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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5386 
To amend the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to recognize 
that physicians need to be protected from abuses of the peer reviewed 
process, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 
1986 to recognize that physicians need to be protected 
from abuses of the peer reviewed process, 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 ‘‘Shield and Protect 
Physician Peer-Reviews Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. RECOGNIZING THAT PHYSICIANS NEED TO BE PRO-
TECTED FROM ABUSES OF THE PEER RE-
VIEWED PROCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402 of the Health Care 
Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11101; Pub-
lic Law 99–660) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) Some peer reviewed decisions may be 
based on factors other than competence or profes-
sional conduct. The stated reason for a professional 
review action may not be the actual reason for the 
action, and the actual reason may not be apparent 
from the face of the action. The need to provide in-
centive and protection for physicians engaging in ef-
fective professional peer review must be balanced 
against the need to protect competent physicians 
from peer review decisions that are not based on 
professional competence or conduct.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 
1986. 
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349 
mittee Act’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 
United States Code,’’. 
(160) Section 917(d) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387q(d)) is 
amended— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 
5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF 
TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 
(ii) in text, by striking ‘‘Section 14 of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Section 1013 of title 5, United 
States Code,’’. 
(161) Section 410(h) of the Federal Meat In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a(h)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5, 
United States Code,’’. 
(162) Section 810(i)(1) of the Foreign Nar-
cotics 
Kingpin 
Designation 
Act 
(21 
U.S.C. 
1908(i)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal Ad-
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5389 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an excise tax 
on plastics. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 
Mr. SUOZZI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 
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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish 
an excise tax on plastics. 
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 ‘‘Rewarding Efforts to 
Decrease Unrecycled Contaminants in Ecosystems Act of 
2021’’ or the ‘‘REDUCE Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCISE TAX ON PLASTICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 38 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end there-
of the following new subchapter: 
‘‘Subchapter E—Tax on Plastics 
‘‘Sec. 4691. Imposition of tax. 
‘‘Sec. 4692. Definitions and special rules. 
‘‘SEC. 4691. IMPOSITION OF TAX. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—There is hereby imposed— 
‘‘(1) a tax on any taxable virgin plastic resin 
sold by an applicable entity, and 
‘‘(2) a tax on any imported covered item sold 
or used by the importer thereof. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF TAX.— 
‘‘(1) TAXABLE VIRGIN PLASTIC RESIN.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The amount of the 
tax imposed under subsection (a)(1) shall be de-
termined in accordance with the following table: 
‘‘For any sale during calendar year: 
The tax is the 
following amount 
per pound of 
taxable virgin 
plastic resin: 
2022 ......................................................................................
10 cents
2023 ......................................................................................
15 cents
2024 ......................................................................................
20 cents
2025 or thereafter ................................................................
Adjusted amount. 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTED AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the adjusted amount for 
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full power commercial very high fre-
quency television broadcast channel 
allocated to a State under section 
331(a); 
‘‘(III) such State has no exclu-
sive, 
in-State 
broadcast 
television 
market within its boundaries, as de-
termined by Nielsen Media Research 
or any successor entity; 
‘‘(IV) there are no ‘big 4’ full 
power commercial network affiliates 
(ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX) that 
are licensed to, and principally oper-
ate within, such State; 
‘‘(V) such low power station 
broadcasts not fewer than 14 hours of 
common local programming per week, 
not fewer than 7 hours of which shall 
be broadcast between the hours of 
6:00 p.m. and midnight; 
‘‘(VI) such low power station in-
cludes as part of the common local 
programming broadcast under sub-
clause (V) a substantial amount of 
particularized local content; 
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(B) inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10611 et seq.)’’ 
after ‘‘part EE of such Act’’. 
(31) Section 103(b) of the Second Chance Act 
of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism 
Prevention (Public Law 110–199, 34 U.S.C. 10613 
note) is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3797u–1(2))’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10612(2))’’; and 
(B) inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10611 et seq.)’’ 
after ‘‘part EE of such Act’’. 
(32) Section 2976(j)(2)(A) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10631(j)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 234(c)(2) of the Second Chance Act of 2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 231(d)(3)(B) of the Second 
Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60541(d)(3)(B))’’. 
(33) Section 2991(a)(9)(A)(iv)(I) of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10651(a)(9)(A)(iv)(I)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 16911)’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 
20911)’’. 
