[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 150 (Wednesday, December 10, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H9043-H9044]
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. CAMP:
       H.R. 1. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for comprehensive tax reform; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROYCE (for himself and Mr. Camp):
       H.R. 5825. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prevent foreign diplomats from being eligible to 
     receive health insurance premium tax credits and health 
     insurance cost-sharing reductions, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 5826. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to reauthorize the sewer overflow control grants 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.

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           By Mr. McCAUL (for himself, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Poe of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 5827. A bill to exclude ``Choose and Cut'' Christmas 
     tree producers from the Christmas tree promotion, research, 
     and information order; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself and Mr. Ellison):
       H.R. 5828. A bill to provide for USA Retirement Funds, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, 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. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 5829. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an exception for certain public-private 
     research arrangements from the business use test for purposes 
     of determining private activity bonds; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Ellison, 
             Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Grayson, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rangel, 
             Mr. Cummings, Mr. Clay, Ms. Lee of California, and 
             Mr. Conyers):
       H.R. 5830. A bill to provide that in the case of a law 
     enforcement officer who uses deadly force against a person, 
     and thereby causes the death of that person, a hearing shall 
     be conducted before a judge to determine whether there is 
     probable cause for the State to bring criminal charges 
     against the law enforcement officer relating to the death of 
     the person, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Clay):
       H.R. 5831. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide a penalty for violent crimes by certain State or 
     local law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Walz, 
             Mr. Rangel, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Rush, 
             Mr. Marino, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Kelly of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Wilson of South 
             Carolina, and Mr. Perry):
       H.R. 5832. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     modify the enhanced selective discharge authority currently 
     available to the Secretary of a military department to permit 
     a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces who was appointed 
     from the enlisted ranks and has at least 20 years of service, 
     at least four years of which has been commissioned service, 
     to retire in the officer's commissioned rank; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CAMP (for himself and Mr. Levin):
       H.R. 5833. A bill to require upon request a probable cause 
     hearing in connection with property seizures relating to 
     certain monetary instruments transactions; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mr. FOSTER (for himself and Mr. Cardenas):
       H.R. 5834. A bill to include reasonable costs for high-
     speed Internet service in the utility allowances for families 
     residing in public housing, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 5835. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act with respect 
     to making progress toward the goal of eliminating 
     tuberculosis, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself and Mr. Jones):
       H.R. 5836. A bill to assist in the conservation of rare 
     felids and rare canids by supporting and providing financial 
     resources for the conservation programs of nations within the 
     range of rare felid and rare canid populations and projects 
     of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of 
     rare felid and rare canid populations; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 5837. A bill to provide for the establishment of a 
     global affairs strategy and assistance for people of African 
     descent, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Thompson 
             of Mississippi, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Nadler):
       H.R. 5838. A bill to require non-Federal prisons and 
     detention facilities holding Federal prisoners under a 
     contract with the Federal Government to make available to the 
     public the same information pertaining to facility operations 
     and to prisoners held in such facilities that Federal prisons 
     and detention facilities are required to make available; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5839. A bill to amend title II of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Federal ``Grow 
     Your Own Teacher'' program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. Rangel, and Mrs. 
             Capps):
       H.R. 5840. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make 
     grants to eligible entities to train elementary and secondary 
     school nurses on how to respond to a biological or chemical 
     attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a school 
     building or on school grounds; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5841. A bill to establish a grant program to provide 
     States with funds to detect fraud, waste, and abuse in the 
     State Medicaid programs under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act and to recover improper payments resulting from 
     such fraud, waste, and abuse; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5842. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to 
     establish a competitive grant program for community colleges 
     to train veterans for local jobs; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Ms. Clark of 
             Massachusetts, and Ms. Shea-Porter):
       H.R. 5843. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to 
     create protected credit reports for minors and protect the 
     credit of minors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. POCAN (for himself and Ms. Schakowsky):
       H.R. 5844. A bill to ban hydraulic fracturing on land owned 
     by the United States and leased to a third party, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Bass, Mr. Marino, and 
             Mr. Joyce):
       H.R. 5845. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to 
     award grants to address the national epidemics of 
     prescription opioid abuse and heroin use; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
     and Commerce, and 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. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 5846. A bill to amend the International Religious 
     Freedom Act of 1998 to improve the ability of the United 
     States to protect religious freedom globally through enhanced 
     diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance 
     efforts, and through stronger and more timely and flexible 
     political responses to religious freedom violations 
     worldwide, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Financial Services, and 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. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 5847. A bill to abolish civil asset forfeiture to the 
     Federal Government; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.J. Res. 130. A joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H. Con. Res. 122. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     correction in the enrollment of H.R. 83; 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 Mr. McKEON:
       H. Con. Res. 123. Concurrent resolution directing the Clerk 
     of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the 
     enrollment of the bill H.R. 3979; considered and agreed to. 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. CRENSHAW:
       H. Con. Res. 124. Concurrent resolution providing for a 
     correction in the enrollment of H.R. 5771; considered and 
     agreed to. considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Carson of Indiana, 
             Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Esty, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Honda, Ms. 
             Jackson Lee, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, 
             Mr. McNerney, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Peters of 
             California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Sherman, and Ms. Speier):
       H. Res. 777. A resolution recognizing the 66th anniversary 
     of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 
     celebration of ``Human Rights Day``; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. Cooper, Ms. 
             Duckworth, and Mr. Roe of Tennessee):
       H. Res. 778. A resolution supporting the designation of a 
     week as National Federal Nurse Recognition Week; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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