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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date described in subsection (b)(1), an entity de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) subsection 
(c) may nominate to the Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and 
the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service a salm-
on conservation area or salmon stronghold for iden-
tification under subsection (b). 
(2) REVIEW.—In the case of a nomination de-
scribed in paragraph (1), not later than 180 days 
after receiving such nomination, the Administrator 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife 
Service shall jointly determine if the nominated wa-
tershed is a salmon conservation area or salmon 
stronghold and provide to the entity that provided 
the nomination under paragraph (1) a written expla-
nation with respect to such determination. 
(e) WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION 
IDENTIFICATION.—The Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director 
of the Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall use watershed evaluations 
conducted under the Watershed Condition Framework 
under section 304 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
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‘‘(b) PUBLICATION.—The supervising ethics commit-
tees shall publish each certification submitted under sub-
section (a) on a publicly available website. 
‘‘SEC. 204. AUTHORITY OF SUPERVISING ETHICS COMMIT-
TEES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The supervising ethics commit-
tees may implement and enforce the requirements of this 
title, including by— 
‘‘(1) issuing— 
‘‘(A) for Members of Congress— 
‘‘(i) rules governing that implementa-
tion; and 
‘‘(ii) 1 or more reasonable extensions 
to achieve compliance with this title, if the 
supervising ethics committee determines 
that a Member of Congress is making a 
good faith effort to divest any covered fi-
nancial instruments; and 
‘‘(B) guidance relating to covered financial 
instruments; 
‘‘(2) publishing on the Internet certifications 
submitted by Members of Congress under section 
203(a); and 
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(2) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees and make available to the public a report 
on that determination. 
SEC. 14. EXCEPTIONS; WAIVER. 
(a) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.— 
This Act shall not apply with respect to activities subject 
to the reporting requirements under title V of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any au-
thorized intelligence activities of the United States. 
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 
may waive the imposition of sanctions under this Act with 
respect to a person if the President— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States; and 
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notification of the waiver and the rea-
sons for the waiver. 
SEC. 15. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 
all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this Act. 
(b) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 
Act or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out 
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this Act shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 
same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6486 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to modify the timing 
to file periodic transaction reports, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2022 
Mr. GIBBS (for himself and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition 
to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to modify 
the timing to file periodic transaction reports, 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 ‘‘Transparency in Gov-
ernment Officials Trading Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF TIMING FOR PERIODIC TRANS-
ACTION REPORTS. 
(a) TIMING.—Section 103(l) of the Ethics in Govern-
ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 103(l)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘30 days after receiving notifi-
cation of any transaction’’ and inserting ‘‘24 hours 
after conducting any transaction’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘, but in no case later than 45 
days after such transaction’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘electronically’’ after ‘‘trans-
action’’. 
(b) PENALTY.—Section 104(d) of the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 104(d)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) Any individual who, as determined by the super-
vising ethics office, fails to file a report under section 
103(l) within 24 hours of the date such report is required 
to be filed, shall pay a fee equal to the amount of the 
transaction for which such report was required to be 
filed.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6487 
To require the inspection of certain foreign cranes before use at a United 
States port, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2022 
Mr. GIMENEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To require the inspection of certain foreign cranes before 
use at a United States port, 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 ‘‘Port Crane Security 
and Inspection Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. FOREIGN CRANE INSPECTION TRANSPORTATION 
AND PORT SECURITY AND MARITIME SECU-
RITY ENHANCEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to newly constructed 
foreign cranes procured for use at a United States port 
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determined by the Secretary to be of high risk to port se-
curity or maritime transportation security and that con-
nect to the cybersecurity network of such port, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall, acting through the Cy-
bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, before 
such crane is placed into service at such port, inspect such 
crane for potential security vulnerabilities. 
