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The Real Emergencies Act

To clarify the authority of the President to declare certain national emergencies under the National Emergencies Act, certain major disasters or emergencies under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, or public health emergencies under the Public Health Service Act on the premise of climate change, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The Real Emergencies Act 2. Clarification of executive authority to declaration of national emergency, major disaster, emergency, and public health emergency (a) National emergency The President may not declare a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (b) Major disaster; emergency The President may not declare an emergency or major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (c) Public health emergency The President may not declare a public health emergency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d (d) Savings clause Nothing in this Act shall be construed to imply the authority of the President before the date of enactment of this Act to declare a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. 42 U.S.C. 247d

Summary: The Real Emergencies Act This bill denies the President authority to declare a national emergency, an emergency or major disaster, or a public health emergency on the premise of climate change.
Reducing Helicopter Noise in the District of Columbia Act

To direct the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, to amend certain regulations to require all helicopters and rotorcraft to fly at the maximum altitude permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing Helicopter Noise in the District of Columbia Act 2. Helicopter noise reduction (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall amend such regulations as are necessary to require all helicopters and rotorcraft in the District of Columbia to fly at the maximum altitude permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration in the District of Columbia. (b) Exceptions In amending regulations under subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation shall exempt the following activities: (1) Ensuring the safe operation of the helicopter or rotorcraft and any other aircraft. (2) Transporting the President or Vice President. (3) Protecting the health of a patient in a medical helicopter or rotorcraft. (4) Taking off or landing a helicopter or rotorcraft. (5) During an active law enforcement or rescue operation.

Summary: Reducing Helicopter Noise in the District of Columbia Act This bill requires helicopters and other rotorcraft in the District of Columbia to fly at the maximum altitude permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration unless an exception applies. The exceptions specified in the bill allow for lower altitude flights if necessary to ensure aviation safety, transport the President or Vice President, protect patients in medical-related flights, take off or land, or engage in active law enforcement or rescue operations.
Restaurant Revitalization Fund Fairness Act

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to award Restaurant Revitalization Grants to certain eligible applicants, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Fairness Act 2. Restaurant Revitalization Grants for certain eligible applicants (a) In general The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall, in accordance with section 5003(c) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 9009c(c) (b) Review The Administrator shall review and process applications from eligible applicants in the order in which they were originally received. (c) Repeal (1) In general Paragraph (3) of section 5003(c) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 9009c(c)(3) (2) Conforming amendment Section 5003(c)(1) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 9009c(c)(1) and paragraph (3) (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator The term Administrator (2) Covered period; eligible entity The terms covered period eligible entity 15 U.S.C. 9009c(a) (3) Eligible applicant The term eligible applicant 15 U.S.C. 9009c(c) (e) Appropriation; offset (1) In general There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, $43,658,300,559, to remain available until expended, for the Administrator to carry out this section. (2) Offset Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, there are hereby rescinded $43,658,300,559, to be derived, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, from the unobligated amounts available under the following: (A) The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–123 (B) The Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( Public Law 116–127 (C) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 (D) The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ( Public Law 116–139 (E) Divisions M and N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 (F) The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–2

Summary: Restaurant Revitalization Fund Fairness Act This bill requires the Small Business Administration to award restaurant revitalization grants to eligible entities that applied for, but did not receive, a grant during the specified covered time period.
SEC Economic Analysis Modernization Act

To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to update the Commissions’ guidance on economic analysis in rulemakings, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SEC Economic Analysis Modernization Act 2. Guidance on economic analysis for SEC rulemakings (a) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall update the Commission’s guidance on economic analysis in rulemakings. (b) Availability of update Upon the completion of each update required under subsection (a), the Commission shall make such update available to the public, including on the website of the Commission, along with a summary and justification of any changes made by the update.

Summary: SEC Economic Analysis Modernization Act This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to periodically update its guidance on the use of economic analysis in rulemakings and to make such updates publicly available.
Ostracize China Act of 2022

To direct certain financial regulators to exclude representatives of the People’s Republic of China from certain banking organizations upon notice of certain threats or danger, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ostracize China Act of 2022 2. Exclusion of representatives of the People’s Republic of China from certain banking organizations upon notice of certain threats or danger (a) In general Not later than 10 days after the date that the President, pursuant to section 3(c) of the Taiwan Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 3302(c) (1) The Group of Twenty. (2) The Bank for International Settlements. (3) The Financial Stability Board. (4) The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. (5) The International Association of Insurance Supervisors. (6) The International Organization of Securities Commissions. (b) Waiver The President may waive the application of subsection (a) upon submission of a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate— (1) that such waiver is in the national interest of the United States; and (2) that contains an explanation of the reasons therefor. (c) Sunset This Act and the requirements of this Act shall have no force or effect on the date that is the earlier of— (1) 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; or (2) 30 days after the date on which the President notifies Congress that the termination of this Act is in the national interest of the United States.

