[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H4088-H4090]
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. OWENS (for himself, Ms. Foxx, Ms. Stefanik, Mrs. 
             Steel, Mr. Allen, Mrs. Spartz, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. 
             Comer, Mrs. McClain, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, 
             Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Grothman, Mr. 
             Griffith, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, and Mr. Buck):
       H.R. 4698. A bill to prevent the use of Federal funds to 
     advance discriminatory concepts, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself and Mr. 
             Luetkemeyer):
       H.R. 4699. A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968 to allow for the consideration of private flood 
     insurance for the purposes of applying continuous coverage 
     requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mrs. AXNE (for herself, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Lamb, Mr. 
             Armstrong, Mr. Ryan, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Ms. Wild, Mr. 
             Bost, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Murphy of North 
             Carolina, Mr. San Nicolas, Ms. Craig, Ms. Slotkin, 
             and Ms. Spanberger):
       H.R. 4700. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize members of the reserve components of the Armed 
     Forces to participate in the Skillbridge program of the 
     Department of Defense; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BERGMAN (for himself and Mrs. Axne):
       H.R. 4701. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to increase provider and supplier oversight under State 
     Medicaid plans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CAWTHORN (for himself, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Mann, 
             Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and Mr. Banks):
       H.R. 4702. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to provide spouses of servicemembers an option to elect 
     their home residence or domicile for filing State income 
     taxes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself and Mr. Westerman):
       H.R. 4703. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins to honor and memorialize the tragedy of the 
     Sultana Steamboat explosion of 1865, which is the greatest 
     maritime disaster in United States history; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mrs. DINGELL:
       H.R. 4704. A bill to provide assistance for mature 
     technology nodes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. FULCHER:
       H.R. 4705. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to 
     modify the treatment of revenue from timber sale contracts 
     and certain payments made by counties to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior under good 
     neighbor agreements, 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 Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Vela):
       H.R. 4706. A bill to establish the Blackwell School 
     National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 4707. A bill to establish a community disaster 
     assistance fund for housing and community development and to 
     authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
     provide, from the fund, assistance through a community 
     development block grant disaster recovery program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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. HUIZENGA:
       H.R. 4708. A bill to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and 
     the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
     with

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     respect to the definition of accredited investor, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Mr. Cardenas, Mrs. Hayes, 
             Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Norton, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. 
             Smith of Washington, Mr. Trone, Ms. Bonamici, and Mr. 
             Blumenauer):
       H.R. 4709. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     divert certain parents of minor children, expectant parents, 
     and other caregivers from incarceration and into 
     comprehensive programs providing resources, services, and 
     training to those individuals and their families; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Ms. Craig, 
             Mr. Emmer, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Stauber, 
             and Mr. Armstrong):
       H.R. 4710. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to allow emergency haying under the conservation reserve 
     program during the primary nesting season; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
           By Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. 
             Banks):
       H.R. 4711. A bill to amend the Bipartisan Congressional 
     Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 to include 
     principal negotiating objectives of the United States 
     relating to trade in pharmaceutical products, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 Mr. LEVIN of California (for himself and Mr. 
             Huffman):
       H.R. 4712. A bill to promote desalination project 
     development and drought resilience, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. McCAUL (for himself and Mr. Cuellar):
       H.R. 4713. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 to establish within the Department of Homeland Security 
     a the Homeland Security Investigations Transnational Criminal 
     Investigative Unit Program to coordinate homeland security 
     investigations into transnational criminal organizations, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McEACHIN (for himself, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Sewell, 
             Ms. Norton, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Peters, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Newman, and Mr. Cicilline):
       H.R. 4714. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand the credit for expenditures to provide access 
     to disabled individuals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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. MULLIN (for himself and Mr. Cole):
       H.R. 4715. A bill to authorize appropriations to the 
     Secretary of the Interior to make payments to certain members 
     of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma in accordance with the 
     recommendation of the United States Court of Federal Claims; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kilmer, 
             Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Casten, Mr. Espaillat, 
             Mr. Schiff, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Peters, Mr. Khanna, Ms. 
             Velazquez, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. 
             Lee of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pocan, Ms. 
             Brownley, Ms. Dean, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. 
