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State and Local General Sales Tax Protection Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the use of certain taxes and revenues. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State and Local General Sales Tax Protection Act 2. Use of revenues (a) Written assurances on use of revenue Section 47107(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking local taxes local excise taxes (2) in paragraph (3) by striking State tax State excise tax (3) by adding at the end the following: (4) This subsection does not apply to State or local general sales taxes nor to State or local generally applicable sales taxes. . (b) Restriction on use of revenues Section 47133 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking Local taxes Local excise taxes (2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking local taxes local excise taxes (3) in subsection (c) by striking State tax State excise tax (4) by adding at the end the following: (d) Limitation on applicability This subsection does not apply to— (1) State or local general sales taxes; or (2) State or local generally applicable sales taxes. .

Summary: State and Local General Sales Tax Protection Act This bill specifies that certain requirements for aviation fuel tax revenue are limited to excise taxes on aviation fuel. Current law requires that an Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant recipient provide assurances that the proceeds from state and local taxes on aviation fuel will be used for the capital or operating costs of the airport or local airport system. Under current Federal Aviation Administration policy, this requirement applies to any tax on aviation fuel, regardless of whether the tax is imposed only on aviation fuel or is imposed on other products as well as aviation fuel. This bill specifies that the AIP grant requirements apply only to state and local excise taxes on aviation fuel. The requirements do not apply to (1) state or local general sales taxes, or (2) state or local generally applicable sales taxes.
Aviation Empowerment Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, to add definitions for the terms common carrier personal operator 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aviation Empowerment Act 2. Definitions Section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (48) common carrier (A) holding out of a willingness to; (B) transport persons or property; (C) from place to place; (D) for compensation; and (E) without refusal unless authorized by law. In applying subparagraph (D), the term compensation (49) personal operator . 3. Regulations Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue or revise regulations to comply with this Act and to ensure the following: (1) That a person who holds a pilot certificate may communicate with the public, in any manner the person determines appropriate, to facilitate an aircraft flight for which the pilot and passengers share aircraft operating expenses in accordance with section 61.113(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation) and that such flight-sharing operations under section 61.113(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation) shall not be deemed a common carrier, as defined in paragraph (48) of section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code, or a commercial operation requiring a certificate under part 119 or 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation). (2) That a personal operator, as defined in paragraph (49) of section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code, as added by section 2, operating under part 91 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation) shall not be subject to the requirements set forth in part 121, 125, or 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).

Summary: Aviation Empowerment Act This bill modifies regulations for pilots within the general aviation sector, including private pilots who wish to share certain expenses or receive compensation for specified flights (e.g., flight sharing). Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue regulations authorizing a pilot who wants to share aircraft operating expenses to communicate with the public in any manner the pilot deems appropriate (e.g., through the internet) regarding an aircraft flight; and a personal operator (a private pilot certificate holder who flies an aircraft with eight or fewer seats) to receive compensation for flying persons or property, and not be subject to certain common carrier or commercial airliner regulations. It also sets forth definitions for the terms common carrier and personal operator as they relate to the aviation industry.
Expedite Veteran Appeals Act of 2023

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make a permanent increase in the number of judges presiding over the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expedite Veteran Appeals Act of 2023 2. Permanent increase in number of judges presiding over Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Section 7253(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking seven nine

Summary: Expedite Veteran Appeals Act of 2023 This bill increases the maximum possible number of judges presiding over the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to nine judges.
Merchant Category Code Neutrality Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit audits based on Merchant Category Codes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Merchant Category Code Neutrality Act 2. Prohibition on audits based on merchant category codes Section 7602 (g) Prohibition of audits based on merchant category codes (1) In general The Secretary shall not take any action described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) based primarily on the Merchant Category Codes, or other similar codes, used to classify the goods or services provided or furnished by the business of the respective taxpayer. (2) Annual report For each taxable year, the Secretary shall issue a public report providing a tally of each Merchant Category Code for any action described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) initiated in such year. (3) Merchant Category Code The term Merchant Category Code .

Summary: Merchant Category Code Neutrality Act This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from auditing a taxpayer based primarily on the Merchant Category Codes, or other similar codes, used to classify the goods or services provided by the taxpayer's business. The bill defines Merchant Category Code to mean classification codes assigned by payment card organizations to merchants or payees that accept their payment cards to classify the goods or services provided or furnished by a merchant or payee.
Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act

To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act 2. Prohibition on sales of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Energy shall not draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve— (1) to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party; or (2) except on the condition that such petroleum products will not be exported to the People’s Republic of China.

