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‘‘SEC. 710. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PROVIDING IN-
VESTMENT 
MANAGEMENT 
SERVICES 
TO 
PARTNERSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) TREATMENT
OF
DISTRIBUTIVE
SHARE
OF 
PARTNERSHIP ITEMS.—For purposes of this title, in the 
case of an investment services partnership interest— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
702(b)— 
‘‘(A) an amount equal to the net capital 
gain with respect to such interest for any part-
nership taxable year shall be treated as ordi-
nary income, and 
‘‘(B) subject to the limitation of paragraph 
(2), an amount equal to the net capital loss 
with respect to such interest for any partner-
ship taxable year shall be treated as an ordi-
nary loss. 
‘‘(2) RECHARACTERIZATION
OF
LOSSES
LIM-
ITED
TO
RECHARACTERIZED
GAINS.—The amount 
treated as ordinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) for 
any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) 
of— 
‘‘(A) the aggregate amount treated as ordi-
nary income under paragraph (1)(A) with re-
spect to the investment services partnership in-
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IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1065 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 17, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To eliminate discrimination and promote women’s health and 
economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace ac-
commodations for workers whose ability to perform the 
functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, 
or a related medical condition. 
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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 ‘‘Pregnant Workers 
Fairness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NONDISCRIMINATION WITH REGARD TO REASON-
ABLE ACCOMMODATIONS RELATED TO PREG-
NANCY. 
It shall be an unlawful employment practice for a cov-
ered entity to— 
(1) not make reasonable accommodations to the 
known limitations related to the pregnancy, child-
birth, or related medical conditions of a qualified 
employee, unless such covered entity can dem-
onstrate that the accommodation would impose an 
undue hardship on the operation of the business of 
such covered entity; 
(2) require a qualified employee affected by 
pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions 
to accept an accommodation other than any reason-
able accommodation arrived at through the inter-
active process referred to in section 5(7); 
(3) deny employment opportunities to a quali-
fied employee if such denial is based on the need of 
the covered entity to make reasonable accommoda-
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terest for all preceding partnership taxable 
years to which this section applies, over 
‘‘(B) the aggregate amount treated as or-
dinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) with re-
spect to such interest for all preceding partner-
ship taxable years to which this section applies. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION
TO
ITEMS
OF
GAIN
AND 
LOSS.— 
‘‘(A) NET
CAPITAL
GAIN.—The amount 
treated as ordinary income under paragraph 
(1)(A) shall be allocated ratably among the 
items of long-term capital gain taken into ac-
count in determining such net capital gain. 
‘‘(B) NET
CAPITAL
LOSS.—The amount 
treated as ordinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) 
shall be allocated ratably among the items of 
long-term capital loss and short-term capital 
loss taken into account in determining such net 
capital loss. 
‘‘(4) TERMS RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS AND 
LOSSES.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Net capital gain, long- 
term capital gain, and long-term capital loss, 
with respect to any investment services partner-
ship interest for any taxable year, shall be de-
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wildfire Recovery 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COST SHARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 420 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of assist-
ance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent 
of the eligible cost of such assistance.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall only apply to amounts appropriated on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the President, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
shall conduct and complete a rulemaking to provide cri-
teria for the circumstances under which the Administrator 
may recommend the President increase the Federal cost 
share for section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187). 
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of any State or jurisdiction that provides greater or equal 
protection for individuals affected by pregnancy, childbirth, 
or related medical conditions. 
SEC. 8. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the application of that 
provision to particular persons or circumstances is held in-
valid or found to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this 
Act and the application of that provision to other persons 
or circumstances shall not be affected. 
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Union Calendar No. 14 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1065 
[Report No. 117–27, Part I] 
A BILL 
To eliminate discrimination and promote women’s 
health and economic security by ensuring reason-
able workplace accommodations for workers 
whose ability to perform the functions of a job 
are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related 
medical condition. 
MAY 4, 2021 
Reported from the Committee on Education and Labor 
with an amendment 
MAY 4, 2021 
Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Re-
form, and the Judiciary discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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‘‘(ii) of the safety and effectiveness of 
the product based on the known benefit- 
risk profile of such product in the intended 
population, taking into account the sever-
ity, rarity, or prevalence of the disease or 
condition and the availability or lack of al-
ternative treatments. 
