[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H6205-H6207]
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                      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. RASKIN (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Gomez, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Mfume,

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             Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Scanlon, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
             Ms. Bass, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Auchincloss):
       H.R. 5853. A bill to require non-Federal prison, 
     correctional, and detention facilities holding Federal 
     prisoners or detainees under a contract with the Federal 
     Government to make the same information available to the 
     public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are 
     required to make available; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCLINTOCK (for himself, Mr. Jordan, Mr. 
             McCarthy, Mr. Scalise, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Mast, Mr. 
             Rouzer, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. 
             Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
             Tiffany, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Ms. Herrell, Mr. 
             Gosar, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Perry, Mr. Bost, Mr. Rogers 
             of Alabama, Mr. Latta, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Rosendale, 
             Mr. Issa, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Grothman, Mr. 
             Weber of Texas, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Graves of 
             Louisiana, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Buchanan, Mrs. Bice of 
             Oklahoma, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Murphy of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. 
             Obernolte, Mr. Aderholt, Mrs. Boebert, Mrs. 
             Harshbarger, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Mrs. Wagner, 
             Mr. Nehls, Mr. Allen, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. 
             Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Norman, Mr. McCaul, Mrs. 
             Miller-Meeks, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Barr, Ms. Letlow, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. 
             Gibbs, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Lucas, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Massie, Mr. Meuser, Mr. 
             Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Emmer, Mr. 
             Hudson, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Cole, 
             Mr. Wittman, Mr. Babin, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Calvert, 
             Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Good of 
             Virginia, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Brady, Mr. 
             Roy, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Mullin, Mr. 
             Hagedorn, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Ms. Malliotakis, 
             Mr. Jackson, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Brooks, Mr. 
             Fleischmann, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Pence, Mr. Austin Scott 
             of Georgia, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Baird, 
             Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Joyce of 
             Ohio, Mr. Reed, Mr. Guest, Mr. Budd, Mr. Balderson, 
             Mr. Womack, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Owens, Mr. Mann, Mr. 
             Johnson of South Dakota, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Schweikert, 
             Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Steel, Mr. Rodney 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Hern, 
             Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Posey, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Guthrie, 
             Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Valadao, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Wenstrup, 
             Mr. LaHood, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Rutherford, 
             Mr. Young, Ms. Van Duyne, Ms. Granger, Ms. Herrera 
             Beutler, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Katko, Mr. 
             Newhouse, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Davidson, 
             Mr. Arrington, Mr. Meijer, Mr. Comer, Mr. 
             Fortenberry, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Hill, Mr. Fallon, 
             Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Huizenga, 
             Mr. Waltz, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Moore of Utah, and Mr. 
             Stewart):
       H.R. 5854. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     prohibit payments of compromise settlements arising out of 
     certain violations of the immigration laws, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ARMSTRONG:
       H.R. 5855. A bill to authorize the relinquishment and in 
     lieu selection of land and minerals in the State of North 
     Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes within 
     the State of North Dakota, to conserve the Little Missouri 
     National Grasslands, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. BASS:
       H.R. 5856. A bill to amend parts B and E of title IV of the 
     Social Security Act to expand nondiscrimination protections 
     for children and families and offer greater flexibility to 
     States before petitioning to terminate parental rights, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BERA (for himself and Mr. Young):
       H.R. 5857. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     enhance the national strategy for combating and eliminating 
     tuberculosis, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself and Ms. Speier):
       H.R. 5858. A bill to make transitional compensation 
     available to dependents of members of the Armed Forces 
     convicted of dependent abuse in Federal or State court and 
     dependents of members accused of dependent abuse who have 
     forfeited all pay and allowances for an unrelated offense; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BUCK (for himself and Mr. Khanna):
       H.R. 5859. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration 
     Act of 1938 to require registration statements filed under 
     such Act to be filed in a structured data format which 
     enables the statements to be digitized for purposes of the 
     publicly available electronic database maintained under such 
     Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BURCHETT (for himself, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, 
             Mr. Mast, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. 
