Georgia Congressional Bills

Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 This act sets out programs and otherwise directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to carry out activities to prevent and treat malnutrition globally. Specifically, USAID may leverage resources to address malnutrition through the Global Nutrition Coordination Plan (an interagency effort to strengthen the impact of U.S. investments in nutrition) and its role on the board of directors of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. USAID must also select countries based on specified malnutrition-related indicators for purposes of targeting malnutrition prevention and treatment programs and update the selection within five years. Additionally, USAID may establish the Nutrition Leadership Council to coordinate federal government activities to prevent and treat malnutrition; and target resources and nutrition interventions to the populations most susceptible to severe malnutrition and otherwise support efforts to prevent and treat malnutrition globally. The act also requires USAID to provide to Congress an implementation plan and annual reports concerning its programs for treating and preventing malnutrition. The act's provisions terminate seven years after its enactment.

Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act This bill allows a health center that currently receives funding through a Health Resources & Services Administration Health Center Program grant to use a New Access Point grant to set up a mobile unit regardless of whether the health center also establishes a permanent health care delivery site. New Access Point grants help health centers establish new delivery sites to provide comprehensive primary care to medically underserved populations. Under current law, health centers may only use the grants to set up a mobile unit if they also establish a permanent site.

Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act This act provides through December 31, 2022, duty-free treatment to certain infant formula base powder used in the manufacturing of infant formula in the United States, subject to quantity limitations. Infant formula base powder means a dry mixture of protein, fat, and carbohydrates that requires only the addition of vitamins and minerals in order to meet the definition of the term infant formula in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. During this time period, articles of infant formula base powder shall not be subject to any additional safeguard duties that may be imposed under subchapter IV of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia, as the John R. Lewis Post Office Building.

This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Mishawaka, Indiana, as the "Jackie Walorski VA Clinic" to honor former U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski, who served on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and advocated for veterans. The law requires all federal references - including laws, documents, and maps - to use the new name for the clinic, effective upon enactment. It does not change the clinic’s services, funding, or operations, as it is a purely commemorative naming resolution.

Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 This act provides continuing FY2023 appropriations to federal agencies through December 16, 2022, provides supplemental appropriations for assistance to Ukraine, and establishes a compensation program for victims of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fire in New Mexico. The act also extends several expiring programs and authorities. (Unless otherwise specified, the extensions referred to in this summary are effective through December 16, 2022.) (Sec. 3) This section provides that references to this Act included in any division of this act refer only to the provisions of the division unless the act expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) This section provides appropriations for a payment to Dean Swihart, the beneficiary of the late Representative Jacqueline Walorski-Swihart. (A gratuity equal to one year's salary has long been given to the heirs or beneficiaries of Members of Congress who die in office.) DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 This division provides continuing FY2023 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of December 16, 2022, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2023 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2023 begins on October 1, 2022. The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2022 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. (Sec. 101) This section provides FY2023 appropriations to federal agencies for continuing projects or activities at the levels and under the conditions included in specified FY2022 appropriations acts. The section extends several immigration-related programs and specifies several exceptions. It also includes a provision that provides additional funding for the Administration for Children and Families to carry out the Unaccompanied Children Program. (Sec. 102) This section prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from funding new or accelerated production of certain projects and other activities and certain multiyear procurements prior to the enactment of the regular annual appropriations act. (Sec. 103) This section specifies that funds provided by Section 101 of this division shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided in the pertinent appropriations act. (Sec. 104) This section prohibits appropriations provided by Section 101 of this division from being used to initiate or resume any project or activity that was not funded during FY2022. (Sec. 105) This section specifies that appropriations provided by the CR are to be used to conduct FY2023 activities and programs during the period of the CR. (Sec. 106) This section continues the appropriations provided by this division through the earlier of December 16, 2022, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. (Sec. 107) This section requires expenditures for activities funded in this division to be charged to the full-year appropriations bill and relevant account when the applicable appropriations bill becomes law. (Sec. 108) This section waives the normal time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments of accounts funded in annual appropriations acts. (Sec. 109) This section limits disbursements for programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or would complete distribution of funding at the beginning of the fiscal year if those actions would impinge on final congressional funding prerogatives. (Sec. 110) This section requires this division to be implemented so that only the most limited funding action permitted by this division is taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. (Sec. 111) This section continues funding for certain appropriated entitlements and mandatory payments with budget authority provided in an FY2022 appropriations act at the rate necessary to maintain program levels under current law. It also provides authority to pay obligations for mandatory payments required to be made through the beginning of January 2023. (Sec. 112) This section permits funding made available by this division for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency to be apportioned at the rate necessary to avoid furloughs. It also requires all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses to be taken prior to using this authority. (Sec. 113) This section permits funds appropriated by this division to be obligated and expended notwithstanding specified statutory provisions restricting appropriations for foreign assistance, the Department of State, international broadcasting, and intelligence activities in the absence of prior authorizations. (Sec. 114) This section extends designations of disaster relief and emergency requirements to funds provided by this division that previously carried those designations. (Sec. 115) This section sets forth requirements for the treatment of rescissions when federal agencies implement the funding levels provided by the CR. (Sec. 116) This section allows the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Farm Service Agency to apportion funding for the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program account at the rate necessary to accommodate approved applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership loans. (Sec. 117) This section allows USDA's Rural Business-Cooperative Service to use funds provided by this division for loans under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program. (Sec. 118) This section extends various authorities under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999, which requires buyers of live cattle, swine, and lamb and sellers of wholesale beef, pork, and lamb to report prices, volumes, and other marketing characteristics to USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service. (Sec. 119) This section allows the Economic Development Administration to apportion funding for salaries and expenses at the rate necessary to maintain agency operations. (Sec. 120) This section allows the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to apportion funding for salaries and expenses at the rate necessary to ensure continued oversight of public safety communications programs. (Sec. 121) This section provides additional appropriations to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for investigative activities associated with Afghan resettlement operations. (Sec. 122) This section allows DOD to transfer specified Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid funds to the Department of State to support Operation Allies Welcome or any successor operation. (Operation Allies Welcome is the coordinated effort across the federal government to support and resettle Afghan evacuees.) (Sec. 123) This section extends the authority for DOD to provide physical protection and personal security for certain former or retired DOD officials who face serious and credible threats arising from duties performed while employed by DOD. (Sec. 124) This section extends the availability of funding for the Afghan Security Forces Fund by rescinding specified FY2021 funding, appropriating the same amount for FY2022, and allowing the funds to remain available through FY2025. (Sec. 125) This section provides additional emergency funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for specified water and wastewater infrastructure projects. (Sec. 126) This section extends the authority for the Calfed Bay-Delta Program, which addresses ecosystem restoration and water management issues in California. (Sec. 127) This section extends various Bureau of Reclamation authorities, including authorities related to (1) grants for improvements to Rio Grande Pueblo irrigation infrastructure, and (2) certain activities to aid eligible states affected by drought. (Sec. 128) This section provides additional funding for the Department of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to administer the new Craft Beverage Modernization Act import claims program. (Sec. 129) This section provides additional funding for the Office of the National Cyber Director. (Sec. 130) This section provides additional funding for fees that are paid to jurors. (Sec. 131) This section provides additional funding for security improvements at U.S. courthouses and federal court facilities. (Sec. 132) This section authorizes the District of Columbia to spend local funds at the rates set forth in the Fiscal Year 2023 Local Budget Act of 2022 for programs and activities that were funded in FY2022. (Sec. 133) This section provides additional appropriations to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for costs associated with the establishment and implementation of a government-wide certification program within SBA for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. (Sec. 134) This section allows the SBA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to meet demand for commitments for several of its lending programs. (Sec. 135) This section allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency to apportion funding for the Disaster Relief Fund at the rate necessary to carry out response and recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. (Sec. 136) This