(b) SECURITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall assess the threat posed by security 
vulnerabilities of any existing or newly constructed foreign 
cranes. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding 
critical and high-risk foreign crane security vulnerabilities 
posed by existing or newly constructed foreign cranes 
within United States ports. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term 
‘‘covered foreign country’’ means a country that— 
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‘‘(3) assessing civil fines against any Member of 
Congress who is in violation of this title, subject to 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR CIVIL FINES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before imposing a fine pur-
suant to this section, a supervising ethics committee 
shall provide to the applicable Member of Con-
gress— 
‘‘(A) a written notice describing each cov-
ered financial instrument transaction for which 
a fine will be assessed; and 
‘‘(B) an opportunity, with respect to each 
such covered financial instrument transaction— 
‘‘(i) for a hearing; and 
‘‘(ii) to achieve compliance with the 
requirements of this title. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—Each supervising ethics 
committee shall publish on a publicly available 
website a description of— 
‘‘(A) each fine assessed by the supervising 
ethics committee pursuant to this section; 
‘‘(B) the reasons why each such fine was 
assessed; and 
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(A) the intelligence community has identi-
fied as a foreign adversary in its most recent 
Annual Threat Assessment; or 
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in coordination with the Director of National 
Intelligence, has identified as a foreign adver-
sary that is not included in such Annual Threat 
Assessment. 
(2) FOREIGN
CRANE.—The term ‘‘foreign 
crane’’ means a crane for which any software or 
other technology in such crane that is connected into 
cyber infrastructure at a port located in the United 
States was, in whole or in part, manufactured by an 
entity that is owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary 
of, or is otherwise related legally or financially to a 
corporation based in a covered foreign country. 
SEC. 3. FOREIGN CRANE PROHIBITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, a foreign crane— 
(1) for which a contract was entered into on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act may not be 
operated at a port located in the United States; and 
(2) operated at a port located in the United 
States may not operate foreign software on any date 
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after the date which is 5 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term 
‘‘covered foreign country’’ means a country that— 
(A) the intelligence community has identi-
fied as a foreign adversary in its most recent 
Annual Threat Assessment; or 
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in coordination with the Director of National 
Intelligence, has identified as a foreign adver-
sary that is not included in such Annual Threat 
Assessment. 
(2) FOREIGN
CRANE.—The term ‘‘foreign 
crane’’ means a crane for which any software or 
other technology in such crane that is connected into 
cyber infrastructure at a port located in the United 
States was, in whole or in part, manufactured by an 
entity that is owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary 
of, or is otherwise related legally or financially to a 
corporation based in a covered foreign country. 
(3) FOREIGN SOFTWARE.—The term ‘‘foreign 
software’’ means software or other technology in a 
foreign crane that is connected into cyber infrastruc-
ture at a port located in the United States was, in 
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whole or in part, manufactured by a company wholly 
owned by a covered foreign country. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6489 
To prohibit the use of certain grants from being used to procure unmanned 
aircraft systems manufactured by Chinese companies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2022 
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. MOULTON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of certain grants from being used to 
procure unmanned aircraft systems manufactured by 
Chinese companies, 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 ‘‘Infrastructure Grant 
Security Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OR OPERATION OF 
CHINESE MANUFACTURED UAS USING SMART 
GRANT FUNDS. 
Section 25005(e)(3) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) to purchase, lease, or operate an un-
manned aircraft system (as defined in section 
44801 of title 49, United States Code) manu-
factured by— 
‘‘(i) an entity domiciled in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; or 
‘‘(ii) an entity, or a subsidiary or affil-
iate of an entity, that is subject to influ-
ence or control by— 
‘‘(I) the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; or 
‘‘(II) the Chinese Communist 
Party.’’. 
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(i) by striking ‘‘Subject to clause (iv) 
of this subparagraph, before’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Before’’; and 
(ii) by striking clause (iv). 
(6) Section 503(1)(A) of the Ethics in Govern-
ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Standards of Official Conduct’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Ethics’’. 
(7) Section 3(4)(D) of the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602(4)(D)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘legislative branch employee serving in a po-
sition described under section 109(13) of the Ethics 
in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘officer or employee of the Congress (as 
defined in section 109 of the Ethics in Government 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.))’’. 
(8) Section 2 of the STOCK Act (5 U.S.C. 
App. 101 note) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 
‘‘(11)’’ each place it appears; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘(10)’’ 
each place it appears; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘(8)’’ 
each place it appears; and 
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(C) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking ‘‘that 
the institution will impose’’ and inserting ‘‘of 
the policies of the institution regarding’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (A); 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) compliance assistance to assist insti-
tutions in complying with the requirements of 
this section.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) INTERAGENCY
AGREEMENT.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall enter into an inter-
agency agreement with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to— 
‘‘(A) develop best practices that inform cri-
teria which satisfy the requirement under sub-
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(C) HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ACT 
OF 1991.—Section 207(a) of the High-Perform-
ance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 
5527(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
3552(b)(6)(A)(i)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
3552(b)(9)(A)(i)’’. 
