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Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act

To apply the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to small business debt to the same extent as such Act applies to consumers, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act 2. Fair debt collection practices for loans to small businesses (a) In general The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1692 (1) in section 803 ( 15 U.S.C. 1692a (A) by striking (5) and inserting the following: (5) The term debt ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (9) The term commercial credit bureau (A) for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating commercial credit information or other information on businesses for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties; and (B) uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports. (10) The term consumer reports ; and (2) by inserting after section 818 the following: 818A. Application to small business debt (a) Definition The term small business debt (1) means any nonequity obligation or alleged obligation of a partnership, corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, government or governmental subdivision or agency, or other entity that is less than $5,000,000; and (2) does not include any obligation or alleged obligation— (A) of an individual; or (B) that is primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. (b) Application This Act shall apply to small business debt to the same extent as this Act applies to debt. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 818 the following: 818A. Application to small business debt. . (c) Conforming amendments The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1692 (1) in section 805(b), by inserting or a commercial credit bureau (as applicable) consumer reporting agency (2) in section 806(3)— (A) by striking consumers who consumers or small businesses that (B) by inserting or to a commercial credit bureau (as applicable), consumer reporting agency (3) in section 807(16), by inserting or a commercial credit bureau this Act

Summary: Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act This bill applies consumer debt collection protections to small businesses, including protections regarding debt collection methods and third-party debt collection.
A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to modify the treatment of certain bargain-price options to purchase at less than fair market value, and for other purposes.

To amend title 40, United States Code, to modify the treatment of certain bargain-price options to purchase at less than fair market value, and for other purposes. 1. Limitation on discounted purchase options Section 585 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Any bargain-price option to purchase at less than fair market value contained in any lease agreement entered into on or after January 1, 2019, pursuant to this section may be exercised only to the extent specifically provided for in subsequent appropriation Acts or other Acts of Congress. .

Summary: This bill modifies the authority of the General Services Administration to enter into building leases to accommodate federal agencies. Specifically, it allows any bargain-price option to purchase at less than fair market value contained in an agreement entered into on or after January 1, 2019, to be exercised only to the extent specifically provided for in subsequent Acts of Congress.
Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2019

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the consideration of climate change, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2019 2. Climate change mitigation Section 121 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9621 (1) in subsection (b)(1), in the fifth sentence— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking account: account— (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking and (C) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (D) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following: (H) the potential threat to human health and the environment associated with local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards, including any projected exacerbation or change in those disasters and hazards due to climate change. ; and (2) in subsection (c), by inserting after the first sentence the following: The President shall include in the review an assessment of whether the selected remedial action remains protective after taking into account local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards, including any projected exacerbation or change in those disasters and hazards due to climate change.

Summary: Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2019 This bill requires the consideration of factors related to climate change when selecting remedial actions for the cleanup of Superfund sites (sites contaminated with hazardous substances). Specifically, the potential threat to human health and the environment associated with local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards, including those exacerbated by climate change, must be taken into account when selecting remedial actions. Under current law, some remedial actions result in hazardous substances remaining at the site, so there must be a review every five years to assure that human health and the environment are being protected. The bill requires such review to include an assessment of whether the selected remedial action remains protective after taking into account local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards, including those exacerbated by climate change.
CONTRACT Act of 2019

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a full annuity supplement for certain air traffic controllers. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuity for Operators with Necessary Training Required for ATC Contract Towers Act of 2019 CONTRACT Act of 2019 2. Annuity supplement Section 8421a(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking as an air traffic (1) air traffic ; (2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) air traffic controller pursuant to a contract made with the Secretary of Transportation under section 47124 of title 49. . September 8, 2020 Reported without amendment

Summary: Continuity for Operators with Necessary Training Required for ATC Contract Towers Act of 2019 or the CONTRACT Act of 2019 This bill exempts certain air traffic controllers from a required reduction in their retirement annuity payment on account of earnings from certain work performed while entitled to such annuity. Under current law, retired Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers receive an annuity payment during the period between the mandatory retirement age of 56 and the social security minimum age of 62. Such annuity payment is required to be reduced by a certain percentage of any excess earnings during this period. The bill exempts from such reduction in annuity payments an air traffic controller who participates in the Air Traffic Control Contract Program (a public-private partnership for air traffic control services) following mandatory retirement.
Play by the Rules Act of 2019

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prevent the circumvention of antidumping and countervailing duties by nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Play by the Rules Act of 2019 2. Prevention of circumvention of antidumping and countervailing duties by nonmarket economy countries Section 781 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1677j (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: (3) Treatment of merchandise from nonmarket economy countries (A) Exclusion of application of exception With respect to merchandise from nonmarket economy countries, the exception in paragraph (2) shall not apply. (B) Inclusion of merchandise outside of scope With respect to merchandise from nonmarket economy countries, the administering authority may consider any such merchandise that is altered in form or appearance in minor respects (including raw agricultural products that have undergone minor processing) as being subject to paragraph (1) notwithstanding that such merchandise was not included in the scope of the investigation, order, or finding described in such paragraph. ; (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: (e) Treatment of certain merchandise from nonmarket economy countries If the administering authority finds that imports into the United States of merchandise from a nonmarket economy country have increased and imports of the merchandise are interchangeable in the market with imports of merchandise subject to an antidumping duty order issued under section 736, a finding issued under the Antidumping Act, 1921, or a countervailing duty order issued under section 706 or section 303, the administering authority may include within the scope of such order or finding the merchandise imported from the nonmarket economy country at any time such order or finding is in effect. .