section transfers specified funds from the Disaster Relief Fund to carry out the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act. (Sec. 137) This section extends the authority for the Department of Homeland Security's joint task forces. (Sec. 138) This section extends the authorization for the U.S. Secret Service's National Computer Forensic Institute. (Sec. 139) This section extends the authorization for the National Flood Insurance Program. (Sec. 140) This section extends the authority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the General Services Administration to carry out a pilot program to acquire innovative commercial items through an expedited competitive process. (Sec. 141) This section extends the authority for DHS and the Department of Justice to protect certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. (Sec. 142) This section permits funding provided for the National Park Service's National Recreation and Preservation account for heritage partnership programs to be used to provide continued financial assistance to any national heritage area, national heritage corridor, cultural heritage corridor, national heritage partnership, national heritage route, national heritage canalway, and battlefields national historic district established as of September 1, 2022. (Sec. 143) This section permits funding for the Department of the Interior's Working Capital Fund to be apportioned at the rate necessary to implement enterprise cybersecurity safeguards. (Sec. 144) This section provides additional funding to the Indian Health Service for costs related to staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in FY2022 and FY2023. It also allows the funds to be apportioned at the rate necessary to staff and operate the facilities. (Sec. 145) This section provides additional funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to carry out 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline activities and behavioral health crisis services. (Sec. 146) This section provides additional funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides grants for states, tribes, and territories to operate home energy assistance programs for low-income households. (Sec. 147) This section provides additional funding to the Administration for Children and Families for refugee and entrant assistance activities, including providing shelter and services for unaccompanied minors. (Sec. 148) This section allows a higher spending rate for the Social Security Administration's administrative expenses. (Sec. 149) This section extends the authority to provide resettlement assistance and other benefits and services to evacuees from Afghanistan. (Sec. 150) This section extends funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. (Sec. 151) This section extends the authority for the Department of Defense to obligate funds for certain military construction projects that first received appropriations in FY2018. (Sec. 152) This section provides additional funding for various Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) programs and activities, including Diplomatic Programs; International Disaster Assistance; Transition Initiatives; Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia; Migration and Refugee Assistance; International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement; and the Foreign Military Financing Program. (Sec. 153) This section extends the authorization for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) Mark-to-Market Program. (The program authorizes HUD to renew certain expiring project-based rental assistance contracts with private property owners to allow rents to be reduced to market rates and Federal House Administration-insured mortgages to be restructured to a level that can be supported by the lower rents.) (Sec. 154) This section allows HUD to apportion funding for the Native Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program at the rate necessary to accommodate demand for commitments to guarantee loans under the program. (Sec. 155) This section provides additional funding for HUD's Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program to provide assistance for areas impacted by major disasters that occurred in 2021 and 2022. (Sec. 156) This section allows HUD to transfer specified funds from the Project-Based Rental Assistance account to the Rental Housing Assistance account to address a funding shortfall related to the Section 236 Interest Reduction Payment (IRP) program. (The Section 236 IRP program provides payments to owners of certain affordable multifamily rental properties to reduce the effective interest rates on Federal House Administration-insured mortgages.) (Sec. 157) This section extends the availability of specified Department of Transportation funding for National Infrastructure Investments grants through FY2023. DIVISION B--UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE This title provides appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related expenses, including for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, replenishing U.S. stocks of defense equipment sent to Ukraine, support and pay for personnel deployed to the region, and reviews and oversight of the assistance provided to Ukraine. Specifically, the title provides appropriations to DOD for Military Personnel; Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; and the Office of the Inspector General. It also provides appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account. (Sec. 1101) This section requires DOD to report to Congress on measures being taken to account for U.S. defense articles designated for Ukraine since the February 24, 2022, Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sec. 1102) This section requires DOD, in coordination with the Department of State, to report to Congress on U.S. security assistance provided to Ukraine since the February 24, 2022, Russian invasion of Ukraine. TITLE II-- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY This title provides appropriations to the National Nuclear Security Administration for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities to respond to the situation in Ukraine (e.g., preparing for and responding to potential nuclear and radiological incidents.) TITLE III--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE This title provides appropriations to the Economic Support Fund for assistance to Ukraine. (The fund is managed by the State Department and USAID.) (Sec. 1301) This section increases the FY2023 funding cap for the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which authorizes the President to immediately transfer defense articles and services from U.S. stocks to a foreign country or international organization to respond to an unforeseen emergency. This authority has recently been used to provide defense items to Ukraine. (Sec. 1302) This section allows funds provided by this title to be made available for direct financial support for the government of Ukraine, including Ukrainian first responders, and as a cash transfer. It also specifies requirements and restrictions for the funding such as reporting, oversight, and monitoring requirements. TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT (Sec. 1401) This section specifies that the funds provided by this division are in addition to funds otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year involved. (Sec. 1402) This section specifies that the funds provided by this division may not remain available beyond the current fiscal year, unless this division provides otherwise. (Sec. 1403) Unless otherwise specified by this division, the funds provided by this division are subject to the authorities and conditions that apply to the applicable appropriations accounts for FY2023. (Sec. 1404) This section designates the funding provided by this division as emergency spending, which is exempt from various budget enforcement procedures. DIVISION C--OTHER MATTERS TITLE I--EXTENSIONS, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS (Sec. 101) This section extends the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to conduct auctions for electromagnetic spectrum licenses. (Sec. 102) This section extends a special assessment on nonindigent persons or entities convicted of certain offenses involving sexual abuse or human trafficking. The assessment funds programs for human-trafficking survivors. United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2022 (Sec. 103) This section extends the U.S. Parole Commission. (Sec. 104) This section extends the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Customer Protection Fund expenses account. TITLE II--BUDGETARY EFFECTS This title exempts the budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO), (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping rules. DIVISION D--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENSIONS TITLE I--MEDICARE AND MEDICAID (Sec. 101) This section extends certain increased payment adjustments for low-volume hospitals under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system. (Sec. 102) This section extends the Medicare-Dependent Hospital Program, which provides additional payments to certain small rural hospitals that have a high proportion of Medicare patients. (Sec. 103) This section extends the increased Medicaid federal matching rate (also known as the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage) for U.S. territories. (Sec. 104) This section decreases funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund. TITLE II--HUMAN SERVICES (Sec. 201) This section extends and provides additional funding for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, which supports pregnant individuals and parents of young children in certain communities through home visits and partnerships with health, social service, and child development professionals. (Sec. 202) This section extends and provides additional funding for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program and the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (i.e., Title IV-B child and family services programs). TITLE III--PUBLIC HEALTH (Sec. 301) This section makes permanent the Health Center Volunteer Health Professionals Program, which allows health professionals who volunteer at public or nonprofit health centers to be considered covered Public Health Service employees for purposes of medical malpractice liability coverage under the Federal Tort Claims Act. (Sec. 302) This section allows commissioned officers of the Public Health Service to retain excess annual leave that would otherwise be lost at the end of FY2022. TITLE IV--INDIAN HEALTH This title extends provisions that prohibit the Indian Health Service from disbursing funds to Alaska Native villages or corporations that are located in areas served by Alaska Native regional health entities. DIVISION E--VETERANS AFFAIRS EXTENSIONS TITLE I--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO HEALTH CARE (Sec. 101) This section extends through FY2024 the authority for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to collect copayments from veterans for hospital care and nursing home care. (Sec. 102) This section extends through FY2024 the requirement that the VA provide nursing home care to certain veterans with a service-connected disability. (Sec. 103) This section extends through FY2026 the authority to continue the VA and Department of Defense joint incentives program related to health care resources. (Sec. 104) This section extends through FY2024 the authority for the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. (Sec. 105) This section extends through FY2023 the temporary expansion of payments and allowances for beneficiary travel in connection with veterans receiving care from Vet Centers. TITLE II--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO BENEFITS (Sec. 201) This section extends through FY2024 the authority of the VA to transport individuals to and from VA facilities in connection with vocational rehabilitation, required counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. (Sec. 202) This section extends through FY2024 the authority of the VA to maintain a regional office in the Philippines. (Sec. 203) This section extends through December 31, 2024, the requirement for the VA to submit a report containing a statement for each case