Summary: Ostracize China Act of 2022 This bill requires certain actions if the President informs Congress about actions by China that result in (1) threats to Taiwan's security or social or economic system, and (2) any danger to U.S. interests. Specifically, after the President informs Congress, various federal agencies must take all necessary steps to exclude China's representatives from the activities of specified international organizations, including the Group of 20, the Financial Stability Board, and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The President may waive these requirements if doing so is in the national interest of the United States.
Immigration Enforcement Partnership Act of 2022

To authorize States to request that the Secretary of Homeland Security enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Immigration Enforcement Partnership Act of 2022 2. Authorizing States to request the enforcement of the immigration laws (a) Request To fulfill duties If a State attorney general finds that the Secretary of Homeland Security is not adequately fulfilling his non-discretionary duties under title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq. (b) Requirement To fulfill duties Not later than 30 days after receiving a request under subsection (a), the Secretary shall either— (1) ensure that any such duties are adequately fulfilled by officers and employees of the Department of Homeland Security; or (2) exercise his authority under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1357 (c) Civil action If the Secretary does not comply with subsection (b), the State attorney general may file a civil action in an appropriate district court of the United States to enforce the requirements under such subsection. The court shall advance on the docket and expedite the disposition of a civil action filed under this subsection to the greatest extent practicable.

Summary: Immigration Enforcement Partnership Act of 2022 This bill authorizes an office of a state attorney general to request in writing that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) adequately fulfill certain duties related to immigration enforcement. Within 30 days of receiving such a request, DHS must (1) ensure that such duties are adequately fulfilled by DHS officers and employees, or (2) authorize that state's officials to fulfill such duties. The office of a state attorney general may sue DHS for failure to meet this bill's requirements.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Oak Avenue in Seminole, Oklahoma, as the "Sergeant Bret D. Isenhower Memorial Post Office Building".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Oak Avenue in Seminole, Oklahoma, as the Sergeant Bret D. Isenhower Memorial Post Office Building 1. Sergeant Bret D. Isenhower Memorial Post Office Building (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Oak Avenue in Seminole, Oklahoma, shall be known and designated as the Sergeant Bret D. Isenhower Memorial 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 Sergeant Bret D. Isenhower Memorial Post Office Building

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Oak Avenue in Seminole, Oklahoma, as the "Sergeant Bret D. Isenhower Memorial Post Office Building."
Justice for Americans Act of 2022

To eliminate Federal regulatory crimes, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justice for Americans Act of 2022 2. Elimination of Federal regulatory crimes Notwithstanding any other law, an individual may not be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for violating a rule made by a Federal agency, department, or nonlegislative entity, unless a law providing for incarceration for such specific violation is considered and passed by both Houses of Congress and signed into law by the President. 3. Recording of law enforcement interviews (a) Requirement Federal law enforcement officers shall record, using an electronic audio or video technology, or both, each custodial and non-custodial interview. (b) Definition In this section, the term Federal law enforcement officer 4. Repeal of authority to issue national security letters The following provisions of law are repealed: (1) Section 2709 of title 18, United States Code. (2) Section 1114(a)(5) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 ( 12 U.S.C. 3414(a)(5) (3) Sections 626 and 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u and 1681v). (4) Section 802 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3162

Summary: Justice for Americans Act of 2022 This bill generally prohibits sentencing an individual to a term of imprisonment for violating a rule made by a federal agency, department, or nonlegislative entity. It also (1) requires federal law enforcement officers to record each interview, and (2) repeals authorizations for issuing national security letters.
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require CMI testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers and certain other providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology, and for other purposes.

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require CMI testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers and certain other providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology, and for other purposes. 1. Requiring CMI testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers and certain other providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology (a) In general Section 1115A(b)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1315a(b)(2) (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting , except that the models selected under this subparagraph shall include the models described in subparagraph (B)(xxv) (with policy decisions regarding the scale of funding, number of behavioral health provider participants, and the length of the demonstration program to be determined by the Secretary) subparagraph (B) (2) in subparagraph (B)(xxv), by striking to improve quality and coordination and implementing interoperability projects provisions to improve the integration, quality, and coordination pursuant to Section 4003 of the 21st Century Cures Act (3) by adding at the end the following flush left matter: Behavioral health providers participating in models authorized under clause (xxv) shall not be eligible for health information technology incentive payments unless these providers demonstrate (through a process specified by the Secretary (such as the use of attestation)) that they have acquired health information systems that meet the 2015 Office of the National Coordinator certification standards and that such systems are fully compliant with regulations specified in the Interoperability and Patient Access Rule (42 C.F.R. 485; 45 C.F.R. 156). . (b) Behavioral IT standards development In developing models described in section 1115A(b)(2)(B)(xxv) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1315a(b)(2)(B)(xxv) (c) Funding Section 1115A(f)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1315a(f)(1) (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking and (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) in addition to any amounts made available under subparagraph (B), $250,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 for purposes of carrying out the model described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(xxv). .

