[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 29 (Friday, February 20, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1084]
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                      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. POLIS (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Pocan, 
             Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cohen, 
             Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Ms. Pingree, and Ms. Lee):
       H.R. 1013. A bill to decriminalize marijuana at the Federal 
     level, to leave to the States a power to regulate marijuana 
     that is similar to the power they have to regulate alcohol, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 
     Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and 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. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. Polis, Mr. Swalwell 
             of California, Ms. Lee, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Cohen, Ms. 
             Norton, and Ms. Pingree):
       H.R. 1014. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for the taxation of marijuana, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HUELSKAMP:
       H.R. 1015. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the oversight of contracts awarded by the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs to small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1016. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adopt and 
     implement a standard identification protocol for use in the 
     tracking and procurement of biological implants by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. WALORSKI:
       H.R. 1017. A bill to improve the information security of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs by directing the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain actions to improve 
     the transparency and the governance of the information 
     security program of the Department, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina (for herself, Mr. 
             Butterfield, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       H.R. 1018. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide coverage of certain disposable 
     medical technologies under the Medicare program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. ROSKAM (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Holding, Ms. Bordallo, 
             Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Takano, Ms. Meng, Mr. 
             Lowenthal, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Cole, Mr. Honda, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Himes, 
             Mr. Royce, and Mr. Smith of Washington):
       H.R. 1019. A bill to provide high-skilled visas for 
     nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Ms. Esty, Mrs. 
             Comstock, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Hultgren, 
             Mr. Bucshon, and Mr. Collins of New York):
       H.R. 1020. A bill to define STEM education to include 
     computer science, and to support existing STEM education 
     programs at the National Science Foundation; to the Committee 
     on Science, Space, and Technology.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. Collins of New York, 
             Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Tonko, Mr. 
             Pocan, Mr. Caardenas, Mr. McKinley, Ms. Esty, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Rush, Mr. Peters, Mr. Honda, Ms. 
             Bordallo, and Mr. Garamendi):
       H. Res. 119. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of Engineers Week; 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.

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