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H–4 Work Authorization Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide employment authorization to certain alien spouses, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the H–4 Work Authorization Act 2. Employment authorization for certain alien spouses Section 214(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(e) (3) In the case of an alien spouse admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), who is accompanying or following to join a principal alien admitted under such section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize the alien spouse to engage in employment in the United States incident to status and provide the spouse with an employment authorized .

Summary: H-4 Work Authorization Act This bill provides automatic employment authorization to a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) admitted into the United States as a spouse of an H-1B visa holder (a nonimmigrant worker who is in a special occupation or a fashion model). Currently, a spouse of an H-1B visa holder must apply separately to receive employment authorization.
IHS Contract Support Cost Amendment Act

To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to secure existing Tribal contract support cost reimbursements, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the IHS Contract Support Cost Amendment Act 2. Amendments to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Section 106(a) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5325(a) (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking but which including activities that (B) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking respective (ii) by striking his the Secretary’s (iii) by striking or (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting ; or (D) by adding at the end the following: (C) would otherwise be carried out by the Secretary in support of the Secretary’s direct operation of the program, but for which the costs are not fully covered by the amount of funds required under paragraph (1). ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting amounts duplicate any funding

Summary: IHS Contract Support Cost Amendment Act This bill allows tribes to receive contract support costs for activities that would otherwise be carried out by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Health and Human Services for direct operation of a program, but for which the costs are not fully covered by the amount of funds required by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2021

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to secure medical opinions for veterans with service-connected disabilities who die from COVID–19 to determine whether their service-connected disabilities were the principal or contributory causes of death, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2021 2. Medical opinions for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who die of COVID–19 In any case in which a veteran with one or more service-connected disabilities dies, the death certificate identifies Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) as the principal or contributory cause of death, the death certificate does not clearly identify any of the service-connected disabilities as the principal or contributory cause of death, and a claim for benefits is filed with respect to the veteran under chapter 13

Summary: Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID-19 Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to get a medical opinion to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or contributory cause of death in situations where a veteran's death certificate identifies COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) as the principal or contributory cause of death, the certificate does not clearly identify any of the veteran's service-connected disabilities as the principal or contributory cause of death, and a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation is filed with respect to the veteran.
SECURE Food Act

To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the effects of increased production and consumption of alternative proteins on the long-term national security interests of the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Security of the Economy, Climate, and other U.S. interests with Recent and Existing Food alternatives Act SECURE Food Act 2. Report on the effects of increased production and consumption of alternative proteins to national security (a) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government that the Director determines appropriate, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the effects of increased production and consumption of alternative proteins on the long-term national security interests of the United States. (b) Elements The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A detailed description of how the increased production and consumption of alternative proteins affect— (A) biosecurity, food security, climate security, and water security; (B) the environment, including with respect to reduced land use and reduced deforestation; (C) public health, including with respect to pandemic risk reduction, air and water pollution reduction, and antibiotic usage reduction; and (D) the economy, including with respect to job creation and new markets for agricultural products of the United States. (2) A detailed explanation of whether, and to what extent, progress in the production and consumption of alternative proteins made by foreign countries constitutes a competitive threat to the economic interests of the United States. (c) Form The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Alternative proteins The term alternative proteins (2) Congressional intelligence committees The term congressional intelligence committees 50 U.S.C. 3003

Summary: Security of the Economy, Climate, and other U.S. interests with Recent and Existing Food alternatives Act or the SECURE Food Act This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress on the effects of increased production and consumption of alternative proteins (e.g., proteins produced from plants or fungi) on the long-term national security interests of the United States.
Veteran Service Equity Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include a full-time job with a veterans service organization as a public service job eligible for public service loan forgiveness. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veteran Service Equity Act 2. Full-time job with veterans service organization Section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B) (1) in clause (i), by striking or (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting ; or (3) by adding at the end the following: (iii) a full-time job with any organization recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the representation of veterans under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code. .

Summary: Veteran Service Equity Act This bill expands the definition of public service job for participation in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to include a full-time job with a veterans service organization.
CERTS Tax Exemption Act

To exempt grants received under the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act from Federal taxation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CERTS Tax Exemption Act 2. Exemption of grants from taxation (a) In general Section 421 of the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9111 (g) Tax treatment For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986— (1) no amount shall be included in the gross income of the eligible provider of transportation services by reason of a grant under this section, (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 an eligible provider of transportation services which is a partnership or S corporation— (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 costs described in subsection (d) which are paid using a grant under this section. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act.

