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Natural Cosmetics Act

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat as misbranded cosmetics with packaging or labeling using the term natural 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Natural Cosmetics Act 2. Cosmetics with certain terms misbranded (a) In general Section 602 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 362 (g) If its packaging or labeling bears the term natural naturally derived ingredient Natural Cosmetics Act . (b) Rule (1) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall issue a final rule relating to use of the terms natural naturally derived ingredient (2) Contents (A) Definition In developing the definitions of the terms natural naturally derived ingredient (i) consider how each ingredient in a cosmetic is processed; (ii) consider the presence of any impurity that would have an adverse impact on human health; and (iii) base such definitions on relevant scientific data, including data on consumers’ understanding of the terms as used in connection with cosmetics. (B) Use of terms The rule issued under paragraph (1) shall include provisions to specifically address the use of terms natural naturally derived ingredient (3) Process Before issuing the final rule under paragraph (1), Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall— (A) conduct consumer surveys and studies with respect to consumer understanding of the terms natural naturally derived ingredient (B) issue a timely call for public submissions regarding relevant consumer research on that understanding; and (C) hold public meetings, including with industry stakeholders, consumer advocacy stakeholders, and scientific experts, to fully consider the results of such surveys and studies, as well as such public submissions. (c) Applicability Section 602(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by subsection (a), applies beginning on the effective date of the rule issued under subsection (b).

Summary: Natural Cosmetics Act This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a final rule defining the terms natural and naturally derived ingredient with respect to cosmetics (including personal care products). It also prohibits the sale of a cosmetic that includes these terms on its packaging or labeling unless the cosmetic meets the definitions established under this bill. The FDA must issue the final rule within two years of this bill's enactment. When developing the definitions, the FDA must (1) consider how each ingredient in a cosmetic is processed; (2) consider any impurities that would adversely impact human health; and (3) base the definitions on relevant scientific data, including data on consumers' understanding of such terms when applied to cosmetics.
Rural Health Training Act of 2021

To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to increase retention of the rural health care workforce, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Health Training Act of 2021 2. Increasing retention of rural health care workforce Subpart II of part C of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 293m 749C. Increasing retention of rural health care workforce (a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall establish a grant program for the purposes of assisting eligible entities in providing training to the existing health care workforce of such entities. (b) Eligible entities In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a rural hospital, rural health clinic, or community health center under section 330. (c) Use of funds In addition to the purposes specified in section 797, grants awarded under this section may be used to provide trainee support with respect to childcare and transportation. (d) Conditions As a condition on the receipt of a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall agree to— (1) limit enrollment in training provided pursuant to this section to health care professionals who are non-physician clinicians and health care support staff; and (2) require trainees to serve, as a condition on support received through the grant, a period of obligated service at the eligible entity of not less than 5 years, beginning on the date on which the trainee first receives the training referred to in subsection (a). (e) Report Not later than 10 years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Congress a report assessing the impact of grants awarded under this section on health care workforce retention at eligible entities. (f) Trainee defined For purposes of this section, the term trainee (g) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2032. .

Summary: Rural Health Training Act of 2021 This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a grant program for rural hospitals, health clinics, and community health centers to provide training to employees who are nonphysician clinicians or health care support staff. As a condition of receiving grant-funded training, a trainee must continue working for the grantee for at least five years. The bill also expands the allowable uses of funding to include a trainee's childcare or transportation expenses. The Government Accountability Office must report on the impact of the grants on health care workforce retention at rural health care facilities.
Supporting Affordable and Reliable Energy in Developing Countries Act of 2021

To prohibit the implementation of climate finance plans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Affordable and Reliable Energy in Developing Countries Act of 2021 2. Prohibition on implementation of climate finance plans (a) Prohibition (1) Federal agency; Government corporation No Federal agency or Government corporation may implement a climate finance plan that would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, the financing of a covered project. (2) United States position in international financial institutions The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose the provision by the institution of any form of support for the implementation of a climate finance plan described in paragraph (1). (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Climate finance plan The term climate finance plan (2) Covered project The term covered project (A) uses a fossil fuel or nuclear reaction as a source of energy to generate electricity; and (B) would— (i) provide affordable electricity in a developing country; (ii) increase the export of clean energy technologies, including carbon capture, utilization, and storage, wind, solar, or nuclear technologies, from the United States or any domestic resource with a lower lifecycle emissions rate than large scale global alternatives; (iii) not put the United States at a competitive disadvantage with the People’s Republic of China or another country that continues to encourage the construction of facilities that use a fossil fuel or nuclear reaction as a source of energy to generate electricity; or (iv) prevent the loss of jobs in the United States. (3) Federal agency The term Federal agency agency (4) Fossil fuel The term fossil fuel (5) Government corporation The term Government corporation (6) International financial institution The term international financial institution

Summary: Supporting Affordable and Reliable Energy in Developing Countries Act of 2021 This bill bans federal agencies and governmental corporations from implementing climate finance plans that would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, the financing of certain projects to construct facilities that use fossil fuels or nuclear energy to generate electricity.
Hubzone Price Evaluation Preference Clarification Act of 2021

