[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H1844-H1846]
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. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
             Mr. Bacon, Ms. Adams, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Van 
             Drew):
       H.R. 2663. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue 
     an occupational safety and health standard that requires 
     covered employers within the health care and social service 
     industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace 
     violence prevention plan, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. DelBENE:
       H.R. 2664. A bill to provide for coordination between 
     Federal agencies regarding the decarbonization, development, 
     certification, and deployment of aircraft, vessels, and 
     medium and heavy duty transportation vehicles, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
     and Commerce, and 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 Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Mr. Crenshaw, 
             Ms. DeGette, and Mr. Burgess):
       H.R. 2665. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to delay certain disproportionate share hospital payment 
     reductions under the Medicaid program; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. GUTHRIE (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Joyce of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Auchincloss, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and 
             Mr. Peters):
       H.R. 2666. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to codify value-based purchasing arrangements under the 
     Medicaid program and reforms related to price reporting under 
     such arrangements, 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 Mr. BOST (for himself, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Murphy, Mr. 
             Mrvan, and Ms. Tenney):
       H.R. 2667. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to 
     increase civil penalties for, and improve enforcement with 
     respect to, customs fraud, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. CHU (for herself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Raskin, Ms. 
             Schrier, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Sherman):
       H.R. 2668. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, 
     collectively, to the American individuals that were active in 
     aiding and rescuing Jews and other refugees during the period 
     of Nazi Germany's genocidal ``Final Solution'' policy to 
     murder every Jew in Europe, in recognition of their 
     contributions, which resulted in tens of thousands of Jews 
     and others being spared from almost certain death; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. CLEAVER:
       H.R. 2669. A bill to authorize appropriations for 
     occupational education and training programs of the Bureau of 
     Prisons, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. Smith of 
             Washington):
       H.R. 2670. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2024 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense and 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; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. COSTA (for himself and Mr. Curtis):
       H.R. 2671. A bill to amend the Water Infrastructure Finance 
     and Innovation Act of 2014

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     with respect to budgetary treatment of certain amounts of 
     financial assistance, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. DUNN of Florida (for himself, Mr. Graves of 
             Louisiana, and Mr. Soto):
       H.R. 2672. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for the 
     authority to reimburse local governments or electric 
     cooperatives for interest expenses, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ESTES (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             Mr. LaHood, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Panetta, 
             Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, 
             Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Mr. Schweikert, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Wenstrup, 
             Mr. Kildee, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Smucker, Mr. 
             Evans, Mr. Hern, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Miller of West 
             Virginia, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Kustoff, Ms. Davids of 
             Kansas, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Moore of 
             Utah, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Van Duyne, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. 
             Feenstra, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Carey, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
             Barr, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Brownley, Mr. 
             Huizenga, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. 
             Courtney, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Connolly, Mrs. 
             Lesko, Mr. Trone, Mr. Reschenthaler, Ms. Ross, Mrs. 
             Harshbarger, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Khanna, 
             Mr. Crawford, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Davidson, Ms. Titus, 
             Mr. Mann, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
             Joyce of Pennsylvania, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Bost, and 
             Ms. Blunt Rochester):
       H.R. 2673. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to restore the deduction for research and experimental 
     expenditures; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GAETZ (for himself and Mr. Biggs):
       H.R. 2674. A bill to amend the Notification and Federal 
     Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to 
     prohibit training that includes information on insider 
     threats, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Accountability.
           By Mr. GALLEGO:
       H.R. 2675. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to waive installment agreement fees for taxpayers with 
     an income below 250 percent of the Federal poverty level and 
     taxpayers using direct debit, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GOMEZ (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Watson 
             Coleman, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Stansbury, 
             Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Bush, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Chu, Mr. Garcia of 
             Illinois, Ms. Meng, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Espaillat, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             Casar, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             DeSaulnier, Mr. Takano, Ms. Omar, and Mr. McGovern):
       H.R. 2676. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. JOYCE of Ohio (for himself and Ms. Ocasio-
             Cortez):
       H.R. 2677. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to make 
     grants to States and units of local government to reduce the 
     financial and administrative burden of expunging convictions 
     for cannabis offenses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. Cloud, Ms. 
             Ocasio-Cortez, and Mr. Neguse):
       H.R. 2678. A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses 
     and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on House 
     Administration, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Oversight and Accountability, 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 Ms. KUSTER (for herself, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Ms. 
             Eshoo, and Mr. Guthrie):
       H.R. 2679. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1984 to increase oversight of pharmacy 
     benefits manager services, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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 Mr. KUSTOFF (for himself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. 
