[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 196-197]
[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. POE of Texas (for himself and Mrs. Carolyn B. 
             Maloney of New York):
       H.R. 181. A bill to provide justice for the victims of 
     trafficking; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. Takano, Mr. Hunter, 
             Mr. Honda, Mr. Cook, and Mr. Peters):
       H.R. 182. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to permit the centralized reporting of veteran 
     enrollment by certain groups, districts, and consortiums of 
     educational institutions; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 183. A bill to provide for the periodic review of the 
     efficiency and public need for Federal agencies, to establish 
     a commission for the purpose of reviewing the efficiency and 
     public need of such agencies, and to provide for the 
     abolishment of agencies for which a public need does not 
     exist; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. HUDSON (for himself and Mr. Butterfield):
       H.R. 184. A bill to provide for the recognition of the 
     Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Smith 
             of Texas, Mr. Marino, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Franks of 
             Arizona):
       H.R. 185. A bill to reform the process by which Federal 
     agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance 
     documents; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 186. A bill to repeal the Federal estate and gift 
     taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. COOPER (for himself, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Bera, Mr. 
             DeSantis, Mr. Himes, Mr. Cook, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. 
             Brownley of California, Mr. Peters, Mr. Perry, Mr. 
             Buchanan, Mr. Lance, and Ms. Sinema):
       H.R. 187. A bill to provide that Members of Congress may 
     not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which 
     Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the 
     budget and passed the regular appropriations bills; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Mr. HARPER (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H.R. 188. A bill to phase out special wage certificates 
     under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 under which 
     individuals with disabilities may be employed at subminimum 
     wage rates; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 189. A bill to extend foreclosure and eviction 
     protections for servicemembers, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 190. A bill to make foreclosure and eviction 
     protections for servicemembers permanent, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Smith 
             of Texas, Mr. Culberson, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Duncan 
             of South Carolina, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Collins of 
             Georgia, and Mr. Byrne):
       H.R. 191. A bill to repeal executive immigration overreach, 
     to clarify that the proper constitutional authority for 
     immigration policy belongs to the legislative branch, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign 
     Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and 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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 192. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to 
     individuals who are not authorized to be employed in the 
     United States and to terminate the use of certifying 
     acceptance agents to facilitate the application process for 
     ITINs; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. FUDGE (for herself, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Fattah, 
             and Mr. Honda):
       H.R. 193. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to provide for State accountability in 
     the provision of access to the core resources for learning, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. HARPER (for himself and Mr. Thompson of 
             Mississippi):
       H.R. 194. A bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold 
     Medal to Medgar Wiley Evers, in recognition of his 
     contributions and ultimate sacrifice in the fight for racial 
     equality in the United States; to the Committee on Financial 
     Services.
           By Mr. HARPER:
       H.R. 195. A bill to terminate the Election Assistance 
     Commission; to the Committee on House Administration.
           By Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Schakowsky, 
             Mr. Honda, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Tsongas, and Mr. Takano):
       H.R. 196. A bill to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to promulgate regulations that prohibit certain 
     preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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           By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. 
             Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
             Crowley, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Polis, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. 
             Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Pocan, Ms. 
             Sinema, Mr. Takano, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. 
             Brownley of California, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
             Cardenas, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Chu of California, Ms. 
             Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
             Connolly, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, 
             Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Michael F. 
             Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Farr, Mr. Foster, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. 
             Gabbard, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Michelle 
             Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Hanna, Mr. 
             Hastings, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Honda, Mr. Huffman, Mr. 
             Israel, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. 
             Kuster, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis, Mr. 
             Loebsack, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
             Lynch, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. 
             McCollum, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Murphy of Florida, 
             Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Peters, 
             Ms. Pingree, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Roybal-
             Allard, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
             Schrader, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
             Sherman, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. 
             Speier, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Titus, Mr. 
             Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Vargas, Mr. 
             Veasey, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. 
             Welch, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Cohen, 
             Mr. Meeks, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Delaney, Mr. 
             Thompson of California, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
             California, Ms. Esty, and Mr. Cooper):
       H.R. 197. A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and 
     ensure respect for State regulation of marriage; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 198. A bill to amend titles 23 and 49, United States 
     Code, to establish national policies and programs to 
     strengthen freight-related infrastructure, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 199. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to establish a pedestrian and bicycle 
     infrastructure credit assistance pilot program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 200. A bill to amend titles 23 and 49, United States 
     Code, with respect to congestion mitigation and metropolitan 
     transportation planning, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 201. 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. TURNER:
       H.R. 202. A bill to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
     Preservation Act of 1992 to rename a site of the park; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WALZ (for himself, Mr. Miller of Florida, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Ms. Esty, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Ms. Slaughter, 
             Mr. Rush, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, 
             and Mrs. Kirkpatrick):
       H.R. 203. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to provide for the conduct of annual evaluations of 
     mental health care and suicide prevention programs of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on 
     loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the 
     Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. Becerra, 
             and Mr. Cole):
       H.J. Res. 10. A joint resolution providing for the 
     reappointment of David M. Rubenstein as a citizen regent of 
     the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
           By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H. Res. 18. A resolution expressing support for designation 
     of January 7, 2015, as ``National Be Active at Work Day''; to 
     the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Ms. FOXX:
       H. Res. 20. A resolution authorizing the Speaker to 
     administer the oath of office; considered and agreed to.
           By Mr. RICE of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Weber 
             of Texas, and Mr. Lance):
       H. Res. 21. A resolution directing the House of 
     Representatives to bring a civil action for declaratory or 
     injunctive relief to challenge certain policies and actions 
     taken by the executive branch relating to immigration; to the 
     Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House 
     Administration, 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. RICE of South Carolina:
       H. Res. 22. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     that a Contract with America should restore American 
     competitiveness; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
     addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural 
     Resources, 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.

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