To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the application of the price evaluation preference for qualified HUBZone small business concerns to certain contracts, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hubzone Price Evaluation Preference Clarification Act of 2021 2. Application of price evaluation preference for qualified HUBZone small business concerns to certain contracts (a) In general Section 31(c)(3) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657a(c)(3) (E) Application to certain contracts The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall apply to an unrestricted order issued under an unrestricted multiple award contract or the unrestricted portion of a contract that is partially set aside for competition restricted to small business concerns. . (b) Rulemaking Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall revise any rule or guidance to implement the requirements of this section. May 17, 2022 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Hubzone Price Evaluation Preference Clarification Act of 2021 This bill revises the standards applicable to small businesses participating in the HUBZone program, a Small Business Administration program that provides federal contracting assistance to small business concerns. Specifically, the bill revises the circumstances under which a small business concern is granted certain price evaluation preferences.
To amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.

To amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes. 1. White Mountain Apache Tribe rural water system (a) Enforceability date (1) In general Section 309(d)(2) of the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–291 2023 2025 (2) Conforming amendment Section 3(b)(2) of the White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act ( Public Law 110–390 beginning on beginning on May 1, 2025. (b) Funding Section 312(e)(2)(B) of the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–291 $11,000,000 $261,000,000

Summary: This bill extends the deadline, from 2023 to 2025, for the Department of the Interior to publish a statement of findings required by the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010. In particular, the bill repeals the settlement agreement on May 1, 2025, if Interior does not publish by April 30, 2025, a statement of findings that specified conditions have been fulfilled (including that Interior has entered into appropriate contracts for water rights).
Transparency in Cybersecurity Initiatives for Small Contractors Act of 2021

To require the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the effects on small businesses of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparency in Cybersecurity Initiatives for Small Contractors Act of 2021 2. Report on Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification effects on small business Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report on the effects of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework of the Department of Defense on small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 (1) the estimated costs of complying with each level of the framework; (2) any decrease in the number of small business concerns that are part of the defense industrial base resulting from the implementation and use of the framework; and (3) an explanation of how the Department of Defense will mitigate the negative effects to small business concerns that are part of the defense industrial base resulting from the implementation and use of the framework.

Summary: Transparency in Cybersecurity Initiatives for Small Contractors Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Defense to report on the effects of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework on small business concerns.
SHELTER Act of 2021

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve the process for awarding grants under section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 with respect to opening or funding shelter facilities for unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding Homes by Ensuring Licensing and Transparency with Eligibility Requirements Act of 2021 SHELTER Act of 2021 2. Improvement of Office of Refugee Resettlement grant process for shelter facilities (a) Disclosure and licensure With respect to a grant awarded under section 235(i) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232(i) (1) to disclose in the grant application any adverse action against the applicant in the five-year period preceding the date of application; and (2) to be licensed to operate such a facility in the applicable State on the date of application. (b) Information sharing In considering an application for a grant under section 235(i) of such Act, the Secretary shall collaborate with the appropriate agencies of the State in which the applicant intends to operate to review the databases of such State for information on any adverse actions taken against the applicant. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Adverse action The term adverse action (A) the suspension or revocation of an operating license; and (B) any pending investigation on the date of application. (2) Secretary The term Secretary (3) Unaccompanied alien child The term unaccompanied alien child 6 U.S.C. 279(g)

Summary: Safeguarding Homes by Ensuring Licensing and Transparency with Eligibility Requirements Act of 2021 or the SHELTER Act of 2021 This bill imposes certain requirements on applicants for certain Office of Refugee Resettlement grants to open or fund shelter facilities for unaccompanied alien children. Specifically an applicant for such a grant must (1) disclose in the application any adverse action (generally an adverse criminal or regulatory action relating to a government contract or the care of children) taken against the applicant in the five-year period before the application, and (2) be licensed under state law to operate the facility in question. The Department of Health and Human Services must collaborate with state agencies to review state databases for information about adverse actions taken against such applicants.
Our Veterans Earned It Act

To prohibit the denial of any Federal benefit, to which an individual is entitled by reason of service as a member of the Armed Forces, solely on the basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a vaccination against COVID–19. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Our Veterans Earned It Act 2. Prohibition of denial of a Federal benefit, to which an individual is entitled by reason of service as a member of the Armed Forces, solely on the basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a vaccination against COVID-19 No individual may be denied a Federal benefit, to which such individual is entitled by reason of service as a member of the Armed Forces, solely on the basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.

Summary: Our Veterans Earned It Act This bill prohibits members of the Armed Forces who refuse to receive a COVID-19 vaccination from being denied a federal benefit they are entitled to by reason of their service in the Armed Forces.
Ending Payments to Non-American Citizens Act

To prohibit payments from the Judgment Fund to aliens who are not lawful permanent residents, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Payments to Non-American Citizens Act 2. Limitation on judgment fund payments to aliens No funds from the Judgment Fund may be made available to an alien who is not a lawful permanent resident, unless specifically authorized by law.

