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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8084 
To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to allow 
additional flood prevention measures on certain lands, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2022 
Mr. O’HALLERAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act to allow additional flood prevention measures on 
certain lands, 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 ‘‘Fire Recovery Im-
provement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FLOOD PREVENTION MEASURES. 
The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 16. ADDITIONAL FLOOD PREVENTION MEASURES. 
‘‘(a) FOREST SERVICE LANDS.—In carrying out this 
Act, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Nat-
ural Resources Conservation Service, may— 
‘‘(1) carry out activities on eligible lands to ad-
dress the effects of flooding in downstream commu-
nities; and 
‘‘(2) carry out activities to mitigate potential ef-
fects of flooding in downstream communities upon 
the receipt of an independent hydraulic study that 
shows that severe and repetitive flooding is likely in 
such communities. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DOWNSTREAM
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘downstream community’ means a community that— 
‘‘(A) is located on land not under the juris-
diction of the Forest Service; and 
‘‘(B) is threatened by post-wildfire flooding 
in such community due to a post-wildfire burn 
scar on adjacent or upstream Forest Service 
lands. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE LAND.—The term ‘eligible land’ 
means land that is— 
‘‘(A) located in a county in which less than 
50 percent of the land is privately owned; and 
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‘‘(B) under the jurisdiction of the Forest 
Service.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8086 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide direct 
hire authority for Job Corps graduates, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2022 
Mr. O’HALLERAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
to provide direct hire authority for Job Corps graduates, 
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 ‘‘Conservation Jobs Act 
of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY. 
Section 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Labor or the Secretary of Agriculture may ap-
point, without regard to the provisions of sub-
chapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 
Code (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of 
such title), a covered graduate directly to any 
position with the Department of Labor or the 
Forest Service, as the case may be, for which 
the candidate meets Office of Personnel Man-
agement qualification standards. 
‘‘(B) COVERED JOB CORPS GRADUATE.—In 
this paragraph, the term ‘covered graduate’ 
means a graduate of a Job Corps Campus or a 
Civilian Conservation Center who successfully 
completed a training program, including in ad-
ministration, human resources, business, or 
quality assurance, that was focused on forestry, 
wildland firefighting, or another topic relating 
to the mission of the Department of Labor or 
the Forest Service.’’. 
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(1) to increase the ITU’s jurisdiction over inter-
net governance and to propose internet governance 
standards at the ITU; 
(2) to leverage their private sector actors to ad-
vance their national interests through the ITU, in-
cluding— 
(A) encouraging Chinese and Russian com-
panies to leverage their market power to pres-
sure other member countries to deliver favor-
able decisions on ITU elections; and 
(B) China’s efforts to leverage Huawei’s 
role as the primary telecommunications equip-
ment and services provider for many developing 
countries to compel such countries to deliver fa-
vorable decisions on standards proposals, elec-
tion victories, candidate selection, and other le-
vers of power at the ITU; and 
(3) to use the influence of Chinese and Russian 
nationals serving in the ITU to advantage the com-
panies, standards decisions, and candidates that ad-
vance the CCP and Kremlin’s interests. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by this section shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas-
sified annex.
I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8089 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit Members 
of Congress from making direct and personal solicitations of campaign 
funds when Congress is in session, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2022 
Mr. PHILLIPS (for himself and Mr. GALLAGHER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
prohibit Members of Congress from making direct and 
personal solicitations of campaign funds when Congress 
is in session, 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 ‘‘On the Clock Act’’. 
