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Restoring Rights of Physicians to Own Hospitals Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Obamacare ban on provider-owned hospitals, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Rights of Physicians to Own Hospitals Act 2. Repealing requirements for Hospitals To Qualify for Rural Provider and Hospital Exception to Ownership or Investment Prohibition Section 1877 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395nn (1) in subsection (d)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), at the end, by inserting and (B) in subparagraph (B), at the end, by striking ; and (C) by striking subparagraph (C); (2) in subsection (d)(3)— (A) in subparagraph (B), at the end, by inserting and (B) in subparagraph (C), at the end, by striking ; and (C) by striking subparagraph (D); and (3) by striking subsection (i).

Summary: Restoring Rights of Physicians to Own Hospitals Act This bill repeals provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that require rural providers and physician-owned hospitals to meet certain additional criteria in order to be excepted under the Stark law. Specifically, the bill repeals provisions that require hospitals to meet the following criteria: the hospital had physician ownership or investment and a Medicare provider agreement as of December 31, 2010; the hospital does not expand the number of operating rooms, procedure rooms, or beds beyond the number in existence as of March 23, 2010, with limited exceptions; the hospital discloses certain information regarding physician ownership and investments to patients, the public, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; the hospital does not offer certain financial opportunities, and the percentage of ownership or investments does not exceed that in effect as of March 23, 2010; the hospital discloses certain information to patients relating to the availability of physicians and makes alternative arrangements when necessary; and the hospital was not converted from an ambulatory surgical center on or after March 23, 2010.
Empowering Patient Choice of Medical Care Act

To eliminate the inpatient-only service list. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Patient Choice of Medical Care Act 2. Elimination of inpatient-only service list Beginning January 1, 2024, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not refuse to designate an outpatient hospital service pursuant to section 1833(t)(1)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(1)(B)(i) safely

Summary: Empowering Patient Choice of Medical Care Act This bill prohibits the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from refusing to designate a service as a covered hospital outpatient service under Medicare based solely on its determination that the service can only be furnished in an inpatient setting.
Countering CCP Drones Act

To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to provide for the addition of certain equipment and services produced or provided by DJI Technologies to the list of covered communications equipment or services published under such Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Countering CCP Drones Act 2. Addition of certain equipment and services of DJI Technologies to Covered List (a) In general Section 2(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 47 U.S.C. 1601(c) (5) The communications equipment or service being— (A) telecommunications or video surveillance equipment produced by Shenzhen Da-Jiang Innovations Sciences and Technologies Company Limited (commonly known as DJI Technologies (B) telecommunications or video surveillance services, including software, provided by an entity described in subparagraph (A) or using equipment described in such subparagraph. . (b) Conforming amendments Section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 47 U.S.C. 1601 paragraphs (1) through (4) paragraphs (1) through (5) May 7, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Countering CCP Drones ActThis bill requires the inclusion of telecommunications and video surveillance equipment or services produced or provided by Shenzhen Da-Jiang Innovations Sciences and Technologies Company Limited (a Chinese drone maker commonly known as DJI Technologies) on a list of communications equipment or services determined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security. Current law prohibits the use of federal funding available through specified FCC programs for purchasing or maintaining listed equipment or services.
To provide for the closure of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office located in New York City, and for other purposes.

To provide for the closure of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office located in New York City, and for other purposes. 1. Closure of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office located in New York City The President shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, take such actions as may be necessary to— (1) provide for the closure of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China located in New York City and the expulsion of all diplomatic personnel assigned to that mission by not later than 72 hours after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) notwithstanding section 1 of Public Law 105–22 an Act to extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices

Summary: This bill requires the President to close China's consulate in New York City and expel all diplomatic personnel assigned there within 72 hours of the bill's enactment. The bill also requires the President to close the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York City and cancel the visas or other entry documents of all Chinese citizens assigned there within the same 72-hour period.
CRT Transparency Act

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that local educational agencies applying for certain Federal education funds post the curriculum for elementary and secondary schools online, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Curriculum Review of Teachings Transparency Act CRT Transparency Act 2. State and local educational agency plans (a) Assurances from States Section 1111(g)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311(g)(2) (1) in subparagraph (M), by striking and (2) in subparagraph (N), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (O) the State will ensure that each local educational agency in the State posts the curriculum for each elementary school and secondary school grade level on a publicly accessible website of the agency. . (b) Assurances from local educational agencies Section 1112(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6312(c) (1) in paragraph (6), by striking and (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (8) post the curriculum for each elementary school and secondary school grade level on a publicly accessible website of the agency. .

