[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 64 (Monday, April 15, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H2395-H2397]
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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. MURPHY:
       H.R. 7979. A bill to amend section 321 of the Tariff Act of 
     1930 to modify the administrative exemptions under that Act; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia:
       H.R. 7980. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude vehicles the batteries of which contain 
     materials sourced from prohibited foreign entities from the 
     clean vehicle credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 7981. A bill to ensure that goods made using or 
     containing cobalt extracted or processed with the use of 
     child or forced labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
     do not enter the United States market; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. FLOOD (for himself and Mrs. Foushee):
       H.R. 7982. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide F visas and employment authorization for 
     international student athletes who enter into endorsement 
     contracts for the commercial use of their names, images, and 
     likenesses; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FISCHBACH:
       H.R. 7983. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to define the term free trade agreement for purposes of 
     the clean vehicle credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PAPPAS (for himself, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. 
             Golden of Maine, and Mr. Mann):
       H.R. 7984. A bill to require the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to improve access to disaster 
     assistance for individuals located in rural areas, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. McGARVEY (for himself and Mr. Molinaro):
       H.R. 7985. A bill to require the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to submit to Congress a report on the 
     entrepreneurial challenges facing entrepreneurs with a 
     disability, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
           By Mr. SMITH of Nebraska:
       H.R. 7986. A bill to modify and reauthorize the Generalized 
     System of Preferences, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LaLOTA (for himself and Mr. Thanedar):
       H.R. 7987. A bill to require plain language and the 
     inclusion of key words in covered notices that are clear, 
     concise, and accessible to small business concerns, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. STAUBER (for himself and Ms. Perez):
       H.R. 7988. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
     include requirements relating to new small business entrants 
     in the scorecard program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. MOLINARO (for himself and Mr. Pappas):
       H.R. 7989. A bill to provide for a memorandum of 
     understanding between the Small Business Administration and 
     the National Council on Disability to increase employment 
     opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Huffman, and Ms. Lee of Nevada):
       H.R. 7990. A bill to extend the authorization for a large-
     scale water recycling and

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     reuse grant program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Davidson, 
             Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Perry, Mr. Crane, Ms. Boebert, Mr. 
             Ogles, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
             Brecheen, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Norman, Mrs. 
             Luna, Mr. Cline, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Posey, Mrs. 
             Harshbarger, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Harris, 
             Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Roy, Mr. Good of 
             Virginia, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Tiffany, 
             Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Mast, Ms. Greene of 
             Georgia, and Mr. Mills):
       H.R. 7991. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to modify the social security number requirements for 
     claiming the child tax credit and earned income tax credit; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ARMSTRONG (for himself, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Moylan, 
             Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Neguse, Mr. 
             Zinke, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Lee of California, and Mr. 
             Hunt):
       H.R. 7992. A bill to authorize funds and artifacts to 
     benefit the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in 
     Medora, North Dakota, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ARRINGTON:
       H.R. 7993. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to reduce the rate of tax on estates, gifts, and 
     generation-skipping transfers; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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 Mrs. DINGELL:
       H.R. 7994. A bill to support the direct care professional 
     workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education 
     and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House 
     Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 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. DONALDS:
       H.R. 7995. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to include equitable tolling for negligence or 
     malfeasance by the Internal Revenue Service for the period of 
     limitation on filing for a credit or refund of overpayment; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. DUNN of Florida (for himself and Ms. Craig):
       H.R. 7996. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure Medicaid coverage of mental health services and 
     primary care services furnished on the same day; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. DUNN of Florida:
       H.R. 7997. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide 
     for the automatic exclusion of China as a beneficiary 
     country; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ESPAILLAT:
       H.R. 7998. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to require institutions of higher education to track and 
     record additional information on hate crimes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GARBARINO (for himself and Mr. Quigley):
       H.R. 7999. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to encourage and incentivize rescue, rehabilitation, and 
     appropriate reintroduction of threatened and endangered 
     animals by establishing a Wildlife Confiscations Network, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GOLDEN of Maine (for himself and Mr. Pfluger):
       H.R. 8000. A bill to limit closures and consolidations of 
     United States Postal Service mail processing facilities, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability.
