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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8335 
To protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, 
relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or individuals seek-
ing to become foster or adoptive parents from discrimination in the 
child welfare system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2022 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mr. BACON, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and 
Mrs. LAWRENCE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal 
guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive 
parents, or individuals seeking to become foster or adop-
tive parents from discrimination in the child welfare sys-
tem. 
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 ‘‘Equality for Families 
with Disabilities Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDING. 
The Congress finds that title II of the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 and section 504 of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973 protect qualified individuals with 
disabilities, which can include children, parents, legal 
guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster and adoptive 
parents, and individuals seeking to become foster or adop-
tive parents, from discrimination by child welfare agencies 
and courts. 
SEC. 3. STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTING IN-
DIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE 
PARENTS, LEGAL GUARDIANS, RELATIVES, 
OTHER CAREGIVERS, FOSTER OR ADOPTIVE 
PARENTS, OR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO BE-
COME FOSTER OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 422(b) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 622(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(18); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (19) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) explain the procedural safeguards and 
supportive parenting services provided to individuals 
with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, 
relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive par-
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8336 
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the establishment of standards 
to limit the carbon intensity of the fuel used by certain vessels, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2022 
Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself and Ms. BARRAGA´N) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the establishment 
of standards to limit the carbon intensity of the fuel 
used by certain vessels, 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 ‘‘Clean Shipping Act 
of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. MARINE ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS FUEL STANDARD. 
The Clean Air Act is amended by adding after section 
212 (42 U.S.C. 7546) the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 212A. MARINE ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS FUEL STAND-
ARD. 
‘‘(a) MARINE VESSEL FUEL CARBON INTENSITY 
STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) STANDARDS.—The Administrator shall, by 
regulation, require each vessel on a covered voyage 
to comply with standards for the carbon intensity of 
the fuel used by such vessel so that such carbon in-
tensity is— 
‘‘(A) in each of calendar years 2027 
through 2029, at least 20 percent less than the 
carbon intensity baseline; 
‘‘(B) in each of calendar years 2030 
through 2034, at least 45 percent less than the 
carbon intensity baseline; 
‘‘(C) in each of calendar years 2035 
through 2039, at least 80 percent less than the 
carbon intensity baseline; and 
‘‘(D) in calendar year 2040 and each cal-
endar year thereafter, 100 percent less than the 
carbon intensity baseline. 
‘‘(2) PROMULGATION OF STANDARDS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall finalize— 
‘‘(A) the standard required by paragraph 
(1)(A) by not later than January 1, 2026; and 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8338 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to develop and submit a report 
to Congress on recommendations to reduce train noise and vibrations 
near homes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2022 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to develop and 
submit a report to Congress on recommendations to re-
duce train noise and vibrations near homes, 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 ‘‘Train Noise and Vibra-
tions Reduction Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE TRAIN NOISE AND 
VIBRATIONS NEAR HOMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall develop and submit to Congress a report 
containing— 
(1) recommendations to reduce train noise and 
vibrations near homes; and 
(2) estimates of the costs and benefits of each 
such recommendation. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall, at a minimum, include such rec-
ommendations regarding— 
(1) modifications to trains and tracks; 
(2) modifications to train and track mainte-
nance procedures; 
(3) speed limits for trains; 
(4) mitigation measures between tracks and 
homes; 
(5) the distance required between tracks and 
homes; 
(6) limits on the number of trains; 
(7) limits on the number of cars on trains; 
(8) limits on hours of operations; 
(9) building noise insulation; and 
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(10) modifications to soil conditions. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 833 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion 
for employer-provided dependent care assistance including the limitation 
on dependent care flexible spending arrangements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2021 
Ms. PORTER (for herself, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
COLE, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase 
the exclusion for employer-provided dependent care as-
sistance including the limitation on dependent care flexi-
ble spending arrangements. 
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 ‘‘Family Savings for 
Kids and Seniors Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN EXCLUSION FOR EMPLOYER-PRO-
VIDED DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE IN-
CLUDING 
DEPENDENT 
CARE 
FLEXIBLE 
SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS. 
(a) INCREASE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INFLATION 
SINCE 1986.—Section 129(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—In the 
case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar 
year after 2021, the $5,000 amount in subpara-
graph (A) shall be increased by an amount 
equal to— 
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
endar year in which the taxable year be-
gins, determined by substituting ‘calendar 
year 1986’ for ‘calendar year 2016’ in sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) thereof. 