Summary: Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act This bill prohibits the sale and export of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from selling petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the SPR to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party. Further, DOE must require as a condition of any sale of crude oil from the SPR that the oil not be exported to China.
SAFE Act of 2023

To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to improve the prevention of the spread of animal diseases, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe American Food Exports Act of 2023 SAFE Act of 2023 2. Engagement with key export markets (a) In general Section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8304 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Engagement with key export markets (1) In general The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, in coordination with the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, may preemptively negotiate, to the extent practicable, regionalization agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats with the governments of countries with key export markets for any animal, article, or associated means of conveyance from the United States. (2) Research A negotiation carried out under paragraph (1) is encouraged to take into account accepted global research advances. . (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this section— (1) limits the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to negotiate trade agreements; or (2) requires the Secretary of Agriculture to condition other trade agreements on the inclusion of language relating to regionalization as described in subsection (d)(1) of section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 3804 3. Export library administration The Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate a regulation to require that, in the case of any language removed from the Import and Export Library of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall directly notify each State department of agriculture, each lead State agency for animal disease, and any entity that petitioned for the inclusion of that language of such removal not later than 3 days after such removal.

Summary: Safe American Food Exports Act of 2023 or the SAFE Act of 2023 This bill allows the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to preemptively negotiate regional export ban agreements for known animal disease threats that apply only to areas affected by animal disease outbreaks. These agreements enable the continuation of exports from areas not affected by an outbreak. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the Foreign Agricultural Service may negotiate the regionalization agreements with countries that have key export markets for any animal or article from the United States. In addition, USDA must promulgate a regulation requiring that, within three days of removing any language from the FSIS Import and Export Library, FSIS notify each state department of agriculture, each lead agency for animal disease, and any entity that petitioned for the inclusion of that language. (The FSIS library provides country and product specific information for (1) meat and poultry exports, and (2) products eligible for import to the United States.)
Ending Normal Trade Relations with China Act of 2023

To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from products of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Normal Trade Relations with China Act of 2023 2. Withdrawal of normal trade relations treatment from the People’s Republic of China Notwithstanding title I of Public Law 106–286 (1) normal trade relations treatment shall not apply pursuant to section 101 of that Act to the products of the People’s Republic of China; (2) normal trade relations treatment may not thereafter be extended to the products of the People's Republic of China under the provisions of chapter 1 of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq. (3) the rates of duty set forth in column 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States shall apply to all products of the People’s Republic of China; and (4) the President may proclaim increases in the rates of duty applicable to products of the People’s Republic of China to rates that are higher than the rates described in paragraph (3).

Summary: Ending Normal Trade Relations with China Act of 2023 This bill withdraws normal trade relations treatment (i.e., nondiscriminatory treatment) from China. Further, the bill (1) sets the applicable duty rates on U.S. imports from China as the rates listed in column 2 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, and (2) authorizes the President to further increase the applicable duty rates. These provisions become effective two years after the bill's enactment.
Tribal Firearm Access Act

To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Firearm Access Act 2. Allowing members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer (a) In general Section 922(t)(1)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting , or a valid identification document issued by a Tribal government (b) Definition Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: (38) The term Tribal government 25 U.S.C. 5131(a) . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Tribal Firearm Access Act This bill allows members of federally recognized Indian tribes to use their valid identification documents issued by tribal governments to obtain a firearm from a federally licensed dealer.
A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.

To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes. 1. Grand Ronde Reservation Act amendments Section 1(d) of Public Law 100–425 Grand Ronde Reservation Act (1) in paragraph (1), by striking lands within the State of Oregon the 84 acres known as the Thompson Strip (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Gaming prohibition Any real property obtained by the Tribes as part of a land claim settlement approved by the United States, including any real property purchased with funds granted as part of any land claim settlement, shall not be eligible, or used, for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. 25 U.S.C. 2703 . 2. Treaty rights of federally recognized Tribes Nothing in this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to enlarge, confirm, adjudicate, affect, or modify any treaty right of an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 November 27, 2023 Reported without amendment