Summary: Ending Payments to Non-American Citizens Act This bill prohibits making amounts from the Judgment Fund available to an alien who is not a lawful permanent resident unless specifically authorized by law. (The Judgment Fund is an account for paying judgments and settlements against the United States.)
CLEAR Patents Act of 2021

To amend title 35, United States Code, to clarify the relation of Inter Partes Review proceedings and Post-Grant Review proceedings to other administrative proceedings, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Conducting Legally Efficient Administration and Resolution of Patents Act of 2021 CLEAR Patents Act of 2021 2. Relation of Inter Partes Review proceedings and Post-Grant Review proceedings to other administrative proceedings (a) In general Title 35, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 315, by adding at the end the following: (f) Relation to other administrative proceedings If the Director institutes an inter partes review of a patent, any proceeding before a Federal agency (as that term is defined in section 201) that would be materially affected by one or more of the claims of the patent being cancelled under such review shall be stayed until a final written decision by the Board is issued under such review or such review is otherwise terminated. ; and (2) in section 325, by adding at the end the following: (f) Relation to other administrative proceedings If the Director institutes a post-grant review of a patent, any proceeding before a Federal agency (as that term is defined in section 201) that would be materially affected by one or more of the claims of the patent being cancelled shall be stayed until a final written decision by the Board is issued under such review or such review is otherwise terminated. . (b) Application This section, and the amendments made by this section, shall apply with respect to— (1) an inter partes review proceeding or post-grant review proceeding initiated on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) a proceeding before a Federal agency initiated on or after the date that is 6 months before the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Conducting Legally Efficient Administration and Resolution of Patents Act of 2021 or the CLEAR Patents Act of 2021 This bill establishes that a federal agency proceeding pertaining to a patent shall, in certain instances, be stayed while certain administrative validity challenges to that patent are pending. Specifically, if the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office institutes an inter partes review (IPR) or a postgrant review (PGR) of a patent and the cancellation of one of the patent's claims would materially affect a federal agency proceeding, that proceeding must be stayed until the IPR or PGR has been decided or otherwise terminated.
HERD Act

To address Federal employees who comply with Executive Order 14043, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Having Employees Return to Duty Act HERD Act 2. Executive Order 14043 (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the terms agency employee agency (2) the term covered employee (3) the term Executive Order (b) Requirement (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), beginning on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall, with respect to each covered employee employed by the agency, require the covered employee to work from the duty station of the covered employee, and to work the hours worked by the covered employee, as of February 15, 2020. (2) Exemptions (A) Newly hired employees If a covered employee was not employed by the applicable agency as of February 15, 2020, the requirements under paragraph (1) shall apply to the covered employee with respect to the duty station and hours of the individual who occupied the position of the covered employee, as of that date. (B) Significant community spread The head of an agency may implement different policies than, or supplemental policies to, the requirements under paragraph (1), including by requiring social distancing at a particular worksite, if the agency head finds that— (i) there is substantial transmission of COVID–19 within a community in which the requirements of that paragraph would otherwise be carried out, as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and (ii) implementing those different or supplemental policies will not degrade the level of service that the agency provides to the public. (C) Immunocompromised employee No covered employee that is immunocompromised shall be required to be physically present at a duty station under the requirements under paragraph (1).

Summary: Having Employees Return to Duty Act or the HERD Act This bill addresses federal employees who comply with Executive Order 14043 (requiring COVID-19 vaccination for federal employees). Specifically, the bill requires each federal agency to require employees who comply with the order to work from their duty station and to work the hours required as of February 15, 2020. The bill's requirement does not apply to immunocompromised employees. Additionally, the bill does not prohibit an agency from implementing different policies at a particular work site if the agency finds that (1) there is substantial transmission of COVID-19 within a community in which such requirements would otherwise be carried out; and (2) implementing those different policies will not degrade the level of service that the agency provides to the public.
Deepãvali Day Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Deepãvali, also known as Diwali 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deepãvali Day Act 2. Sense of Congress regarding Deepãvali day Congress finds the following: (1) Deepãvali, also known as the Festival of Lights (2) Deepãvali falls on the last day of the last month or the New Moon Day in the month of Kãrtika which occurs during October or November in the Vedic lunar calendar. (3) Deepãvali signifies the victory of light and knowledge over darkness and ignorance and is an annual time for celebration, reflection, prayer, and gatherings with family, friends, and community. (4) The Deepãvali holiday celebrates values that are aligned with the democratic principles of the United States, including the triumph of knowledge, light, justice, and freedom over darkness, injustice, tyranny, fear, and oppression. 3. Deepãvali day Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to Columbus Day the following: Deepãvali Day. .

Summary: Deepavali Day Act This bill establishes Deepãvali Day, also known as Diwali, as a federal holiday.