“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” published by the Congressional Record in the House section on March 3

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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” published by the Congressional Record in the House section on March 3

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Volume 169, No. 41 covering the 1st Session of the 118th Congress (2023 - 2024) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the House section section on pages H1112-H1114 on March 3.

The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.

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 Mr. WESTERMAN (for himself, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, and Mr. Stauber):

H.R. 1335. A bill to restart onshore and offshore oil, gas, and coal leasing, streamline permitting for energy infrastructure, ensure transparency in energy development on Federal lands, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr.

Thompson of California):

H.R. 1336. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and reform rules relating to investigations and whistleblowers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. POSEY:

H.R. 1337. A bill to authorize States to request that the Secretary of Homeland Security enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mrs. RODGERS of Washington (for herself and Mr.

Pallone):

H.R. 1338. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide authority for certain licenses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. LATTA (for himself and Ms. Kelly of Illinois):

H.R. 1339. A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to review certain rules of the Commission and develop recommendations for rule changes to promote precision agriculture, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. ALLRED (for himself, Mr. Hudson, and Mr.

Guthrie):

H.R. 1340. A bill to provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers regarding Open RAN networks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. BALDERSON (for himself and Ms. Kuster):

H.R. 1341. A bill to improve Federal coordination with respect to spectrum management, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Ms. BARRAGAN (for herself, Mr. Doggett, and Mr.

Grijalva):

H.R. 1342. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve coverage of dental and oral health services for adults under Medicaid, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself and Ms.

Pettersen):

H.R. 1343. A bill to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Ms. CROCKETT:

H.R. 1344. A bill to rename the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, as the ``Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

By Mr. CURTIS (for himself and Ms. Wild):

H.R. 1345. A bill to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish the Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr.

Stewart, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Green of

Tennessee, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Pfluger, and Mr. Webster of

Florida):

H.R. 1346. A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 Ms. GARCIA of Texas (for herself, Mr. Payne, Mrs.

Napolitano, Ms. Sewell, and Ms. Kaptur):

H.R. 1347. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to limit railroad carriers from blocking railway-highway crossings, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

By Mr. GIMENEZ:

H.R. 1348. A bill to extend the prohibition on the joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Homestead, Florida, by the Air Force and civil aircraft; to the Committee on Armed Services.

By Mr. GOLDMAN of New York (for himself, Mr. Nadler,

Ms. Norton, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Meeks,

Ms. Meng, and Mr. Bowman):

H.R. 1349. A bill to establish the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center in New York, New York, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Mr. Bacon):

H.R. 1350. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the amount of the orphan drug tax credit, and for other purposes; 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. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Huffman,

Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Gomez, and Ms. Leger

Fernandez):

H.R. 1351. A bill to repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. HUDSON:

H.R. 1352. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project to increase access to biosimilar biological products 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. JOHNSON of Ohio (for himself and Ms. Schrier):

H.R. 1353. A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules for the provision of emergency connectivity service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Weber of Texas):

H.R. 1354. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, to report on and develop a whole-of-Government strategy with respect to the economic competitiveness of the information and communication technology supply chain, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Ms. MALLIOTAKIS (for herself and Ms. Stefanik):

H.R. 1355. A bill to prohibit Federal funds for any State, local, Tribal, or private entity that operates or controls an injection center in violation of section 416 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 856; commonly referred to as the ``Crack House Statute''); to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

By Mr. MEUSER:

H.R. 1356. A bill to modernize and streamline the public diplomacy capabilities of the Department of State, increase evaluation of public diplomacy programming, enhance strategic planning for the Department's public diplomacy physical presence abroad, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. MEUSER (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Higgins of

Louisiana, Mr. Guest, and Mrs. Wagner):

H.R. 1357. A bill to provide for congressional oversight of certain sanctions imposed with respect to the Russian Federation; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. MOLINARO (for himself, Mr. Neguse, and Mr.

