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Calendar No. 583 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7331 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 13, 2022 
Received 
DECEMBER 5, 2022 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States 
to 
provide 
certain 
information 
with 
respect 
to 
unimplemented priority recommendations as part of the 
Comptroller General’s annual reporting to Congress, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Improving Government 
for America’s Taxpayers Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
GOVERNMENT 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
OFFICE 
UNIMPLEMENTED PRIORITY RECOMMENDA-
TIONS. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall, 
as part of the Comptroller General’s annual reporting to 
committees of Congress— 
(1) consolidate Matters for Congressional Con-
sideration from the Government Accountability Of-
fice in one report organized by policy topic that in-
cludes the amount of time such Matters have been 
unimplemented and submit such report to congres-
sional leadership and the oversight committees of 
each House; 
(2) with respect to the annual letters sent by 
the Comptroller General to individual agency heads 
and relevant congressional committees on the status 
of unimplemented priority recommendations, identify 
any additional congressional oversight actions that 
can help agencies implement such priority rec-
ommendations and address any underlying issues re-
lating to such implementation; 
(3) make publicly available the information de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2); and 
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(4) publish any known costs of unimplemented 
priority recommendations, if applicable. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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section (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 3514. SERVICE ACADEMY FACULTY PARITY OF USE OF 
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WORKS. 
Section 105 of title 17, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the heading of subsection (b), by striking 
‘‘CERTAIN
OF WORKS ’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN 
WORKS’’; 
(2) in the first subsection (c) (relating to ‘‘Use 
by Federal Government’’) by striking ‘‘The Secretary 
of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘A covered Secretary’’; 
(3) by redesignating the second subsection (c) 
(relating to ‘‘Definitions’’) as subsection (d); and 
(4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by para-
graph (3), 
(A) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(M) United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘covered Secretary’ means— 
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SEC. 7. REPORT BY UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL 
MEDIA. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the United 
States Agency for Global Media shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
a report that— 
(1) describes the status of current United 
States broadcasting to North Korea and the extent 
to which the Agency has achieved the goal of 12- 
hour-per-day broadcasting to North Korea, in ac-
cordance with section 103(a) of the North Korean 
Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7813(a)); 
and 
(2) includes a strategy to overcome obstacles to 
such broadcasting, including through unrestricted, 
unmonitored, and inexpensive electronic means. 
SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING KOREAN-AMER-
ICAN DIVIDED FAMILIES. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States and North Korea should 
begin the process of reuniting Korean-American di-
vided family members with their immediate relatives 
through ways such as— 
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(A) identifying divided families in the 
United States and North Korea who are willing 
and able to participate in a pilot program for 
family reunions; 
(B) finding matches for members of such 
families through organizations such as the Red 
Cross; and 
(C) working with the Government of South 
Korea to include American citizens in inter-Ko-
rean video reunions; 
(2) the institution of family is inalienable and 
the restoration of contact between divided families 
whether physically, literarily, or virtually is an ur-
gent need; and 
(3) the United States and North Korea should 
pursue reunions as a humanitarian priority of imme-
diate concern. 
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filed not later than 10 years after the offense was 
committed.’’. 
(c) TARGETED EIDL ADVANCES.—Section 331 of 
the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Non-
profits, and Venues Act (15 U.S.C. 9009b) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) STATUTE
OF LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, any criminal charge or civil 
enforcement action alleging that a borrower engaged in 
fraud with respect to the use of any amount received pur-
suant to this section shall be filed not later than 10 years 
after the offense was committed.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7334 
AN ACT 
To extend the statute of limitations for fraud by 
borrowers under certain COVID–19 economic in-
jury disaster loan programs of the Small Busi-
ness Administration, and for other purposes.
H. R. 7334 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 
An Act 
To extend the statute of limitations for fraud by borrowers under certain COVID– 
19 economic injury disaster loan programs of the Small Business Administration, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COVID–19 EIDL Fraud Statute 
of Limitations Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN 
COVID–19 ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN PROGRAMS. 