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national organizations to programs and projects 
funded by any Federal department or agency 
and any obligations or expenditures of such rev-
enues; 
(D) revenues attributable to, or consisting 
of, foreign assets seized or frozen that con-
tribute to programs and projects funded by any 
Federal department or agency and any obliga-
tions or expenditures of such revenues; 
(E) operating expenses of entities receiving 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able for military, economic, and humanitarian 
aid to Ukraine; and 
(F) for any contract, grant, agreement, or 
other funding mechanism described in sub-
section (b)— 
(i) the dollar amount of the contract, 
grant, agreement, or other funding mecha-
nism; 
(ii) a brief discussion of the scope of 
the contract, grant, agreement, or other 
funding mechanism; 
(iii) a discussion of how the Federal 
department or agency involved in the con-
tract, grant, agreement, or other funding 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM MAK-
ING DIRECT AND PERSONAL SOLICITATIONS 
OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS WHILE IN SESSION. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Title III of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 325. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM 
MAKING DIRECT AND PERSONAL SOLICITA-
TIONS OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS WHILE IN SES-
SION. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—An individual holding the office 
of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress may not make a direct and 
personal solicitation of funds in connection with an elec-
tion for Federal office or an election for State or local 
office— 
‘‘(1) in the case of an individual holding the of-
fice of Senator, on any day on which the Senate is 
in session, other than during the portion of the day 
which occurs before the Senate convenes and the 
portion of the day which occurs after the Senate ad-
journs; or 
‘‘(2) in the case of an individual holding the of-
fice of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress, on any day on which 
the House of Representatives is in session, other 
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than during the portion of the day which occurs be-
fore the House convenes and the portion of the day 
which occurs after the House adjourns. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR PRO FORMA SESSIONS.—Sub-
section (a) does not apply— 
‘‘(1) in the case of paragraph (1) of subsection 
(a), to a day on which the Senate convenes solely in 
a pro forma session; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of paragraph (2) of subsection 
(a), to a day on which the House of Representatives 
convenes solely in a pro forma session.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring 
after December 2022. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8093 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the display by 
the Department of Homeland Security of appropriate signage throughout 
airports to increase the public’s awareness of the signs of human traf-
ficking, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2022 
Mr. VAN DREW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
the display by the Department of Homeland Security 
of appropriate signage throughout airports to increase 
the public’s awareness of the signs of human trafficking, 
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 ‘‘Increasing Human 
Trafficking Awareness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AIRPORT SIGNAGE TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARE-
NESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 434(e)(6) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 242(e)(6)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘, including by displaying appropriate 
signage, as well as such indicator cards, fact sheets, pam-
phlets, posters, and brochures, throughout airports, in-
cluding at airport security screening checkpoints, to in-
crease the public’s awareness of the signs of human traf-
ficking’’ before the semicolon. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8094 
To provide for the independent and objective conduct and supervision of 
audits and investigations relating to the programs and operations funded 
with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to Ukraine for 
military, economic, and humanitarian aid. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2022 
Mr. WITTMAN (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, and Mr. WALBERG) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Oversight and 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the independent and objective conduct and 
supervision of audits and investigations relating to the 
programs and operations funded with amounts appro-
priated or otherwise made available to Ukraine for mili-
tary, economic, and humanitarian aid. 
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 ‘‘Independent and Ob-
jective Oversight of Ukrainian Assistance Act’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8095 
To impose limitations on the amount of indirect costs allowable under Federal 
research awards to institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2022 
Mr. CLINE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To impose limitations on the amount of indirect costs allow-
able under Federal research awards to institutions of 
higher education, 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 Grant Ac-
countability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON INDIRECT COSTS ALLOWABLE 
UNDER FEDERAL RESEARCH AWARDS. 
(a) LIMIT ON INDIRECT COSTS.—The total amount 
of indirect costs allowable under a Federal research award 
to an institution of higher education may not exceed the 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘new use’’, 
with respect to a Tribal cultural area, means— 
(i) a use that involves surface disturb-
ance and is not occurring in the Tribal cul-
tural area on the date on which the Tribal 
cultural area is designated for inclusion in 
the System; and 
(ii) a use that is occurring in the 
Tribal cultural area on the date on which 
the Tribal cultural area is designated for 
inclusion in the System, but that is being 
modified so as— 
(I) to create a surface disturb-
ance; 
(II) to significantly expand or 
alter impacts of the use on the land, 
water, air, cultural resources, or wild-
life of the Tribal cultural area; or 
(III) to be inconsistent with the 
purposes for which the Tribal cultural 
area is— 
(aa) designated under sec-
tion 5; or 
(bb) 
recommended 
under 
section 8. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8098 
To limit eligibility for public service loan forgiveness to borrowers of Federal 
student loans with incomes below a certain maximum threshold, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2022 
Mr. BUCK (for himself and Mr. BANKS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To limit eligibility for public service loan forgiveness to bor-
rowers of Federal student loans with incomes below a 
certain maximum threshold, 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. INCOME LIMIT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN 
FORGIVENESS. 
Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; 
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(2) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) INCOME
LIMIT.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this subsection, a monthly pay-
ment made on an eligible Federal Direct Loan dur-
ing any year in which the adjusted gross income of 
the borrower exceeds $173,000 shall not be counted 
for purposes of determining the number of quali-
fying payments made by the borrower under para-
graph (1)(A).’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 809 
To expand the payment of principal, interest, and fees for certain disaster 
loans under the CARES Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2021 
Mrs. FLETCHER (for herself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To expand the payment of principal, interest, and fees for 
certain disaster loans under the CARES Act, 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 ‘‘Loan Interest Forgive-
ness for Taxpayers Under a Pandemic Act of 2021’’ or 
the ‘‘LIFT UP Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. SUBSIDY FOR CERTAIN LOAN PAYMENTS. 
Section 1112 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9011) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) made during the period beginning on Jan-
uary 1, 2015, and ending on the day before the date 
of enactment of this paragraph— 
‘‘(A) to a business concern under section 
7(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(b)(1)) that is unrelated to the COVID–19 
pandemic; or 
‘‘(B) under section 7(b)(2) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) that is un-
related to the COVID–19 pandemic.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 
inserting ‘‘(except a covered loan described 
in 
subsection 
(a)(3))’’ 
after 
‘‘on 
deferment’’ each place it appears; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) With respect to a covered loan de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3), for the 6-month 
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period beginning with the first payment due on 
the covered loan.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘(except 
a covered loan described in subsection (a)(3))’’ 
after ‘‘for a covered loan’’. 
SEC. 3. EMERGENCY EIDL GRANTS. 
A borrower of a loan made under section 7(b)(2) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) may also 
receive payments under section 1112 of the CARES Act 
(15 U.S.C. 9011), as amended by this Act. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8100 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the authority of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire psychiatrists. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2022 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. RUSH, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. KELLY 
of Illinois, Ms. TITUS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
SAN NICOLAS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. AMODEI, and Mr. MCKINLEY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire 
psychiatrists. 
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 ‘‘Expedited Hiring for 
VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF PSYCHIATRISTS BY VETERANS 
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 74 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7406 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7406A. Appointment of certain psychiatrists who 
complete residencies 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to subsection (b), the 
Secretary may appoint, without regard to civil service or 
classification laws, a psychiatrist who completes a resi-
dency under section 7406 of this title to a position under 
section 7401 or 7405 immediately after such residency, 
if the psychiatrist meets the qualifications established in 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary for such position. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may begin the process of appoint-
ing a psychiatrist under paragraph (1) before the psychia-
trist completes a residency. 
‘‘(b) POSITIONS PERMITTED.—The Secretary may 
appoint a psychiatrist under subsection (a) if the position 
to which the psychiatrist is appointed has been unfilled 
for not less than 35 days as of the date of the appoint-
ment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
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after the item relating to section 7406 the following new 
item: 
‘‘7406A. Appointment of certain psychiatrists who complete residencies.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8101 
To direct the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a study relating 
to administrative costs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2022 
Mr. CAWTHORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To direct the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct 
a study relating to administrative costs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STUDY ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity shall conduct a study on ways to— 
(1) lower administration costs by at least 15 
percent; 
(2) protect current benefits; 
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(3) investigate means testing, flat benefits, and 
basing benefits pay outs on lifelong labor earnings; 
and 
(4) insure the solvency of the program. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity shall submit a report on the results of the study under 
subsection (a) to the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate. 
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