[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 77 (Thursday, April 23, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1956-H1957]
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. GREEN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 6598. A bill to preserve national security by 
     providing guarantees to investors for investments in 
     businesses at risk of predatory economic tactics by the 
     Communist Party of the People's Republic of China, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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. LUCAS (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
             Babin, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Posey, Mr. Olson, Mr. 
             Gonzalez of Ohio, Mr. Rooney of Florida, and Mr. 
             Murphy of North Carolina):
       H.R. 6599. A bill to provide for coordination of research 
     and development for pandemic disease prediction, forecasting 
     and computing and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, 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. BEYER:
       H.R. 6600. A bill to authorize the Director of the National 
     Institutes of Health to establish prize competitions to 
     incentivize research by institutions of higher education on 
     point-of-care testing for the detection of current or past 
     infection with COVID-19, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. BIGGS:
       H.R. 6601. A bill to require a particular jury instruction 
     in Federal civil actions that include a claim for damages 
     based on negligence arising from the transmission of COVID-
     19; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. 
             Crow, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Young, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Neguse, Ms. Haaland, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Huffman, Ms. 
             DelBene, Ms. Porter, Ms. Jayapal, and Ms. Gabbard):
       H.R. 6602. A bill to provide assistance under programs 
     relating to COVID-19 of the Small Business Administration to 
     cannabis businesses and their service providers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. CASE (for himself and Ms. Gabbard):
       H.R. 6603. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and 
     feasibility of designating certain land as the Kaena Point 
     National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 6604. A bill to amend the National Telecommunications 
     and Information Administration Organization Act to establish 
     a Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. HAYES:
       H.R. 6605. A bill to provide additional amounts to the 
     Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. LEVIN of California:
       H.R. 6606. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations 
     establishing emission standards for emissions of greenhouse 
     gases from aircraft, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LYNCH (for himself and Mr. Soto):
       H.R. 6607. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to establish, in coordination with the 
     Director of the strategic national stockpile, the National 
     Emergency Biodefense Network, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. MENG (for herself and Mrs. Beatty):
       H.R. 6608. A bill to provide for the availability of 
     menstrual hygiene products for homeless individuals under the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency emergency food and 
     shelter grant program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. PANETTA (for himself, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. 
             Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. DeFazio, 
             Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Hastings, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
             Malinowski, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. 
             Meng, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Phillips, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. 
             Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Sewell of 
             Alabama, Mr. Sires, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Suozzi, and 
             Mr. Vela):
       H.R. 6609. A bill to provide for the immediate procurement 
     of COVID-19 medical testing components, materials, and 
     supplies under the Defense Production Act of 1950; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. ROSE of New York (for himself, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. 
             Norton, and Ms. Jackson Lee):
       H.R. 6610. A bill to establish the Cabinet-level position 
     of Director of Pandemic and Biodefense Preparedness and 
     Response in the Executive Branch with the responsibility of 
     developing a National Pandemic and Biodefense Preparedness 
     and Response Strategy, to prepare for and coordinate the 
     response to future pandemics, biological attacks, and other 
     major health crises, including coordinating the work of 
     multiple government agencies, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed 
     Services, Foreign Affairs, 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 Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Allen, 
             Mr. Baird, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Crawford, Mr. 
             Hagedorn, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, 
             Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. 
             Collins of Georgia, Mr. Cuellar, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Bost, 
             Mr. Abraham, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. David Scott 
             of Georgia, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Bacon, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Yoho, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Rodney 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Soto, Mr. Dunn, and Ms. 
             Schrier):
       H.R. 6611. A bill making supplemental appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond 
     to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee 
     on 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 Mr. TAKANO (for himself and Mr. David P. Roe of 
             Tennessee):
       H.R. 6612. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to prescribe the technical qualifications for 
     licensed hearing aid specialists of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. THORNBERRY:
       H.R. 6613. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to 
     strengthen the United States commitment to the security of 
     the Indo-Pacific region and to increase military readiness to 
     defend the homeland and underwrite United States national 
     interests, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign 
     Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to 
     be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for

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     consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. WALTZ (for himself, Mr. Gallagher, Ms. Cheney, 
             Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Wright, Mr. Banks, Mr. Comer, Mr. 
             Arrington, Mr. Posey, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, 
             Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Spano, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Smith of 
             Missouri, Mr. Ferguson, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, 
             Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Graves of 
             Louisiana, and Mr. Baird):
       H.R. 6614. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide that sums in the Thrift Savings Fund may not be 
     invested in securities that are listed on certain foreign 
     exchanges, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Reform.
           By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania:
       H. Res. 939. A resolution supporting the World Bank Group 
     to lead a worldwide COVID-19 economic recovery effort; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. Carson of 
             Indiana, Ms. Omar, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Kildee, Mr. Rush, Ms. Norton, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Green 
             of Texas, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Meeks, Mr. 
             Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Watson 
             Coleman, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Stevens, Mr. McNerney, Ms. 
             McCollum, Ms. Lofgren, and Ms. Porter):
       H. Res. 940. A resolution recognizing the commencement of 
     Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and spiritual 
     renewal, and commending Muslims in the United States and 
     throughout the world for their faith; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.

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