(a) CERTAIN ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS.—Section 7(b) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is amended by inserting 
after paragraph (15) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(16) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any criminal charge or civil enforcement action 
alleging that a borrower engaged in fraud with respect to 
a loan made under this subsection in response to COVID– 
19 during the covered period (as defined in section 1110(a) 
of the CARES Act) shall be filed not later than 10 years 
after the offense was committed.’’. 
(b) EIDL ADVANCES.—Section 1110(e) of the CARES Act (15 
U.S.C. 9009(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any criminal charge or civil enforcement action 
alleging that a borrower engaged in fraud with respect to 
the use of an advance received under this subsection shall 
be filed not later than 10 years after the offense was com-
mitted.’’. 
(c) TARGETED EIDL ADVANCES.—Section 331 of the Economic 
Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act 
(15 U.S.C. 9009b) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(i) STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any criminal charge or civil enforcement action 
alleging that a borrower engaged in fraud with respect to the
H. R. 7334—2 
use of any amount received pursuant to this section shall be filed 
not later than 10 years after the offense was committed.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7334 
To extend the statute of limitations for fraud by borrowers under certain 
COVID–19 economic injury disaster loan programs of the Small Business 
Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2022 
Mr. LUETKEMEYER (for himself and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To extend the statute of limitations for fraud by borrowers 
under certain COVID–19 economic injury disaster loan 
programs of the Small Business Administration, 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 ‘‘COVID–19 EIDL 
Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CER-
TAIN COVID–19 ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER 
LOAN PROGRAMS. 
(a) CERTAIN ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS.— 
Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) 
is amended by inserting after paragraph (15) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(16) STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any criminal 
charge or civil enforcement action alleging that a 
borrower engaged in fraud with respect to a loan 
made under this subsection in response to COVID– 
19 during the covered period (as defined in section 
1110(a) of the CARES Act) shall be filed not later 
than 10 years after the offense was committed.’’. 
(b) EIDL ADVANCES.—Section 1110(e) of the 
CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9009(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any criminal 
charge or civil enforcement action alleging that a 
borrower engaged in fraud with respect to the use 
of an advance received under this subsection shall be 
filed not later than 10 years after the offense was 
committed.’’. 
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A BILL 
To extend the statute of limitations for fraud by borrowers 
under certain COVID–19 economic injury disaster loan 
programs of the Small Business Administration, and for 
other purposes. 
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(c) TARGETED EIDL ADVANCES.—Section 331 of 
the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Non-
profits, and Venues Act (15 U.S.C. 9009b) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) STATUTE
OF LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, any criminal charge or civil 
enforcement action alleging that a borrower engaged in 
fraud with respect to the use of any amount received pur-
suant to this section shall be filed not later than 10 years 
after the offense was committed.’’. 
Æ 
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IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7334 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 9, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To extend the statute of limitations for fraud by borrowers 
under certain COVID–19 economic injury disaster loan 
programs of the Small Business Administration, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘COVID–19 EIDL 
Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CER-
TAIN COVID–19 ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER 
LOAN PROGRAMS. 
(a) CERTAIN ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS.— 
Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) 
is amended by inserting after paragraph (15) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(16) STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any criminal 
charge or civil enforcement action alleging that a 
borrower engaged in fraud with respect to a loan 
made under this subsection in response to COVID– 
19 during the covered period (as defined in section 
1110(a) of the CARES Act) shall be filed not later 
than 10 years after the offense was committed.’’. 
(b) EIDL ADVANCES.—Section 1110(e) of the 
CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9009(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any criminal 
charge or civil enforcement action alleging that a 
borrower engaged in fraud with respect to the use 
of an advance received under this subsection shall be 
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filed not later than 10 years after the offense was 
committed.’’. 
