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Protecting Family Resources and Training Options Act

To amend title IV–A of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Family Resources and Training Options Act 2. Strengthening program integrity through improper payments review Section 404 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 604 (l) Applicability of improper payments laws (1) In general The Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 and the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 shall apply to a State in respect of the State program funded under this part in the same manner in which such Acts apply to a Federal agency. (2) Regulations Within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations governing how a State reviews and reports improper payments under the State program funded under this part. . 3. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2019.

Summary: Protecting Family Resources and Training Options Act This bill applies specified federal laws regarding improper payment to state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs. The Department of Health and Human Services must establish review and reporting requirements through regulations.
Bicycle Commuter Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify employer-provided fringe benefits for bicycle commuting. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bicycle Commuter Act of 2019 2. Modification of employer-provided fringe benefits for bicycle commuting (a) Repeal of suspension of exclusion for qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement Section 132(f) (b) Commuting fringe includes bikeshare (1) In general Clause (i) of section 132(f)(5)(F) of such Code is amended by striking a bicycle bikeshare, a bicycle, and bicycle improvements, repair, and storage, if the employee regularly uses such bikeshare or bicycle for travel between the employee’s residence and place of employment or mass transit facility that connects an employee to their place of employment. (2) Bikeshare Section 132(f)(5)(F) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following: (iv) Bikeshare The term bikeshare . (c) Low-Speed electric bicycles Section 132(f)(5)(F) of such Code, as amended by subsection (b)(2), is amended by adding at the end the following: (v) Low-speed electric bicycles The term bicycle . (d) Modification relating to bicycle commuting month Clause (iii) of section 132(f)(5)(F) of such Code is amended to read as follows: (iii) Qualified bicycle commuting month The term qualified bicycle commuting month . (e) Limitation on exclusion (1) In general Subparagraph (C) of section 132(f)(2) of such Code is amended by striking applicable annual limitation applicable monthly limitation (2) Applicable monthly limitation defined Clause (ii) of section 132(f)(5)(F) of such Code is amended to read as follows: (ii) Applicable monthly limitation The term applicable monthly limitation . (3) Aggregate limitation Subparagraph (B) of section 132(f)(2) of such Code is amended by inserting and the applicable monthly limitation in the case of any qualified bicycle commuting benefit (f) No constructive receipt Paragraph (4) of section 132(f) of such Code is amended by striking (other than a qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement) (g) Conforming amendments Paragraphs (1)(D), (2)(C), and (5)(F) of section 132(f) of such Code are each amended by striking reimbursement benefit (h) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018.

Summary: Bicycle Commuter Act of 2019 This bill modifies provisions relating to the tax exclusion for employer-provided fringe benefits for bicycle commuting. Specifically, the bill (1) repeals the suspension (for the period between 2018 and the end of 2025) of the exclusion, (2) includes bikeshare (a bicycle rental operation providing for pick up and drop off) and low-speed electric bicycle within the definition of bicycle for purposes of the exclusion, and (3) modifies the limitation on the exclusion to provide for a specified monthly limitation amount (i.e., 20% of the parking fringe benefit amount).
Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2019

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion of Medicare coverage for hearing aids and examinations therefor, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2019 2. Removing Medicare exclusion of coverage of hearing aids and examinations therefor (a) In general Section 1862(a)(7) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(7) hearing aids or examinations therefor, (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2020. 3. GAO study and report on hearing aid programs (a) Study The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of programs, including Federal programs and health insurance coverage, that provide assistance for hearing aids and related examinations for individuals with hearing loss. Such study shall include an examination of the number of individuals in the United States with hearing loss who need hearing aids, their coverage under such programs, and the effectiveness of such programs in meeting such need. Such study may also address programs that are designed to reduce or mitigate the incidence of hearing loss. (b) Report Not later than 18 months after the date specified in section 2(b), the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress on the study conducted under subsection (a). Such report shall include such recommendations on changes in such programs, including the establishment of new programs, as would meet the needs of individuals with hearing loss.