             Hinson, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mrs. 
             Miller-Meeks, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Guest, Mr. Weber of 
             Texas, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Cline):
       H.R. 5860. A bill to exempt essential workers from Federal 
     COVID-19 vaccine mandates; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
     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. EVANS (for himself and Mr. Fitzgerald):
       H.R. 5861. A bill to streamline the process for granting 
     certain waivers for requirements on contracts awarded under 
     section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. GARAMENDI:
       H.R. 5862. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     codify and expand the authority for joint task forces of the 
     Department of Defense to support law enforcement agencies 
     conducting counter-terrorism, counter-illicit trafficking, or 
     counter-transnational organized crime activities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. GARAMENDI:
       H.R. 5863. A bill to strengthen enforcement actions against 
     unlawfully sourced palm oil and deforestation in developing 
     countries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Natural 
     Resources, 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. GOODEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. Roy, Mrs. 
             Miller of Illinois, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Boebert, and Mr. 
             Cloud):
       H.R. 5864. A bill to prohibit the withholding of Federal 
     education funds on the basis of vaccination requirements, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. Doggett, Ms. 
             Jackson Lee, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Taylor, Mr. 
             Veasey, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Williams 
             of Texas, Mr. Crenshaw, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Van Duyne, 
             Mr. Vela, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Carter of Texas, 
             Mr. Nehls, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Babin, Mr. Allred, Mrs. 
             Fletcher, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
             Pfluger, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Roy, Ms. Granger, 
             Mr. Jackson, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Tony Gonzales of 
             Texas, Mr. Brady, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
             Gohmert, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Ellzey, 
             and Mr. Fallon):
       H.R. 5865. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in 
     Stafford, Texas, as the ``Leonard Scarcella Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Raskin, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. San 
             Nicolas, and Ms. Bonamici):
       H.R. 5866. A bill to restore protections for Social 
     Security, Railroad retirement, and Black Lung benefits from 
     administrative offset; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. HARTZLER (for herself and Mr. Lamborn):
       H.R. 5867. A bill to repeal the Military Selective Service 
     Act; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. HARTZLER (for herself, Mr. Lamborn, and Mr. 
             DesJarlais):
       H.R. 5868. A bill to repeal the Military Selective Service 
     Act and reestablish the Office of Selective Service Records, 
     and to prescribe the procedure for the reenactment of such 
     Act or reestablishment of the Selective Service System; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services, 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. KATKO (for himself and Mr. Delgado):
       H.R. 5869. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the establishment of a mesothelioma patient 
     registry, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. KHANNA (for himself and Mr. Waltz):
       H.R. 5870. A bill to establish a joint United States-Taiwan 
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     Center to serve as an early warning center in the case of an 
     of infectious disease outbreak in the Indo-Pacific region; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mrs. LURIA (for herself and Mr. Womack):
       H.R. 5871. A bill to prohibit the use of funds made 
     available under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to 
     purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise obtain communications 
     equipment or services that pose a national security risk; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York (for himself, 
             Mr. Phillips, and Ms. Meng):
       H.R. 5872. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to treat as misbranded cosmetics with packaging 
     or labeling using the term ``natural'' unless the cosmetic 
     meets certain standards, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. MANNING:
       H.R. 5873. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 to improve part-time coverage for part-
     time workers, 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 Mr. MASSIE (for himself, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Gosar, and 
             Mr. McClintock):
       H.R. 5874. A bill to promote the leadership of the United 
     States in global innovation by establishing a robust patent 
     system that restores and protects the right of inventors to 
     own and enforce private property rights in inventions and 
     discoveries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. McKINLEY (for himself and Mr. O'Halleran):
       H.R. 5875. A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to increase retention of the rural health care 
     workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. McKINLEY (for himself, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, 
             Mr. Burgess, and Mr. Crenshaw):
       H.R. 5876. A bill to prohibit the implementation of climate 
     finance plans, 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. MRVAN:
       H.R. 5877. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to 
     review certain provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations 
     related to fiduciary standards under the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Kelly 
             of Illinois, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Correa, Mr. Raskin, Mr. 