Summary: Curriculum Review of Teachings Transparency Act or the CRT Transparency Act This bill requires a local educational agency, in order to receive certain federal education grants, to post on a publicly accessible website the curriculum for each grade level of its elementary and secondary schools.
Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act

To ensure all federally recognized Tribes that are eligible for gaming in the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) In 1987, the United States Supreme Court ruled in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians that if California regulated rather than prohibited gaming in the State, then a Tribe could offer similar forms of gaming on its land. (2) In response to the Cabazon decision, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( Public Law 100–497 (3) Over 200 Tribes in 28 States are currently regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. (4) On June 15, 2022, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act ( Public Law 100–89 (5) The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe are currently the only Tribes in the United States that are eligible to game on Tribal lands, but not regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 3. Amendment The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act ( Public Law 100–89 (1) by inserting after section 2, the following: 3. Rule of construction This Act shall be construed to ensure the full applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. ; (2) by striking section 107; and (3) by striking section 207.

Summary: Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act This bill allows the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta tribes to conduct gaming activities on their land in Texas if certain conditions are met. Currently, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act prohibits the tribes from conducting gaming activities on their land if those activities are prohibited by Texas law. The bill repeals those provisions and instead applies the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) to gaming activities on Indian lands of the tribes.
To cancel certain proposed changes to loan level price adjustments by the Federal National Mortgage Association and credit fees charged by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

To cancel certain proposed changes to loan level price adjustments by the Federal National Mortgage Association and credit fees charged by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. 1. Cancellation of changes The Federal Housing Finance Agency and the enterprises, as defined in section 1303 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 ( 12 U.S.C. 4502 FHFA Announces Updates to the Enterprises’ Single-Family Pricing Framework

Summary: This bill prohibits the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from implementing their January 2023-announced changes to the single-family pricing framework for fees on purchase, rate-term refinance, and cash-out refinance loans. The changes revise the fee charts that provide percentage adjustments based on a borrower's credit score and other factors.
CREEPER Act 2.0

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation or transportation of child sex dolls, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots Act 2.0 CREEPER Act 2.0 2. Findings The Congress finds as follows: (1) There is a correlation between possession of the obscene dolls, and robots, and possession of and participation in child pornography. (2) The physical features, and potentially the personalities (3) Some owners and makers of the robots have made their children interact with the robots as if the robots are members of the family. (4) The robots can have settings that simulate rape. (5) The dolls and robots not only lead to rape, but they make rape easier by teaching the rapist about how to overcome resistance and subdue the victim. (6) For users and children exposed to their use, the dolls and robots normalize submissiveness and normalize sex between adults and minors. (7) As the Supreme Court has recognized, obscene material is often used as part of a method of seducing child victims. (8) The dolls and robots are intrinsically related to abuse of minors, and they cause the exploitation, objectification, abuse, and rape of minors. 3. Prohibition of importation or trans­por­ta­tion of child sex dolls Section 1462 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (a), by striking or (2) in paragraph (b), by striking or (3) by inserting after paragraph (c) the following: (d) any child sex doll; or ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: In this section, the term child sex doll . 4. Trafficking in child sex dolls (a) In general Chapter 71 1471. Trafficking in child sex dolls Whoever knowingly— (1) buys, sells, delivers, or distributes in interstate or foreign commerce any child sex doll, (2) possesses a child sex doll that has been so bought, sold, delivered, or distributed, or (3) possesses such a child sex doll with the intent to engage in any conduct prohibited by paragraph (1), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, for the first such offense and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, for each such offense thereafter. For purposes of this section, the term child sex doll . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 1471. Trafficking in child sex dolls. .

