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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8747 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare-dependent 
hospital and Medicare low-volume hospital payments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 26, 2022 
Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia (for herself and Ms. SEWELL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend 
Medicare-dependent hospital and Medicare low-volume 
hospital payments. 
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 ‘‘Assistance for Rural 
Community Hospitals Act of 2022’’ or the ‘‘ARCH Act 
of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENDING MEDICARE-DEPENDENT HOSPITAL AND 
MEDICARE 
LOW-VOLUME 
HOSPITAL 
PAY-
MENTS. 
(a) MDH EXTENSION.— 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8748 
To prohibit funding for the World Economic Forum. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 26, 2022 
Mr. PERRY (for himself, Mr. TIFFANY, and Mrs. BOEBERT) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit funding for the World Economic Forum. 
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 ‘‘Defund Davos Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING. 
No funds available to the Department of State, the 
United States Agency for International Development, or 
any other department or agency may be used to provide 
funding for the World Economic Forum. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8749 
To repeal the methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program 
for petroleum and natural gas systems. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 26, 2022 
Mr. PFLUGER (for himself, Mr. ARRINGTON, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
BALDERSON, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. PERRY, Mr. BUDD, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. 
NEWHOUSE, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mrs. HINSON, Mrs. BICE of Okla-
homa, Mr. ROY, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. FALLON, Mr. MULLIN, 
Mr. ESTES, Mr. JACKSON, and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To repeal the methane emissions and waste reduction 
incentive program for petroleum and natural gas systems. 
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 ‘‘Protecting the Per-
mian Basin Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL. 
Section 136 of the Clean Air Act (relating to methane 
emissions and waste reduction incentive program for pe-
troleum and natural gas systems) is repealed. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 874 
To repeal section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (commonly referred 
to as the Communications Decency Act) to stop censorship, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2021 
Mr. GOHMERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To repeal section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 
(commonly referred to as the Communications Decency 
Act) to stop censorship, 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 ‘‘Abandoning Online 
Censorship Act’’ or the ‘‘AOC Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SECTION 230. 
Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 230(c)) is repealed. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8750 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program 
to provide assisted living services to eligible veterans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 26, 2022 
Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma, and Mr. 
STEIL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 
a pilot program to provide assisted living services to 
eligible veterans, 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 ‘‘Expanding Veterans’ 
Options for Long Term Care Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES 
FOR VETERANS. 
(a) PROGRAM.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a 
three-year pilot program to assess— 
(A) the effectiveness of providing assisted 
living services to eligible veterans, at the elec-
tion of such veterans; and 
(B) the satisfaction with the pilot program 
of veterans participating in the pilot program. 
(2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary may extend 
the duration of the pilot program under paragraph 
(1) for an additional three-year period if the Sec-
retary, based on the results of the reports submitted 
under subsections (e) and (f), determines that it is 
appropriate to do so. 
(b) PROGRAM LOCATIONS.— 
(1) VETERANS
INTEGRATED
SERVICE
NET-
WORKS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall se-
lect not fewer than six Veterans Integrated 
Service Networks of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs at which to carry out the pilot 
program under subsection (a)(1). 
(B) VETERANS RECEIVING NURSING HOME 
CARE.—The Secretary shall ensure that not 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8753 
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006 to update certain requirements related to innovation and mod-
ernization grants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 30, 2022 
Mr. BUDD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006 to update certain requirements re-
lated to innovation and modernization grants, 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 ‘‘Critical Health Careers 
Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR INNOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
GRANTS. 
Section 114(e)(4) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2324(e)(4)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘will predominantly’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(A) will predominantly’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) are focused on developing and 
credentialing students served by such entities, 
institutions, or recipients in health and bio-
technology careers, including careers as a 
nurse, nursing assistant, physical or occupa-
tional therapy assistant, physician assistant, 
clinical laboratory technician, clinical research 
associate, 
pharmacy 
technician, 
psychiatric 
technician, paramedic, ultrasound or MRI tech-
nician, and dental hygienist or assistant.’’. 
