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SUBS Act

To require prime contractors under Federal construction contracts to notify the Government of changes in certain subcontractors performing work under the contract. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Unfair Bid Shopping Act of 2018 SUBS Act 2. Requirement to notify Government of changes to subcontractors under construction contracts (a) Requirement An agency awarding a construction contract using sealed bid procedures in an amount greater than $1,500,000 shall— (1) require an offeror for the contract to include a list in the offer of each subcontractor that the offeror intends to use in the performance of the contract, for any subcontract expected to be awarded in excess of $100,000; and (2) include a clause in the contract requiring that the prime contractor shall submit to the agency a written notification of any subcontractor substituted after the award of the contract for a subcontractor so listed, along with an updated estimate for the cost of performing the work associated with the substituted subcontractor. (b) Modification to contract In the case of a construction contract covered by subsection (a), if the prime contractor notifies the agency of a substituted subcontractor under subsection (a)(2) and there is a significant difference in the cost of performing the work associated with the substituted subcontractor, the contracting officer for the contract may modify the contract to take into account the substitution of subcontractor, including modification of the amount of the contract. (c) Agency defined In this Act, the term agency executive agency (d) Revision of Federal Acquisition Regulation (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to provide for the implementation of this section. (2) Notice and Comment There shall be provided a public notice and comment period of not less than 60 days. (3) Final rule Any final rule promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the final rule is published in the Federal Register. (e) Effective date This Act shall apply with respect to contracts awarded on or after the date occurring 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Stop Unfair Bid Shopping Act of 2018 or the SUBS Act This bill requires an executive agency awarding a construction contract using sealed bid procedures in an amount greater than $1.5 million to: (1) require an offeror for the contract to include a list in the offer of each subcontractor that the offeror intends to use, for any subcontract expected to be awarded in excess of $100,000; and (2) include a clause in the contract requiring that the prime contractor submit to the agency a written notification of any subcontractor substituted after the award of the contract for a subcontractor so listed, along with an updated estimate for the cost of performing the work associated with the substituted subcontractor.
Virtual Currency Consumer Protection Act of 2018

To promote fair and transparent virtual currency markets by examining the potential for price manipulation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Virtual Currency Consumer Protection Act of 2018 2. Sense of the Congress It is the sense of Congress that virtual currency could have a significant effect on the economy, and regulation of them may be important to protect investors, deter bad actors, create market certainty, and ensure American competitiveness in an evolving global marketplace. 3. Study and report on the prevention of virtual currency price manipulation (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, in consultation with the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission and other relevant Federal agencies (as determined by the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission), shall submit to the Committees on Agriculture and on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report to promote fair and transparent virtual currency markets by examining the potential for price manipulation. The report shall include the following: (1) A brief description of— (A) methods by which persons could manipulate the price of virtual currencies; (B) which types of virtual currency, if any, are more susceptible to being manipulated; and (C) the effects on, and particular harm to, investors if price manipulation of virtual currencies occurs. (2) An analysis of the extent to which the regulatory authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and other relevant Federal agencies allows for— (A) market surveillance of virtual currencies for signs of manipulation; and (B) enforcement of Federal regulations against persons involved in any such manipulation. (3) Recommendations for any legislative changes needed to improve the ability of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and other relevant Federal agencies— (A) to carry out the monitoring and enforcement activities described in paragraph (2); (B) to prevent price manipulations of virtual currencies; and (C) to protect virtual currency investors from price manipulation. (b) Virtual currency defined In this Act, the term virtual currency

Summary: Virtual Currency Consumer Protection Act of 2018 This bill directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to report on virtual currency markets and price manipulation.
U.S. Virtual Currency Market and Regulatory Competitiveness Act of 2018

To promote United States competitiveness in the evolving global virtual currency marketplace. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the U.S. Virtual Currency Market and Regulatory Competitiveness Act of 2018 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that virtual currency could have a significant effect on the economy, and regulation of virtual currency may be important to protect investors, deter bad actors, create market certainty, and ensure American competitiveness in an evolving global marketplace. 3. Study and report on promoting American competitiveness in evolving global markets (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, in consultation with the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission and other relevant Federal agencies (as determined by the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission), shall submit to the Committees on Agriculture and on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the state of virtual markets and ways to promote American competitiveness. The report shall include the following: (1) A brief description of— (A) the regulation of the United States virtual currency industry, as a comparative study of the regulation of such industry in foreign countries, to demonstrate competitiveness in a global marketplace; and (B) the potential benefits of virtual currency and blockchain technology in the United States commodities market. (2) Recommendations for any legislative changes, if determined appropriate, needed to improve the ability of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and other relevant Federal agencies— (A) to promote competitiveness of the United States and United States businesses in this industry; (B) to encourage the growth of adoption of virtual currencies in segments of the commodity market that could benefit from virtual currencies and access to transparent markets in such currencies; (C) to clarify the virtual currencies that qualify as commodities for both existing currencies and ones that may be created in the future; and (D) to provide a new, optional regulatory structure for virtual currency spot markets (commonly referred to as exchanges) that includes Federal licensure, market supervision, consumer protections, and preemption of State money transmission licensing obligations for participating in spot markets. (3) An analysis of the feasibility, cost, and potential benefit of the new regulatory structure described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (2). (b) Virtual currency defined In this Act, the term virtual currency

