[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 141 (Friday, September 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H4216-H4217]
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. BACON:
       H.R. 5320. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     modify the authority of the Secretary of Defense to carry out 
     the defense laboratory modernization program; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BACON:
       H.R. 5321. A bill to amend the John S. McCain National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to improve the 
     John S. McCain strategic defense fellows program; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. Williams of 
             Georgia, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Swalwell, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
             Mr. Moulton, Ms. Porter, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Evans, Mr.

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             Schiff, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. 
             Wilson of Florida, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Carter of 
             Louisiana, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Moore of 
             Wisconsin, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Pressley, 
             Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Mullin, 
             Ms. Brown, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Balint, Mr. 
             Doggett, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Jackson Lee, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
             Nickel, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Titus, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Johnson 
             of Georgia, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Krishnamoorthi, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Raskin, Mr. Meeks, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Salinas, Mr. 
             Carson, Mr. Trone, Mr. Cohen, and Ms. Velazquez):
       H.R. 5322. A bill to provide employees with a minimum of 
     two consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in 
     Federal elections; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. EDWARDS (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
       H.R. 5323. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     establish a national requirement against the use of marijuana 
     for recreational purposes; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ESPAILLAT (for himself, Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon, Mr. 
             Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Moylan, and Mr. 
             Carson):
       H.R. 5324. A bill to make available necessary disaster 
     assistance for families affected by major disasters, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, 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. GALLEGO (for himself and Mr. Grijalva):
       H.R. 5325. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to impose an excise tax on water use during droughts, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
     and in addition to the Committee on 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. GOOD of Virginia (for himself, Mrs. Miller of 
             Illinois, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Perry, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Tiffany, and Mr. Biggs):
       H.R. 5326. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
     provide rules of construction that nothing in those Acts 
     requires the use, teaching, promotion, or recommendation of 
     any academic discipline, program, or activity that holds that 
     the United States is a Nation founded on white supremacy and 
     oppression, or that these forces are at the root of American 
     society; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GOOD of Virginia (for himself, Mrs. Miller of 
             Illinois, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Biggs):
       H.R. 5327. A bill to establish a private right of action 
     for parents with respect to the teaching of racial 
     discrimination theory and other actions by covered schools, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. GOOD of Virginia (for himself, Mrs. Miller of 
             Illinois, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Perry, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. 
             Tiffany, and Mr. Biggs):
       H.R. 5328. A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to 
     make using certain pedagogies in any program or activity 
     receiving Federal financial assistance a violation of such 
     Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HARDER of California:
       H.R. 5329. A bill to authorize the President to declare a 
     smoke emergency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Small Business, and 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 Ms. JACOBS (for herself and Mrs. Bice):
       H.R. 5330. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     establish a Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness 
     Council, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. LIEU (for himself and Mr. Davidson):
       H.R. 5331. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     require that notice of criminal surveillance orders be 
     eventually provided to targets, to reform the use of 
     nondisclosure orders to providers, to prohibit indefinite 
     sealing of criminal surveillance orders, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LIEU (for himself and Mr. Beyer):
       H.R. 5332. A bill to limit the amount of expenditure on 
     Presidential travel, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Accountability, 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. MEUSER (for himself and Ms. Scholten):
       H.R. 5333. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment 
     Act of 1958 to exclude from the limit on leverage certain 
     amounts invested in smaller enterprises located in rural or 
     low-income areas and small businesses in critical technology 
     areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
           By Mr. NORCROSS (for himself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. 
             Nadler, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Titus, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. 
             Gottheimer, and Ms. Sherrill):
       H.R. 5334. A bill to designate the Peter J. McGuire 
     Memorial and Peter J. McGuire Gravesite located in 
     Pennsauken, New Jersey, as a National Historic Landmark, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. PEREZ (for herself and Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer):
       H.R. 5335. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to carry out a program to charge and collect not less than 
     the fair market value for forest botanical products harvested 
     on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the 
     Committee on 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. PFLUGER:
       H.R. 5336. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services from finalizing a rule proposed by the Centers 
     for Medicare & Medicaid Services with respect to the 
     determination of whether an individual is lawfully present in 
     the United States for purposes of the eligibility of such 
     individual for enrollment in certain health insurance 
     programs; 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. CLEAVER (for himself, Mrs. Kim of California, 
             Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. 
             Carey):
       H. Res. 668. A resolution authorizing two Members to serve 
     as joint sponsors of a bill, resolution, or joint resolution 
     in the House of Representatives if one of the Members is from 
     the majority party and the other is from the minority party; 
     to the Committee on Rules.
           By Ms. MENG:
       H. Res. 669. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the United States Postal Service 
     should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Lewis 
     Howard Latimer, in recognition of his distinctive life, 
     scientific achievements, and his civic contributions to 
     technological advancement, to commemorate the 175th year 
     anniversary of his birth and that the Citizens' Stamp 
     Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General 
     that such a stamp be issued; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Accountability.

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