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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a deduction for attorney fees awarded with respect to certain wildfire damages and to exclude from gross income settlement funds received with respect to such damages.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a deduction for attorney fees awarded with respect to certain wildfire damages and to exclude from gross income settlement funds received with respect to such damages. 1. Above the line deduction for attorney fees relating to awards for property damage due to certain wildfires (a) In general Section 62(a) (22) Attorney fees and court costs relating to awards with respect to certain wildfires (A) In general Any deduction allowable under this chapter for attorney fees and court costs paid by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer in connection with any award with respect to a qualifying wildfire disaster. The preceding sentence shall not apply to any deduction in excess of the amount includible in the taxpayer's gross income for the taxable year on account of a judgment or settlement (whether by suit or agreement and whether as lump sum or periodic payments) resulting from such claim. (B) Qualifying wildfire disaster For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term qualifying wildfire disaster (i) is a federally declared disaster (as such term is defined in section 165(i)(5)(A)), (ii) occurs in a disaster area (as such term is defined in section 165(i)(5)(B)), and (iii) occurs in calendar year 2015 or later. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to attorney fees and court costs awarded after May 31, 2020. 2. Exclusion of certain wildfire settlement proceeds from gross income (a) In general Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 139J. Certain wildfire settlement proceeds (a) In general Gross income shall not include amounts paid by a qualified settlement fund established to compensate victims for losses or damages in connection with a qualifying wildfire disaster (as defined in section 62(a)(22)(B)). (b) Qualified settlement fund The term qualified settlement fund . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 139I the following new item: Sec. 139J. Wildfire settlement proceeds. . (c) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to amounts paid after May 31, 2020.

Summary: This bill allows a deduction from gross income (above the line deduction) for attorney fees and court costs awarded with respect to a qualifying wildfire disaster (i.e., any forest or range fire that is a federally declared disaster, occurs in a disaster area, and occurs in 2015 or later). The bill excludes from the gross income of a taxpayer, for income tax purposes, amounts paid to compensate victims for losses or damages in connection with a qualifying wildfire disaster.
Strategy to Secure Offshore Energy Act

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide deadlines for the development of five-year oil and gas leasing programs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strategy to Secure Offshore Energy Act 2. Publishing a five-year plan for offshore oil and gas leasing Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking subsections (c) and (d) of this section, shall prepare and periodically revise, this section, shall issue every five years (B) by adding at the end the following: (5) Each five-year program shall include at least two lease sales per year. ; and (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting domestic energy security, between (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as subsections (h) through (j), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: (f) Five-Year program for 2022 through 2027 The Secretary shall issue the five-year oil and gas leasing program for 2022 through 2027 by not later than June 30, 2022. (g) Subsequent leasing programs (1) In general Not later than 36 months after conducting the first lease sale under an oil and gas leasing program prepared pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall begin preparing the subsequent oil and gas leasing program under this section. (2) Requirement Each subsequent oil and gas leasing program under this section shall be approved by not later than 180 days before the expiration of the previous oil and gas leasing program. .

Summary: Strategy to Secure Offshore Energy Act This bill modifies requirements for the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, including by specifying that the program must be updated on a five-year basis and setting a minimum number of annual lease sales for the program.
Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act 2. Small Business Administration rulemaking costs to small business concerns (a) In general The Administrator shall ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a fiscal year is not greater than zero. (b) Report Not later than 60 days after the last day of a fiscal year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on any regulations issued by other Federal agencies that have an impact on small business concerns. Such report shall include rules issued during the fiscal year preceding and the fiscal year following the date of the report and such rules shall be disaggregated by the issuing Federal agency. (c) Small business regulatory budget defined In this section, the term small business regulatory budget 15 U.S.C. 632

Summary: Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act This bill requires the Small Business Administration to ensure that for each fiscal year the cost to small businesses of the administration's rulemaking (including the modification or repeal of a rule) is not greater than zero. The administration also must report on any regulations issued by other federal agencies that have an impact on small businesses.
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to support or facilitate the participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of Seven, and for other purposes.

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to support or facilitate the participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of Seven, and for other purposes. 1. Prohibition on Russian participation in the G7 (a) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to exclude the Russian Federation from the Group of Seven or reconstitute a Group of Eight that includes the Russian Federation. (b) Limitation Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to take any action to support or facilitate— (1) the participation of the Russian Federation in a Group of Seven proceeding; or (2) the reconstitution of a Group of Eight that includes the Russian Federation.

