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homeowner’s insurance income’ means, with respect to any 
specified insurance company for any taxable year, the ex-
cess of— 
‘‘(1) the premiums received by such insurance 
company for homeowner’s insurance with respect to 
property located in the disaster area, over 
‘‘(2) deductions properly allocable to such pre-
miums. 
‘‘(d) CONTINUED
BUSINESS
PERCENTAGE.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘continued business per-
centage’ means, with respect to any specified insurance 
company for any taxable year, the ratio (not greater than 
1) of— 
‘‘(1) the amount of gross premiums written, 
during such taxable year, on homeowner’s insurance 
with respect to property located in the disaster area, 
divided by 
‘‘(2) the amount of gross premiums written, 
during the last taxable year of such insurance com-
pany ending before the incident date with respect to 
such disaster area, on homeowner’s insurance with 
respect to property located in the disaster area. 
‘‘(e) RECOVERY PERIOD.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘recovery period’ means, with respect to any 
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to Afghanistan after April 14, 2021, whether in the 
Taliban’s possession or transferred to third parties. 
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sions of aliens by the Department of 
Homeland Security at the land borders of 
the United States exceeds by twenty-five 
percent or more the total number of re-
corded apprehensions in the previous week; 
‘‘(B) in the case of a public health emer-
gency, as declared by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d), due to any outbreak in the world that 
can be characterized as a pandemic; 
‘‘(C) a national government within the 
Western Hemisphere fails or otherwise dis-
solves; or 
‘‘(D) the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the Attorney General and 
the Secretary of State, finds that there is an 
imminent foreign terror threat to the security 
of the United States. 
‘‘(4) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue a 
rule implementing this subsection.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8953 
To allow the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to extend 
the participation period for covered small business concerns in the 8(a) 
small business program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 
Mr. CARTER of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. EVANS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To allow the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to extend the participation period for covered 
small business concerns in the 8(a) small business pro-
gram, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Set 
Aside Extension Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PARTICIPATION IN 8(a) PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A covered small business concern 
may, subject to the regulations issued by the Adminis-
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trator of the Small Business Administration under sub-
section (b), elect to extend the period in which such cov-
ered small business concern participates in the program 
established under section 8(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(a)) by one year. 
(b) EMERGENCY RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—Not 
later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
shall issue regulations to carry out this section without 
regard to the notice requirements under section 553(b) of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(c) COVERED
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN
DE-
FINED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered small business concern’’ means a small 
business concern (as defined under section 3 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) that— 
(A) participated in the program established 
under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 637(a)) at any point during the pe-
riod beginning on September 10, 2020, and 
ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
including a small business concern that grad-
uated during such period; 
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(B) was not terminated or early graduated 
from such program during such period; and 
(C) did not voluntarily elect to cease par-
ticipating in such program during such period 
as an alternative to termination or early grad-
uation from such program, as determined by 
the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
ministration. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8955 
To counter Russian influence and aggression in Ukraine. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and Mr. CHABOT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To counter Russian influence and aggression in Ukraine. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ukrainian Territorial 
Integrity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRES-
SION IN UKRAINE. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States not to recognize the Russian Federation’s 
claim of sovereignty over, or independence, of any part of 
Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, including Crimea and 
the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. 
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(b) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated or otherwise made available 
to any Federal department or agency may be used 
to provide assistance for the central government of 
a country that the Secretary of State determines 
and reports to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees— 
(A) has recognized the independence of, or 
has established diplomatic relations with, any 
region located in the territory of Ukraine that 
is occupied by the Russian Federation or under 
the control of Russian-backed separatists, in-
cluding Crimea and the Donetsk and Luhansk 
regions; or 
(B) has taken affirmative steps intended to 
support or be supportive of the Russian Federa-
tion annexation of Crimea or other territory in 
Ukraine. 