(D) INTERNET
OF
THINGS
CYBERSECU-
RITY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2020.—Section 3(5) 
of the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Im-
provement Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 278g–3a) is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 3552(b)(6)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 3552(b)’’. 
(E) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 
ACT
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2013.—Section 
933(e)(1)(B) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (10 U.S.C. 
2224 note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
3542(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3552(b)’’. 
(F) IKE SKELTON NATIONAL DEFENSE AU-
THORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011.—The 
Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383) is 
amended— 
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(i) in section 806(e)(5) (10 U.S.C. 
2304 note), by striking ‘‘section 3542(b)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 3552(b)’’; 
(ii) in section 931(b)(3) (10 U.S.C. 
2223 
note), 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
3542(b)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
3552(b)’’; and 
(iii) in section 932(b)(2) (10 U.S.C. 
2224 
note), 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
3542(b)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
3552(b)’’. 
(G) E-GOVERNMENT
ACT
OF
2002.—Sec-
tion 301(c)(1)(A) of the E–Government Act of 
2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 3542(b)(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 3552(b)’’. 
(H) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS 
AND TECHNOLOGY ACT.—Section 20 of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a)(2), by striking 
‘‘section 3552(b)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 3552(b)’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (f)— 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6496 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make 
grants to nonprofit community organizations for the development of 
open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2022 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to make grants to nonprofit community organiza-
tions for the development of open space on municipally 
owned vacant lots in urban areas. 
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 ‘‘Revitalizing Cities 
Through Parks Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
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(8) a description of the community participation 
involved (pursuant to section 5(c)) in establishing 
the plan, and the provisions made (pursuant to such 
section) for community participation in developing, 
maintaining, administering, and managing the com-
munity open space; 
(9) a budget specifying all of the estimated 
costs relating to the project to establish and main-
tain the community open space; and 
(10) any other information the Secretary con-
siders appropriate to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 8. SELECTION AND GRANT AGREEMENTS. 
(a) SELECTION.—From among the applications sub-
mitted under section 7, the Secretary shall select qualified 
community organizations to receive grants under this Act 
pursuant to a competitive selection process. The Secretary 
shall review all applications received and may select only 
applications containing development plans that the Sec-
retary approves as feasible and cost-effective pursuant to 
the competitive selection process. 
(b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The competitive selection 
process referred to in subsection (a) shall be based upon 
selection criteria, which shall include— 
(1) the extent of community involvement in the 
establishment, development, maintenance, adminis-
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(B) who the Secretaries determine are 
qualified and suitable to occupy Federal 
wildland firefighting positions. 
(4) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 
the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
SEC. 603. DIRECT EMPLOYMENT IN FEMA CORE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 306 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(421 U.S.C. 5149) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) In carrying out this Act, the following disaster 
recovery and rebuilding duties shall be included in the du-
ties of the Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: 
‘‘(1) Debris cleanup. 
‘‘(2) Residential and commercial reconstruction 
including rapid repair of partially damaged resi-
dences, and installation of tarps on structures with 
roof damage. 
‘‘(3) Providing support to existing child and 
elder care services or organization of new services. 
‘‘(4) Providing nutritional assistance to im-
pacted communities. 
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‘‘(5) Providing counseling and assistance in ac-
cessing public benefits such as Federal Emergency 
Management Agency grants, Disaster Unemploy-
ment Assistance, Disaster Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program. 
‘‘(6) Providing logistical support for the supply 
chain of medical equipment and other goods involved 
in response efforts. 
‘‘(7) Carrying out other disaster preparedness 
and response functions for other emergencies and 
natural disasters. 
‘‘(e) In appointing personnel under subsection (c), the 
Administrator shall prioritize appointing unemployed 
workers with experience in the building trades for which 
such workers are qualified.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall establish up to 15,000 new positions, as needed, 
within the Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and ap-
point to such positions individuals with skills and experi-
ence necessary to carry out the duties described in section 
306(d) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (421 U.S.C. 5149(d)). 
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