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To direct the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study on implementing a process through which a State or business may apply for an exemption from enforcement of certain occupational safety and health standards on the basis of economic hardship, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study on implementing a process through which a State or business may apply for an exemption from enforcement of certain occupational safety and health standards on the basis of economic hardship, and for other purposes. 1. Study on certain exemptions from occupational safety and health standards (a) In general The Secretary of Labor shall conduct a study to develop recommendations for implementing a process through which a State or business may apply for an exemption from an occupational safety and health standard in effect under section 6(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 655(a) (1) Legislative actions necessary to implement such process. (2) Other actions necessary to implement such process. (b) Report Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Speaker of the House and publish in the Federal Register a report containing the results of the study.

Summary: This bill requires the Department of Labor to study a process for allowing states or businesses to apply for exemptions from occupational safety and health standards that cause significant economic hardship. The study must include recommendations for legislative and other actions necessary to implement such a process.
SAVES Act

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saving America’s Endangered Species Act SAVES Act 2. Limitation on treatment of nonnative species in the United States as endangered species or threatened species (a) Limitation Section 13 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (relating to amendments to other laws, which have executed) is amended to read as follows: 13. Limitation on treatment of certain species as endangered species or threatened species Species that are not native to the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of this Act. . (b) Conforming amendment The table of contents in the first section of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 13 and inserting the following: Sec. 13. Limitation on treatment of certain species as endangered species or threatened species. .

Summary: Saving America’s Endangered Species Act or the SAVES Act This bill limits the protection of endangered and threatened species to species that are native to the United States, thus removing protection given to nonnative species in the United States that are listed as threatened or endangered.
Preventing Unnecessary Deaths During Life-Threatening Events Act

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 so that procedures relating to termination of electric service provide that such service may not be terminated during any extreme heat weather event or extreme cold weather event, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Unnecessary Deaths During Life-Threatening Events Act 2. Extreme heat and extreme cold weather events Section 115(g) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2625(g) (1) by inserting , subject to paragraph (4) nonregulated electric utility which provide that (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by inserting electric service may not be terminated during any period (B) by striking installments, installments. (C) by striking such service may not be terminated. (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (4) by striking The procedures for termination of service (1) In general The procedures for termination of service ; and (5) by striking Such procedures shall take into account the need to include reasonable provisions for elderly and handicapped consumers. (2) Elderly and handicapped consumers Procedures described in paragraph (1) shall take into account the need to include reasonable provisions for elderly and handicapped consumers. (3) Extreme weather events For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), any period of an extreme heat weather event or extreme cold weather event, as determined by the State regulatory authority (with respect to an electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) or the nonregulated electric utility, shall be considered to be a period when termination of service to an electric consumer would be especially dangerous to health. (4) Limitation Procedures described in paragraph (1) may authorize temporary suspension of electric service to specific areas as required for the safe operation and maintenance of the infrastructure of the applicable electric utility, including to reduce the risk of fires caused by such infrastructure. (5) Updated procedures Procedures described in paragraph (1) shall be updated, as necessary, by the State regulatory authority (with respect to electric utilities for which it has ratemaking authority) or by the nonregulated electric utility at least once every 10 years, including to reflect the best available science with respect to changing climate conditions. .

Summary: Preventing Unnecessary Deaths During Life-Threatening Events Act This bill modifies the procedures for terminating electric service under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; utilities may not terminate electricity during an extreme heat weather event or extreme cold weather event.
States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act