(2) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF CENTRAL GOV-
ERNMENTS.—The Secretary of State shall publish 
on the Department of State website a list of such 
central governments in a timely manner. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 
waive the prohibition on assistance required by para-
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(203) Joseph Ramirez, United States; 
(204) Victor Ramirez, Dominican Republic; 
(205) Jose Ramirez, Dominican Republic; 
(206) Rafael Ravelo, Dominican Republic; 
(207) Eleuteria Reid-Hay, United States; 
(208) Agapito Reyes, Dominican Republic; 
(209) Roberto Reyes, United States; 
(210) Norbeto Rivera, United States; 
(211) Julio Rodriguez, United States; 
(212) Ruben Rodriguez, United States; 
(213) Julia Rodriguez, United States; 
(214) Maria Rodriguez, United States; 
(215) Lucia Rodriguez Almonte, United States; 
(216) Juana Rojas Javier, Dominican Republic; 
(217) Mercedes Roman, United States; 
(218) Whilman Rosa, United States; 
(219) Angel Rosa, United States; 
(220) Jose Rosa Toledo, Dominican Republic; 
(221) Danilo Rosario Castillo, Dominican Re-
public; 
(222) Rosa Ruiz, United States; 
(223) Johanna Sanchez, United States; 
(224) Gilbert Sanchez (infant); 
(225) Felix Sanchez, United States; 
(226) Luis Sanchez, United States; 
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graph (1) with respect to any such central govern-
ment if the Secretary determines and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees that to do so 
is in the national interest of the United States, and 
includes a justification for such interest. 
(c) DURATION.—The requirements and limitations of 
this section shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that the Government of Ukraine has re-
established sovereignty over each region located in the ter-
ritory of Ukraine that is occupied by the Russian Federa-
tion or under the control of Russian-backed separatists, 
including Crimea and the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
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or receiver if (and only if) such module is re-
quired to be marked and serialized by the At-
torney General. 
‘‘(C) 
PREVENTION
OF
DOUBLE
TAX-
ATION.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 
any frame or receiver if the manufacturer, pro-
ducer, or importer thereof demonstrates to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary that such frame or 
receiver will be used in the manufacture or pro-
duction of a firearm to which the tax imposed 
by this section applies.’’. 
(b) EXEMPTION FOR UNITED STATES.—Subsection 
(b) of section 4182 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) SALES TO UNITED STATES.—No firearm, pistol, 
revolver, frame or receiver for a firearm, shell, or cartridge 
purchased with funds appropriated for any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States shall be 
subject to any tax imposed on the sale or transfer of such 
article.’’. 
(c) GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION TRUST FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
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to be in the district court for the district and division em-
bracing that individual’s primary residence. 
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Intelligence of the Senate that assesses the ability of the 
United States Government to collect and analyze intel-
ligence regarding— 
(1) the scope and scale of war crimes com-
mitted against individuals who reside in Ukraine by 
the Russian Armed Forces or Russia-affiliated non- 
state groups; 
(2) the scope and scale of the detention and 
forced labor of Ukrainian nationals in Ukraine and 
Russia; 
(3) the gross abuses of human rights per-
petrated inside the filtration camps and other deten-
tion centers operated by the Russian Federation or 
Russia-affiliated non-state groups; and 
(4) other actions of the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation that constitute gross violations of 
human rights related to the Russian Invasion of 
Ukraine. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8959 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
N4805 State Highway 32 in Krakow, Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Romuald ‘Bud’ 
Brzezinski Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. STEIL, Mr. POCAN, Mr. KIND, Ms. MOORE 
of Wisconsin, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. GROTHMAN, and Mr. TIFFANY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at N4805 State Highway 32 in Krakow, Wis-
consin, as the ‘‘Romuald ‘Bud’ Brzezinski Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ROMUALD ‘‘BUD’’ BRZEZINSKI POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at N4805 State Highway 32 in 
Krakow, Wisconsin, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Romuald ‘Bud’ Brzezinski Post Office’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, 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 ‘‘Romuald ‘Bud’ 
Brzezinski Post Office’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8963 
To transfer venue of certain criminal prosecutions of offenses committed 
in the District of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 
Mr. GOHMERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To transfer venue of certain criminal prosecutions of offenses 
committed in the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Home Rule for All 
Americans Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF VENUE. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 
criminal trial of any individual for the commission of a 
criminal offense in the District of Columbia, the individual 
on trial may choose venue for the proceedings and trial 
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(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘December 17, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘February 4, 2023’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘December 17, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘February 4, 2023’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) EXTENSION OF TARGET AMOUNT.—Section 
1886(b)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘December 17, 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘February 4, 2023’’; and 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘December 
16, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘February 3, 2023’’. 
