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Return to Work Act

To require executive agencies to reinstate telework policies that were in place on December 31, 2019, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Return to Work Act 2. Reinstate prior remote work policies (a) In general Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each executive agency shall reinstate the telework policies in use by such executive agency on December 31, 2019. (b) Rule of construction Beginning on the date on which the head of an executive agency reinstates the telework policies in use by such executive agency on December 31, 2019, the reinstated telework policy of such executive agency shall apply in place of any telework provision of a teleworking, collective bargaining, or other employment agreement of such executive agency to the extent that such telework provision conflicts with, or applies a different telework policy than, the reinstated telework policy of such executive agency. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Executive agency The term executive agency (2) Reinstated telework policy The term reinstated telework policy (3) Telework The term telework

Summary: Return to Work Act This bill requires the head of each executive agency to reinstate the telework policies in use by that agency on December 31, 2019.
HUNTER Act of 2022

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to purchase, or support the purchase of, drug paraphernalia. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Halting the Use of Narcotics Through Effective Recovery Act of 2022 HUNTER Act of 2022 2. Prohibition against use of Federal funds for drug paraphernalia (a) In general No Federal funds, including funds appropriated by section 2706 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( 42 U.S.C. 290dd–3 (b) Definition In this section, the term drug paraphernalia (1) has the definition given to that term in section 863 of title 18, United States Code; and (2) includes, to the extent covered by such definition, crack pipes, harm reduction vending machines, syringes, and safe smoking kits and supplies.

Summary: Halting the Use of Narcotics Through Effective Recovery Act of 2022 or the HUNTER Act of 2022 This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to purchase (or support the purchase of) pipes, syringes, or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inject, or otherwise introduce into the body any controlled substance unlawfully. This includes funds made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for overdose prevention, syringe services, and other harm reduction programs.
Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act

To amend the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 to advance equality for Wabanaki nations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act 2. Application of certain laws (a) Application of State Laws The Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 ( Public Law 96–420 (1) in section 3— (A) in subsection (m), by striking and (B) in subsection (n), by striking the period and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (o) Mi’kmaq Nation ; and (2) in section 6— (A) in subsection (a), by striking provided in section 8(e) and section 5(d)(4) otherwise provided in this Act (B) in subsection (h)— (i) by striking Except as other wise provided in this Act, the The (ii) by inserting or enacted for the benefit of Indians, Indian nations (iii) by inserting that is in effect as of the date of the enactment of the Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act, (2) United States (1) (iv) by striking also (2) also (3) (v) by inserting , unless Federal law or the State laws of Maine provide for the application of such Federal law or regulation (b) Implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act Section 8 of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 ( Public Law 96–420 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking or Passamaquoddy Tribe (B) by inserting , the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, or the Mi’kmaq Nation Penobscot Nation (C) in the second sentence, by striking respective tribe or nation respective tribe, nation, or band (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking or Passamaquoddy Tribe (B) by inserting , the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, or the Mi’kmaq Nation Penobscot Nation (3) by striking subsection (e); (4) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e); and (5) in subsection (e), as so redesignated— (A) by striking or Passamaquoddy Tribe (B) by inserting , the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, or the Mi’kmaq Nation Penobscot Nation (C) by striking or nation , nation, or band (c) Construction Section 16 of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 ( Public Law 96–420 (1) by striking (a) (2) by striking subsection (b). (d) Amendment to the Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act The Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act ( Public Law 102–171 December 7, 2022 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act This bill allows the Wabanaki Nations in Maine to access future federal laws that are passed by Congress for the benefit of Indian tribes. Four Indian tribes (Maliseet, Micmac, Penobscot, and Passamaquoddy) make up the Wabanaki Nations. Currently, these tribes are unable to access certain federal laws and related benefits because such laws are preempted by the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980.
Student Loan Relief Act

To direct the Secretary of Education to cancel or repay up to $25,000 in Federal student loans for each borrower. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Loan Relief Act 2. Writing down balances for Federal student loan borrowers (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall cancel or repay an amount on the outstanding balance due (including the unpaid principal amount, any accrued interest, and any fees or charges) on the Federal student loans of a borrower that is equal to the lesser of— (1) $25,000; or (2) the total outstanding balance due on such loans of the borrower. (b) Application Unless otherwise requested by the borrower in writing, a cancellation or repayment under subsection (a) shall be applied— (1) in the case of a borrower whose loans have different applicable rates of interest, first toward the outstanding balance due on the loan with the highest applicable rate of interest among such loans; and (2) in the case of a borrower of loans that have the same applicable rates of interest, first toward the outstanding balance of principal due on the loan with the highest principal balance among such loans. (c) Data To implement Contractors of the Secretary, and holders of Federal student loans, shall report, to the satisfaction of the Secretary the information necessary to carry out this section. (d) Taxation For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of any cancellation or repayment of indebtedness under this subsection with respect to any borrower: (1) Exclusion from gross income No amount shall be included in the gross income of such borrower by reason of such cancellation or repayment. (2) Waiver of information reporting requirements Amounts excluded from gross income under paragraph (1) shall not be required to be reported (and shall not be taken into account in determining whether any reporting requirement applies) under chapter 61 of such Code. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) Federal student loan The term Federal student loan (A) made under part B, part D, or part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq. (B) made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of the such title ( 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq. (2) Secretary The term Secretary