Summary: Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2019 This bill expands Medicare coverage to include hearing aids and related examinations. The Government Accountability Office must study programs that provide assistance for hearing aids and related examinations for individuals with hearing loss.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, as the "Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton Post Office Building".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, as the Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton Post Office Building 1. Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton Post Office Building (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, shall be known and designated as the Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton Post Office Building (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton Post Office Building

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, as the "Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton Post Office Building."
Congressional and Executive Foreign Lobbying Ban Act

To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to prohibit certain individuals from service as an agent of a foreign principal, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional and Executive Foreign Lobbying Ban Act 2. Prohibiting certain individuals from acting as agents of foreign principals (a) Former Members of Congress; general or flag officers of armed forces (1) Prohibiting registration as agent The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 611 (A) by redesignating sections 12 through 14 as sections 13 through 15; and (B) by inserting after section 11 the following new section: 12. Prohibiting registration of certain individuals (a) Prohibition No individual may register under this Act or otherwise serve as the agent of a foreign principal if the individual at any time served as a Member of Congress, as a senior political appointee, or as a general or flag officer of the armed forces. (b) Definitions In this section— (1) the term Member of Congress (2) the term senior political appointee (A) means— (i) any individual occupying a full-time senior position and who is appointed by the President or the Vice President; (ii) any noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service (or other SES-type system); and (iii) any appointee to a position, at or above the level of a noncareer member of the Senior Executive Service, that has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of being of a confidential or policymaking character (schedule C and other positions excepted under comparable criteria) in an executive agency; and (B) does not include any individual appointed as a member of the Senior Foreign Service or, except for a general or flag officer of the armed forces, solely as a uniformed service commissioned officer. . (2) Other representation of foreign entities Section 207(f)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after within 1 year (or, in the case of a person who is subject to any of such restrictions and who is a Member of Congress, a senior political appointee (as that term is defined in section 12 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 611 (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any individual whose service as a Member of Congress or as a general or flag officer of the armed forces terminates on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Congressional and Executive Foreign Lobbying Ban Act This bill prohibits any individual from registering or otherwise serving as the agent of a foreign principal if the individual at any time served as a Member of Congress, a senior political appointee, or a general or flag officer of the Armed Forces.
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act 2. Secretary of Veterans Affairs contract authority for placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes (a) Authority Section 1720 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) (1) During the three-year period beginning on October 1, 2020, and subject to paragraph (2), at the request of a veteran for whom the Secretary is required to provide nursing home care under section 1710A of this title, the Secretary may place the veteran in a medical foster home that meets Department standards, at the expense of the United States, pursuant to a contract, agreement, or other arrangement entered into between the Secretary and the medical foster home for such purpose. A veteran who is placed in a medical foster home under this subsection shall agree, as a condition of such placement, to accept home health services furnished by the Secretary under section 1717 of this title. (2) In any year, not more than a daily average of 900 veterans placed in a medical foster home, whether placed before or after the date of the enactment of this subsection, may have their care covered at the expense of the United States under subsection (a). (3) In this subsection, the term medical foster home . (b) Effective date Subsection (h) of section 1720 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on October 1, 2020.

Summary: Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to place certain disabled veterans in medical foster homes at the request of such veterans. Specifically, the bill concerns veterans with service-connected disabilities to whom the VA is required to provide nursing home care. Medical foster homes are homes designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting. In any year, not more than a daily average of 900 veterans placed in a medical foster home may have their care covered.
COPE Act of 2019

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the comprehensive opioid abuse grant program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Comprehensive Opioid Program Extension Act of 2019 COPE Act of 2019 2. Reauthorization of the comprehensive opioid abuse grant program Section 1001(a)(27) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(27) and $330,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 $330,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024

Summary: Comprehensive Opioid Program Extension Act of 2019 or the COPE Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the comprehensive opioid abuse grant program administered by the Department of Justice.
MAPSA Act

To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the supplemental security income benefits of adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities shall not be reduced by reason of marriage. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Marriage Access for People with Special Abilities Act MAPSA Act 2. Supplemental security income benefits (a) Eligibility for benefits Section 1611(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382(a) (4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, each individual who has attained 18 years of age, who is diagnosed with an intellectual or developmental disability, whose income, other than income excluded pursuant to section 1612(b), is at not more than the rate in effect for purposes of paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, and whose resources, other than resources excluded pursuant to section 1613(a), are not more than the applicable amount in effect for purposes of paragraph (3)(B) of this subsection, shall be an eligible individual for purposes of this title. . (b) Amount of benefit Section 1611(b) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382(b) (3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, the benefit under this title for an individual described in subsection (a)(4) of this section, whether or not the individual has an eligible spouse, shall be payable at the rate in effect for purposes of such paragraph (1), reduced by the amount of income, not excluded pursuant to section 1612(b), of the individual. . (c) Income and resource deeming rules Section 1614(f) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382c(f) (5) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, for purposes of determining eligibility for, and the amount of, benefits for an individual described in section 1611(a)(4) who is married, the income and resources of the individual is deemed to not include any income or resources of the spouse. .

