[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 63 (Friday, April 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H2366-H2367]
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. VAN ORDEN (for himself, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Edwards, 
             and Mr. Ciscomani):
       H.R. 7971. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide timely 
     equitable relief to an individual who suffers a loss based on 
     an administrative error by the Secretary, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. 
             Norton, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Neguse, 
             Mr. Bowman, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Ocasio-
             Cortez, Ms. Manning, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
             Goldman of New York, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Meeks, Ms. 
             Adams, Mr. Carson, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Cherfilus-
             McCormick, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Garcia of Texas, 
             Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Veasey, and Mr. Phillips):
       H.R. 7972. A bill to increase the supply of, and lower 
     rents for, affordable housing and to assess calculations of 
     area median income for purposes of Federal low-income housing 
     assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. GIMENEZ (for himself and Ms. Wasserman Schultz):
       H.R. 7973. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     establish a grant program to support the restoration of coral 
     reefs in South Florida; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. MILLER of Illinois:
       H.R. 7974. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to require labeling of food products containing 
     insects, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. NEGUSE:
       H.R. 7975. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand eligibility for care from the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs to include members of the reserve components of the 
     Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 7976. A bill to designate the Civil War Defenses of 
     Washington National Historical Park comprised of certain 
     National Park System lands, and by affiliation and 
     cooperative agreements other historically significant 
     resources, located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and 
     Maryland, that were part of the Civil War defenses of 
     Washington and related to the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 
     1864, to study ways in which the Civil War history of both 
     the North and South can be assembled, arrayed, and conveyed 
     for the benefit of the public, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WALTZ (for himself, Ms. Houlahan, Mrs. Miller of 
             West Virginia, Mr. Moylan, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Carbajal, 
             Mr. Ryan, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. McCormick, 
             Mr. Palmer, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Connolly, 
             Mr. Banks, Mr.

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             Bacon, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Wittman, and Mr. Khanna):
       H.R. 7977. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     reduce the minimum number of participating students required 
     to establish or maintain a unit of the Junior Reserve 
     Officers' Training Corps; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. WILSON of Florida:
       H.R. 7978. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act 
     of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to allow employees 
     to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to 
     participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's 
     educational and extracurricular activities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and 
     Accountability, and 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. BISHOP of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Womack, Mr. 
             Cuellar, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Ryan, and Mr. Alford):
       H. Con. Res. 103. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in honor of the 
     remains of Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last Medal of Honor 
     recipient for acts performed during the Korean conflict; to 
     the Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. D'ESPOSITO (for himself, Mr. LaLota, and Mr. 
             Lawler):
       H. Res. 1138. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to deny certain privileges of the House of 
     Representatives to former Members who have been expelled from 
     the House, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules.
           By Ms. MALLIOTAKIS (for herself, Mr. Meeks, Ms. 
             Stefanik, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Van 
             Drew, Mr. Molinaro, Ms. Meng, Ms. Tenney, Mr. 
             Langworthy, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
             Mr. Williams of New York, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. LaLota, 
             Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Suozzi, 
             Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Panetta):
       H. Res. 1139. A resolution acknowledging April 17, 2024, as 
     the 500th anniversary of the discovery of New York Bay by 
     Giovanni da Verrazzano; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability.
           By Mr. PHILLIPS (for himself and Mr. Crow):
       H. Res. 1140. A resolution recognizing the exemplary 
     service of General Mark Milley, United States Army, 20th 
     Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, 
     Hollyanne Milley, a registered nurse of 36 years and military 
     community leader; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. VAN DREW:
       H. Res. 1141. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     House of Representatives that the Federal Government should 
     recoup monies from the responsible parties to compensate 
     taxpayers for certain damages resulting from the allision of 
     the cargo shipping vessel the Dali with the Francis Scott Key 
     Bridge on March 26, 2024, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Ms. WILSON of Florida (for herself, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. 
             Jackson Lee, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Adams, Mr. Davis of 
             Illinois, Ms. Norton, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
             Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. 
             Sewell, Mr. Soto, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. 
             Brownley, Mr. Cohen, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Morelle, and 
             Ms. Schakowsky):
       H. Res. 1142. A resolution recognizing the Tenth 
     Anniversary of the Chibok Girls Kidnapping by the Boko Haram 
     Terrorist Organization and calling on the Government of 
     Nigeria to redouble efforts to bring an end to the conflict 
     in northeast and central Nigeria and to provide assistance to 
     the victims; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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