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Simplifying and Strengthening Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to amend the public service loan forgiveness program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Simplifying and Strengthening Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act 2. Public service loan forgiveness reform (a) Reducing payments (1) In general Section 455(m)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(1) (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 120 60 (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 120 60 (2) Effective date The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any eligible Federal Direct Loan which is in repayment status on or after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Making waivers permanent Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m) (5) Counting prior payments; simplifying program Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in carrying out this section, the Secretary shall comply with the following: (A) The Secretary shall consider as a monthly payment under this subsection, any monthly payment made while the borrower was employed in a public service job on a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under this title before, on, or after the date of enactment of this paragraph pursuant to any repayment plan authorized under this Act. (B) The Secretary shall consider as a monthly payment under this subsection, a payment described in subparagraph (A) that was late or was for less than the full amount of the monthly payment. (C) The Secretary shall count as a monthly payment under this subsection, a month for which a borrower is serving on active duty (as described in section 101(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code) or serving in the Peace Corps, even if the borrower's loan was in deferment or forbearance and not in active repayment. (D) The Secretary shall allow a borrower of a Federal PLUS Loan, made on behalf of a dependent student, under section 428B who is employed in a public service job to consolidate such loan into a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan in order to receive loan cancellation pursuant to this subsection. (E) The Secretary shall allow the borrowers of a Joint Consolidation Loan or a Joint Direct Consolidation Loan who are employed in a public service job to consolidate such loan into a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan in order to receive loan cancellation pursuant to this subsection. .

Summary: Simplifying and Strengthening Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act This bill makes changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, including by (1) lowering the number of monthly payments required for loan forgiveness from 120 to 60; and (2) making permanent certain limited waivers, such as a waiver that allowed certain late or partial loan payments to count as qualifying payments for PSLF loan forgiveness.
Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2022

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the conditions under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services can approve generic drug applications with labeling temporarily different than the brand name drug, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2022 2. Enhancing access to affordable medicines Section 505(j)(10)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355(j)(10)(A) (i) a revision to the labeling of the listed drug has been approved by the Secretary within 90 days of when the application is otherwise eligible for approval under this subsection; (ii) the sponsor of the application agrees to submit revised labeling for the drug that is the subject of the application not later than 60 days after approval under this subsection of the application; and (iii) the labeling revision described under clause (i) does not include a change to the ‘Warnings’ section of the labeling. .

Summary: Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2022 This bill specifies that the Food and Drug Administration may approve generic drugs with different labels than the brand-name versions if, among other requirements, a revised label for the brand-name drug is approved within 90 days of when the generic is otherwise eligible for approval.
Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act

To require a study on the effects of travel nurse agencies on the health industry during the COVID–19 pandemic. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act 2. GAO study on travel nurse agencies The Comptroller General of the United States shall— (1) conduct a study on the effects of travel nurse agencies on the health care industry during the COVID–19 pandemic, which shall include consideration of— (A) the business practices and payment practices of such agencies, including any potential price gouging and taking of excessive profits; (B) the difference between how much such agencies charged health care institutions and how much they paid their contracted nurses; (C) the extent to which such agencies could provide more transparency regarding the payments received from health care institutions, and the payments made by the agencies to the nurses who are contracted by such agencies; (D) the specific ways in which rural areas of the United States were affected by the rise of travel nursing across the country, and subsequent workforce shortage disparities; (E) how States that imposed caps to travel nurse pay were affected by the market reaction to such caps; (F) how Federal funds, including the Provider Relief Fund and any assistance granted to a health care institution under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5 121 et seq.), were used by health care institutions to pay such agencies throughout the workforce shortages exacerbated by the COVID–19 pandemic; (G) the extent to which travel nurse agency practices contribute to workforce shortages; and (H) the extent to which travel nurse agencies have been acquired by private equity firms and the impact of such acquisitions on the profits of the agencies; and (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit a report to Congress on such study.

Summary: Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the effects of travel nurse agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study must consider matters that include agency business and payment practices, the effects of travel nurse agency practices on workforce shortages, and the acquisition of travel nurse agencies by private equity firms.
MARCH for Military Servicemembers Act

To amend title 10, United States Code, regarding restrictions on the use of funds and facilities of the Department of Defense for abortion care. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Servicemembers Act MARCH for Military Servicemembers Act 2. Restoration of previous policy regarding restriction on use of medical facilities and funds of Department of Defense for abortion care (a) Repeal Section 1093 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1093.

