[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 20318-20319]
[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. ALLEN:
       H.R. 4262. A bill to amend title I of the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act to require that a State 
     awarded a Federal grant to establish an Exchange and that 
     terminates the State operation of such an Exchange provide 
     for an audit of the use of grant funds and return funds to 
     the Federal Government, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia (for himself, Ms. Clark 
             of Massachusetts, Mr. Bera, Mr. Blum, Mr. Langevin, 
             Mr. Poliquin, Mr. Aguilar, and Mr. MacArthur):
       H.R. 4263. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide for the preparation of career and technical 
     education teachers; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 4264. A bill to promote United States national 
     security and foreign policy objectives through consolidation 
     and strengthening of the rule of law and respect for human 
     rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary, and 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. OLSON (for himself, Mr. Latta, Mr. Cuellar, and 
             Mrs. Kirkpatrick):
       H.R. 4265. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act with respect 
     to national ambient air quality standards, including the 2015 
     ozone standards, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. 
             Wilson of Florida, Mr. Clay, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
             Pennsylvania, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. 
             Beatty, and Ms. Graham):
       H.R. 4266. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue 
     an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries 
     to patients, nurses, and all other health care workers by 
     establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury 
     prevention standard, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. COLLINS of New York (for himself, Mr. Kinzinger 
             of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Bucshon, and 
             Mr. Latta):
       H.R. 4267. A bill to provide that no penalty may be imposed 
     on a State for refusing to expend refugee resettlement 
     assistance funds on certain refugees, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 4268. A bill to designate the Castner Range in the 
     State of Texas, to establish the Castner Range National 
     Monument, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources, 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. CICILLINE (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Aguilar, 
             Ms. Bass, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. 
             Bonamici, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
             Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. 
             Brownley of California, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
             Cardenas, Mr. Carney, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
             Cartwright, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Clark of 
             Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
             Connolly, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
             Cummings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis 
             of California, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delaney, Ms. DeLauro, 
             Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Michael 
             F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Edwards, 
             Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Esty, Mr. 
             Farr, Mr. Foster, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Fudge, 
             Mr. Gallego, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Higgins, Mr. 
             Himes, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Israel, 
             Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Johnson of 
             Georgia, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
             Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Ted Lieu of 
             California, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Lowey, 
             Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lynch, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, 
             Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, 
             Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Neal, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. 
             Pocan, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. 
             Rangel, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Richmond, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott of 
             Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sires, Ms. 
             Slaughter, Ms. Speier, Mr. Swalwell of California, 
             Mr. Takano, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Vargas, 
             Ms.

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             Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of 
             Florida, and Mr. Yarmuth):
       H.R. 4269. A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure 
     that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. POMPEO:
       H.R. 4270. A bill to provide authority for access to 
     certain business records collected under the Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prior to November 29, 
     2015, to make the authority for roving surveillance, the 
     authority to treat individual terrorists as agents of foreign 
     powers, and title VII of the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 permanent, and to modify the 
     certification requirements for access to telephone toll and 
     transactional records by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
     and for other purposes; 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. SMITH of Missouri:
       H.R. 4271. A bill to prohibit the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency from awarding contracts for 
     public relations, market research, or other similar 
     activities; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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. ESTY (for herself, Mrs. Walorski, and Mr. 
             Coffman):
       H.R. 4272. A bill to provide for the issuance of a Families 
     of Fallen Heroes Semipostal Stamp; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform, 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. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. 
             McDermott):
       H.R. 4273. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to improve payments for hospital 
     outpatient department services and complex rehabilitation 
     technology and to improve program integrity, 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. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 4274. A bill to prohibit the admission of K-1 
     nonimmigrants and to prohibit the issuance of K-1 visas, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Kind, 
             Mr. Guthrie, and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of 
             Pennsylvania):
       H.R. 4275. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to eliminate a provision under the Medicare 
     Advantage program that inadvertently penalizes Medicare 
     Advantage plans for providing high quality care to Medicare 
     beneficiaries; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Matsui, Ms. 
             Clarke of New York, and Ms. Castor of Florida):
       H.R. 4276. A bill to strengthen parity in mental health and 
     substance use disorder benefits; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education 
     and the Workforce, and 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 Mrs. NOEM (for herself and Ms. Schakowsky):
       H.R. 4277. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical 
     psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing 
     clinical psychologist services 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 Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
             Edwards, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
             Fattah, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of 
             Florida, Mr. Sires, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Jeffries, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Lawrence, 
             Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Speier, 
             Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Takano):
       H.R. 4278. A bill to authorize the Director of the Bureau 
     of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of 
     local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. WALORSKI (for herself and Mrs. Brooks of 
             Indiana):
       H.R. 4279. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to disclose certain information to State controlled 
     substance monitoring programs; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.J. Res. 78. A joint resolution making further continuing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Appropriations. considered and passed.
           By Mr. HARDY:
       H.J. Res. 79. A joint resolution proposing a balanced 
     budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Engel, and 
             Mr. Royce):
       H. Res. 567. A resolution expressing opposition to the 
     European Commission interpretive notice regarding labeling 
     Israeli products and goods manufactured in the West Bank and 
     other areas, as such actions undermine efforts to achieve a 
     negotiated Israeli-Palestinian peace process; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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