[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 138 (Thursday, September 24, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H6226-H6227]
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. BISHOP of Michigan (for himself and Mr. Pocan):
       H.R. 3594. A bill to extend temporarily the Federal Perkins 
     Loan program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.

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           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 3595. A bill to extend the authorization to carry out 
     the replacement of the existing medical center of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs in Denver, Colorado, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 3596. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend certain expiring provisions of law administered by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Armed Services, and the Budget, 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. ADERHOLT (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Duffy, 
             Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Harris, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Palmer, 
             Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mrs. 
             Roby, and Mr. Byrne):
       H.R. 3597. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to allow States to determine if providers are qualified 
     under Medicaid State plans to perform services; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BARLETTA (for himself and Mr. King of New York):
       H.R. 3598. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to enhance the partnership between the Department of 
     Homeland Security and the National Network of Fusion Centers, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security.
           By Mr. FLEISCHMANN:
       H.R. 3599. A bill to take certain Federal lands in 
     Tennessee into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of 
     Cherokee Indians, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HOLDING (for himself and Mr. Roskam):
       H.R. 3600. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     limit the instances in which official time may be granted to 
     employees of the Internal Revenue Service, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself and Mr. Cicilline):
       H.R. 3601. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7715 Post Road, North 
     Kingstown, Rhode Island, as the ``Melvoid J. Benson Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico (for himself, Ms. 
             Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Polis, Mr. 
             Perlmutter, and Ms. DeGette):
       H.R. 3602. A bill to provide compensation to injured 
     persons relating to the Gold King Mine spill, to amend the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980 to address mining-related issues, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary, and 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 Mrs. NOEM:
       H.R. 3603. A bill to grant a Federal charter to the 
     National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 3604. A bill to establish a grant program to assist 
     States to establish or expand universal prekindergarten in 
     public schools and public charter schools; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 3605. A bill to establish humane practices for the 
     repatriation of aliens at the border, establish effective 
     standards for the treatment of certain aliens in the custody 
     of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 3606. A bill to provide for enhanced protections for 
     vulnerable unaccompanied alien children and female detainees; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and 
     Appropriations, 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. SABLAN (for himself, Ms. Bordallo, and Ms. 
             Plaskett):
       H.R. 3607. A bill to increase from 10 to 15 years the term 
     of office of the judges of the district courts of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin 
     Islands, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. TIBERI (for himself, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Kelly of 
             Pennsylvania, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Wenstrup, 
             and Mr. Pompeo):
       H.R. 3608. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 exempt amounts paid for aircraft management services 
     from the excise taxes imposed on transportation by air; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. WESTERMAN:
       H.R. 3609. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to modify requirements for payment under the 
     Medicare program for ambulance services furnished by critical 
     access hospitals, 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. KATKO:
       H. Res. 434. A resolution providing for the concurrence by 
     the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 719, with an 
     amendment; considered and agreed to. considered and agreed 
     to.
           By Ms. GABBARD (for herself and Mr. Hunter):
       H. Res. 435. A resolution recognizing the persecution of 
     religious and ethnic minorities, especially Christians and 
     Yezidis, by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also 
     known as Daesh, and calling for the immediate prioritization 
     of accepting refugees from such communities; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Judy 
             Chu of California, Mr. Costa, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Hahn, 
             Mr. Honda, Mr. Huffman, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Takano, Ms. Tsongas, and 
             Mr. Welch):
       H. Res. 436. A resolution honoring the victims of the 
     Cambodian genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 
     1979; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. PAULSEN (for himself and Mr. Cohen):
       H. Res. 437. A resolution designating September 2015 as 
     ``Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month``; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Foster, Mr. Ellison, and Mr. Pocan):
       H. Res. 438. A resolution supporting the designation of a 
     week as National Federal Nurse Recognition Week; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H. Res. 439. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of October 2, 2015, as ``World MRSA Day''; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. TROTT (for himself, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
             Fortenberry, Mr. Dold, Mr. Benishek, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mr. Vargas, and Mr. Denham):
       H. Res. 440. A resolution calling for urgent international 
     action on behalf of Iraqi and Syrian civilians facing a dire 
     humanitarian crisis and severe persecution because of their 
     faith or ethnicity in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq and 
     Khabor, Kobane, and Aleppo regions of Syria; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs.

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