Summary: This bill prohibits using federal funds to support or facilitate (1) Russia's participation in a Group of Seven (G-7) proceeding, or (2) a reconstituted Group of Eight (G-8) that includes Russia. (The G-7 is an informal group consisting of seven of the world's largest advanced economies. In 2014, the G-8 became the G-7 when Russia 's membership was suspended following Russia's annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine.)
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 33 Coxe Avenue, in Asheville, North Carolina, as the "Dorothy Hansine Andersen Post Office".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 33 Coxe Avenue, in Asheville, North Carolina, as the Dorothy Hansine Andersen Post Office 1. Dorothy Hansine Andersen Post Office (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 33 Coxe Avenue, in Asheville, North Carolina, shall be known and designated as the Dorothy Hansine Andersen Post Office (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 Dorothy Hansine Andersen Post Office

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 33 Coxe Avenue, in Asheville, North Carolina, as the "Dorothy Hansine Andersen Post Office."
PAVA Inclusion Act

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to the voting accessibility protection and advocacy system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the system serving the American Indian consortium, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access Program Inclusion Act PAVA Inclusion Act 2. Authorizing payments to voting accessibility protection and advocacy systems serving the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the American Indian consortium (a) Recipients defined Section 291 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21061 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: (c) Eligible grant recipients (1) Definition of state For the purposes of this section, the term State 42 U.S.C. 15002 (2) American indian consortium eligible A system serving the American Indian consortium for which funds have been reserved under section 509(c)(1)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794e(c)(1)(B) . (b) Grant minimums for American Indian consortium Section 291(b) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21061(b) (1) by inserting (c)(1)(B), as set forth in subsections (2) by striking subsections (c)(3)(B) and (c)(4)(B) of that section shall be not less than $70,000 and $35,000, respectively. subsection (c)(3)(B) shall not be less than $70,000, and the amount of the grants to systems referred to in subsections (c)(1)(B) and (c)(4) shall not be less than $35,000. 3. Effective date The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect at the start of the first fiscal year starting after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access Program Inclusion Act or the PAVA Inclusion Act This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to distribute Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) program grants to the protection and advocacy systems of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the American Indian consortium.
Protecting Rural Renters Act of 2022

To encourage the timely use of funds provided under the emergency rental assistance programs administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Rural Renters Act of 2022 2. Reallocation of certain unused funds (a) Consolidated appropriations Act funds Section 501(d) of subtitle A of title V of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 9058a(d) (1) by inserting other than a grantee described in subsection (b)(1)(B)(i) by a grantee (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Secretary shall require that any amount of funds reallocated pursuant to this subsection from a grantee described in subsection (b)(1)(B)(i) to another eligible grantee after September 30, 2021, but that remain unobligated by such other eligible grantee as of the date of enactment of this sentence, shall be returned to the original grantee described in subsection (b)(1)(B)(i) promptly upon such date of enactment. (b) ARPA funds Section 3201(e) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 9058c(e) (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting other than grantees described in subsection (f)(1)(A) eligible grantees (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Return of certain reallocated funds The Secretary shall require that any amount of funds reallocated pursuant to this subsection from a grantee described in subsection (f)(1)(A) to another eligible grantee after March 31, 2022, but that remain unobligated by such other eligible grantee as of the date of enactment of this paragraph, shall be returned to the original grantee described in subsection (f)(1)(A) promptly upon such date of enactment. .

Summary: Protecting Rural Renters Act of 2022 This bill prevents the reallocation of unspent funding that states and territories received through the Emergency Rental Assistance program. This program provides funding to assist low-income households affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with covering unmet rent and utility expenses. Cities and counties with populations over 200,000 may elect to receive funding directly, while states and territories receive the funding to administer assistance in all other areas. Under current law, if a jurisdiction fails to spend a minimum portion of its funds by a statutory deadline, the Department of the Treasury must reallocate those funds among jurisdictions that spent more than a specified portion of their initial allocation. The bill prohibits Treasury from reallocating unspent funds received by states and territories and requires Treasury to return to a state or territory any funds previously reallocated.
Stablecoin Transparency Act

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

Summary: Stablecoin Transparency Act This bill requires a stablecoin issuer to hold all reserves associated with each fiat currency-backed stablecoin they issue in (1) certain government securities; (2) fully collateralized security repurchase agreements, and (3) U.S. dollars or other nondigital currency. A fiat currency-backed stablecoin is a digital asset backed by a nondigital currency and is redeemable on a one-to-one basis in that currency. Each stablecoin issuer must publish monthly on their website a report on the reserves held by the issuer that has been audited by a third party.
Keeping Israel Safe from Iranian Proxies Act

To require annual reports on the military capabilities of Iran-backed entities and the impact of lifted sanctions on such capabilities, prohibit the availability of Federal funds to such entities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping Israel Safe from Iranian Proxies Act 2. Report on Iranian terrorist proxies Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report that includes a detailed description of— (1) improvements to the military capabilities of Iran-backed entities, including Hamas, Lebanese Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Asa’ib ahl al-Haq, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Kata’ib al-Imam Ali, Kata’ib Hezbollah, the Badr Organization, the Fatemiyoun, the Zainabiyoun, and Ansar Allah (also known as the Houthis); and (2) the direct or indirect impacts that the imposition or revocation of unilateral United States economic sanctions on Iran may have on the military capabilities of entities described in paragraph (1). 3. Prohibition on transfer to Iranian terrorist proxies No Federal funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense may be made available, directly or indirectly, to any Iranian-backed entity listed in section 2(1).

