[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H6939-H6941]
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. CLYDE (for himself, Mr. Alford, Mr. Collins, Mr. 
             Bost, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Tony Gonzales of 
             Texas, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Ogles, 
             Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. 
             Feenstra, Mr. Baird, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Gooden of 
             Texas, Mr. Burlison, Ms. Tenney, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. 
             Issa, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Rose, Mr. Posey, Mr. Crane, 
             Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Higgins of 
             Louisiana, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Reschenthaler, Mr. Massie, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. 
             Duncan, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Donalds, Mr. 
             Perry, Mr. Roy, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Johnson of South 
             Dakota, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Finstad, Mrs.

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             Cammack, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. 
             Nehls, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Kelly 
             of Pennsylvania, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Griffith, Mrs. 
             Bice, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
             Timmons, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Yakym, Mr. 
             Burgess, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Harris, Mr. 
             McCormick, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Webster of Florida, 
             Ms. Hageman, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Babin, Mr. Ezell, Mr. 
             Carter of Texas, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. 
             Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fry, Mr. Amodei, Mr. 
             Armstrong, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Williams 
             of Texas, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Waltz, Mr. 
             Kustoff, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Norman, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. 
             Aderholt, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hern, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Steube, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Latta, Ms. Van 
             Duyne, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Mooney, Mrs. 
             Luna, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. 
             DesJarlais, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. 
             Allen, Mr. Self, Mr. Stauber, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. 
             Arrington, Mr. Burchett, and Mr. Carl):
       H.R. 6734. A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds to 
     finalize, implement, or enforce proposed ATF Rule 2022R-17, 
     entitled ``Definition of `Engaged in the Business' as a 
     Dealer in Firearms''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BACON:
       H.R. 6735. A bill to require the Secretary of the Air Force 
     to develop a long-term tactical fighter plan for the active 
     and reserve components of the Air Force, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BACON (for himself and Mr. Gallego):
       H.R. 6736. A bill to provide a retroactive effective date 
     for the promotions of senior officers of the Armed Forces 
     whose military promotions were delayed as a result of the 
     suspension of Senate confirmation of such promotions; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BACON:
       H.R. 6737. A bill to require the Secretary of the Air Force 
     to develop a force design for the Air Force and the Space 
     Force, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. BACON:
       H.R. 6738. A bill to provide for the appointment of fellows 
     in the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows Program to 
     term excepted service positions, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BACON:
       H.R. 6739. A bill to modify and extend the temporary 
     authority of the President to modify certain contracts and 
     options based on the impacts of inflation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BACON:
       H.R. 6740. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     amend the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation to include consideration of past 
     performance of affiliates of small business concerns, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BACON:
       H.R. 6741. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense to 
     enter into a limited number of cost-plus incentive-fee 
     contracts for the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 6742. A bill to establish a pilot program to provide 
     an add-on payment to certain plans offering benefits designed 
     to address the needs of dual-eligible individuals related to 
     social determinants of health, and to provide administrative 
     flexibility to improve integration for certain dual-eligible 
     individuals; 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 Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself and Mrs. 
             Harshbarger):
       H.R. 6743. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     include public awareness about menopause and related chronic 
     conditions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. BOST (for himself, Mr. Self, Mr. Bergman, Mr. 
             Scott Franklin of Florida, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and Mr. 
             Murphy):
       H.R. 6744. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs from providing health care to, or engaging in claims 
     processing for health care for, any individual unlawfully 
     present in the United States who is not eligible for health 
     care under the laws administered by the Secretary; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BURLISON (for himself, Mr. Nehls, and Mr. Good 
             of Virginia):
       H.R. 6745. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to permit certain employees to engage in independent 
     negotiating; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. CARAVEO (for herself, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Sewell, 
             Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Carter of 
             Louisiana, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, 
             and Mr. Garcia of Illinois):
       H.R. 6746. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for a public awareness campaign with respect to iron 
     deficiency; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CASTEN (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. 
             Quigley, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Beyer, Mr. 
             Cartwright, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Porter, Mr. Connolly, 
             Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Barragan, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Ms. 
             Budzinski, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Crow, Mr. 
             DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Foster, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. 
             Gomez, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. 