recommended to the VA for equitable relief due to administrative error. (Sec. 204) This section extends through December 31, 2024, the authority to provide assistance for specially adapted housing for disabled veterans who are residing temporarily in a residence owned by a family member. (Sec. 205) This section extends through FY2024 the specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program. TITLE III--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO HOMELESS VETERANS (Sec. 301) This section reauthorizes through FY2024 homeless veterans reintegration programs conducted by the Department of Labor. (Sec. 302) This section reauthorizes through FY2024 a Labor grant program that provides dedicated services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children to expedite the reintegration of the veterans into the labor force. (Sec. 303) This section extends through FY2024 the authority of the VA to provide outreach, treatment, and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans. Additionally, the section extends the authority of the VA to operate a program to establish centers for the provision of comprehensive services to homeless veterans. (Sec. 304) This section reauthorizes through FY2024 the Supportive Services for Veterans Families program, which provides financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing or transitioning from homelessness. (Sec. 305) This section reauthorizes through FY2024 the VA program to provide grants to entities to encourage the development of programs for homeless veterans with special needs. (Sec. 306) This section reauthorizes through FY2026 the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans. TITLE IV--EXTENSIONS OF OTHER AUTHORITIES (Sec. 401) This section reauthorizes through FY2026 the monthly assistance allowances available to certain disabled veterans from the Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events. (Sec. 402) This section reauthorizes through FY2026 the VA program to provide grants to entities planning, developing, managing, and implementing programs to provide adaptive sports opportunities for disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces. (Sec. 403) This section extends through FY2026 the authority for the VA Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans. (Sec. 404) This section extends through FY2026 the authority for the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education. (Sec. 405) This section extends through FY2024 the authority of the VA to transfer real property to other agencies, states, or public or private entities. DIVISION F--FDA USER FEE REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2022 FDA User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2022 This division extends through FY2027 the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect user fees for drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and biosimilar biological products. It also addresses other related issues, such as modifying the formulas for calculating such user fees and reauthorizing various programs. (The FDA collects user fees from various entities, including companies that produce drugs and medical devices. The total amounts generated by each user fee program are set out in statutes. Generally, the FDA negotiates these user fees with the relevant industry every five years.) TITLE I--FEES RELATING TO DRUGS Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2022 (Sec. 1002) This section modifies various definitions in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Specifically, it modifies the definition of human drug application to include applications for certain allergenic extract products licensed on or after October 1, 2022. For the purposes of assessing the prescription drug program fee, if a drug manufacturer makes a request for a particular prescription drug to be placed on the list for discontinued drugs, the FDA shall consider the drug discontinued on the date the request is received or when the product will be withdrawn from sale, whichever is later. This section also establishes a statutory definition for skin-test diagnostic product . Generally, such a product is administered to the skin to detect a local hypersensitivity reaction to aid the diagnosis of an allergy or infection with certain pathogens. (Sec. 1003) This section modifies the method by which the FDA assesses drug user fees and extends through FY2027 the FDA's authority to assess and collect such fees. For example, this section establishes through FY2027 the annual base revenue and various adjustments. (The base revenue and various adjustments set the total amount of user fees that the FDA must collect through the particular user fee program each fiscal year.) For the purposes of setting drug user fees, the FDA must make various adjustments including (1) increasing the fees collected each fiscal year for strategic hiring and retention purposes, and (2) adjusting the fees collected for each fiscal year by employing the capacity planning method the FDA used to set such fees for FY2021. This section also establishes that a human drug application for a skin-test diagnostic product shall not be subject to certain fees. Furthermore, this section establishes a rule for fees for an approved human prescription drug that was on the discontinued list on the first day of a fiscal year but is no longer on the list later in the same fiscal year. Generally, the relevant manufacturers of such a drug must pay the annual prescription drug program fee for that fiscal year, if the manufacturer has had a human drug application or supplement pending before the FDA after September 1, 1992. This section also modifies exemptions to the prescription drug program fees for certain drugs. Specifically, this section exempts from such fees (1) certain large volume parenteral products, (2) drugs that are pharmaceutically equivalent to certain FDA-approved drugs, and (3) skin-test diagnostic products. (Sec. 1005) This section repeals a provision that terminates (1) on October 1, 2022, the FDA's authority to assess and collect user fees relating to human drugs, and (2) reporting requirements related to such authority. TITLE II--FEES RELATING TO DEVICES Medical Device User Fee Amendments of 2022 (Sec. 2002) This section amends the statutory definition of process for the review of device applications to include activities related to de novo classification requests. (Medical devices are assigned to one of three classes based on the level of control necessary to assure the device's safety and effectiveness.) (Sec. 2003) This section modifies the method by which the FDA assesses medical device user fees and extends through FY2027 the FDA's authority to assess and collect such fees. For example, the section establishes the total revenue amounts to be generated from such fees for each fiscal year through FY2027. For the purpose of calculating such user fees, this section also authorizes increases for various purposes. For example, for FY2025-FY2027, the base establishment registration fee amounts shall be increased by specified amounts to meet improved performance goals for reviewing certain medical device applications. Other adjustments required by this section include decreases in the amount to be collected for such user fees if (1) the FDA's hiring to support the medical device application process is below certain thresholds, or (2) operating reserves for medical device application review operations exceed certain thresholds. (Sec. 2005) This section permanently reauthorizes and modifies a program under which accredited testing laboratories are involved in assessing whether a medical device complies with certain statutory requirements. Currently, such a laboratory shall assess whether a device conforms to the relevant requirements. Under this section, a laboratory shall conduct tests to support such assessments. (Sec. 2006) This section reauthorizes through December 17, 2022, a program that allows accredited persons to review reports and make recommendations to the FDA pertaining to the initial classification of medical devices. (Sec. 2007) This section repeals a provision that terminates (1) on October 1, 2022, the FDA's authority to assess and collect user fees relating to medical devices, and (2) reporting requirements related to such authority. TITLE III--FEES RELATING TO GENERIC DRUGS Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2022 (Sec. 3002) This section modifies the method by which the FDA assesses generic drug user fees and extends through FY2027 the FDA's authority to assess and collect such fees. For example, this section establishes through FY2027 the annual base revenue amount and various adjustments to set the total amount that the FDA must collect each fiscal year for the particular user fee program. The FDA must establish a capacity planning methodology to meet the resource capacity needed for the FDA's human generic drug activities and increase the revenue collected under this user fee program accordingly. The FDA may also increase the user fees assessed for a fiscal year to meet certain operating reserve thresholds for the FDA's human generic drug activities. If the operating reserve increases above certain thresholds, the FDA must reduce the user fees accordingly. (Sec. 3004) This section repeals a provision that terminates (1) on October 1, 2022, the FDA's authority to assess and collect user fees relating to human generic drugs, and (2) reporting requirements related to such authority. TITLE IV--FEES RELATING TO BIOSIMILAR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS Biosimilar User Fee Amendments of 2022 (Sec. 4002) This section amends the definition of biosimilar biological product application to include a qualifying application for an allergenic extract product. Currently, applications for allergenic extract products are specifically excluded from the definition. (Sec. 4003) This section modifies the method by which the FDA assesses biosimilar biological product user fees and extends through FY2027 the FDA's authority to assess and collect such fees. For example, this section establishes through FY2027 the annual base revenue and various adjustments to set the total amount that the FDA must collect each fiscal year through the user fee program. For the purposes of setting such user fees, the FDA must (1) increase the fees collected each fiscal year for strategic hiring and retention purposes, and (2) adjust the fees collected for each fiscal year by employing the capacity planning method the FDA used to set such fees in FY2021. The FDA must also increase the user fees assessed for a fiscal year if doing so is necessary to meet certain operating reserve thresholds for the FDA's review of biosimilar biological product applications. If the operating reserve increases above certain thresholds, the FDA must reduce the user fees accordingly. The section also makes other changes to the biosimilar user fees, including by (1) authorizing the FDA to administratively remove from the biosimilar biological product development program a person who has failed to pay the required fee for two consecutive years, and (2) eliminating the biosimilar biological product fee. Furthermore, for the purposes of assessing the biosimilar biological product program fee, if a biosimilar product manufacturer makes a request for a particular biosimilar product to be placed on a list for discontinued products, the FDA shall consider the product discontinued on the date the request is received or when the product will be withdrawn from sale, whichever is later. If an approved biosimilar product was on the discontinued list on the first day of a fiscal year but is no longer on the list later in the fiscal year, the manufacturer of the product must pay the annual biosimilar biological product program fee for that fiscal year. (Sec. 4005) This section repeals a provision that terminates (1) on October 1, 2022, the FDA's authority to assess and collect user fees relating to biosimilar biological products, and (2) reporting requirements related to such authority. TITLE V--REAUTHORIZATION OF OTHER PROVISIONS (Sec. 5001) This section reauthorizes a National Institutes of Health program to (1) develop and publish a priority list of needs in pediatric therapeutics, and (2) award funds to entities with expertise in conducting research regarding such needs. (Sec. 5002) This section