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Support Our Services to Veterans Caregivers Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that caregivers for veterans with serious illnesses are eligible for assistance and support services provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Support Our Services to Veterans Caregivers Act S.O.S. Veterans Caregivers Act 2. Improvements to services provided to caregivers of veterans (a) Caregivers of veterans with serious illnesses Paragraph (2)(B) of section 1720G(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting illness or serious (b) Assessing caregiver and veteran burden and satisfaction (1) Survey Paragraph (3)(A)(ii) of such section is amended— (A) in subclause (V), by striking ; and (B) in subclause (VI)(bb), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subclause: (VII) not less than annually, a multidimensional assessment to measure, in both objective and subjective terms, the burden and strain felt by the family caregiver. . (2) Reports Section 101(c)(2)(B) of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 ( 38 U.S.C. 1720G (A) in clause (ii), by striking ; and (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) a description of the satisfaction experienced by caregivers and veterans with respect to such program, including any findings regarding whether such program reduces the burden and strain felt by caregivers. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to services provided after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Support our Services to Veterans Caregivers Act or the S.O.S. Veterans Caregivers Act This bill expands eligibility for assistance under the Department of Veterans Affairs Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers. Specifically, the bill expands eligibility for such assistance to caregivers of veterans who have a serious illness that was incurred or aggravated during active military, naval, or air service. Under current law, such assistance is already provided to caregivers of veterans who sustained serious injuries in the course of their military, naval, or air service. The bill also requires the provision of an annual multidimensional assessment to measure burdens felt by family caregivers who are designated as the primary providers of personal care services to such veterans.
Disclosing Official Spending at Presidential Businesses Act

To disclose the use of Federal funds with any privately held company owned by the President, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disclosing Official Spending at Presidential Businesses Act 2. Disclosure of expenditure of Federal funds at businesses owned by the President (a) In general The head of each Executive agency shall submit a quarterly report to the Director of the Office of Government Ethics listing each instance, during the most recently ended quarter, that the Executive agency obligated or expended Federal funds with any privately held company that is owned, either in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, including through trusts, by the President. With respect to each such instance, the report shall include— (1) the amount of the obligation or expenditure; and (2) the name of the company. (b) Publication Not later than 10 days after receiving a report under subsection (a), the Director shall publish the report on the Office’s public internet website. (c) Definition of Executive agency In this section, the term Executive agency

Summary: Disclosing Official Spending at Presidential Businesses Act This bill requires each executive agency to submit a quarterly report to the Office of Government Ethics listing each instance that the agency obligated or expended federal funds with any privately held company that is owned by the President. With respect to each such instance, the report shall include the amount of the obligation or expenditure and the name of the company. Not later than 10 days after receiving a report, the office shall publish the report on its public website.
BIOSIM Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary payment increase under the Medicare program for certain biosimilar biological products to encourage the development and use of such products. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bolstering Innovative Options to Save Immediately on Medicines Act BIOSIM Act 2. Temporary increase in Medicare part B payment for certain biosimilar biological products Section 1847A(b)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–3a(b)(8)) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving the margin of each such redesignated clause 2 ems to the right; (2) by striking product product (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B), the amount ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) Temporary payment increase (i) In general In the case of a qualifying biosimilar biological product that is furnished during the applicable 5-year period for such product, the amount specified in this paragraph for such product with respect to such period is the sum determined under subparagraph (A), except that clause (ii) of such subparagraph shall be applied by substituting 8 percent 6 percent (ii) Applicable 5-year period For purposes of clause (i), the applicable 5-year period for a biosimilar biological product is— (I) in the case of such a product for which payment was made under this paragraph as of December 31, 2019, the 5-year period beginning on January 1, 2020; and (II) in the case of such a product for which payment is first made under this paragraph during a calendar quarter during the period beginning January 1, 2020, and ending December 31, 2024, the 5-year period beginning on the first day of such calendar quarter during which such payment is first made. (iii) Qualifying biosimilar biological product defined For purposes of this subparagraph, the term qualifying biosimilar biological product (I) in the case of a product described in clause (ii)(I), the average sales price is not more than the average sales price for the reference biological product; and (II) in the case of a product described in clause (ii)(II), the wholesale acquisition cost is not more than the wholesale acquisition cost for the reference biological product .

