[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 20, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H685-H687]
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. WESTERMAN (for himself, Mr. Bentz, Ms. Hageman, 
             Mr. Stauber, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Carl, Mr. Lamborn, Ms. 
             Boebert, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
             Newhouse, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Moylan, Mrs. Gonzalez-
             Colon, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Zinke, 
             Mr. Smith of Nebraska, and Mr. Wittman):
       H.R. 7408. A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
     Restoration Act to make supplemental funds available for 
     management of fish and wildlife species of greatest 
     conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife 
     agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     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. KIM of California (for herself and Mr. Duarte):
       H.R. 7409. A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 
     to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for 
     certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the 
     requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
     1969, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.

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           By Mr. CAREY:
       H.R. 7410. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to establish deadlines for the obligation and 
     expenditure of funds and allow States to establish rainy day 
     funds under the program of block grants to States for 
     temporary assistance for needy families; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. CHAVEZ-DeREMER (for herself, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. 
             Van Orden, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Turner, Ms. 
             Malliotakis, Mr. Duarte, Mr. Carey, Mr. Amodei, Mr. 
             Calvert, Mr. Garbarino, Mrs. Cammack, and Ms. Mace):
       H.R. 7411. A bill to amend the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to improve reviews of 
     characterizations of discharges of members of the Armed 
     Forces on the basis of sexual orientation; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Ms. CROCKETT (for herself, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, 
             and Ms. Salinas):
       H.R. 7412. A bill to facilitate the use of rural housing 
     vouchers; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. D'ESPOSITO (for himself and Mr. Lawler):
       H.R. 7413. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 
     2002 to direct the Election Assistance Commission to conduct 
     ongoing studies of State programs for recruiting poll workers 
     and providing poll workers with safety training in order to 
     identify voluntary considerations for carrying out such 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Gottheimer):
       H.R. 7414. A bill to require the development of a national 
     strategy to secure schools against terrorism nationwide, and 
     ensure domestic preparedness for and the response to 
     terrorism, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
           By Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas:
       H.R. 7415. A bill to reauthorize the State Criminal Alien 
     Assistance Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. 
             Plaskett, Ms. Norton, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. 
             Velazquez, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Cohen, Ms. 
             Tokuda, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Brown, 
             Ms. Adams, Mr. Takano, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. 
             Scanlon, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
             Ivey, and Ms. Jackson Lee):
       H.R. 7416. A bill to address food and housing insecurity on 
     college campuses; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. 
             Fitzpatrick, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. 
             Smucker, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cartwright, 
             Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Deluzio, 
             Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Perry, Ms. Scanlon, and Ms. Wild):
       H.R. 7417. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 135 West Spring Street in 
     Titusville, Pennsylvania, as the ``Edwin L. Drake Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
           By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. 
             Houlahan):
       H.R. 7418. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income certain compensation to 
     clinical trial participants; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia (for herself and Ms. 
             Jacobs):
       H.R. 7419. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     submit a report on the quality of overseas covered military 
     unaccompanied housing, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MEEKS (for himself, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mrs. Beatty, and Mr. David Scott of 
             Georgia):
       H.R. 7420. A bill to establish or modify requirements 
     relating to minority depository institutions, community 
     development financial institutions, and impact banks, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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. NORTON:
       H.R. 7421. A bill to amend Public Law 87-788 (commonly 
     known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 
     U.S.C. 582a-7) to provide for equal treatment of the District 
     of Columbia with respect to funds made available under that 
     Act; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ:
       H.R. 7422. A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 
     to provide cost-recovery authority for the Department of the 
     Interior; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCALISE (for himself, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Johnson of 
             Louisiana, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Carter of 
             Louisiana, and Mr. Graves of Louisiana):
       H.R. 7423. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 103 Benedette Street in 
     Rayville, Louisiana, as the ``Luke Letlow Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
           By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Norton, 
             Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Carson, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
             Tlaib, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Lee of California, 
             and Mr. Trone):
       H.R. 7424. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     and the Secretary of Energy to jointly conduct a study on the 
     development of facilities for solar energy generation, solar 
     energy storage, and solar energy transmission or distribution 
     on available Federal land adjacent to the National Highway 
     System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Science, 
     Space, and Technology.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 7425. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a deduction for certain newborn expenses; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of Nebraska:
       H.R. 7426. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to target funds to families in need; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mrs. Hinson, 
             Mrs. Lesko, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Harris, Mr. 
             Guest, Mr. Baird, Mr. Banks, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Joyce 
             of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Mann, 
             Mr. Mooney, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Self, and Mr. 
             Timmons):
       H.R. 7427. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to clarify the longstanding authority of States 
     to use funds made available under the Temporary Assistance 
     for Needy Families program to fund life-affirming services to 
     empower pregnant women to choose life for their babies 
     instead of abortion, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STEIL (for himself and Mr. Hill):
       H.R. 7428. A bill to regulate the business of offering and 
     providing earned wage access services to consumers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself and Mr. Himes):
       H.R. 7429. A bill to amend the National Highway System 
     Designation Act of 1995 to permit the construction of certain 
     noise barriers with funds from the Highway Trust Fund, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. ZINKE (for himself and Mr. Vasquez):
       H.R. 7430. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 
     and the Secretary of Agriculture from transferring certain 
     Federal land, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, 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. JACKSON of Texas (for himself, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. 
             Lucas, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Bost, 
             Mr. Feenstra, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Moore of 
             Alabama, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Rose, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, 
             Mr. Nehls, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Norman, Mr. Babin, Mr. 
             Lawler, Mr. Flood, and Mr. Pfluger):
       H.J. Res. 115. A joint resolution disapproving the rule 
     submitted by the Department of Agriculture relating to 
     ``Importation of Fresh Beef From Paraguay''; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
           By Ms. BUSH:
       H. Con. Res. 92. Concurrent resolution honoring the Mary 
     Meachum Freedom Crossing; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ALLEN:
       H. Res. 1022. A resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of the month of March 2024 as ``National March 
     into Literacy Month''; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Ms. CRAIG:
       H. Res. 1023. A resolution requiring Members of the House 
     of Representatives to serve one shift in a passenger seat of 
     a law enforcement vehicle observing the work day of a local 
     law enforcement officer once during each term as a Member of 
     the House, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mrs. KIM of California (for herself, Mrs. Watson 
             Coleman, Mrs. Lesko, Ms. Lee of Nevada, and Ms. 
             Garcia of Texas):
       H. Res. 1024. A resolution recognizing World Thinking Day 
     as an annual celebration where members of the World 
     Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), 
     including members of Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA), champion 
     international friendship and take the opportunity to speak 
     out about issues that affect girls and young women across the 
     globe; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. TONKO (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, and Mr. 
             Norman):
       H. Res. 1025. A resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of April 5, 2024, as ``Barth Syndrome Awareness 
     Day''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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