             Deutch, Mr. Lieu, and Mr. Crow):
       H.R. 5878. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the sale or other disposition of any firearm or 
     ammunition to any person who has been convicted of a violent 
     misdemeanor, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. NEWMAN (for herself and Ms. Salazar):
       H.R. 5879. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
     clarify the application of the price evaluation preference 
     for qualified HUBZone small business concerns to certain 
     contracts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
           By Mr. O'HALLERAN:
       H.R. 5880. A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe 
     Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the 
     enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PHILLIPS (for himself and Ms. Van Duyne):
       H.R. 5881. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     report to Congress on the effects on small businesses of the 
     Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework of the 
     Department of Defense, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself and Mrs. 
             Miller-Meeks):
       H.R. 5882. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to improve the process for awarding grants 
     under section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 with respect 
     to opening or funding shelter facilities for unaccompanied 
     alien children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SEWELL (for herself and Mr. Smith of Nebraska):
       H.R. 5883. A bill to establish a value-based care program 
     to exempt eligible rural health clinics from certain payment 
     limitations, and for other purposes; 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 Ms. SPANBERGER (for herself, Mr. Cline, Mr. 
             Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Owens):
       H.R. 5884. A bill to direct the Attorney General to convene 
     a national working group to study proactive strategies and 
     needed resources for the identification and rescue of 
     children from sexual exploitation and abuse, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. STEEL (for herself, Mr. Harder of California, 
             and Mrs. Kim of California):
       H.R. 5885. A bill to establish an interagency task force to 
     address the backlog of cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles 
     and the Port of Long Beach and in the coastal waters of 
     Orange County, California, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. STEEL (for herself and Mr. Grothman):
       H.R. 5886. A bill to amend the Railway Labor Act to apply 
     the provisions of such Act to maritime employers and 
     employees in the maritime industry, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Posey, Mr. 
             Upton, Mr. Huizenga, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Murphy of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. 
             Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of North 
             Carolina, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Allen):
       H.R. 5887. A bill to maintain 2021 H-2A adverse effect wage 
     rates for calendar year 2022 to stabilize United States food 
     prices; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. WAGNER (for herself and Mr. David Scott of 
             Georgia):
       H.R. 5888. A bill to improve the provision of financial 
     literacy training and information relating to the Blended 
     Retirement System to members of the Armed Forces, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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. WELCH (for himself and Ms. Clarke of New York):
       H.R. 5889. A bill to amend title VI of the Public Utility 
     Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal energy 
     efficiency resource standard for retail electricity suppliers 
     and retail natural gas suppliers, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MEEKS (for himself and Mr. McCaul):
       H. Con. Res. 59. Concurrent resolution condemning the 
     October 25, 2021, military coup in Sudan and standing with 
     the people of Sudan; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
     in addition to the Committee on 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. ISSA (for himself, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Jackson, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Babin, Mrs. Miller of 
             Illinois, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Norman, Mr. 
             Carter of Georgia, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Garcia of 
             California, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Banks, Mrs. Miller of 
             West Virginia, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Cole, Mr. Bishop of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Allen, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Nunes, 
             Mrs. Steel, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Valadao, Mr. 
             McCarthy, Mrs. Kim of California, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. 
             Burchett, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Steube, and Mr. 
             Budd):
       H. Res. 772. A resolution recognizing the contributions of 
     gig workers and independent contractors to the American 
     economy; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
           By Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
             Costa, Mr. Meijer, Mr. Kind, Ms. Titus, Ms. Wild, and 
             Mr. Vargas):
       H. Res. 773. A resolution reaffirming German-American 
     friendship and cooperation initiative; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.

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