Summary: Bolstering Innovative Options to Save Immediately on Medicines Act or the BIOSIM Act This bill increases Medicare payments for biosimilars for five years. The bill applies to biosimilars for which the average sales price or wholesale acquisition cost is less than that of the reference biological product, as specified.
Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act

To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain Department of Labor personnel how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act 2. Definition of human trafficking In this Act the term human trafficking 22 U.S.C. 7102 3. Training for Department personnel to identify human trafficking (a) In General Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall implement a program to— (1) train and periodically retrain relevant personnel across the Department of Labor that the Secretary considers appropriate, how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities; and (2) ensure that such personnel regularly receive current information on matters related to the detection of human trafficking, including information that becomes available outside of the Department’s initial or periodic retraining schedule, to the extent relevant to their official duties and consistent with applicable information and privacy laws. (b) Training described The training referred to in subsection (a) may be conducted through in-class or virtual learning capabilities, and shall include— (1) methods for identifying suspected victims of human trafficking and, where appropriate, perpetrators of human trafficking; (2) training that is most appropriate for a particular location or environment in which the personnel receiving such training perform their official duties; (3) other topics determined by the Secretary to be appropriate reflecting current trends and best practices for personnel in their particular location or professional environment; (4) a clear course of action for referring potential cases of human trafficking to the Department of Justice and other appropriate authorities; and (5) a post-training evaluation for personnel receiving the training. 4. Report to Congress Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Labor shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the training provided to the personnel referred to in section 3(a), including— (1) an evaluation of such training and the overall effectiveness of the program required by this Act; (2) the number of cases referred by Department of Labor personnel in which human trafficking was suspected and the metrics used by the Department to accurately measure and track its response to instances of suspected human trafficking; and (3) the number of Department of Labor employees who have completed such training as required by this Act.

Summary: Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to train relevant personnel on how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking.
Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019

To direct the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information to take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in international communications standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019 2. Representation and leadership of United States in international communications standards-setting bodies (a) In general In order to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in international standards-setting bodies that set standards for 5G networks and for future generations of wireless communications networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, in consultation with the National Institute for Standards and Technology, coordinate executive branch efforts to— (1) encourage participation by trusted companies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders (to the extent such standards-setting bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) in such international standards-setting bodies; and (2) offer technical expertise to trusted companies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders (to the extent such standards-setting bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) to facilitate such participation. (b) International standards-Setting bodies The international standards-setting bodies referred to in subsection (a) include— (1) the International Telecommunication Union; (2) the International Organization for Standardization; (3) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that develop protocols for wireless devices and other equipment, such as the 3GPP and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; and (4) any standards-setting body accredited by the American National Standards Institute or Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. (c) Briefing Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall brief the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on a strategy to carry out subsection (a). (d) Definitions In this section: (1) 3GPP The term 3GPP (2) 5G network The term 5G network (3) Assistant Secretary The term Assistant Secretary (4) Cloud computing The term cloud computing The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing (5) Communications network The term communications network (A) A system enabling the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user’s choosing. (B) Cloud computing resources. (C) A network or system used to access cloud computing resources. (6) Trusted company The term trusted company 50 U.S.C. 3003

Summary: Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Commerce to assist trusted companies (i.e., companies determined to pose no national security threat) and relevant stakeholders with participation in organizations that set standards for telecommunications, wireless devices, and related equipment.
Enhance School Safety Act

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies to use certain grant funds provided through the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program for school security measures, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enhance School Safety Act 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that giving local educational agencies the choice to use certain grant funds, provided through the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program, for school security measures achieves the goals of providing all students with access to a well-rounded education, improving school conditions for student learning and safety, and ensuring a safe learning environment. 3. Activities to support safe and healthy students Section 4108(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7118(5) (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking or (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or (3) by adding at the end the following: (J) the purchase and use of school security measures, including security cameras and metal detectors. .

Summary: Enhance School Safety Act This bill authorizes local educational agencies to use grant funds provided through the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program for the purchase and use of school security measures, including security cameras and metal detectors.
Farm to Table Safety Act

To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to make improvements to the food safety education program carried out under such Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Farm to Table Safety Act 2. Food safety education initiatives Section 10105(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 7655a(a) (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting , including farm workers, industry (2) in paragraph (1), by striking and (3) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) practices that prevent bacterial contamination of food, how to identify sources of food contamination, and other means of decreasing food contamination. .

