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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9439 
To ensure progress toward the fulfillment by the Federal Government of 
its trust and treaty obligations to Native Americans and Tribal govern-
ments, to ensure funding for programs for Native Americans and Tribal 
governments, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2022 
Mr. KILMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the 
Budget, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Fi-
nancial Services, Veterans’ Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 
and Agriculture, 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 ensure progress toward the fulfillment by the Federal 
Government of its trust and treaty obligations to Native 
Americans and Tribal governments, to ensure funding 
for programs for Native Americans and Tribal govern-
ments, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act’’. 
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‘‘(1) FINE.—Any covered issuer that fails to 
issue a report required under subsection (a)(2), or 
that reports false, misleading, or inaccurate informa-
tion on such a report, shall be fined by the Commis-
sion in an amount of $20,000 per day until the re-
port is issued, or until the report is corrected to not 
be false, misleading, or inaccurate, as applicable. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.—The Commis-
sion shall transfer all fines collected pursuant to 
paragraph (1) to the Secretary of the Treasury and 
the Secretary shall, without further appropriation, 
use such funds to carry out the duties of the Office 
of Reparations Programs. 
‘‘(c) COVERED ISSUER DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘covered issuer’ means an issuer that— 
‘‘(1) is required to file an annual report under 
section 13(a) or 15(d); and 
‘‘(2) has more than 100 employees.’’. 
(b) OFFICE OF REPARATIONS PROGRAMS.—Chapter 
3 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subchapter I, by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘§ 317. Office of Reparations Programs 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, within 
the Department of the Treasury, an Office of Reparations 
Programs. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Office of Reparations Programs 
shall provide grants for startup capital and funded savings 
programs for Black communities, as well other programs 
determined appropriate by the Secretary in furtherance of 
racial equity. 
‘‘(c) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury $3,000,000,000 to carry out 
this section. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary 
may use 2 percent of amounts appropriated to carry 
out this section for administrative expenses related 
to carrying out the duties of the Office of Repara-
tions Programs.’’; and 
(2) in the table of contents for such chapter, by 
inserting after the item relating to section 316 the 
following: 
‘‘317. Office of Reparations Programs.’’. 
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•HRES 1512 EH 
(B) the development of a response to such inci-
dents. 
(4) The capacity of teams providing mental health 
services to covered members to respond to incidents of 
suicidal ideation or suicide attempts among covered 
members in the respective unit each such team serves. 
(5) The means used by such teams to respond to 
such incidents, including the extent to which post-inci-
dent programs are available to covered members. 
(6) Such other matters as the Inspector General 
considers appropriate in connection with the prevention 
of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal idea-
tion among covered members. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General 
of the Department of Defense shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives a report that includes a summary of the results of the 
review conducted under subsection (a). 
(d) COVERED MEMBER DEFINED.—In this section the 
term ‘‘covered member’’ means a member of the Navy as-
signed to sea duty or shore duty.
(2) the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on 
the overall staff retention of education professionals; 
(3) the barriers that remain with respect to ac-
cess to mental health services for education profes-
sionals; and 
(4) any policies or practices that may promote 
resiliency among education professionals, specifically 
during, and in the aftermath of, a high-stress event, 
such as the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit to the Congress a report— 
(1) on the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) that includes the Secretary’s recommenda-
tions for best practices— 
(A) to promote the mental health of edu-
cation professionals, especially during, and in 
the aftermath of, a high-stress event, such as 
the COVID–19 pandemic; and 
(B) to prepare for future high-stress 
events such as the COVID–19 pandemic. 
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‘‘(A) to verify and issue zero-emission vehi-
cle credits to vehicle manufacturers; 
‘‘(B) to track the sale, transfer, exchange, 
carry over, and retirement of zero-emission ve-
hicle credits; and 
‘‘(C) to enforce the requirements of this 
section. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A vehicle manufac-
turer that delivered for sale, either directly or 
through an affiliate, such as a dealer, a new 
zero-emission vehicle or a qualified electric vehi-
cle in the United States may apply to the Ad-
ministrator for the issuance of a zero-emission 
vehicle credit. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for the 
issuance of a zero-emission vehicle credit, a ve-
hicle manufacturer shall demonstrate to the Ad-
ministrator that the vehicle manufacturer deliv-
ered for sale 1 or more zero-emission vehicles or 
qualified electric vehicles in the previous model 
year. 