             Garamendi, and Mr. Miller of Ohio):
       H.R. 2680. A bill to provide for the restoration of legal 
     rights for claimants under holocaust-era insurance policies; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
     Committee on 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. KUSTOFF:
       H.R. 2681. A bill to provide a taxpayer bill of rights for 
     small businesses; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 
     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. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. Joyce of 
             Ohio, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Strickland, Ms. DelBene, 
             Ms. Titus, Ms. Mace, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
             Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson Lee, 
             Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, and Ms. Jacobs):
       H.R. 2682. A bill to allow veterans to use, possess, or 
     transport medical marijuana and to discuss the use of medical 
     marijuana with a physician of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs as authorized by a State or Indian Tribe, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
     in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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 Ms. MACE (for herself and Mr. Carter of Louisiana):
       H.R. 2683. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain 
     contributions to local authorities to mitigate the risk of 
     flooding on local property adjacent to medical facilities of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. NORMAN (for himself, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Weber of 
             Texas, Ms. Mace, and Mrs. Miller of Illinois):
       H.R. 2684. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the limitation on capital losses and index 
     the limitation to inflation; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. 
             Bost, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Rosendale, and Mr. Wittman):
       H.R. 2685. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining 
     education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. Beyer, and Ms. 
             Porter):
       H.R. 2686. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal 
     service income earned in pass-thru entities; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. PELTOLA:
       H.R. 2687. A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or 
     disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from 
     being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. PORTER (for herself, Mr. Connolly, and Mr. 
             Mfume):
       H.R. 2688. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require electronically prepared tax returns to 
     include scannable code when submitted on paper; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. PORTER (for herself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Mfume, 
             Ms. Norton, Ms. Titus, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Garcia of 
             Illinois, Mr. Case, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Cartwright, and 
             Mr. Phillips):
       H.R. 2689. A bill to improve the service delivery of 
     agencies and public perception of agency interactions, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign 
     Affairs, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Agriculture, 
     Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Veterans' 
     Affairs, Homeland Security, Small Business, and Armed 
     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 Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. Omar, Mrs. Watson 
             Coleman, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Clarke of New 
             York, Ms. Adams, Mr. Casar, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Tlaib, 
             Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. 
             Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. 
             Velazquez, Ms. Meng, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Trone, 
             Ms. Jayapal, and Mr. DeSaulnier):
       H.R. 2690. A bill to reduce exclusionary discipline 
     practices in schools, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mrs. RODGERS of Washington (for herself and Mr. 
             Pallone):
       H.R. 2691. A bill to promote hospital and insurer price 
     transparency; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. SANCHEZ:
       H.R. 2692. A bill to amend title XX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide grants and training to support area agencies 
     on aging or other community-based organizations to address 
     social isolation among vulnerable older adults and adults 
     with disabilities; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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           By Ms. SCHOLTEN (for herself and Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon):
       H.R. 2693. A bill to amend title 14, United States Code, to 
     make appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an 
     appropriations Act expires before the enactment of a new 
     appropriations Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 2694. A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment 
     and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain 
     additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. STANTON (for himself, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
             Vasquez, and Mr. Pfluger):
       H.R. 2695. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to 
     provide emergency relief to producers of livestock with herds 
     adversely affected by Mexican gray wolves, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mr. Thompson of California, 
             Mr. Posey, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Yakym, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, and Mr. Ferguson):
       H.R. 2696. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent the 7-year recovery period for 
     motorsports entertainment complexes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mrs. TORRES of California (for herself, Ms. Meng, 
             Ms. Jayapal, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. 
             Espaillat, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Casar, 
             Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Norton, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
             Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Salinas, and Mr. 
             Grijalva):
       H.R. 2697. A bill to establish the right to counsel, at 
     Government expense for those who cannot afford counsel, for 
     people facing removal; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TRONE (for himself and Ms. Waters):
       H.R. 2698. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 to condition eligibility for grants 
     under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. YAKYM:
       H.J. Res. 55. A joint resolution proposing a balanced 
     budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GREEN of Tennessee:
       H.J. Res. 56. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to require three-fifths 
     majorities for bills increasing taxes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KILEY:
       H.J. Res. 57. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to the 
     election of Senators; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MOORE of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Good of 
             Virginia, Mr. Self, and Mr. Biggs):
       H.J. Res. 58. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to repeal the sixteenth 
     article of amendment; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
             Tonko, Ms. Craig, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Balint, Ms. 
             Barragan, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Payne, Ms. 
             Meng, Ms. Bush, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. 
             Stevens, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Veasey, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
             Mr. Schiff, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. 
             Jayapal, Mr. Allred, and Ms. Williams of Georgia):
       H. Res. 303. A resolution recognizing the roles and the 
     contributions of care workers in the United States and 
     expressing support for the designation of April 2023 as 
     ``Care Worker Recognition Month''; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce, 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. KEATING (for himself, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Kaptur, 
             and Mr. Fitzpatrick):
       H. Res. 304. A resolution commending the International 
     Criminal Court's issuance of an arrest warrant for Vladimir 
     Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Maria Lvova-
     Belova, Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Office of 
     the President of the Russian Federation, for two war crimes 
     related to the forcible deportation of Ukrainian children 
     from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mrs. LESKO (for herself, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. 
             Webster of Florida, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
             Brownley, Mr. Grothman, and Ms. Tenney):
       H. Res. 305. A resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of April 18, 2024, as ``National Amateur Radio 
     Operators Day''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability.

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