Summary: CERTS Tax Exemption Act This bill excludes from income taxation grants to assist providers of transportation services affected by COVID-19.
Bullets Not Batteries Act

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit the use of the authorities under title I and title III of such Act for electric vehicles or related technologies. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bullets Not Batteries Act 2. Prohibition on the use of authorities for electric vehicles and related technology Section 104 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4514 (c) Electric vehicles and related technology The authorities provided under this title and title III may not be used with respect to— (1) electric vehicles; (2) electric vehicle batteries; (3) electric vehicle charging stations or other electric vehicle infrastructure; or (4) obtaining critical minerals that will be used for the manufacturing of any item described under paragraph (1), (2), or (3). .

Summary: Bullets Not Batteries Act This bill prohibits the use of authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to electric vehicles, electric vehicle batteries, electric vehicle charging stations or infrastructure, or obtaining critical minerals for use in manufacturing of any such items.
To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds relating to the Office for Environmental Justice and any other program, project, or activity relating to climate change of the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.

To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds relating to the Office for Environmental Justice and any other program, project, or activity relating to climate change of the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. 1. Prohibition relating to Office for Environmental Justice and any other program, project, or activity relating to climate change of the Department of Justice The Attorney General may not obligate or expend any funds— (1) to operate the Office for Environmental Justice of the Department of Justice; (2) to establish or maintain a program to train individuals relating to climate change; or (3) for any program, project, or activity relating to climate change.

Summary: This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from using funds to operate the Office for Environmental Justice or for any other program, project, or activity related to climate change.
Food before Fuel Act

To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food before Fuel Act 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Ukraine accounts for 16 percent of global corn exports and 12 percent of wheat exports. (2) The United States could more than compensate for the loss of Ukraine’s exports by diverting crops that are to be made into biofuels into food production instead. (3) Almost 70 percent of all United States grain production is corn, but almost half is formulated into ethanol to drive cars and trucks. (4) Converting corn into fuel happens only because of a mass of Federal regulations and subsidies that began during the Carter administration. (5) While ethanol may have small environmental advantages over gasoline, the benefits are nullified by ethanol’s toll on world food output. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not be incentivizing farmers to grow corn for ethanol while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is jeopardizing the lives of Ukraine’s citizens and is on track to cause a severe malnutrition across the world. As this supply is cut off, food prices which are already at record levels, will increase at a time when the economic fallout from the pandemic is already harming household budgets, particularly in low-income countries. 3. Elimination of corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel (a) Removal of table Section 211(o)(2)(B)(i) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B)(i) (b) Conforming amendments Section 211(o)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)(B) (1) in clause (i)— (A) by redesignating subclauses (II) through (IV) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively; (B) in subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by striking of the volume of renewable fuel required under subclause (I), (C) in subclauses (II) and (III) (as so redesignated), by striking subclause (II) subclause (I) (2) in clause (v), by striking clause (i)(IV) clause (i)(III) (c) Administration Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section affects the volumes of advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel that are required under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o)

Summary: Food before Fuel Act This bill revises the renewable fuel program to eliminate the annual renewable fuel standard. The existing standard requires 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel that is produced from renewable biomass to be blended into transportation fuel by 2022. The renewable fuel standard includes fuels that are produced from renewable biomass, such as corn. The bill would not affect the standards under the program for advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel.
Employee Access to Worksite Health Services Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that individuals who have access to certain healthcare services through a worksite health clinic are eligible to make pre-tax contributions to a health savings account. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Employee Access to Worksite Health Services Act 2. Worksite health clinics (a) In general Paragraph (1) of section 223(c) (E) Special rule for qualified items and services (i) In general For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), an individual shall not be treated as covered under a health plan merely because the individual is eligible to receive, or receives, qualified items and services at a healthcare facility located at a facility— (I) owned or leased by the employer of the individual (or of the individual’s beneficiaries), or (II) operated primarily for the benefit of such employer’s employees. (ii) Qualified items and services defined For purposes of this subparagraph, the term qualified items and services (I) Primary care items and services including physical examination. (II) Immunizations, including injections of antigens provided by employees. (III) Drugs, biologicals, and pharmacy services. (IV) Treatment for injuries occurring in the course of employment. (V) Tests for conditions or infectious diseases. (VI) Preventive care for chronic conditions (as defined in clause (iv)). (VII) Drug testing. (VIII) Hearing, vision, or dental screenings and related services. (IX) Mental and behavioral health services. (X) Other similar items and services that do not provide significant benefits in the nature of medical care. (iii) Aggregation For purposes of clause (i), all persons treated as a single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 shall be treated as a single employer. (iv) Preventive care for chronic conditions For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘preventive care for chronic conditions’ means any item or service specified in the Appendix of Internal Revenue Service Notice 2019–45 which is prescribed to treat an individual diagnosed with the associated chronic condition specified in such Appendix for the purpose of preventing the exacerbation of such chronic condition or the development of a secondary condition, including any amendment, addition, removal, or other modification made by the Secretary to the items or services specified in such Appendix subsequent to the date of enactment of this subparagraph. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to months in taxable years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Employee Access to Worksite Health Services Act This bill provides that individuals who are eligible to receive qualified items and services at a worksite health clinic may make pre-tax contributions to a health savings account The bill defines qualified items and services to include primary care items and services, physical examinations, immunizations, drugs and drug testing, tests for infectious diseases, preventive care for chronic conditions, hearing, vision, or dental screenings, and mental and behavioral health services.
Remote Seafood Employee Meals Tax Parity Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the 50 percent limitation on the deduction for meal expenses does not apply to meals provided on certain fishing boats or at certain fish processing facilities. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Remote Seafood Employee Meals Tax Parity Act 2. Meals provided on certain fishing boats and at certain fish processing facilities not subject to 50 percent limitation (a) In general Section 274(n)(2)(C) or (v) provided— (I) on a fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel (as such terms are defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code), or (II) at a fish processing facility which is located in the United States north of 50 degrees north latitude and which is not located in a metropolitan statistical area (within the meaning of section 143(k)(2)(B)), or . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.

