[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 59 (Thursday, April 10, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H3195-H3197]
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. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. Grayson, and Ms. 
             Jackson Lee):
       H.R. 4445. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 
     to develop and test an expanded and advanced role for direct 
     care workers who provide long-term services and supports to 
     older individuals in efforts to coordinate care and improve 
     the efficiency of service delivery; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Bishop 
             of Georgia, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Meehan, and Mr. Cook):
       H.R. 4446. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to conduct a study on matters relating to the 
     claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. FARENTHOLD (for himself, Mr. DesJarlais, and Mr. 
             Lankford):
       H.R. 4447. A bill to direct the employing authority of any 
     officer or employee of the Federal Government who is in 
     contempt of Congress to not pay compensation to the officer 
     or employee while the officer or employee remains in 
     contempt, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. PITTENGER (for himself, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Denham, 
             Mr. Southerland, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Weber of Texas, and 
             Mr. Huizenga of Michigan):
       H.R. 4448. A bill to direct the President to suspend 
     assistance to foreign countries that fail to use INTERPOL's 
     Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database for purposes of 
     determining accuracy of passports of prospective passengers 
     on commercial flights; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4449. A bill to amend the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 to expand the training for Federal 
     Government personnel related to trafficking in persons, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Heck of 
             Nevada, Mr. Farr, Mr. Webster of Florida, Ms. Titus, 
             Mr. Jolly, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Kinzinger of 
             Illinois, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
             Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Ross, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Peters 
             of California, Mr. Southerland, Mr. Quigley, Mr. 
             DeSantis, Mr. Rush, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Ms. 
             Matsui, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. 
             Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Pierluisi, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. 
             Hahn, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Chu, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. 
             Costa, Mr. Long, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Schock, and 
             Mr. Grimm):
       H.R. 4450. A bill to extend the Travel Promotion Act of 
     2009, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security, 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. CONYERS:
       H.R. 4451. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide for the protection of the general public, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 4452. A bill to establish a corporate crime database, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
     and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, 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. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. Kind):
       H.R. 4453. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent the reduced recognition period for 
     built-in gains of S corporations; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. Kind):
       H.R. 4454. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent certain rules regarding basis 
     adjustments to stock of S corporations making charitable 
     contributions of property; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. Rangel, and Ms. Jackson 
             Lee):
       H.R. 4455. A bill to require Federal agencies to 
     collaborate in the development of freely available open 
     source educational materials in college-level physics, 
     chemistry, and math, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Science, Space, and Technology, 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 Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Costa, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Huffman, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, and Mr. Waxman):
       H.R. 4456. A bill to determine the feasibility of 
     additional agreements for long-term use of existing or 
     expanded non-Federal storage and conveyance facilities to 
     augment Federal water supply, ecosystem, and operational 
     flexibility benefits in certain areas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TIBERI (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Young of 
             Indiana, Mr. Neal, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
             Illinois, and Mr. Schock):
       H.R. 4457. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McCARTHY of California:
       H.R. 4458. A bill to make permanent the withdrawal and 
     reservation of public land previously withdrawn and reserved 
     to support the operations of Naval Air Weapons Station China 
     Lake, California, and to provide for the withdrawal and 
     reservation of additional public land; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Gutieerrez, Mr. Honda, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jeffries, 
             Ms. Lee of California, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Richmond, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Serrano):
       H.R. 4459. A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of 
     persons who have been released from incarceration; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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           By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Peters of 
             California, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Lofgren, 
             Ms. Meng, and Mr. Moran):
       H.R. 4460. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to repeal the sunset of the special immigrant nonminister 
     religious worker program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 4461. A bill to authorize the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration to establish a Climate Change 
     Education Program; 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 Mrs. BEATTY (for herself, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Hinojosa, 
             Ms. Waters, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Clay, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Fudge, Mr. 
             Gutieerrez, Ms. Linda T. Saanchez of California, Mr. 
             Caardenas, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
             Heck of Washington, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. 
             Lee of California, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and 
             Mr. Johnson of Georgia):
       H.R. 4462. A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development to discount FHA single-family mortgage 
     insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who 
     complete a financial literacy housing counseling program; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 4463. A bill to amend the Consumer Financial 
     Protection Act of 2010 to regulate tax return preparers and 
     refund anticipation payment arrangements, 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. BOUSTANY (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Schock, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
             Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Young of Indiana, Mr. 