‘‘(C) CONTENTS.—The application shall 
indicate— 
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(B) with respect to a program authorized 
under paragraph (1)(B), has the meaning given 
the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102); 
(C) with respect to a program authorized 
under paragraph (1)(C), has the meaning given 
the term ‘‘postsecondary educational institu-
tion’’ under section 203 of the Adult Education 
and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3272); 
(D) with respect to a program authorized 
under paragraph (1)(D), has the meaning given 
the term ‘‘educational institution’’ under section 
3452 of title 38, United States Code; 
(E) with respect to a program authorized 
under paragraph (1)(E), means an educational 
institution that awards a degree or certificate 
and is located in any State; and 
(F) with respect to a program authorized 
under paragraph (1)(F), means an educational 
institution that awards a degree or certificate 
and is located in any State. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes, in ad-
dition to the several States of the United States, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Co-
lumbia, Guam, American Samoa, the United States 
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censure or certification requirements needed for that 
occupation in that State, the institution shall— 
‘‘(A) notify the student that the gainful 
employment program does not satisfy the pre-
requisites; and 
‘‘(B) obtain from the student a hand-
written statement, in the student’s own words 
and signed by the student, acknowledging that 
the student wishes to enroll in the gainful em-
ployment program despite knowing that the 
gainful employment program does not meet the 
licensure or certification requirements for the 
occupation in the State in which the student in-
tends to reside, practice, or seek employment. 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS
REGARDING
REESTAB-
LISHMENT
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—The institution shall 
not seek to reestablish the eligibility of a gainful em-
ployment program that is ineligible for funding 
under this subsection until not less than 3 years fol-
lowing the date specified in the notice of determina-
tion informing the institution of the program’s ineli-
gibility.’’. 
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‘‘(i) the type of zero-emission vehicle 
or qualified electric vehicle that was deliv-
ered for sale; 
‘‘(ii) the State in which the zero-emis-
sion vehicle or qualified electric vehicle was 
delivered for sale; and 
‘‘(iii) any other information deter-
mined to be appropriate by the Adminis-
trator. 
‘‘(D) AGGREGATION.—An application for a 
zero-emission vehicle credit under subparagraph 
(A) may aggregate information on all zero-emis-
sion vehicles and qualified electric vehicles deliv-
ered for sale by the vehicle manufacturer in the 
applicable model year. 
‘‘(3) QUANTITY
OF
ZERO-EMISSION
VEHICLE 
CREDITS.— 
‘‘(A) ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES.—The Ad-
ministrator shall issue to a vehicle manufac-
turer the application under paragraph (2) of 
which is approved 1 zero-emission vehicle credit 
for each zero-emission vehicle delivered for sale 
in the United States. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
ELECTRIC
VEHICLES.— 
For a qualified electric vehicle delivered for sale 
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‘‘(C) absent fraud or material misrepresen-
tation by the holder and the lender, the guar-
antee is presumed to be valid, legal, and en-
forceable. 
‘‘(g) PAYMENT OF LOSSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, as a result of a default 
by a borrower under a loan guaranteed under this 
section, and after the holder of the loan has made 
collection efforts and instituted enforcement pro-
ceedings as the Administrator may require, the Ad-
ministrator determines that the holder of the loan 
has suffered a loss, the Administrator shall pay to 
such holder the percentage of such loss specified in 
the guarantee contract. Upon making any such pay-
ment, the Administrator shall be subrogated to all 
the rights of the recipient of the payment. The Ad-
ministrator shall be entitled to recover from the bor-
rower the amount of any payments made to the 
holder of the loan under this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) FORBEARANCE.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed to preclude any forbearance for 
the benefit of the borrower which may be agreed 
upon by the parties to the guaranteed loan and ap-
proved by the Administrator, if budget authority for 
any resulting subsidy costs (as defined in section 
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502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990) 
is available. 
‘‘(3) MANAGEMENT
OF
PROPERTY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law relating to the 
acquisition, handling, or disposal of property by the 
United States, the Administrator may complete, re-
condition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, maintain, 
operate, or sell any property acquired by the Admin-
istrator pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(h) SUNSET OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of the 
Administrator to make new loan guarantees under this 
section shall terminate after the end of the 5-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(7) any grant or subgrant received under sec-
tion 905 of division N of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue such 
regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or ap-
propriate to carry out the purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the 
item related to section 139I the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 139J. Certain broadband grants.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts received in taxable 
years ending after March 11, 2021. 