Summary: Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots Act 2.0 or the CREEPER Act 2.0 This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for conduct involving child sex dolls. Specifically, it makes it a crime to import, transport, buy, sell, distribute, or possess a child sex doll. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term, or both.
SOPRA

To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023 SOPRA 2. Judicial review of statutory and regulatory interpretations Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking To the extent necessary (a) To the extent necessary (2) by striking decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and (3) by inserting after of the terms of an agency action and decide de novo all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of constitutional and statutory provisions, and rules made by agencies. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this subsection shall apply in any action for judicial review of agency action authorized under any provision of law. No law may exempt any such civil action from the application of this section except by specific reference to this section (4) by striking The reviewing court shall— (b) The reviewing court shall— . June 1, 2023 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023 or SOPRA This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (i.e., without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, (2) rules made by agencies, (3) interpretative rules, (4) general statements of policy, and (5) all other agency guidance documents. No law may exempt a civil action from the standard of review required by this bill except by specific reference to such provision.
Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act

To facilitate direct primary care arrangements under Medicaid. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) Primary care services are able to reduce healthcare costs, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations. (2) Primary care creates increased patient satisfaction, physician engagement, and better patient outcomes. (3) The model of direct primary care can change patient usage patterns, with more personalized preventative care versus high-acuity episodic care. 3. Clarifying that certain payment arrangements are allowable under the Medicaid program (a) In general Nothing in title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. direct primary care arrangement (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report containing an analysis of the extent to which States are contracting with independent physicians, independent physician practices, and primary care practices for purposes of furnishing medical assistance under State plans (or waivers of such plans) under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter statutory limits on Medicaid enrollee cost-sharing or be construed to limit Medicaid services solely to those provided under a direct primary care arrangement.

Summary: Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act This bill specifies that state Medicaid programs are authorized to provide primary care services through direct primary care arrangements (i.e., arrangements in which primary care providers receive a fixed periodic fee for their services). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must report on the extent to which state Medicaid programs contract with independent providers.
HIKE Act

To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Invest in Key Environments Act HIKE Act 2. Boundary adjustment Section 507(c) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 460kk(c) (1) Boundary (A) In general The recreation area shall consist of— (i) the land, water, and interests in land and water generally depicted as the recreation area on the map entitled Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Santa Monica Mountains Zone, California, Boundary Map (ii) the land, water, and interests in land and water, as generally depicted as Proposed Addition Rim of the Valley Unit—Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (B) Availability of maps The maps described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. (C) Revisions After advising the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, in writing, of the proposed revision, the Secretary may make minor revisions to the boundaries of the recreation area by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register. . 3. Administration Any land or interest in land acquired by the Secretary of the Interior within the Rim of the Valley Unit shall be administered as part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (referred to in this Act as the National Recreation Area 4. Utilities and water resource facilities The addition of the Rim of the Valley Unit to the National Recreation Area shall not affect the operation, maintenance, or modification of water resource facilities or public utilities within the Rim of the Valley Unit, except that any utility or water resource facility activities in the Rim of the Valley Unit shall be conducted in a manner that reasonably avoids or reduces the impact of the activities on resources of the Rim of the Valley Unit.

Summary: Helping Invest in Key Environments Act or the HIKE Act This bill adjusts the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor. Utility or water resource facility activities in the corridor must be conducted in a manner that reasonably avoids or reduces the impact of the activities on the corridor's resources.
Stop Anticompetitive Healthcare Act of 2023

To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to make hospital organizations and cooperative hospital service organizations subject to the law relating to unfair methods of competition. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Anticompetitive Healthcare Act of 2023 2. Amendment The 2d undesignated paragraph of section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 44 , and includes with respect to unfair methods of competition, any hospital organization or cooperative hospital service organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) .

Summary: Stop Anticompetitive Healthcare Act of 2023 This bill provides the Federal Trade Commission with enforcement authority over certain tax-exempt, hospital or cooperative hospital service organizations.
WARN Act

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the effectiveness of local alerting systems, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Weather Alert Response and Notification Act WARN Act 2. Effectiveness of local alerting systems (a) In general The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the effectiveness of local alerting systems in disseminating timely and relevant information during weather-related emergencies to help communities develop better policies and procedures for emergency response and enhance public safety in the event of a weather-related emergency. (b) Contents In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall— (1) evaluate the efficacy of various alert mediums, including platforms such as social media, to disseminate emergency alerts, including travel bans and mass power outages, during extreme weather events; and (2) establish a set of best practices for such alerts. (c) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the study conducted under subsection (a).

Summary: Weather Alert Response and Notification Act or the WARN Act This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the effectiveness of local alerting systems in disseminating timely and relevant information during weather-related emergencies. In conducting the study, the GAO must (1) evaluate the efficacy of various alert mediums, including platforms such as social media; and (2) establish a set of best practices for such alerts.