             Jacobs, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kim of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Larsen of Washington, 
             Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. McClellan, Mr. McGarvey, 
             Mr. McGovern, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. 
             Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Raskin, 
             Ms. Ross, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. 
             Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sorensen, Ms. 
             Spanberger, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Takano, 
             Ms. Tokuda, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, Ms. 
             Wexton, Ms. Wild, and Ms. Williams of Georgia):
       H.R. 6747. A bill to speed up the deployment of electricity 
     transmission and clean energy, with proper input from 
     affected communities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Agriculture, 
     the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial 
     Services, Oversight and Accountability, 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. CHU (for herself and Mr. Smith of Nebraska):
       H.R. 6748. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for coverage of peer support services 
     under the Medicare program; 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. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Mrs. Lesko, Ms. 
             Blunt Rochester, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Wild, 
             Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. Cammack, Ms. Velazquez, 
             Mr. Posey, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. 
             Williams of Georgia, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Tonko, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Davis 
             of North Carolina, Ms. Porter, Mr. Green of Texas, 
             Ms. Crockett, Mr. Allred, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, 
             Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
             Lawler, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Barragan, Ms. 
             Caraveo, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Trone, Mr. 
             Vargas, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Fitzpatrick, 
             Ms. Kuster, Ms. Adams, Ms. Pingree, and Mr. Takano):
       H.R. 6749. A bill to require the Director of the National 
     Institutes of Health to evaluate the results and status of 
     completed and ongoing research related to menopause, 
     perimenopause, or mid-life women's health, to conduct and 
     support additional such research, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Murphy, Ms. Adams, Mr. Rouzer, Ms. Ross, Mr. Hudson, 
             Mr. Jackson of North Carolina, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Nickel, 
             Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Ms. Manning, Mr. 
             McHenry, Mrs. Foushee, and Mr. Edwards):
       H.R. 6750. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 501 Mercer Street Southwest 
     in Wilson, North Carolina, as the ``Milton F. Fitch, Sr. Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability.
           By Mr. ESPAILLAT (for himself, Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon, Mr. 
             Deluzio, and Mr. Reschenthaler):
       H.R. 6751. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the life and 
     legacy of Roberto Clemente; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. GALLEGO:
       H.R. 6752. A bill to require prompt reporting of any 
     incident in which the Armed Forces are involved in an attack 
     or hostilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. HAGEMAN (for herself, Mr. Fry, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
             Ogles, Mrs. McClain, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. 
             Clyde):
       H.R. 6753. A bill to amend the Protection of Lawful 
     Commerce in Arms Act to provide for the removal and dismissal 
     of qualified civil liability actions; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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           By Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson 
             Lee, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Crow, Mr. Grijalva, and Ms. 
             Brown):
       H.R. 6754. A bill to authorize the establishment of a 
     comprehensive school-based violence prevention program to 
     assist youth at highest risk for involvement in gun violence 
     in local communities and schools, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. HINSON:
       H.R. 6755. A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security 
     Act to establish requirements for biological fathers to pay 
     child support for medical expenses incurred during pregnancy 
     and delivery; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. Cardenas, and 
             Mrs. Sykes):
       H.R. 6756. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to establish limits on certain toxic elements in 
     infant and toddler food, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LaHOOD (for himself and Ms. Sanchez):
       H.R. 6757. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permit the rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to 
     designated Roth accounts; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Biggs, 
             Mr. Bacon, Mr. Baird, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
             Newhouse, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Zinke):
       H.R. 6758. A bill to establish a uniform and more efficient 
     Federal process for protecting property owners' rights 
     guaranteed by the fifth amendment; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself and Mr. 
             Bacon):
       H.R. 6759. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps 
     educational awards; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER (for himself, Mr. Graves of 
             Missouri, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Alford, Mr. Burlison, and 
             Mr. Smith of Missouri):
       H.R. 6760. A bill to prohibit United States contributions 
     to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United 
     Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Green 
     Climate Fund; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. McGARVEY (for himself, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. 
