[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1249-H1251]
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:
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By Ms. TLAIB (for herself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr.
Cicilline, Mr. Clay, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs.
Dingell, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas,
Ms. Haaland, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Kelly of
Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr.
Levin of Michigan, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Moore, Ms.
Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms.
Pressley, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms.
Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Shalala, Ms. Slotkin, Ms.
Stevens, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wild, and Mr.
Wilson of South Carolina):
H.R. 5984. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 to improve oversight of private charter
management organizations, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Education and Labor.
By Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina,
and Mr. Clay):
H.R. 5985. A bill to direct the Federal Communications
Commission to establish an interagency taskforce on unlawful
robocalls; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. McEachin, Mr.
Kennedy, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Espaillat, Ms.
Haaland, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms.
Tlaib, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Judy Chu of
California, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Meng, Mr.
Gomez, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Garcia of
Illinois, and Ms. Jayapal):
H.R. 5986. A bill to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile
environmental justice and civil rights, provide for the
establishment of the Interagency Working Group on
Environmental Justice Compliance and Enforcement, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and
in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the
Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture,
and Education and Labor, 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. RATCLIFFE (for himself, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Weber
of Texas, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr.
Williams, Mr. Vela, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Veasey,
Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Gonzalez of
Texas, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Flores, Mr.
Olson, Mr. Allred, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Arrington, Mr.
McCaul, Mr. Brady, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Burgess, Mr.
Marchant, Mr. Babin, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Wright, Ms.
Granger, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Roy, Ms. Johnson of
Texas, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Cloud, Ms. Escobar, Mr.
Doggett, and Mr. Green of Texas):
H.R. 5987. A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 909 West Holiday Drive in
Fate, Texas, as the ``Ralph Hall Post Office''; to the
Committee on Oversight and Reform.
By Mr. RATCLIFFE (for himself, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Weber
of Texas, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr.
Williams, Mr. Vela, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Veasey,
Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Gonzalez of
Texas, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Flores, Mr.
Olson, Mr. Allred, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Arrington, Mr.
McCaul, Mr. Brady, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Burgess, Mr.
Marchant, Mr. Babin, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Wright, Ms.
Granger, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Roy, Ms. Johnson of
Texas, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Cloud, Ms. Escobar, Mr.
Doggett, and Mr. Green of Texas):
H.R. 5988. A bill to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in
Greenville, Texas, as the ``Audie Murphy Post Office
Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
By Ms. SEWELL of Alabama (for herself, Mr. Rogers of
Alabama, Mr. Aderholt, and Mrs. Roby):
H.R. 5989. A bill to establish the Alabama Black Belt
National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. RUSH:
H.R. 5990. A bill to establish the Bronzeville-Black
Metropolis National Heritage Area in the State of Illinois,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural
Resources.
By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Ms.
Porter, and Ms. Pressley):
H.R. 5991. A bill to extend protections to part-time
workers in the areas of family and medical leave and pension
plans, and to ensure equitable treatment in the workplace; to
the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the
Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform,
Ways and Means, 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. STANTON (for himself and Mr. Gosar):
H.R. 5992. A bill to amend the Radiation Exposure
Compensation Act to include certain communities and to extend
the fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. BALDERSON (for himself, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Gibbs,
Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Norman, and Mr.
Kinzinger):
H.R. 5993. A bill to provide paid parental leave to certain
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, the
Transportation Security Administration, and the Department of
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on
Homeland Security, 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. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr.
Bacon, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Soto, Ms. DelBene,
Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Fitzpatrick):
H.R. 5994. A bill to require the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to identify a consistent,
Federal set of best available forward-looking meteorological
information and to require the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology to convene an effort to
make such set available, with advice and technical
assistance, to standards-developing organizations, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology.
By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Mr. Ruiz):
H.R. 5995. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to
expand eligibility to certain military retirees for
concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and
retired pay or combat-related special compensation, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in
addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. Deutch, and Mr.
Vargas):
H.R. 5996. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to require that return information from tax-exempt
organizations be made available in a searchable format and to
provide the disclosure of the identity of contributors to
certain tax-exempt organizations, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. ENGEL:
H.R. 5997. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to designate an official within the Department
of Health and Human Services to coordinate the efforts of
Federal departments and agencies with respect to COVID-19; to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. GOLDEN (for himself and Mr. Wittman):
H.R. 5998. A bill to make the National Parks and Federal
Recreational Lands Pass available at no cost to members of
Gold Star Families; 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 Mr. HUFFMAN:
H.R. 5999. A bill to preserve the Arctic coastal plain of
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in
recognition of its extraordinary natural ecosystems and for
the permanent good of present and future generations of
Americans; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana:
H.R. 6000. A bill to reauthorize a pilot program to
evaluate the effectiveness of certain water-related
feasibility studies carried out by non-Federal interests; to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana:
H.R. 6001. A bill to reauthorize a pilot program to
evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of certain
water-related projects carried out by non-Federal interests;
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
H.R. 6002. A bill to require certain acting national
security officials to appear before Congress, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition
to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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 Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
H.R. 6003. A bill to exempt certain Federal first responder
grants from matching fund requirements to address the
Nation's rising rate of first responder suicides and other
mental health issues, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee
on 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 Mr. LIPINSKI:
H.R. 6004. A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health
Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human
Services to establish a grant program for purposes of
facilitating State efforts to establish or maintain all-payer
claims databases, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on
Education and Labor, for a period
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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. MALINOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Bucshon):
H.R. 6005. A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health
Service Act to increase transparency of group health plans
and health insurance issuers offering group or individual
health insurance coverage by removing gag clauses on price
and quality information, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself and Mr. King of New York):
H.R. 6006. A bill to amend section 923 of title 18, United
States Code, to require an electronic, searchable database of
the importation, production, shipment, receipt, sale, or
other disposition of firearms; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Ms. Sewell of Alabama,
and Mrs. Beatty):
H.R. 6007. A bill to promote youth athletic safety and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and
in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mrs. Demings,
Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. Cox of California):
H.R. 6008. A bill to direct the Attorney General to develop
crisis intervention training tools for use by first
responders related to interacting with persons who have a
traumatic brain injury, another form of acquired brain
injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. PERLMUTTER (for himself and Mr. Wilson of South
Carolina):
H.R. 6009. A bill to amend the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to
extend the sunset for the Office of the Ombudsman; to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee
on Education and Labor, 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. PHILLIPS:
H.R. 6010. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of
2002 to support State and local governments making a
transition to ranked choice voting; to the Committee on House
Administration.
