[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10876-10877]
[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. TROTT (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Conyers, 
             and Mr. Marino):
       H.R. 2947. A bill to amend title 11 of the United States 
     Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent 
     financial institution in bankruptcy; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. Harper, 
             Mrs. Black, and Mr. Welch):
       H.R. 2948. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for an incremental expansion of 
     telehealth coverage 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. McHENRY (for himself and Mr. Butterfield):
       H.R. 2949. A bill to exclude payments from State eugenics 
     compensation programs from consideration in determining 
     eligibility for, or the amount of, Federal public benefits; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
           By Mr. TAKAI:
       H.R. 2950. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to 
     streamline and clarify small

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     business contracting opportunities, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Small Business.
           By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 2951. A bill to prohibit foreign assistance to 
     countries that do not prohibit shark finning in the 
     territorial waters of the country or the importation, sale, 
     or possession of shark fins obtained as a result of shark 
     finning; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 2952. A bill to provide payments to States for 
     increasing the employment, job retention, and earnings of 
     former TANF recipients; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. CARNEY:
       H.R. 2953. A bill to expand the Moving to Work and Rental 
     Assistance demonstration programs of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. Westerman, Mr. 
             Womack, and Mr. Hill):
       H.R. 2954. A bill to designate the Federal building located 
     at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ``Jacob 
     Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and 
     United States Court House''; to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 2955. A bill to amend the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to expand the cause of action 
     relating to the pattern or practice of conduct by a 
     governmental authority that deprives a person of rights 
     protected by the Constitution to such conduct relating to 
     adults as well as juveniles; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. GROTHMAN:
       H.R. 2956. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to limit the earned income tax credit to citizens and 
     lawful permanent residents and to require a valid social 
     security number to claim the refundable portion of the child 
     tax credit; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. Wittman):
       H.R. 2957. A bill to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory 
     Bird Conservation Act; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK:
       H.R. 2958. A bill to fulfill the United States Government's 
     trust responsibility to serve the higher education needs of 
     the Navajo people and to clarify, unify, and modernize prior 
     Dine College legislation; to the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce.
           By Mrs. NOEM:
       H.R. 2959. A bill to prevent States from counting certain 
     expenditures as State spending to reduce TANF work 
     requirements; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. POLIS (for himself and Mr. Young of Iowa):
       H.R. 2960. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to aid gifted and talented and high-
     ability learners by empowering the Nation's teachers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 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 Mr. TONKO (for himself and Mr. McKinley):
       H.R. 2961. A bill to establish a research, development, and 
     technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of 
     gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power 
     generation systems; to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology.
           By Mr. SMITH of Nebraska:
       H.J. Res. 59. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Army Corps of 
     Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to 
     the definition of ``waters of the United States'' under the 
     Clean Water Act; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. Sires, Mr. Engel, 
             Mr. Royce, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Brendan F. 
             Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Israel, 
             Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. 
             Frankel of Florida, Mr. Marino, Mr. Ribble, Mr. 
             Connolly, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Kinzinger of 
             Illinois, Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina, Mr. Duncan 
             of South Carolina, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Blumenauer, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. 
             Yoho, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Bass, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. 
             Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kaptur, 
             and Mr. Carney):
       H. Res. 348. A resolution supporting the right of the 
     people of Ukraine to freely elect their government and 
     determine their future; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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