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TRADES Act

To provide that certain regulations shall have the force and effect of enacted law. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Teach Relevant Apprenticeships to Drive Economic Success Act TRADES Act 2. Legal effect (a) In general The provisions of part 29 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, relating to industry-recognized apprenticeship programs, as amended by the final regulations entitled Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration, Amendment of Regulations (b) Funding Amounts appropriated to carry out the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the National Apprenticeship Act 29 U.S.C. 50

Summary: Teach Relevant Apprenticeships to Drive Economic Success Act or the TRADES Act This bill provides statutory authority for federal regulations titled Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration, Amendment of Regulations published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on March 11, 2020.
War Powers Act Enforcement Act

To prohibit the use of Federal funds in contravention of the War Powers Resolution. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the War Powers Act Enforcement Act 2. Prohibition No Federal funds may be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution ( 50 U.S.C. 1541

Summary: War Powers Act Enforcement Act This bill prohibits the use of federal funds in contravention of the War Powers Resolution. That resolution provides procedures for Congress and the President to participate in decisions to send the Armed Forces into hostilities.
SAVE Act

To amend the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act to include hospitality businesses in grant program for shuttered venue operators, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing Access for Venue Equity Act SAVE Act 2. Inclusion of hospitality businesses in grant program for shuttered venue operators Section 324 of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act ( Public Law 116–260 15 U.S.C. 9009a (1) by inserting a hospitality business, or live performing arts organization operator (2) in the heading for paragraph (3) of subsection (a), by inserting a hospitality business, or live performing arts organization operator (3) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraph: (11) Hospitality business The term hospitality business .

Summary: Securing Access for Venue Equity Act or the SAVE Act This bill expands a grant program established to support venue operators in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to include hospitality businesses, such as amusement and theme parks, scenic and sightseeing transportation businesses, and travel arrangement and reservation services.
Diversity and Inclusion Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2021

To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to require regulated entities to provide information necessary for the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion to carry out their duties, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Diversity and Inclusion Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2021 2. Disclosures by regulated entities Section 342(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( 12 U.S.C. 5452(b) (5) Disclosures by regulated entities The Director of each Office shall require entities with 100 employees or greater regulated by the applicable agency to provide such information as may be required to carry out the duties of the Director. . June 7, 2022 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Diversity and Inclusion Data Accountability and Transparency Act This bill requires certain regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies. Specifically, entities that are regulated by such agencies and that have at least 100 employees must provide information to the appropriate Office of Women and Minority Inclusion to allow that office to carry out duties relating to diversity policies and practices.
Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021

To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve transit safety. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021 2. Public transportation safety program Section 5329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting the safety committee established under paragraph (4), and subsequently, the board of directors (B) in subparagraph (G) by striking the period and inserting ; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following: (H) a requirement that the safety committee only approve a safety plan under subparagraph (A) if such plan stays within such recipient’s fiscal budget ; and (2) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following: (4) Safety Committee For purposes of the approval process of an agency safety plan under paragraph (1), the safety committee shall be convened by a joint labor-management process and consist of an equal number of— (A) frontline employee representatives, selected by the labor organization representing the plurality of the frontline workforce employed by the recipient or if applicable a contractor to the recipient; and (B) employer or State representatives. .

Summary: Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021 This bill modifies requirements for approval of a public transportation agency safety plan to include a requirement that a safety committee approve the plan and any updates to the plan. The committee must consist of an equal number of frontline employee representatives (selected by the labor organization representing the plurality of the frontline workforce employed by the public transportation agency) and employer or state representatives.
Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2021

To modify the minimum allocation requirement for the emergency solutions grants program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2021 2. Minimum allocation requirement for emergency solutions grants program Section 414(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11373(b) (b) Minimum allocation requirement (1) In general If, under the allocation provisions applicable under this subtitle, a metropolitan city or an urban county would receive a grant of less than .05 percent of the amounts appropriated under section 408 and made available to carry out this subtitle for any fiscal year, such amount shall be reallocated to the State in which the metropolitan city or urban county, as applicable, is located, except that— (A) in the case of the metropolitan city, such amount shall be reallocated to the urban county in which the metropolitan city is located, if the urban county— (i) has previously received and administered assistance under this section; and (ii) agrees to receive such amount; and (B) in the case of the urban county, such amount shall be provided to the urban county if the urban county has previously received and administered assistance under this section. (2) Exception Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a metropolitan city shall receive the grant amount described such paragraph if the metropolitan city— (A) is located in a State that does not have counties as local governments; (B) has a population greater than 40,000 but less than 50,000 as used in determining the fiscal year 1987 community development block grant program allocation; and (C) was allocated in excess of $1,000,000 in community development block grant funds in fiscal year 1987. (3) Amounts reallocated to urban counties An urban county that receives amounts reallocated under paragraph (1)(A) shall expend those amounts for the benefit of metropolitan cities located in the urban county. .