Summary: Farm to Table Safety Act This bill modifies the Department of Agriculture (USDA) food safety education program. Specifically, the bill requires USDA to (1) include farm workers in the program; and (2) expand the scope of the program to include practices that prevent bacterial contamination of food, methods of identifying sources of food contamination, and other means of decreasing food contamination.
American Workforce Empowerment Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit 529 plans to be used for certain non-degree technical training certificate programs and apprenticeship programs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Workforce Empowerment Act 2. 529 account funding for non-degree technical training certificate programs and apprenticeship programs (a) In general Section 529(c) (8) Treatment of technical training certificate programs and apprenticeship programs (A) In general Any reference in this subsection to the term qualified higher education expense (i) enrollment or attendance in a program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential (as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 (ii) an apprenticeship registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the National Apprenticeship Act 29 U.S.C. 50 (B) Tools and equipment For purposes of subparagraph (A), expenses includes expenses for tools and equipment required for enrollment or attendance in a program described in subparagraph (A)(i) or participation in an apprenticeship described in subparagraph (A)(ii). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to expenses paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of this Act for programs beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: American Workforce Empowerment Act This bill allows tax preferred college savings plans (529 plans) to fund certain postsecondary certificate programs and apprenticeship programs.
No Money Bail Act of 2019

To discourage the use of payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in criminal cases, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Money Bail Act of 2019 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Nearly 60 percent of the inmates in jails in the United States are pretrial detainees who have not been convicted of a crime, an estimated 75 percent of whom have been charged with nonviolent crimes. (2) Under current bail systems that use payment of money as a condition of pretrial release, nearly 50 percent of the most dangerous pretrial detainees are released without supervision, according to a study by the Arnold Foundation. (3) Throughout the Nation, those with money can buy their freedom while poor defendants remain incarcerated awaiting trial. (4) Pretrial detention costs State and local governments an estimated $14,000,000,000 each year. (5) Pretrial detention should be based on whether the accused is likely to fail to appear in court or is a threat to public safety, not the ability to pay money as a condition of pretrial release. (6) The States, the United States Department of Justice, law enforcement agencies, public officials, and community groups should collaborate to develop pretrial detention systems that improve public safety, reduce costs, and discourage criminal behavior. 3. Eligibility for grants under the Byrne JAG Program Section 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3755 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by adding at the end the following: (3) Eligibility Beginning with the third fiscal year beginning after the enactment of the No Money Bail Act of 2019 ; and (B) in paragraph (1) by striking in paragraph (2) in paragraphs (2) and (3) (2) in subsection (f)— (A) by striking If the Attorney General (1) (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) State ineligible due to system of bail Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the Attorney General determines with respect to any grant period that a State is made ineligible by subsection (a)(3), the Attorney General shall reallocate any amounts allocated to or that would have been allocated to such State for such period— (A) among the other eligible States; and (B) in proportion to allocations among eligible States under subsection (a). . 4. Prohibition of money bail in Federal criminal cases Notwithstanding any provision of Federal law, no justice, judge, or other judicial official in any court created by or under article III of the Constitution of the United States may use payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in any criminal case.

Summary: No Money Bail Act of 2019 This bill restricts the use of money bail (i.e., the payment of money as a condition of pretrial release) in criminal cases. Specifically, it prohibits the use of money bail in federal criminal cases. Additionally, it makes a state that uses a money bail system ineligible for funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.
Disaster Recovery Workforce Act

To temporarily provide Commonwealth-only transitional worker permits for workers in construction occupations involved in disaster recovery, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Recovery Workforce Act 2. Construction worker permits Section 6(d)(3) of the Joint Resolution entitled Joint Resolution to approve the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America 48 U.S.C. 1806(d)(3) (E) Typhoon recovery (i) Permits for construction workers Notwithstanding any numerical cap set forth in subparagraph (B) for each of fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall increase by 3,000, for each such fiscal year, the total number of permits available under this subsection for Construction and Extraction Occupations (as defined by the Department of Labor as Standard Occupational Classification Group 47–0000). (ii) Permit requirements The Secretary may only issue a permit made available under clause (i) to a prospective employer if the permit is for an alien who— (I) is a national of a country designated eligible to participate in the program under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) (II) is performing service or labor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for construction, repairs, renovations, or facility services directly connected to, or associated with recovery from a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5122 (iii) Exception for construction workers Subparagraph (D)(v) shall not apply to a permit made available under clause (i) for any fiscal year described in such clause. . December 18, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources December 18, 2020 Committee on the Judiciary

Summary: Disaster Recovery Workforce Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the annual cap on permits for alien workers entering the Northern Mariana Islands to work in the construction and extraction occupations. Specifically, DHS shall increase the cap by 3,000 permits each year for FY2020, FY2021, and FY2022. These permits may only be issued to alien workers from designated countries who are performing work associated with recovery from, or preparation for, a disaster or emergency. Various existing limitations on permits for such occupations shall not apply during these years.