           By Mr. GREEN of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz, 
             Mr. McCaul, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. 
             Salazar, and Mrs. Radewagen):
       H.R. 8001. A bill to impose sanctions on the Houthis for 
     attacks on international shipping, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. HARDER of California:
       H.R. 8002. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to require States to consider measures 
     that limit the amount of retail utility rate increases a 
     utility company can request to once every 365 days; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. HINSON (for herself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. 
             Gallagher, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Alford, Mr. 
             Carson, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Davis of 
             North Carolina, Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Davids of Kansas, 
             Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Kean of New Jersey, Mr. 
             LaHood, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mrs. 
             Miller-Meeks, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Van 
             Orden, and Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer):
       H.R. 8003. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     publish, on an annual basis, an assessment on United States 
     dependency on critical agricultural products or inputs from 
     the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina (for himself, Mrs. 
             Foushee, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Pressley, Ms. 
             Chu, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Titus, Ms. 
             Norton, Ms. Ross, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. 
             Brownley, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Takano, Mr. Deluzio, 
             Mr. Frost, Mr. Casten, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. 
             Ramirez, Ms. Perez, Mr. Nickel, Ms. Garcia of Texas, 
             Mr. Carson, and Mr. Gottheimer):
       H.R. 8004. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to establish a refundable credit for qualified child 
     care startup expenses; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself, Mr. Fry, Mr. Lawler, 
             Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, 
             Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Bacon, 
             Ms. Adams, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. D'Esposito):
       H.R. 8005. A bill to establish the Commission of Experts on 
     Child Exploitation and Artificial Intelligence; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia:
       H.R. 8006. A bill to establish an expedited petition 
     process for the addition and removal of certain products from 
     the lists of products eligible or ineligible for beneficial 
     treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Panetta):
       H.R. 8007. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make the postponement of certain deadlines by reason 
     of Federally declared disaster applicable to the limitation 
     on credit or refund; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 8008. A bill to award posthumously a Congressional 
     Gold Medal to the Golden Thirteen, in recognition of their 
     contributions to the Nation; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services, 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. RASKIN:
       H.R. 8009. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     establish a Government Spending Oversight Committee within 
     the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
     Efficiency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Accountability.
           By Mr. STEUBE:
       H.R. 8010. A bill to modify designations of beneficiary 
     countries under the Generalized System of Preferences; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. Alford, Mr. Armstrong, 
             Mr. Babin, Mr. Baird, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Banks, Mr. 
             Biggs, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Burchett, Mrs. Chavez-
             DeRemer, Mr. Cline, Mr. Crane, Mr. Crawford, Mr. 
             Crenshaw, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Duarte, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
             Dunn of Florida, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. 
             Finstad, Mr. Fry, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. 
             Gooden of Texas, Mr. Hern, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Hunt, Mr. 
             Jackson of Texas, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. 
             LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Langworthy, Ms. 
             Malliotakis, Mr. McClintock, Mrs. Miller of West 
             Virginia, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, 
             Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. 
             Newhouse, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. 
             Reschenthaler, Mr. Rutherford, Ms. Salazar, Mr. 
             Schweikert, Mr. Self, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Van 
             Drew, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Williams of New York, 
             Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and Mr. Austin Scott of 
             Georgia):
       H.R. 8011. A bill to designate certain organizations as 
     foreign terrorist organizations; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs, 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. WALTZ (for himself, Mr. Soto, Mr. Dunn of 
             Florida, Mr. Fleischmann, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. 
             Mills, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. 
             Moylan, Mr. Gaetz, Mrs. McClain, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. 
             Jackson of Texas, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Bean of 
             Florida, Mr. Posey, Mr. Bilirakis, Mrs. Luna, Mr. 
             Steube, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Mast, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. 
             Rutherford, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Frost, 
             Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Donalds, Mrs. Cherfilus-
             McCormick, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. 
             Moskowitz, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Davis of North

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             Carolina, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Maloy, and 
             Mr. Armstrong):
       H.R. 8012. A bill to establish the Jackie Robinson Ballpark 
     National Commemorative Site in the State of Florida, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
             Tlaib, Mr. Carson, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Bowman, Mr. 