(2) PERMITTING HOSPITALS TO DECLINE RE-
CLASSIFICATION.—Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
16, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘February 3, 2023’’. 
SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF INCREASED FMAPS FOR THE TER-
RITORIES. 
Section 1905(ff) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396d(ff)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 16, 
2022’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘February 3, 
2023’’ in each such place. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8965 
To amend the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to improve provisions relating 
to invasive species management, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 
Mr. JOYCE of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to improve 
provisions relating to invasive species management, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aquatic Invasive Spe-
cies Control Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT. 
Section 104 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 
(33 U.S.C. 610) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$75,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘2028’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘water quantity or 
water quality’’ and inserting ‘‘water quan-
tity, water quality, or ecosystems’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘the Lake Erie 
Basin, the Ohio River Basin,’’ after ‘‘the 
Upper Snake River Basin,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 
hydrilla 
(Hydrilla 
verticillata),’’ 
after 
‘‘angustifolia)’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8967 
To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit 
of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 
Mr. KILMER (for himself and Ms. STRICKLAND) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust 
for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 
Reservation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Puyallup Tribe of Indi-
ans Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT 
OF THE PUYALLUP TRIBE OF THE PUYALLUP 
RESERVATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The approximately 17.264 acres 
of land owned in fee by the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 
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Reservation in Pierce County, Washington, and described 
in subsection (b) is hereby taken into trust by the United 
States for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puy-
allup Reservation. 
(b) LAND DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) PARCEL 1.—Lots 1 to 4, inclusive, Block 
85, Map of Tacoma Tidelands, as surveyed and plat-
ted by the Board of Appraisers of Tide and Shore 
Lands for Pierce County, according to Plat filed for 
record on September 14, 1895, in the Office of the 
County Auditor, in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash-
ington. 
(2) PARCEL 2.—Lots 5 to 9, inclusive, Block 
85, Map of Tacoma Tidelands, as surveyed and plat-
ted by the Board of Appraisers of Tide and Shore 
Lands for Pierce County, according to Plat filed for 
record on September 14, 1895, in the Office of the 
County Auditor, in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash-
ington. 
(3) PARCEL 3.—Parcel A of City of Tacoma 
Boundary 
Line 
Adjustment 
MPD2011– 
40000166230, recorded October 12, 2011, under 
Pierce 
County 
Auditor 
Recording 
No. 
201110125009, as corrected by Affidavit of Minor 
Correction of Map Recorded September 25, 2012, 
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under 
Pierce 
County 
Auditor 
Recording 
No. 
201209250440. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Land taken into trust under 
subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) part of the reservation of the Puyallup 
Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation; and 
(2) administered in accordance with the laws 
and regulations generally applicable to property held 
in trust by the United States for the benefit of an 
Indian Tribe. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8972 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow a surviving spouse of 
a Medal of Honor recipient to receive a special pension concurrently 
with dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 
Mr. MORELLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow a surviving 
spouse of a Medal of Honor recipient to receive a special 
pension concurrently with dependency and indemnity 
compensation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sergeant Gary 
Beikirch Medal of Honor Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MEDAL OF HONOR SPECIAL PEN-
SION PROVISIONS TO ALLOW CONCURRENT 
BENEFITS. 
Section 1562(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking subparagraph (C). 
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