[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9462-9463]
[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. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York (for himself, 
             Mr. Gibson, and Mrs. Lowey):
       H.R. 2407. A bill to reauthorize the Hudson River Valley 
     National Heritage Area; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT (for himself and Mr. Amash):
       H.R. 2408. A bill to prohibit the Department of Justice 
     from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple 
     rifles and shotguns; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SALMON (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
             Schweikert, and Mr. Gosar):
       H.R. 2409. A bill to amend the National Voter Registration 
     Act of 1993 to permit a State to require an applicant for 
     voter registration in the State who uses the Federal mail 
     voter registration application form developed by the Election 
     Assistance Commission under such Act to provide documentary 
     evidence of citizenship as a condition of the State's 
     acceptance of the form; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 2411. A bill to prohibit the Federal Government from 
     contracting with an entity that has committed fraud or 
     certain other crimes; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
           By Mr. BARBER (for himself and Mr. Heck of Nevada):
       H.R. 2412. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the best 
     interest of the veteran when determining whether the veteran 
     should receive certain contracted health care; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BRIDENSTINE (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, 
             Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Harris):
       H.R. 2413. A bill to prioritize and redirect NOAA resources 
     to a focused program of investment on near-term, affordable, 
     and attainable advances in observational, computing, and 
     modeling capabilities to deliver substantial improvement in 
     weather forecasting and prediction of high impact weather 
     events, such as tornadoes and hurricanes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
           By Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
             Griffith of Virginia, Ms. Brownley of California, 
             Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Fortenberry, 
             Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
             Daines, and Ms. Lofgren):
       H.R. 2414. A bill to require automobile manufacturers to 
     disclose to consumers the presence of event data recorders, 
     or ``black boxes'', on new automobiles, and to require 
     manufacturers to provide the consumer with the option to 
     enable and disable such devices on future automobiles; 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. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Lance, Mr. 
             Guthrie, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Ben 
             Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Blumenauer, 
             Mr. Paulsen, and Mr. Peters of California):
       H.R. 2415. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to include information on the coverage of 
     intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the Medicare and 
     You Handbook and to provide for the coordination of programs 
     to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes; 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. CLAY (for himself, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. 
             Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. 
             Butterfield, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Clarke, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, 
             Mr. Fattah, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Lee of California, 
             Ms. Moore, Mr. Payne, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Watt, Ms. Wilson of 
             Florida, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Edwards, Ms. 
             Fudge, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Meeks, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rush, Mrs. Christensen, 
             and Mr. Turner):
       H.R. 2416. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study regarding the proposed 
     United States Civil Rights Trail, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona (for himself, Mrs. Hartzler, 
             Mr. Posey, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Broun 
             of Georgia, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. LaMalfa, 
             Ms. Clarke, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Wilson of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Perry, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
             Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Royce, Mr. Fortenberry, 
             and Mr. Kline):
       H.R. 2417. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to protect 
     the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to 
     the defense and well-being of the United States against 
     natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse (``EMP'') threats 
     and vulnerabilities; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
     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 Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas (for himself, Mr. Sam 
             Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Reichert):
       H.R. 2418. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding 
     arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash 
     benefits under the Social Security Act; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 2419. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     provide coverage under such Act for credit cards issued to 
     small businesses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2420. A bill to authorize the Benjamin Harrison 
     Society to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia 
     to honor the patriots of the American Revolutionary War and 
     the War of 1812; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PETERS of California:
       H.R. 2421. A bill to provide biorefinery assistance 
     eligibility to renewable chemicals projects, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. PETERS of California (for himself, Ms. Eddie 
             Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Bera of California, Ms. Chu, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Hall, 
             Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Nadler, Ms. 
             Brownley of California, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Swalwell of 
             California, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Hahn, Ms. Bordallo, 
             Mr. Pascrell, and Mr. Hastings of Florida):
       H.R. 2422. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Sally K. Ride in recognition of her exemplary service as an 
     astronaut, physicist, and science education advocate; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.

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           By Mr. RUNYAN:
       H.R. 2423. A bill to improve the authority of the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with private 
     physicians to conduct medical disability examinations; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SIRES (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             Clarke, Mr. Payne, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Meng, Mr. Turner, and Mr. 
             Crowley):
       H.R. 2424. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban development to establish a program enabling communities 
     to better leverage resources to address health, economic 
     development, and conservation concerns through needed 
     investments in parks, recreational areas, facilities, and 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, 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. TIERNEY (for himself, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Andrews, and Mr. Jones):
       H.R. 2425. A bill to amend title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide protection 
     for company-provided retiree health benefits; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. TONKO (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       H.R. 2426. A bill to better integrate engineering education 
     into kindergarten through grade 12 instruction and curriculum 
     and to support research on engineering education; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. MEADOWS (for himself, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Franks 
             of Arizona, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. 
             McClintock, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
             Westmoreland, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Lamborn, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. 
             Bridenstine, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Upton, Mr. Miller of 
             Florida, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Hudson, Mr. 
             Harris, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Huizenga of 
             Michigan, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. 
             Pittenger, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Barton, Mr. Mulvaney, 
             Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Nugent, Mr. 
             Jordan, Mr. Salmon, and Mr. Cole):
       H.J. Res. 50. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to parental 
     rights; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H. Res. 269. A resolution providing for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 1947) to provide for the reform and 
     continuation of agricultural and other programs of the 
     Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules.
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H. Res. 270. A resolution permitting official photographs 
     of the House of Representatives to be taken while the House 
     is in actual session on a date designated by the Speaker; to 
     the Committee on House Administration.

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