to prohibit the marketing of electronic 
     cigarettes to children, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4326. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a refundable credit against income tax to 
     assist individuals with high residential energy costs; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York (for himself 
             and Mr. Gibson):
       H.R. 4327. A bill to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission from issuing certain decisions that will raise 
     costs for ratepayers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. COLE (for himself, Ms. McCollum, and Mr. Young 
             of Alaska):
       H.R. 4328. A bill to establish a program to award contracts 
     to certain tribal organizations, Indian corporations, public 
     school districts, and States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. PEARCE (for himself and Mr. Cole):
       H.R. 4329. A bill to reauthorize the Native American 
     Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. 
             Vargas, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Vela, Mr. Neugebauer, and Mr. 
             Gallego):
       H.R. 4330. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     ensure that the treatment

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     of illiquid swaps does not disadvantage certain non-financial 
     end users who use them to manage business risk; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. BARROW of Georgia:
       H.R. 4331. A bill to require a 50 percent reduction in the 
     number of limousines in the Federal fleet; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tipton, 
             Mr. Long, and Mr. Coffman):
       H.R. 4332. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to increase the dollar limitation on the de minimis safe 
     harbor from treatment as a capital expenditure for taxpayers 
     without applicable financial statements; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Ms. JENKINS (for herself, Mr. Kind, and Mr. Young of 
             Indiana):
       H.R. 4333. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to improve 529 plans; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico (for 
             herself and Mr. Cartwright):
       H.R. 4334. A bill to allow homeowners facing foreclosure to 
     avoid deficiency judgments, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MAFFEI:
       H.R. 4335. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive 
     certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran, to 
     ensure that substituted claims are processed timely, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. MICHAUD (for himself and Mr. Ribble):
       H.R. 4336. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, 
     with respect to the highway safety improvement program, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4337. A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the 
     Library to accept a statue depicting Pierre L'Enfant from the 
     District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display 
     of the statue in the United States Capitol; to the Committee 
     on House Administration.
           By Mr. RANGEL (for himself and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 4338. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     require gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, 
     rehabilitation, and replacement of high-risk pipelines used 
     in commerce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. RANGEL (for himself and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 4339. A bill to establish State revolving loan funds 
     to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. ROKITA:
       H.R. 4340. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, 
     with respect to passenger motor vehicle crash avoidance 
     information, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mrs. Capps, and Mr. 
             Deutch):
       H.R. 4341. A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to 
     submit to Congress a report on the use, in advertising and 
     other media for the promotion of commercial products, of 
     images that have been altered to materially change the 
     physical characteristics of the faces and bodies of the 
     individuals depicted; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. Rokita, Mrs. Ellmers, 
             Mr. Latta, Mr. Barton, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       H.R. 4342. A bill to prohibit the National 
     Telecommunications and Information Administration from 
     relinquishing responsibility over the Internet domain name 
     system until the Comptroller General of United States submits 
     to Congress a report on the role of the NTIA with respect to 
     such system; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4343. A bill to end the unconstitutional delegation of 
     legislative power which was exclusively vested in the Senate 
     and House of Representatives by Article I, Section 1 of the 
     United States Constitution, and to direct the Comptroller 
     General of the United States to issue a report to Congress 
     detailing the extent of the problem of unconstitutional 
     delegation to the end that such delegations can be phased 
     out, thereby restoring the constitutional principle of 
     separation of powers set forth in the first sections of the 
     United States Constitution; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. TITUS (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Pingree of 
             Maine, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Brownley 
             of California, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Lowenthal, 
             Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. O'Rourke, and Ms. 
             Jackson Lee):
       H.R. 4344. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish a presumption of service connection for mental 
     health conditions related to military sexual trauma; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 4345. A bill to reauthorize the weatherization and 
     State energy programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Rangel, 
             Mr. McKeon, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Shimkus, 
             Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Guthrie, Mrs. Miller of 
             Michigan, Mr. Mica, and Mr. Diaz-Balart):
       H.R. 4346. A bill to encourage continued enlargement of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. Barber, Ms. Bass, Mrs. 
             Beatty, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Heck of 
             Washington, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Ms. 
             Brownley of California, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Carney, Mr. 
             Cartwright, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Chu, Mr. 
             Cicilline, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
             Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delaney, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Deutch, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Edwards, Mr. 
             Ellison, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Ms. Frankel of Florida, 
             Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hahn, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Mr. 
             Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Israel, 
             Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
             Kind, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, 
             Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New 
             Mexico, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Michaud, 
             Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Nolan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Peters of California, Ms. 
             Pingree of Maine, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
             Ruppersberger, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, 
             Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott 
             of Virginia, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sires, 
             Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Swalwell 
             of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of 
             California, Mr. Tierney, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. 
             Waxman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Peterson, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of 
             New York, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Richmond, 
             Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Peters of 
             Michigan, Mrs. Negrete McLeod, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Ryan 
             of Ohio, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, and 
             Ms. Matsui):
       H.J. Res. 113. A joint resolution removing the deadline for 
     the ratification of the equal rights amendment; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LOEBSACK (for himself, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. Vela, 
             Mr. Joyce, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Pocan, 
             Mr. Rahall, Mr. Conyers, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Brown of 
             Florida, Mr. Enyart, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. McCollum, 
             Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Deutch, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Cardenas, Mrs. Negrete McLeod, Ms. 
             Bonamici, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mr. Reed, Mr. Latta, Mr. Wolf, and Mr. 
             Shimkus):
       H. Res. 526. A resolution recognizing the important work of 
     the Meals On Wheels Association of America and its member 
     programs throughout the country in addressing senior hunger 
     and improving the quality of life for millions of our 
     nation's seniors each year; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Honda, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
             Hahn, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Lee of California, 
             Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. 
             McCollum, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, 
             and Mr. Vela):
       H. Res. 527. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of National Public Health Week; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. BACHUS (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Higgins, 
             Mr. Honda, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Capito, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, and Mr. 
             Byrne):
       H. Res. 528. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of March 2014 as ``National Multiple Myeloma 
     Awareness Month''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. CARDENAS (for himself, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Sires, 
             Mr. Vargas, Mr. Honda, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Pastor of Arizona,

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             Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Garcia, Ms. 
             Lee of California, Mr. Veasey, Mrs. Negrete McLeod, 
             Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Speier, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Moore, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of 
             New Mexico, Mr. Farr, Mr. Takano, and Mr. Horsford):
       H. Res. 529. A resolution recognizing March 31 as Cesar 
     Chavez Day in honor of the accomplishments and legacy of 
     Cesar Estrada Chavez; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.

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