[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 203 (Friday, December 30, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H10538-H10540]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT

  Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, reported that on October 4, 
2022, she presented to the President of the United States, for his 
approval, the following bills:

       H.R. 7500. To authorize major medical facility projects for 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, and 
     for other purposes.
       H.R. 7698. To designate the outpatient clinic of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs in Ventura, California, as the 
     ``Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner Outpatient Clinic''.
       H.R. 7846. To increase, effective as of December 1, 2022, 
     the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected 
     disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity 
     compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, 
     and for other purposes.

  Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on 
October 14, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, 
for his approval, the following bill:

       H.R. 4693. To advance targeted and evidence-based 
     interventions for the prevention and treatment of global 
     malnutrition and to improve the coordination of such 
     programs, and for other purposes.

  Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on 
November 29, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, 
for his approval, the following bill:

       H.R. 8454. To expand research on cannabidiol and marijuana, 
     and for other purposes.

  Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on 
December 2, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, 
for his approval, the following bills and joint resolution:

       H.R. 521. To permit disabled law enforcement officers, 
     customs and border protection officers, firefighters, air 
     traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, members of 
     the Capitol Police, members of the Supreme Court Police, 
     employees of the Central Intelligence Agency performing 
     intelligence activities abroad or having specialized security 
     requirements, and diplomatic security special agents of the 
     Department of State to receive retirement benefits in the 
     same manner as if they had not been disabled.
       H.R. 7132. To preserve safe access to communications 
     services for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.J. Res. 100. To provide for a resolution with respect to 
     the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented 
     by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the 
     National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their 
     employees.

  Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on 
December 9, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, 
for his approval, the following bill:

       H.R. 8404. To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure 
     respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other 
     purposes.

  Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on 
December 16, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, 
for his approval, the following bills:

       H.R. 228. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, 
     California, as the ``Norma Comnick Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 263. To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to 
     clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety 
     Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 310. To posthumously award the Congressional Gold 
     Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. 
     Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their 
     contributions to the Nation.
       H.R. 700. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in 
     Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. `Larry' Walsh Sr. Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 1193. To amend title IV of the Public Health Service 
     Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of 
     Health, in consultation with the Director of the National 
     Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to establish a program 
     under which the Director of the National Institutes of Health 
     shall support or conduct research on valvular heart disease, 
     and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1437. Making further continuing appropriations for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2220. To amend title 40, United States Code, to modify 
     the treatment of certain bargain-price options to purchase at 
     less than fair market value, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2930. To enhance protections of Native American 
     tangible cultural heritage, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3175. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 135 Main Street in Biloxi, 
     Mississippi, as the ``Robert S. McKeithen Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 3462. To require an annual report on the cybersecurity 
     of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 5481. To name the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     community-based outpatient clinic in Forest City, North 
     Carolina, as the ``Master Sergeant Jerry K. Crump VA 
     Clinic''.
       H.R. 5796. To amend title 35, United States Code, to 
     establish a competition to award certificates that can be 
     redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and 
     Trademark Office, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6614. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, 
     Michigan, as the ``Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6722. To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, 
     as the ``Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic''.
       H.R. 6863. To designate the medical center of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs in Memphis, Tennessee, as the 
     ``Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center''.
       H.R. 7077. To require the United States Fire Administration 
     to conduct on-site investigations of major fires, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 7535. To encourage the migration of Federal Government 
     information technology

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     systems to quantum-resistant cryptography, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 7903. To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, 
     Michigan, as the ``Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA 
     Clinic''.
       H.R. 7925. To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, 
     California, as the ``Sy Kaplan VA Clinic''.

  Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on 
December 22, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, 
for his approval, the following bill:

       H.R. 7776. To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 
     for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
     military construction, and for defense activities of the 
     Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
     strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

  Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on 
December 23, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, 
for his approval, the following bills:

