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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 H5271-H5272 on July 5, 2019.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
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 Mrs. BEATTY:
H.R. 3618. A bill to establish requirements relating to credit scores and educational credit scores, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. CLAY:
H.R. 3619. A bill to amend the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to provide the Appraisal Subcommittee with the authority to modify annual registry fees for appraisal management companies, to maintain a registry of trainees and charge a lower trainee registry fee, and to allow grants to States to assist appraiser and potential appraiser compliance with the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. CLAY (for himself and Mr. Cleaver):
H.R. 3620. A bill to provide rental assistance to low-income tenants in certain multifamily rural housing projects financed by the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture, and to develop and implement a plan for preserving the affordability of rural rental housing, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Ms. PRESSLEY:
H.R. 3621. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to remove adverse information for certain defaulted or delinquent private education loan borrowers who demonstrate a history of loan repayment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Ms. TLAIB:
H.R. 3622. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting act to restore the impaired credit of victims of predatory activities and unfair consumer reporting practices, to expand access to tools to protect vulnerable consumers from identity theft, fraud, or a related crime, and protect victims from further harm, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. CASTEN of Illinois (for himself and Mr.
Cartwright):
H.R. 3623. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose certain activities relating to climate change, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 Mrs. AXNE (for herself and Mr. McNerney):
H.R. 3624. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the disclosure of the total number of domestic and foreign employees of certain public companies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Ms. GARCIA of Texas:
H.R. 3625. A bill to establish a whistleblower program at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself, Ms.
Stefanik, Mr. Langevin, and Mr. Lamborn):
H.R. 3626. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense to carry out research, development, test, and evaluation activities, on a joint basis with the United Kingdom, to establish directed energy capabilities that address threats to the United States, deployed forces of the United States, or the United Kingdom, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 Mrs. WAGNER (for herself, Mr. Spano, and Mrs.
Beatty):
H.R. 3627. A bill to provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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