Summary: U.S. Virtual Currency Market and Regulatory Competitiveness Act of 2018 This bill directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to report on virtual currency markets and U.S. competitiveness.
Methane Rule Relief Act of 2018

To provide regulatory relief for conventional marginally producing oil and gas wells from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Methane Rule 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Methane Rule Relief Act of 2018 2. Application of methane rule The final rule titled Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry (1) any oil well that has a maximum daily average oil production, during any 12-month consecutive time period, that does not exceed 15 barrels of oil per day; (2) any natural gas well that has a maximum daily average gas production, during any 12-month consecutive time period, that does not exceed 90,000 cubic feet per day; or (3) any emissions source covered by the rule that is associated with an oil well described in paragraph (1) or a natural gas well described in paragraph (2).

Summary: Methane Rule Relief Act of 2018 This bill exempts certain marginally-producing oil and natural gas wells, including emission sources associated with such wells, from the Environmental Protection Agency's rule titled "Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources" and the document titled "Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry."
Reserve Component DD-214 Act of 2018

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the final pay and certificate of discharge or release for a reserve member of the Armed Forces is ready upon discharge or release of that member from active status. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reserve Component DD–214 Act of 2018 2. Final pay and certificate of discharge or release for reserve members of the Armed Forces upon discharge or release from active status Section 1168 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading, by inserting or active status active duty (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting (1) A member (B) by striking an armed force the armed forces (including the reserve components) (C) by inserting or active status active duty (D) by striking his discharge certificate or certificate of release from active duty, respectively, the appropriate certificate (E) by striking his final pay or a substantial part of that pay, the final pay of the member (or a substantial part of that pay) (F) by striking him or his next of kin or legal representative the member (or the next of kin or legal representative of the member) (G) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (2): (2) In paragraph (1), the term appropriate certificate (A) In the case of a member being discharged, a discharge certificate. (B) In the case of a member being released from active duty, a certificate of release from active duty. (C) In the case of a member being released from active status, a certificate of release from active status. .

Summary: Reserve Component DD-214 Act of 2018 This bill requires that the final pay and certificate of release from active status for a reserve member of the U.S. Armed Forces be ready for delivery before such reserve member is released from duty.
SOLVE Act of 2017

To provide that the Executive order entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Statue of Liberty Values Act of 2017 SOLVE Act of 2017 2. Executive order to have no force or effect Beginning on January 27, 2017, the Executive order entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States 3. No funds available No Federal funds (including fees) made available for any fiscal year, may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out (including through the issuance of any regulations) any of the policy changes set forth in the Executive order entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States

Summary: Statue of Liberty Values Act of 2017 or the SOLVE Act of 2017 This bill states that: (1) beginning on January 27, 2017, Executive Order 13769, entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," is null and void, shall have no force and effect, and may not be implemented or enforced; and (2) no federal funds may be used to implement or enforce any of the policy changes set forth in such order. Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States.
To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the "Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System".

To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System 1. Designation of Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs, New York (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Margaret Cochran was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1751, and married John Corbin in 1772. (2) Three years after the marriage, when John Corbin left to fight in the Revolutionary War as an artilleryman, Margaret Corbin accompanied him to war to support the Revolutionary Army. (3) Margaret Corbin supported the Revolutionary Army by caring for injured and sick soldiers as well as by cooking and cleaning. During battle, she also helped her husband load the cannon he was responsible for manning. (4) On November 16, 1776, John Corbin was manning a cannon during the Battle of Fort Washington on Manhattan Island, New York, when he was killed. Margaret Corbin heroically took her husband’s place, firing the cannon until she, too, was hit by enemy fire and seriously wounded. (5) Having lost the use of her left arm, Margaret Corbin was assigned to the Invalid Regiment (6) The Continental Congress awarded Margaret Corbin a lifelong pension for her injuries, making her the first woman to receive a pension from the United States by virtue of military service for the United States. (7) Margaret Corbin died in 1789 in Highland Falls, New York. She is honored nearby at West Point as a hero of the Revolutionary War. (b) Designation The Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Case System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York, New York, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System (c) Reference Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Campus referred to in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System.