‘‘(B) COMPREHENSIVE
CLINICAL
DEVEL-
OPMENT PLAN.—The Secretary shall establish 
procedures by which a sponsor of a product 
seeking approval described in subparagraph (A) 
may meet with appropriate officials of the Food 
and Drug Administration to develop a plan to 
provide clarity and certainty for the sponsor re-
garding the applicability of the requirements of 
this subsection. Such a plan shall include— 
‘‘(i) a determination as to whether the 
product subject to such approval is in-
tended to treat an unmet medical need; 
‘‘(ii) an agreement on the surrogate 
or intermediate clinical endpoint to be as-
sessed, if applicable; 
‘‘(iii) an agreement on the design of 
the studies to be conducted to support the 
approval; 
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‘‘(iv) a plan for a postapproval study 
to satisfy paragraph (2)(A), if required, in-
cluding a plan for reaching agreement on 
the design of any such study; 
‘‘(v) a plan for reaching agreement on 
the types of developmental milestones to be 
met; and 
‘‘(vi) a strategy for the inclusion of di-
verse populations. 
‘‘(C) EVIDENCE.—The evidence to support 
that an endpoint is reasonably likely to predict 
clinical benefit under subparagraph (A)(i) may 
include 
epidemiological, 
pathophysiological, 
therapeutic, pharmacologic, or other evidence 
developed using biomarkers, for example, or 
other scientific methods or tools. 
‘‘(D) REFERENCES.—In this section, ap-
proval described in subparagraph (A) is re-
ferred to as ‘accelerated approval’. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Approval of a product 
under this subsection may be subject to 1 or both 
of the following requirements: 
‘‘(A) That the sponsor conduct appropriate 
postapproval studies (which may include clinical 
evidence, patient registries, or other sources of 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 323 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7002 
[Report No. 117–416] 
To authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, to be illuminated 
by blue and yellow lights in support of Ukraine. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Mrs. WAGNER (for herself, Ms. BUSH, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mrs. HARTZLER, 
Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. LONG, and Mr. SMITH of 
Missouri) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
JULY 18, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois and Mr. RYAN 
JULY 18, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 8, 2022] 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wildfire Recovery 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COST SHARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 420 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of assist-
ance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent 
of the eligible cost of such assistance.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall only apply to amounts appropriated on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the President, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
shall conduct and complete a rulemaking to provide cri-
teria for the circumstances under which the Administrator 
may recommend the President increase the Federal cost 
share for section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187).
Such criteria shall include a threshold metric that assesses 
the financial impact to a State or local government from 
responding to a fire for which fire management assistance 
is being provided. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 13, 
2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1066 
AN ACT 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act to provide flexi-
bility with the cost share for fire management as-
sistance, and for other purposes.
I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1066 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to provide flexibility with the cost share for fire management assist-
ance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2021 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. STEWART, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. SAN NICOLAS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to provide flexibility with the cost 
share for fire management assistance, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Wildfire Recovery 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COST SHARE. 
Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of assist-
ance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent 
of the eligible cost, as set forth in the regulations, of such 
assistance.’’. 
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the President, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and 
in consultation with the heads of relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, including the Department of Agri-
culture and the Department of Interior, shall conduct and 
complete a rulemaking to develop guidelines and a rule 
that establishes thresholds for cases in which the Federal 
cost share for section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5187) may be increased. Such thresholds shall use a fire- 
specific metric to determine fire damage referred to in 
subsection (a) of such section, and recommend a Federal 
cost share adjustment for fire damage that meets the es-
tablished thresholds. The Administrator shall follow all no-
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tice and comment requirements set forth in section 553 
of title 5, United States Code, for such rulemaking. 
Æ 
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II 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1066 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to provide flexibility with the cost 
share for fire management assistance, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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Such criteria shall include a threshold metric that assesses 
the financial impact to a State or local government from 
responding to a fire for which fire management assistance 
is being provided. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 13, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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value and distributed the proceeds of such 
sale (reduced by the liabilities of the part-
nership) to its partners in liquidation of 
the partnership, and 
‘‘(ii) the person receiving such interest 
shall be treated as having made the elec-
tion under subsection (b)(1) unless such 
person makes an election under this para-
graph to have such subsection not apply. 