Summary: Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Servicemembers Act or the MARCH for Military Servicemembers Act This bill repeals the restriction on utilizing Department of Defense funds and facilities for performing abortions. The restriction only allows such funds and facilities to be used for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or where the mother's life is endangered.
Military Housing Affordability Act of 2022

To amend title 37, United States Code, to extend the authority to temporarily adjust the basic allowance for housing in certain areas. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Housing Affordability Act of 2022 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) In April 2022, the median price for existing home sales increased 14.8 percent from the previous year and 2021 saw year-over-year median price increases as high as 23.6 percent, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. (2) The Military Times, in July 2021, reported, A number of service members [are] being forced to pay hundreds of dollars more in rent per month than their housing allowance covers. (3) In September 2021, the Department of Defense exercised its authority to temporarily adjust basic allowance for housing rates in 56 housing markets for members of the uniformed services who incurred increased housing costs above their current basic allowance for housing rate, in order to help ease the financial burden of rising housing costs facing Service members moving to new duty stations or signing new leases (4) In November 2021, the Secretary of Defense approved a temporary basic allowance for housing increase for members in locations where rental prices rose at least 10 percent in 2021. (5) The Secretary of Defense’s authority to temporarily adjust basic allowance for housing rates in a military housing area, if the actual costs of adequate housing for civilians in that military housing area differs from the basic allowance for housing rate by more than 20 percent, is set to expire on September 30, 2022. 3. Extension of authority to temporarily adjust basic allowance for housing in certain areas Section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 2022 2024

Summary: Military Housing Affordability Act of 2022 This bill extends certain authorities of the Department of Defense (DOD) to adjust basic housing allowances for military housing in certain areas. Specifically, the bill extends to December 31, 2024, DOD's authority to increase the rates of basic housing allowance in areas of a declared major disaster or areas containing one or more military installations that are experiencing a sudden increase in the number of members assigned to the installation. The bill also extends to September 30, 2024, DOD's authority to prescribe a temporary adjustment to basic housing allowance rates if DOD determines the costs of adequate housing for civilians in that military housing area differs from the current allowance rates by more than 20%.
Armed Forces Fuel Choice Act of 2022

To require commissary and exchange stores in the United States that offer gasoline for commercial sale to offer the sale of at least one fuel that contains not less than 13 percent ethanol. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Armed Forces Fuel Choice Act of 2022 2. Fuel choice at commissary and exchange stores (a) In general Except as provided by subsection (b), each commissary or exchange store located on a military installation in the United States or any territory or possession of the United States that offers gasoline for commercial sale shall offer the sale of at least one fuel that contains not less than 13 percent ethanol not later than January 1, 2024. (b) Exception for gas stations requiring new storage tanks A commissary or exchange store described in subsection (a) that requires the replacement of an underground storage tank to offer for sale fuel described in that subsection shall offer the sale of at least one such fuel not later than January 1, 2025.

Summary: Armed Forces Fuel Choice Act of 2022 This bill requires each commissary or exchange store located on a military installation in the United States (or any territory or possession of the United States) that offers gasoline for commercial sale to offer the sale of at least one fuel that contains not less than 13% ethanol not later than January 1, 2024. Commissaries and exchanges that require the replacement of an underground storage tank to offer such fuel must offer the sale not later than January 1, 2025.
Protecting our Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022

To improve certain sexual assault and domestic violence prevention policies. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting our Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022 2. Annual primary prevention research agenda Section 549A(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs: (2) include a focus on whether and to what extent sub-populations of the military community may be targeted for sexual assault, sexual harassment, or domestic violence more than others; (3) seek to identify factors that influence the prevention, perpetration, and victimization of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence; (4) seek to improve the collection and dissemination of data on hazing and bullying related to sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence; ; and (3) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, by amending the text to read as follows: (6) incorporate collaboration with other Federal departments and agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, State governments, academia, industry, federally funded research and development centers, nonprofit organizations, and other organizations outside of the Department of Defense, including civilian institutions that conduct similar data-driven studies, collection, and analysis; and . 3. Primary prevention workforce Section 549B of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81 (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Comptroller general report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report comparing the sexual harassment and prevention training of the Department of Defense with similar programs at other Federal departments and agencies and including data collected by colleges and universities and other relevant outside entities. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) Incorporation of research and findings The Primary Prevention Workforce established under subsection (a) shall, on a regular basis, incorporate findings and conclusions from the primary prevention research agenda established under section 549A, as appropriate, into the work of the workforce. .

Summary: Protecting our Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to include in its annual primary prevention research agenda additional elements related to sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to (1) compare DOD's sexual harassment and prevention training with similar programs at other federal departments and agencies, and (2) prepare a report on the findings.
Stop Gun Criminals Act

