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Young Farmer Success Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain individuals who work on farms or ranches as individuals who are employed in public service jobs for purposes of eligibility for loan forgiveness under the Federal Direct Loan program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Young Farmer Success Act 2. Eligibility of certain farm and ranch workers for student loan forgiveness (a) Eligibility Section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B) (1) by striking or (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting ; or (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) a full-time job engaged in farm work as an employee or manager of a qualified farm or ranch. . (b) Definition Section 455(m)(3) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3) (C) Qualified farm or ranch The term qualified farm or ranch (i) in the case of 2022, $35,000; or (ii) in the case of any succeeding year, the amount applicable under this subparagraph for the previous year increased by the estimated percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (as determined by the Secretary, using the definition in section 478(f)) for the most recent year preceding such year. .

Summary: Young Farmer Success Act This bill makes certain farmers or ranchers eligible for student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Under the PSLF program, the Department of Education must cancel the balance of interest and principal due on a borrower's Federal Direct Loans after the borrower makes 120 monthly loan payments while employed in a public service job. This bill broadens the definition of public service job to include a full-time job engaged in farm work as an employee or manager of a qualified farm or ranch.
Safeguarding Military Bonuses Act

To amend title 37, United States Code, to exempt certain bonuses, incentive pay, and other benefits from repayment in the case of a member of the Armed Forces involuntarily separated for refusing to receive a vaccination against COVID–19. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding Military Bonuses Act 2. Special rule for discharges related to COVID–19 Section 373(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Special rule for discharges related to COVID–19 The Secretary concerned shall grant to an individual involuntarily separated from an Armed Force solely on the basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a vaccination against COVID–19 an exception to the requirement to repay a bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit under subsection (a) if such bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit was made before August 24, 2021. .

Summary: Safeguarding Military Bonuses Act This bill requires the military departments to grant to certain members of the Armed Forces (i.e., those who were involuntarily separated based on the refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination) an exception to the requirement that they must repay a bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit that is contingent on the member's satisfaction of certain service or eligibility requirements. Specifically, this exception applies for such members if the bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit was made before August 24, 2021.
SAVE Act

To prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save America’s Valuable Energy Act SAVE Act 2. Prohibition against selling SPR petroleum products to certain entities (a) Prohibition The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting after section 169 ( 42 U.S.C. 6247b 170. Prohibition on sales to certain entities The Secretary shall prohibit the sale of petroleum products drawn down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, under any provision of law, to any entity headquartered in— (1) a country listed in table 1 to paragraph (d)(1) under section 126.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this section; or (2) Russia. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Drawdown and sale of petroleum products Section 161(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6241(a) and section 170 (2) Table of contents The table of contents for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 169 the following: Sec. 170. Prohibition on sales to certain entities. .

Summary: Save America’s Valuable Energy Act or the SAVE Act This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to prohibit the sale of petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to certain entities. Specifically, DOE must prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the SPR to entities headquartered in Russia. Further, DOE must prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the SPR to entities headquartered in countries (Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela) that are subject to certain prohibitions concerning exports of defense articles and services under the Department of State's International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to stipulate that a parking benefit is not a qualified parking fringe benefit unless an employer offers employees the option to receive an equivalent cash benefit or alternative tax-exempt benefit in lieu of the parking benefit.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to stipulate that a parking benefit is not a qualified parking fringe benefit unless an employer offers employees the option to receive an equivalent cash benefit or alternative tax-exempt benefit in lieu of the parking benefit. 1. Option for cash benefit required (a) In general Section 132(f)(5)(C) is amended by striking or by carpool. or by carpool if the employer offers the employee the option to receive, in lieu of the qualified parking, the fair market value of the parking. (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.

Summary: This bill denies a tax exclusion for qualified parking fringe benefits unless employers providing such benefits offer their employees the option to receive, in lieu of the parking benefit, the fair market value of the parking (e.g., an equivalent cash benefit or alternative tax-exempt fringe benefit).
Build More Pipelines Act

To enact the Section 401 Certification Rule, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Build More Pipelines Act 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1341 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. (2) in the years preceding the date of enactment of this Act, States have denied water quality certifications under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1341 (3) natural gas pipelines, coal production, and electric transmissions lines are vital to ensuring that the people of the United States have affordable access to energy; (4) fuel scarcity and a lack of sufficient infrastructure to transport natural gas contribute to higher energy prices; and (5) other infrastructure projects, such as road construction to support interstate commerce, are in the national interest and warrant regulatory certainty under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1341 3. Enactment of the Section 401 Certification Rule The final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule

Summary: Build More Pipelines Act The bill provides statutory authority for the rule published on July 13, 2020, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entitled Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule. Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, an applicant for a federal license or permit to conduct an activity that may result in any discharge into navigable waters must also obtain a certification—or waiver of such certification—from a relevant state, intrastate agency, or Indian tribe that the proposed activity will not violate certain water quality requirements of the state or Indian tribe. The rule revised existing regulations, including by limiting the scope of the certification review process as well as the time frame for a state, interstate agency, or Indian tribe to issue a certification.
Port Automation Improvement Act of 2022

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act with respect to funds for expenses necessary to implement the Port and Intermodal Improvement Program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Port Automation Improvement Act of 2022 2. Authorization of the maritime administration Section 3501(a)(12) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81 , except that port terminal

Summary: Port Automation Improvement Act of 2022 This bill eliminates a specific limitation on funding with respect to expenses necessary for the Maritime Administration to implement the Port and Intermodal Improvement Program.
Rural HELP Act of 2022

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permanently extend the Medicare-dependent hospital and low-volume hospital programs under the Medicare program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Hospital Extensions for Low-volume Programs Act of 2022 Rural HELP Act of 2022 2. Permanently extending the Medicare-dependent hospital and low-volume hospital programs under the Medicare program (a) Extension of the Medicare-Dependent hospital (MDH) program (1) Extension of payment methodology Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G) (A) in clause (i), by striking , and before October 1, 2022 (B) in clause (ii)(II), by striking , and before October 1, 2022 (2) Conforming amendments (A) Extension of target amount Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(D) (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking , and before October 1, 2022 (ii) in clause (iv), by striking through fiscal year 2022 or a subsequent fiscal year (B) Permitting hospitals to decline reclassification Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww fiscal year 2000 through fiscal year 2022 a subsequent fiscal year (b) Extension of the increased payments under the medicare low-Volume hospital program Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12) (1) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in the header, by inserting for fiscal years 2005 through 2010 increase (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking and for discharges occurring in fiscal year 2023 and subsequent fiscal years (2) in subparagraph (C)(i)— (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking through 2022 and each subsequent fiscal year (B) in subclause (II), by adding at the end and (C) in subclause (III)— (i) by striking fiscal years 2019 through 2022 fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent fiscal year (ii) by striking ; and (D) by striking subclause (IV); and (3) in subparagraph (D)— (A) by amending the header to read as follows: Applicable percentage increase beginning with fiscal year 2021 (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking fiscal years 2011 through 2022 fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent fiscal year (C) in clause (ii), by striking each of fiscal years 2019 through 2022 fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent fiscal year

Summary: Rural Hospital Extensions for Low-volume Programs Act of 2022 or the Rural HELP Act of 2022 This bill makes certain payment adjustments for Medicare-dependent hospitals and low-volume hospitals permanent (the adjustments currently expire at the end of FY2022).
Removal Adjustment Act of 2022

To require a direct causal nexus to remove certain cases to Federal court, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Removal Adjustment Act of 2022 2. Federal officers or agencies sued or prosecuted (a) In general Section 1442 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) With respect to an action under subsection (a)(1), no such action may be removed unless the removing party demonstrates a direct causal nexus between the removing party’s actions taken under the color of Federal office and the actions or omissions that are the subject of the plaintiff’s or prosecutor’s claim. ; and (4) by inserting before subsection (f), as redesignated, the following: (e) Removal under this section shall be strictly construed and doubts regarding the propriety of removal shall be resolved in favor of remanding the case to State court. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 2023.

Summary: Removal Adjustment Act of 2022 This bill establishes additional requirements for the removal to federal court of a civil action or criminal prosecution commenced in a state court against the United States, a federal agency, or an officer of the United States.
PACE Act of 2022

To waive sovereign immunity in certain circumstances where jurisdictions have defunded the municipal police department. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting All Communities Equally Act of 2022 PACE Act of 2022 2. Requirement of availability of cash bail for certain offenders If monetary bail has been prohibited in a State or any political subdivision thereof, the courts of that State shall have the authority— (1) to determine the dangerousness of individuals before the courts on criminal charges; and (2) to hold on bail individuals who are determined to be violent and or repeat offenders. 3. Waiver of sovereign immunity A State or political subdivision thereof that has a prohibition on monetary bail waives sovereign immunity with respect to a cause of action against the local government by an individual for property damages or damages for personal injuries as a result of a dangerous criminal being released without monetary bail. 4. Effective date This Act shall take effect beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Protecting All Communities Equally Act of 2022 or the PACE Act of 2022 This bill establishes that a state court located in an area where monetary bail is prohibited has the authority to hold on bail a criminal defendant determined to be dangerous or a repeat offender. In addition, a state or political subdivision that prohibits monetary bail waives sovereign immunity in an action for damages as a result of a dangerous criminal being released without monetary bail.
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. 121 et seq. (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.
Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2021

