[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12508-12509]
[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. CULBERSON (for himself, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. McKinley, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Paul, and 
             Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas):
       H.R. 2694. A bill to firewall the Medicare Trusts Funds by 
     restoring to those Trust Funds funds transferred by the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Energy and Commerce, 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.
           By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             and Mr. Sessions):
       H.R. 2695. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     expand and intensify programs of the National Institutes of 
     Health with respect to translational research and related 
     activities concerning Down syndrome, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             and Mr. Sessions):
       H.R. 2696. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     expand and intensify programs of the National Institutes of 
     Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     with respect to translational research and related activities 
     concerning Down syndrome, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. JENKINS (for herself, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Brady of 
             Texas, and Mr. Blumenauer):
       H.R. 2697. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 
     certain footwear, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. Blumenauer):
       H.R. 2698. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to broaden the special rules for certain governmental 
     plans under section 105(j) to include plans established by 
     political subdivisions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Poe 
             of Texas, and Ms. Buerkle):
       H.R. 2699. A bill to establish policies and procedures in 
     the Peace Corps to provide for the safety and security of 
     volunteers from rape and sexual assault, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. Doyle):
       H.R. 2700. A bill to establish a health and education grant 
     program related to autism spectrum disorders, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Welch, and Mr. 
             Shuler):
       H.R. 2701. A bill to promote simplification and fairness in 
     the administration and collection of sales and use taxes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 2702. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     clarify the scope of the provision commonly referred to as 
     the ``Wire

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     Act'', and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself and Mr. 
             Rooney):
       H.R. 2703. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     ensure that members of the uniformed services are entitled to 
     refractive eye surgery; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 2704. A bill to reduce the spread of sexually 
     transmitted infections in correctional facilities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 Mrs. LOWEY (for herself and Mr. Reichert):
       H.R. 2705. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to 
     promote quality basic education and to establish the 
     achievement of quality universal basic education in all 
     developing countries as an objective of United States foreign 
     assistance policy, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. Ross of 
             Arkansas, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Latta, Mr. Duncan of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Boren, Mr. Michaud, and 
             Mr. Bonner):
       H.R. 2706. A bill to prohibit the sale of billfish; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 2707. A bill to establish trade negotiating objectives 
     of the United States with respect to the application of 
     sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products 
     to facilitate trade in agriculture, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 2708. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal the limitation on the imposition of employment 
     taxes on wages in excess of the contribution and benefit 
     base; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 2709. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend the payroll tax relief under the HIRE Act, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 2710. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to repeal certain tax cuts extended for high income 
     individuals; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 2711. A bill to provide relief payments for non-COLA 
     years to recipients of social security, supplemental security 
     income, railroad retirement benefits, and veterans disability 
     compensation or pension benefits; to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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.

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