To amend title 18, United States Code, relating to sentencing of armed career criminals. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Gun Criminals Act 2. Amendments to the Armed Career Criminal Act Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)— (A) by striking violates subsection violates— (A) subsection ; (B) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by striking (g) (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or (D) by adding at the end the following: (B) section 922(g) shall be— (i) fined as provided in this title; and (ii) except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, imprisoned not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years. ; (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)— (A) in clause (i), by striking 5 years 7 years (B) in clause (ii), by striking 7 years 10 years (C) in clause (iii), by striking 10 years 15 years (3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: (e) (1) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(g) and has 3 or more previous serious felony convictions for offenses committed on occasions different from one another shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not less than 15 years and not more than 30 years, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall not suspend the sentence of, or grant a probationary sentence to, such person with respect to the conviction under section 922(g). (2) In this subsection— (A) the term offense punishable by imprisonment for a statutory maximum term of not less than 10 years (B) the term serious felony conviction (i) any conviction by a court referred to in section 922(g)(1) for an offense that, at the time of sentencing, was an offense punishable by imprisonment for a statutory maximum term of not less than 10 years; or (ii) any group of convictions for which a court referred to in section 922(g)(1) imposed in the same proceeding or in consolidated proceedings a total term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years, regardless of how many years of that total term the defendant served in custody. . 3. Applicability (a) In general The amendments made by this Act relating to offenses committed by an individual who has 3 or more previous serious felony convictions (as defined in subsection (e) of section 924 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act) shall apply to any offense committed after the date of enactment of this Act by an individual who, on the date on which the offense is committed, has 3 or more previous serious felony convictions. (b) Rule of construction This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not be construed to create any right to challenge a sentence imposed under subsection (e) of section 924 of title 18, United States Code.

Summary: Stop Gun Criminals Act This bill increases the term of imprisonment for certain offenses involving firearms, particularly those that are committed by repeat offenders.
A bill to designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial, and for other purposes.

To designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial, and for other purposes. 1. Designation of El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial (a) Designation The Healing Garden located at 6900 Delta Drive, El Paso, Texas, is designated as the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial (b) Effect of designation The national memorial designated by this section is not a unit of the National Park System and the designation of the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial shall not require or authorize Federal funds to be expended for any purpose related to that national memorial.

Summary: This bill designates the Healing Garden located at 6900 Delta Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial.
Hatch-Waxman Improvement Act of 2022

To reauthorize a provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act pertaining to drugs containing single enantiomers. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hatch-Waxman Improvement Act of 2022 2. Reauthorization of provision pertaining to drugs containing single enantiomers Section 505(u) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355(u) (1) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(II), by adding (other than bioavailability studies) any clinical investigations (2) in paragraph (4), by striking October 1, 2022 October 1, 2027

Summary: Hatch-Waxman Improvement Act of 2022 This bill extends through FY2026 provisions that establish a period of market exclusivity for certain new drugs with single enantiomers (i.e., one of a pair of molecules that are mirror images of one another).
No Guardsman Left Behind Act of 2022

To include State active duty in the calculation of creditable service for members of the National Guard under certain circumstances. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Guardsman Left Behind Act of 2022 2. Inclusion of State active duty in calculation of creditable service for members of National Guard Section 12732 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking Service Except as provided in subsection (c), service (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Special rule for State active duty (1) In general Subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, in the case of a member of the National Guard who serves on State active duty during a one-year period during which the member would, but for this subsection, be credited with fewer than 50 points under subsection (a), such service may be counted under subsection (a). (2) Computation Subject to paragraph (3), a member of the National Guard described in paragraph (1) shall be credited with 1 point for each day of State active duty during a one-year period described in that paragraph. (3) Limitation A member of the National Guard described in paragraph (1) may be credited in a one-year period under this subsection not more than the lesser of— (A) the number of points required for the member to be credited with 50 points under this section for that one-year period; or (B) 15 points. (4) State active duty defined In this subsection, the term State active duty .

Summary: No Guardsman Left Behind Act of 2022 This bill establishes a special rule for members of the National Guard, for purposes of retirement pay, to include in the regular calculation of creditable service state active duty that would normally be credited with fewer than 50 points. Specifically, a member of the National Guard may be credited one point for each day of state active duty during a one-year period, subject to certain limitations.
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2021

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration’s jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2021 2. Limitation of authority with respect to premium cigars (a) Exception for traditional large and premium cigars Section 901(c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 387a(c) (1) in paragraph (2), in the heading, by inserting for certain tobacco leaf authority (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) Limitation of authority for certain cigars (A) In general The provisions of this chapter (except for section 907(d)(3)) shall not apply to traditional large and premium cigars. (B) Rule of construction Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant the Secretary authority to promulgate regulations on any matter that involves traditional large and premium cigars. (C) Traditional large and premium cigar defined For purposes of this paragraph, the term traditional large and premium cigar (i) means any roll of tobacco that is wrapped in 100-percent leaf tobacco, bunched with 100-percent tobacco filler, contains no filter, tip or non-tobacco mouthpiece, weighs at least 6 pounds per 1,000 count, and— (I) has a 100-percent leaf tobacco binder and is hand rolled; (II) has a 100-percent leaf tobacco binder and is made using human hands to lay the leaf tobacco wrapper or binder onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; or (III) has a homogenized tobacco leaf binder and is made in the United States using human hands to lay the 100-percent leaf tobacco wrapper onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; and (ii) does not include a cigarette (as such term is defined by section 900(3)) or a little cigar (as such term is defined by section 900(11)). . (b) Conforming amendments Section 919(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 387s(b) (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), by inserting , but excluding traditional large and premium cigars (as such term is defined under section 901(c)(3)) (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting subject to section 901(c)(3), if a user fee

Summary: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2021 This bill exempts traditional large and premium cigars from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation and FDA-assessed user fees.