[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 179 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H9269-H9270]
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. RIGELL (for himself and Mr. Welch):
       H.R. 4208. A bill to authorize the use of the United States 
     Armed Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the 
     Levant; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Lee, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Kelly of 
             Illinois, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
             Meeks, Ms. Norton, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. 
             Hastings, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Jackson Lee, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Moore, Ms. 
             Velazquez, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. 
             Bass, Mr. Lewis, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. Takano, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Brown 
             of Florida, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell of 
             Alabama, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Cardenas, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Richmond, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. 
             Adams, Ms. Fudge, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       H.R. 4209. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes in 
     minority communities; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. PITTENGER:
       H.R. 4210. A bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
     Reform and Consumer Protection Act to require voting members 
     of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to testify 
     before Congress at least twice each year when requested to do 
     so or to otherwise permit certain Members of Congress to 
     attend meetings of the Council whether or not such meetings 
     are open to the public; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. ROYCE (for himself and Ms. Sewell of Alabama):
       H.R. 4211. A bill to require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to 
     establish procedures for considering certain credit scores in 
     making a determination whether to purchase a residential 
     mortgage, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. 
             Meehan, Mr. Schrader, and Mr. Lance):
       H.R. 4212. A bill to establish a Community-Based 
     Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to 
     target home and community-based care to eligible Medicare 
     beneficiaries, 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. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, and Mr. Serrano):
       H.R. 4213. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned 
     income tax credit and to provide for equitable treatment for 
     residents of Puerto Rico with respect to the refundable 
     portion of the child tax credit; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. 
             Pascrell):
       H.R. 4214. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the excise tax and special occupational tax 
     in respect of firearms and to increase the transfer tax on 
     any other weapon, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural 
     Resources, the Judiciary, 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. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. Bass, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Capps, 
             Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cummings, Mr. DeFazio, 
             Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Farr, Mr. 
             Grayson, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Huffman, Mr. 
             Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Keating, Mr. Beyer, Ms. 
             Bonamici, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Judy 
             Chu of California, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, 
             Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. DeGette, 
             Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Edwards, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Fattah, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Heck of Washington, Mr. Honda, Ms. 
             Jackson Lee, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. 
             Lawrence, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Lowenthal, 
             Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
             McDermott, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Nolan, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. 
             Langevin, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee, Mr. Ted 
             Lieu of California, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Sean 
             Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
             McGovern, Ms. Meng, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal, Ms. Norton, 
             Ms. Pingree, Mr. Polis, Mr. Quigley, Miss Rice of New 
             York, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Swalwell of 
             California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of 
             Florida, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Speier, Mr. 
             Takai, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. 
             Vargas, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. Welch, 
             and Mr. Yarmuth):
       H.R. 4215. A bill to require regulation of wastes 
     associated with the exploration, development, or production 
     of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy under the 
     Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. MOORE (for herself and Mr. Stivers):
       H.R. 4216. A bill to protect the investment choices of 
     American investors, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mr. BERA:
       H.R. 4217. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to determine eligibility for health insurance subsidies 
     without regard to amounts included in income by reason of 
     conversion to a Roth IRA; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. 
             Barletta, and Mr. DesJarlais):
       H.R. 4218. A bill to suspend the admission to the United 
     States of refugees, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself and Mr. Meeks):
       H.R. 4219. A bill to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BUCK (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Bishop of 
             Utah, Mrs. Lummis, Mrs. Love, and Mr. Tipton):
       H.R. 4220. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to facilitate water leasing and water transfers to 
     promote conservation and efficiency; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. CARNEY:
       H.R. 4221. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to restore National SMART Grants for a certain number of 
     award years; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. CARNEY:
       H.R. 4222. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     carry out a pilot program under which higher education 
     savings accounts are established for the benefit of eligible 
     secondary school students; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and

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     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 Ms. JUDY CHU of California (for herself, Ms. Lee, 
             Ms. Kuster, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Honda, Mr. Takano, Ms. 
             Titus, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Capps, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, and Mr. David Scott of Georgia):
       H.R. 4223. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to 
     make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and 
     professional students; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 4224. A bill to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in 
     Gainesville, Georgia, as the ``Sidney Olsin Smith, Jr. 
     Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. 
             Johnson of Georgia):
       H.R. 4225. A bill to amend title 28 of the United States 
     Code to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy 
     judges; and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CURBELO of Florida (for himself and Ms. Graham):
       H.R. 4226. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to 
     provide relief for agricultural producers adversely impacted 
     by the Oriental fruit fly; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 4227. A bill to enhance beneficiary and provider 
     protections and improve transparency in the Medicare 
     Advantage market, 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. DeSAULNIER (for himself and Mr. LaMalfa):
       H.R. 4228. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     establish additional requirements for certain transportation 
     projects with estimated costs of $2,500,000,000 or more, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. KATKO (for himself and Mr. Cicilline):
       H.R. 4229. A bill to address the continued threat posed by 
     dangerous synthetic drugs by amending the Controlled 
     Substances Act relating to controlled substance analogues; 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. NADLER:
       H.R. 4230. A bill to authorize the establishment of the 
     Stonewall National Historic Site in the State of New York as 
     a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4231. A bill to direct the Librarian of Congress to 
     obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the 
     District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained 
     glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the 
     Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson 
     Building; to the Committee on House Administration, 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. POMPEO:
       H.R. 4232. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the consideration by 
     State regulatory authorities and nonregulated electric 
     utilities of whether subsidies should be provided for the 
     deployment, construction, maintenance, or operation of a 
     customer-side technology; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
             Lowenthal, Mr. Royce, and Mrs. Mimi Walters of 
             California):
       H.R. 4233. A bill to eliminate an unused lighthouse 
     reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating 
     the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, 
     California, into the California Coastal National Monument 
     managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the 
     original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's 
     rocks and small islands, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 4234. A bill to establish a demonstration program to 
     facilitate physician reentry into clinical practice to 
     provide primary health services; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. 
             Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Frankel of 
             Florida, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Ellison, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       H.R. 4235. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal 
     protection under defined contribution plans, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     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. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Ellison, 
             Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Meng, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. 
             Cartwright, Mr. Nolan, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Vargas, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New 
             Mexico, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. 
             Jeffries, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Velazquez, and 
             Mr. Hastings):
       H.R. 4236. A bill to promote savings by providing a tax 
     credit for eligible taxpayers who contribute to savings 
     products and to facilitate taxpayers receiving this credit 
     and open a designated savings product when they file their 
     Federal income tax returns; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Lowenthal, 
             Ms. Lee, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Speier, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Keating, Ms. Bonamici, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Takano):
       H. Res. 561. A resolution expressing support for support of 
     transgender acceptance; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Carson 
             of Indiana, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Judy Chu of 
             California, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Costa, Mr. Crowley, 
             Mrs. Davis of California, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Ellison, 
             Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. 
             Hahn, Mr. Honda, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Mr. Keating, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Peters, 
             Mr. Pocan, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. 
             Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Sherman, Ms. 
             Speier, Mrs. Torres, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Vargas):
       H. Res. 562. A resolution recognizing the 67th anniversary 
     of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 
     celebration of ``Human Rights Day''; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. Meeks, and Mr. 
             Cohen):
       H. Res. 563. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the United States and the Republic of 
     Belarus should establish full diplomatic relations; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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