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Pell Grant Flexibility Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain Federal Pell Grant requirements for certain students with disabilities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pell Grant Flexibility Act 2. Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (a) Amendments Section 401(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(2) Public Law 116–260 (1) by striking In any case (A) Reduction Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in any case ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) Students with disabilities (i) In general In the case of a student with a disability (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12102 (ii) Limited application A determination under clause (i) shall not be used in the calculation of Federal Pell Grant semester eligibility under subsection (d)(5). . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in section 703 of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 Public Law 117–103

Summary: Pell Grant Flexibility ActThis bill changes certain requirements relating to the Federal Pell Grant program for students with disabilities.Currently, Pell Grant awards are based on enrollment status and a student must attend an institution of higher education (IHE) on a full-time basis in order to receive the maximum award amount. This bill provides an exception for a student with a disability who takes a reduced course load (as determined appropriate by the student's IHE). Specifically, the bill deems such a student as enrolled on a full-time basis for purposes of calculating the amount of the student's Pell Grant.
NOW Act

To amend the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to repeal restrictions on offshore wind leasing. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act NOW Act 2. Repeal of offshore wind leasing restrictions Paragraph (2) of section 50265(b) of Public Law 117–169 43 U.S.C. 3006(b)

Summary: Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act or the NOW ActThis bill repeals certain requirements that the Department of the Interior must meet before issuing a lease for offshore wind development. Under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Interior may not issue a lease unless (1) an offshore oil and gas lease sale has been held in the year prior to issuing the lease, and (2) Interior offers a specified minimum acreage for offshore lease sales in the previous year. The bill repeals those requirements.
Preserving Family Farms Act of 2023

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the estate tax valuation of certain real property used in farming or other trades or businesses. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Family Farms Act of 2023 2. Increase in limitation on the estate tax valuation of certain real property used in farming or other trades or businesses (a) In general Section 2032A(a)(2) $750,000 $13,000,000 (b) Inflation adjustment Section 2032A(a)(3) of such Code is amended— (1) by striking $750,000 $13,000,000 (2) by striking 1998 2023 (3) by striking 1997 2022 (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to the estates of decedents dying after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Preserving Family Farms Act of 2023 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $13 million (currently, $750,000) the limitation on the special use valuation for farmland or other trades or businesses for estate tax purposes. The increased amount is adjusted for inflation for estates of decedents dying after 2023.
To authorize livestock producers and their employees to take crested caracaras in order to prevent the death of or injury or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes.

To authorize livestock producers and their employees to take crested caracaras in order to prevent the death of or injury or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes. 1. Authorization for livestock producers and their employees to take certain crested caracaras (a) In general Notwithstanding any provision of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ( 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq. (1) take or attempt to take a crested caracara that is causing, or that the covered person has a reasonable belief will cause, the death of or injury or destruction to livestock; or (2) in the course of taking or attempting to take a crested caracara described in paragraph (1), cause injury to such crested caracara. (b) Reporting requirements Not later than January 31 of each year, a covered person that takes a crested caracara pursuant to subsection (a) in the preceding 12-month period shall complete and submit to the appropriate United States Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office (as determined by the geographic jurisdictions described in section 2.2 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation) an annual report using the form developed under subsection (c). (c) Issuance of form Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall make available on the website of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service such reporting form as the Director determines appropriate for the purposes of taking reports under subsection (b). Such form may not be more onerous to complete than similar forms for permitted take under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ( 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Crested caracara The term crested caracara (2) Covered person The term covered person (A) a livestock producer; or (B) an employee of a livestock producer when such employee is actively engaged in livestock production. (3) Livestock The term livestock 7 U.S.C. 1471 (4) Livestock producer The term livestock producer 7 U.S.C. 1471 (5) Take The term take

Summary: This bill allows livestock producers and their employees to take certain actions against crested caracaras to protect livestock. (Crested caracaras are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.)Specifically, livestock producers and their employees may (1) take (i.e., capture, kill, disperse, or transport) a crested caracara that they reasonably believe will cause death, injury, or destruction to livestock; or (2) in the course of taking or attempting to take the crested caracara, cause injury to the bird.Livestock producers and their employees must submit an annual report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on crested caracaras taken under this bill. The FWS must make this reporting form available on its website.Currently, the FWS has a special permit process under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the taking of crested caracaras.
Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act

To prohibit Federal funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act 2. Prohibition on Federal Funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc (a) In general No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law may be made available for any purpose to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., including any subsidiaries and related organizations that are directly controlled by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., including subgrant or subcontract organizations or individuals. (b) GAO study and report Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study, and submit a report to Congress, regarding the amount of Federal funds awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. (directly or indirectly through grants, contracts, subgrants, subcontracts, or any other type of agreement or collaboration), during the 10-year period preceding such date of enactment, that were provided, whether purposely or inadvertently, to— (1) the People’s Republic of China; (2) the Chinese Communist Party; (3) the Wuhan Institute of Virology; or (4) any other lab, agency, organization, individual, or instrumentality— (A) that is owned or controlled (directly or indirectly) by any of the entities listed in paragraphs (1) through (3); or (B) located in any foreign nation.

