[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H3440-H3442]
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. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 5545. A bill to provide emergency assistance to 
     States, territories, Tribal nations, and local areas affected 
     by the opioid epidemic and to make financial assistance 
     available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local 
     areas, and public or private nonprofit entities to provide 
     for the development, organization, coordination, and 
     operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for 
     the delivery of essential services to individuals with 
     substance use disorder and their families; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, 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. KNIGHT:
       H.R. 5546. A bill to authorize the use of certain 
     Department of Defense funds for combating opioid trafficking 
     and abuse in the United States; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 5547. A bill to amend the Violence Against Women Act 
     of 2000 to reauthorize the grant program for education, 
     training, and enhanced services to end violence against and 
     abuse of women with disabilities; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 5548. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on the 
     presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in 
     sources of drinking water; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 5549. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to improve loans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary, 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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 5550. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant amount, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     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. SCHIFF (for himself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Brendan 
             F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
             Cohen, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Mr. Gene Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Heck, Mr. Himes, Ms. Jackson 
             Lee, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
             Panetta, Mr. Payne, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Torres, Ms. 
             Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Ms. Maxine 
             Waters of California):
       H.R. 5551. A bill to direct the Attorney General to submit 
     to Congress investigative materials in the event of certain 
     pardons granted by the President, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARBAJAL:
       H.R. 5552. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate information 
     about climate change that was removed from, or redacted on, 
     the Agency's website, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BACON (for himself and Ms. Rosen):
       H.R. 5553. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to 
     take certain steps to improve the Transition Assistance 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.

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           By Mr. MULLIN (for himself, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Walden, 
             Mr. Pallone, Mr. Burgess, and Mr. Gene Green of 
             Texas):
       H.R. 5554. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to reauthorize user fee programs relating to new 
     animal drugs and generic new animal drugs; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 5555. A bill to make necessary reforms to improve 
     compliance with loss mitigation requirements by servicers of 
     mortgages for single family housing insured by the FHA and to 
     prevent foreclosures on FHA borrowers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Amodei, Mr. 
             Biggs, Mr. Brat, Mr. Buck, Mr. Budd, Mr. Gianforte, 
             Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Jones, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
             McClintock, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Norman, Mr. Pearce, Mr. 
             Schrader, and Mr. Yoho):
       H.R. 5556. A bill to provide for transparency and reporting 
     related to direct and indirect costs incurred by the 
     Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power 
     Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and 
     the Southeastern Power Administration related to compliance 
     with any Federal environmental laws impacting the 
     conservation of fish and wildlife, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 5557. A bill to amend the Comprehensive Addiction and 
     Recovery Act of 2016 to authorize the Attorney General, in 
     coordination with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy, to award grants to covered entities to establish or 
     maintain disposal sites for unwanted prescription 
     medications, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself and Mr. Hastings):
       H.R. 5558. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to carry out under the Medicare program an 
     alternatives to opioids in emergency departments 
     demonstration project; 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. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 5559. A bill to transfer functions related to the 
     preparation of flood maps from the Administrator of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Director of the 
     United States Geological Survey, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources, 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. DINGELL:
       H.R. 5560. A bill to amend the consumer product safety laws 
     to repeal of exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other 
     firearms from the definition of consumer product under such 
     laws; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 5561. A bill to posthumously award a Congressional 
     Gold Medal to Barbara Rose Johns in recognition of her 
     achievements and contributions to the Nation and civil 
     rights; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia:
       H.R. 5562. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to develop a strategy implementing certain 
     recommendations relating to the Protecting Our Infants Act of 
     2015, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Pingree, 
             Ms. Adams, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New 
             York, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Lee, and Ms. Blunt Rochester):
       H.R. 5563. A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and 
     Energy Act of 2008 to revise the food insecurity nutrition 
     incentive; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. Pallone, Ms. 
             Moore, Mr. Hastings, and Mr. Swalwell of California):
       H.R. 5564. A bill to amend title IV of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education that 
     participate in programs under such title to distribute voter 
     registration forms to students enrolled at the institution, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mrs. LAWRENCE (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Moore, 
             Ms. Lee, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Cooper, Ms. 
             Titus, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. 
             Krishnamoorthi, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Bass, 
             Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Veasey, Mr. 
             Al Green of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
             Texas, and Ms. Clark of Massachusetts):
       H.R. 5565. A bill to require a study of Federal agencies to 
     determine which Federal agencies have the greatest impact on 
     women's participation in the workforce; 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, and Ms. 
