March 6, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 40 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session
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PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 40
(House of Representatives - March 06, 2019)
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[Pages H2502-H2504] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] 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. LANGEVIN (for himself, Ms. Titus, and Mr. Cohen): H.R. 1549. A bill to protect the rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. By Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. Sensenbrenner): H.R. 1550. A bill to support State and tribal efforts to develop and implement management strategies to address chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose populations, to support applied research regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and [[Page H2503]] methods to control the further spread of the disease, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mr. Stivers): H.R. 1551. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives; 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. TIPTON: H.R. 1552. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers to private cemeteries for graves of certain veterans without next of kin; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. By Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Speier, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Deutch, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Sablan, Mr. McNerney, and Ms. Wild): H.R. 1553. A bill to provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and 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. BABIN (for himself, Mr. Harris, Mr. Posey, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Stivers): H.R. 1554. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program; to the Committee on Education and Labor. By Mr. BRINDISI: H.R. 1555. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require cable operators and internet service providers who are subject to State fines to submit a report, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. By Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself and Mr. Steube): H.R. 1556. A bill to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. By Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself, Mr. Burchett, Ms. Slotkin, and Mrs. Axne): H.R. 1557. A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code to prohibit the payment of bonuses to highly compensated individuals employed by the debtor and insiders of the debtor to perform services during the bankruptcy case; and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. CASTEN of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Underwood, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Sires, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, and Mr. Cicilline): H.R. 1558. A bill to delay by 5 weeks the time for individuals to file certain calendar year 2018 income tax returns; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. COLLINS of New York: H.R. 1559. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen program integrity and enhance low-income patient benefits for safety net providers; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Adams, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Demings, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Ms. Frankel, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Heck, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Himes, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Malinowski, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Rouda, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Sires, Mr. Soto, Ms. Speier, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Wild, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Rose of New York, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Allred, Ms. Gabbard, Mrs. Craig, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Crist, and Ms. Houlahan): H.R. 1560. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the child tax credit fully refundable, establish an increased child tax credit for young children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. GALLEGO: H.R. 1561. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit certain acts of nepotism, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. By Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Graves of Missouri, and Mr. DeFazio): H.R. 1562. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide certain authority to the National Transportation Safety Board to investigative commercial space transportation accidents, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. By Mr. GREEN of Tennessee: H.R. 1563. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release certain reversionary interests of the United States in and to a parcel of land located in Henderson, Tennessee; to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. HASTINGS (for himself, Ms. Jackson Lee, and Mrs. Dingell): H.R. 1564. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services under the Medicare Program, 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. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Peters): H.R. 1565. A bill to establish a new higher education data system to allow for more accurate, complete, and secure data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes, at all levels of postsecondary enrollment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, 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 Ms. JAYAPAL: H.R. 1566. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to ensure online access to the registration statements filed under such Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Ms. Haaland, and Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico): H.R. 1567. A bill to authorize the Department of Defense to temporarily provide water uncontaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) for agricultural purposes to areas affected by contamination from military installations, and to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property to extend the contiguous geographic footprint of any Air Force base that has shown signs of contamination from PFOA and PFOS due to activities on the base, and for other purposes; to [[Page H2504]] the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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. By Mr. MOULTON (for himself, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Posey, and Mr. Keating): H.R. 1568. A bill to assist in the conservation of the North Atlantic right whale by supporting and providing financial resources for North Atlantic right whale conservation programs and projects of persons with expertise required for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. O'HALLERAN (for himself, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Gallego, and Mrs. Lesko): H.R. 1569. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to add Flagstaff and Yuma to the list of locations in which court shall be held in the judicial district for the State of Arizona; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McKinley, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Courtney, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Engel, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Heck, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Hill of California, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Quigley, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Speier, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Babin, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Cook, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Gianforte, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Perry, Mr. Shimkus, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Turner, Mr. Zeldin, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Gibbs, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. Bera, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Brindisi, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Sires, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Takano, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Axne, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Keating, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Adams, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Frankel, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Waters, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Clay, Mr. Rush, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Bass, Mr. Brown of Maryland, and Mr. Green of Texas): H.R. 1570. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening; 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. POCAN (for himself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Haaland, Ms. Hill of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Mr. Welch): H.R. 1571. A bill to establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor. By Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Mr. Rooney of Florida, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. McNerney, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Ms. Norton, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. Case): H.R. 1572. A bill to promote botanical research and botanical sciences capacity, and for other purposes; 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 Ms. SCANLON (for herself and Mr. Sarbanes): H.R. 1573. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote access to voter registration and voting for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration. By Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Hill of California, Ms. Meng, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Norton, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Judy Chu of California, and Mr. McNerney): H.R. 1574. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make it a criminal offense for individuals to engage in sexual acts while acting under color of law or with individuals in their custody, to encourage States to adopt similar laws, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. VAN DREW: H.R. 1575. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to lengthen the statute of limitations for enforcing robocall violations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. By Ms. VELAZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Moore, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Grijalva, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Soto, Mr. Sires, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee of California, and Mr. Morelle): H.R. 1576. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide for the participation of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands in supplemental nutrition assistance program; to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. WITTMAN (for himself, Mrs. Hartzler, and Mr. Bergman): H.R. 1577. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. By Mr. ZELDIN (for himself, Ms. DeLauro, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Engel, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Meng, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Langevin, and Mr. Delgado): H.R. 1578. A bill to repeal the requirement directing the Administrator of General Services to sell Federal property in Plum Island, New York, and to establish certain requirements for its final disposition including preservation of the island for conservation, education, and research, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Soto, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Rush, and Mr. Hastings): H. Res. 180. A resolution supporting the designation of March 2019 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. By Mr. RYAN: H. Res. 181. A resolution expressing support for designation of May 30 as ``National Bartter Syndrome Day''; to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. ____________________
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