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lished pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 944 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment 
program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural 
communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2021 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a 
loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine 
physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing 
a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, 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. SPECIALTY WORKFORCE IN RURAL COMMU-
NITIES. 
Title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
292 et seq.) is amended— 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9450 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to develop 
and disseminate resources on Regulation CF and Rule 504 of Regulation 
D, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2022 
Mr. FLOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Small Business 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to develop and disseminate resources on Regula-
tion CF and Rule 504 of Regulation D, 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 ‘‘Connecting Small 
Businesses with Capital Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(e) COORDINATION.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall carry out the program under 
section 3 in coordination with other relevant programs and 
capabilities of the Department and other Federal research 
programs, including activities authorized in sections 803, 
805, and 808 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16152, 16154, and 16157) and in subtitle B of title III 
of division D of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (PL 117–58). 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary for research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application of hydrogen and fuel cell energy sys-
tems, and other related technologies in the United States, 
including to carry out this Act, the following: 
(1) For fiscal year 2023, $161,160,000. 
(2) For fiscal year 2024, $164,383,000. 
(3) For fiscal year 2025, $167,670,000. 
(4) For fiscal year 2026, $171,024,000. 
(5) For fiscal year 2027, $174,444,480. 
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V 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9447 
For the relief of Terence George. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2022 
Mr. MCGOVERN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Terence George. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR TERENCE 
GEORGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Terence George shall be eligible for issuance of an 
immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon fil-
ing an application for issuance of an immigrant visa under 
section 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to 
lawful permanent resident. 
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(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Terence George 
enters the United States before the filing deadline speci-
fied in subsection (c), he shall be considered to have en-
tered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, 
be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) WAIVER OF GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OR DENIAL 
OF ADMISSION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 
212(a) and 237(a) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act, Terence George may not be removed from 
the United States, denied admission to the United 
States, or considered ineligible for lawful permanent 
residence in the United States by reason of any 
ground for removal or denial of admission that is re-
flected in the records of the Department of Home-
land Security, the Department of Justice, the De-
partment of State, or any other agency of the Gov-
ernment of the United States on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) RESCISSION OF OUTSTANDING ORDER OF 
REMOVAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall rescind any outstanding order of removal or de-
portation, or any finding of inadmissibility or de-
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portability, that has been entered against Terence 
George by reason of any ground described in para-
graph (1). 
(d) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural 
parents, brothers, and sisters of Terence George shall not, 
by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right, privi-
lege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9452 
To amend the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to small company capital 
formation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2022 
Mr. BUDD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to small 
company capital formation, 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 ‘‘Regulation A+ Im-
provement Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. JOBS ACT-RELATED EXEMPTION. 
Section 3(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 
77c(b)) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(2)(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000, ad-
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justed for inflation by the Commission every 2 years 
to the nearest $10,000 to reflect the change in the 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘such amount as’’ and in-
serting: ‘‘such amount, in addition to the ad-
justment for inflation provided for under such 
paragraph (2)(A), as’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such amount, it’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such amount, in addition to the adjust-
ment for inflation provided for under such 
paragraph (2)(A), it’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9456 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exclude certain populations 
of the lesser prairie chicken from the authority of such Act, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2022 
Mr. ESTES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exclude 
certain populations of the lesser prairie chicken from 
the authority of such 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 ‘‘Promoting Local Man-
agement of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN POPULATIONS OF LESSER 
PRAIRIE CHICKEN UNDER ENDANGERED SPE-
CIES ACT OF 1973. 
(a) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN POPULATIONS OF LESS-
ER PRAIRIE CHICKEN.—Section 4(a) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall by regulation’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 
provided in paragraph (4), the Secretary shall by 
regulation’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY
TO LESSER PRAIRIE CHICK-
EN.—The Secretary may not make a determination under 
this subsection that any population of the lesser prairie 
chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in Kansas, Okla-
homa, Texas, Colorado, or New Mexico is threatened or 
endangered.’’. 
(b) DELISTING OF CERTAIN POPULATIONS OF LESS-
ER PRAIRIE CHICKEN.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall remove each population of the lesser prairie 
chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in Kansas, Okla-
homa, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico from the lists 
of threatened species and endangered species that are pub-
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