Summary: Keeping Israel Safe from Iranian Proxies Act This bill prohibits the Department of Defense from making federal funds available to specified entities that are backed by Iran.
COVID-19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022

To extend the statute of limitations for fraud by borrowers under certain COVID–19 economic injury disaster loan programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COVID–19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022 2. Extension of statute of limitations for certain COVID–19 economic injury disaster loan programs (a) Certain economic injury disaster loans Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(b) (16) Statute of Limitations Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any criminal charge or civil enforcement action alleging that a borrower engaged in fraud with respect to a loan made under this subsection in response to COVID–19 during the covered period (as defined in section 1110(a) of the CARES Act) shall be filed not later than 10 years after the offense was committed. . (b) EIDL advances Section 1110(e) of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9009(e) (9) Statute of Limitations Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any criminal charge or civil enforcement action alleging that a borrower engaged in fraud with respect to the use of an advance received under this subsection shall be filed not later than 10 years after the offense was committed. . (c) Targeted EIDL advances Section 331 of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9009b (i) Statute of Limitations Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any criminal charge or civil enforcement action alleging that a borrower engaged in fraud with respect to the use of any amount received pursuant to this section shall be filed not later than 10 years after the offense was committed. . May 17, 2022 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: COVID-19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022 This bill establishes a 10-year statute of limitations for criminal charges and civil enforcement against a borrower who engages in fraud with respect to certain COVID-19 economic injury disaster loan programs.
To provide for congressional oversight of certain sanctions imposed with respect to the Russian Federation.

To provide for congressional oversight of certain sanctions imposed with respect to the Russian Federation. 1. Congressional oversight of certain sanctions imposed with respect to the Russian Federation (a) In general Not later than 60 days after receiving a request from the chairman and ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional committees with respect to whether a person, foreign person, or foreign financial institution, as the case may be, meets the criteria of a person described in a covered Executive order, the President shall— (1) determine if the person, foreign person, or foreign financial institution, as the case may be, meets such criteria; and (2) submit a classified or unclassified report to such chairman and ranking member with respect to such determination that includes a statement of whether or not the President imposed or intends to impose sanctions with respect to such person, foreign person, or foreign financial institution. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2) Covered Executive order The term covered Executive order (A) Executive Order 14024 (86 Fed. Reg. 20249; relating to blocking property with respect to specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation) or any directive issued pursuant to such Executive order; or (B) Executive Order 14039 (86 Fed. Reg. 47205; relating to blocking property with respect to certain Russian energy export pipelines) or any directive issued pursuant to such Executive order.

Summary: This bill requires the President to determine, within 60 days of receiving a request from Congress, whether a person (individual or entity) described in the request meets the criteria to be subject to sanctions imposed in two specified executive orders relating to Russia. The executive orders, dated April 19, 2021, and August 24, 2021, impose sanctions for certain activities including (1) efforts by Russia's government to undermine U.S. elections and democratic institutions, and (2) the construction of specified Russian energy pipelines. The determination must also state whether the President has imposed or intends to impose sanctions on any person described in such a request from Congress.
Diversifying Paths to Apprenticeships Act

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act relating to adult education, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Diversifying Paths to Apprenticeships Act 2. Amendments relating to adult education (a) Definitions Section 203 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3272 (1) by striking paragraphs (11) and (12) and inserting the following: (11) Integrated education and training The term integrated education and training (12) Integrated english literacy and civics education The term integrated English literacy and civics education (A) that enables such adults to locate and apply for registered apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship programs using apprenticeship.gov (or a successor website) or other resources; (B) which may include preparation for apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship programs, or the provision of information regarding where to acquire that preparation. ; and (2) by striking paragraph (17) and inserting the following: (17) Workforce preparation activities The term workforce preparation activities . (b) State leadership activities Section 223(a)(1)(C) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3303(a)(1)(C) (1) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows: (ii) the role of eligible providers as a one-stop partner to provide access to employment, education (including pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs), and training services; ; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (iv) Assistance in developing curricula for students to be able to locate and apply for registered apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship programs using apprenticeship.gov (or a successor website) or other resources. . (c) National leadership activities Section 242(c)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3332(c)(1) (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ; and (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) assistance in the development and dissemination of evidence-based models to learn how to locate and apply for registered apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship programs using apprenticeship.gov (or a successor website) or other resources. .

Summary: Diversifying Paths to Apprenticeships Act This bill incorporates preparation for apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship programs into the federal workforce development programs that provide adult education and English literacy and civics education.