[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14927-14928]
[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. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 5500. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     protect employment and training services for veterans, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Ms. Waters, Mr. Veasey, 
             Mr. Hastings of Florida, and Mr. Rangel):
       H.R. 5501. A bill to establish a grant program to enhance 
     existing secondary education programs for the purpose of 
     teaching high school students about the Constitution of the 
     United States and the constitutions of the individual States; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GARRETT (for himself, Mr. Walberg, and Mr. 
             Cardenas):
       H.R. 5502. A bill to restore the integrity of the Fifth 
     Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 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. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, 
             Mr. Nadler, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Maffei, Mr. 
             Fitzpatrick, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Grimm, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
             Meeks, Mr. Owens, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New 
             York, Mr. Israel, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Higgins, Mr. 
             Engel, Ms. Meng, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Bishop of New York, 
             Mr. Tonko, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Neal, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mr. Holt, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
             Sires, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Norton, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. 
             Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Lynch, Ms. 
             Lofgren, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Connolly, and Mr. Himes):
       H.R. 5503. A bill to reauthorize the World Trade Center 
     Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation 
     Fund of 2001, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the 
     Budget, and 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. REICHERT (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
             Schock, Mr. Kind, Mr. Tiberi, and Mr. Pascrell):
       H.R. 5504. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to improve and make permanent the above-the-line 
     deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary 
     school teachers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. OLSON (for himself, Mr. Latta, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
             Weber of Texas, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Flores, Mr. Smith of 
             Texas, Mr. Hall, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. 
             Tipton, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. 
             Jones, Mrs. Noem, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. 
             Harper, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Long, Mr. Johnson of 
             Ohio, and Mr. Cuellar):
       H.R. 5505. A bill to improve the establishment of any lower 
     ground-level ozone standards, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself and Mr. Heck of 
             Washington):
       H.R. 5506. A bill to amend title I of the National Housing 
     Act to, for financing alterations, repairs, and improvements 
     to, or conversion of, existing structures, modify premium 
     charges and the dollar amount limitation on loans, including 
     energy efficiency home improvements; to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 5507. A bill to provide for a study by the Institute 
     of Medicine on health disparities, to direct the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services to develop guidelines on reducing 
     health disparities, 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. POCAN (for himself, Mrs. Davis of California, 
             and Mr. Moran):
       H.R. 5508. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty in the dollar 
     limitation on the student loan interest deduction; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 5509. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase and extend the American Opportunity Tax 
     Credit and to increase the student loan interest deduction; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. BYRNE:
       H.R. 5510. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide for more effective online education verification 
     metrics; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 5511. A bill to require that certain Federal lands be 
     held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the 
     Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw 
     Indians, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 5512. A bill to require that certain Federal lands be 
     held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Cow 
     Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Ms. HAHN:
       H.R. 5513. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend and modify the tax credit for electric vehicle 
     recharging property; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5514. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
     establish a loan program to assist and provide incentives for 
     manufacturers to reinvest in making products in the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business.
           By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. Bishop of New 
             York, Mr. Grayson, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
             Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, and Mr. Cohen):
       H.R. 5515. A bill to reauthorize the Elder Justice Act of 
     2009; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to 
     the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, 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. LATTA:
       H.R. 5516. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to prohibit the discharge of dredged material 
     into the Great

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     Lakes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. LEWIS:
       H.R. 5517. A bill to redesignate the Martin Luther King, 
     Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 5518. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the continuing professional education reimbursement 
     provided to health professionals employed by the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and Ms. Esty):
       H.R. 5519. A bill to authorize funding for, and increase 
     accessibility to, the National Missing and Unidentified 
     Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such 
     system and the National Crime Information Center database of 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to provide incentive 
     grants to help facilitate reporting to such systems, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. POSEY (for himself and Mr. Goodlatte):
       H.R. 5520. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself and Mr. King of New York):
       H.R. 5521. A bill to direct the Administrator of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency to enter into an 
     agreement with the National Research Council to conduct a 
     study on urban flooding, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. Stockman, and 
             Mr. Ribble):
       H.R. 5522. A bill to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, transfer its functions 
     relating to the Federal firearms, explosives, and arson laws, 
     violent crime, and domestic terrorism to the Federal Bureau 
     of Investigation, and transfer its functions relating to the 
     Federal alcohol and tobacco smuggling laws to the Drug 
     Enforcement Administration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Mr. Jones):
       H.R. 5523. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and the National Labor Relations Act to 
     protect the health benefits of retirees, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Slaughter, 
             Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Jackson 
             Lee, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
             McCollum, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Norton, Mrs. 
             Capps, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
             DeFazio, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Moore, Ms. 
             Hahn, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Lee 
             of California, Mr. Bera of California, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Quigley, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Ellison, Ms. 
             Castor of Florida, Mr. Delaney, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. 
             Bonamici, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Pocan, Ms. Chu, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, 
             Mr. Himes, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. 
             Peters of California, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Brownley of 
             California, Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. Esty, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Takano, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
             Titus, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. 
             Fudge, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, and 
             Mr. Thompson of California):
       H.R. 5524. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     ensure that women members of the Armed Forces and their 
     families have access to the contraception they need in order 
     to promote the health and readiness of all members of the 
     Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. STIVERS (for himself and Mrs. Beatty):
       H. Res. 729. A resolution expressing support for the 
     designation of September 19, 2014 as National Service 
     Coordinator Day to recognize the value of service 
     coordinators in subsidized and other affordable housing 
     communities for their work to promote and support economic 
     self-sufficiency and independence for low-income families, 
     older Americans, and persons with disabilities; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. GIBSON (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Wasserman 
             Schultz, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Grijalva, 
             Ms. Speier, Ms. DelBene, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Moran, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, 
             Mr. Polis, Ms. Moore, Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. 
             Capps, Mr. Honda, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Langevin, Mr. 
             Fitzpatrick, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Schock, Ms. McCollum, 
             Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Petri, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Benishek, Mr. 
             Quigley, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Cleaver, 
             Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Tonko, 
             Mr. Barber, Mr. Keating, Ms. Chu, Mr. Frelinghuysen, 
             Mr. Grimm, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Nolan, Ms. Pingree of 
             Maine, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
             Lance, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. King of New York):
       H. Res. 730. A resolution commemorating the 50th 
     anniversary of the Wilderness Act; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H. Res. 731. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of the week of September 15, 2014, through 
     September 21, 2014, as ``Balance Awareness Week''; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. LaMALFA:
       H. Res. 732. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that mandates imposed on manufacturers 
     requiring inclusion of unproven and unreliable technology in 
     firearms is costly and punitive, and the prohibition of 
     firearms without such features is an infringement on the 
     rights of citizens under the Second Amendment; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PETERS of California (for himself, Mr. Vargas, 
             Ms. Matsui, and Ms. Bass):
       H. Res. 733. A resolution expressing support for 
     designation of the month of September as ``Clinical Research 
     Innovation Month''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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