To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown, South Carolina, as the "Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Building".

117-hr-2471 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

A broad, governmentwide appropriations and policy package that funds agencies across defense, health, housing, science, and foreign aid while adding new program rules, reporting requirements, and oversight across dozens of programs.

117-s-1605 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Authorizes funding and major policy changes across the U.S. defense and national security enterprise. It sets procurement priorities, R&D and lab authorities, military personnel and family benefits, environmental actions, and many new reporting and pilot requirements. - Service members and families: parental leave is extended to 12 weeks and a new means‑tested Basic Needs Allowance targets those with household income at or below 130% of the federal poverty level. - Procurement and the industrial base: authorizes FY2022 procurement and multiyear buys across the services and adds program limits and reporting rules, including F‑35 affordability controls with Secretary determinations by Oct. 1, 2025. - Research, technology, and environment: expands R&D authorities by codifying the Defense Innovation Unit, creating Science & Technology Reinvention Laboratories, and a National Network for Microelectronics. It also mandates PFAS testing and remediation timelines with preliminary testing due within two years and a 120‑day moratorium on PFAS incineration.

117-hr-4346 — CHIPS and Science Act

This law aims to expand U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and turbocharge federal research, workforce development, and regional technology hubs. It bundles large CHIPS appropriations, a 25% Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit, and wide DOE/NSF R&D and education authorizations. - Manufacturers and investors: Directs major federal support for domestic chip production, including $24 billion for FY2022 and continuing multi-year CHIPS funding. It also creates a 25% Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit and new loan and guarantee authority with clawbacks for firms that shift major capacity to countries of concern. - Workers, students, and small businesses: Creates CHIPS workforce and education funds and expands NSF/DOE training and fellowship programs. It authorizes $100 million for scholarships and $125 million for entrepreneurial fellowships and funds small-business vouchers and lab-access vouchers to speed tech translation. - Research institutions and regions: Backs large DOE Office of Science facility upgrades, a $100 million-per-year quantum network R&D program, and nearly $10 billion in Regional Technology and Innovation Hub authorizations to build regional fabrication, testing, and commercialization capacity.

117-hr-1319 — American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Massive COVID-19 relief funding that combines big public health investments, expanded family support, and large state and local aid to speed vaccinations and stabilize households and services. - Families: The law expands the 2021 Child Tax Credit to $3,600 for children under 6 and $3,000 for children ages 6–17. It also creates refundable advance payments and other tax changes to deliver more cash to families. - Public health and health workers: It funds vaccine distribution, confidence campaigns, and research with $7.5 billion and provides $47.8 billion for testing, tracing, sequencing, lab capacity, and grants to build the public health workforce. - State, local, and housing: It sends large flexible aid with $219.8 billion for states and $130.2 billion for local governments and includes targeted housing help, rental assistance, homeowner aid, and emergency vouchers.

117-hr-5376 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Creates a Medicare price‑negotiation program for high‑priced single‑source drugs. It also remakes taxes and incentives across health, energy, housing, and corporate taxes to lower some health costs and push clean‑energy investment. - Patients and Medicare enrollees see new drug price rules and Part D changes. The bill establishes a Part E Price Negotiation Program with initial lists starting in 2026 (10 drugs in 2026, 15 in 2027 and 2028, 20 in later years) and adds a manufacturer discount program beginning Jan 1, 2025. Insulin deductibles are removed starting 2023 and cost sharing is capped by 2025 at the lesser of $35 or 25% of the negotiated or maximum fair price. - Households get funding to cut home energy costs. The law funds HOMES whole‑house rebates with $4.3 billion and HEHEP point‑of‑sale electrification rebates with $4.275 billion, and low‑income households can receive much larger or even full cost coverage. - Businesses face new tax rules and big clean‑energy incentives. A 15% corporate alternative minimum tax applies to large corporations (generally over $1.0 billion of adjusted financial statement income) and a 1% excise tax applies to stock repurchases. The Act creates or expands many energy credits and allows direct payment or transfer of certain credits for producers and manufacturers.

117-hr-6833 — Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023

Continues federal funding into FY2023. It also provides emergency supplemental aid for Ukraine, creates a FEMA claims program for the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fires, extends many health and veterans authorities, and reauthorizes FDA user fees through mid‑decade. - Households, disaster survivors, and communities: Funds $1.0 billion for Low Income Home Energy Assistance and transfers $2.5 billion to FEMA for Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon claims, while adding crisis services and refugee/entrant assistance. - Veterans and VA users: Extends numerous VA health and benefits authorities, including hospital and nursing home care copayment and service rules through 2024, with other program authorities extended into 2026. - Defense, Ukraine, and oversight: Provides emergency defense and security aid for Ukraine, including $3.0 billion for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and $4.5 billion in direct economic support, and increases reporting, end‑use monitoring, and inspector oversight across transfers and programs.

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To provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes.