[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 8, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H1947-H1948]
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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. DeFAZIO (for himself and Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington):
       H.R. 1420. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     require an air carrier to provide information to the public 
     regarding its policies for imposing baggage fees and 
     assisting passengers during a widespread disruption of 
     service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Tsongas, 
             Ms. McCollum, Mr. Langevin, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Heck, 
             Mr. Walz, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Sean Patrick 
             Maloney of New York, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, and 
             Mr. Sensenbrenner):
       H.R. 1421. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient 
     observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-
     day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of 
     skilled nursing facility services under Medicare, 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. ROSS (for himself and Ms. Castor of Florida):
       H.R. 1422. A bill to amend the Flood Disaster Protection 
     Act of 1973 to require that certain buildings and personal 
     property be covered by flood insurance, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 1423. A bill to reauthorize and improve the national 
     flood insurance program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Ms. Moore, Mr. 
             Grothman, and Mr. Kind):
       H.R. 1424. A bill to clarify the status of the North 
     Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as 
     units of the National Park System, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HULTGREN (for himself and Mr. Smith of 
             Missouri):
       H.R. 1425. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a lower rate of tax on a portion of pass-
     through business income, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROTHFUS (for himself and Mr. Himes):
       H.R. 1426. A bill to amend the Home Owners' Loan Act to 
     allow Federal savings associations to elect to operate as 
     national banks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. PITTENGER:
       H.R. 1427. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     study the coverage gaps of the Next Generation Weather Radar 
     of the National Weather Service and to develop a plan for 
     improving radar coverage and hazardous weather detection and 
     forecasting; to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology.
           By Mr. HURD:
       H.R. 1428. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use 
     grant funds to hire veterans as career law enforcement 
     officers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. MESSER (for himself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Carson of 
             Indiana, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. 
             Rokita, and Ms. McSally):
       H.R. 1429. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to require institutions of higher education to provide 
     students with annual estimates of student loan borrowing 
     costs; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
             Lucas, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Banks of Indiana, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Posey, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. 
             Weber of Texas, Mr. Babin, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Higgins of 
             Louisiana, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. 
             Abraham, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. 
             Schweikert, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Young of 
             Alaska, Mr. Barton, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
             Tipton, and Mr. Goodlatte):
       H.R. 1430. A bill to prohibit the Environmental Protection 
     Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating 
     regulations or assessments based upon science that is not 
     transparent or reproducible; to the Committee on Science, 
     Space, and Technology.
           By Mr. LUCAS (for himself, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Smith of 
             Texas, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Banks of Indiana, Mr. 
             Rohrabacher, Mr. Posey, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. 
             Weber of Texas, Mr. Babin, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, 
             Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Abraham, Mr. 
             LaHood, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
             Dunn, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
             Palazzo, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Barton, Mr. Pearce, 
             Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Tipton, and Mr. 
             Goodlatte):
       H.R. 1431. A bill to amend the Environmental Research, 
     Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to 
     provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, 
     public participation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
           By Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
             Young of Alaska, and Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois):
       H.R. 1432. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to repeal the suspension of eligibility for grants, loans, 
     and work assistance for drug-related offenses; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. CARBAJAL (for himself, Mrs. Davis of California, 
             Ms. Titus, Ms. Moore, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee, Ms. 
             Bordallo, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Garamendi):
       H.R. 1433. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     expand preventive health care services under the TRICARE 
     program; to the Committee on Armed Services.

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           By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Carter of 
             Georgia, Mr. Allen, Mr. Loudermilk, and Mr. 
             Ferguson):
       H.R. 1434. A bill to authorize the sale of certain National 
     Forest System land in the State of Georgia; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
           By Mr. GUTIERREZ:
       H.R. 1435. A bill to amend the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act to remove citizenship and immigration 
     barriers to access the Exchanges under such Act; 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. JORDAN (for himself and Mr. Meadows):
       H.R. 1436. A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
     title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2017; 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. TED LIEU of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Gallego, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. 
             Beyer, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Clay, 
             Mr. Cohen, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Foster, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Rush, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. 
             Takano, Ms. Velazquez, and Mr. Yarmuth):
       H.R. 1437. A bill to discourage the use of payment of money 
     as a condition of pretrial release in criminal cases, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Brownley of 
             California, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Judy Chu of 
             California, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Polis, Mr. 
             Meeks, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. 
             Matsui, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. Speier, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
             McGovern, Ms. Lee, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
             Mr. Connolly, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Brendan F. 
             Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Beyer, Mr. 
             Cardenas, Mr. Keating, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
             Ellison, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Smith of Washington, 
             Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Foster, Mr. Pascrell, 
             Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Titus, 
             Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Shea-
             Porter, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New 
             York, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Adams, Mr. 
             Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. Clay):
       H.R. 1438. A bill to end the use of body-gripping traps in 
     the National Wildlife Refuge System; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. 
             Yarmuth, Mr. Welch, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Cohen, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
             Kilmer, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Raskin, Ms. 
             Shea-Porter, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Pocan, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Quigley, Mr. 
             Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. Tonko, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
             Keating, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Brownley of 
             California, Mr. Evans, Mr. DeFazio, and Mr. Ruiz):
       H.R. 1439. A bill to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to revise its sponsorship identification rules so 
     as to require the disclosure of the names of significant 
     donors to persons paying for or furnishing broadcast matter 
     or origination cablecasting matter that is political matter 
     or matter involving the discussion of a controversial issue 
     of public importance; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. 
             Yarmuth, Mr. Welch, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Cohen, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Sarbanes, 
             Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Eshoo, 
             Mr. Raskin, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
             Pocan, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Quigley, 
             Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Loebsack, 
             Ms. McCollum, Mr. Keating, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. 
             Brownley of California, Mr. Evans, and Mr. DeFazio):
       H.R. 1440. A bill to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to promulgate regulations requiring material in 
     the online public inspection file of a covered entity to be 
     made available in a format that is machine-readable; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 1441. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the 
     sequestration for the revised security category under section 
     251 and to eliminate the section 251A reduction in 
     discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts 
     within function 050 (defense); to the Committee on the 
     Budget.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Flores, Mr. Olson, 
             Mr. Lance, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Latta, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. 
             Kinzinger, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Long, Mrs. Brooks 
             of Indiana, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Costello of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Bilirakis, and Mr. Shimkus):
       H.J. Res. 86. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal 
     Communications Commission relating to ``Protecting the 
     Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other 
     Telecommunications Services''; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. KHANNA:
       H. Res. 178. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to require that before any bill or joint 
     resolution repealing or amending the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education 
     Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 in the House it 
     should be made available on a public website of the House; to 
     the Committee on Rules.
           By Mrs. LAWRENCE (for herself, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
             Cohen, Mr. Rush, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Raskin, Ms. 
             Barragan, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Foster, and Mr. 
             Welch):
       H. Res. 179. A resolution to uphold the protections of the 
     freedom of the press; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GAETZ (for himself, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Marshall, 
             Mr. Williams, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Cramer, and 
             Mr. Bacon):
       H. Res. 181. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives with respect to the nomination of Neil 
     Gorsuch to the Supreme Court; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. MATSUI (for herself and Mr. Price of North 
             Carolina):
       H. Res. 182. A resolution recognizing the contributions of 
     AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of 
     the United States; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. O'HALLERAN (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
             McGovern, and Mr. Soto):
       H. Res. 183. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to require the text of any legislation 
     that will be marked up at a meeting for the markup of 
     legislation by a committee to be publicly available in 
     electronic form at least 72 hours prior to the commencement 
     of the meeting; to the Committee on Rules.

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