Summary: Marriage Access for People with Special Abilities Act or the MAPSA Act This bill excludes a spouse's income and resources when determining eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and disregards marital status when calculating the SSI benefit amount, for an adult who has a diagnosed intellectual or developmental disability. (SSI is a federal income supplement program designed to help aged, blind, and disabled individuals with limited income and resources meet basic needs.)
Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act

To prohibit the receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act 2. Sanctuary cities ineligible for Federal financial assistance Any State or local government that violates section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1373

Summary: Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act This bill makes a state or local government ineligible for federal financial assistance for a minimum of one year if it restricts or prohibits an agency or official from (1) communicating with the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status, or (2) maintaining or exchanging information about an individual's status. Such governmental entities are known as sanctuary cities or jurisdictions. The bill restores assistance eligibility upon a Department of Justice (DOJ) determination that the jurisdiction no longer restricts or prohibits such access. DOJ shall determine each year which state or local jurisdictions are not in compliance with immigration requirements and report such determination to Congress.
Improving Access to Mental Health Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to mental health services under the Medicare program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Access to Mental Health Act 2. Improved access to mental health services under the Medicare program (a) Access to clinical social workers Section 1833(a)(1)(F)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)(F)(ii) 75 percent of the amount determined for payment of a psychologist under clause (L) 85 percent of the fee schedule amount provided under section 1848 (b) Access to clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (1) In general Section 1888(e)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395yy(e)(2)(A)(ii) clinical social worker services, qualified psychologist services, (2) Conforming amendment Section 1861(hh)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(hh)(2) and other than services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility which the facility is required to provide as a requirement for participation (c) Access to the complete set of clinical social worker services Section 1861(hh)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(hh)(2) (1) by striking for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses (other than services , including services for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses and services for health and behavior assessment and intervention as identified as of January 1, 2019, by HCPCS codes 96150 through 96161 (and any succeeding codes), but not including services (2) by striking ) which , which (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2020.

Summary: Improving Access to Mental Health Act This bill increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. The bill excludes clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare. Additionally, the bill alters the definition of clinical social worker services as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, such services (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and (2) exclude services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility as a condition of the facility's participation in the Medicare program. The bill repeals these provisions and instead specifies that such services include certain types of health behavior assessment and intervention.
Election Official Integrity Act of 2019

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit campaign activities by chief State election administration officials. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Election Official Integrity Act of 2019 2. Prohibition on campaign activities by chief State election administration officials (a) In General Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101 319A. Campaign activities by chief State election administration officials (a) Prohibition It shall be unlawful for a chief State election administration official to take an active part in political management or in a political campaign with respect to any election for Federal office over which such official has supervisory authority. (b) Chief State election administration official The term chief State election administration official (c) Active part in political management or in a political campaign The term active part in political management or in a political campaign (1) serving as a member of an authorized committee of a candidate for Federal office; (2) the use of official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election for Federal office; (3) the solicitation, acceptance, or receipt of a contribution from any person on behalf of a candidate for Federal office; and (4) any other act which would be prohibited under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 7323(b) of title 5, United States Code, if taken by an individual to whom such paragraph applies (other than any prohibition on running for public office). (d) Exception in case of recusal from administration of elections involving official or immediate family member (1) In general This section does not apply to a chief State election administration official with respect to an election for Federal office in which the official or an immediate family member of the official is a candidate, but only if— (A) such official recuses himself or herself from all of the official’s responsibilities for the administration of such election; and (B) the official who assumes responsibility for supervising the administration of the election does not report directly to such official. (2) Immediate family member defined In paragraph (1), the term immediate family member . (b) Effective Date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections for Federal office held after December 2019.

Summary: Election Official Integrity Act of 2019 This bill prohibits a chief state election administration official from taking an active part in political management or in a political campaign with respect to any election for federal office over which such official has supervisory authority, with certain exceptions.