To authorize the use of FBI criminal history record information for administration of interstate compacts, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act SHARE Act 2. Information sharing Subtitle E of title IV of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 34 U.S.C. 41106 et seq. 6404. Sharing and use of criminal history record information (a) FBI providing criminal history record information to State licensing authorities The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish or otherwise make available to a State licensing authority, through an agreement with a State law enforcement agency or State identification bureau, criminal history record information to the extent required by a interstate compact, or the regulations duly promulgated thereunder, for the purpose of conducting a criminal history background check of individuals seeking a license or privilege to practice an occupation or profession in a compact member State. (b) State licensing authority use of criminal history record information A State licensing authority that is a member of an interstate compact that requires completion of a criminal history background check for an individual for the purpose of acting upon a license or privilege application of that individual to practice an occupation or profession in a State shall use such information solely for that purpose and may not share criminal history record information or any part thereof with the compact’s Commission, any other State entity or licensing authority, or the public. (c) Sharing the fact of completion of the criminal history background check expressly permitted For the purpose of subsection (b), a State licensing authority informing a compact Commission of the completion of the criminal history background check, including a binary determination of whether or not the criminal history background check of an applicant was satisfactory, is expressly permitted by this Act and shall not constitute the sharing of criminal history record information. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Commission The term Commission (2) Criminal history record information The term criminal history record information (3) License The term license (4) Privilege The term privilege (5) State The term State (6) State identification bureau The term State identification bureau (7) State licensing authority The term State licensing authority .

Summary: States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act or the SHARE Act This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make available criminal history record information to a state occupational or professional licensing authority for background checks of individuals seeking a license under an interstate compact. A state licensing authority may not share criminal history record information with the compact's commission, any other state entity or licensing authority, or the public, but may inform the compact's commission of completion of a background check.
Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2022

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for purposes of the low-income housing tax credit. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2022 2. Homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students qualified for purposes of the low-income housing tax credit (a) In General Clause (i) of section 42(i)(3)(D) (II) a full-time student who, during any portion of the 7-year period ending with the commencement of such individual's continuous occupation of any low-income unit or units, was an individual described in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2) (III) a full-time student who, during any portion of the 5-year period ending with the commencement of such individual's continuous occupation of any low-income unit or units, was an individual described in section 2002(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to determinations made before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2022 This bill extends eligibility for the low-income housing tax credit to homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students during a specified time period.
No Federal Funding for Teacher’s Unions Act

To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to a labor organization the members of which are education professionals. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Federal Funding for Teacher’s Unions Act 2. Prohibition on Federal funds for certain labor organizations (a) In general No Federal funds may be provided to a labor organization the members of which are education professionals. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Education professional The term education professional (2) ESEA terms The terms elementary school secondary school 20 U.S.C. 7801 (3) Institution of higher education The term institution of higher education 20 U.S.C. 1001 (4) Labor organization The term labor organization 29 U.S.C. 152(5)

Summary: No Federal Funding for Teacher's Unions Act This bill prohibits labor organizations of education professionals from receiving federal funds.
Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2022

To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to require the accounting principles standard setting body to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act, to require the head of such body to testify annually before Congress, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2022 2. Accounting principles standard setting body reforms (a) Administrative procedures for adoption of accounting principles Section 19(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77s(b) (3) Administrative procedures for adoption of accounting principles When adopting an accounting principle, the standard setting body described in paragraph (1) shall— (A) follow procedures that are as close as practicable to those requirements for a Federal agency issuing a rule under chapter 5 Administrative Procedure Act (B) carry out the cost benefit analysis described under section 6(a)(3)(C) of Executive Order 12866 for a significant regulatory action, to the extent the requirements for such analysis relate to the efficient functioning of the economy and private markets, and the cost of businesses complying with the action. . (b) Open meeting requirement Section 19(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77s(b) (4) Open meeting requirement The requirements under section 552b of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Government in the Sunshine Act . (c) Testimony by the head of the standard setting body Section 19(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77s(b) (5) Congressional testimony The head of each standard setting body described in paragraph (1) shall annually testify before the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. . (d) Report on implementation Not later than the end of the 3-month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in consultation with the standard setting body described under section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, shall issue a report to the Congress describing the steps taken by the standard setting body to implement the requirements in the amendments made by this section.

Summary: Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2022 This bill requires the standard-setting bodies of accounting principles to comply with provisions generally required of federal agencies, including those that apply to rulemaking procedures, cost benefit analysis of certain actions, and open meeting requirements. The standard-setting bodies must also testify annually before Congress.
To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States, which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States, which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. 1. Including stained glass panel depicting seal of District of Columbia in Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building The Librarian of Congress shall obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the panels depicting the seals of States, which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, concurrently with the renovation and replacement of the existing glass panels.