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‘‘(3) LIMIT
ON
APPLICABILITY.—This sub-
section shall not apply with respect to any employee 
with respect to which the provisions of section 7 do 
not apply. 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING TRADE 
SECRETS.—Nothing in this section shall preclude an em-
ployer from entering into an agreement with an employee 
to not share any information (including after the employee 
is no longer employed by the employer) regarding the em-
ployer or the employment that is a trade secret, as defined 
in section 1839 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) PROHIBITED
ACT.—Section 15(a) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
215(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) to violate any of the provisions of section 
8.’’. 
(2) PENALTIES.—Section 16 of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, ex-
cept that a person convicted of a violation of 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8756 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provided for the 
preemption of certain State overtime laws for agricultural employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 30, 2022 
Mr. JACOBS of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provided 
for the preemption of certain State overtime laws for 
agricultural employees. 
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 ‘‘Protect Local Farms 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PREEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE OVERTIME LAWS 
FOR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES. 
Section 18 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 218) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘No provision 
of this Act or of any order thereunder’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (c), no provi-
sion of this Act or of any order thereunder’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) The provisions of this Act shall preempt any 
State law that provides for a maximum workweek for em-
ployees employed in agriculture of less than 60 hours.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8757 
To express the Sense of Congress relating to the United States-India Defense 
Partnership. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 30, 2022 
Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. SHERMAN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial 
Services, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To express the Sense of Congress relating to the United 
States-India Defense Partnership. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE PARTNER-
SHIP. 
(a) STRONG UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE PART-
NERSHIP.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) a strong United States-India defense part-
nership, rooted in shared democratic values, is crit-
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than 50 percent of the time, using for this purpose 
a comparison of the recorded vote cast by each mem-
ber country with the recorded vote cast by the 
United States, as described in the annual report 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 406 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1990 and 1991; 
(2) the term ‘‘most recent session of the Gen-
eral Assembly’’ means the most recently completed 
plenary session of the General Assembly for which a 
comparison of the vote cast by each member country 
with the vote cast by the United States is described 
in the most recent report submitted to Congress 
pursuant to section 406 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991; and 
(3) the term ‘‘United States assistance’’ means 
assistance under— 
(A) chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; 
relating to the economic support fund); 
(B) chapter 5 of part II of such Act (22 
U.S.C. 2347 et seq.; relating to international 
military education and training); 
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ical in order to advance United States interests in 
the Indo-Pacific region; and 
(2) this partnership between the world’s oldest 
and largest democracies is critical and must con-
tinue to be strengthened in response to increasing 
threats in the Indo-Pacific regions, sending an un-
equivocal signal that sovereignty and international 
law must be respected. 
(b) UNITED STATES-INDIA INITIATIVE ON CRITICAL 
AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (ICET).—The Congress 
finds that the United States-India Initiative on Critical 
and Emerging Technologies (iCET) is a welcome and es-
sential step to developing closer partnerships between gov-
ernments, academia, and industry in the United States 
and India to address the latest advances in artificial intel-
ligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, aerospace, 
and semiconductor manufacturing. Such collaborations be-
tween engineers and computer scientists are vital to help 
ensure that the United States and India, as well as other 
democracies around the world, foster innovation and facili-
tate technological advances which continue to far outpace 
Russian and Chinese technology. 
(c) BORDER THREATS FROM CHINA AND RELIANCE 
ON
RUSSIAN-BUILT
WEAPONS.—Congress recognizes 
that— 
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(1) India faces immediate and serious regional 
border threats from China, with continued military 
aggression by the Government of China along the 
India-China border, 
(2) India relies on Russian-built weapons for its 
national defense, and 
(3) the United States should take additional 
steps to encourage India to accelerate India’s transi-
tion off Russian-built weapons and defense systems 
while strongly supporting India’s immediate defense 
needs. 
