[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 12004-12005]
[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. ISSA (for himself and Ms. Chu):
       H.R. 2766. A bill to make improvements to the transitional 
     program for covered business method patents, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GARRETT (for himself, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. 
             Neugebauer, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. McHenry):
       H.R. 2767. A bill to protect American taxpayers and 
     homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system 
     for the 21st

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     century; to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 2768. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify that a duty of the Commissioner of Internal 
     Revenue is to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees 
     are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer 
     rights; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 2769. A bill to impose a moratorium on conferences 
     held by the Internal Revenue Service; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Tierney, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Bishop of New 
             York, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Hinojosa, 
             and Mr. Loebsack):
       H.R. 2770. 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. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. Carter, and Mr. 
             Olson):
       H.R. 2771. A bill to repeal the requirements under the 
     Natural Gas Act for obtaining authorization for the 
     exportation or importation of natural gas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself and Mr. Marino):
       H.R. 2772. A bill to direct the Attorney General to make 
     grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the 
     parental rights of men who father children through rape; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JOYCE (for himself, Mr. Petri, Mrs. Miller of 
             Michigan, Mr. Levin, Mr. Dingell, and Ms. Slaughter):
       H.R. 2773. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to protect and restore the Great Lakes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 2774. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide a credit against tax for hurricane and 
     tornado mitigation expenditures; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 2775. A bill to condition the provision of premium and 
     cost-sharing subsidies under the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act upon a certification that a program to 
     verify household income and other qualifications for such 
     subsidies is operational, 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. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Hudson, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
             Crawford, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, 
             Mrs. Roby, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Collins 
             of New York, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
             Yoho, Mr. Schrader, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Bishop of 
             Georgia, Mr. Enyart, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
             DesJarlais, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Conaway, and Mr. 
             Thompson of Mississippi):
       H.R. 2776. A bill to establish a regulatory review process 
     for rules that the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency plans to propose, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas (for himself and Mr. Wolf):
       H.R. 2777. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to 
     suspend the pay and allowances of a member of the Armed 
     Forces who is held in confinement pending trial by court-
     martial or by civil authority for any sex-related offense or 
     capital offense; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. KINGSTON (for himself, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. 
             Posey, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mrs. Bachmann, 
             Mr. Salmon, Mr. Flores, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Barton, Mr. 
             Walberg, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, and Mr. Broun of 
             Georgia):
       H.R. 2778. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to clarify eligibility for the child tax credit; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 2779. A bill to establish a separate Inspector General 
     for the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 Mrs. LOWEY (for herself and Mr. Reichert):
       H.R. 2780. 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. PETERS of California (for himself and Ms. 
             Kuster):
       H.R. 2781. A bill to require the closure of expired grants 
     accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform, 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. RUPPERSBERGER (for himself, Mr. Harris, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Cummings, and Mr. Delaney):
       H.R. 2782. A bill to award posthumously a Congressional 
     Gold Medal to Dr. R. Adams Cowley, in recognition of his 
     lifelong commitment to the advancement of trauma care; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
             Johnson of Ohio, Mr. O'Rourke, and Mrs. Davis of 
             California):
       H.R. 2783. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for continued eligibility for the health care 
     tax credit for PBGC pension recipients eligible for the 
     credit at the end of 2013; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. STIVERS (for himself and Mr. Richmond):
       H.R. 2784. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf 
     Lands Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
     offshore oil and gas leasing, to use revenues from such 
     leasing to capitalize bonds that provide a dedicated source 
     of revenue to fund highway, other transportation, and water 
     infrastructure projects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and 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. WALZ (for himself, Mr. Denham, Mr. Bentivolio, 
             and Ms. Speier):
       H.R. 2785. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     improve the hiring of veterans by the Federal Government and 
     State governments, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
             Illinois):
       H. Res. 313. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of the MAGIC Foundation; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Cicilline, 
             Mr. Farr, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Nunes, Mr. King 
             of New York, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Moran, and 
             Mr. Loebsack):
       H. Res. 314. A resolution commending and supporting the 
     United States delegation and the United States Deaf Sports 
     Federation in their representation of the United States at 
     the 2013 Summer Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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