reauthorizes through December 17, 2022, the humanitarian device exemption program, which authorizes the FDA to, for the purposes of an application for approval to market a medical device, waive certain effectiveness requirements for an eligible device designed to treat or diagnose a disease or condition that affects no more than 8,000 individuals in the United States. Specifically, a request for such an exemption must be submitted on or before December 17, 2022. (Sec. 5003) This section reauthorizes a program that provides grants or contracts to nonprofit consortia for demonstration projects to promote pediatric device development. (Sec. 5004) This section reauthorizes a provision that allows an applicant for market approval for an eligible single-enantiomer drug to make an election that may qualify the drug for a five-year market exclusivity period. (Sec. 5005) This section reauthorizes the Critical Path Public-Private Partnerships, through which the FDA may enter into collaborative agreements with eligible entities to develop projects designed to achieve certain goals, such as fostering medical product innovation and accelerating medical product development. (Sec. 5006) This section reauthorizes an FDA program that provides grants to defray the costs of developing drugs, medical devices, and medical foods for rare diseases or conditions. (Sec. 5007) This section extends through December 17, 2022, a provision requiring the FDA to accredit persons to inspect facilities that manufacture certain classes of medical devices. (Sec. 5008) This section reauthorizes a provision requiring the FDA to post on its website quarterly reports with information on received generic drug applications and priority review applications. DIVISION G--HERMIT'S PEAK/CALF CANYON FIRE ASSISTANCE ACT Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act This division provides for monetary compensation to the persons injured by the prescribed fire burn in the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico that became a wildfire known as the Hermit's Peak Fire or the Hermit's Peak Fire/Calf Canyon Fire. Each person injured as a result the Hermit's Peak Fire shall be eligible to receive monetary compensation from the United States, including for personal injury, loss of property, business loss, or financial loss. An Office of Hermit's Peak Fire Claims is established within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to receive, process, and pay claims from persons injured by the fire. FEMA or the independent claims manager (which FEMA may appoint) shall, on behalf of the United States, investigate, consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, grant, deny, or settle any claim for money damages asserted by a person injured by the Hermit's Peak Fire. Any claimant aggrieved by a final decision of FEMA concerning compensation may, not later than 60 days after the date on which the decision is issued, bring a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico to modify or set aside the decision.

Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022 This act eliminates the statute of limitations for a minor victim of a human trafficking offense or federal sex offense to file a civil action to recover damages.

Patient Advocate Tracker Act This act requires the Office of Patient Advocacy within the Veterans Health Administration to establish an information technology system that allows veterans or their representatives to electronically file a complaint with a patient advocate and review the status of a filed complaint.

Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022 This act extends death and disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program to certain public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who suffer or suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, or trauma and stress-related disorders following an exposure to one or more traumatic events while on duty. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who die or become disabled as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury in the line of duty. The act specifies that post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, or trauma and stress-related disorders suffered by a public safety officer following an exposure to a traumatic event while on duty constitutes a personal injury in the line of duty if exposure to the traumatic event was a substantial factor in the disorder. Further, for the purposes of death and disability benefits, the act creates a presumption that an officer's death or permanent disability was directly caused by a personal injury in the line of duty if the officer took an action intended to bring about his or her death and exposure to a traumatic event was a substantial factor in that action or that action occurred within 45 days of an exposure and was consistent with a psychiatric disorder. Finally, the act requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the details of benefits issued pursuant to this act, including recommendations to improve the PSOB program.

Reese's Law This act requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish a product safety standard with respect to batteries that pose an ingestion hazard (i.e., button cell or coin batteries) and consumer products containing the batteries. Specifically, the batteries and consumer products with these batteries must include a warning label that clearly identifies the hazard of ingestion and instructs consumers to keep the batteries out of the reach of children, seek immediate medical attention if a battery is ingested, and follow any other consensus medical advice. Consumer products containing the batteries must also include a battery compartment that eliminates or adequately reduces the risk of injury from battery ingestion by children who are six years of age or younger. Additionally, such batteries, if sold separately or included separately with a product, must comply with federal child-resistant packaging regulations. The act exempts from these requirements (1) toy products that are in compliance with certain existing battery accessibility and labeling requirements, and (2) batteries that are in compliance with the marking and packaging provisions of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Safety Standard for Portable Lithium Primary Cells and Batteries. The act also provides for compliance with the requirements by relying on a voluntary standard that is approved by the CPSC before it establishes the standard required by this act.

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Among other provisions, this bill provides new funding for infrastructure projects, including for roads, bridges, and major projects; passenger and freight rail; highway and pedestrian safety; public transit; broadband; ports and waterways; airports; water infrastructure; power and grid reliability and resiliency; resiliency, including funding for coastal resiliency, ecosystem restoration, and weatherization; clean school buses and ferries; electric vehicle charging; addressing legacy pollution by cleaning up Brownfield and Superfund sites and reclaiming abandoned mines; and Western Water Infrastructure. DIVISION A--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 This division reauthorizes Department of Transportation (DOT) federal-aid highway and transportation infrastructure finance and innovation (TIFIA) programs, revises research, technology, and workforce education programs, and addresses tribal transportation needs. The effective date of this division is October 1, 2021. TITLE I--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS Among other provisions, this title reauthorizes through FY2026 several surface transportation programs, including the federal-aid highway program, transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program (TIFIA), federal lands access and tribal transportation programs, Territorial and Puerto Rico highway program, and nationally significant freight and highway projects; reauthorizes through FY2026 other transportation programs, including the bridge investment program, congestion relief program, charging and fueling infrastructure grants, the rural surface transportation grant program, reduction of truck emissions at port facilities, nationally significant federal lands and tribal projects, ferry boat construction, and research, technology, and education programs; provides statutory authority for DOT's Safe Routes to School program; establishes a wildlife crossing pilot grant program to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions; directs DOT to encourage states to develop a voluntary human capital plan for the transportation-related workforce needs of the states; provides statutory authority for federal agency coordination and streamlining of environmental reviews and authorizations for major infrastructure projects; addresses climate change by establishing a grant program for the deployment of publicly-accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, and natural gas fueling infrastructure along designated alternative fuel corridors; establishes the Healthy Streets grant program; provides for bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways; designates additional routes within the Central Texas Corridor as high priority corridors within the National Highway System; and requires DOT to provide grants to eliminate or control invasive plants and carry out pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way, including the planting and seeding of native, locally appropriate grasses and wildflowers. TITLE II--TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION This title reauthorizes through FY2026 the state infrastructure bank program and revises the TIFIA program. Under the existing TIFIA program, DOT provides loans with low interest rates and loan guarantees with low repayment terms to borrowers to undertake certain transportation infrastructure programs. This title revises program requirements, including by expanding eligibility to airport-related projects, requiring DOT to establish a process to expedite certain loans, and setting forth provisions to increase transparency in the review process for projects seeking TIFIA funding. TITLE III--RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION This title requires DOT to revise its workforce education program and establish certain research and technology programs. Among other requirements, DOT must establish a program to test the feasibility of a road usage fee and other user-based alternative revenue mechanisms to help maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund; establish pilot programs to demonstrate a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, facilitate the integration of data about weather conditions, road conditions, and information from emergency responders, conduct emerging technology research, including advanced and additive manufacturing technologies, and improve transportation planning; establish animal detection systems that reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions; and designate 10 regional Centers of Excellence for Resilience and Adaptation and a national Center of Excellence for Resilience and Adaptation to promote the resilience of surface transportation infrastructure from natural disasters, extreme weather, and the effects of climate change. TITLE IV--INDIAN AFFAIRS This title provides for expedited and efficient environmental reviews for tribal transportation safety projects, use of tribal transportation funds to carry out bridge replacements, authorization of appropriations to the Bureau of Indian Affairs through FY2026 to carry out its road maintenance program, a study of the long-term viability and useful life of existing roads on Indian land, a periodic status report on progress in addressing the deferred maintenance needs of roads on Indian land, the development of best practices for compiling motor vehicle crash data and development of a standard crash report form, the establishment of an Office of Tribal Government Affairs and Assistant Secretary for Tribal Government Affairs within DOT. DIVISION B--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT ACT OF 2021 Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021 TITLE I--MULTIMODAL AND FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION This title establishes and expands