If any increase determined under this para-
graph is not a multiple of $100, such increase 
shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of 
$100.’’. 
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SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION AS VOTER REGISTRATION AGEN-
CIES UNDER NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRA-
TION ACT OF 1993. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(2) of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) all offices within public institutions of 
higher education, as defined in section 101 and 
section 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001; 20 U.S.C. 1002(c)), 
that provide assistance to students.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Section 4(b) of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20503(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indent-
ing appropriately; 
(2) by striking ‘‘STATES.—This Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘STATES.—’’ 
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(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
129(a)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘$2,500’’ and inserting ‘‘half such dollar amount’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2021. 
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committees and to the States a report setting forth the 
recommendations developed under subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
(B) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate; and 
(C) the Committee on Education and 
Labor and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives. 
(2) The terms ‘‘child’’, ‘‘elementary school’’, 
‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, 
‘‘parent’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) The terms ‘‘armed forces’’, ‘‘active duty’’ 
and ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 
10, United States Code. 
(4) The term ‘‘transferring military-connected 
child’’ means the child of a parent who— 
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(A) the proposed number of school lunch 
sites and the number of students that will be 
served under the summer early reading pro-
gram; and 
(B) any other criteria established by the 
State library administrative agency in the appli-
cation submitted under subsection (b). 
(4) USE
OF
FUNDS.—An eligible local edu-
cational agency receiving a subgrant under this sub-
section shall use the subgrant funds to work with 
community partners to— 
(A) develop and implement the summer 
early reading programs proposed in the applica-
tion submitted under paragraph (2); 
(B) develop and carry out other activities 
and strategies related to such summer early 
reading programs; and 
(C) hire and train appropriate State li-
brary administrative agency personnel to teach 
the summer early reading programs during the 
summer. 
(e) REPORTS.—For each year of a grant or subgrant 
awarded under this section, a State library administrative 
agency receiving such grant, or an eligible local edu-
cational agency receiving such subgrant, shall submit a re-
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‘‘(i) 180 days after the date on which 
such alleged violation occurs; or 
‘‘(ii) 180 days after the date upon 
which the employee knows or should rea-
sonably have known that such alleged vio-
lation in subsection (a) occurred. 
‘‘(B) 
ACTIONS
OF
SECRETARY
OF 
LABOR.—Upon receipt of such a complaint, the 
Secretary of Labor shall notify, in writing, the 
person named in the complaint who is alleged 
to have committed the violation, of— 
‘‘(i) the filing of the complaint; 
‘‘(ii) the allegations contained in the 
complaint; 
‘‘(iii) the substance of evidence sup-
porting the complaint; and 
‘‘(iv) opportunities that will be af-
forded to such person under paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘(2) 
INVESTIGATION
BY
SECRETARY
OF 
LABOR.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of receipt of a complaint 
filed under paragraph (1), and after affording 
the complainant and the person named in the 
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‘‘(4) the public interest. 
‘‘(d) DIRECTOR AND OFFICER LIABILITY.—If the 
Board determines, based on the particular facts and cir-
cumstances presented, that a director or officer’s personal 
liability is warranted, a civil penalty for a violation de-
scribed in subsection (b) may also be assessed against any 
director or officer of the employer who directed or com-
mitted the violation, or had actual or constructive knowl-
edge of and the authority to prevent the violation and 
failed to prevent the violation.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8347 
To protect the cost-of-living allowance for a member of the Armed Forces 
assigned to a duty station located outside the United States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2022 
Mr. BACON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To protect the cost-of-living allowance for a member of the 
Armed Forces assigned to a duty station located outside 
the United States, 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 ‘‘Overseas Military Pay 
Protection Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. OCONUS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE: ADJUST-
MENTS; 
NOTICE 
TO 
CERTAIN 
CONGRES-
SIONAL COMMITTEES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
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(1) REDUCTIONS: LIMITATION.—The Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of the Department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating may not reduce 
the cost-of-living allowance for a member of the 
Armed Forces assigned to a duty station located 
outside the United States except in connection with 
a permanent change of station for such member. 
(2) INCREASES.—The Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating may increase the allowance de-
scribed in paragraph (1) for a member of the Armed 
Forces at any time. 
(b) NOTICE TO CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
TEES.—The Secretary of Defense shall notify the appro-
priate congressional committees not less than 180 days be-
fore modifying a table used to calculate the living allow-
ance described in subsection (a). 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2023, the 
Secretary of Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives re-
garding effects of this section on the allowance described 
in subsection (a). 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means the following: 
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(1) The Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate. 
