[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H4712-H4714]
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. FLOOD (for himself, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. 
             Hill, and Mr. Nickel):
       H.R. 5741. A bill to prohibit certain Federal agencies from 
     requiring certain institutions to include assets held in 
     custody as a liability, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. MOOLENAAR:
       H.R. 5742. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide that tasks and services performed by certain 
     individuals in postsecondary vocational institutions not be 
     treated as employment; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. CURTIS:
       H.R. 5743. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to repay States for amounts expended by States to operate 
     units of the National Park System during a Government 
     shutdown; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CARBAJAL (for himself and Mr. Peters):
       H.R. 5744. A bill to create a Carbon Dividend Trust Fund 
     for the American people in order to encourage market-driven 
     innovation of clean energy technologies and market 
     efficiencies which will reduce harmful pollution and leave a 
     healthier, more stable, and more prosperous Nation for future 
     generations; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 
     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. BEYER:
       H.R. 5745. A bill to provide for the regulation of digital 
     assets, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 
     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. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Mr. Blumenauer):
       H.R. 5746. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to expand the availability of supplemental 
     benefits to certain Medicare Advantage enrollees; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, 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. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Mr. Norman):
       H.R. 5747. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
     to increase transparency with respect to crop insurance, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. Bowman, Ms. 
             Malliotakis, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Moore of 
             Wisconsin, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Wild, Ms. Bush, Mr. 
             Takano, Mr. Casten, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Moulton, Ms. Ross, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Allred, Mr. Trone, Mr. Tonko, Mr. 
             Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Sewell, 
             Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Evans, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Napolitano, 
             Mr. Harder of California, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, 
             Ms. Salinas, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
             Carter of Texas, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Meng, 
             and Mr. Carson):
       H.R. 5748. A bill to promote and ensure delivery of high-
     quality special education and related services to children 
     and youth who are blind or visually impaired, deaf, hard of 
     hearing, deafdisabled, or deafblind through instructional 
     methodologies meeting their unique language and learning 
     needs, to enhance accountability for the provision of such 
     services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Mr. Valadao, Ms. Blunt 
             Rochester, and Mr. Fitzpatrick):
       H.R. 5749. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     with regard to research on asthma, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. DONALDS:
       H.R. 5750. A bill to direct the Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to collaborate to determine the feasibility of 
     creating the Green Nuclear Fertilizer Program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. FERGUSON (for himself, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, 
             Mr. Estes, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Steel, and Mr. 
             Panetta):
       H.R. 5751. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to restore the limitation on downward attribution of 
     stock ownership in applying constructive ownership rules; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself and Mr. Trone):
       H.R. 5752. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow first-dollar coverage of mental health services 
     for purposes of health savings accounts; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GALLAGHER:
       H.R. 5753. A bill to reactivate and repurpose canceling 
     funds to deter the Chinese Communist Party before such funds 
     are extracted from the Department of Defense on October 1, 
     2023; to the Committee on Armed 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.

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           By Mr. GOMEZ (for himself, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Barragan, 
             Ms. Caraveo, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Castro 
             of Texas, Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. 
             Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gallego, Mr. 
             Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, 
             Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
             Leger Fernandez, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
             Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, 
             Mr. Soto, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. 
             Vargas, and Ms. Velazquez):
       H.R. 5754. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 350 W. 1st Street, Los Angeles, California, as the 
     ``Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse''; to 
     the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. GROTHMAN:
       H.R. 5755. A bill to repeal the Local Rent Supplement 
     Program Eligibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2023; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
           By Mr. HARDER of California (for himself and Ms. Mace):
       H.R. 5756. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 2020 to permit the sale of technologies to certain 
     water and irrigation districts to expedite the removal of 
     harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
           By Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Bowman, Ms. 
             Brown, Ms. Bush, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. 
             Carson, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cohen, 
             Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
             DeSaulnier, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Garcia of 
             Illinois, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. 
             Gomez, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. 
             Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
             Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
             McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
             Mullin, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Pocan, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Takano, Mr. 
             Thanedar, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. 
             Torres of New York, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson 
             Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of 
             Florida, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Horsford, Ms. 
             Jayapal, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. 
             Himes):
       H.R. 5757. A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     to extend certain certification periods for the special 
     supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
     children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. HORSFORD:
       H.R. 5758. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     reimburse employees of the Federal Government and the 
     District of Columbia, Federal contractors, and the States for 
     certain costs incurred as a result of a Government shutdown, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability.
           By Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina (for himself and Ms. 
             Tenney):
       H.R. 5759. A bill to amend the National Quantum Initiative 
     Act and the Cyber Security Research and Development Act to 
     advance the rapid deployment of post quantum cybersecurity 
     standards across the United States economy, support United 
     States cryptography research, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
           By Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, 
             Ms. Bush, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. 
             Casar, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of 
             New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Crockett, 
             Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
             Lee of California, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Meng, 
             Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Omar, 
             Mr. Panetta, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Mr. 
             Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. 