provisions related to the national multimodal freight policy and components of the national freight system. Among other provisions, the title establishes an Office of Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy within the Department of Transportation (DOT); expands the National Freight Strategic Plan to include best practices for reducing environmental impacts of freight movement, strategies to increase the resilience of the freight system, and consideration of potential impacts of the freight system on rural and historically disadvantaged communities; authorizes funding for a National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration grant program to address anadromous fish passage; directs DOT to establish a pilot program within the Build America Bureau to provide financial, technical, and legal assistance to help rural and tribal communities with development phase activities when evaluating potential transportation projects; provides statutory authority for the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan program and makes modifications to the program; and requires DOT to periodically submit a report to Congress that identifies the number of applicants that sought a RRIF loan for a transit-oriented development project, the number of loans provided to such applicants, and the reasons for providing or declining to provide requested loans. TITLE II--RAIL Passenger Rail Expansion and Rail Safety Act of 2021 This title addresses various passenger rail-related issues, including Amtrak, intercity passenger rail policy, and rail safety. Among other provisions, the title authorizes through FY2026 grants to support Amtrak's intercity passenger rail service on the Northeast Corridor and the National Network; requires Amtrak to ensure at least one Amtrak ticket agent is employed at each station building that averages at least 40 passengers per day; directs a working group to provide recommendations to improve Amtrak's onboard food and beverage service; prohibits smoking, including the use of electronic cigarettes, on all Amtrak trains; modifies provisions related to the Northeast Corridor Commission, including to require the commission to submit a service development plan that identifies key state-of-good repair flexibility and resources for states to address grade crossing safety issues; directs the Federal Railroad Administration to establish a three-year blocked crossing portal to receive, store, and retrieve information regarding blocked highway-rail grade crossings; and directs DOT to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies to conduct a study and issue a report on the safety impacts of freight trains longer than 7,500 feet. TITLE III--MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY This title addresses provisions related to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and its related programs covering commercial drivers and vehicles. Among other provisions, the title reauthorizes through FY2026 the use of the Highway Trust Fund to pay the administrative expenses of the FMCSA and provide financial assistance for various programs, including to carry out the motor carrier safety assistance program, the commercial motor vehicle enforcement training and support grant program, and the commercial motor vehicle operators grant program; revises the high priority program to include projects that address human trafficking in a commercial motor vehicle or by any driver or passenger; directs DOT to establish an immobilization grant program to provide discretionary grants to states for the immobilization or impoundment of passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles that are determined to be unsafe or fail inspection; establishes a grant program to provide discretionary grants for nonprofit organizations to provide training to non-federal employees who conduct commercial motor vehicle enforcement activities; requires the FMCSA to establish and facilitate a Women of Trucking Advisory Board to promote organizations and programs that provide education, training, mentorship, or outreach to women in the trucking industry and recruit, retain, or advance women into the trucking industry; requires DOT to prescribe a motor vehicle safety standard and accompanying performance requirements for automatic emergency braking systems for heavy-duty commercial motor vehicles; and directs DOT to promulgate regulations to implement an apprenticeship program for licensed commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21. TITLE IV--HIGHWAY AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY This title addresses provisions related to highway safety, highway safety research and development, high-visibility enforcement, national priority safety, and vehicle safety programs of DOT. Among other provisions, the title authorizes though FY2026 DOT programs related to highway safety, highway safety research and development, high-visibility enforcement, and national priority safety programs; directs DOT to carry out an education campaign to reduce the incidence of vehicular heatstroke of children left in passenger motor vehicles and establish a program to provide grants to states for use in developing and implementing processes for informing each owner and lessee of a motor vehicle of open recalls during vehicle registration; requires DOT to conduct three high-visibility traffic safety law enforcement campaigns in each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026; revises national priority safety programs of DOT, including programs that address distracted and impaired driving; establishes the Motorcyclist Advisory Council to advise DOT on motorcycle safety issues, including road design and maintenance, barrier design, and use of intelligent transportation systems; authorizes through FY2026 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration motor vehicle safety programs and activities; requires motor vehicle manufacturers to report to DOT information on recall campaigns, including the number of affected vehicles and the number of repaired vehicles; and directs DOT to implement rules to establish minimum performance standards with respect to crash avoidance technology and to require on all new motor vehicles forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking systems, and lane departure and lane keeping assist systems. TITLE V--RESEARCH AND INNOVATION This title addresses provisions related to research and innovation programs of DOT and other federal agencies. Among other provisions, the title requires DOT to create a website that includes a compilation of resources for states and local communities to use in developing and implementing intelligent transportation system programs or smart community transportation programs; directs DOT to establish the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grant Program to support demonstration projects on smart technologies that improve transportation efficiency and safety, including autonomous vehicles and smart grids to support electric vehicles; establishes the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Infrastructure within DOT to fund research and development on advanced transportation infrastructure technologies; directs DOT to establish an advanced transportation research pilot program for universities, nonprofit organizations, and other entities to submit unsolicited research proposals to DOT; requires DOT to implement a strategy to use infrastructure investments to support the travel and tourism industry during the COVID-19 pandemic; addresses the barriers states face in submitting alcohol and drug toxicology results to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, which provides nationwide data on fatal injuries related to motor vehicle crashes; requires DOT to report on methods to improve access to marijuana products for scientific research on marijuana-impaired driving and to make recommendations on how to address any federal barriers to conducting research on marijuana-impaired driving; and directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the potential societal benefits of improving the efficiency of traffic systems. TITLE VI--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS This title reauthorizes through FY2026 the hazardous materials emergency preparedness program and other safety programs of DOT. The title also directs DOT to establish a grant program to develop a hazardous materials response training curriculum for emergency responders and to make such training available in an electronic format. Additionally, the title revises requirements for Class I railroads that transport hazardous materials to share real-time emergency response information by providing certain information to appropriate state and local officials, including the quantity of hazardous materials. TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS This title addresses various provisions related to DOT, including performance standards, forced labor, the electromagnetic spectrum, and travel and tourism activities. Specifically, the title authorizes DOT to develop metrics and establish performance standards that use such metrics to assess the effectiveness of grants awarded under the bill; requires DOT to ensure that no illegal products or materials produced with forced labor are procured with funding under the bill; directs DOT and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to audit the electromagnetic spectrum assigned to DOT, the purposes for which the assigned spectrum is used, and the portions of spectrum being shared with other users; and requires DOT to study and report on travel and tourism activities within DOT and how it evaluates travel and tourism needs in reviewing applications for grant programs. TITLE VIII-SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY This title reauthorizes through FY2026 the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund which provides funding for several programs, including coastal wetlands, water and boating infrastructure, and recreational boating safety. It also requires an amount to be set-aside each fiscal year through FY2026 for administration of the National Recreational Boating Safety Program and the Wildlife Restoration Fund. The title also requires the GAO to report on (1) the increasing use of nonmotorized vessels and their impacts on motorized and nonmotorized vessel access, (2) user conflicts at waterway access points, (3) the use of Sport Fish Restoration Program funds to improve nonmotorized vessel access and the reasons for providing such access, and (4) the use of Recreational Boating Safety Program funds for nonmotorized boating safety programs. DIVISION C--TRANSIT This division revises provisions related to various public transportation programs, including the fixed guideway capital investment grant program, the public transportation innovation grant program, and the low or no emissions grant program for buses and bus facilities. Among other provisions, the division revises requirements for metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), including by allowing MPOs to elect to expand considerations of housing planning processes into the metropolitan transportation planning process; revises requirements for the fixed guideway capital investment grant program; revises the rural area formula grant program by establishing fixed percentages for the Public Transportation on Indian Reservations and the Appalachian Development Public Transportation Assistance programs; updates reporting requirements for DOT's annual report on research activities under the public transportation innovation grant program; adds geographic service area coverage as a reporting requirement to the National Transit Database; establishes a new competitive grant program to assist state and local governments in financing capital projects for the replacement of rail rolling stock; reauthorizes through FY2026 funding from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for programs related to public transportation; modifies the low or no emissions grant program for buses and bus facilities, including by increasing the minimum allotment of grant funds for states and territories; and reauthorizes through FY2030 capital and preventive maintenance grants to the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority. DIVISION D--ENERGY TITLE I--GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESILIENCY This title establishes a variety of requirements and incentives to support energy infrastructure and cybersecurity for the energy sector, including requirements and incentives to make the electric grid more reliable, resilient, flexible, and secure; facilitate the construction of or updates to electric power transmission lines and related facilities; create state energy security plans; reauthorize through FY2026 and revise the State Energy Program; establish a demonstration project for second-life applications of electric vehicle batteries as aggregated energy storage installations that provide services to the electric grid; replace the Federal Columbia River Power System; revise and upgrade the power management of the dams in the Columbia River Basin located in the Western United States and Canada; and develop cybersecurity applications and technologies in the energy sector. TITLE II--SUPPLY CHAINS FOR CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES This title sets forth incentives and requirements to ensure a supply chain for clean energy technologies, such as supply chains for critical minerals (e.g., rare earth minerals) and battery materials. For example, the title provides support for programs that identify, produce, recycle, and reuse critical minerals; address the supply chain for lithium-ion batteries that are used in items such as electric cars, including efforts to recycle and reuse batteries; and enable manufacturers to build facilities to produce or recycle advanced energy products in communities where coal mines or coal power plants have closed. TITLE III--FUELS AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS This title reauthorizes, expands, and establishes programs that support infrastructure or technology for capturing, utilizing, storing, transporting, or removing carbon dioxide; efforts to research, develop, or recycle hydrogen from clean energy sources; nuclear energy infrastructure, including planning for micro-reactors and small-modular reactors; hydroelectric power infrastructure, hydroelectric efficiency improvements, or hydroelectric power storage; or other clean energy (e.g., solar) programs. TITLE IV--ENABLING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND DATA COLLECTION This title revises various loan programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) and expands DOE data collection requirements. For example, the title expands the eligibility criteria for the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program. It also directs DOE to collect information on the bulk power system, energy consumption, demand for minerals, and other issues. TITLE V--ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE This title establishes requirements and incentives related to increasing energy efficiency in homes, commercial buildings, manufacturing facilities, public schools, nonprofit buildings, and federal buildings. TITLE VI--METHANE REDUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE This title reauthorizes through FY2022 and revises programs to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned (e.g., abandoned) oil or gas wells located on federal, state, or tribal lands. TITLE VII--ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION This title reduces the fee certain coal mining operations must pay to the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, reauthorizes such fee through FY2034, revises provisions regarding the fund and mine reclamation, and establishes a program to reclaim hard rock mine land. Under the existing Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program, the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement collects a fee from coal mining companies for each ton of coal produced. The fees are deposited into the fund, which may be used to address hazards to public health, safety, and the environment from coal mining sites that were abandoned or unreclaimed as of August 3, 1977. In addition, this title also requires the Department of the Interior to establish a program to inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to hazardous substance releases on, and remediate abandoned hard rock mine land. TITLE VIII--NATURAL RESOURCES-RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE, WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT, AND ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION This title reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises the Forest Roads and Trails Act and authorizes programs related to wildlife and natural resources, including by authorizing (1) the Forest Service Legacy Road and Trail Remediation Program, (2) a program to reduce the risk of wildfire, and (3) a voluntary program to restore ecosystems. TITLE IX--WESTERN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE This title revises requirements regarding western water infrastructure and authorizes through FY2026 projects of the Bureau of Reclamation projects concerning such infrastructure, such as projects for water storage, groundwater recharge, water recycling and reuse desalination projects, rural water projects, dam safety projects, drought contingency plans, critical maintenance and repair, water efficiency, and specified aquatic ecosystem restoration and protection. TITLE X--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY ACT OF 2020 This title authorizes a variety of projects and programs established under the Energy Act of 2020 concerning energy storage, advanced reactors, mineral security, carbon capture, water power, and renewable energy. TITLE XI--WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS This title requires projects that receive funding under this division to pay all laborers and mechanics locally prevailing wages. TITLE XII--MISCELLANEOUS This title requires DOE to establish a program to oversee demonstration projects authorized under this division or the Energy Act of 2020. In addition, the title extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. DIVISION E--DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 TITLE I--DRINKING WATER This title authorizes a variety of programs within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that support drinking water infrastructure. Specifically, the title reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises the drinking water state revolving fund program, which provides financial assistance to states and water systems for infrastructure projects. In addition, it reauthorizes through FY2026 existing programs and establishes new programs to support drinking water infrastructure, including programs that address emergencies (e.g., cybersecurity events) affecting drinking water systems; protect sources of water (e.g., rivers, lakes, and groundwater); assist the public water systems of small and disadvantaged communities; assist low-income households located in rural areas to maintain access to drinking water and wastewater treatment; reduce lead contamination in drinking water; and support drinking water and sanitation projects on Indian reservations. TITLE II--CLEAN WATER This title authorizes a variety of programs within the EPA that support clean water infrastructure. Specifically, the title reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises (1) the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014; and (2) the clean water state revolving fund program, which provides financial assistance to states and communities for sewage and wastewater infrastructure projects. In addition, it reauthorizes through FY2026 existing programs and establishes new programs that support water infrastructure, including programs designed to assist publicly owned treatment works (i.e., sewage and wastewater treatment plants commonly known as POTWs) convert waste in water to energy; plan and construct POTWs to address municipal combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, or stormwater; increase the resilience of POTWs to natural hazards or cybersecurity vulnerabilities; assist small and medium POTWs; construct, repair, or replace decentralized wastewater systems for households with low or moderate incomes; assist qualified households with low or moderate incomes connect to POTWs; provide alternative sources of water to meet critical water supply needs; or develop and construct public water systems and wastewater systems for rural and Native villages in Alaska. DIVISION F--BROADBAND TITLE I--BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES This title establishes measures to promote broadband deployment in unserved and underserved areas through specified projects (e.g., connecting libraries and other community anchor institutions, collecting data and conducting broadband mapping, and installing internet infrastructure). Specifically, the title establishes the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program to award grants to carry out the purposes of this title. Further, it requires broadband providers to deliver information to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to facilitate the creation and maintenance of broadband maps. The FCC must establish an online mapping tool to provide a geographic footprint of each federally funded broadband infrastructure deployment project. TITLE II--TRIBAL CONNECTIVITY TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS This title modifies the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, through which the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) makes grants to expand access to and adoption of broadband service on tribal land for remote learning, telework, or telehealth resources. Specifically, the title extends the deadline for a grant recipient to (1) commit grant funds to a specific use, and (2) expend the grant funds. The title also authorizes a grant recipient to use grant funds to cover up to 2.5% of the total project cost for planning, feasibility, and sustainability studies. If Congress appropriates additional funds for these grants after the enactment of this bill, the NTIA (1) may use a portion of the funds to fully fund grants that were not fully funded initially, and (2) shall allocate any remaining funds through subsequent funding rounds. TITLE III--DIGITAL EQUITY ACT OF 2021 Digital Equity Act of 2021 This title requires the NTIA to establish grant programs for promoting digital equity, supporting digital inclusion activities, and building capacity for state-led efforts to increase adoption of broadband by their residents. Specifically, the title establishes the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program to make distributions to states based on their populations, demographics, and availability and adoption of broadband. The title also establishes the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program for supporting efforts to achieve digital equity, promote digital inclusion, and stimulate adoption of broadband. TITLE IV--ENABLING MIDDLE MILE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE This title requires the NTIA to make grants to eligible entities for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure (i.e., the midsection of the infrastructure required to enable internet connectivity for end users but which does not connect directly to an end-user location). Entities eligible to receive such grants include states, tribal governments, telecommunications companies, various nonprofit entities, and economic development authorities. TITLE V--BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY This title revises and makes permanent the Affordable Connectivity Benefit Program (formerly, the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program) established to reimburse broadband providers for costs associated with discounting broadband service for certain households during the COVID-19 emergency period. Participating providers must allow recipient households to apply the affordable connectivity benefit to any of its internet service offerings and may not require the households to submit to a credit check in order to apply the benefit. Such providers must also carry out public awareness campaigns in service areas to highlight the existence of the program and the value and benefits of broadband. The FCC must promulgate regulations to require the display of broadband consumer labels to disclose to consumers specified information regarding broadband internet plans, including information regarding whether the offered price is an introductory rate. Further, the FCC must adopt final rules to facilitate equal access to broadband, which must include (1) preventing digital discrimination of access based on factors such as income level, race, or religion; and (2) identifying necessary steps for the FCC to eliminate such discrimination. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must evaluate and report on the process used by the FCC for establishing, reviewing, and updating the upload and download speed thresholds for broadband service. TITLE VI--TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY WORKFORCE Telecommunications Skilled Workforce Act This title establishes measures to address the workforce needs of the telecommunications industry. Specifically, the title requires the FCC to establish an interagency working group to develop recommendations for addressing these workforce needs, including the safety of that workforce. The FCC must also establish and issue guidance for states on matters related to workforce needs and safety of the telecommunications industry, including how a state workforce development board can (1) utilize federal resources available to meet relevant workforce needs; (2) promote and improve recruitment in the Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program and other qualified industry-led workforce development programs; and (3) ensure the safety of tower climbers and other members of the telecommunications workforce. The GAO must submit to Congress a report that estimates the number of skilled telecommunications workers that will be required to build and maintain (1) broadband infrastructure in rural areas, and (2) the infrastructure needed to support 5G wireless technology. DIVISION G--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT COMPLETION FUND This title establishes in the Treasury an Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund. Amounts deposited in the fund shall be used by the Department of the Interior for transfers to accounts authorized to receive discretionary appropriations, or to satisfy other obligations identified by Interior, under an approved Indian water settlement. TITLE II--WILDFIRE MITIGATION Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Act of 2021 This title directs Interior, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to jointly establish a temporary commission to study and make recommendations to improve federal policies relating to wildland fires in the United States, including rehabilitating land devastated by wildland fires. The commission shall terminate 180 days after it submits two reports to Congress (1) recommendations to prevent, mitigate, suppress, and manage wildland fires; and (2) a strategy to meet aerial firefighting equipment needs that may be used for wildland firefighting purposes through 2030 in the most cost-effective manner. TITLE III--REFORESTATION Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees Act or the REPLANT Act This title directs USDA to annually transmit to Congress for each of the 10 years after enactment of this title an estimate of appropriations necessary to replant and otherwise treat (1) forested land intended to be cut over that year, and (2) a sufficient portion of the backlog of lands that need treatment to eliminate the backlog within the 10-year period. After such 10-year period, USDA shall transmit annually to Congress an estimate of the sums necessary to replant and otherwise treat all lands being cut over and maintain planned timber production on all other forested lands in the National Forest System to prevent the development of a backlog of needed work larger than the needed work at the beginning of the fiscal year. Each reforestation activity included in a renewable resource assessment shall be carried out in accordance with applicable Forest Service management practices and definitions, including definitions relating to silvicultural practices and forest management. The Forest Service shall, based on recommendations from regional foresters, create a priority list of reforestation projects that primarily take place on priority land and promote effective reforestation following unplanned events. The list may include activities to ensure adequate and appropriate seed availability. USDA shall give priority to projects on the list. TITLE IV--RECYCLING PRACTICES This title provides support for recycling programs. Specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must develop best practices for states, tribal, and local governments with respect to the collection of batteries to be recycled in a manner that (1) is technically and economically feasible; (2) is environmentally sound and safe for waste management workers; and (3) optimizes the value and use of material derived from recycling of batteries. The title also requires the EPA to establish a program to award grants to improve the effectiveness of residential and community recycling programs through public education and outreach. In addition, the EPA must develop a model recycling program toolkit for states, Native American tribes, and local governments. Finally, the title specifies that the EPA's review of its federal procurement guidelines for purchasing certain recycled materials and items made with such materials must occur at least once every five years. TITLE V--BIOPRODUCT PILOT PROGRAM This title directs USDA to carry out a pilot program to partner with not less than one qualified institution to study the benefits of using materials derived from certain agricultural commodities in the production of construction and consumer products, including greenhouse gas emission reductions and other environmental benefits relative to other commonly used alternative materials. TITLE VI--CYBERSECURITY Cyber Response and Recovery Act This title authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to declare a significant incident in the event of a breach of a public or private network and establishes a Cyber Response and Recovery Fund. Specifically, DHS may make the declaration upon determining that a specific significant incident has occurred or is likely to occur imminently and that otherwise available resources, other than the fund, are likely insufficient to respond to or mitigate the incident effectively. Upon a declaration, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency must coordinate the response activities of (1) each federal agency; (2) local governments, law enforcement agencies, and other responding entities; and (3) federal, state, local, and tribal emergency management and response agencies. The fund shall be available for the coordination of such activities and for response and recovery support. State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act Additionally, the title establishes the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program to address cybersecurity risks and threats to the information systems of state, local, or tribal governments. TITLE VII--PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS This title requires entities carrying out certain transportation projects to conduct a value-for-money analysis or comparable analysis of the project during the planning and project development process and prior to signing any Project Development Agreement. For each project the entity carrying out the project must include the results of the analysis on the website of the project and submit the results of the analysis to the Build America Bureau and the Department of Transportation (DOT). DOT must issue guidance on performance benchmarks, risk premiums, and expected rates of return on private financing for such projects. TITLE VIII--FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT This title revises the program responsible for federal coordination and review of major infrastructure projects, including by making this program permanent and by expanding the types of projects eligible for the program. TITLE IX--BUILD AMERICA, BUY AMERICA Build America, Buy America Act This title requires federal infrastructure programs to provide for the use of materials produced in the United States. For example each federal agency must submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and to Congress a report that identifies each federal financial assistance program for infrastructure administered by the agency and (1) identify domestic content procurement preferences applicable to the assistance, (2) assess the applicability of such requirements, (3) provide details on any applicable domestic content procurement preference requirement, and (4) include a description of the type of infrastructure projects that receive funding under the program. Additionally, each agency shall ensure that none of the funds made available for such a program are used for a project unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured products used in the project are produced in the United States. Agencies may waive these requirements where inconsistent with the public interest, where not produced in sufficient quantities or satisfactory quality, or where such inclusion will increase the cost of the project by more than 25%. The title also directs the Office for Federal Procurement Policy in the OMB to promulgate final regulations or other policy guidance to standardize and simplify how federal agencies comply with, report on, and enforce the Buy American Act. Further, the title directs specified federal agencies to take steps to increase transparency and limit the use of waivers of Buy American laws. Generally, Buy American laws require agencies to procure domestic goods. BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2021 The title requires (1) the Department of Commerce, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the OMB to assess the impacts of all U.S. free trade agreements, the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement, and federal permitting processes on the operation of Buy American laws; and (2) the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish a free, publicly available BuyAmerican.gov website. Public interest waivers from Buy American laws shall be construed to ensure the maximum utilization of goods, products, and materials produced in the United States. The GSA shall develop a mechanism to collect information on requests to invoke a Buy American waiver for a federal contract. Make PPE in America Act The title also requires procurement contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) to be long-term and for domestically manufactured. Contracts entered into by the Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Defense, Education, or Veterans Affairs for the procurement of PPE must be for a duration of at least two years, including all option periods, to incentivize investment in the production of PPE, and materials and components of PPE, in the United States. The title provides exceptions (1) where a non availability determination has been made, or (2) where a sufficient quantity of a satisfactory quality cannot be procured as and when needed at U.S. market prices. The departments must certify every 120 days that an exception is necessary to procure PPE to meet the immediate needs of a public health emergency. Such departments may transfer to the Strategic National Stockpile any excess PPE acquired under a contract. TITLE X--ASSET CONCESSIONS This title directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a grant program to provide technical assistance and other resources to state and local transportation agencies that are interested in engaging the private sector in public-private partnerships, asset concessions, and other innovative financing. TITLE XI--CLEAN SCHOOL BUSES AND FERRIES This title establishes and expands programs related to clean school buses and ferries. Specifically, the title revises the Clean School Bus Program, under which the Environmental Protection Agency must provide financial assistance to replace existing school buses with clean or zero-emission school buses that do not emit specified pollutants, including greenhouse gases; directs DOT to establish a pilot program to provide grants to purchase electric or low-emitting (e.g., methanol, natural gas, hydrogen) ferries and reduce emissions from existing ferries, including through electrification; requires DOT to establish a program to ensure that basic essential