Summary: Student Loan Relief Act This bill requires the Department of Education to cancel or repay up to $25,000 in outstanding student loan debt for each borrower. Further, the bill outlines the method of loan discharge and, for tax purposes, excludes loan cancellation or repayment from a borrower's gross income.
Improving Mental Health in Schools Act

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include certain mental health professionals as specialized instructional support personnel. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Mental Health in Schools Act 2. Specialized instructional support personnel Section 8101(47)(A)(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801(47)(A)(i) and school psychologists school psychologists, and other qualified mental health professionals involved in providing mental health services for students, including marriage and family therapists, licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed clinical social workers, and clinical psychologists (including individuals completing supervised postgraduate hours required to become a marriage and family therapist, licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed clinical social worker, or clinical psychologist)

Summary: Improving Mental Health in Schools Act This bill includes certain mental health professionals as specialized instructional support personnel for purposes of elementary and secondary education. Specifically, the bill revises the definition of specialized instructional support personnel in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include qualified mental health professionals involved in providing mental health services for students. These professionals include, among others, marriage and family therapists, licensed clinical social workers, and clinical psychologists.
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to submit to Congress a report on barriers, including regulatory inefficiencies, to domestic manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, finished drug products, and devices, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to submit to Congress a report on barriers, including regulatory inefficiencies, to domestic manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, finished drug products, and devices, and for other purposes. 1. Report and recommendation on barriers to domestic manufacturing of medical products (a) Report to Congress Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”), acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall submit to Congress a report on barriers, including regulatory inefficiencies, to domestic manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, finished drug products, and devices that are— (1) imported from outside of the United States; and (2) critical to the public health during a public health emergency declared by the Secretary under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d (b) Content Such report shall— (1) identify factors that limit the manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, finished drug products, and devices described in subsection (a); and (2) recommend specific strategies to overcome the challenges identified under paragraph (1). (c) Implementation The Secretary may, to the extent appropriate, implement the strategies recommended under subsection (b)(2). (d) Definition In this section, the term active pharmaceutical ingredient 21 U.S.C. 379j–41

Summary: This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to report to Congress on barriers to the domestic manufacturing of imported active pharmaceutical ingredients, finished drug products, and devices that are critical to public health. The report must recommend strategies to overcome such barriers. The FDA may, to the extent appropriate, implement the strategies.
Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of 2022

To prohibition Federal spending on funding research in China, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of 2022 2. Prohibition on funding research in China The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or any other Federal agency may not directly or indirectly conduct or support, through grants, subgrants, contracts, cooperative agreements or other funding vehicles, research that will be conducted by— (1) the Government of the People’s Republic of China or any agent or instrumentality of the Government of the People’s Republic of China or any entity owned by or controlled by the People’s Republic of China; or (2) the Chinese Communist Party or any agent or instrumentality of Chinese Communist Party or any entity owned by or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.

Summary: Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of 2022 This bill prohibits federal agencies from conducting or supporting, either directly or indirectly, research that will be conducted by China's government, the Chinese Communist Party, or any agent, instrumentality, or entity belonging to or controlled by either entity.
CEASE Overdose Act of 2022

To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuous and Enduring Action to Stop Every Overdose Act of 2022 CEASE Overdose Act of 2022 2. Class scheduling of fentanyl-related substances Section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 812(c) (e) (1) Unless specifically exempted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of a fentanyl-related substance, or which contains the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers of a fentanyl-related substance whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation. (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), except as provided in paragraph (3), the term fentanyl-related substance (A) By replacement of the phenyl portion of the phenethyl group by any monocycle, whether or not further substituted in or on the monocycle. (B) By substitution in or on the phenethyl group with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. (C) By substitution in or on the piperidine ring with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, ester, ether, hydroxyl, halo, haloalkyl, amino, or nitro groups. (D) By replacement of the aniline ring with any aromatic monocycle whether or not further substituted in or on the aromatic monocycle. (E) By replacement of the N–propionyl group with another acyl group. (3) A substance that satisfies the definition of the term fentanyl-related substance (A) is controlled by action of the Attorney General under section 201; or (B) is otherwise expressly listed in a schedule other than this schedule. .

