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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H6975-H6977 on Oct. 14, 2011.
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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. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. Landry, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. King of New York, Mrs. Miller of
Michigan, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms.
Hirono, Mr. Rahall, and Mr. Larsen of Washington):
H.R. 3202. A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to require the Maritime Administrator, in making determinations regarding the non-availability of qualified United States flag capacity to meet national defense requirements, to identify any actions that could be taken to enable such capacity to meet some or all of those requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. BILBRAY (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Lance,
Mr. Burgess, Mr. Paulsen, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Guthrie,
Mr. Hunter, Mr. Dent, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Latta, and Mr.
Shimkus):
H.R. 3203. A bill to amend section 513 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expedite the process for requesting de novo classification of a device; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. GUTHRIE (for himself, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Rogers of
Michigan, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Paulsen, and Mr.
Latta):
H.R. 3204. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure public participation in the drafting and issuance of Level 1 guidance documents, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. PAULSEN (for himself, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Shimkus,
Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Latta, Mr.
Kline, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Cravaack, Mrs. Bono Mack, and Mr. Bilbray):
H.R. 3205. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to persons who, with respect to devices, are accredited to perform certain reviews or inspections; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Bilbray,
Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Guthrie,
Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Shimkus, and Mr. Latta):
H.R. 3206. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to appointments to advisory committees and conflicts of interest; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Latta, and Mrs. Blackburn):
H.R. 3207. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to create a pathway for premarket notification and review of laboratory-developed tests, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia,
Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Lance, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Rogers of
Michigan, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Barton of
Texas, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Latta):
H.R. 3208. A bill to reaffirm the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 by requiring that the Secretary of Health and Human Services establish a schedule and issue regulations as required under section 515(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia,
Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Lance, Mrs. Blackburn,
Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Burgess, Mr.
Barton of Texas, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr.
Latta):
H.R. 3209. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide predictability, consistency, and transparency to the premarket review process; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. COOPER (for himself, Mrs. Bono Mack, and Mrs.
Blackburn):
H.R. 3210. A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to limit the application of that Act with respect to plants and plant products that were imported before the effective date of amendments to that Act enacted in 2008, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. BASS of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Lance, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Guthrie,
Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Latta, and Mr. Shimkus):
H.R. 3211. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve humanitarian device regulation; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. THORNBERRY (for himself, Mr. Donnelly of
Indiana, and Mr. Ross of Arkansas):
H.R. 3212. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State authority to waive for certain facilities the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. FINCHER (for himself, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Grimm,
Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Dold, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan,
Mr. Quayle, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr.
Stivers, Mr. Rigell, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. McHenry, and
Mr. Luetkemeyer):
H.R. 3213. A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to provide additional exemptions from the internal control auditing requirements for smaller and newer public companies; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan (for himself, Mrs. Myrick,
Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Guthrie,
Mr. Shimkus, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Latta, and Mr.
Paulsen):
H.R. 3214. A bill to amend the Food and Drug Administration's mission; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself and Mr. Nugent):
H.R. 3215. A bill to prevent identity theft and tax fraud; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. BENISHEK (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis):
H.R. 3216. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an ophthalmologic service and Director of Ophthalmologic Services in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Ms. BROWN of Florida:
H.R. 3217. A bill to improve and provide increased access to the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing program; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. BUCSHON (for himself and Mr. Huelskamp):
H.R. 3218. A bill to amend section 1343 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure the privacy of individually identifiable health information in connection with risk adjustment; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. CHABOT:
H.R. 3219. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 with respect to small business investment companies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
By Mr. CRAVAACK (for himself, Mr. Kline, Mr. Paulsen,
Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Walz of Minnesota,
Ms. McCollum, and Mr. Ellison):
H.R. 3220. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Evergreen Square SW in Pine City, Minnesota, as the ``Master Sergeant Daniel L. Fedder Post Office''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Carnahan, Ms. Woolsey,
Mr. Courtney, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Olver, Mr.
Grijalva, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Welch):
H.R. 3221. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide loan guarantees for energy efficiency upgrades to existing buildings; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. DICKS:
H.R. 3222. A bill to designate certain National Park System land in Olympic National Park as wilderness or potential wilderness, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Ms. FOXX:
H.R. 3223. A bill to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to allow certain entities to use a portion of collected recreational user fees for administrative expenses and for the operations, maintenance, development of recreational facilities or management of natural resources; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Mr. HIGGINS:
H.R. 3224. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax credit through 2016, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms.
