[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9639-9640]
[From the U.S. 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. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 2243. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Labor to publish on an Internet 
     website certain information about the number of veterans who 
     are employed by Federal contractors; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HANNA (for himself, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. 
             Israel, Mr. King of New York, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
             York, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Nadler, Mr. Towns, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. 
             Velazquez, Mr. Grimm, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
             Serrano, Mr. Engel, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Hayworth, Mr. 
             Gibson, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Owens, Ms. 
             Buerkle, Ms. Hochul, Mr. Higgins, Ms. Slaughter, and 
             Mr. Reed):
       H.R. 2244. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 67 Castle Street in Geneva, 
     New York, as the ``Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post 
     Office''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Ms. DeGETTE (for herself and Mr. Rooney):
       H.R. 2245. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug Administration with 
     improved capacity to prevent drug shortages; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 2246. A bill to suspend United States assistance to 
     Brazil until such time as Brazil amends its laws to remove 
     the prohibition on extradition of nationals of Brazil to 
     other countries; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Langevin):
       H.R. 2247. A bill to establish within the Department of 
     Education the Innovation Inspiration school grant program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mrs. Emerson):
       H.R. 2248. A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on 
     behalf of Medicare beneficiaries; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 2249. A bill to provide for the treatment of certain 
     hospitals under the Medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia (for himself, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mr. Olson, Mr. Barrow, Mrs. McMorris 
             Rodgers, Mr. Ross of Arkansas, Mr. Scalise, and Mr. 
             Matheson):
       H.R. 2250. A bill to provide additional time for the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue 
     achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and 
     institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 2251. A bill to direct the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System to amend Regulation D to increase the 
     transaction limits on passbook savings, statement savings, 
     and money market deposit accounts; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. BARTLETT (for himself, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Posey, 
             Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Latta, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
             Hall, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Marchant, Mr. 
             Mica, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mrs. Miller 
             of Michigan, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Gingrey of 
             Georgia, Mr. Flores, Mr. Franks of Arizona, and Mrs. 
             Schmidt):
       H.R. 2252. A bill to protect the right to obtain firearms 
     for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, 
     or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BASS of New Hampshire:
       H.R. 2253. A bill to establish within the Department of 
     Education the Innovation Inspiration school grant program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. Keating, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Markey, 
             Mrs. McCarthy of New

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             York, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Neal, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olver, 
             Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Tierney, Ms. Tsongas, 
             and Mr. Wu):
       H.R. 2254. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national 
     tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety inspection 
     and evaluation of all highway tunnels, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself and Mr. Fattah):
       H.R. 2255. A bill to support the establishment and 
     operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. DOYLE (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
             Deutch, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Frank of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Farr, 
             Mr. Filner, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Moran, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Pascrell, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Lewis of 
             Georgia, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             Gallegly, Mr. LaTourette, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Mr. Kucinich, and Ms. McCollum):
       H.R. 2256. A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure 
     that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are 
     obtained legally; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. FLEISCHMANN (for himself and Mr. DesJarlais):
       H.R. 2257. A bill to waive the requirement that existing 
     traffic signs meet minimum retroreflectivity standards on or 
     before the compliance dates established by the Federal 
     Highway Administration; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Ms. Bordallo, 
             Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             Faleomavaega, Mr. Pierluisi, and Mr. Deutch):
       H.R. 2258. A bill to establish the National Hurricane 
     Research Initiative to improve hurricane preparedness, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology.
           By Mr. HECK (for himself, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, 
             and Mrs. Miller of Michigan):
       H.R. 2259. A bill to require the withdrawal of United 
     States Armed Forces from operations in Libya, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. 
             Grijalva):
       H.R. 2260. A bill to provide for a study by the National 
     Academy of Engineering regarding improving the accuracy of 
     collection of royalties on production of oil, condensate, and 
     natural gas under leases of Federal lands and Indian lands, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. McCOTTER (for himself and Mr. Burton of 
             Indiana):
       H.R. 2261. A bill to withhold United States contributions 
     to the United Nations or a United Nations agency if the 
     United Nations or such agency supports the recognition of an 
     independent Palestinian state, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 2262. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from gross income amounts distributed from 
     tax-favored accounts during a period of unemployment; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 2263. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exclude from Federal tax certain payments made in 
     connection with reductions in force; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
           By Mr. REYES:
       H.R. 2264. A bill to reduce the trafficking of drugs and to 
     prevent human smuggling across the Southwest Border by 
     deterring the construction and use of border tunnels; 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. RICHMOND (for himself and Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi):
       H.R. 2265. A bill to direct the President to forgo 
     recoupment of liabilities relating to assistance provided 
     under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
     Committee on 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. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 2266. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     reform Department of Defense energy policy, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. WALDEN (for himself, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Jones, 
             Mr. Ellison, Mr. Lance, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
             Barletta, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. 
             Langevin, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Latham, 
             Mr. Schrader, Mr. LaTourette, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Hanna, 
             Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Terry, Mr. Neal, Mr. 
             Bass of New Hampshire, Mr. Chandler, Ms. Lee of 
             California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Brady 
             of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Boswell):
       H.R. 2267. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health 
     services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare 
     program; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. WOLF:
       H.R. 2268. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide that Washington's Birthday be observed on February 
     22, rather than the third Monday in February, of each year; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.J. Res. 67. A joint resolution authorizing the limited 
     use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO 
     mission in Libya; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. ACKERMAN:
       H. Res. 317. A resolution demanding that Hamas immediately 
     and unconditionally release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Neal, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mr. Tierney, Ms. Tsongas, and Mr. Keating):
       H. Res. 318. A resolution congratulating the Boston Bruins 
     on winning the 2010-2011 Stanley Cup; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H. Res. 319. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that adding art and design into Federal 
     programs that target the Science, Technology, Engineering, 
     and Mathematics (STEM) fields encourages innovation and 
     economic growth in the United States; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee 
     on 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.

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