Press Release: Bills Signed: H.R. 468, H.R. 1766, H.R. 4877, H.R. 5641, H.R. 7500, H.R. 7846, H.R. 8982

On Monday, October 10, 2022, the President signed into law:

H.R. 468, the "Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2021," which permits the use of incentive payments to expedite certain federally-financed airport development projects;

Thank you to Representatives Sam Graves and Garrett Graves, and Senators Young, Sinema, and Cruz, and many others for their leadership.

H.R. 1766, the "FTC Collaboration Act of 2021," which requires the Federal Trade Commission to study, and report on, efforts to

work with state attorneys general to address fraud and scams;

Thank you to Representatives O'Halleran and Hudson, and many others for their leadership.

H.R. 4877, the "One Stop Shop for Small Business

Compliance Act of 2021," which requires the Small Business Administration's Office of the National Ombudsman to create a centralized website for small entity compliance guides;

Thank you to Representative Van Duyne, New York Lieutenant Governor Delgado, Senators Cornyn, Shaheen and Rosen, and many others for their leadership.

H.R. 5641, the "Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act" or the "SPEED Recovery Act," which increases the Federal Emergency Management Agency's small project threshold to $1 million, thereby allowing more projects to proceed under

simplified procedures for response and recovery grant programs;

Thank you to Representatives Sam Graves, DeFazio, and Webster, and many others for their leadership.

H.R. 7500, the "Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act," which authorizes various major medical facility construction projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs and authorizes various appropriations to carry out those projects;

Thank you to Representatives Allred, Ellzey, Escobar, and Mike Levin, Senators Tester and Moran, and many others for their leadership.

H.R. 7846, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2022," which provides for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation beneficiaries equal to the Social Security COLA; and

Thank you to Representatives Luria and Nehls, Senators Tester, Murray, Boozman, and Moran, and many others for their leadership.

H.R. 8982, the "Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act," which provides through December 31, 2022, duty-free treatment to infant formula base powder.

Thank you to Representatives DelBene, Blumenauer, Adrian Smith, Larson, Kildee, Sewell, Schneider, Panetta, Thompson, Jason Smith, Chu, Murphy, Kustoff, Smucker, Gwen Moore, Carol Miller, Danny Davis, Tom Rice, Senator Lee, and many others for their leadership.