Vasquez):

H.R. 1358. A bill to direct the Bureau of Labor Statistics to prepare and publish a Consumer Price Index for Rural Consumers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

By Mr. NORCROSS (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Kuster,

Mr. Trone, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Pettersen, and Mr. Kim of New Jersey):

H.R. 1359. A bill to expand the take-home prescribing of methadone through pharmacies; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. OBERNOLTE (for himself and Ms. Eshoo):

H.R. 1360. A bill to establish a cybersecurity literacy campaign, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Lee of

California, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of

Georgia, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Kamlager-Dove,

Mr. Carson, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Himes, Ms. McCollum,

Ms. DeGette, Ms. Norton, Mr. Higgins of New York,

Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Clyburn, and Ms. Clarke of New

York):

H.R. 1361. 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 Mr. PFLUGER (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Moylan,

Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Newhouse, and Mrs. Miller-Meeks):

H.R. 1362. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a moratorium on issuing new oil and gas leases and drill permits on certain Federal lands; to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. POSEY (for himself and Mr. Soto):

H.R. 1363. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide bonus depreciation for certain space launch expenditures, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Fulcher, and Mrs. Boebert):

H.R. 1364. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule relating to removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife and to issue a new rule removing the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from such list; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mr. Bishop of North

Carolina, and Mr. Roy):

H.R. 1365. A bill to provide that Federal funds may not be made available to lawless jurisdictions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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. RUTHERFORD (for himself and Mr. Garcia of

Illinois):

H.R. 1366. A bill to require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to conduct an annual risk assessment of properties receiving tenant-based or project-based rental assistance for lead-based hazards, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.

By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:

H.R. 1367. A bill to establish a program to increase drinking water and wastewater system threat preparedness and resilience, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. SCHIFF (for himself, Ms. Titus, Mr. Quigley, Mr.

Phillips, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Crow, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Case, Mr.

Swalwell, Ms. Wild, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Kildee, and Ms. Tokuda):

H.R. 1368. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the transfer of arms and related materiel by the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation or the evasion or circumvention of United States sanctions or multilateral sanctions by the People's Republic of China with respect to the Russian Federation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability, 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. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kim of New

Jersey, Mr. Correa, Ms. Norton, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Biggs, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms.

Strickland, Ms. Bush, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr.

McGovern, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Espaillat, Ms.

Jayapal, Ms. Chu, Ms. Omar, and Mr. Green of Texas):

H.R. 1369. A bill to review current restrictions on travel to North Korea, call for a formal end to the Korean War, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself and Mr. Walberg):

H.R. 1370. A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a council to make recommendations on ways to increase the security, reliability, and interoperability of communications networks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Ms. SPANBERGER (for herself, Mr. Waltz, Mrs. Chavez-

DeRemer, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Ms. Schrier, and Mr.

Stanton):

H.R. 1371. A bill to improve Federal student loan disclosures, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

By Ms. SPANBERGER (for herself, Mr. Kelly of

Mississippi, Ms. Kaptur, and Mr. Cohen):

H.R. 1372. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to all United States nationals who voluntarily joined the Canadian and British armed forces and their supporting entities during World War II, in recognition of their dedicated service; to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. STEWART:

H.R. 1373. A bill to prohibit any head of a Federal agency from providing assistance to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and other laboratories in certain other foreign nations; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr.

Lamborn):

H.R. 1374. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the imposition of COVID-19 vaccine mandates by institutions of higher education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

By Mr. TRONE (for himself and Mr. Meuser):

H.R. 1375. A bill to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny approval of a new drug application for an opioid analgesic drug on the basis of such drug not being clinically superior to other commercially available drugs; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

By Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Stewart,

Mr. Crawford, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi,

Mr. LaHood, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Gallagher, Mr.

Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Hill, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr.

Waltz, and Mr. Mike Garcia of California):

H.R. 1376. A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. WALBERG (for himself, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, and Ms. Kuster):

H.R. 1377. A bill to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in communications standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 Mr. STEIL (for himself and Mr. Morelle):

H. Res. 194. A resolution electing Members to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing; to the Committee on House Administration.

By Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Barragan,

Ms. Brownley, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Davids of

Kansas, Ms. Bush, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Clarke of New

York, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Beyer, Ms.

Tokuda, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Bonamici, Ms.

Castor of Florida, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Panetta, Ms.

Jayapal, Ms. Pingree, and Ms. Lee of California):

H. Res. 195. A resolution expressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a national biodiversity strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

By Mr. STANTON (for himself and Ms. Letlow):

H. Res. 196. A resolution memorializing those impacted by and lost to the COVID-19 pandemic; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 41

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