‘‘(B) ELECTION.—The election under sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) shall be made under rules 
similar to the rules of subsection (b)(2).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to interests in partnerships trans-
ferred after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTNERS PROVIDING IN-
VESTMENT 
MANAGEMENT 
SERVICES 
TO 
PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter K of chapter 
1 is amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
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Union Calendar No. 356 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1066 
[Report No. 117–459] 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act to provide flexi-
bility with the cost share for fire management as-
sistance, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1071 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit States from 
using a voting system which is connected to the Internet in the adminis-
tration of an election for Federal office. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2021 
Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit 
States from using a voting system which is connected 
to the Internet in the administration of an election for 
Federal office. 
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 ‘‘Election Technology 
Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act’’. 
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‘‘(II) is using duly authorized de-
vices that do not require individual li-
censes; and 
‘‘(iii) that is added to a tower, build-
ing, support pole, or other structure. 
‘‘(3) COVERED EASEMENT.—The term ‘covered 
easement’ means an easement, right-of-way, or lease 
to, in, over, or on a building or other property owned 
by the Federal Government, excluding Tribal land 
held in trust by the Federal Government (unless the 
Tribal Government of such land requests that the 
Commission not exclude the land for purposes of 
this definition), for the right to install, construct, 
modify, or maintain a communications facility. 
‘‘(4) PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.—The term ‘public 
right-of-way’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) the area on, below, or above a 
public roadway, highway, street, sidewalk, 
alley, or similar property; and 
‘‘(ii) any land immediately adjacent to 
and contiguous with property described in 
clause (i) that is within the right-of-way 
grant; and 
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‘‘(B) does not include a portion of the 
Interstate System (as such term is defined in 
section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code). 
‘‘(5) SUPPORT POLE.—The term ‘support pole’ 
means an upright pole or structure used or capable 
of being used to support a wireless service facility. 
‘‘(6) UTILITY FACILITY.—The term ‘utility fa-
cility ’means any privately, publicly, or cooperatively 
owned line, facility, or system for producing, trans-
mitting, or distributing power, electricity, light, heat, 
gas, oil, crude products, water, steam, waste, storm 
water not connected with highway drainage, or any 
other similar commodity, including any fire or police 
signal system or street lighting system, that directly 
or indirectly serves the public. 
‘‘(7) WIRELESS SERVICE.—The term ‘wireless 
service’ means the transmission by radio commu-
nication of voice, video, or data communications 
services, including Internet Protocol or any suc-
cessor protocol-enabled services, or any combination 
of those services, whether provided on a licensed or 
permitted unlicensed basis. 
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‘‘(8) WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITY.—The term 
‘wireless service facility’ means a facility for the pro-
vision of wireless service.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1070 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit States from 
using proprietary voting system hardware or software in the administra-
tion of an election for Federal office which prevents the system from 
meeting the voluntary voting system guidelines for interoperability and 
auditability issued by the Election Assistance Commission under such 
Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2021 
Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit 
States from using proprietary voting system hardware 
or software in the administration of an election for Fed-
eral office which prevents the system from meeting the 
voluntary voting system guidelines for interoperability 
and auditability issued by the Election Assistance Com-
mission under such Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Election Audit Trans-
parency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF PROPRIETARY VOTING SYS-
TEM HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE NOT ENA-
BLING AUDITS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 301(a) of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) PROHIBITING USE OF PROPRIETARY HARD-
WARE
OR
SOFTWARE
NOT
MEETING
VOLUNTARY 
GUIDANCE
FOR
INTEROPERABILITY
AND 
AUDITABILITY.—The voting system may not use any 
proprietary hardware or software unless the manu-
facturer of the hardware or software provides the 
appropriate election official with such information 
and assistance as the official may require to enable 
the voting system to be interoperable and auditable 
in accordance with the most recent voluntary voting 
system guidelines issued by the Commission under 
this title.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 301(d) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 21081(d)) is amended by striking the period 
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, or, in the case 
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of the requirements of paragraph (7) of subsection (a), 
on and after January 1, 2022.’’. 
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