[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16032-16034]
[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. VARGAS (for himself and Mr. Rooney of Florida):
       H.R. 3731. A bill to establish a Rare Disease Therapeutics 
     Corporation to encourage the development of high-risk, high-
     return therapies for rare diseases, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. REICHERT (for himself, Mr. Larson of 
             Connecticut, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Neal, and Mr. Paulsen):
       H.R. 3732. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to exempt private foundations from the tax on excess 
     business holdings in the case of certain philanthropic 
     enterprises which are independently supervised, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. 
             Cartwright, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. DeSaulnier, 
             Mr. Ellison, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
             Hastings, Mr. Honda, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Langevin, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
             Murphy of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Perlmutter, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Speier, Mr. 
             Takano, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Kennedy):
       H.R. 3733. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend certain provisions of the renewable energy 
     credit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. HARDY (for himself and Mr. Perlmutter):
       H.R. 3734. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide support to mining schools, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. ADAMS (for herself, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. 
             Ellmers of North Carolina, Mr. Jones, Mr. Price of 
             North Carolina, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Walker, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. 
             Hudson, Mr.

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             Pittenger, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Meadows, and Mr. 
             Holding):
       H.R. 3735. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston 
     Salem, North Carolina, as the ``Maya Angelou Memorial Post 
     Office''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 3736. A bill to provide for the restoration of Federal 
     recognition to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes of 
     Oregon, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 3737. A bill to responsibly pay our Nation's bills on 
     time by temporarily extending the public debt limit, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. ROYCE (for himself and Mr. Murphy of Florida):
       H.R. 3738. A bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
     Reform and Consumer Protection Act to improve the 
     transparency, accountability, governance, and operations of 
     the Office of Financial Research, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. WOODALL (for himself, Mr. Walz, Mr. Ribble, Mr. 
             David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Massie, Ms. Brownley of 
             California, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Crawford, Mr. 
             Denham, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Meadows, and Mr. Farenthold):
       H.R. 3739. A bill to provide for qualified physicians to 
     perform a medical certification for an operator of a 
     commercial motor vehicle who is a veteran, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Ms. 
             Lee, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Kildee, Ms. 
             Schakowsky, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Meeks, Mr. 
             Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Serrano, Ms. 
             Jackson Lee, and Mr. Rangel):
       H.R. 3740. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     add a national goal and performance measure to improve road 
     conditions in economically distressed urban communities, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Israel, 
             Mr. Foster, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Bera, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
             Cicilline, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Delaney, and 
             Mr. Hanna):
       H.R. 3741. A bill to establish the Commission to Verify 
     Iranian Nuclear Compliance; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CRAMER:
       H.R. 3742. A bill to amend the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act to allow for certain third party 
     payments; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CRAMER:
       H.R. 3743. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of an executive 
     department from maintaining a private email server for 
     conducting official Government business; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. CURBELO of Florida (for himself, Mr. Grayson, 
             Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz):
       H.R. 3744. A bill to adjust the immigration status of 
     certain Venezuelan nationals who are in the United States; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
  

           By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 3745. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to allow chiropractors to provide items and 
     services through private contracts under the Medicare 
     program; 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 Ms. DelBENE:
       H.R. 3746. A bill to make the Controlled Substances Act 
     inapplicable with respect to marijuana in States that have 
     legalized marijuana and have in effect a statewide regulatory 
     regime to protect certain Federal interests, 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 Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 3747. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     adjust for inflation the amount that is exempt from 
     administrative offsets by the Department of Education for 
     defaulted student loans; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Matsui, and 
             Mr. Lowenthal):
       H.R. 3748. A bill to require the Director of the 
     Congressional Budget Office to calculate a carbon score for 
     each bill or resolution; to the Committee on Rules, 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. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. King of New York):
       H.R. 3749. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit interference with communication frequencies used by 
     emergency response providers; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
             Pennsylvania, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Royce, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Marino, and Mr. Lowenthal):
       H.R. 3750. A bill to waive the passport fees for first 
     responders proceeding abroad to aid a foreign country 
     suffering from a natural disaster; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. Judy Chu of California, 
             Mr. Vargas, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Rush, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Jackson Lee, 
             Mr. Crowley, and Mr. Pocan):
       H.R. 3751. A bill to allow certain student loan borrowers 
     to refinance Federal student loans; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. POLIS (for himself and Mr. Hanna):
       H.R. 3752. A bill to simplify and improve the Federal 
     student loan program through income-contingent repayment to 
     provide stronger protections for borrowers, encourage 
     responsible borrowing, and save money for taxpayers; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 3753. A bill to require that the Government prioritize 
     all obligations on the debt held by the public in the event 
     that the debt limit is reached, to require the sale of 
     Federal assets, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and 
     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. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 3754. A bill to amend titles 5 and 28, United States 
     Code, to facilitate recovering the costs of litigation and 
     agency adjudications for prevailing parties in an action 
     against the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. TITUS (for herself, Mr. Takano, and Mr. 
             Becerra):
       H.R. 3755. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for the disregard of certain resident 
     slots that include Department of Veterans Affairs training in 
     determining payments for direct graduate medical education 
     costs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce, and Veterans' 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. McCOLLUM (for herself, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and 
             Mrs. Napolitano):
       H. Res. 474. A resolution recognizing the important 
     contribution and added value of mental health and 
     psychosocial support services and the importance of building 
     such capacity in humanitarian and development contexts; 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. GRAHAM (for herself, Mr. Katko, Mr. Ashford, 
             Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Thompson of California, 
             Mr. Costa, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Nolan, 
             Mr. O'Rourke, and Mr. Bishop of Georgia):
       H. Res. 475. A resolution amending the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives to provide for the consideration of 
     continuing resolutions to fund the Government at the current 
     rate of operations if offered not more than 24 hours before 
     funding for the Government expires; to the Committee on 
     Rules.
           By Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Ms. Bass, and Ms. Judy 
             Chu of California):
       H. Res. 476. A resolution supporting the establishment of a 
     national Children's Bill of Rights; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Ms. HAHN:
       H. Res. 477. A resolution recommending the designation of a 
     Presidential Special Envoy to the Balkans to evaluate the 
     successes and shortcomings of the implementation of the 
     Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to provide 
     policy recommendations, and to report back to Congress within 
     one year; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Ms. JENKINS of Kansas:
       H. Res. 478. A resolution commemorating the 150th 
     Anniversary of Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. 
             Wittman, Mr. Kind, Mr.

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             LoBiondo, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mrs. Davis of 
             California, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Honda, 
             Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Larsen of 
             Washington, Mr. Israel, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Castor of 
             Florida, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Clawson of 
             Florida, Mr. Walz, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Michelle Lujan 
             Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Heck of Washington, Mr. 
             Perlmutter, and Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania):
       H. Res. 479. A resolution encouraging observance of 
     National Wildlife Refuge Week with appropriate events and 
     activities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Natural Resources.

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