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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4224 
To require, pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, disclosure 
of the introduction of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances into 
treatment works, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2021 
Mr. DELGADO (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. PAPPAS) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require, pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, disclosure of the introduction of perfluoroalkyl or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances into treatment works, 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 ‘‘PFAS Transparency 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF INTRODUCTIONS OF PFAS. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
introduction 
of 
any 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance by the owner 
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or operator of an industrial source shall be unlawful unless 
such owner or operator first notifies the owner or operator 
of the applicable treatment works of— 
(1) the identity and quantity of such substance; 
(2) whether such substance is susceptible to 
treatment by such treatment works; and 
(3) whether such substance would interfere with 
the operation of the treatment works. 
(b) VIOLATIONS.—A violation of this section shall be 
treated in the same manner as a violation of a regulation 
promulgated under subsection 307(b) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1317(b)). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INTRODUCTION.—The term ‘‘introduction’’ 
means the introduction of pollutants into treatment 
works, as described in section 307(b) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1317). 
(2) TREATMENT WORKS.—The term ‘‘treatment 
works’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1292). 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4226 
To restrict the ability of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency to adjust the rates for flood insurance coverage under 
the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2021 
Mr. GIMENEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To restrict the ability of the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency to adjust the rates for 
flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insur-
ance Program, 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 ‘‘Flood Insurance Fair-
ness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHARGEABLE PREMIUM RATES. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 1308 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
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section 221 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12141)) shall accept cash (as such term is de-
fined in section 602 of the Expedited Funds Availability 
Act (12 U.S.C. 4001)) as legal tender for any public pur-
chase of transportation services. 
(b) PUBLIC PURCHASE OF TRANSPORTATION SERV-
ICES DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘public pur-
chase of transportation services’’ means a purchase of 
transportation-related expenses at facilities operated by a 
transportation agency that has, at a minimum— 
(1) booths staffed by transportation agency per-
sonnel to conduct cash transactions; and 
(2) automated vending machines at transpor-
tation access points operated by the transit agency. 
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(42 U.S.C. 4015), with respect to the chargeable premium 
rates described in subsection (a)(1) of that section, as in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
may not adjust those rates unless a duly enacted law of 
the United States enacted after the date of enactment of 
this Act provides the Administrator with that authority. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4227 
AN ACT 
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise 
the definition of a qualifying investment to include an 
equity security issued by a qualifying portfolio company, 
whether acquired directly from the company or in a 
secondary acquisition, for purposes of the exemption 
from registration for venture capital fund advisers under 
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, 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 ‘‘Developing and Em-
powering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Not later than the end of the 180-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, if the Secu-
rities and Exchange Commission determines the revisions 
would facilitate capital formation without compromising 
investor protection, the Commission shall— 
(1) revise the definition of a qualifying invest-
ment under paragraph (c) of section 275.203(l)–1 of 
title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, to include an 
equity security issued by a qualifying portfolio com-
pany, whether acquired directly from the company or 
in a secondary acquisition; and 
(2) revise paragraph (a) of such section to re-
quire, as a condition of a private fund qualifying as 
a venture capital fund under such paragraph, that 
the qualifying investments of the private fund are
predominantly qualifying investments that were ac-
quired directly from a qualifying portfolio company. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4227 
AN ACT 
To require the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to revise the definition of a qualifying invest-
ment to include an equity security issued by a 
qualifying portfolio company, whether acquired 
directly from the company or in a secondary ac-
quisition, for purposes of the exemption from 
registration for venture capital fund advisers 
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and 
for other purposes.