Summary: Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act This bill prohibits the award of federal funds to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc (including any subsidiaries or related organizations). This is a nonprofit research organization that studies coronaviruses in bat populations and other environmental health concerns. The Government Accountability Office must also audit federal funds provided to that organization over the past decade. The audit must include the amount of those funds provided by EcoHealth Alliance to China, the Chinese Communist Party, or the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
To name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the "Henry Parham VA Clinic".

To name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the Henry Parham VA Clinic 1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Henry Parham was born in Emporia, Virginia, in November 1921. (2) At age 21, Henry Parham was drafted into the Army and shipped out to England in 1943 with the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion in preparation for the D-Day invasions. (3) The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated Army unit, consisted of approximately 700 African-American soldiers with the mission of hoisting barrage balloons designed to entangle incoming German planes and prevent them from conducting strafing runs on ground troops. (4) On June 6, 1944, Private First Class Henry Parham and his section of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion landed at Omaha Beach. With the threat of enemy sniper and rifle fire ever present, PFC Parham’s unit performed their duties, hoisting their barrage balloons 2,000 feet into the air over the beachhead in Normandy. (5) For two months, Private First Class Henry Parham and the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion stood watch at Omaha Beach, keeping the pipeline of incoming supplies and Allied troops secure before returning to the United States in September 1944. (6) After his service, Henry Parham moved to Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, where he lived and worked as a heavy equipment operator until 1986. There, he met and married his wife, Ethel Parham, to whom he was married for more than 45 years. (7) Henry Parham died on July 4, 2021, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of 99. He was survived by his wife, Ethel, both of whom served for decades as volunteers at the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and local chapters of veterans service organizations. (8) Henry Parham was the last surviving African-American combat veteran who took part in the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. 2. Designation of Henry Parham Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic (a) Designation The community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Henry Parham Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic Henry Parham VA Clinic (b) Reference Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the community-based outpatient clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to the Henry Parham VA Clinic.

Summary: This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the Henry Parham Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Henry Parham VA Clinic.
To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID–19 pandemic. 1. Minimum hours of operation for ports of entry along the northern border Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall ensure that the operating hours of all United States ports of entry located on the border between the United States and Canada are equal to or greater than the operating hours in effect immediately before the declaration of a public health emergency pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d

Summary: This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure that the operating hours of all ports of entry located on the United States-Canada border are equal to or greater than the operating hours that were in place immediately before the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for deductions for the performance of certain services by a taxpayer, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for deductions for the performance of certain services by a taxpayer, and for other purposes. 1. Allowance of deduction for certain expenses of being an employee (a) Above-the-Line deduction for certain expenses Section 62(a)(1) The limitation under the preceding sentence shall not apply to deductions which are attributable to a trade or business consisting of the performance of services by the taxpayer as an employee if such deductions are for construction tools, personal protective clothing and gear, and other expenses in connection with such place of employment which are necessary for such individual to be able to work. (b) Allowance of miscellaneous itemized deduction for other expenses of the trade or business of being an employee Section 67(g) (1) by striking 2025.— 2025.— (1) In general Notwithstanding subsection (a), except as provided in paragraph (2), , and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Exceptions for expenses of the trade or business of being an employee (A) In general Paragraph (1) shall not apply to miscellaneous itemized deductions for any taxable year which are itemized deductions attributable to a trade or business carried on by the taxpayer which consists of the performance of services by the taxpayer as an employee. (B) Application of 2-percent test In applying subsection (a) for any taxable year to which this paragraph applies, only the itemized deductions described in subparagraph (A) shall be taken into account as miscellaneous itemized deductions. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.

Summary: This bill allows a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for expenses incurred by an employee if such expenses are for construction tools, personal protective clothing and gear, and other expenses necessary for the employee to be able to work. This allowance is an exception to the general rule that employee expenses are not deductible business expenses.
Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act

To provide an exclusion from gross income for compensation for expenses and losses resulting from certain wildfires. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act 2. Exclusion from gross income for compensation for losses or damages resulting from certain wildfires (a) In general For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, gross income shall not include any amount received by an individual as a qualified wildfire relief payment. (b) Qualified wildfire relief payment For purposes of this section— (1) In general The term qualified wildfire relief payment (2) Qualified wildfire disaster The term qualified wildfire disaster section 165(i)(5)(A) (c) Denial of double benefit Notwithstanding any other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, no deduction or credit shall be allowed (to the person for whose benefit a qualified wildfire relief payment is made) for, or by reason of, any expenditure to the extent of the amount excluded under this section with respect to such expenditure. (d) Limitation on application This section shall only apply to qualified wildfire relief payments received by the individual during taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2026.

Summary: Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received after 2019 and before 2026 by an individual taxpayer as a qualified wildfire relief payment. The bill defines such payment as compensation for expenses or losses incurred as a result of a federally declared forest or range fire disaster.
Paycheck Protection Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that agencies may not deduct labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Paycheck Protection Act 2. Labor organization dues not deductible from pay (a) Federal agencies (1) In general Section 7115 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 7115. Labor organization dues: not deductible from pay An agency may not deduct any amount from the pay of an employee for labor organization dues, fees, or political contributions. . (2) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 71 7115. Labor organization dues: not deductible from pay. . (b) Postal Service (1) In general Section 1205 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 1205. Labor organization dues: not deductible from pay The Postal Service may not deduct any amount from the pay of an employee for labor organization dues, fees, or political contributions. . (2) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 12 1205. Labor organization dues: not deductible from pay. .

Summary: Paycheck Protection ActThis bill prohibits federal agencies, including the U.S Postal Service, from deducting labor union dues, fees, or political contributions from employee pay. Under current law, an agency must deduct union dues upon receiving a request from an employee.
Critical Mineral Access Act

To amend the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 to provide support in high-income economy countries for projects involving development or processing of certain critical materials. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Critical Mineral Access Act 2. Amendments to Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 Section 1412(b) of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 ( 22 U.S.C. 9612(b) (1) by striking The purpose (1) In general The purpose ; (2) by striking shall be to shall be— (A) to ; (3) by striking the United States. the United States; and (B) to provide support under title II in high-income economy countries for projects involving development or processing of covered critical materials if such support furthers the national security interests of the United States. ; (4) by striking In carrying out (2) Consideration of certain criteria In carrying out ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (3) Definitions In paragraph (1)(B): (A) Covered critical materials (i) In general The term covered critical materials (ii) Rare earth elements group In clause (i), the term rare earth elements group (B) High-income economy country The term high-income economy country World Bank .

Summary: Critical Mineral Access ActThis bill authorizes the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide support to high-income economy countries for developing or processing certain critical materials (such as aluminum, chromium, and rare earth elements). The support must further U.S. national security interests. For the purposes of this support, a high-income economy country is one classified as such by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association (two World Bank Group institutions). Under current law, the DFC generally prioritizes facilitating private investment in less-developed countries and countries transitioning to market economies to advance U.S. foreign policy interests.
Healthy Babies Act of 2023

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Babies Act of 2023 2. Infant food combinations and dinners under WIC Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 (t) Infant food combinations and dinners Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall update the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (f)(11)(A) to amend the supplemental foods available to include infant food combinations and dinners. .

Summary: Healthy Babies Act of 2023This bill requires that the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) include infant food combinations and dinners as part of the program. (The WIC food packages provide supplemental foods designed to address the specific nutritional needs of income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum individuals, infants, and children up to five years of age who are at nutritional risk.)Specifically, the Department of Agriculture must update the regulations that prescribe the supplemental foods that must be made available in the program. Currently, infant food combinations (e.g., meat and vegetables) and dinners (e.g., spaghetti and meatballs) are not allowed.
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to commence a rule making to establish a U.S. Customs and Border Protection international port of entry at the Port of Stockton and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to commence a rule making to establish a U.S. Customs and Border Protection international port of entry at the Port of Stockton and for other purposes. 1. Rule making to establish a U.S. Customs and Border Protection international port of entry at the Port of Stockton The Secretary of Homeland Security shall commence a rule making to establish a U.S. Customs and Border Protection international port of entry at the Port of Stockton in the State of California.

Summary: This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to initiate a rulemaking process establishing an international port of entry in the Port of Stockton in California.
Preserving Safety Net Integrity Act of 2023

To provide that the final rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Safety Net Integrity Act of 2023 2. Legal effect of final rule (a) In general The final rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds (b) Conforming change The final rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

Summary: Preserving Safety Net Integrity Act of 2023This bill enacts with the force and effect of law the final rule of the Department of Homeland Security titled Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds and published on August 14, 2019. The bill also nullifies the final rule issued by DHS titled Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility and published on September 9, 2022.The 2019 final rule made it more likely that a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) would be denied admission or lawful permanent resident status because that individual is likely to become a public charge (i.e., receive certain public benefits).The 2022 final rule nullified the 2019 final rule.