             Thanedar, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. 
             Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ramirez, 
             and Mr. Menendez):
       H.R. 8013. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to require payroll tax withholding on independent 
     contractors of certain large businesses; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KEAN of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz, 
             Mr. McCaul, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Williams of New 
             York, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
             Armstrong, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. Lesko, Ms. Salazar, Mr. 
             Aderholt, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Womack, 
             Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. 
             Ezell, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. 
             Burgess, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Moran, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. 
             Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Buchanan, 
             Mr. Fallon, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. 
             Molinaro, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Baird, Mr. McCormick, Mr. 
             Loudermilk, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. 
             Self, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. D'Esposito, and Mr. 
             Sessions):
       H. Res. 1143. A resolution condemning Iran's unprecedented 
     drone and missile attack on Israel; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H. Res. 1144. A resolution honoring the 100th anniversary 
     of the Consumer Technology Association; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
             Ciscomani, Ms. Norton, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
             Trone, Mr. Payne, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mrs. McBath, 
             Ms. Pressley, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Davis of North 
             Carolina, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. 
             Magaziner, Mr. Garamendi, and Mr. Costa):
       H. Res. 1145. A resolution recognizing the significance of 
     ``Community College Month'' in April as a celebration of more 
     than 1,000 institutions throughout the United States 
     supporting access to higher education, workforce training, 
     and more broadly sustaining and advancing the Nation's 
     economic prosperity; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H. Res. 1146. A resolution recognizing the enduring 
     cultural and historical significance of emancipation in the 
     Nation's capital on the anniversary of President Abraham 
     Lincoln's signing of the District of Columbia Compensated 
     Emancipation Act, which established the ``first freed'' on 
     April 16, 1862, and celebrating passage of the District of 
     Columbia statehood bill in the House of Representatives; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
           By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mrs. Miller-
             Meeks, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, and Mrs. Kiggans 
             of Virginia):
       H. Res. 1147. A resolution demanding that the international 
     community hold accountable those who perpetrated acts of 
     sexual violence and sexual torture during and after the 
     attack on the State of Israel on October 7, 2023; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. 
             Allen, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Babin, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Baird, 
             Mr. Balderson, Mr. Banks, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. 
             Bera, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Bost, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Burchett, Mr. 
             Burgess, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. 
             Carter of Georgia, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. 
             Chavez-DeRemer, Mr. Ciscomani, Ms. Clarke of New 
             York, Mr. Cline, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Costa, Ms. 
             Craig, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. De La 
             Cruz, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Duarte, Mr. 
             Duncan, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ellzey, 
             Mr. Ezell, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Ferguson, 
             Mr. Finstad, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. 
             Flood, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Fulcher, 
             Mr. Gallego, Mr. Mike Garcia of California, Mr. 
             Gimenez, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Vicente 
             Gonzalez of Texas, Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon, Mr. Gooden of 
             Texas, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
             Green of Tennessee, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Guest, Mr. 
             Harris, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. 
             Hunt, Mr. Issa, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Ms. Jackson 
             Lee, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly of 
             Mississippi, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. LaLota, 
             Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Lawler, 
             Mrs. Lesko, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. 
             Luetkemeyer, Mr. Luttrell, Ms. Mace, Ms. Malliotakis, 
             Mr. Mast, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. McClain, Mr. McClintock, 
             Mr. McCormick, Mr. Meuser, Mrs. Miller of West 
             Virginia, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Miller of 
             Ohio, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. Moolenaar, 
             Mr. Mooney, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Moylan, Mr. 
             Nehls, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Ogles, Mr. 
             Owens, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. 
             Payne, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Austin 
             Scott of Georgia, Mr. Self, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Ms. Spanberger, Mrs. 
             Spartz, Mr. Stauber, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Steube, Mr. 
             Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Timmons, 
             Mr. Turner, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Van Duyne, 
             Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Walberg, 
             Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Westerman, Ms. Wexton, 
             Mr. Williams of New York, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. 
             Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Pfluger, 
             and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota):
       H. Res. 1148. A resolution condemning the Iranian regime's 
     terrorism, regional proxy war, internal suppression, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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