‘‘(i) be in an amount equal to 0.30 percent of 
the total institutional revenue derived from this title 
by such institution for the most fiscal year for which 
data is available; and 
‘‘(ii) be used exclusively for expenses related to 
the processing of such application, and of which— 
‘‘(I) 50 percent shall be available to the 
Secretary without further appropriation, exclu-
sively for expenses related to the processing of 
such application; and 
‘‘(II) 50 percent shall be remitted by the 
Secretary to the Commissioner of the Internal 
Revenue, and shall be available, without further 
appropriation, to the Commissioner of Internal 
Revenue exclusively for purposes of determining 
whether the institution seeking such conversion 
or pretransaction review is an institution ex-
empt from tax and is otherwise in compliance 
with applicable requirements of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(C) An institution that pays a fee under subpara-
graph (A) or (B) for a pretransaction application with re-
spect to a proposed transaction shall not be required to 
pay another fee under such subparagraph for a change 
in ownership application with respect to such transaction. 
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‘‘(D) In no case may any fee remitted under subpara-
graph (A) or (B) exceed $120,000 for any transaction (or 
pretransaction) application, nor may the Secretary require 
an institution that has paid a fee under subparagraph (B) 
to pay an additional fee under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(6)(A) The Secretary shall approve or deny a mate-
rially complete application (including pretransaction re-
views and conversion applications) submitted under this 
section as soon as practicable and not later than the 90- 
day period beginning on the date of receipt of such an 
application, except that in a case in which the Secretary 
determines, on a nondelegable basis, that good cause exists 
to not make the determination during such 90-day period, 
the Secretary shall notify the institution in writing detail-
ing the reasons for a good cause extension. 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary fails to approve or deny a mate-
rially complete application during the period described in 
subparagraph (A) and does not find good cause for exten-
sion, the materially complete application shall be deemed 
approved. 
‘‘(C) In no case may the Secretary grant a good cause 
extension under this section to an institution for more 
than one month at a time, or for a total of more than 
more than 12 months. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Developing and Em-
powering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Not later than the end of the 180-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission shall— 
(1) revise the definition of a qualifying invest-
ment under paragraph (c) of section 275.203(l)–1 of 
title 17, Code of Federal Regulations— 
(A) to include an equity security issued by 
a qualifying portfolio company, whether ac-
quired directly from the company or in a sec-
ondary acquisition; and 
(B) to specify that an investment in an-
other venture capital fund is a qualifying in-
vestment under such definition; and 
(2) revise paragraph (a) of such section to re-
quire, as a condition of a private fund qualifying as 
a venture capital fund under such paragraph, that 
the qualifying investments of the private fund are ei-
ther— 
(A) predominantly qualifying investments 
that were acquired directly from a qualifying 
portfolio company; or 
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(B) predominantly qualifying investments 
in another venture capital fund or other venture 
capital funds. 
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IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4227 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 27, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise 
the definition of a qualifying investment to include an 
equity security issued by a qualifying portfolio company, 
whether acquired directly from the company or in a 
secondary acquisition, for purposes of the exemption 
from registration for venture capital fund advisers under 
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and for other pur-
poses. 
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HR 4227 RFS
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 ‘‘Developing and Em-
powering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Not later than the end of the 180-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, if the Secu-
rities and Exchange Commission determines the revisions 
would facilitate capital formation without compromising 
investor protection, the Commission shall— 
(1) revise the definition of a qualifying invest-
ment under paragraph (c) of section 275.203(l)–1 of 
title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, to include an 
equity security issued by a qualifying portfolio com-
pany, whether acquired directly from the company or 
in a secondary acquisition; and 
(2) revise paragraph (a) of such section to re-
quire, as a condition of a private fund qualifying as 
a venture capital fund under such paragraph, that 
the qualifying investments of the private fund are 
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predominantly qualifying investments that were ac-
quired directly from a qualifying portfolio company. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4228 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to members 
of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States or Canada. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2021 
Mr. KILMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect 
to members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in 
the United States or Canada. 
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 ‘‘Tribal Border Crossing 
Parity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MEMBERS OF A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN 
TRIBE IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA. 