To designate the Rocksprings Station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2021 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A native of the State of Washington, Agent Donna Marie Doss— (A) proudly and honorably served her country as an Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol for more than 15 years; (B) began her service with the U.S. Border Patrol in 2003; and (C) graduated as part of the 569th Session of the Border Patrol Academy with Class 584 on June 6, 2005. (2) Agent Doss— (A) served on a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force on the southern border for 3 years before being assigned to the northern border; (B) was promoted to Supervisory Border Patrol Agent in Laredo Border Patrol Sector, where she was named an Operations Officer in 2016; and (C) relocated to Abilene, Texas in 2017, where she served as a Resident Agent. (3) On February 2, 2019, Agent Doss responded to a call for assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety near Interstate 20 in Tye, Texas. While on scene, Agent Doss was struck and killed by a passing vehicle. (4) Agent Doss is survived by her husband, father, mother, 2 step-children, a sister and a brother. 3. Designation The Rocksprings station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, shall be known and designated as the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station 4. References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the station described in section 3 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station

Summary: Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2021 This bill designates the Rocksprings station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station.
The LTCH Access and Stability Act

To amend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to provide for a 12-month extension of the Medicare long-term care hospital waiver of the site-neutral IPPS payment rate. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The LTCH Access and Stability Act 2. Extension of Medicare long-term care hospital waiver of site-neutral IPPS payment rate (a) In general Section 3711 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww (1) in the section header, by striking during emergency period (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Twelve-Month continued application of waiver of site-Neutral IPPS payment rate With respect to inpatient hospital services furnished by a long-term care hospital described in section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(iv) 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B) 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(6) . (b) Report Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the impact of the waiver of section 1886(m)(6)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(6)(A)(i) 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B) 42 U.S.C. 1395ww (1) include— (A) information on the access of Medicare beneficiaries (including those enrolled under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act) to long term care hospitals; (B) any noticeable trends in admissions to long term care hospitals; and (C) data related to the financial status and facility closures of long term care hospitals during the period of fiscal years 2017 through 2021; and (2) assess the role of post-acute care facilities, including long-term care hospitals, in maintaining Medicare beneficiary access to services during the COVID–19 pandemic and estimate the effect that site-neutral payment policies may have on beneficiary access during future pandemic responses.

Summary: The LTCH Access and Stability Act This bill waives the Medicare site-neutral payment rate for inpatient services at long-term care hospitals for an additional 12 months after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must report on the effects of this waiver on hospital admissions and overall access to services, among other information.
INFANT Act of 2022

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require that State agencies contract with more than one infant formula manufacturer under the special supplemental program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Newborn Formula Access for a Nutritious Tomorrow Act of 2022 INFANT Act of 2022 2. Increasing infant formula manufacturer contracts under WIC program Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 7 U.S.C. 1431 (1) in subsection (b)(17), by striking selects a single source (a single infant formula manufacturer) offering the lowest price, as determined by the submission of sealed bids, for a product for which bids are sought for use in the program authorized by this section selects, in accordance with subsection (h)(8)(iii), infant formula manufacturers, as determined by the submission of sealed bids, for a product for which bids are sought for use in the program authorized by this section (2) in subsection (h)(8)(A)— (A) by amending clause (iii) to read as follows: (iii) Competitive bidding system A State agency using a competitive bidding system for infant formula shall award contracts to— (I) at least 2 manufacturers, under which no manufacturer may receive a contract for more than 70 percent of the infant formula for which the State agency contracts in a year; and (II) bidders offering the lowest net price for a specific infant formula for which manufacturers submit a bid unless the State agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the weighted average retail price for different brands of infant formula in the State does not vary by more than 5 percent. ; and (B) by striking clauses (v) and (vi) and redesignating clauses (vii) through (x) as (v) through (viii), respectively.

Summary: Improving Newborn Formula Access for a Nutritious Tomorrow Act of 2022 or the INFANT Act of 2022 This bill revises the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to require state agencies that use a competitive bidding system for infant formula contracts to award such contracts to at least two manufacturers. Additionally, it prohibits states from contracting more than 70% of their WIC infant formula from one manufacturer within a year.