[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 57 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H1735-H1736]
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. WALBERG:
       H.R. 4936. A bill to provide assistance to small 
     businesses; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, Small Business, Education and the Workforce, and the 
     Judiciary, 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. DENHAM (for himself, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Shuster, 
             and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 4937. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     reauthorize pipeline safety programs and enhance pipeline 
     safety, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. ROSKAM (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mr. Tom Price of Georgia, Mr. Sessions, 
             Mr. McHenry, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Reichert, 
             Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Neal, Mr. Kelly of 
             Pennsylvania, Mrs. Black, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Paulsen, 
             Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. 
             Renacci, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Crenshaw, Ms. Foxx, Mr. 
             Schiff, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Judy Chu of California, 
             Mr. Langevin, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Duncan 
             of South Carolina, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Huizenga of 
             Michigan, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Womack, Mr. Holding, Mr. 
             Cole, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
             Beyer, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Himes, 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. 
             Hultgren, Mr. Ross, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Fincher, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Polis, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
             Amodei, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Latta, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             Rush, Mr. Collins of New York, Mrs. Blackburn, and 
             Mr. Diaz-Balart):
       H.R. 4938. A bill to make permanent the Internal Revenue 
     Service Free File program; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen):
       H.R. 4939. A bill to increase engagement with the 
     governments of the Caribbean region, the Caribbean diaspora 
     community in the United States, and the private sector and 
     civil society in both the United States and the Caribbean, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4940. A bill to direct the Director of National 
     Intelligence to establish an integration cell to monitor and 
     enforce the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and for other

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     purposes; to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent 
     Select).
           By Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
             Byrne, Mr. Cook, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
             Garamendi, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Issa, Ms. 
             Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. Jones, Mr. Joyce, Mr. 
             McKinley, Ms. Pingree, and Mr. Ryan of Ohio):
       H.R. 4941. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify the eligibility for monthly stipends paid under the 
     Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for certain members 
     of the reserve components of the Armed Forces; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BARTON (for himself and Mr. Lewis):
       H.R. 4942. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the standard charitable mileage rate for 
     delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail and at risk 
     individuals; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIND (for himself and Ms. Jenkins of Kansas):
       H.R. 4943. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to treat Indian tribal governments in the same manner as 
     State governments for certain Federal tax purposes, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 Mr. NOLAN:
       H.R. 4944. A bill to modify the boundary of Voyageurs 
     National Park in the State of Minnesota, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BRIDENSTINE (for himself and Mr. Lamborn):
       H.R. 4945. A bill to permanently secure the United States 
     as the preeminent spacefaring nation, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Intelligence 
     (Permanent Select), Rules, Ways and Means, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. COFFMAN (for himself, Mr. Walz, and Mr. Hardy):
       H.R. 4946. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for an increase in the earned income tax 
     credit for individuals with no qualifying children, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. JOLLY:
       H.R. 4947. A bill to establish a program to provide 
     reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs 
     to help the United States better prepare for and protect its 
     citizens against the ravages of natural catastrophes, to 
     encourage and promote mitigation and prevention for, and 
     recovery and rebuilding from such catastrophes, and to better 
     assist in the financial recovery from such catastrophes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. LEWIS (for himself and Mr. Buchanan):
       H.R. 4948. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair market value 
     shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, 
     musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the 
     donor; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LEWIS:
       H.R. 4949. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps 
     educational awards; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself and Mr. Pittenger):
       H.R. 4950. A bill to establish advisory committees within 
     the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 4951. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to allow the importation of certain foreign-
     manufactured firearms components; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 4952. A bill to impose a deadline by which a person 
     whose Federal firearms license has expired, or is 
     surrendered, or revoked, must liquidate the firearms 
     inventory of any business subject to the license, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4953. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     limit the length of administrative leave for Federal 
     employees to 30 days, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.J. Res. 86. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced 
     budgets for the Government; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. Wittman, Mr. 
             Gene Green of Texas, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Granger, Ms. 
             Norton, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. 
             Matsui, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
             Lee, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Vela, Ms. Clarke of New 
             York, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Honda):
       H. Res. 680. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of National Public Health Week; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California:
       H. Res. 681. A resolution honoring women who have served, 
     and who are currently serving, as members of the Armed Forces 
     and recognizing the recently expanded service opportunities 
     available to female members of the Armed Forces; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself and Mr. Sherman):
       H. Res. 682. A resolution urging the Department of State to 
     provide necessary equipment and training to the men and women 
     of the Kurdish Peshmerga in the fight against the Islamic 
     State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS); to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. SPEIER (for herself and Ms. Schakowsky):
       H. Res. 683. A resolution supporting and protecting the 
     right of women working in developing countries to safe 
     workplaces, free from gender-based violence, reprisals, and 
     intimidation; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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