Summary: Play by the Rules Act of 2019 This bill subjects certain merchandise from a nonmarket economy country (a foreign country that does not operate on market principles of cost or pricing structures) to existing antidumping or countervailing duty orders. The Department of Commerce shall include any merchandise from a nonmarket economy country that is only slightly altered in form or appearance within the class or kind of merchandise that is already subject to (1) an investigation, (2) an antidumping duty order, (3) a finding under the Antidumping Act of 1921, or (4) a countervailing duty order. Additionally, Commerce may include within the scope of an investigation, order, or finding any merchandise from a nonmarket economy country that is (1) slightly altered in form or appearance but was not previously included within the scope of such investigation, order, or finding; or (2) interchangeable with imports that are already subject to such investigation, order, or finding.
NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2019

To extend the authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to enter into leases of non-excess property of the Administration. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2019 2. Extension of authority to enter into leases of non-excess property of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Section 20145(g) of title 51, United States Code, is amended, in the first sentence, by striking December 31, 2019 December 31, 2021 December 11, 2019 Reported without amendment

Summary: NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2019 This bill extends through 2021 the authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to lease its non-excess real property and related personal property.
Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act of 2019

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a monthly out-of-pocket cost sharing maximum for enrollees who incur a significant portion of costs for covered part D drugs towards the annual out-of-pocket threshold during a month. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act of 2019 2. Monthly out-of-pocket cost sharing maximum for enrollees who incur a significant portion of costs towards annual out-of-pocket threshold (a) Standard prescription drug coverage Section 1860D–2(b)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(b)(2) (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking and (D) , (D), and (E) (2) in each of subparagraphs (C)(i) and (D)(i), by striking paragraph (4) paragraph (4), and subject to subparagraph (E) (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) Monthly out-of-pocket cost sharing maximum (i) In general For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, the Secretary shall through regulation establish a process to allow an enrollee in a prescription drug plan who incurs costs (as described in paragraph (4)(C)) equal to or greater than a significant percentage of the annual out-of-pocket threshold specified in paragraph (4)(B) within a one month time period to choose to pay the total amount of such costs owed, in equal installments in the remaining months of the plan year up to the total amount of such annual out-of-pocket threshold. (ii) Definition of significant percent For purposes of the process described in clause (i), the Secretary shall through regulation provide for a definition of the term significant percentage significant percentage . (b) Alternative prescription drug coverage Section 1860D–2(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(c) (4) Same monthly out-of-pocket cost sharing maximum For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, the coverage provides the monthly out-of-pocket cost sharing maximum required under subsection (b)(2)(E). .

Summary: Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act of 2019 This bill allows beneficiaries whose monthly costs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit equal or exceed a significant percentage of the annual out-of-pocket spending threshold to pay down such costs in installments over the course of the remaining plan year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must determine what constitutes a significant percentage; however, such percentage must be between 50% and 100%.
Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Blackwater trading Post Land The term Blackwater Trading Post Land (A) is located in Pinal County, Arizona, and bordered by Community land to the east, west, and north and State Highway 87 to the south; and (B) is owned by the Community. (2) Community The term Community (3) Map The term map Results of Survey, Ellis Property, A Portion of the West ½ of Section 12, Township 5 South, Range 7 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona (4) Reservation The term Reservation (5) Secretary The term Secretary 3. Land taken into trust for benefit of the gila river indian community (a) In general The Secretary shall take the Blackwater Trading Post Land into trust for the benefit of the Community, after the Community— (1) conveys to the Secretary all right, title, and interest of the Community in and to the Blackwater Trading Post Land; (2) submits to the Secretary a request to take the Blackwater Trading Post Land into trust for the benefit of the Community; (3) conducts a survey (to the satisfaction of the Secretary) to determine the exact acreage and legal description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land, if the Secretary determines a survey is necessary; and (4) pays all costs of any survey conducted under paragraph (3). (b) Availability of map Not later than 180 days after the Blackwater Trading Post Land is taken into trust under subsection (a), the map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Secretary. (c) Lands taken into trust part of reservation After the date on which the Blackwater Trading Post Land is taken into trust under subsection (a), the land shall be treated as part of the Reservation. (d) Gaming Class II and class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 (e) Description Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall cause the full metes-and-bounds description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land to be published in the Federal Register. The description shall, on publication, constitute the official description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land. September 24, 2020 Reported without amendment

Summary: Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take the 55.3 acres of land of the Blackwater Trading Post in Pinal County, Arizona, which is bordered and owned by the Gila River Indian Community, into trust for the benefit of the community after it (1) conveys to Interior all of its interest in such land, and (2) submits a request for Interior to take such land into trust for it. The land that is taken into trust shall be treated as part of the community's reservation. The bill prohibits gaming on any of the land taken into trust.
Protecting Critical Services for Mothers and Babies Act

