[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 148 (Thursday, October 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H6935-H6936]
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. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, 
             Ms. Moore, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. McDermott, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New 
             Mexico, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. 
             Norcross, and Mr. Moulton):
       H.R. 3708. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for an 
     increase in the discretionary spending limit for fiscal year 
     2016, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Budget, 
     and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. POLIQUIN (for himself and Mrs. Kirkpatrick):
       H.R. 3709. A bill to make permanent the pilot program 
     administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding 
     enhanced contract care authority for the health care needs of 
     veterans located in highly rural areas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LaMALFA (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Lucas, Mr. 
             Denham, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Rooney of 
             Florida, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Rouzer, 
             Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina, and Mr. Yoho):
       H.R. 3710. A bill to amend the Plant Protection Act with 
     respect to authorized uses of methyl bromide, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. VARGAS:
       H.R. 3711. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Interior to 
     conduct a special resource study of Chicano Park, located in 
     San Diego, California, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             Honda, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Bordallo, Mrs. 
             Watson Coleman, Mr. Grijalva, and Ms. Norton):
       H.R. 3712. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to improve access to mental health services 
     under the Medicare program; 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. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Jackson 
             Lee, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Ms. Judy 
             Chu of California, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
             Chaffetz, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. 
             Deutch, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Ms. DelBene, 
             Mr. Trott, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Rooney of Florida, and 
             Mr. Pierluisi):
       H.R. 3713. A bill to reform sentencing laws, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. BOST (for himself, Ms. Meng, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
             Curbelo of Florida, and Mr. Rooney of Florida):
       H.R. 3714. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to allow 
     the Small Business Administration to establish size standards 
     for small agricultural enterprises using the same process for 
     establishing size standards for small business concerns, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Ms. BROWN of Florida:
       H.R. 3715. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit 
     interments, funerals, memorial services, and ceremonies of 
     deceased veterans at national cemeteries and State cemeteries 
     receiving grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     during certain weekends if requested for religious reasons; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BUCSHON (for himself, Mr. Welch, and Mr. 
             Butterfield):
       H.R. 3716. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to require States to provide to the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services certain information with respect to 
     provider terminations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. FATTAH:
       H.R. 3717. A bill to provide for the establishment of a 
     grant program to support United States-Israel cooperation for 
     neuroscience-related research and related technological 
     innovation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. ROSKAM (for himself and Mr. Carney):
       H.R. 3718. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in the 
     Medicare and Medicaid programs; 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. GUINTA (for himself and Ms. Kuster):
       H.R. 3719. A bill to provide for the comprehensive approach 
     to eradication of the heroin epidemic, to develop the best 
     practices in law enforcement and prescription medication 
     prescribing practices, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, 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. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mrs. 
             Kirkpatrick, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Tsongas, 
             Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Honda, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Bordallo, 
             Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. 
             Matsui, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, 
             Mr. Peters, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Perlmutter, and Mrs. 
             Torres):
       H.R. 3720. A bill to encourage water efficiency; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Armed 
     Services, and 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. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. Polis, and Mr. 
             Grijalva):
       H.R. 3721. A bill to expand the use of open textbooks in 
     order to achieve savings for students; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. McSALLY (for herself, Mr. Ashford, Mr. Cuellar, 
             Mr. Peterson, Mr. McCaul, Mrs. Mimi Walters of 
             California, Mr. Walz, and Mr. Curbelo of Florida):
       H.R. 3722. A bill to strengthen our mental health system 
     and improve public safety; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and 
     Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Appropriations, and Armed 
     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. NADLER (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Quigley, 
             and Mr. Poe of Texas):
       H.R. 3723. A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal 
     appellate court proceedings, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. NOEM (for herself and Mr. Roskam):
       H.R. 3724. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prohibit the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue 
     Service from rehiring any employee of the Internal Revenue 
     Service who was involuntarily separated from service for 
     misconduct; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 3725. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to guarantee principal and interest payments on 
     bonds issued by the government of the U.S. territory of 
     Puerto Rico, including its public corporations and 
     instrumentalities, on the condition that the government of 
     the territory demonstrates meaningful improvement in the 
     management of its public finances, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. ROONEY of Florida:
       H.R. 3726. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     authorize States to issue special permits to allow the 
     operation of vehicles of up to 95,000 pounds on Interstate 
     System highways for the hauling of livestock; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. Deutch, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Norton, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Takano, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Gutierrez, and 
             Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico):
       H.R. 3727. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide protections for consumers against excessive, 
     unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in premium 
     rates; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 3728. A bill to amend the Iran Threat Reduction and 
     Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to modify the requirement to 
     impose sanctions with respect to the provision of specialized 
     financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran and 
     other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in 
     addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. Olson, and Mr. 
             Duffy):
       H.R. 3729. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     prohibit certain research on human fetal tissue obtained 
     pursuant to an abortion; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 3730. A bill to authorize unused visas numbers made 
     available under section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act to be made available to nationals of 
     Ireland, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARNEY:
       H.J. Res. 69. A joint resolution proposing a balanced 
     budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO (for himself, Mr. Walden, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Schrader, and Ms. Bonamici):
       H. Con. Res. 85. Concurrent resolution condemning the 
     senseless murder and wounding of 18 people, sons, daughters, 
     fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, cousins, students, and 
     teachers, in Roseburg, Oregon on October 1, 2015; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Ms. Esty, 
             Mr. Fattah, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Nolan, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Ms. Speier, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             and Ms. Pelosi):
       H. Res. 467. A resolution establishing the Select Committee 
     on Gun Violence Prevention; to the Committee on Rules.
           By Mr. DENT (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             Ms. Esty, Mr. Costa, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Gibson, Ms. 
             Hahn, and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania):
       H. Res. 468. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of October 8, 2015, as ``National Hydrogen and 
     Fuel Cell Day''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
             Zinke, Mr. Donovan, Ms. McSally, Mr. Ribble, Ms. 
             Kaptur, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Wilson of 
             South Carolina, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Russell, and Mr. 
             Byrne):
       H. Res. 469. A resolution urging North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization (NATO) member countries to meet or exceed the 
     two percent gross domestic product commitment to spending on 
     defense; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself and Mr. Joyce):
       H. Res. 470. A resolution congratulating the National 
     Institute of Nursing Research on the occasion of its 30th 
     Anniversary; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Ms. Judy Chu of California, 
             Mr. Vargas, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. 
             McDermott, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
             Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lofgren, 
             Ms. Meng, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Becerra, Mr. Peters, Ms. Lee, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             Schiff, Ms. Eshoo, and Ms. Bass):
       H. Res. 471. A resolution recognizing Filipino American 
     History Month and celebrating the history and culture of 
     Filipino Americans and their immense contributions to the 
     United States; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Nadler, 
             Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mr. Lipinski, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Heck of Washington, 
             Mr. Polis, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Foster, Mr. Lowenthal, 
             Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Bonamici, 
             Ms. McCollum, Mr. Peters, Mr. Keating, Ms. Lofgren, 
             Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Speier, Mr. Costa, 
             Mr. Becerra, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Farr, Ms. 
             Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Takano, and 
             Mr. Takai):
       H. Res. 472. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of the week of October 11, 2015, through October 
     17, 2015, as ``Earth Science 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.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H. Res. 473. A resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of June as National Gun Violence Awareness Month 
     and calling on Congress to address gun violence; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Veterans' 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.

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