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Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act

To permit a registered investment company to omit certain fees from the calculation of acquired fund fees and expenses, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act 2. Amendments to acquired fund fees and expenses reporting on investment company registration statements (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Acquired fund The term acquired fund (2) Acquired fund fees and expenses The term acquired fund fees and expenses (3) Business development company The term business development company 15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a) (4) Fee table disclosure The term fee table disclosure (5) Form N–1A The term Form N–1A (6) Form N–2 The term Form N–2 (7) Form N–3 The term Form N–3 (8) Registered investment company The term registered investment company 15 U.S.C. 80a–3 (b) Excluding business development companies from Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses A registered investment company may, on any investment company registration statement filed pursuant to section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–8(b) (1) omit from the calculation of acquired fund fees and expenses those fees and expenses that the investment company incurred indirectly as a result of investment in shares of 1 or more acquired funds that is a business development company; and (2) instead disclose in a footnote to the fee table disclosure those fees and expenses described in paragraph (1), calculated according to the acquired fund fees and expenses formula.

Summary: Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act This bill allows a registered investment company to exclude from the calculation of acquired fund fees and expenses those incurred indirectly from investment in a business development company. Instead, such fees and expenses may be disclosed in a footnote. Acquired fund fees and expenses is a required line item on a fund's fee schedule that provides the operating expenses of the fund.
Protecting Survivors from Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2022

To protect survivors from brain injury by authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect data on the prevalence of brain injuries resulting from domestic and sexual violence. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Survivors from Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2022 2. Data collection (a) Collection of data on brain injuries related to domestic and sexual violence (1) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary (2) Collection In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall distribute a survey that follows up on, and operates under the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) that will ask questions about the prevalence and circumstances surrounding brain injuries due to domestic and sexual violence. The Secretary shall allow for data collection for not fewer than 2 years. (3) Privacy Data shall be collected, stored, and analyzed under this section in a manner that protects individual privacy and confidentiality. (b) Report Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to relevant congressional committees, and post on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services, a report that shall contain— (1) an analysis of the data collected under subsection (a) relating to the connection between domestic and sexual violence and brain injuries; and (2) a description of the steps that the Department of Health and Human Services is taking to increase awareness, increase services, decrease prevalence, and otherwise respond to the public health issue of brain injury that results from domestic and sexual violence. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall remain available for a 3-year period. (d) Definition In this section, the term brain injury

Summary: Protecting Survivors from Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to collect and analyze data about brain injuries resulting from domestic and sexual violence and publish its findings.
Increasing Access to Adviser Information Act

To provide that broker-dealers who provide research services to an investment manager and receive payments from certain accounts is not an investment adviser, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Increasing Access to Adviser Information Act 2. Definition of investment adviser Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80b–2(a)(11) or (H) (H) any broker or dealer who provides research services to an investment manager and accepts payment for those services from the investment manager's own money, from a research payment account funded with money from a client of the investment manager, or a combination thereof, provided that the payment method of the investment manager is subject to, either directly or by contractual obligation, the Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament, the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU, as implemented by the European Union member states, or any other law from any foreign jurisdiction that is substantially similar to that directive and the implementing rules and regulations of that directive; or (I)

Summary: Increasing Access to Adviser Information Act This bill excludes from investment adviser regulations any research activity performed by a broker or a dealer in line with similar foreign laws and regulations.
Facilitating Main Street Offerings Act

To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to define secondary offerings of Regulation A tier 2 securities as covered securities for purposes of an exemption from State regulation, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Facilitating Main Street Offerings Act 2. Exemption from State regulation of securities Section 18(b)(4)(A) of the Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77r(b)(4)(A) or pursuant to all disclosure obligations of section 3(b)(2) of this Act and any regulations issued under that section

Summary: Facilitating Main Street Offerings Act This bill exempts certain securities issued under Regulation A from state regulation of secondary transactions. Regulation A exempts small issues of securities from registration requirements.
Stablecoin Transparency Act

To establish reporting requirements for issuers of fiat currency-backed stablecoins, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stablecoin Transparency Act 2. Stablecoin issuer requirements (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Fiat currency-backed stablecoin The term fiat currency-backed stablecoin (A) that maintains price stability by backing the value of the digital asset to a nondigital currency that is denominated in the same currency in which the digital asset is issued; and (B) is redeemable on a one-to-one basis in the denominated currency to which the digital asset is backed. (2) Stablecoin issuer The term stablecoin issuer (b) Reserves Each stablecoin issuer shall hold all reserves associated with each fiat currency-backed stablecoin issued by such stablecoin issuer in— (1) government securities that have maturities of not longer than 12 months; (2) fully collateralized security repurchase agreements; or (3) United States dollars or any other nondigital currency. (c) Reserve reports Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 30 days thereafter, each stablecoin issuer shall publish on the website of the stablecoin issuer a report on the reserves held by the stablecoin issuer that has been audited by a third-party auditor.