To apply cooperative and small employer charity pension plan rules to certain charitable employers whose primary exempt purpose is providing services with respect to mothers and children. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Critical Services for Mothers and Babies Act 2. Application of cooperative and small employer charity pension plan rules to certain charitable employers whose primary exempt purpose is providing services with respect to mothers and children (a) Employee retirement income and security act of 1974 (1) In general Section 210(f)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1060(f)(1) (A) by striking or (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ; or (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: (D) that, as of January 1, 2000, was maintained by an employer— (i) described in section 501(c)(3) (ii) who has been in existence for at least 80 years, (iii) who conducts medical research directly or indirectly through grant making, and (iv) whose primary exempt purpose is to provide services with respect to mothers and children. . (b) Internal revenue code of 1986 (1) IRC in general Section 414(y)(1) (A) by striking or (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ; or (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: (D) that, as of January 1, 2000, was maintained by an employer— (i) described in section 501(c)(3), (ii) who has been in existence for at least 80 years, (iii) who conducts medical research directly or indirectly through grant making, and (iv) whose primary exempt purpose is to provide services with respect to mothers and children. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect with respect to plan years beginning after December 31, 2018.

Summary: Protecting Critical Services for Mothers and Babies Act This bill expands the application of rules for cooperative and small employer charity pension plans to include certain nonprofit medical-research organizations that have the primary purpose of delivering services to mothers and children. (These rules exempt specified employers from certain minimum funding requirements for employee pension plans.)
C-BAND Act

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for an auction of C-Band spectrum, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clearing Broad Airwaves for New Deployment Act C-BAND Act 2. Auction of C-Band spectrum Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 301 V C-Band Spectrum 399L. Auction of C-Band spectrum Not later than September 30, 2022, the Commission shall— (1) clear and reallocate no less than 200 megahertz and no more than 300 megahertz of contiguous C-Band spectrum (reserving 20 megahertz as guard band)— (A) for the provision of broadband internet access service; and (B) in such a way that ensures that C-Band-dependent users— (i) receive equal or better service as before the implementation of this section; and (ii) receive such service continuously throughout the transition process; and (2) through a system of competitive bidding under section 309(j), assign licenses for the use of the spectrum reallocated under paragraph (1), except for the spectrum reserved as guard band. 399M. Treatment of revenues (a) Deposit in the Treasury Notwithstanding section 309(j)(8), the Commission shall deposit the total amount of proceeds from the auction conducted under section 399L in the Treasury in accordance with chapter 33 (b) Rural broadband infrastructure Of the total amount deposited in the Treasury under subsection (a), $10,000,000,000 shall be made available to the Commission for the build out and maintenance of rural broadband infrastructure in unserved rural communities. 399N. Definitions In this part: (1) C-Band-dependent user The term C-Band-dependent user (A) is a licensee or registrant of an earth station receiving signals over C-Band spectrum; or (B) receives or distributes programming or services using C-Band spectrum. (2) C-Band spectrum The term C-Band spectrum (3) Clear The term clear .

Summary: Clearing Broad Airwaves for New Deployment Act or the C-BAND Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make between 200 and 300 megahertz of C-Band spectrum available for reallocation and the assignment of licenses through a system of competitive bidding. C-Band spectrum is electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies of 3700 and 4200 megahertz. Such spectrum shall be for the provision of broadband internet access service, and the clearing and reallocation shall take place in a manner that ensures C-Band-dependent users (1) receive equal or better service than was previously available, and (2) receive such service continuously throughout the transition process. In addition, specified proceeds from such spectrum auctions shall be made available to the FCC for the build out and maintenance of rural broadband infrastructure in unserved rural communities.
A bill to modify the criteria used by the Corps of Engineers to dredge small ports.

To modify the criteria used by the Corps of Engineers to dredge small ports. 1. Modification of Corps of Engineers criteria to dredge small ports (a) Minimum tonnage requirement Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the tonnage requirement with respect to the consideration of dredging of small ports by the Corps of Engineers shall be a minimum of 500,000 tons, as calculated in accordance with subsection (b). (b) Calculation For purposes of subsection (a) and any other activity of the Corps of Engineers carried out on or after the date of enactment of this Act, tonnage shall be calculated by each relevant port authority and submitted to the Corps of Engineers.

Summary: This bill sets a tonnage requirement for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to use when considering whether to dredge small ports.
AMIGOS Act

To include Portugal in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Portugal. 1. Short titles This Act may be cited as the Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success Act AMIGOS Act 2. Nonimmigrant traders and investors For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)

Summary: Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success Act or the AMIGOS Act This bill makes Portuguese nationals eligible for E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrant visas if the government of Portugal provides similar nonimmigrant status to U.S. nationals. An E-1 visa is for individuals entering the United States to engage in international trade, while an E-2 visa is for individuals investing a substantial amount of capital in the United States. Both are limited to nationals from countries that have a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States.