Summary: This bill designates the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York, New York, as the "Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System."
Disaster Recovery and Opportunity Act of 2018

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain areas affected by certain Federally declared disasters to be designated as opportunity zones. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Recovery and Opportunity Act of 2018 2. Treatment as opportunity zones (a) In general Section 1400Z–1 (g) Certain disaster zones (1) Designation With respect to a Federally declared disaster, the chief executive officer of a State may designate under this paragraph not more than 5 percent of the applicable disaster tracts in such State with respect to such disaster. (2) No effect on limitation on number of designations An applicable disaster tract designated under paragraph (1) shall not be taken into account in determining the limitation under subsection (d). (3) Applicable disaster tract The term applicable disaster tract (4) Federally declared disaster; disaster area In this subsection, the term Federally declared disaster disaster area (5) Applicable start date (A) Qualified opportunity fund businesses and property In the case of an applicable disaster tract designated under paragraph (1), subparagraphs (B)(i)(I), (C)(i), and (D)(i)(I) of section 1400Z–2(d)(2) shall each be applied by substituting the applicable start date December 31, 2017 (B) Extension of determination period In the case of an applicable disaster tract designated under paragraph (1), section (c)(2)(B) shall be applied by substituting the applicable start date the date of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (C) Applicable start date The term applicable start date . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to Federally declared disasters declared after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Disaster Recovery and Opportunity Act of 2018 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the chief executive officer (e.g., governor) of a state to designate certain population census tracts in areas related to federally declared disasters as opportunity zones. This makes investments in the areas eligible for various tax incentives.
Flagstaff Federal Reversion Relief Act

To provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal land owned by Win Oil Company, Incorporated, for purposes of economic development by removing the Federal reversion interest in that land, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Flagstaff Federal Reversion Relief Act 2. Release of reversionary interest, Flagstaff, Arizona (a) General removal of interest Any reversionary interest of the United States pursuant to the Act of July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 292, chapter 278), shall no longer be subject to the reversionary interest described in that Act. (b) Removal of interest in particular parcel The reversionary interest is removed in the parcel of land located in the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, and owned by Win Oil Company, Incorporated, which land is more particularly described in the deed recorded in Coconino County, Arizona, on November 11, 1998, as document number 98–44431.

Summary: Flagstaff Federal Reversion Relief Act This bill removes any reversionary interest retained by the United States pursuant to the Act of July 27, 1866, in a specified parcel of land in Flagstaff, Arizona, that is owned by Win Oil Company, Inc.
Incentivizing Shared Risk in Medicare Advantage Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of MA organizations to provide waivers from Medicare Advantage plans’ prior authorization requirements. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Incentivizing Shared Risk in Medicare Advantage Act 2. Authority of MA organizations to provide waivers from Medicare Advantage plans’ prior authorization requirements Section 1857(e) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–27(e) (5) Authority to provide waivers from plan prior authorization requirements In the case of an MA organization with a contract under this section that applies a prior authorization requirement with respect to any item or service covered under the Medicare Advantage plan offered by such organization, such organization may provide for a waiver from such requirement for any provider of services or supplier, as specified by the organization, furnishing such an item or service, including a provider of services or supplier that participates in a risk-sharing arrangement or value-based payment arrangement, as such terms are defined by the organization. .

Summary: Incentivizing Shared Risk in Medicare Advantage Act This bill specifies that Medicare Advantage organizations may waive prior authorization requirements for items and services, including with respect to providers and suppliers that are part of risk-sharing or value-based payment arrangements.
Better Prior Authorization Notification Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain prior authorization notifications by Medicare Advantage organizations. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The Better Prior Authorization Notification Act 2. Prior authorization notifications required to be made by Medicare Advantage organizations (a) Notification to providers and prescribers Section 1852(j) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–22(j) (8) Prior authorization notification For each plan year, beginning with plan year 2021, a Medicare Advantage organization offering an MA plan shall provide to physicians and other providers who are prescribers who have in effect for such plan year an agreement of participation with the organization— (A) at the beginning of such plan year, information (such as through a public website, mail, electronic communications, or payor’s web portal (as defined by the Secretary)) on items and services (which in the case of an MA–PD plan shall include covered part D drugs) covered under the plan that are subject to a prior authorization; and (B) before implementing any additional prior authorization requirement under the plan during such plan year applicable to such items or services, notification of such additional requirement. . (b) Notification to beneficiaries Section 1852(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–22(c) (3) Prior authorization information (A) In general For each plan year, beginning with plan year 2021, a Medicare Advantage organization offering an MA plan shall provide (such as through a public website, mail, or electronic communication) to each enrollee in such plan, before implementing under the plan any new prior authorization requirement applicable to an item or service (which in the case of an MA–PD plan shall include covered part D drugs) offered under the plan that was utilized by the enrollee during the previous 12-month period (or such other period specified by the Secretary), notification of such additional requirement and information regarding an alternative to such item or service, if appropriate, that is not subject to a prior authorization requirement under the plan and that may have a lower out-of-pocket cost than the item or service subject to the prior authorization requirement. (B) Hotline Beginning with plan year 2021, a Medicare Advantage organization offering an MA plan shall maintain a hotline for enrollees in such plan to inquire about and receive information regarding prior authorization requirements under such plan. .

Summary: The Better Prior Authorization Notification Act This bill requires Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to notify providers and enrollees about items and services that are subject to prior authorization requirements. MA organizations must also establish a hotline through which enrollees may inquire about such requirements.