Summary: Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2021 This bill reallocates to urban counties, under certain circumstances, Emergency Solutions Grant funds to help individuals and families regain permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness. Currently, the Department of Housing and Urban Development typically reallocates the funds to the state in which a city or county is located if the funds going to a recipient metropolitan city or urban county are less than a specified amount. The bill generally maintains this reallocation arrangement but also establishes certain circumstances when these funds must go to the urban county in which a recipient metropolitan city is located or to the recipient urban county directly. An urban county receiving reallocated funds designated for a recipient metropolitan city must spend these funds for the benefit of the metropolitan cities located within the county.
Gulf Conservation and Recreation Funding Act

To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to require payments to Gulf producing States and their coastal political subdivisions to compensate for reductions in other payments under that Act resulting from the moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases in offshore waters under Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gulf Conservation and Recreation Funding Act 2. Payments to Gulf producing States and coastal political subdivisions to compensate for reductions in payments resulting from moratorium on new offshore oil and natural gas leases Section 105(b) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 (4) Payments to Gulf producing States to compensate for reductions in other payments resulting from moratorium on new leases In addition to the other payments required by this subsection, during the effective period of the moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases in offshore waters under Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021, the Secretary shall pay to each Gulf producing State and each coastal political subdivision each fiscal year an amount equal to the difference between the amount of such other payments for the fiscal year to the State or subdivision, respectively, and the average annual amount of such other payments to the State or subdivision, respectively, for fiscal years after fiscal year 2017 and up to fiscal year 2020. .

Summary: Gulf Conservation and Recreation Funding Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to annually pay Gulf producing states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) and each of their coastal political subdivisions an amount equal to the amount of revenue they will not receive due to moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases in offshore waters. The moratorium was established under Executive Order 14008 on January 27, 2021.
Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2021

To require regulation of wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CLEANER Act of 2021 Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2021 2. Regulation of wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (a) Identification or listing, and regulation under subtitle C Paragraph (2) of section 3001(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6921(b) (2) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the CLEANER Act of 2021 (A) determine whether drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy meet the criteria promulgated under this section for the identification or listing of hazardous waste; (B) identify or list as hazardous waste any drilling fluids, produced waters, or other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy that the Administrator determines, pursuant to subparagraph (A), meet the criteria promulgated under this section for the identification or listing of hazardous waste; and (C) promulgate regulations under sections 3002, 3003, and 3004 for wastes identified or listed as hazardous waste pursuant to subparagraph (B), except that the Administrator is authorized to modify the requirements of such sections to take into account the special characteristics of such wastes so long as such modified requirements protect human health and the environment. . (b) Regulation under subtitle D Section 4010(c) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6949a(c) (7) Drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the CLEANER Act of 2021 .

Summary: CLEANER Act of 2021 or the Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2021 This bill eliminates the exemption of waste associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy from regulations governing the disposal of hazardous waste. Within a year of enactment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must determine whether such waste meets the criteria for hazardous waste, promulgate regulations concerning the disposal of such waste if the EPA determines it is hazardous, and revise regulations applicable to solid waste management and disposal facilities (e.g., landfills) to address such waste that is nonhazardous.
FRESHER Act of 2021

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2021 FRESHER Act of 2021 2. Stormwater runoff from oil, gas, and mining operations (a) Limitation on permit requirement Section 402(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342 (b) Definitions Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1362 (1) by striking paragraph (24); and (2) by redesignating paragraphs (25) through (27) as paragraphs (24) through (26), respectively. (c) Study (1) In general The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a study of stormwater impacts with respect to any area that the Secretary determines may be contaminated by stormwater runoff associated with oil or gas operations, which shall include— (A) an analysis of measurable contamination in such area; (B) an analysis of ground water resources in such area; and (C) an analysis of the susceptibility of aquifers in such area to contamination from stormwater runoff associated with such operations. (2) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of studies conducted under paragraph (1).

