[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11850-11852]
[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. HUDSON (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi, and Mr. Richmond):
       H.R. 2719. A bill to require the Transportation Security 
     Administration to implement best practices and improve 
     transparency with regard to technology acquisition programs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             Becerra):
       H.R. 2720. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the treatment of death information 
     furnished to or maintained by the Social Security 
     Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Huffman, and Mr. Hinojosa):
       H.R. 2721. A bill to provide subsidized employment for 
     unemployed, low-income adults, provide summer employment and 
     year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and 
     carry out work-related and educational strategies and 
     activities of demonstrated effectiveness, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. ELLISON (for himself and Mr. Renacci):
       H.R. 2722. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from 
     enforcing any requirement that consumer reporting agencies 
     that serve only as a secure conduit to data from State 
     unemployment compensation agencies obtain and maintain an 
     individual's informed consent agreement when verifying income 
     and employment with such agencies, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. 
             Sherman, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Sires, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
             Deutch, Mr. Higgins, Ms. Bass, Mr. Keating, Mr. 
             Cicilline, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Schneider, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bera of California, Mr. Lowenthal, 
             Ms. Meng, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Gabbard, and 
             Mr. Castro of Texas):
       H.R. 2723. A bill to enhance security for facilities and 
     personnel at United States diplomatic and consular posts 
     abroad, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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. GRIFFIN of Arkansas (for himself, Mr. Womack, 
             Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Cotton):
       H.R. 2724. A bill to exclude from gross income compensation 
     provided for victims of the March 29, 2013, pipeline oil 
     spill in Mayflower, Arkansas; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. LANCE (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
             Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Valadao, Mr. Barton, Mr. Farr, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
             Peters of California, and Mr. Burgess):
       H.R. 2725. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt from 
     sequestration certain user fees of the Food and Drug 
     Administration; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 2726. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into 
     contracts and agreements for the transfer of veterans to non-
     Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are 
     unable to live independently; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. McKINLEY (for himself, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Gene 
             Green of Texas, and Mr. Lowenthal):
       H.R. 2727. A bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation 
     Fund Act of 1965 to provide that not less than 40 percent of 
     amounts available from the fund under that Act shall be 
     available for the Land and Water Conservation Fund State 
     Assistance Program; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

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           By Mr. FLORES (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Hastings 
             of Washington, Mr. Lamborn, and Mrs. Lummis):
       H.R. 2728. A bill to recognize States' authority to 
     regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy 
     security, development, and job creation; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself, Mr. Farr, Mr. Reichert, 
             and Mr. Doggett):
       H.R. 2729. A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for information comparisons for USDA Housing 
     Assistance programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
     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. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
             Braley of Iowa, Mr. Sires, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Fattah, and 
             Mr. Scott of Virginia):
       H.R. 2730. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, 
     with respect to minimum levels of financial responsibility 
     for the transportation of property, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cohen, 
             Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
             Guthrie, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Deutch, and Mr. Fincher):
       H.R. 2731. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to make permanent the rule providing 5-year amortization 
     of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music 
     copyrights; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 2732. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for a waiver of minimum required distribution 
     rules applicable to pension plans for 2013 and 2014; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       H.R. 2733. A bill to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 
     from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of 
     Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a 
     mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential 
     structure located in a county in which the State has used the 
     power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
             Illinois):
       H.R. 2734. A bill to revise and extend provisions under the 
     Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
           By Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Thompson 
             of California, and Mr. Lamborn):
       H.R. 2735. A bill to direct the United States Sentencing 
     Commission with respect to penalties for the unlawful 
     production of a controlled substance on Federal property or 
     intentional trespass on the property of another that causes 
     environmental damage; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself and Mr. 
             Amash):
       H.R. 2736. A bill to allow entities required to comply with 
     orders or directives under the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 to publicly report every 90 days 
     certain aggregate information related to the compliance with 
     such orders or directives; 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 Mr. LEWIS (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
             Rangel, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Grijalva, Ms. Shea-Porter, and Ms. DeLauro):
       H.R. 2737. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps 
     educational awards; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Ms. Bass, Mr. Bera of 
             California, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Braley 
             of Iowa, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Brownley of 
             California, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cardenas, 
             Ms. Chu, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
             Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis 
             of California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. 
             Esty, Mr. Farr, Mr. Foster, Ms. Frankel of Florida, 
             Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
             Mr. Heck of Washington, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Israel, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
             Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kilmer, Mrs. 
             Kirkpatrick, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Larsen of Washington, 
             Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis, Mr. 
             Loebsack, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Michelle 
             Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Maffei, Mrs. Carolyn 
             B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of 
             New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, 
             Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moran, Mr. Murphy of 
             Florida, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters of Michigan, Mr. 
             Peters of California, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. 
             Pocan, Mr. Polis, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. 
             Quigley, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rush, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez 
             of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             Schneider, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Sherman, Ms. 
             Sinema, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, Ms. Speier, Mr. Swalwell of California, 
             Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Tierney, 
             Ms. Titus, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Veasey, 
             Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
             Welch, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Mr. Yarmuth):
       H.R. 2738. A bill to prohibit the application of certain 
     restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign 
     nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision 
     of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Smith of 
             Washington, and Mr. Hunter):
       H.R. 2739. A bill to require the reallocation and auction 
     for commercial use of the electromagnetic spectrum between 
     the frequencies from 1755 megahertz to 1780 megahertz; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. McNERNEY (for himself, Mr. Bishop of New York, 
             Mr. Peters of Michigan, and Mr. Cartwright):
       H.R. 2740. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for the identification of corporate tax haven 
     countries and increased penalties for tax evasion practices 
     in haven countries that ship United States jobs overseas, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
     in addition to the Committee on 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 Mrs. NOEM (for herself and Mr. Cramer):
       H.R. 2741. A bill to clarify that, with respect to each 
     Missouri River mainstem reservoir of the Corps of Engineers 
     located in a State, the State maintains authority to allocate 
     and appropriate the quantity of water in the reservoir that 
     is attributable to the natural flows of the Missouri River 
     within the boundaries of the State, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mrs. NOEM (for herself and Mr. Cramer):
       H.R. 2742. A bill to require the Army Corps of Engineers to 
     notify the public of certain flood predictions regarding the 
     Missouri River System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. NUGENT:
       H.R. 2743. A bill to make the National Parks and Federal 
     Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain 
     veterans; to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. PAULSEN (for himself and Ms. Slaughter):
       H.R. 2744. A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to better enable State child welfare agencies to 
     prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of 
     children who are victims of sex trafficking, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
     to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and the 
     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. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. Wittman, Mr. 
             Lamborn, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Latta, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. 
             Black, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Culberson, Mrs. 
             Bachmann, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Bilirakis, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Conaway, 
             Mr. Jones, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Alexander, and 
             Mr. Duncan of Tennessee):
       H.R. 2745. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to exclude from creditable

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     wages and self-employment income wages earned for services by 
     aliens illegally performed in the United States and self-
     employment income derived from a trade or business illegally 
     conducted in the United States; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. McKINLEY (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Bishop 
             of Georgia, Mr. Rahall, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Thompson of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Walden, Mr. 
             Collins of New York, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Stivers, Mr. 
             Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
             Graves of Missouri, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and Mr. 
             Rohrabacher):
       H. Res. 305. A resolution expressing support for the 2013 
     Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree in West 
     Virginia; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H. Res. 306. A resolution providing for the consideration 
     of the resolution (H. Res. 36) establishing a select 
     committee to investigate and report on the attack on the 
     United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya; to the Committee 
     on Rules.

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