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Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019

To amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify whistleblower rights and protections, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 2. Definition of person Section 211(a)(2) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5851(a)(2) (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and indenting the clauses appropriately; (2) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through includes— (2) Definitions In this section: (A) Employer The term employer ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (B) Person The term person (i) a person (as defined in section 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2014 (ii) the Commission; and (iii) the Department of Energy. .

Summary: Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 This bill provides statutory authority for employees of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy to have whistle-blower rights and protections.
Repeal CFPB Act

To eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Repeal CFPB Act 2. Repeal The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ( 12 U.S.C. 5481

Summary: Repeal CFPB Act This bill repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
A bill to require the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP code for particular communities.

To require the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP code for particular communities. 1. ZIP Codes Not later than September 30, 2019, the United States Postal Service shall designate a single, unique ZIP code for, as nearly as practicable, each of the following communities: (1) Ocoee, Florida. (2) Miami Lakes, Florida.

Summary: This bill requires the United States Postal Service, by September 30, 2019, to designate a single, unique ZIP code for each of the communities of Ocoee and Miami Lakes, Florida.
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on cyberexploitation of members of the Armed Forces and their families, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on cyberexploitation of members of the Armed Forces and their families, and for other purposes. 1. Study on cyberexploitation of members of the Armed Forces and their families (a) Study required Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall complete a study on the cyberexploitation of the personal information and accounts of members of the Armed Forces and their families. (b) Elements The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An assessment of the vulnerability of members of the Armed Forces and their families to inappropriate access to their personal information and accounts of such members and their families, including identification of particularly vulnerable subpopulations. (2) Creation of a catalogue of past and current efforts by foreign governments and non-state actors at the cyberexploitation of the personal information and accounts of members of the Armed Forces and their families, including an assessment of the purposes of such efforts and their degrees of success. (3) An assessment of the actions taken by the Department of Defense to educate members of the Armed Forces and their families, including particularly vulnerable subpopulations, about any actions that can be taken to otherwise reduce these threats. (4) Assessment of the potential for the cyberexploitation of misappropriated images and videos as well as deep fakes. (5) Development of recommendations for policy changes to reduce the vulnerability of members of the Armed Forces and their families to cyberexploitation, including recommendations for legislative or administrative action. (c) Report (1) In general The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect to the study required by subsection (a). (2) Form The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) The term congressional defense committees (2) The term cyberexploitation (3) The term deep fake

Summary: This bill directs the Department of Defense to complete a study on the malicious, unauthorized digital access of the personal information and accounts of members of the Armed Forces and their families.
Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act

To prioritize the allocation of H–2B visas for States with low unemployment rates. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act 2. Prioritizing the allocation of H–2B visas for States with low unemployment rates (a) In general Section 214(g)(10) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(10) (10) (A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the numerical limitation under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to H–2B visas issued to aliens for positions that are certified for employment pursuant to subpart A of part 655 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, to perform service or labor in a State that had a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.5 percent or lower in 3 of the 5 most recent monthly reports issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the previous fiscal year. (B) The number of aliens exempted from the numerical limitation pursuant to subparagraph (A) in any State during any fiscal year may not exceed the lesser of— (i) 125 percent of the number of visas issued to aliens working in such State during the most recently concluded fiscal year; or (ii) 2,500. (C) If more H–2B visa applications are received in a fiscal year on behalf of aliens desiring to work in a State described in subparagraph (A) than the limit set forth in subparagraph (B)— (i) eligible applicants, in a number equal to such limit, shall be selected, by lottery, from such applications for the exemption under subparagraph (A); and (ii) the remaining applicants shall be subject to the numerical limitation under paragraph (1)(B). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take place on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act This bill authorizes additional H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers in states with relatively low unemployment. Currently, such visas are capped nationally at 66,000 a year. For positions in states that had a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.5% or lower in three of the five most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly reports issued in the previous fiscal year, a certain number of H-2B visas may be issued that don't count against the 66,000 per year cap. For such exempted H-2B visas, a state may receive each year no more than 125% of the number of visas for aliens working in the state in the last completed fiscal year or 2,500, whichever is less.
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2019 2. Exclusion from gross income of AmeriCorps educational awards (a) In general Paragraph (2) of section 117(c) or , or (D) a national service educational award under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. . (b) Exclusion of discharge of student loan debt Subsection (f) of section 108 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Payments under national service educational award programs In the case of an individual, gross income shall not include any amount received under a national service educational award under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12601 . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2019 This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
Citizens Count Census Act of 2019

To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that any questionnaire used in determining the decennial census of population shall contain an option for respondents to indicate citizenship status. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Citizens Count Census Act of 2019 2. Citizenship status on census questionnaires Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: (g) In conducting the 2020 decennial census and each decennial census thereafter, the Secretary shall include in any questionnaire distributed or otherwise used for the purpose of determining the total population by States a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent is a citizen or national of the United States. .