(2) The Committees on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives. 
(3) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate. 
(4) The Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives. 
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(20) Evaluating the performance of financial 
markets and regulators during the COVID–19 emer-
gency. 
(21) Evaluating the overall efficacy of the Fed-
eral economic response to the COVID–19 emergency 
and recommendations for modifying those responses 
to improve preparedness and response to future 
pandemics. 
(22) Any other feature of the COVID–19 emer-
gency that would improve the prevention, prepared-
ness and response to future pandemic emergencies. 
SEC. 5. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION. 
(a) MEMBERS.—The Commission shall be composed 
of 10 members, of whom— 
(1) 1 member shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, who shall serve as chairperson of the Commis-
sion; 
(2) 1 member shall be appointed by the leader 
of the Senate whose political party is other than the 
political party of the President (regardless of wheth-
er such individual is the majority or minority lead-
er), in consultation with the leader of the House of 
Representatives whose political party is other than 
the political party of the President (regardless of 
whether such individual is the Speaker of the House 
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of Representatives or the minority leader), who shall 
serve as vice chairperson of the Commission; 
(3) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior 
member of the majority leadership of the Senate; 
(4) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior 
member of the majority leadership of the House of 
Representatives; 
(5) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior 
member of the minority leadership of the Senate; 
and 
(6) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior 
member of the minority leadership of the House of 
Representatives. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS; INITIAL MEETING.— 
(1) POLITICAL
PARTY
AFFILIATION.—Each 
major political party shall be represented by not 
fewer than five members of the Commission. 
(2) NONGOVERNMENTAL APPOINTEES.—An in-
dividual appointed to the Commission may not be an 
officer or employee of the Federal Government or 
any State or local government. 
(3) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that individuals appointed to the Commis-
sion should be prominent United States citizens, 
with national recognition and significant depth of ex-
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(B) ending on the date that is 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) REPORT.— Not later than 180 days of the enact-
ment of this Act, and in each subsequent report under 
Section 3(c) of the National Labor Relations Act, as 
amended, the Board shall submit to Congress a report 
containing a description of the following: 
(1) For each representation petition under sec-
tion 9 of the National Labor Relations Act filed— 
(A) the case name and case number; 
(B) the number of days between the peti-
tion and the election; 
(C) the number of days between the stipu-
lation or direction of election and the election; 
(D) the method of the election; 
(E) the results of the election; and 
(F) the number of eligible voters, the num-
ber of voters participating in the election, and 
the method by which each of the voters sub-
mitted their vote. 
(2) The total cost of conducting all elections the 
Board conducted through the system and procedures 
required by subsection (a). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘electronic voting system’’— 
(A) includes an internet voting system and 
a telephone voting system; and 
(B) does not include machines used for 
casting votes at a polling site or an electronic 
tabulation system where votes are cast non-elec-
tronically but counted electronically (such as a 
punch card or optical scanning system). 
(2) INTERNET
VOTING
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘internet voting system’’ means an internet-based 
voting system that allows a participant to cast a bal-
lot remotely using a personal computer or other mo-
bile electronic device that is connected to the inter-
net. 
(3) TELEPHONE
VOTING
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘telephone voting system’’ means a voting system in 
which participants may cast a vote remotely using a 
telephone. 
(4) REMOTELY.—The term ‘‘remotely’’, used 
with respect to voting in a representation election, 
means a vote may be cast at any site chosen by a 
participant in such election. 
(5) REPRESENTATION
ELECTION.—The term 
‘‘representation election’’ means a representation 
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‘‘(ii) the individual retains the freedom and 
flexibility to reject offers the entity provides to 
the individual to provide services or results 
without negatively impacting the individual’s 
opportunity to provide services to the entity in 
the future during the arrangement’s term; and 
‘‘(iii) the individual retains the right to 
perform the same services or results as the 
services or results provided under the arrange-
ment to competing businesses, unless part of a 
bargained-for non-solicitation sales agreement; 
‘‘(C) that specifies that the individual entering 
into the agreement— 
‘‘(i) will not be treated as an employee for 
Federal tax purposes with respect to services 
performed pursuant to the agreement during 
the period during which the agreement is in ef-
fect; and 
‘‘(ii) has not been treated as an employee 
for Federal tax purposes with respect to the 
same or similar services performed at any time 
during the calendar year in which such agree-
ment is entered into by the individual and the 
entity; 
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