(c) TARGETED EIDL ADVANCES.—Section 331 of 
the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Non-
profits, and Venues Act (15 U.S.C. 9009b) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) STATUTE
OF LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, any criminal charge or civil 
enforcement action alleging that a borrower engaged in 
fraud with respect to the use of any amount received pur-
suant to this section shall be filed not later than 10 years 
after the offense was committed.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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‘‘Subject to subsection (c), general courts-martial 
may be convened by’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) A general court-martial involving a covered of-
fense may be convened only by the independent convening 
authority designated by the President pursuant to section 
3(d) of the Equal Justice Under Military Law Act.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL COURTS-MARTIAL.—Section 823 of title 
10, United States Code (article 23 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Special 
courts-martial may be convened by’’ and inserting 
‘‘Subject to subsection (c), special courts-martial 
may be convened by’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) A special court-martial involving a covered of-
fense may be convened only by the independent convening 
authority designated by the President pursuant to section 
3(d) of the Equal Justice Under Military Law Act.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect immediately after 
the coming into effect of the amendments made by part 
1 of title V of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
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paragraph (3), shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex if the In-
spector General or the Secretary, as appropriate, 
considers it necessary. 
(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to authorize the public 
disclosure of information that is— 
(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 
by any other provision of law; 
(B) specifically required by Executive order 
to be protected from disclosure in the interest 
of national defense or national security or in 
the conduct of foreign affairs; or 
(C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves-
tigation. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each fiscal 
year to carry out this section. 
(j) TERMINATION.—The Office of the Special Inspec-
tor General shall terminate on the date that is 10 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7340 
To provide for congressional oversight of certain sanctions imposed with 
respect to the Russian Federation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2022 
Mr. MEUSER (for himself and Ms. WILD) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for congressional oversight of certain sanctions 
imposed with respect to the Russian Federation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN 
SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after re-
ceiving a request from the chairman and ranking member 
of one of the appropriate congressional committees with 
respect to whether a person, foreign person, or foreign fi-
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nancial institution, as the case may be, meets the criteria 
of a person described in a covered Executive order, the 
President shall— 
(1) determine if the person, foreign person, or 
foreign financial institution, as the case may be, 
meets such criteria; and 
(2) submit a classified or unclassified report to 
such chairman and ranking member with respect to 
such determination that includes a statement of 
whether or not the President imposed or intends to 
impose sanctions with respect to such person, for-
eign person, or foreign financial institution. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
(2) COVERED
EXECUTIVE
ORDER.—The term 
‘‘covered Executive order’’ means— 
(A) Executive Order 14024 (86 Fed. Reg. 
20249; relating to blocking property with re-
spect to specified harmful foreign activities of 
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the Government of the Russian Federation) or 
any directive issued pursuant to such Executive 
order; or 
(B) Executive Order 14039 (86 Fed. Reg. 
47205; relating to blocking property with re-
spect to certain Russian energy export pipe-
lines) or any directive issued pursuant to such 
Executive order. 
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM COASTWISE LAWS FOR VESSELS 
TRANSPORTING CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM 
PRODUCTS. 
(a) GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—Sec-
tion 12103 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) EXCEPTION
FOR
VESSELS
TRANSPORTING 
CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(a), a certificate of documentation may be issued 
under this chapter for any vessel transporting crude 
oil and petroleum products. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
VESSELS
EXCLUDED.—Para-
graph (1) shall not apply to— 
‘‘(A) a vessel that is owned, in whole or in 
part, by— 
‘‘(i) a Russian national; or 
‘‘(ii) the Government of the Russian 
Federation; and 
‘‘(B) a Russian-flagged vessel; or 
‘‘(C) a vessel for which any crewmember is 
a Russian national.’’. 
(b) 
COASTWISE
ENDORSEMENT.—Section 
12112(a)(2)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
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(2) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 
and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) transports crude oil and petroleum 
products; and’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7344 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain grants from 
financing or refinancing projects that support the development, manufac-
turing, staging, maintenance, or deployment of offshore wind energy 
infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2022 
Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain 
grants from financing or refinancing projects that sup-
port the development, manufacturing, staging, mainte-
nance, or deployment of offshore wind energy infrastruc-
ture, 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 ‘‘Ports Not Windmills 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PORT DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) to finance or refinance projects that 
support the development, manufacturing, stag-
ing, maintenance, or deployment of offshore 
wind energy infrastructure.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘; or’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (C) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) finance or refinance projects that 
support the development, manufacturing, stag-
ing, maintenance, or deployment of offshore 
wind energy infrastructure.’’. 
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