[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H133-H135]
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. HILL of Arkansas (for himself, Mr. Barr, Mr. 
             Huizenga, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. 
             Williams of Texas, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. 
             Davidson, Mr.

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             Rose, Mr. Steil, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. 
             Norman, Mr. Meuser, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Donalds, Mr. 
             Garbarino, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Flood, Mr. Lawler, Ms. 
             De La Cruz, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mrs. 
             McClain, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Downing, Mr. Haridopolos, 
             and Mr. Moore of North Carolina):
       H.R. 6955. A bill to make improvements to the Federal 
     banking laws, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself and Mr. Yakym):
       H.R. 6956. A bill to require electronically prepared tax 
     returns to include scannable code when submitted on paper, 
     and to require the use of optical character recognition 
     technology for paper documents received by the Internal 
     Revenue Service; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. BARRAGAN (for herself and Mr. Obernolte):
       H.R. 6957. A bill to provide technical assistance and 
     grants for faith-based organizations, institutions of higher 
     education, and local governments to increase the supply of 
     affordable rental housing, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. CISNEROS (for himself and Mr. Carbajal):
       H.R. 6958. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to parole 
     into the United States certain relatives of current and 
     former members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRANE:
       H.R. 6959. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Nick Shirley, in recognition of exemplary investigative 
     journalism that uncovered waste, fraud, and abuse perpetrated 
     against American taxpayers; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. DELUZIO (for himself and Mr. LaLota):
       H.R. 6960. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to 
     develop a notice detailing benefits available to veterans, 
     and to require employers to display such notice, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 
     and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, House 
     Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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. GARBARINO:
       H.R. 6961. A bill to support the athletic programs of the 
     United States Merchant Marine Academy; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. HARRIGAN (for himself and Mr. Riley of New 
             York):
       H.R. 6962. A bill to strengthen and standardize ``first 
     look'' protections for covered properties to ensure families 
     and communities have priority access to foreclosed homes, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Johnson 
             of Louisiana, Mr. Scalise, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Fields, 
             and Mr. Carter of Louisiana):
       H.R. 6963. A bill to designate the community-based 
     outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
     Lafayette, Louisiana, as the ``Rodney C. Hamilton Sr. VA 
     Clinic''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. JAMES (for himself and Mr. Ryan):
       H.R. 6964. A bill to amend the National Security Act of 
     1947 to include school security as an element of the National 
     Security Strategy, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Armed Services, 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. JAMES (for himself and Ms. Kaptur):
       H.R. 6965. A bill to encourage local educational agencies 
     to inform parents about gun safety, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, 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. LEGER FERNANDEZ (for herself and Ms. Stansbury):
       H.R. 6966. A bill to provide additional funds to States for 
     administration of certain nutrition programs; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. LUCAS (for himself and Ms. Pettersen):
       H.R. 6967. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934 to establish within the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission the Public Company Advisory Committee, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. MANNION (for himself and Mr. Evans of Colorado):
       H.R. 6968. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry 
     out a competitive grant program to support community colleges 
     and area career and technical education centers in developing 
     immersive technology education and training services programs 
     for workforce development, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Education and Workforce.
           By Mr. RILEY of New York (for himself and Mr. Lawler):
       H.R. 6969. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     establish a program that provides payments to producers for 
     carrying out conservation practices in selected eligible 
     watersheds, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama:
       H.R. 6970. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income the earnings from certain 
     overseas deployments of members of the Armed Forces; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama:
       H.R. 6971. A bill to require congressional approval of 
     major Executive Orders and major rules, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and Oversight and 
     Government Reform, 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. SMUCKER (for himself, Mrs. Biggs of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Higgins of 
             Louisiana, Mr. Gosar, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Joyce of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Bost, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. 
             Rose):
       H.R. 6972. A bill to amend title X of the Public Health 
     Service Act to require grant recipients to comply with all 
     applicable State and local laws requiring notification or 
     reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, 
     rape, incest, intimate partner violence, or human 
     trafficking, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. SUBRAMANYAM (for himself, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. 
             Walkinshaw, and Mr. Hernandez):
       H.R. 6973. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     collect and report information on the treatment of Advanced 
     Placement and International Baccalaureate course credits at 
     institutions of higher education, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Education and Workforce.
           By Ms. MALLIOTAKIS:
       H.J. Res. 137. A joint resolution commending Sail250 for 
     its advancement of goodwill among nations, its dedication to 
     continuing the legacy of commemorating the history of the 
     United States, and its effort to educate the next generation 
     of Americans about the Nation's maritime heritage; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. McGOVERN (for himself and Mr. Massie):
       H. Con. Res. 68. Concurrent resolution to direct the 
     removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within 
     or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by 
     Congress; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H. Res. 978. A resolution expressing the profound sorrow of 
     the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable 
     Doug LaMalfa; considered and agreed to.
           By Mrs. HOUCHIN:
       H. Res. 979. A resolution electing a Member to a certain 
     standing committee of the House of Representatives; 
     considered and agreed to.
           By Ms. CHU (for herself, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. 
             Barragan, Mr. Bera, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
             Cisneros, Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. 
             Friedman, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, 
             Mr. Gomez, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Huffman, Ms. 
             Jacobs, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Liccardo, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Min, 
             Mr. Mullin, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
             Rivas, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Simon, Mr. 
             Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, 
             Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Tran, Mr. Vargas, Ms. 
             Waters, Mr. Whitesides, and Mr. Gray):
       H. Res. 980. A resolution a resolution observing the 1-year 
     anniversary of the 2025 Southern California wildfires; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. HUIZENGA (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Smucker, 
             Mr. Quigley, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Case, Mr. Womack, Mr. 
             Panetta, Mrs. Houchin, Ms. Perez, Mr. Moore of Utah, 
             Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Golden 
             of Maine, and Mr. Estes):
       H. Res. 981. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the United States should reduce and 
     maintain the Federal unified budget deficit at or below 3 
     percent of gross domestic product; to the Committee on the 
     Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 
     and Rules, 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.

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