             Lowenthal, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Mr. DeFazio, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of 
             New York, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Sean Patrick 
             Maloney of New York):
       H.R. 4716. A bill to end the use of body-gripping traps in 
     the National Wildlife Refuge System, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. OMAR:
       H.R. 4717. A bill to promote the adoption of a binding 
     Global Migration Agreement, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. OMAR (for herself and Ms. Pressley):
       H.R. 4718. A bill to provide for the imposition of 
     sanctions with respect to foreign countries that are in 
     violation of international human rights law or international 
     humanitarian law, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Homeland 
     Security, 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. Lamborn):
       H.R. 4719. A bill to direct the Administrator of the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration to submit to 
     Congress a report on the merits of, and options for, 
     establishing an institute relating to space resources, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
             Suozzi, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. Gottheimer):
       H.R. 4720. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide investment and production tax credits for 
     emerging energy technologies, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. Perry, Mr. Mast, Mr. 
             Jackson, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. 
             DesJarlais, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Bishop of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Babin, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Budd, 
             Mr. Steube, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Gooden of 
             Texas, Mr. Davidson, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Johnson of 
             Ohio, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Mace, 
             Mr. Cloud, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Weber of 
             Texas, and Mr. Palazzo):
       H.R. 4721. A bill to withhold United States contributions 
     to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine 
     Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. RUIZ (for himself and Mr. Gallego):
       H.R. 4722. A bill to prohibit the unauthorized possession 
     of a firearm at a Federal election site; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SWALWELL:
       H.R. 4723. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to expand eligibility for public service student loan 
     forgiveness to certain contractor employees of national 
     laboratories; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. SWALWELL (for himself, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
             Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Garamendi, Mrs. Hayes, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Pingree, and Mr. Rush):
       H.R. 4724. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for 
     public service employment, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. SWALWELL (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. 
             McNerney):
       H.R. 4725. A bill to provide for the relief of interest on 
     certain Federal student loans; to the Committee on Education 
     and Labor.
           By Mr. SWALWELL:
       H.R. 4726. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the deduction allowed for student loan 
     interest; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SWALWELL (for himself and Mr. Khanna):
       H.R. 4727. A bill to provide for loan forgiveness for STEM 
     teachers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, 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. TAKANO (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Tlaib, 
             and Mr. Garcia of Illinois):
       H.R. 4728. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours per week 
     to 32 hours per week, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 4729. A bill to amend the Water Resources Reform and 
     Development Act of 2014 to allow the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the 
     Department of the Interior and other agencies to provide 
     grants, assistance, studies, Federal coordination, and 
     essential restoration and protection of the Mississippi River 
     Corridor for the purpose of sustaining critical environmental 
     services and the major U.S. economies that depend on them and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. WALTZ (for himself and Mr. Panetta):
       H.R. 4730. A bill to establish, for certain individuals, an 
     open enrollment period for the Survivor Benefit Plan under 
     subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Suozzi, 
             Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Chu, 
             Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Bowman, Mr. 
             San Nicolas, Mr. Carson, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Pressley, 
             Ms. Norton, and Ms. Schakowsky):
       H.R. 4731. A bill to amend the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 to set aside community development 
     block grant amounts in each fiscal year for grants to local 
     chapters of veterans service organizations for the 
     renovation, rehabilitation, and modernization local chapter 
     facilities; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Norton, 
             Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Pappas, and Ms. 
             Brownley):
       H.R. 4732. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     codify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     assign a disability rating of total to a veteran by reason of 
     unemployability, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. YOUNG:
       H.R. 4733. A bill to deem certain voyages transporting 
     passengers between ports or

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     places within the United States in compliance with certain 
     requirements upon calling on a port owned by an Indian Tribe, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. MENG (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Fitzpatrick, Ms. Velazquez, and Ms. Chu):
       H. Res. 563. A resolution recognizing July 28, 2021, as 
     ``World Hepatitis Day''; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. RESCHENTHALER:
       H. Res. 564. A resolution reaffirming the comprehensive 
     United States approach to tobacco control and encouraging the 
     World Health Organization to embrace technological 
     advancements to combat noncommunicable diseases; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Garamendi, Mr. Sires, Mr. Rush, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Auchincloss, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, and Mr. Huffman):
       H. Res. 565. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 
     2050; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. TENNEY (for herself and Mr. Thompson of 
             California):
       H. Res. 566. A resolution commemorating the 80th 
     anniversary of the Civil Air Patrol; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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