ferry service is provided to rural areas by providing funds to states to provide such service; and expands the funding authority for renovating, constructing, and expanding certain urban Indian health care facilities. DIVISION H--REVENUE PROVISIONS TITLE I--HIGHWAY TRUST FUND This title extends several highway-related authorizations and tax provisions, including the expenditure authority for the Highway Trust Fund through FY2026, the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund; excise taxes on certain fuels for funding highway projects through FY2028; excise taxes on certain taxable chemicals through 2031; and custom user fees through FY2031. The title makes additional transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund. TITLE IV--BOND PROVISIONS This title adds broadband as an allowable use for private activity bonds and allows carbon capture and direct air capture technologies to be eligible for private activity bond financing. The title increases the current cap on tax-exempt highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds to $30 billion. TITLE V--RELIEF FOR TAXPAYERS AFFECTED BY DISASTERS OR OTHER CRITICAL EVENTS This title modifies requirements relating to the authority of the the Department of the Treasury to allow extensions of tax filing deadlines when there is either a federally-declared disaster or a terroristic or military action. It also extends such authority by reason of significant fires. The title also expands the authority to postpone the time for filing of Tax Court petitions to include all petitions, not just deficiency petitions or for erroneous refunds. TITLE VI--OTHER PROVISIONS This title revises requirements for the tax exclusion for contributions to the capital of a corporation. Specifically, it allows an exclusion for certain amounts received by a regulated public utility that provides water or sewerage disposal services. The title provides for the extension of tax rules for stabilizing interest rates on contribution amounts to defined benefit pension plans. The title modifies reporting requirements and definitions relating to brokers and digital assets for returns and information statements required after 2023. This provision provides for the termination of the employee retention tax credit after FY2021, except for start-up businesses which terminate on December 31, 2021. DIVISION I--OTHER MATTERS This division addresses a wide range of policy areas such as energy, health care, and telecommunications. It includes provisions that extend the sequester (i.e., automatic spending reductions) for direct spending through FY2031 and adjust the reductions required for Medicare; authorize the Department of Energy to draw down and sell a portion of the oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; set forth congressional findings regarding savings from unused unemployment insurance funds; require manufacturers of certain single-dose container or single-use package drugs covered under Medicare Part B to provide refunds for discarded amounts of the drugs; extend the authority for enterprise guarantee fees, which are fees that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge for loans included in mortgage-backed securities; delay the implementation of a Department of Health and Human Services rule that affects the treatment of certain prescription drug rebates under the federal anti-kickback statute; rescind specified unobligated funds that were provided to address COVID-19 and expand the purposes for which certain COVID-19 funds may be used; and extend the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct spectrum auctions and require the FCC to conduct certain auctions. DIVISION J--APPROPRIATIONS This division provides appropriations for FY2022 for the departments and agencies included in this division. Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Appropriations Act TITLE I--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES This title provides appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS). Specifically, the title provides appropriations to the NRCS for Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations, the Watershed Rehabilitation Program, and the Emergency Watershed Protection Program. The title provides appropriations to the RUS for the Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and the Broadband Program. In addition, the title provides appropriations to implement a pilot program to study the benefits of using agricultural commodities in the production of construction and consumer products. TITLE II--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES This title provides appropriations to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program; the Broadband Connectivity Fund; Digital Equity; and Middle Mile Deployment. It also provides appropriations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for Operations, Research, and Facilities; Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction; and Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery. TITLE III--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES This title provides appropriations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies. Specifically, the title provides appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, including for Investigations, Construction, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Operation and Maintenance, the Regulatory Program, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies, Expenses, and the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program. The title provides appropriations to the Department of the Interior for the Central Utah Project and the Bureau of Reclamation. Within DOE, the title provides appropriations for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response; Electricity; Nuclear Energy; Fossil Energy and Carbon Management; the Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program; the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations; and the Western Area Power Administration. The title also provides appropriations for several independent agencies, including: the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Delta Regional Authority, the Denali Commission, the Northern Border Regional Commission, the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, and the Southwest Border Regional Commission. TITLE IV--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT This title provides appropriations for the Office of the National Cyber Director, the Federal Communications Commission's Affordable Connectivity Fund, and the Environmental Review Improvement Fund. It also provides appropriations to the General Services Administration for construction and acquisition, repairs, and alterations of border stations and land ports of entry. TITLE V--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY This title provides appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Science and Technology Directorate. TITLE VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES This title provides appropriations to the Department of the Interior for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Departmental Offices, Wildland Fire Management, and an Energy Community Revitalization Program. The title provides appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency for Environmental Programs and Management, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and State and Tribal Assistance Grants. In addition, the title provides appropriations to the Forest Service for Forest and Rangeland Research, State and Private Forestry, the National Forest System, Capital Improvement and Maintenance, and Wildland Fire Management. Within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the title provides appropriations for the Indian Health Service. TITLE VII--LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES This title provides appropriations to HHS for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. TITLE VIII--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES This title provides appropriations to the Department of Transportation for the Office of the Secretary, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Maritime Administration, and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. TITLE IX--GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS DIVISION This title exempts the budgetary effects of specified provisions of this bill from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO), (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget score keeping rules. DIVISION K--MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Minority Business Development Act of 2021 This division provides statutory authority for the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and establishes the Office of Business Centers within the MBDA. The MBDA works to facilitate the growth and global competitiveness of minority business enterprises. TITLE I--EXISTING INITIATIVES This title provides statutory authority for market development, research, and information gathering initiatives in collaboration with public and private sector entities to assist and promote minority businesses in domestic and foreign markets. The title also provides statutory authority for the MBDA Business Center Program, which establishes a national network of public-private partnerships that assist minority business enterprises in accessing capital, contracts, and grants, creating and maintaining jobs, providing counseling and mentoring, and facilitating the growth of minority business enterprises by promoting trade. TITLE II--NEW INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC RESILIENCY FOR MINORITY BUSINESSES This title establishes initiatives to promote the economic resiliency of minority businesses, including requiring the MBDA to (1) conduct a government-business forum to review problems and programs relating to capital formation by minority businesses, (2) study and report on opportunities for providing alternative financing solutions to minority businesses, and (3) promote the education and training of socially or economically disadvantaged individuals in subjects directly relating to business administration and management. TITLE III--RURAL MINORITY BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM This title authorizes the MBDA to establish rural business centers, in partnership with minority-serving institutions or consortia of such institutions that are led by a minority-serving institution, to serve rural minority businesses and to focus on issues such as broadband adoption, advanced manufacturing, and job creation. TITLE IV--MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS This title establishes the Minority Business Development grant program to award grants to nonprofit organizations that support the development, growth, or retention of minority businesses. TITLE V--MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ADVISORY COUNCIL This title requires the MBDA to establish the Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council to serve as a resource for socially or economically disadvantaged businesses. TITLE VI--FEDERAL COORDINATION OF MINORITY BUSINESS PROGRAMS This title authorizes the MBDA to coordinate federal plans, programs, and operations that affect the establishment, preservation, and strengthening of socially or economically disadvantaged businesses. Further, it requires the MBDA to take steps to facilitate the participation of federal departments and agencies in supporting such businesses. TITLE VII--ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS OF THE AGENCY; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS This title provides administrative authorities, allows the MBDA to provide certain federal assistance (e.g., grants) to public and private sector entities to carry out existing initiatives targeting minority businesses, and establishes record keeping and reporting requirements.

Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021 This bill establishes a framework for immediate family members of a victim of murder under federal law to request a review of the victim's case file if the murder was committed more than three years prior, the murder was investigated by a federal law enforcement entity, all probative investigative leads have been exhausted, and no likely perpetrator has been identified.