             Matheson, and Mr. Crowley):
       H.R. 4464. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent the look-through treatment of payments 
     between related controlled foreign corporations; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BYRNE:
       H.R. 4465. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to repeal the requirement to 
     establish catch limits for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper 
     fishery; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. Meeks):
       H.R. 4466. A bill to require certain financial regulators 
     to determine whether new regulations or orders are 
     duplicative or inconsistent with existing Federal 
     regulations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, 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. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 4467. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide for visas for certain advanced STEM graduates, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself and Mr. Hunter):
       H.R. 4468. A bill to require career and technical education 
     for maritime careers; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. CASTRO of Texas:
       H.R. 4469. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend certain expiring provisions for 1 year; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COHEN (for himself and Mr. Scott of Virginia):
       H.R. 4470. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of the Treasury to regulate tax return 
     preparers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COHEN (for himself, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. 
             Tsongas, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Wilson of Florida):
       H.R. 4471. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the tax incentives for empowerment zones and 
     renewal communities; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FATTAH:
       H.R. 4472. A bill to provide for the establishment of a 
     grant program to support United States-Israeli cooperation 
     for neuroscience-related research, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
             Enyart, and Mr. Caardenas):
       H.R. 4473. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow small employers a credit against income tax for 
     the cost of on-the-job training expenses, to make the 
     research credit permanent, and to increase the simplified 
     research credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. Deutch, and Mr. 
             McCaul):
       H.R. 4474. A bill to remove the Kurdistan Democratic Party 
     and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan from treatment as 
     terrorist organizations and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia (for himself and Mr. 
             Hanna):
       H.R. 4475. A bill to allow the manufacture, importation, 
     distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and devices 
     intended for use by terminally ill patients who execute an 
     informed consent document, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 4476. A bill to require ingredient labeling of certain 
     consumer cleaning products, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 4477. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to make grants for engineering, final design, 
     and construction of the Altamont Corridor Rail Project, 
     California, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 4478. A bill to require that any new contract to 
     provide project-based rental assistance under section 8 of 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937 have a term of 40 
     years, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 4479. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a renter's credit; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. RICHMOND (for himself, Mr. Al Green of Texas, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. 
             Lee of California, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Danny K. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
             Payne, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. 
             Wilson of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Meeks, Ms. 
             Moore, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
             Jackson Lee, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Beatty, 
             Ms. Bass, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Fudge, Ms. 
             Waters, Mr. Clay, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Bishop 
             of Georgia, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, and Ms. Clarke of 
             New York):
       H.R. 4480. A bill to amend adverse credit history 
     determinations for purposes of Federal Direct PLUS Loan 
     eligibility; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4481. A bill to amend the Head Start Act to authorize 
     block grants to States for prekindergarten education; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4482. A bill to prohibit any appropriation of funds 
     for the Science and Technology account of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency; to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology.
           By Ms. SHEA-PORTER (for herself, Mr. Holt, Mr. Massie, 
             and Ms. Kuster):
       H.R. 4483. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide for the eligibility of certain additional 
     programs for the National Science Foundation competitive 
     grant program for K-12 math, science, engineering, and 
     technology education, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Science, Space, and Technology, 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. SINEMA (for herself, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Barber, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, and Mr. Murphy of Florida):
       H.R. 4484. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide improvements for Medicare Advantage 
     special needs plans, and for other purposes; 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. TURNER (for himself and Ms. Tsongas):
       H.R. 4485. A bill to provide for additional enhancements to 
     the sexual assault prevention and response activities of the 
     Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. LARSON of Connecticut:
       H.J. Res. 114. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States concerning the election 
     of the Members of the House of Representatives; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TERRY:
       H. Con. Res. 97. Concurrent resolution recognizing 
     caregiving as a profession and the need for increased 
     educational opportunities for both paid and family 
     caregivers; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Ms. Chu, Mr. Valadao, 
             Mr. Crowley, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Titus, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Ms. Speier, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Bera of 
             California):
       H. Res. 550. A resolution honoring the Sikh American 
     community's celebration of

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     Vaisakhi; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. 
             Vargas, Ms. Bass, Mr. Swalwell of California, and Mr. 
             Lewis):
       H. Res. 551. A resolution supporting the mission and goals 
     of 2014 National Crime Victims' Rights Week, which include 
     increasing public awareness of the rights, needs, and 
     concerns of, and services available to assist, victims of 
     crime in the United States; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Grimm, Mr. 
             Higgins, Mr. Israel, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New 
             York, Ms. Meng, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Owens, and Mr. 
             Rangel):
       H. Res. 552. A resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary 
     of the 1964 World's Fair in Queens, New York; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H. Res. 553. A resolution recognizing Linemen, the 
     profession of Linemen, and the contributions of these brave 
     men and women to protect public safety, and expressing 
     support of designation of April 18, 2014, as National Lineman 
     Appreciation Day; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. HAHN:
       H. Res. 554. A resolution recognizing the alarming 
     mortality rate of African-American breast cancer patients; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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