             Vargas, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Mr. Garcia of 
             Illinois):
       H.R. 5760. A bill to establish a climate resilience 
     workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and 
     Accountability, the Judiciary, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural 
     Resources, and 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. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Kildee, 
             Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, and Ms. Sewell):
       H.R. 5761. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to modify the rules relating to qualified opportunity 
     zones, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. KIM of California (for herself and Ms. Meng):
       H.R. 5762. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to research and design a graphic symbol to 
     indicate when linguistic access materials and services are 
     available for a health program, product, or service, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. KUSTER (for herself, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Salinas, 
             and Mr. Panetta):
       H.R. 5763. A bill to establish as a permanent program the 
     organic market development grant program of the Department of 
     Agriculture; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ (for herself, Mr. Valadao, and 
             Ms. Pingree):
       H.R. 5764. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     increase payments for drought-resilient or water-saving 
     practices and to provide additional payments for perennial 
     production systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Peters, 
             and Mrs. Radewagen):
       H.R. 5765. A bill to amend the Passport Act of 1920 to 
     exempt from the collection of certain passport fees an 
     individual who was awarded the Purple Heart, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia (for herself and Ms. 
             Sewell):
       H.R. 5766. A bill to increase the rate of duty applicable 
     to certain ferrosilicon produced in the Russian Federation or 
     the Republic of Belarus and to require a domestic production 
     assessment before increasing rates of duty applicable to 
     products of the Russian Federation and the Republic of 
     Belarus under the Suspending Normal Trade Relations with 
     Russia and Belarus Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MOONEY (for himself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, 
             Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mrs. Miller of 
             West Virginia, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Norman, Ms. Tenney, Mr. 
             Biggs, and Mr. Gosar):
       H.R. 5767. A bill to prohibit any State that suspends open 
     or concealed firearm carry licenses from receiving Federal 
     financial assistance; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability.
           By Mr. MOORE of Utah (for himself, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. 
             Owens):
       H.R. 5768. A bill to release the reversionary interest of 
     the United States in certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake 
     City, Utah, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MORELLE:
       H.R. 5769. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational 
     agencies to establish ``Family Friendly School'' policies at 
     500 elementary schools that align the school day with the 
     work day to better support working families and to 
     disseminate the learnings from these model schools so that 
     other local educational agencies may adopt these practices, 
     and to establish a supplemental 21st century community 
     learning centers grant program to support programs and 
     activities during summer recess when school is not in 
     session; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. NEGUSE (for himself and Mr. Ciscomani):
       H.R. 5770. A bill to reauthorize certain United States 
     Geological Survey water data enhancement programs; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. NUNN of Iowa:
       H.R. 5771. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 to prohibit Members of Congress from making 
     direct and personal solicitations of campaign funds when a 
     Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. NUNN of Iowa (for himself, Ms. Perez, Mr. 
             Pappas, and Mr. Garbarino):
       H.R. 5772. A bill to impose a fine on Members of Congress 
     in the event of a Government shutdown, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, 
     and 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. POSEY:
       H.R. 5773. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     remove certain liability protections for certain biological 
     products and other drugs if the sponsor thereof fails to 
     disclose to the public all non-exempt data within the 
     biological product file or drug application, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SMITH of Nebraska (for himself and Ms. Porter):
       H.R. 5774. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify the treatment of distributions from health 
     savings accounts for long-term care services; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mrs. 
             Ramirez, Ms. Norton, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Jackson Lee, 
             Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. 
             Clarke of New York, Mr. Payne, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. 
             Swalwell, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Carter 
             of Louisiana, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Mr. 
             Moskowitz, and Mr. Thanedar):

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       H.R. 5775. A bill to ensure greater equity in Federal 
     disaster assistance policies and programs by authorizing an 
     equity steering group and equity advisor within the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, improving data collection to 
     measure disparate outcomes and participation barriers, 
     requiring equity criteria to be applied to policies and 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mr. Payne, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Bowman, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Mullin, 
             Ms. Norton, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Crockett, and Ms. Jacobs):
       H.R. 5776. A bill to establish a pilot program providing 
     certain individuals with a guaranteed monthly income, to 
     study the effect of a guaranteed monthly income on such 
     individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. WENSTRUP (for himself, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Kelly of 
             Pennsylvania, and Mr. Blumenauer):
       H.R. 5777. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 improve health savings accounts; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. NORMAN (for himself and Mr. Buchanan):
       H.J. Res. 93. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of 
     Congress from receiving compensation for any period during 
     which a Government shutdown is in effect; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself and Mr. Thompson of 
             California):
       H. Con. Res. 69. Concurrent resolution recognizing the 10th 
     anniversary of the USA Rice-Ducks Unlimited Rice Stewardship 
     Partnership; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CAREY (for himself and Mr. Morelle):
       H. Res. 731. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to modify the period before the date of 
     any primary election or general election during which a mass 
     mailing is not frankable by a Member of the House who is a 
     candidate in such election, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House 
     Administration, 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. CARL (for himself, Mr. Allred, Mr. Trone, and 
             Mr. Owens):
       H. Res. 732. A resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of September 30, 2023, through October 7, 2023, 
     as ``National Student Athlete Mental Health Week''; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. 
             Bonamici, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mrs. 
             Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Costa, 
             Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
             Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Lee of 
             Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Leger 
             Fernandez, Mr. Lynch, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Mfume, Ms. 
             Norton, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Ms. 
             Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. David Scott 
             of Georgia, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Trone, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Williams of 
             Georgia):
       H. Res. 733. A resolution expressing concern about the 
     spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of 
     threats to freedom of expression in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. RUIZ (for himself, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. Bera, Ms. 
             Schrier, and Ms. Salazar):
       H. Res. 734. A resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of October 1 as ``National Latino and Latina 
     Physician Day''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. 
             Costa):
       H. Res. 735. A resolution requesting information on 
     Azerbaijan's human rights practices pursuant to section 
     502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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