Summary: Remote Seafood Employee Meals Tax Parity Act This bill provides that the 50% limitation on the tax deduction for business meals shall not apply to meals provided on certain fishing vessels or at certain fish processing facilities.
IRAN Negotiations Act

To direct the President to submit to Congress a report on benefits to the Russian Federation as a result of an agreement with Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Investigating Russian Ambitions in Nuclear Negotiations Act IRAN Negotiations Act 2. Report on benefits to the Russian Federation as a result of an agreement with Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran (a) In general Not later than 5 calendar days after reaching an agreement with Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran, the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report describing the benefits that will accrue to the Russian Federation as a result of such agreement. (b) Elements The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A description of the role Russian negotiators played in developing and negotiating the agreement. (2) A description of the expected economic benefits likely to accrue to the Russian economy as a result of the agreement. (3) A description of the expected economic and technical benefits likely to be experienced by the Russian defense and nuclear energy sector, including known, planned contracts between Russian and Iranian entities, as a result of cooperation made possible by the agreement. (4) An analysis of new avenues for sanctions evasion made available to Russia as a result of the agreement. (c) Form The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex if necessary.

Summary: Investigating Russian Ambitions in Nuclear Negotiations Act or the IRAN Negotiations Act This bill requires the President to, within five calendar days of reaching an agreement with Iran regarding Iran's nuclear program, report to Congress describing any benefits that will accrue to Russia as a result of the agreement.
Parents Need to Know Act of 2022

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish notification and reporting requirements relating to unlawful acts and significant emergencies faced by students in public elementary and secondary schools. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parents Need to Know Act of 2022 2. Notification and reporting requirements relating to threats and emergencies faced by students in elementary and secondary public schools (a) Notification and reporting requirements Subsection (b) of section 1112 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6312 (1) in paragraph (12), by striking and (2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14); and (3) by inserting before paragraph (14), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph: (13) how the local educational agency will establish procedures for schools served by the local educational agency to provide— (A) timely notification to parents, in a manner that does not reveal any personally identifiable information about an individual student, about— (i) an unlawful act or significant emergency that occurs on school grounds, during transportation for school-sponsored events, or during school-sponsored activities; or (ii) a threat that has been made about an unlawful act or significant emergency occurring on school grounds, during transportation for school-sponsored events, or during school-sponsored activities; (B) a plan to address, mitigate, or correct any risks to students associated with the unlawful act or significant emergency; and (C) provide annual notice to students, parents, and any individual who works at the school describing the notification procedures established under subparagraph (A); and . (b) Definitions Section 1112 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 6312 (f) Definitions In this section: (1) Timely notification The term timely notification (2) Unlawful act or significant emergency The term unlawful act or significant emergency (A) Homicide or accidental death. (B) Rape or sexual assault. (C) Aggravated assault with intent to cause serious bodily harm. (D) Arson. (E) Any unauthorized possession or use of a firearm. (F) A manmade or natural emergency including any hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, wind driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought, or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, explosion, gas leak, building collapse, or damage by aircraft. .

Summary: Parents Need to Know Act of 2022 This bill requires local educational agencies to establish procedures for schools to provide (1) timely notification, including by calls and texts, to parents about certain threats, unlawful acts, or significant emergencies that occur on school grounds, during transportation for school sponsored-events, or during school-sponsored activities; (2) a plan to address, mitigate, or correct any risks to students associated with these acts or emergencies; and (3) an annual notice to students, parents, and employees describing the notification procedures required by the bill.