Summary: Stablecoin Transparency Act This bill requires a stablecoin issuer to hold all reserves associated with each fiat currency-backed stablecoin they issue in (1) certain government securities; (2) fully collateralized security repurchase agreements, or (3) U.S. dollars or other nondigital currency. A fiat currency-backed stablecoin is a digital asset backed by a nondigital currency and is redeemable on a one-to-one basis in that currency. Each stablecoin issuer must publish monthly on their website a report on the reserves held by the issuer that has been audited by a third party.
A bill to amend the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to modify a provision relating to cost-sharing requirements applicable to certain Bureau of Reclamation dams and dikes, and for other purposes.

To amend the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to modify a provision relating to cost-sharing requirements applicable to certain Bureau of Reclamation dams and dikes, and for other purposes. 1. Cost-sharing requirements applicable to certain Bureau of Reclamation dams and dikes Section 4309 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 ( 43 U.S.C. 377b Public Law 115–270 (1) in the section heading, by inserting dams and dikes (2) in subsection (a), by striking effective beginning on the date of enactment of this section, the Federal share of the operations and maintenance costs of a dike described in subsection (b) the Federal share of the dam safety modifications costs of a dike described in subsection (c) (3) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); (4) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Gate repairs Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), effective during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal share of the costs to repair or replace a gate and any ancillary gate components of a dam described in subsection (c) shall be 100 percent. ; and (5) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting dams and dikes (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking A dike referred to in subsection (a) is a A dam or dike referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is a dam or (C) in paragraph (2), by striking December 31, 1945 December 31, 1948

Summary: This bill requires the federal government to fully fund the costs of dam safety modifications of certain dikes owned by the Bureau of Reclamation. The bill also requires the federal government to fully fund gate replacements or repairs for certain dams for the next 10 years. The bill applies to certain Reclamation-owned dams or dikes completed not later than December 31, 1948 (e.g., the Altus Dam and dikes in the W.C. Austin Project in Oklahoma). Under current law, the federal government is required to fully fund the operation and maintenance costs of certain Reclamation-owned dikes that were completed not later than December 31, 1945. However, current law requires the federal government to fund only 85% of certain dam safety modifications.
Ending Discrimination in COVID–19 Treatments Act

To prohibit the consideration of patients' race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, vaccination status, veteran status, or political ideology or speech in determining eligibility for monoclonal antibody doses distributed by the Federal Government. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Discrimination in COVID–19 Treatments Act 2. Eligibility to receive monoclonal antibody treatment The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall require States, as a condition for receipt of monoclonal antibody doses from the Federal Government, to ensure that providers receiving distributions of such monoclonal antibody doses from such States do not take into consideration the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, vaccination status, veteran status, or political ideology or speech of a patient in determining whether a patient is eligible to receive such treatment.

Summary: Ending Discrimination in COVID-19 Treatments Act This bill prohibits consideration of certain factors, including vaccination status, in decisions about an individual's access to federally provided monoclonal antibody therapies to treat COVID-19. As a condition of receiving the therapies from the federal government, states must ensure that providers do not consider specified demographic characteristics, veteran status, or political ideology or speech when determining a patient's eligibility for such therapies.
Expanding American Entrepreneurship Act

To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to address entities that are not considered to be investment companies for the purposes of that Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding American Entrepreneurship Act 2. Investment companies Section 3(c)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–3(c)(1) (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by striking 250 persons 500 persons (2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking $10,000,000 $50,000,000

Summary: Expanding American Entrepreneurship Act This bill revises qualification requirements for venture capital funds. Venture capital funds are exempt from certain regulations applicable to other investment firms, including those related to filings, audits, and restricted communications with investors. Currently, an investment firm qualifies as a venture capital fund if, among other requirements (1) the fund's securities are owned by 250 persons or less, and (2) the fund has $10 million or less in aggregate capital contributions and uncalled committed capital. The bill increases these amounts to 500 persons and $50 million, respectively.
Linemen Legacy Act

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Linemen Legacy Act 2. Emergency response providers Section 2(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 101(6) (1) by striking includes Federal (A) Federal ; (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (B) utility line technicians responding to a major disaster or an emergency declared by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5191 .

