[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 153 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H8724-H8726]
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. BUCSHON (for himself and Mr. Shimkus):
       H.R. 6793. A bill to transfer a bridge over the Wabash 
     River to the States of Illinois and Indiana, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. COFFMAN (for himself and Mr. Krishnamoorthi):
       H.R. 6794. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to 
     live and work in the United States, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself and 
             Mr. Lucas):
       H.R. 6795. A bill to award a gold medal on behalf of the 
     United States Congress to the women who worked as computers, 
     mathematicians, and engineers for the National Advisory 
     Committee on Aeronautics and the National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration from the 1930s to the 1970s in 
     recognition for their service to the Nation in the fields of 
     aeronautics and astronautics; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services, and in addition to the Committee on House 
     Administration, 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. STEFANIK (for herself, Mr. Faso, Mr. 
             Fitzpatrick, Mr. Stivers, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. 
             Bacon, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, and Mr. 
             Coffman):
       H.R. 6796. A bill to reauthorize Department of Justice 
     programs that combat violence against women, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, 
     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. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 6797. A bill to reauthorize Department of Justice 
     programs that combat violence against women, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, 
     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. BYRNE (for himself and Mrs. Handel):
       H.R. 6798. A bill to require the Director of the Institute 
     of Education Sciences to make available to elementary and 
     secondary school officials research for improving school 
     safety, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
           By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 6799. A bill to authorize disaster recovery assistance 
     for areas affected by wildfires on Federal Lands, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services, and 
     in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Small 
     Business, 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. POCAN (for himself, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Khanna, Ms. DeLauro, and Mr. Ellison):
       H.R. 6800. A bill to impose a moratorium on large 
     agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery 
     retail mergers, and to establish a commission to review large 
     agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery 
     retail mergers, concentration, and market power; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
     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. VARGAS (for himself, Mr. Thomas J. Rooney of 
             Florida, and Mr. Peters):
       H.R. 6801. A bill to establish a Rare Disease Therapeutics 
     Corporation to encourage the development of high-risk, high-
     return therapies for rare diseases, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 6802. A bill to provide support to develop career and 
     technical education programs of study and facilities in the 
     areas of renewable energy; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Mr. MARINO:
       H.R. 6803. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     make grants to institutions of higher education for active 
     assailant consulting and training programs; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BABIN (for himself and Ms. Sewell of Alabama):
       H.R. 6804. A bill to improve processes for alternative 
     wastewater systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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 Ms. BASS (for herself, Mrs. Love, Ms. Clark of 
             Massachusetts, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Ms. Frankel of 
             Florida, Ms. McSally, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Stefanik, 
             Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Granger, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. 
             Comstock, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, 
             Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, 
             Ms. Jayapal, Mrs. Noem, Mrs. Napolitano, Mrs. Black, 
             Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Ms. 
             Matsui, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Brownley of California, 
             Mrs. Handel, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Cheney, Ms. 
             Fudge,

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             Mrs. Roby, Ms. McCollum, Mrs. Walorski, Mrs. Dingell, 
             Ms. Speier, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee, 
             Ms. Moore, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Pingree, Ms. 
             Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. Wilson of 
             Florida, Ms. Titus, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Hanabusa, Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Bustos, 
             Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Meng, Ms. 
             Sinema, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Adams, 
             and Ms. Schakowsky):
       H.R. 6805. A bill to prohibit the use of restraints and 
     restrictive housing on inmates during the period of 
     pregnancy, labor and postpartum recovery, to collect data on 
     incarcerated pregnant women in the United States and the 
     results of such pregnancies, to address the health needs of 
     incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. BORDALLO (for herself and Mr. Sablan):
       H.R. 6806. A bill to amend the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to increase the minimum amount 
     made available to territories under the Sexual Assault 
     Services Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. 
             Huffman, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and Ms. Tsongas):
       H.R. 6807. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make 
     certain improvements in the laws relating to coal royalties, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce, Financial Services, and 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. DeSAULNIER (for himself and Mr. Poe of Texas):
       H.R. 6808. A bill to provide payment for patient navigator 
     services under title XIX of the Social Security Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico (for herself, Mr. 
             Serrano, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Soto, and Mrs. Murphy of 
             Florida):
       H.R. 6809. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for temporary stabilization of 
     Medicare Advantage payments following Hurricane Maria; 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. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. Norman, and Ms. Speier):
       H.R. 6810. A bill to affirm the power of the President to 
     revoke the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Bill 
     Cosby and to provide for criminal penalties for anyone who 
     wears or publicly displays a Presidential Medal of Freedom 
     that has been revoked; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, 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. GROTHMAN:
       H.R. 6811. A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in 
     Employment Act of 1967 to extend protection to additional 
     employees; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GROTHMAN:
       H.R. 6812. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow unreimbursed employee expenses to be taken into 
     account as miscellaneous itemized deductions; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. Larson 
             of Connecticut):
       H.R. 6813. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow qualified distributions from health savings 
     account for certain home care expenses; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself and Mr. Welch):
       H.R. 6814. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish and carry out a program to provide financial 
     assistance to units of local government impacted by the 
     reduction in tax revenue from nuclear power plants; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LAMB (for himself and Ms. Stefanik):
       H.R. 6815. A bill to authorize the use of veterans 
     educational assistance for examinations and assessments to 
     receive credit toward degrees awarded by institutions of 
     higher learning, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. LOVE (for herself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Curtis, Mr. 