By Mr. SCHIFF:
H.R. 6011. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to allow for nonrecognition of gain on real property
sold for use as affordable housing; to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
By Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia (for himself, Mr.
Stivers, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Hill of Arkansas, Ms. Dean,
and Mr. Loudermilk):
H.R. 6012. A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of
Consumer Financial Protection to establish a grant program to
facilitate financial literacy programs, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself, Ms. Cheney, Mr.
McCaul, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, Mr. Scalise,
Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Ms. Shalala, and
Ms. Mucarsel-Powell):
H. Res. 868. A resolution condemning the comments of
Senator and Democratic Socialist Presidential candidate,
Bernie Sanders (I-VT), disregarding the history of systemic
human rights abuses, forced indoctrination, and authoritarian
actions of the literacy and education policies of the
Communist Castro dictatorship in Cuba; to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. Carson of
Indiana, Ms. Wild, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Beatty, Mr.
Richmond, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Danny K. Davis
of Illinois, Mr. Costa, Ms. Moore, Mr. David Scott of
Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle
of Pennsylvania, Mr. Payne, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Brown
of Maryland, Mr. Trone, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Veasey, Mr.
Hastings, Ms. Bass, Ms. Waters, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Lowenthal, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Smith of
Washington, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Wilson of
Florida, and Ms. Castor of Florida):
H. Res. 869. A resolution recognizing and celebrating the
significance of Black History Month; to the Committee on
Oversight and Reform.
By Mr. JEFFRIES:
H. Res. 870. A resolution electing a Member to a certain
standing committee of the House of Representatives and
ranking a Member on certain standing committees of the House
of Representatives; considered and agreed to.
By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Lamb,
Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Pressley, Mr.
Deutch, Mr. Clay, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr.
DeFazio, Mr. Cooper, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Vela,
Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr.
Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Wild, Ms. Norton,
Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Grijalva,
Ms. Moore, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Fudge, Ms.
Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Rush, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Pingree,
Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mr.
Pocan, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs.
Bustos, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Ms. Barragan, Mr.
Khanna, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms.
Porter, Mr. Payne, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr.
Kilmer, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Tonko,
Mr. Engel, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms.
Sanchez, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Brownley
of California, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Pascrell,
Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Meng, Mr. Garamendi, Ms.
Lee of California, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr.
Panetta, Mr. Soto, Ms. Wexton, Mrs. Davis of
California, Mr. Courtney, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Serrano,
Mr. Trone, Miss Rice of New York, Mrs. Luria, Ms.
DeLauro, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Frankel, Ms. Escobar, Mr.
Vargas, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Kaptur, Ms.
Jayapal, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Ryan, Ms. McCollum, Mr.
McNerney, Mr. Welch, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Butterfield,
Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Kuster of New
Hampshire, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Takano,
Mr. Gomez, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Craig, Mr. Kennedy,
Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Kelly of Illinois,
Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Lewis, Mr.
Connolly, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Foster, Mr. Thompson of
Mississippi, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Garcia
of Illinois, Mr. Golden, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Sewell of
Alabama, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mrs. Carolyn B.
Maloney of New York, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Lowenthal,
Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Morelle, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Kildee,
Mr. Evans, Mr. Kim, Mr. Levin of California, Ms.
Wilson of Florida, Mr. Crist, Mr. Sean Patrick
Maloney of New York, Ms. Finkenauer, Mr. Malinowski,
Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Cleaver,
Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Keating, Ms. Adams, Ms. Slotkin,
and Mr. Cox of California):
H. Res. 871. A resolution expressing the sense of the House
of Representatives that the Congress should enact the Older
Americans Bill of Rights to establish that older Americans
should have the right to live with dignity and with
independence; to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in
addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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 Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma (for herself, Mr.
Cole, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Pallone, Ms.
Davids of Kansas, Ms. Bass, and Mr. Ted Lieu of
California):
H. Res. 872. A resolution recognizing the vital importance
of Native American participation in the 2020 decennial census
of population; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
By Mrs. BEATTY:
H. Res. 873. A resolution recognizing the impact and
importance of improving prevention, detection, and treatment
modalities for African-American women with cardiovascular
disease and diabetes; to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce.
By Mrs. BEATTY:
H. Res. 874. A resolution expressing support for the annual
Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day on February 22, 2020,
coinciding with American Heart Month; to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. LATTA:
H. Res. 875. A resolution expressing the sense of the House
of Representatives that domain name registration information,
referred to as ``WHOIS'' information, is critical to the
protection of the United States national and economic
security, intellectual property rights enforcement,
cybersecurity, as well as the health, safety, and privacy of
its citizens, and should remain readily accessible; to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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