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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the in the House section section on pages H9373-H9375 on Dec. 16, 2015.
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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. 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. 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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