(d) WAIVER OF CAATSA SANCTIONS IN BEST IN-
TERESTS OF UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES- 
INDIA DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP.—While India faces im-
mediate needs to maintain its heavily Russian-built weap-
ons systems, a waiver to sanctions under the Countering 
America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act during this 
transition period is in the best interests of the United 
States and the United States-India defense partnership to 
deter aggressors in light of Russia and China’s close part-
nership. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8763 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish a Federal Retire-
ment Thrift Investment Board Inspector General, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 30, 2022 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish 
a Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Inspector 
General, 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 ‘‘Federal Retirement 
Thrift Investment Board Inspector General Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
FEDERAL 
RETIREMENT 
THRIFT 
INVESTMENT 
BOARD 
INSPECTOR 
GENERAL. 
Section 12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
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‘‘(B) The information gathered pursuant 
to paragraph (1), disaggregated by grantee. 
‘‘(C) A list of eligible applicants who were 
denied grants under this part, and the basis for 
such denials. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION
ON GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 
under this part may not be in an amount that is more 
than $2,500,000 per fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 3062. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—The term ‘eligible 
applicant’ means a State or Indian tribal govern-
ment that has in effect a law that, at a minimum, 
requires the following: 
‘‘(A) To engage in business as a firearms 
dealer in the area subject to the jurisdiction of 
the State or Indian tribal government, a person 
shall be a licensed dealer and be licensed as a 
firearms dealer under such law. 
‘‘(B) A person shall only be licensed as a 
firearms dealer under such law upon successful 
completion of the application process set by 
such law. 
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‘‘(C) A license to engage in business as a 
firearms dealer shall be valid for not more than 
3 years. 
‘‘(D) A person licensed as a firearms deal-
er shall submit to inspections under the law of 
the State or Indian tribal government. 
‘‘(E) Noncompliance of a person licensed 
as a firearms dealer with a requirement for fire-
arms dealers under the law of the State or In-
dian tribal government may result in— 
‘‘(i) the suspension or revocation of 
the license; and 
‘‘(ii) the imposition of civil penalties 
or criminal charges. 
‘‘(2) LICENSED DEALER.—The term ‘licensed 
dealer’ has the meaning given that term in section 
921(a) of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(29) There are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year 
to carry out part PP.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8761 
To add Ireland to the E–3 nonimmigrant visa program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 30, 2022 
Mr. NEAL (for himself and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To add Ireland to the E–3 nonimmigrant visa program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. E–3 VISAS FOR IRISH NATIONALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(E)(iii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or, on a 
basis of reciprocity as determined by the Secretary of 
State, a national of Ireland,’’ after ‘‘Australia’’. 
(b) EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS.—Section 212 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is 
amended— 
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(1) by redesignating the second subsection (t) 
(as added by section 1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 108– 
449 (118 Stat. 3470)) as subsection (u); and 
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (t)(1) 
(as added by section 402(b)(2) of Public Law 108– 
77 (117 Stat. 941)) the following: 
‘‘(E) In the case of an attestation filed 
with respect to a national of Ireland described 
in section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii), the employer is, 
and will remain during the period of authorized 
employment of such Irish national, a partici-
pant in good standing in the E-Verify program 
described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).’’. 
(c) APPLICATION ALLOCATION.—Paragraph (11) of 
section 214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184(g)(11)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(11)(A) The Secretary of State may approve 
initial applications submitted for aliens described in 
section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) only as follows: 
‘‘(i) For applicants who are nationals 
of the Commonwealth of Australia, not 
more than 10,500 for a fiscal year. 
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‘‘(ii) For applicants who are nationals 
of Ireland, not more than a number equal 
to the difference between 10,500 and the 
number of applications approved in the 
prior fiscal year for aliens who are nation-
als of the Commonwealth of Australia. 
‘‘(B) The approval of an application de-
scribed under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be 
deemed for numerical control purposes to have 
occurred on September 30 of the prior fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(C) The numerical limitation under sub-
paragraph (A) shall only apply to principal 
aliens and not to the spouses or children of 
such aliens.’’. 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the Execu-
tive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift In-
vestment Board;’’ before ‘‘or the Director of the Na-
tional’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the Federal 
Retirement Thrift Investment Board,’’ before ‘‘or 
the National’’. 
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