Section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1359) is amended— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘or the United States’’ after 
‘‘born in Canada’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘who possess at least 50 per 
centum of blood of the American Indian race.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘who are members, or are eligible to be 
members, of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in 
the United States or Canada.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4229 
To reauthorize grants for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2021 
Ms. KUSTER (for herself and Mr. JOYCE of Ohio) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To reauthorize grants for the Rape, Abuse and Incest 
National Network, 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 ‘‘National Sexual As-
sault Hotline Grants Reauthorization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS FOR THE RAINN NA-
TIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINE AND THE 
RAINN NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT ONLINE 
HOTLINE. 
Section 628(d) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20985(d)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2010’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal years 2022 through 2028’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 422 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit certain 
donations to Inaugural Committees, to establish limitations on donations 
to Inaugural Committees, to require certain reporting by Inaugural Com-
mittees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2021 
Ms. SCANLON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, 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 within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
prohibit certain donations to Inaugural Committees, to 
establish limitations on donations to Inaugural Commit-
tees, to require certain reporting by Inaugural Commit-
tees, 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 ‘‘Inaugural Fund Integ-
rity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN DONA-
TIONS TO, AND DISBURSEMENTS BY, INAU-
GURAL COMMITTEES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
INAUGURAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—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. INAUGURAL COMMITTEES. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITED DONATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful— 
‘‘(A) for an Inaugural Committee— 
‘‘(i) to solicit, accept, or receive a do-
nation from a person that is not an indi-
vidual; or 
‘‘(ii) to solicit, accept, or receive a do-
nation from a foreign national; 
‘‘(B) for a person— 
‘‘(i) to make a donation to an Inau-
gural Committee in the name of another 
person, or to knowingly authorize his or 
her name to be used to effect such a dona-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) to knowingly accept a donation 
to an Inaugural Committee made by a per-
son in the name of another person; or 
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or in connection with the termination of employ-
ment. 
‘‘(b) FULL-TIME, PART-TIME, AND NEW EMPLOY-
EES, AND PRO-RATED CALCULATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For any plan year, 
the requirements described in subsection (a)(1) 
shall only apply to employees who are full-time 
employees. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—The employer, in its 
qualified flexible workplace arrangement plan, 
shall reasonably define ‘full-time’, when used 
with respect to an employee, for purposes of 
such plan. 
‘‘(2) PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For any plan year, if 
an employee was employed by the employer in 
the preceding plan year, but was not a full-time 
employee in the preceding plan year, and is not 
a full-time employee of the employer in the cur-
rent plan year, subsection (a)(1) shall apply, in 
a pro-rated manner to such employee by multi-
plying— 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4233 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center 
readjustment counseling and related mental health serv-
ices to veterans and members of the Armed Forces using 
certain educational assistance benefits. 
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 ‘‘Student Veterans 
Counseling Centers Eligibility Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF VET CENTER SERVICES. 
(a) VETERANS AND MEMBERS USING EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE BENEFITS.—Section 1712A of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘clauses (i) through (vi)’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) through 
(vii)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘in clause (vii)’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘in clause (viii)’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— 
(A) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause 
(viii); and 
(B) by inserting after clause (vi) the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(vii) Any veteran or member of the Armed 
Forces pursuing a course of education using covered 
educational assistance benefits.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) The term ‘covered educational assistance 
benefits’ means educational assistance benefits pro-
vided pursuant to—
‘‘(A) chapters 30, 31, 32, or 33 of this 
title; 
‘‘(B) chapters 1606 or 1607 of title 10; 
‘‘(C) section 116 of the Harry W. Colmery 
Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 
(Public Law 115–48; 38 U.S.C. 3001 note); or 
‘‘(D) section 8006 of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2; 38 
U.S.C. 3001 note prec.).’’. 
(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committees on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report assessing— 
(1) the mental health needs of veterans pur-
suing a course of education using covered edu-
cational assistance benefits (as defined in section 
1712A(h)(6) of title 38, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a)); and
(2) the efforts of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to address such mental health needs. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 16, 
2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4233 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish 
Vet Center readjustment counseling and related 
mental health services to veterans and members 
of the Armed Forces using certain educational 
assistance benefits.