       H.R. 203. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, 
     Texas, as the ``Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 441. To provide for the conveyance of certain property 
     to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, the 
     conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska 
     Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, and the 
     conveyance of certain property to the Alaska Native Tribal 
     Health Consortium located in Anchorage, Alaska, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 478. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take 
     certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for 
     the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 681. For the relief of Rebecca Trimble.
       H.R. 785. For the relief of Maria Isabel Bueso Barrera, 
     Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Karla Maria Barrera De Bueso.
       H.R. 1095. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in 
     Compton, California, as the ``PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 2472. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 82422 Cadiz Jewett Road in Cadiz, 
     Ohio, as the ``John Armor Bingham Post Office''.
       H.R. 2473. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as 
     the ``Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office''.
       H.R. 2724. To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for peer support 
     specialists for claimants who are survivors of military 
     sexual trauma, and for other purposes,
       H.R. 3285. To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating 
     to the President and the President's spouse.
       H.R. 4250. To amend the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest or 
     conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed 
     genocide or war crimes, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4373. Making further continuing appropriations for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 4622. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 226 North Main Street in Roseville, 
     Ohio, as the ``Ronald E. Rosser Post Office''.
       H.R. 4881. To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take 
     into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land 
     in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4899. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in Akeley, 
     Minnesota, as the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''.
       H.R. 5271. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard in 
     Nashville, Tennessee, as the ``Thelma Harper Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5349. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in 
     Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 5650. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains 
     in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. Wright Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 5659. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains 
     in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. Wright Post 
     Office Building''.
       H.R. 5794. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 850 Walnut Street in McKeesport, 
     Pennsylvania, as the ``First Sergeant Leonard A. Funk, Jr. 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 5865. 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''.
       H.R. 5900. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los 
     Angeles, California, as the ``Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob 
     Cruz Post Office''.
       H.R. 5943. To designate the outpatient clinic of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs in Greenville, South Carolina, 
     as the ``Lance Corporal Dana Cornell Darnell VA Clinic''.
       H.R. 5952. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 123 East Main Street, in Vergas, 
     Minnesota, as the ``Jon Glawe Post Office''.
       H.R. 5961. To make revisions in title 5, United States 
     Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make 
     technical amendments to improve the United States Code.
       H.R. 5973. To reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
     Restoration Act of 1990, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6042. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway in 
     Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as the ``Caesar H. Wright 
     Jr. Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6064. To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies 
     of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review of 
     examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals who 
     submit claims to the Secretary for compensation under chapter 
     11 of title 38, United States Code, for mental and physical 
     conditions linked to military sexual trauma.
       H.R. 6080. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little 
     Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Ronald A. Robinson Post Office''.
       H.R. 6218. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, 
     Minnesota, as the ``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 6220. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, 
     Minnesota, as the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office''.
       H.R. 6221. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, 
     Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''.
       H.R. 6267. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 15 Chestnut Street in Suffern, New 
     York, as the ``Sergeant Gerald T. `Jerry' Donnellan Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 6386. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in 
     Schaumburg, Illinois, as the ``Veterans of Iraq and 
     Afghanistan Memorial Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6427. To amend the Red River National Wildlife Refuge 
     Act to modify the boundary of the Red River National Wildlife 
     Refuge, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6604. To amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the method by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     determines the effects of a closure or disapproval of an 
     educational institution on individuals who do not transfer 
     credits from such institution.
       H.R. 6630. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, 
     California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6917. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway in 
     Crystal Lake, Illinois, as the ``Ryan J. Cummings Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6961. To amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals 
     regarding claims involving military sexual trauma.
       H.R. 7181. To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
     of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to seek to 
     provide for the posting of contact information of the 
     national human trafficking hotline in the restrooms of each 
     aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, passenger 
     train, and passenger railroad station operating within the 
     United States, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 7299. To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     obtain an independent cybersecurity assessment of information 
     systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 7335. To improve coordination between the Veterans 
     Health Administration and the Veterans Benefits 
     Administration with respect to claims for compensation 
     arising from military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 7514. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, 
     Pennsylvania, as the ``Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 7518. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel Park, 
     Michigan, as the ``Roy E. Dickens Post Office''.
       H.R. 7519. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 2050 South Boulevard in Bloomfield 
     Township, Michigan, as the ``Dr. Ezra S. Parke Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 7638. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in 
     Lakeland, Florida, as the ``U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. 
     Payne Jr. Post Office''.
       H.R. 7735. To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     update the appraisal requirements for certain loans 
     guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 8025. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in 
     Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Martin Olav Sabo Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 8026. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in 
     Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Charles W. Lindberg Post 
     Office''.
       H.R. 8226. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 236

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     Concord Exchange North in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the 
     ``Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 8260. To amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     shorten the timeframe for designation of benefits under 
     Department of Veterans Affairs life insurance programs, to 
     improve the treatment of undisbursed life insurance benefits 
     by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 9308. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in San 
     Diego, California, as the ``Susan A. Davis Post Office''.
       H.R. 8203. To designate the facility of the United States 
     Postal Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 
     North Suite 420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the ``Bob Krueger 
     Post Office''.
  Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House, further reported that on 
December 28, 2022, she presented to the President of the United States, 
for his approval, the following bills:

       H.R. 680. For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish 
     Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar.
       H.R. 897. To take certain lands in California into trust 
     for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
     Indians, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1082. To study the incidence of fatal and non-fatal 
     assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to enhance 
     safety and save lives.
       H.R. 1154. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
     conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of 
     designating certain land as the Great Dismal Swamp National 
     Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1917. To modify eligibility requirements for certain 
     hazard mitigation assistance programs, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2617. Making consolidated appropriations for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for providing 
     emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 7939. To make permanent certain educational assistance 
     benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs in the case of changes to courses of 
     education by reason of emergency situations, and for other 
     purposes.

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