             Bishop of Utah, and Mr. Stewart):
       H.R. 6816. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     exempt certain performances from copyright and trademark 
     infringement, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 6817. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reinstate the deduction for interest on home equity 
     indebtedness; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. McEACHIN:
       H.R. 6818. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     increase assistance for States, water systems, and 
     disadvantaged communities; to encourage good financial and 
     environmental management of water systems; and to strengthen 
     the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to enforce the 
     requirements of the Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. McKINLEY (for himself and Mr. Welch):
       H.R. 6819. A bill to establish a worker adjustment 
     assistance program to provide assistance and job retraining 
     for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned 
     closures of coal and coal dependent industries, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform, 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. NORCROSS (for himself and Mr. McKinley):
       H.R. 6820. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to 
     support the development of pre-apprenticeship programs in the 
     building and construction trades that serve underrepresented 
     populations, including individuals from low income and rural 
     census tracts; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida (for himself, Mr. 
             Dunn, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. 
             Grothman, and Mr. Gaetz):
       H.R. 6821. A bill to address foreign threats to higher 
     education in the United States; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 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. SCHNEIDER:
       H.R. 6822. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to prescribe regulations on caller identification 
     information authentication technology, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 6823. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to require States to suspend, rather than terminate, an 
     individual's eligibility for medical assistance under the 
     State Medicaid plan while such individual is an inmate of a 
     public institution; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Duncan of South Carolina, and Ms. Lofgren):
       H.R. 6824. A bill to prohibit States from retroactively 
     imposing a sales tax collection duty on a remote seller, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. TSONGAS (for herself and Ms. Kuster of New 
             Hampshire):
       H.R. 6825. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
     to designate segments of the Nashua, Squannacook, and 
     Nissitissit Rivers as components of the Wild and Scenic 
     Rivers System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 6826. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
     provide for disaster loans to repair, rehabilitate, or 
     replace property damaged or destroyed by hurricane Harvey, 
     Irma, or Maria, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Small Business.
           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. 
             Clarke of New York, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. 
             Gallego, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Jayapal, 
             Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Khanna, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sires, Mr. Soto, Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Maxine Waters of 
             California, and Mr. Welch):
       H.R. 6827. A bill to provide the option of discharging 
     certain unsecured financial obligations of self-governing 
     territories of the United States; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary, and the Budget, 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. WAGNER (for herself, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. 
             Mimi Walters of California, Ms. Sinema, and Ms. 
             Tenney):
       H.R. 6828. A bill to require a strategy for engagement with 
     Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 
     (ASEAN); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Neal, and Mr. Scott of Virginia):
       H.J. Res. 140. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the 
     Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of 
     Health and Human Services relating to ``Short-Term, Limited-
     Duration Insurance''; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and 
     the Workforce, 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.

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           By Mr. ROE of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. 
             Harris, and Mr. Bera):
       H. Con. Res. 136. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress on the need to improve and expand training 
     for future physicians on properly treating pain and 
     prescribing opioids, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LaHood (for himself, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. 
             Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Quigley, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, 
             Mr. Rush, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Foster, 
             Mr. Bost, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Hultgren, 
             Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Kinzinger, and Mrs. Bustos):
       H. Res. 1063. A resolution designating room H-226 of the 
     United States Capitol as the ``Lincoln Room''; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H. Res. 1064. A resolution honoring the work done by the 
     12th Woman; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. YARMUTH (for himself, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, and 
             Mr. McNerney):
       H. Res. 1065. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of the week of September 23 through 29, 2018, as 
     National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Rodney Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Blum, 
             Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, 
             Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Knight, Mr. 
             Bost, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, 
             Mr. King of New York, Mr. Renacci, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
             Newhouse, Mr. Hurd, Mr. Huizenga, Miss Gonzalez-Colon 
             of Puerto Rico, Mr. Upton, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Curbelo 
             of Florida, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Katko, Mr. Donovan, and 
             Ms. McSally):
       H. Res. 1066. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     House of Representatives that protections for individuals 
     with pre-existing conditions should be retained in law 
     regardless of further amendments to, or the repeal of, the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, and Mr. 
             Beyer):
       H. Res. 1067. A resolution recognizing suicide as a public 
     health problem and expressing support for designation of 
     September as ``National Suicide Prevention Month``; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CARDENAS (for himself, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. 
             Barragan, Ms. Bass, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. 
             Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brady of 
             Pennsylvania, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Carbajal, 
             Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Judy 
             Chu of California, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Clay, Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Cuellar, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis 
             of California, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. 
             Demings, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Michael F. 
             Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Espaillat, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Mr. Evans, Ms. 
             Frankel of Florida, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, 
             Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, 
             Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, 
             Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Keating, Mr. Kihuen, 
             Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Ms. Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. 
             Lowey, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Ms. Michelle 
             Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Sean 
             Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney, 
             Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. 
             Murphy of Florida, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Nolan, Mr. 
             Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Pallone, 
             Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
             Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Miss 
             Rice of New York, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
             Ruiz, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. David Scott of 
             Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
             Soto, Ms. Speier, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell of 
             California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Torres, 
             Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. 
             Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of 
             Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Ted 
             Lieu of California, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Gallego, Mr. 
             Carson of Indiana, and Mr. Richmond):
       H. Res. 1068. A resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage 
     Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in 
     the United States and the immense contributions of Latinos to 
     the United States; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Ms. GABBARD (for herself and Mr. Jones):
       H. Res. 1069. A resolution requiring the President to seek 
     congressional authorization prior to any engagement of the 
     United States Armed Forces against any adversary; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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