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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the in the House section section on pages H1436-H1438 on March 24.
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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. ALFORD (for himself, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington,
Mr. Steube, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. Rutherford,
Mr. Kilmer, and Mr. Neguse):
H.R. 1774. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reimburse veterans for the cost of emergency medical transportation to a Federal facility, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. McCORMICK:
H.R. 1775. A bill to require certain bureaus of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to release quarterly reviews of certain grants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. BERA (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Sherman, and
Mr. Fitzpatrick):
H.R. 1776. A bill to prevent, treat, and cure tuberculosis globally; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr.
Golden of Maine, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Crow, Mr. Turner, and Mr. Ryan):
H.R. 1777. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a fund for the conduct of collaborative defense projects between the United States and Israel in emerging technologies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. ALLEN:
H.R. 1778. A bill to reform the H-2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MORAN:
H.R. 1779. A bill to direct the President to impose sanctions against foreign persons determined to have knowingly engaged in significant corruption in Mexico, and for other purposes; 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. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Ms. Matsui):
H.R. 1780. A bill to facilitate the development of treatments for cancer, 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. BUCSHON (for himself, Mr. Bera, Mr. Joyce of
Pennsylvania, and Mr. Peters):
H.R. 1781. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the designation of general surgery shortage areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. GIMENEZ (for himself and Ms. Salazar):
H.R. 1782. A bill to amend section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of the Department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating from entering into an agreement relating to assessing the effectiveness of antiterrorism measures at a foreign port with any foreign government that is a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
By Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself and Mr. Gosar):
H.R. 1783. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase the monthly exempt amount for individuals not attaining full retirement age, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. HUDSON (for himself and Ms. Eshoo):
H.R. 1784. A bill to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to provide for further deployment and coordination of Next Generation 9- 1-1, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. LaHOOD (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Turner, and Mr.
Higgins of New York):
H.R. 1785. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit for certain small projects, to eliminate the requirement that the taxpayer's basis in a building be reduced by the amount of the rehabilitation credit determined with respect to such building, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. Wittman):
H.R. 1786. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the Warrior Training Advancement Course, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to administer a pilot program to employ veterans in positions that relate to conservation and resource management activities of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. LOFGREN (for herself and Ms. Salazar):
H.R. 1787. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. MALLIOTAKIS (for herself, Mr. Krishnamoorthi,
Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Smith of New
Jersey, and Mr. Nunn of Iowa):
H.R. 1788. A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase enforcement with respect to violations of that Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mrs. MILLER of Illinois:
H.R. 1789. A bill to amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to increase the minimum amount of a civil penalty imposed for violating such Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Mr.
Murphy, and Ms. Kuster):
H.R. 1790. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate the extent to which the substitution of interchangeable biological products is impacted by differences between the system for determining a biological product to be interchangeable and the system for assigning therapeutic equivalence ratings to drugs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself and Mr. LaHood):
H.R. 1791. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide civil penalties for unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material, to amend chapter 22 of title 44, to include a certification process for Presidential records, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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 Mrs. RADEWAGEN (for herself and Mr. Case):
H.R. 1792. A bill to amend the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. SELF (for himself, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mrs.
Luna, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Higgins of
Louisiana, Mr. Posey, Mr. Roy, and Mr. Gooden of
Texas):
H.R. 1793. A bill to reserve any amounts forfeited to the United States Government as a result of the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (commonly known as ``El Chapo``), or of other felony convictions involving the transportation of controlled substances into the United States, for security measures along the Southern border, including the completion of a border wall; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. Lucas, Mrs.
Napolitano, Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Ms. DeGette, Mr.
Grijalva, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mrs. Kim of California,
Mr. Lieu, Ms. Chu, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Porter, Ms.
Sanchez, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Steel, Mr. Robert Garcia of
California, Ms. Brownley, and Ms. Lee of California):
H.R. 1794. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, California; to the Committee on Financial Services.
By Mr. SMITH of Nebraska (for himself, Ms. Porter, Mr.
Bacon, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Flood, Ms. Lois Frankel of
Florida, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Balderson, and Mr. Meuser):
H.R. 1795. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow qualified distributions from health savings accounts for certain home care expenses; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Ms. TITUS (for herself, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, and
Mr. Carter of Louisiana):
H.R. 1796. A bill to improve individual assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Small Business, 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. TORRES of New York (for himself, Mr. Garbarino,
Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Bowman, Mr.
D'Esposito, Mr. Espaillat, and Mr. Goldman of New
York):
H.R. 1797. A bill to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard with respect to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mr. VAN ORDEN:
H.R. 1798. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to render an individual, who transfers certain educational assistance, to which the individual is entitled because of an agreement by such individual to serve in the Armed Forces, to a dependent of that individual, and who fails to complete such agreement, solely liable for the overpayment of such educational assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. VAN ORDEN:
H.R. 1799. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for a certain program of job counseling, training, and placement service for veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. WILLIAMS of New York (for himself, Mr. Bean of
Florida, Mr. Allen, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Owens, Mr.
Donalds, Mrs. Spartz, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr.
Good of Virginia, Mr. Gosar, and Ms. Greene of
Georgia):
H.R. 1800. A bill to prohibition Federal spending on funding research in China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
By Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. Pappas, Ms.
Malliotakis, Ms. Titus, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Sarbanes,
Mr. Magaziner, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey):
H. Res. 251. A resolution recognizing the 202d anniversary of the War of Greek Independence; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Clyde, Mr.
Ferguson, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. McCormick,
Mr. Loudermilk, and Mr. Allen):
H. Res. 252. A resolution condemning the violent ``Stop Cop City'' movement in Atlanta, Georgia; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. JACKSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr.
Mike Garcia of California, Mr. Meuser, and Mr. Weber of Texas):
H. Res. 253. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Vice President Kamala Harris should be removed from her position as the head of the Biden administration's strategy to address the root causes of migration; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and 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. LaHOOD:
H. Res. 254. A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of March 26, 2023, through April 1, 2023, as ``National Cleaning Week''; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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