Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 147 (Thursday, September 17, 2026)

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 147 (Thursday, September 17, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H5987-H5989]
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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. HILL of Arkansas:
H.R. 10477. A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
to exclude the audits of privately held, non-carrying brokers
and dealers that are in good standing from certain
requirements under title I of that Act, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. ROSE (for himself, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Burchett,
and Mr. Mills):
H.R. 10478. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to establish a pilot program to arrange for qualified
pension assistance organizations to provide claims
development support to veterans and beneficiaries, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. BACON:
H.R. 10479. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to
establish a policy to guide the development and acquisition
of quantum computing systems for the Department of Defense,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. BACON:
H.R. 10480. A bill to amend chapter 57 of title 10, United
States Code, to provide for recipients of the Medal of Honor
to receive identification allowing unaccompanied access to
military installations, to establish a Department of Defense
Medal of Honor Liaison, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. BACON:
H.R. 10481. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code,
to designate the National Guard Relief Foundation as a
military welfare society for certain purposes; to the
Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. BACON:
H.R. 10482. A bill to require the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering to establish a dashboard
for military construction projects for Research, Development,
Test, and Evaluation facilities, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. BACON:
H.R. 10483. A bill to direct the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense, Policy
and Programs to seek to enter into an agreement with a
University Affiliated Research Center affiliated with United
States Strategic Command

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to conduct an independent scientific assessment with respect
to bone marrow radiation shielding for nuclear survivability;
to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. BACON:
H.R. 10484. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to
issue Department of Defense-wide guidance for identifying
certain artificial intelligence products and excluding and
removing those products from systems and devices of the
Department, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed
Services.
By Mr. BACON:
H.R. 10485. A bill to direct the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs to have a review conducted of the
occupational health and safety conditions of facilities
associated with the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic
missile system; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. BELL (for himself, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr.
Moskowitz, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Bishop, Mr.
Mfume, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Fields, Ms. Budzinski, Ms.
Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Menefee, Mr. Garcia of
California, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Subramanyam,
Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Tokuda,
Mr. Soto, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Sorensen, and Mr.
Riley of New York):
H.R. 10486. A bill to provide for the continuation of FEMA
operations during a lapse in appropriations, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science,
Space, and Technology, and Financial 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. BURCHETT:
H.R. 10487. A bill to amend title IV of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act to require project sponsors to offer
substance use disorder treatment to persons admitted to
emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent
housing, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Financial Services.
By Mr. CASTEN (for himself, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr.
Levin, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Latimer):
H.R. 10488. A bill to restore and strengthen the obligation
of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect human
health and the environment, to halt unlawful deregulatory
actions, to require enforcement of the Clean Air Act, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and
in addition to the Committees on Transportation and
Infrastructure, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Science,
Space, and Technology, 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. CLARKE of New York:
H.R. 10489. A bill to amend title VI of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal
renewable electricity standard for retail electricity
suppliers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce.
By Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas (for herself and Mr. Schmidt):
H.R. 10490. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to develop model
guidance for States to assist with the establishment of
certain tax-favored accounts for children; to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
By Mr. DAVIDSON:
H.R. 10491. A bill to direct the National Institutes of
Health to conduct a study on the effects of 750-kilovolt or
greater transmission lines, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Ms. DEXTER (for herself, Mr. Huffman, and Mr.
Gallagher):
H.R. 10492. A bill to authorize the Federal Wildland
Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program, a comprehensive
initiative to improve the health of Federal wildland
firefighters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on
Agriculture, 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 Mr. EMMER (for himself, Mr. Stauber, Mrs. Fischbach,
and Mr. Finstad):
H.R. 10493. A bill to apply certain requirements for the
structure of metropolitan planning organizations designated
under title 23, United States Code, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mrs. FOUSHEE:
H.R. 10494. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to provide American tariff rebates, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition
to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security,
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. HAMADEH of Arizona:
H.R. 10495. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code,
to establish enhanced penalties for certain frauds, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in
addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and
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. HILL of Arkansas (for himself and Mr. Austin
Scott of Georgia):
H.R. 10496. A bill to provide temporary reauthorization of
demonstration authority and to direct the Commissioner of
Social Security to carry out a demonstration project related
to individuals who receive disability insurance benefits
under title II of the Social Security Act; to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
By Ms. HOULAHAN (for herself, Ms. Goodlander, Mr.
Whitesides, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Tran, and Mr. Panetta):
H.R. 10497. A bill to require explicit Congressional
approval for troops or armed persons at polling places for
the only exception in the United States Code, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition
to the Committee on 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.
By Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Mr. Garcia of Illinois,
Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, and Ms.
Jayapal):
H.R. 10498. A bill to provide payments to United States
taxpayers and dependents to compensate for the costs of the
Iran war, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways
and Means, and in addition to the Committee on
Appropriations, 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. LaHOOD (for himself, Ms. DelBene, and Ms.
Malliotakis):
H.R. 10499. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to establish a credit for prepared meal donations made
to certain tax-exempt organizations; to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
By Ms. LEE of Florida:
H.R. 10500. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act with
respect to the judicial review of an application for a
certificate of public convenience and necessity, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. McCORMICK (for himself, Mr. Fuller, and Mrs.
Harshbarger):
H.R. 10501. A bill to amend the Communist Control Act of
1954 to provide that the Democratic Socialists of America
shall be treated like the Communist Party of the United
States of America, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MCDOWELL (for himself and Mr. Walkinshaw):
H.R. 10502. A bill to direct the Director of National
Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the use of
artificial intelligence systems to acquire, analyze, query,
disseminate, or otherwise access information under section
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978; to
the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the
Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. OMAR (for herself, Ms. Craig, Mr. Garcia of
Illinois, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Kamlager-Dove,
and Ms. Bynum):
H.R. 10503. A bill to establish a Federal grant program to
reimburse certain States for the costs incurred and damage
caused by widespread deployment of Federal immigration
officials, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland
Security, and Ways and Means, 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 (for himself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa):
H.R. 10504. A bill to amend the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to limit adverse security
clearance and suitability determinations based on past
marihuana use, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform.
By Ms. SALAZAR (for herself, Mr. Bera, and Mr.
Gimenez):
H.R. 10505. A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest and
Coral Reef Conservation Act of 1998; to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
By Ms. SCANLON:
H.R. 10506. A bill to confer in the Secretary of
Agriculture the authority to use civil investigative demands
for enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. TAYLOR:
H.R. 10507. A bill to require a report on expanding the
scope of jurisdiction under the terrorism exception to the
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in cases where a terrorist
attack resulted in injury but no death; to the Committee on
the Judiciary, 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. THOMPSON of California (for himself and Mr.
Gallagher):

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H.R. 10508. A bill to strengthen services provided in rural
areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and
Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and
Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, Education and
Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. VASQUEZ (for himself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa):
H.R. 10509. A bill to suspend the Presidential Proclamation
relating to expanding foreign beef imports and establish a
Beef Import and Domestic Supply Advisory Board to increase
the domestic supply of beef and lower costs for consumers
over the long term, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Ways and Means, 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. BERGMAN (for himself and Mr. Davis of North
Carolina):
H. Res. 1558. A resolution expressing the sense of the
House of Representatives that, to maintain the health care
safety net, Federally Qualified Health Centers should
continue to operate under their longstanding single patient
definition for delivery of all services, including
prescription drugs; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr.
Espaillat, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal,
Mr. Correa, Ms. Crockett, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Titus,
Mr. Frost, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Garcia of California,
Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Johnson
of Georgia, Mr. Lieu, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Mullin, Mr.
Moulton, Ms. Norton, Mr. Peters, Mr. Torres of New
York, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velazquez, Mr.
Valadao, Mr. Soto, Mr. Costa, Mr. Khanna, Ms.
Stansbury, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Salinas,
Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. Torres of
California, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Casar, Ms. Kelly of
Illinois, Ms. Mejia, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr.
Cuellar, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Cisneros,
Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Vasquez, Ms. Garcia of
Texas, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr.
Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Hernandez, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms.
Simon, and Ms. Escobar):
H. Res. 1559. A resolution expressing support for the
designation of the week beginning on September 14, 2026, as
``National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week''; to the
Committee on Education and Workforce.
By Ms. ESCOBAR:
H. Res. 1560. A resolution providing for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 4393) to secure the border and reform the
immigration laws; to the Committee on Rules.
By Mr. FONG (for himself, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Calvert, and
Mrs. Kim):
H. Res. 1561. A resolution expressing support for the
designation of the third week of September as ``Fungal
Disease Awareness Week'' and encouraging efforts to improve
awareness, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and prevention
of fungal diseases in the United States; to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce.
By Ms. HOULAHAN (for herself, Mr. Min, Mr. Crow, Mr.
Moulton, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Carson, Ms.
Brownley, and Ms. Tlaib):
H. Res. 1562. A resolution expressing support for
``Military Sexual Trauma Awareness Day''; to the Committee on
Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans'
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 Mrs. KIM (for herself, Mr. Golden of Maine, and Mr.
Fitzpatrick):
H. Res. 1563. A resolution amending the Rules of the House
of Representatives with respect to the certification
requirement in the case of a congressional earmark or limited
tax or tariff benefit; to the Committee on Ethics.
By Mr. MANN (for himself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Feenstra,
Mr. Rose, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Van Orden, Mr.
Austin Scott of Georgia, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bost, Mr.
Jackson of Texas, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Costa, Mr.
Ellzey, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mrs.
Miller of Illinois, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Balderson, Ms.
De La Cruz, and Ms. Budzinski):
H. Res. 1564. A resolution recognizing September 17, 2026,
as National Teach Ag Day; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Ms. MENG (for herself and Mr. Lynch):
H. Res. 1565. A resolution expressing the sense of the
House of Representatives that the United States Postal
Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring
Lewis Howard Latimer, in recognition of his distinctive life,
scientific achievements, and his civic contributions to
technological advancement, to commemorate the 178th year
anniversary of his birth and that the Citizens Stamp Advisory
Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that
such a stamp be issued; to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform.
By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr.
Walkinshaw):
H. Res. 1566. A resolution expressing the sense of the
House of Representatives that the third Friday of September
should be recognized as ``National POW/MIA Recognition Day'';
to the Committee on Armed Services.

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