Summary: This bill revises the land claims of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. In particular, the bill specifies that only the tribe's claims to the 84 acres of land known as the Thompson Strip, rather than the tribe's claims to any lands within Oregon, are extinguished. Additionally, the bill prohibits gaming on any real property obtained by the tribe as part of a land claim settlement approved by the United States, including any real property purchased with funds granted as part of any land claim settlement.
Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2023

To require the installation of secondary cockpit barriers on existing aircraft, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2023 2. Installation of secondary cockpit barriers on existing aircraft (a) In general Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue an order requiring installation of a secondary cockpit barrier on each covered aircraft. (b) Covered aircraft In this section, the term covered aircraft

Summary: Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2023 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order requiring installation of a secondary cockpit barrier on commercial passenger aircraft.
Innovation and Development in Ecuador Act of 2023

To make Ecuador eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Innovation and Development in Ecuador Act of 2023 2. Eligibility of Ecuador for designation as a beneficiary country under Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act Section 212(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2702(b) Dominica Ecuador .

Summary: Innovation and Development in Ecuador Act of 2023 This bill adds Ecuador to the list of countries eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. (Such a designation generally provides for duty-free entry of goods into the United States from the designated countries, although there are exclusions and limitations.)
A bill to require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

To require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 1. Presidential appointment of Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Chapter 4 of part I of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 401— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, National Security Agency, (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; National Security Agency; (2) in section 415— (A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, (B) in subsection (c), by striking the third and fourth sentences; and (C) in subsection (g)— (i) by striking paragraph (3); and (ii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); (3) in section 418, by striking or 421 421, or 425 (4) by adding at the end the following: 425. Special provisions concerning the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (a) In general The Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall have all of the authorities and responsibilities provided by this chapter— (1) with respect to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, as if the Bureau were part of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and (2) with respect to a Federal reserve bank without the permission of the Federal reserve bank. (b) Relationship to Department of Treasury The provisions of subsection (a) of section 412 of this title (other than the provisions of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (E) of subsection (a)(1) of section 412 of this title) shall apply to the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the same manner as such provisions apply to the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively. .

Summary: This bill requires the inspector general of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The inspector general shall also have authority over the Federal Reserve banks. Under current law, this appointment is made by the chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
A bill to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater".

To designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the Rick Boucher Amphitheater 1. Designation of the Rick Boucher Amphitheater (a) Designation The outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center, located at 700 Foothills Road, Galax, Virginia, a facility within the Blue Ridge Parkway, which is a unit of the National Park System, shall be known and designated as the Rick Boucher Amphitheater (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the outdoor amphitheater referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Rick Boucher Amphitheater July 11, 2023 Reported without amendment

Summary: This bill designates the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center, located at 700 Foothills Road in Galax, Virginia, as the Rick Boucher Amphitheater.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Extension Act

To amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Extension Act 2. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Section 6(g) of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act ( 16 U.S.C. 410y–4(g) 40 on September 30, 2034. December 20, 2023 Reported without amendment

Summary: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Extension Act This bill extends the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission through FY2034.
Family Farmer and Rancher Tax Fairness Act of 2023

To exclude from gross income certain assistance provided to farmers, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Farmer and Rancher Tax Fairness Act of 2023 2. Tax treatment of certain assistance to farmers, etc For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of any payment described in section 1006(e) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (as amended by section 22007 of Public Law 117–169 Public Law 117–169 (1) such payment shall not be included in the gross income of the person on whose behalf, or to whom, such payment is made, (2) no deduction shall be denied, no tax attribute shall be reduced, and no basis increase shall be denied, by reason of the exclusion from gross income provided by paragraph (1), and (3) in the case of a partnership or S corporation on whose behalf, or to whom, such a payment is made— (A) any amount excluded from income by reason of paragraph (1) shall be treated as tax exempt income for purposes of sections 705 and 1366 of such Code, and (B) except as provided by the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate), any increase in the adjusted basis of a partner’s interest in a partnership under section 705 of such Code with respect to any amount described in subparagraph (A) shall equal the partner’s distributive share of deductions resulting from interest that is part of such payment and the partner’s share, as determined under section 752 of such Code, of principal that is part of such payment.

Summary: Family Farmer and Rancher Tax Fairness Act of 2023 This bill excludes from the gross income of certain farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners who are at financial risk payments for debt relief and for remedying past discrimination against such individuals.