Summary: Lineman Legacy Act This bill specifies that utility line technicians responding to a major disaster or emergency qualify as emergency response providers.
Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act

To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out a study of the costs associated with small- and medium-sized companies to undertake initial public offerings. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act 2. Study on IPO fees (a) Definitions In this section: (1) IPO The term IPOs (2) Small- and medium-sized companies The term small- and medium-sized companies (b) Study The Securities and Exchange Commission, in consultation with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, shall carry out a study of the costs associated with small- and medium-sized companies to undertake IPOs and Tier 2 offerings, as defined in section 230.251 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations. In carrying out such study, the Commission shall— (1) consider the direct and indirect costs of an IPO, including— (A) fees, such as gross spreads paid to underwriters, IPO advisors, and other professionals; (B) compliance with Federal and State securities laws at the time of the IPO; and (C) such other IPO-related costs as the Commission determines appropriate; (2) compare and analyze the costs of an IPO with the costs of obtaining alternative sources of financing and of liquidity; (3) consider the impact of such costs on capital formation; (4) analyze the impact of these costs on the availability of public securities of small- and medium-sized companies to retail investors; and (5) analyze trends in IPOs over a time period the Commission determines is appropriate to analyze IPO pricing practices, considering— (A) the number of IPOs; (B) how costs for IPOs have evolved over time, including fees paid to underwriters, investment advisory firms, and other professions for services in connection with an IPO; (C) the number of brokers and dealers active in underwriting IPOs; (D) the different types of services that underwriters and related persons provide before and after a small- or medium-sized company IPO and the factors impacting underwriting costs; (E) changes in the costs and availability of investment research for small- and medium-sized companies; and (F) any other consideration the Commission considers necessary and appropriate. (c) Report Not later than the end of the 360-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue a report to Congress containing all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under subsection (b) and any administrative or legislative recommendations the Commission may have.

Summary: Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to study and report on the costs encountered by small- and medium-sized companies when undertaking initial public offerings and certain offerings exempt from securities registration requirements.
Doss's Act

To prohibit the consideration of COVID–19 vaccination status in determining eligibility for organ donation or transplantation, and in providing services to Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guarding against Injustice based on Vaccine-status, Ensuring Lifesaving Intervention For Everyone Act GIVE LIFE Act Doss's Act 2. Prohibitions (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) no individual may be determined to be ineligible for organ donation or receipt of an organ transplant on the basis of the COVID–19 vaccination status of the individual; (2) no individual may be given a higher or lower priority for such a donation or receipt on such basis; (3) the incidence of COVID–19 positive rates in a geographic area or region, as determined by public health officials, may not be a factor in determining eligibility to donate organs or to receive organs; and (4) any provider who denies services to any individual based on the COVID–19 vaccination status of the individual (other than services furnished by a skilled nursing facility (as defined in section 1819(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395i–3(a) 42 U.S.C. 1396r(a) 42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd)(2) 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. (b) Application of requirements Paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) shall apply with respect to all organ donations and receipt of organ transplants in the United States, including under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the laws administered by the Secretary of Defense. (c) Organ procurement and transplantation network Section 372(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 274(b) (4) Clarification regarding COVID–19 vaccination status The criteria and standards established under paragraph (2) may not include any consideration the COVID–19 vaccination status of organ donors or recipients, or of the incidence of COVID–19 positive rates in a geographic area or region, as determined by public health officials. .

Summary: Guarding against Injustice based on Vaccine-status, Ensuring Lifesaving Intervention For Everyone Act or the GIVE LIFE Act or Doss's Act This bill generally prohibits an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status from being taken into account for purposes of organ donation or receipt. The bill also prohibits (1) the incidence rate of COVID-19 in a geographic area from being considered in such decisions, and (2) the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network from establishing standards that incorporate any of these factors. Additionally, as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid participation, health care providers, with specified exceptions (e.g., skilled nursing facilities), may not deny services to individuals based on COVID-19 vaccination status.
Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022

To delay the effectiveness of certain new rules or regulations relating to the United States energy sector. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022 2. Energy regulations holiday (a) In general During the period described in subsection (b), no Federal agency shall finalize any rule or regulation that would cause— (1) a decrease in domestic oil, gas, or biofuels production; (2) an increase in gasoline prices; or (3) any negative effects on domestic energy production, domestic electricity generation, transmission of fuel or electricity, infrastructure development, or transportation fuels. (b) Period described The period referred to in subsection (a) is the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the earlier of— (1) January 1, 2023; and (2) the date on which the national average consumer gasoline price is $2.60 per gallon or less.

Summary: Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022 This bill prohibits federal agencies from finalizing any regulations that would cause (1) a decrease in domestic oil, gas, or biofuels production; (2) an increase in gasoline prices; or (3) any negative effects on domestic energy production, domestic electricity generation, transmission of fuel or electricity, infrastructure development, or transportation fuels. The prohibition may not end until the earlier of January 1, 2023, or until the average gasoline price is $2.60 per gallon or less.