             Deluzio, Mr. Kildee, Ms. McClellan, and Mr. Neguse):
       H.R. 6761. A bill to amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to 
     ease the benefits process for survivors of miners whose 
     deaths were due to pneumoconiosis; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia:
       H.R. 6762. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to disallow companies associated with foreign 
     adversaries from receiving the advanced manufacturing 
     production credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MOLINARO (for himself and Mr. Tonko):
       H.R. 6763. A bill to establish a multi-stakeholder advisory 
     committee tasked with providing detailed recommendations to 
     address challenges to transmitting geolocation information 
     with calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. NEGUSE:
       H.R. 6764. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to modify the HIPAA privacy regulation with 
     respect to the disclosure of certain protected health 
     information; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. PORTER (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. 
             Huffman):
       H.R. 6765. A bill to create a coordinated domestic wildlife 
     disease surveillance framework for State, Tribal, and local 
     governments to monitor and respond to wildlife disease 
     outbreaks to prevent pandemics, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Agriculture, and 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 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 6766. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to strengthen requirements related to nutrient 
     information on food labels; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Ms. SPANBERGER (for herself and Mr. Crenshaw):
       H.R. 6767. A bill to require the Director of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency to submit to Congress an intelligence 
     assessment on the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Cartel, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Intelligence 
     (Permanent Select).
           By Ms. STANSBURY (for herself, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, 
             Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Norton, Mr. Garcia of 
             Illinois, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Robert Garcia of 
             California, Ms. Caraveo, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Frost, Ms. 
             Waters, Ms. Omar, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Ms. Chu, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Bush, Mr. 
             Carson, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs. Peltola, and Mr. 
             Casar):
       H.R. 6768. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry 
     out activities to establish, expand, and sustain a public 
     health nursing workforce, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. STEFANIK (for herself, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mrs. 
             Hinson, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, and Mr. Donalds):
       H.R. 6769. A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
     to provide for disclosure regarding foreign jurisdictions 
     that hinder inspections, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mrs. SYKES (for herself, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Cardenas, 
             and Mr. Krishnamoorthi):
       H.R. 6770. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of infant and toddler food, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mrs. SYKES (for herself and Mr. Miller of Ohio):
       H.R. 6771. A bill to amend title 51, United States Code, to 
     provide for a NASA public-private talent program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology.
           By Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mr. Pappas, and Mrs. 
             Lesko):
       H.R. 6772. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce the age for making catch-up contributions to 
     retirement accounts to take into account time out of the 
     workforce to provide dependent care services; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself and Mr. 
             Huffman):
       H.R. 6773. A bill to designate the Senator Dianne Feinstein 
     Memorial Trail in Headwaters Forest Reserve, California; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself and Mr. 
             Buchanan):
       H.R. 6774. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to establish special rules relating to which 
     professional sports leagues qualify to be exempt from 
     taxation; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. TLAIB (for herself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. 
             Pressley, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Schakowsky, and 
             Ms. Omar):
       H.R. 6775. A bill to provide for the Federal charter of 
     certain public banks, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, 
     and 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. TORRES of New York:
       H.R. 6776. A bill to require a publicly traded company to 
     disclose to the Securities and Exchange Commission if the 
     company has a diversity, equity, and inclusion program to 
     combat antisemitism; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 6777. A bill to prohibit covered entities from 
     requiring consumers to solely use digital monthly statements, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. WENSTRUP (for himself, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. LaHood, 
             and Mr. Fitzpatrick):
       H.R. 6778. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to expand the treatment of moving expenses to employees 
     and new appointees in the intelligence community who move 
     pursuant to a change in assignment that requires relocation, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LIEU:
       H. Res. 931. A resolution electing a Member to a certain 
     standing committee of the House of Representatives; 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Schneider, Mr. Dunn of Florida, and Mr. Neal):
       H. Res. 932. A resolution recognizing the 120th anniversary 
     of diplomatic relations between the United States of America 
     and the Republic of Bulgaria; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. D'ESPOSITO (for himself, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. 
             Tenney, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. LaLota, Mr. 
             Garbarino, Mr. Williams of New York, Mr. Langworthy, 
             and Mr. Molinaro):
       H. Res. 933. A resolution expressing opposition to New 
     York's Clean Slate Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Massie, 
             Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Burlison, Mr. 
             Duncan, and Ms. Omar):
       H. Res. 934. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that regular journalistic activities are 
     protected under the First Amendment, and that the United 
     States ought to drop all charges against and attempts to 
     extradite Julian Assange; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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