Summary: Continuous and Enduring Action to Stop Every Overdose Act of 2022 or the CEASE Overdose Act of 2022 This bill places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2022

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to remove certain limitations with respect to commodity assistance for school breakfast programs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2022 2. Commodity assistance for school breakfast programs (a) Delivery of commodities Section 6(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1755(b) and the school breakfast program school lunch program (b) Commodity assistance formula Section 6(c)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1755(c)(1) (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by inserting for the school lunch program 11 cents (B) by inserting The national average value of donated foods, or cash payments in lieu thereof, shall be 6 cents for the school breakfast program, adjusted on the first July 1 after the date of enactment of the Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2022 Institutions. (2) in subparagraph (C)— (A) by striking For each school year (i) For each school year (B) by striking State for State— (I) for ; (C) by striking subparagraph (B). subparagraph (B); and (II) for the school breakfast program shall be calculated by multiplying the number of breakfasts served in the preceding school year by the rate established by subparagraph (B). ; (D) by striking After the end (ii) After the end ; (E) by striking shall reconcile the shall reconcile— (I) the ; and (F) by striking such reconciliation. such reconciliation; and (II) the number of breakfasts served by schools in each State with the number of breakfasts served by schools in each State during the preceding school year and increase or reduce subsequent commodity assistance or cash in lieu thereof provided to each State based on such reconciliation. ; and (3) in subparagraph (E), by inserting and school breakfast program school lunch program (c) Repeal of limitation on commodity assistance for school breakfast Section 6 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1755 (1) by striking subsection (d); and (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.

Summary: Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2022 This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide additional food (known as commodity assistance) to states participating in the School Breakfast Program (SBP). Under current law, USDA provides commodity assistance to states participating in the National School Lunch Program based on the number of lunches served. The food may also be served as part of the SBP or other child nutrition programs. Specifically, the bill (1) repeals a provision that prohibits USDA from offering commodity assistance based on the number of school breakfasts served, and (2) requires USDA to use a specified formula to provide additional commodity assistance for each school breakfast served.
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 and the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to provide assistance to non-Federal interests for water-related environmental infrastructure projects in northern and southern West Virginia, and for other purposes.

To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 and the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to provide assistance to non-Federal interests for water-related environmental infrastructure projects in northern and southern West Virginia, and for other purposes. 1. Southern West Virginia environmental restoration infrastructure and resource protection development pilot program Section 340(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4856) is amended by inserting Gilmer, Mason, Putnam, Kanawha, Jackson, Roane, Clay, Wirt, Calhoun, Braxton, Pendleton, Raleigh 2. Northern West Virginia Section 571 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 371) is amended— (1) in the section heading by striking central northern (2) by striking central northern (3) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: (a) Definition of northern West Virginia In this section, the term northern West Virginia .

Summary: This bill provides for furnishing assistance to nonfederal interests for water-related, environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in northern and southern West Virginia. The bill includes Gilmer, Mason, Putnam, Kanawha, Jackson, Roane, Clay, Wirt, Calhoun, Braxton, and Pendleton counties in central West Virginia as part of the Southern West Virginia Environmental Restoration Infrastructure and Resource Protection Development Pilot Program. The bill redesignates the area of the pilot program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in central West Virginia to that of northern West Virginia. The bill replaces the definition of the counties comprising central West Virginia with a definition of the counties comprising northern West Virginia.
To authorize the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes. 1. Authorization of Thomas Paine commemorative work (a) In general The Thomas Paine Memorial Association may establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor the United States patriot, Thomas Paine. (b) Compliance with standards for commemorative works The establishment of the commemorative work under this section shall be in accordance with chapter 89 Commemorative Works Act (c) Prohibition on the use of Federal funds Federal funds may not be used to pay any expense of the establishment of the commemorative work under this section. (d) Deposit of excess funds (1) In general If upon payment of all expenses for the establishment of the commemorative work (including the maintenance and preservation amount required by section 8906(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code), there remains a balance of funds received for such establishment, the Thomas Paine Memorial Association shall transmit the amount of the balance to the Secretary of the Interior for deposit in the account provided for in section 8906(b)(3) of title 40, United States Code. (2) On expiration of authority If upon expiration of the authority for the commemorative work under section 8903(e) of title 40, United States Code, there remains a balance of funds received for the establishment of the commemorative work, the Thomas Paine Memorial Association shall transmit the amount of the balance to a separate account with the National Park Foundation for memorials, to be available to the Secretary of the Interior or the Administrator of General Services (as appropriate) following the process provided in section 8906(b)(4) of title 40, United States Code, for accounts established under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 8906(b) of title 40, United States Code. December 30, 2022 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: This bill authorizes the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia in honor of the philosopher and patriot, Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine is best known for writing Common Sense, a pamphlet that helped to inspire the Revolutionary War. The establishment of the commemorative work shall be in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act. Federal funds may not be used to pay any expense to establish the commemorative work.