Summary: This bill prohibits behavioral health providers from receiving Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center incentive payments for testing certified electronic health record technology unless the provider has acquired health information systems that meet specified information technology standards and rules for interoperability and patient access.
Streamlining IRS Operations Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronically prepared tax returns to include scannable code when submitted on paper. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Streamlining IRS Operations Act 2. Reducing the resource drain by requiring that electronically prepared paper returns include scannable code (a) In general Section 6011(e) (8) Special rule for returns prepared electronically and submitted on paper The Secretary shall require that any return of tax which is prepared electronically, but is printed and filed on paper, bear a code which can, when scanned, convert such return to electronic format. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 6011(e)(1) of such Code is amended by striking paragraph (3) paragraphs (3) and (8) (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to returns of tax the due date for which (determined without regard to extensions) is after December 31, 2022.

Summary: Streamlining IRS Operations Act This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to require that any tax return that is prepared electronically, but is printed and filed on paper, bear a code that can convert such return to an electronic format when scanned.
To direct the United States Postal Service to place within ZIP Code 92880 any area of Eastvale, California, that is not within such ZIP Code, and for other purposes.

To direct the United States Postal Service to place within ZIP Code 92880 any area of Eastvale, California, that is not within such ZIP Code, and for other purposes. 1. Covering entirety of Eastvale, California, within ZIP Code 92880 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the United States Postal Service shall modify the boundary of ZIP Code 92880 to include any portion of Eastvale, California, that is not within such ZIP Code on such date.

Summary: This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to include all of Eastvale, California, in ZIP Code 92880.
Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2022

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the charitable mileage rate with the business travel rate. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2022 2. Increase in charitable mileage rate (a) In general Subsection (i) of section 170 shall be 14 cents per mile shall be— (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), 14 cents per mile, and (2) in the case of transportation of persons (other than the taxpayer) or property on behalf of an organization described in subsection (c), the rate determined by the Secretary, which rate shall not be less than the standard mileage rate used for purposes of sections 162 and 212. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021.

Summary: Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2022 This bill increases the mileage rate for the charitable use of an automobile (14 cents per mile) to the standard business mileage rate (58.5 cents per mile in 2022).
A–PLUS Act

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to amend certain regulations to clarify that livestock auction owners may have an interest in small meat packing businesses, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States Act A–PLUS Act 2. Clarifying livestock auction owners allowed interest in small meat packing businesses Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section 201.67 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on October 1, 2021, to specify that market agencies may have an ownership interest in, finance, or participate in the management or operation of a packing entity so long as such packing entity has a cumulative slaughter capacity of less than 2,000 animals per day or 700,000 animals per year.

Summary: Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States Act or the A-PLUS Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to revise federal regulations related to market agencies owning, financing, or participating in the operation of a meat packing entity. Specifically, this bill allows market agencies to have an ownership interest in, finance, or participate in the management or operation of a packing entity if such packing entity has a cumulative slaughter capacity of less than 2,000 animals per day or 700,000 animals per year.
Acute Labor Shortage Solutions Act of 2022

To provide for the exemption from numerical limitation of certain employment-based immigrants for purposes of filling a labor shortage, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Acute Labor Shortage Solutions Act of 2022 2. Labor shortage (a) In general Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretary of Labor, and upon the determination that the needs of American businesses in any sector referred to in subsection (b) is experiencing an acute labor shortage that cannot be satisfied in fiscal year 2022 with United States workers, may exempt aliens, in blocs of not more than 250 aliens, from the numerical limitations under sections 201(d), 202(a) (if such alien is classified under section 203(b)(3)), and 203(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(d) (b) Sectors identified An industrial sector identified in this section is a classified under any of the following North American Industrial Classification System codes: (1) 311811. (2) 311812. (3) 311813. (4) 311821. (5) 311824. (6) 311830. (7) 311911. (8) 311919. (9) 311920. (10) 311930. (11) 311941. (12) 311942. (13) 311991. (14) 311999. (15) 312111. (16) 312112. (17) 312113. (18) 321211. (19) 321212. (20) 321213. (21) 321214. (22) 321219. (23) 321911. (24) 321912. (25) 321918. (26) 321920. (27) 321991. (28) 321992. (29) 321999. (30) 484110. (31) 484121. (32) 484122. (33) 722310. (34) 722320. (35) 722330. (36) 722410. (37) 722511. (38) 722513. (39) 722514. (40) 722515. (41) 811111. (42) 811112. (43) 811113. (44) 811118. (45) 811121. (46) 811122. (47) 811191. (48) 811192. (49) 811198. (c) Effective date This Act shall remain in effect only for fiscal years 2022 through 2024, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security may extend such date by an additional 1 fiscal year is if the Secretary of Labor makes a determination that labor shortages in the U.S. warrant such an extension.

Summary: Acute Labor Shortage Solutions Act of 2022 This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to exempt non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) from certain annual caps on admission upon a determination that, due to an acute labor shortage, the needs of American businesses in certain sectors cannot be met with American workers. Such exemptions shall be available from FY2022 through FY2024 and may be available for an additional fiscal year if the Department of Labor determines such an extension is warranted due to U.S. labor shortages.