Moore, Ms. Norton, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Jackson Lee of
Texas, and Mr. Jackson of Illinois):
H.R. 3225. A bill to promote and enhance community agricultural production and technology in nontraditional communities through the establishment of a new office in the Department of Agriculture to ensure that Department authorities are coordinated more effectively to encourage local agricultural production and increase the availability of fresh food in nontraditional communities, particularly underserved communities experiencing hunger, poor nutrition, obesity, and food insecurity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Ms. LEE of California:
H.R. 3226. A bill to restore the TANF Emergency Contingency Fund to further support our Nation's jobless workers; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. LoBIONDO (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey,
Mr. Lance, and Mr. Frelinghuysen):
H.R. 3227. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. LYNCH:
H.R. 3228. A bill to require Federal law enforcement agencies to report to Congress serious crimes, authorized as well as unauthorized, committed by their confidential informants, to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to certain tort claims arising out of the criminal misconduct of confidential informants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Holt):
H.R. 3229. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations to prevent or minimize the venting and flaring of gas in oil and gas production operations in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS (for herself, Mr. Lance, Mr.
Guthrie, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Bass of New
Hampshire, Mr. Latta, and Mr. Shimkus):
H.R. 3230. A bill to direct the Food and Drug Administration, with respect to devices, to enter into agreements with certain countries regarding methods and approaches to harmonizing certain regulatory requirements; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. Connolly of Virginia,
Mr. Carney, and Mr. Stivers):
H.R. 3231. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount allowed as a deduction for start-up expenditures; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. Welch, Ms. Hochul, and
Mr. Hanna):
H.R. 3232. A bill to improve the H-2A agricultural worker program for use by dairy workers, sheepherders, and goat herders, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Israel,
Mr. Kildee, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Tsongas,
Mr. Stark, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Olver, Mr.
Andrews, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Levin, Mr. Moran, Mr.
Carson of Indiana, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Jackson of
Illinois, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Watt, Mr.
Van Hollen, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Holt, Mr.
Blumenauer, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Ms.
Richardson, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr.
Courtney, Mr. Welch, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Cohen, Mr.
Perlmutter, Mr. Carnahan, and Mr. Lujan):
H.R. 3233. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude the value of vehicles used for household transportation, or to obtain or continue employment, from the resource limitation applicable to determine eligibility to receive supplemental nutrition assistance; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. PLATTS (for himself and Mr. Lynch):
H.R. 3234. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow penalty-free withdrawals from pension plans for unemployed individuals who have exhausted their rights to unemployment compensation; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. TIPTON:
H.R. 3235. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require that a portion of amounts deposited into the general fund of the Treasury from sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals from new mineral and geothermal lease authority be paid to States for use for the education of students in kindergarten through grade 12 and at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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. WALZ of Minnesota (for himself and Mr.
Fortenberry):
H.R. 3236. A bill to expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. AMASH (for himself, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Campbell,
Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Gosar,
Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Polis, Mr. Woodall,
Mr. Labrador, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Walsh of
Illinois, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr.
Quigley, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Ribble, Mr.
Michaud, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Schrader, Mr.
Southerland, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Stutzman, Mr.
Nugent, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Culberson, and Mr.
Moran):
H.J. Res. 81. A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. DEUTCH:
H.J. Res. 82. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing regulation of any expenditure in connection with an election; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
H. Res. 438. A resolution recognizing the importance of the property rights granted by the United States Constitution; affirming the duty of each Member of this body to support and defend such rights; and asserting that no public body should unlawfully obtain the property of any citizen of the United States for the benefit of another private citizen or corporation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CROWLEY:
H. Res. 439. A resolution recognizing the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mr. Rivera):
H. Res. 440. A resolution congratulating H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and the Honorable Ben Gilman on being awarded the 2010 World Peace Prize; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. FORBES (for himself, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Akin,
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr.
Wittman, Mr. West, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Franks of
Arizona, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Bishop of
Utah, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr.
Schilling, Mr. Cravaack, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr.
Palazzo, Mr. Platts, Mr. Jones, Mr. Conaway, Mr.
Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Gerlach,
Mr. Heck, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Hunter, Mrs. Roby, Mr.
Kline, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Rooney, Mr.
Rigell, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, and Mr. Rogers of
Alabama):
H. Res. 441. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that further reductions to core national security funding will cause significant harm to United States interests; to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 Ms. LEE of California:
H. Res. 442. A resolution recognizing the necessity and urgency of job creation, extending unemployment assistance, expanding education and job training programs, and investing in improving and modifying the Nation's infrastructure; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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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