[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 7 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H132]
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                      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. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Issa, 
             Mr. Doggett, Ms. Jayapal, and Mrs. Dingell):
       H.R. 6986. A bill to address patent thickets; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 6987. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to strengthen student visa background checks and 
     improve the monitoring of foreign students in the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. D'ESPOSITO (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Carson, 
             Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Lawler, and Ms. 
             Sanchez):
       H.R. 6988. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     strengthen the enforcement of certain court ordered property 
     distributions; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GOOD of Virginia:
       H.R. 6989. A bill to amend an Act of Congress approved June 
     8, 1940, with respect to emergency permits for rights-of-way, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. LaHOOD:
       H.R. 6990. A bill to modify the bases for ineligibility for 
     countries to benefit from the Generalized System of 
     Preferences, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. LaTURNER (for himself, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. 
             Estes, and Mr. Mann):
       H.R. 6991. A bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs in Wyandotte County, Kansas 
     City, Kansas, as the ``Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinic''; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. MATSUI (for herself and Mr. Bucshon):
       H.R. 6992. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to establish a list of essential medicines, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. PALMER:
       H.R. 6993. A bill to allow individuals to choose to opt out 
     of the Medicare part A benefit; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Ms. BROWN (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Amo, Mrs. 
             Beatty, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Carson, Mrs. 
             Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Courtney, Mr. 
             David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Foushee, Mrs. 
             Fletcher, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Green of 
             Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Horsford, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Mfume, 
             Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Panetta, Mr. 
             Payne, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Soto, Ms. 
             Spanberger, Mrs. Sykes, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Trone, Mr. Allred, Ms. Velazquez, 
             Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. 
             Wilson of Florida, Ms. Meng, and Mr. Sablan):
       H. Res. 962. A resolution honoring Reverend Dr. Martin 
     Luther King, Jr., by Celebrating Diversity, Promoting 
     Tolerance, and Condemning Hate; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. GOMEZ (for himself, Mrs. Kim of California, Ms. 
             Chu, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mrs. Steel, Ms. 
             Strickland, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Pascrell, 
             Mr. Connolly, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Wilson 
             of South Carolina, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Costa, Mrs. 
             McBath, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Larsen 
             of Washington, Mr. Foster, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Evans, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Williams of Georgia, 
             Mr. Takano, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Ross, Mrs. Torres of 
             California, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Nadler, Ms. 
             Jackson Lee, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Boyle of 
             Pennsylvania, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Adams, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Peltola, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Mr. Case, Mr. Allred, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, 
             Mr. Tonko, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. 
             Gottheimer, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Sablan, Mr. 
             Ruppersberger, Mr. Phillips, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Soto, 
             Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Bera, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
             Meng, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Trone, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. 
             Porter, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. 
             Jayapal, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Panetta, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Lee of 
             Nevada, Mr. Frost, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Issa, Ms. Eshoo, 
             Ms. Titus, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Payne, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Wilson of 
             Florida, and Ms. Stansbury):
       H. Res. 963. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of Korean American Day; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability.
           By Mr. OGLES (for himself, Mr. Norman, Mr. Clyde, Mr. 
             Weber of Texas, and Mrs. Luna):
       H. Res. 964. A resolution providing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the House should not adjourn until 
     the annual appropriation bills within the jurisdiction of all 
     the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations for the 
     current fiscal year are enacted into law; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.

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