Summary: Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2021 or the FRESHER Act of 2021 This bill addresses stormwater runoff from mining, oil, or gas operations. Specifically, it eliminates a prohibition on the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharges of certain collected, uncontaminated stormwater runoff from mining operations or oil and gas operations. In addition, the Department of the Interior must study stormwater runoff associated with oil or gas operations, including an analysis of (1) measurable contamination, (2) groundwater resources, and (3) the susceptibility of aquifers to contamination from stormwater runoff associated with the operations.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the membership of the Commandant of the Coast Guard on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the membership of the Commandant of the Coast Guard on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 1. Membership of Commandant of the Coast Guard on the Joint Chiefs of Staff (a) Membership on the Joint Chiefs of Staff Section 151(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (9) The Commandant of the Coast Guard. . (b) Appointment of Chairman; grade and rank Section 152 of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking or the Commandant of the Marine Corps the Commandant of the Marine Corps, or the Commandant of the Coast Guard (2) in subsection (c), by striking Navy Navy or Coast Guard (c) Vice Chairman Section 154(f) of such title is amended by striking Navy Navy or Coast Guard (d) Inclusion on the Joint Staff Section 155(a) of such title is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking (other than the Coast Guard) (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking and (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) the Coast Guard. ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking Secretary of the military department having jurisdiction over that armed force Secretary concerned (e) Duties as member of Joint Staff Section 302 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking The President may (a) The President may ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) (1) The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall also perform the duties prescribed for the Commandant as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under section 151 of title 10. (2) To the extent that such action does not impair the independence of the Commandant in the performance of the Commandant’s duties as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commandant shall inform the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating regarding military advice rendered by members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on matters affecting such department. (3) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Commandant shall keep the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating fully informed of significant military operations affecting the duties and responsibilities of such Secretary. .

Summary: This bill adds the Commandant of the Coast Guard as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Commandant must keep the department under which the Coast Guard is operating (either the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of the Navy) fully informed of significant military operations affecting the duties and responsibilities of such departments.
Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act

To amend title 18, United States Code, to further protect officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) since the founding of the Nation, officers and employees of the United States Government have dutifully and faithfully served the United States overseas, including in situations that place them at serious risk of death or bodily harm, in order to preserve, protect, and defend the interests of the United States; (2) securing the safety of such officers and employees while serving overseas is of paramount importance and is also in furtherance of preserving, protecting, and defending the interests of the United States; (3) Federal courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, have correctly interpreted section 1114 of title 18, United States Code, to apply extraterritorially to protect officers and employees of the United States while the officers and employees are serving abroad; (4) in a case involving a violent attack against Federal law enforcement officers Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila, a panel of a Federal court of appeals held that section 1114 of title 18, United States Code, does not apply extraterritorially, creating a split among the United States circuit courts of appeals; and (5) in light of the opinion described in paragraph (4), it has become necessary for Congress to clarify the original intent that section 1114 of title 18, United States Code, applies extraterritorially. 3. Protection of officers and employees of the United States Section 1114 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (a) In general Whoever (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Extraterritorial jurisdiction There is extraterritorial jurisdiction over the conduct prohibited by this section. .

Summary: Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act This bill explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over criminal conduct involving the killing (or attempted killing) of a federal officer or employee. The United States may prosecute such conduct that occurs outside the United States.
Guarding Readers Independence and Choice Act

To prohibit States and local educational agencies that ban books from receiving funds under the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guarding Readers Independence and Choice Act GRINCH Act 2. Loss of eligibility for banning books Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7111 4113. Limitation on eligibility (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this subpart, except as provided in subsection (b), a State or local educational agency that has in place any law or policy that prohibits the availability of books or other written materials to students, teachers, or schools within such State or local educational agency based on a determination that such books or materials contain offensive or outdated language or images shall not be eligible to receive funds under this subpart. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a State or local educational agency from prohibiting the availability of books or other written materials that contain obscene or pornographic text or images or content that is harmful to minors. .

Summary: Guarding Readers Independence and Choice Act or the GRINCH Act This bill generally prohibits states and local educational agencies that ban books or written materials from receiving Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants.