[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 18, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H12209-H12210]
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. BISHOP of Georgia:
       H.R. 5471. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify the eligibility of children of Vietnam veterans born 
     with spina bifida for benefits of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Graves of 
             Georgia, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Lewis, Mr. 
             Allen, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Loudermilk, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Carter of 
             Georgia, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. 
             Collins of Georgia, and Mr. Woodall):
       H.R. 5472. A bill to redesignate the Jimmy Carter National 
     Historic Site as the ``Jimmy Carter National Historical 
     Park''; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Mr. Soto):
       H.R. 5473. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act 
     to provide for Medicare and Medicaid mental and behavioral 
     health treatment through telehealth; 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. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 5474. A bill to designate as wilderness certain 
     National Forest System land in the State of Illinois, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 Mrs. HAYES (for herself and Mr. Norcross):
       H.R. 5475. A bill to establish competitive Federal grants 
     that will empower community colleges and minority-serving 
     institutions to become incubators for infant and toddler 
     child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and 
     in their communities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor, 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 Mrs. AXNE (for herself and Mr. Bacon):
       H.R. 5476. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     carry out a program to convert temporary structures at risk 
     of flood events into permanent features, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts (for herself and Miss 
             Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico):

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       H.R. 5477. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs from denying home loans for veterans who legally work 
     in the marijuana industry on the basis of the nature of such 
     work, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce, 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. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. 
             Gosar):
       H.R. 5478. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, 
     restore patent rights to inventors, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 5479. A bill to protect Americans with pre-existing 
     conditions; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 5480. A bill to ensure that ALS patients have access 
     to treatment within clinical trials; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. KINZINGER (for himself, Mr. Loebsack, and Mr. 
             Panetta):
       H.R. 5481. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to restore State authority to waive for certain 
     facilities the 35-mile rule for designating critical access 
     hospitals under the Medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. King of New 
             York, and Ms. DeLauro):
       H.R. 5482. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention to develop a program to prevent the use of 
     electronic nicotine delivery systems among students in middle 
     and high schools, to award grants to State and local health 
     agencies to implement such program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Ms. Jayapal, 
             Ms. Jackson Lee, and Mr. Heck):
       H.R. 5483. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to clarify that ASL students are 
     English learners; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Ms. MOORE:
       H.R. 5484. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008 to exclude from income, for the purpose of determining 
     eligibility and benefits, income received from cost of living 
     adjustments made under titles II and XVI of the Social 
     Security Act and from supplementary payments received under 
     section 1616 of such Act; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California, 
             and Mr. McKinley):
       H.R. 5485. A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health 
     Service Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
     Act to require coverage of hearing devices and systems in 
     certain private health insurance plans, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. PLASKETT (for herself, Mr. Yoho, and Miss 
             Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico):
       H.R. 5486. A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 
     1936 to improve access to broadband telecommunications 
     services in rural areas, including by encouraging the 
     provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband 
     service in emerging harbor projects, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. SABLAN (for himself and Mr. Steil):
       H.R. 5487. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for an increase in the maximum amount of Department 
     of Veterans Affairs grants to States and tribal organizations 
     for operating and maintaining veterans' cemeteries; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 5488. A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived 
     information is not used in an application to the Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or 
     III of such Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 
     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. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Smucker):
       H.R. 5489. A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
     of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in 
     sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was 
     determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered 
     Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McCARTHY:
       H. Res. 770. A resolution disapproving the manner in which 
     Chairman Adam B. Schiff of the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence and Chairman Jerrold Lewis Nadler of the 
     Committee on the Judiciary have conducted committee action 
     during the impeachment inquiry of President Donald John 
     Trump.
           By Ms. GABBARD:
       H. Res. 771. A resolution censuring the President of the 
     United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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