Summary: This bill requires the Librarian of Congress, concurrently with the planned renovation and replacement of existing glass panels, to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the panels depicting the seals of states that overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.
SNAP Theft Protection Act of 2022

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide for the reissuance to households supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to replace benefits stolen by identity theft or typical skimming practices, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SNAP Theft Protection Act of 2022 2. Amendments Section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016 (1) in subsection (e) by inserting or from the reissuance of benefits stolen by identity theft or typical skimming practices, mail (2) in subsection (h)(7)— (A) by striking Regulations (A) Replacement of benefits Regulations , and (B) by adding at end the following: (B) Reissuance of stolen benefits (i) Issuance of regulations Secretary shall issue regulations— (I) to establish criteria for State agencies to identify supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits stolen by identity theft or typical skimming practices; and (II) to provide for the reissuance to households of benefits stolen by identity theft, or typical skimming practices, that meet such criteria. (ii) Status report Not later than 240 days after the Secretary issues regulations under clause (i), the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the status of benefits reissued under such regulations that includes— (I) a detailed description of the prevalence of stolen benefits for which benefits are reissued under such regulations; (II) an examination of current barriers, feasibility, and impact on participant access and ease of use in developing an electronic benefit transfer card that contains innovative technologies such as an embedded microchip along with the traditional magnetic stripe; and (III) such other information as by the Secretary considers to be appropriate. (iii) Stolen benefit reissuance report Not later than 120 days after end of each fiscal year that begins after the Secretary issues regulations under clause (i), the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report for such fiscal year with respect to each State that includes the aggregate value of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits reissued under such regulations and the number of households to which such benefits were reissued. (iv) Evaluation To maximize the accessibility and security of electronic benefit transfer cards, the Secretary shall periodically review and modify such regulations to take into account evolving technology and the threat landscape to better protect against benefit theft. .

Summary: SNAP Theft Protection Act of 2022 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish criteria for state agencies to identify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits stolen by identity theft or typical skimming practices and provide for the reissuance of stolen SNAP benefits to households that meet such criteria. USDA must periodically review and modify its regulations to take into account evolving technology and the threat landscape to better protect against theft.
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on national forest volunteers, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on national forest volunteers, and for other purposes. 1. Study and report on National Forest volunteers (a) Study The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall conduct a study on, with respect to each National Forest— (1) during the 10-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this section, the amount of volunteer hours served at each such National Forest; (2) the deferred maintenance backlog of each such National Forest; (3) whether volunteers could carry out any projects under each such deferred maintenance backlog; and (4) any barriers to increasing volunteer participation. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to Congress that includes the results of the study required under subsection (a). (c) Volunteer defined In this section, the term volunteer (1) means an individual who volunteers at a National Forest, including through an agreement between a local government and the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) does not include, with respect to activities carried out on National Forest System land— (A) an individual who is compensated with respect to such activities; or (B) an individual who carries out such activities pursuant to participation in— (i) the Youth Conservation Corps established under title I of Public Law 91–378 16 U.S.C. 1701 (ii) the Public Lands Corps established under title II of Public law 91–378 ( 16 U.S.C. 1721 (iii) a Job Corps program established under subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3191 (iv) AmeriCorps.

Summary: This bill directs the Forest Service to report on, with respect to each National Forest the amount of volunteer hours served, the deferred maintenance backlog, whether volunteers could carry out any projects under the deferred maintenance backlog, and any barriers to increasing volunteer participation.
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.

To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. 1. Termination of Application of Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to the Products of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan (a) Presidential Determinations and Extensions of Nondiscriminatory Treatment Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq. (1) determine that such title should no longer apply to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, or Tajikistan; and (2) after making a determination under paragraph (1) with respect to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, or Tajikistan, proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of that country. (b) Termination of Application of Title IV On and after the date on which the President proclaims the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, or Tajikistan, title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to the country to which such extension pertains.

Summary: This bill authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (i.e., normal trade relations treatment) to products of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the "Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building 1. Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, shall be known and designated as the Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the "Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building."