             DelBene):
       H.R. 5566. A bill to establish a technology-based job 
     training and education program; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico (for himself, Ms. 
             Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Foster, and 
             Mr. DesJarlais):
       H.R. 5567. A bill to enable projects that will aid in the 
     development and delivery of related instruction associated 
     with apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs that are 
     focused on serving the skilled technical workforce at DOE 
     National Laboratories and certain facilities of the National 
     Nuclear Security Administration, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. PALLONE (for himself and Mr. Guthrie):
       H.R. 5568. A bill to amend the 21st Century Cures Act to 
     provide for designation of institutions of higher education 
     that provide research, data, and leadership on continuous 
     manufacturing as National Centers of Excellence in Continuous 
     Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Mr. Culberson, and Mr. 
             Ruppersberger):
       H.R. 5569. A bill to establish a pilot program to enhance 
     the mapping of urban flooding and associated property damage 
     and the availability of such mapped data to homeowners, 
     businesses, and localities to help understand and mitigate 
     the risk of such flooding, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 5570. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize certain grantees to contract with or make subawards 
     to local or regional organizations that are private and 
     nonprofit, and that may be faith-based, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Huffman, 
             Mr. Norman, and Mr. Knight):
       H.R. 5571. A bill to amend subchapter III of chapter 99 of 
     the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to repeal 
     increases in duty and a tariff-rate quota on certain 
     crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SANFORD (for himself, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
             Meadows, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
             Massie, and Mr. Gaetz):
       H.R. 5572. A bill to prevent a fiscal crisis by enacting 
     legislation to balance the Federal budget through reductions 
     of discretionary and mandatory spending; 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 Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Tsongas, 
             Mr. Cohen, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Brownley of 
             California, Mr. Grijalva, and Ms. Velazquez):
       H.R. 5573. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
     to expand and clarify the prohibition on inaccurate caller 
     identification information and to require providers of 
     telephone service to offer technology to subscribers to 
     reduce the incidence of unwanted telephone calls and text 
     messages, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. TAYLOR (for himself, Mr. Correa, Mr. Gaetz, Ms. 
             Tenney, Mr. Mast, Mr. Bergman, Ms. Shea-Porter, and 
             Mr. Moolenaar):
       H.R. 5574. A bill to prohibit the use of funds appropriated 
     or otherwise available to Department of Homeland Security 
     frontline operational components for the procurement of 
     certain items that do not meet specified criteria, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security.
           By Mr. TAYLOR (for himself and Mrs. Watson Coleman):
       H.R. 5575. A bill to improve the treatment of Federal 
     prisoners who are primary caretaker parents, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. Royce of California, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Poe 
             of Texas, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Meadows, and Mr. 
             Castro of Texas):
       H.R. 5576. A bill to address state-sponsored cyber 
     activities against the United States, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government 
     Reform, 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 Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself, Mr. Pallone, Ms. 
             Clarke of New

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             York, Mr. Rush, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. 
             Beyer, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Welch, Mr. Ben 
             Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. McNerney, Ms. 
             Matsui, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Peters, Mr. Engel, Mr. Michael F. 
             Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Carbajal, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Pocan, Mr. 
             Huffman, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Sires, Mr. Crowley, Ms. 
             Barragan, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Price of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Foster, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Brendan 
             F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. 
             Connolly, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Crist, Mrs. Carolyn B. 
             Maloney of New York, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Nolan, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. DeSaulnier, 
             Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Kildee, 
             Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mrs. Torres, Ms. 
             Brownley of California, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, 
             Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Lee, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. 
             Lipinski, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Fudge, Mr. 
             Heck, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. Demings, 
             Ms. Adams, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. 
             Jackson Lee, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Michelle 
             Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Kihuen, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Panetta, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Soto, Mr. Schiff, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Ellison, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Shea-Porter, 
             Mr. Khanna, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. 
             Serrano, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Raskin, Ms. 
             Hanabusa, Ms. Speier, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Polis, Mr. 
             Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
             Ms. DelBene, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. 
             Lowenthal, Ms. Bass, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Evans, Ms. 
             Pingree, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Titus, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Walz, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Lawson of Florida, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Ruppersberger, 
             Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Mr. Espaillat, and 
             Ms. Rosen):
       H. Res. 834. A resolution expressing no confidence in the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
     calling for the immediate resignation of the Administrator; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
     the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
     Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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. FOXX (for herself, Mr. Sires, Mr. McCaul, and 
             Mrs. Lowey):
       H. Res. 835. A resolution supporting robust relations with 
     the State of Israel bilaterally and in multilateral fora upon 
     seventy years of statehood, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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