(34) Section 755(a) of the Combat Meth-
amphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 
10663(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 
3797d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10554)’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 538 
To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include certain 
communities and to extend the fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2021 
Mr. GOSAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to in-
clude certain communities and to extend the fund, 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 ‘‘Downwinders Parity 
Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. INCLUSION UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE 
COMPENSATION ACT. 
Section 4(b)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Com-
pensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; Public Law 101– 
426) is amended— 
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sure that employees of the employer receive a vac-
cine.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment under sub-
section (a) shall not apply to any emergency temporary 
standard under section 6(c) of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(c)) issued before 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘that portion of’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘that consists of townships 
13 through 16 at ranges 63 through 71’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘all acre-
age in any county all or part of which is located in’’ 
before ‘‘that part’’. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF FUND. 
Section 3(d) of the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
tion Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘22 years’’ and inserting ‘‘27 
years’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘22-year’’ and inserting ‘‘27- 
year’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5391 
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit 
emergency temporary standards with respect to vaccines, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 
Mr. MANN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
to prohibit emergency temporary standards with respect 
to vaccines, 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. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EMERGENCY TEM-
PORARY STANDARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(c) of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(c)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary may not issue an emergency 
temporary standard that requires an employer to en-
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5392 
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to allow women to elect to 
register for the draft. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 
Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mrs. STEEL, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. STEWART, and 
Ms. TENNEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to allow women 
to elect to register for the draft. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF WOMEN TO REGISTER FOR 
THE DRAFT. 
The Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 
et seq.) is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 3 (50 U.S.C. 3802) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) A female citizen of the United States, or other 
female person residing in the United States, who is be-
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tween the ages described in subsection (a), may elect to 
present herself and submit to registration pursuant to 
such subsection.’’. 
(2) Section 4(a) (50 U.S.C. 3803(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the first undesignated paragraph— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(or who elects to reg-
ister)’’ after ‘‘every person required to reg-
ister’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(or having elected to 
register)’’ after ‘‘having been required to 
register’’; and 
(B) in the second undesignated paragraph, 
by striking ‘‘who is required to register’’ and in-
serting ‘‘who registers’’. 
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‘‘(ii) there is enacted into law a joint 
resolution of approval under paragraph (5) 
with respect to the license; and 
‘‘(C) no agreement to lease defense articles 
described in paragraph (2) may be entered into 
under chapter 6 of this Act with respect to a 
proposed lease to a foreign country, or to loan 
defense articles under chapter 2 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2311 et seq.) with respect to a proposed loan 
to a foreign country, unless— 
‘‘(i) the President transmits to Con-
gress a written certification with respect to 
the agreement containing the information 
described in section 62(a); and 
‘‘(ii) there is enacted into law a joint 
resolution of approval under paragraph (5) 
with respect to the agreement. 
‘‘(2) DEFENSE
ARTICLES
AND
SERVICES
DE-
SCRIBED.—Defense articles and services described in 
this paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(A) 
Firearms 
and 
ammunition 
of 
$1,000,000 or more. 
‘‘(B) 
Air 
to 
ground 
munitions 
of 
$14,000,000 or more. 
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Cyber Command, including from which offices such 
personnel have been detailed, and an assessment of 
the mission impact on the sponsoring office. 
(c) REPORT AND BRIEF.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspectors 
General of the National Security Agency, Intelligence 
Community, and Department of Defense shall jointly sub-
mit to the congressional intelligence committees and the 
congressional defense committees (as defined in section 
101(a) of title 10, United States Code) a report and pro-
vide such committees a briefing on the findings of the in-
spectors general with respect to the review completed 
under subsection (a). 
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HR 5407 RFS
‘‘(b) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall report to the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on the efforts of the 
Secretary carried out under this section— 
‘‘(1) not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of the Enhancing Mental Health and Sui-
cide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act; and 
‘‘(2) three years after the date of enactment of 
such Act. 
‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed as creating new statutory requirements for 
institutions of higher education or granting the Secretary 
new regulatory authority.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
By LISA GRANT, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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or other outcomes as determined by the 
Secretary; and 
‘‘(II) evidence derived from real world 
data repositories, patient registries, cohort 
studies, randomized controlled trials, or 
other studies as determined by the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(iii) the evidence collection described in 
clause (ii) shall be evidence collection approved 
by the Secretary acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services in collaboration with the Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-
ity as meeting the priorities of this title as set 
forth under Section 1142; 
‘‘(iv) such evidence collection shall be time- 
limited to a period of no more than 5 years, un-
less the Secretary deems that extension is need-
ed to address remaining gaps in evidence; 
‘‘(v) such evidence collection shall be acces-
sible, include outcomes relevant to patients, and 
have transparent governance; and 
‘‘(vi) such evidence collection shall be re-
ferred to as ‘Access with Data Collection’.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to items and services furnished 
after December 31, 2021. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5396 
To amend title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to establish stand-
ards of liability for harassment on the basis of sex, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 
Mrs. DINGELL (for herself and Mrs. HAYES) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 
to establish standards of liability for harassment on the 
basis of sex, 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 ‘‘Title IX Take Respon-
sibility Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) As the Supreme Court has held in Franklin 
v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, 503 U.S. 60, 75 
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(1992), and Davis v. Monroe County Board of Edu-
cation, 526 U.S. 629, 633 (1999), covered entities 
are liable for harassment on the basis of sex under 
their education programs and activities under title 
IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 
U.S.C. 12681 et seq.) (referred to in this Act as 
‘‘title IX’’). 
(2) As courts have properly recognized, experi-
encing the effects of sexual harassment under an 
education program or activity, whether perpetrated 
by employees or agents of the program or activity, 
by peers of the victim, or by others, can be a form 
of unlawful and intentional discrimination that in-
flicts substantial harm on beneficiaries of the pro-
gram or activity and violates the obligation of a cov-
ered entity to maintain a nondiscriminatory environ-
ment. 
(3) Title IX protects persons, of any gender, 
from discrimination on the basis of sex in education 
programs and activities that receive Federal funding. 
Supreme Court opinions have established that under 
title IX, schools are responsible for addressing sex-
ual harassment, regardless of the location of the 
harassment, when it impacts a person’s access to an 
educational program or activity. 
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(i) information specifying how the 
project carried out under the grant will in-
crease the number of individuals attaining 
stackable and portable credentials in child 
care or early childhood education; 
(ii) information describing how the 
State or Tribal agency will emphasize the 
provision of— 
(I) outreach to individuals who 
do not have degrees from postsec-
ondary educational institutions, re-
garding career pathways to careers in 
child care or early childhood edu-
cation; and 
(II) outreach to individuals who 
seek a career working with children, 
but who have not completed the re-
quirements for, or cannot afford to 
obtain, a degree from a postsecondary 
educational institution in education, 
child care, or early childhood edu-
cation; 
(iii) information describing how the 
project will provide assistance, including 
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‘‘(B) the spouse, child, son-in-law, or 
daughter-in-law of an individual described in 
subparagraph (A), as determined under applica-
ble common law.’’. 
SEC. 3. THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS AWARD. 
Section 13 of the National Foundation on the Arts 
and the Humanities Act Amendments of 1983 (20 U.S.C. 
955b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
President 
shall 
award the National Medal of Arts, on the basis of rec-
ommendations from the National Council on the Arts, to 
an individual or a group who in the judgment of the Presi-
dent is deserving of special recognition by reason of out-
standing contributions to the excellence, growth, support, 
and availability of the arts in the United States.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (g); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) NUMBER; ANNUAL REQUIREMENT.—Annually, 
the President shall award at least 1 National Medal of 
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(c) ACTIONS BROUGHT BY AGGRIEVED PERSONS.— 
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 
U.S.C. 1681 et. seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
902 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 902A. ACTIONS BROUGHT BY OR ON BEHALF OF AG-
GRIEVED PERSONS. 
‘‘In an action brought against a covered entity by (in-
cluding on behalf of) an aggrieved person who has been 
subjected to discrimination prohibited under this title (in-
cluding its implementing regulations), the plaintiff may re-
cover equitable and legal relief (including compensatory 
and punitive damages), and attorney’s fees (including ex-
pert fees).’’. 
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II 
Calendar No. 359 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 539 
[Report No. 117–101] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 16, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
MAY 3, 2022 
Reported by Mr. PETERS, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to 
require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to waive certain debts owed to the 
United States related to covered assistance provided to 
an individual or household, 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 ‘‘Preventing Disaster 
Revictimization Act’’. 
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