Summary: Citizens Count Census Act of 2019 This bill requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to include a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent is a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.
Reserve Component DD–214 Act of 2019

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 2019 2. Final pay and certificate of discharge or release for reserve members of the Armed Forces upon discharge or release from active status (a) In general Section 1168(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (1) A member (2) by striking an armed force the armed forces (including the reserve components) (3) by inserting or active status active duty (4) by striking his discharge certificate or certificate of release from active duty, respectively, the appropriate certificate (5) 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) (6) by striking him or his next of kin or legal representative the member (or the next of kin or legal representative of the member) (7) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (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. (3) Any certificate of release from active status delivered pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to a member shall specify the total duration of inactive-duty training performed by the member during the period covered by such certificate. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Heading amendment The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 1168. Discharge or release from active duty or active status: limitations . (2) Table of sections The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 59 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1168 and inserting the following new item: 1168. Discharge or release from active duty or active status: limitations. .

Summary: Reserve Component DD-214 Act of 2019 This bill requires that the final pay and certificate of discharge or release from active status for a reserve member of the Armed Forces be ready for delivery when the reserve member is released from duty.
A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings. 1. Scoring of preventive health savings Section 202 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 602 (h) Scoring of preventive health savings (1) Determination by the Director Upon a request by the chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Finance, or the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, or by the chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, or the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Director shall determine if a proposed measure would result in reductions in budget outlays in budgetary outyears through the use of preventive health and preventive health services. (2) Projections If the Director determines that a measure would result in substantial reductions in budget outlays as described in paragraph (1), the Director— (A) shall include, in any projection prepared by the Director, a description and estimate of the reductions in budget outlays in the budgetary outyears and a description of the basis for such conclusions; and (B) may prepare a budget projection that includes some or all of the budgetary outyears, notwithstanding the time periods for projections described in subsection (e) and sections 308, 402, and 424. (3) Definitions As used in this subsection— (A) the term budgetary outyears (B) the term preventive health .

Summary: This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office, upon receiving a request from Congress, to determine if legislation would reduce spending outside of the 10-year budget window through the use of preventive health and preventive health services.
Opioid QuOTA Act

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require the Attorney General to make procurement quotas for opioid analgesics publicly available, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Opioid Quota Openness, Transparency, and Awareness Act of 2019 Opioid QuOTA Act 2. Public reporting of procurement quotas for opioid analgesics (a) In general Section 306 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 826 (j) (1) In this subsection, the term opioid procurement quota (2) The Attorney General shall make publicly available, including through the website of the Drug Enforcement Administration— (A) the quantity of the opioid procurement quota for each registered manufacturer for each year; (B) the quantity of opioid analgesics procured by each registered manufacturer for each year; and (C) except as provided under paragraph (3)— (i) a copy of the form or other application, including any attachments or exhibits, submitted by each registered manufacturer requesting an opioid procurement quota; and (ii) a copy of each year-end or annual report relating to the procurement or use of opioid analgesics submitted to the Attorney General by a registered manufacturer to whom the Attorney General has issued an opioid procurement quota. (3) Upon a request by a registered manufacturer asserting that a document or information described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(C) is exempt from disclosure under section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, and to the extent that the Attorney General determines that the document or information is exempt from disclosure under such section 552(b)(4), the document or information may be excluded from public disclosure under paragraph (2). . (b) GAO report The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that, for the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act— (1) details— (A) the number of instances in which a registered manufacturer made a request described in section 306(j)(3) of the Controlled Substances Act, as added by subsection (a), with respect to a document or information; and (B) the number of instances in which the Attorney General determined such a document or information was exempt from disclosure under section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code; and (2) evaluates the extent of the independent evaluation conducted by the Attorney General of requests described in section 306(j)(3) of the Controlled Substances Act.

Summary: Opioid Quota Openness, Transparency, and Awareness Act of 2019 or the Opioid QuOTA Act This bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to make publicly available on its website certain information regarding opioid procurement quotas. The term "opioid procurement quota" means the maximum quantity of opioid analgesics that a registered manufacturer may procure.
A bill to designate Union Station in Washington, DC, as "Harry S. Truman Union Station".

To designate Union Station in Washington, DC, as Harry S. Truman Union Station 1. Harry S. Truman Union Station (a) Designation Union Station, located at 40 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC, shall be known and designated as Harry S. Truman Union Station (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 Harry S. Truman Union Station

Summary: This bill designates Union Station, located at 40 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC, as the "Harry S. Truman Union Station."
Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain military survivor benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act 2. Certain military survivor benefits treated as earned income for kiddie tax (a) In general Section 1(g)(4) (D) Treatment of certain military survivor benefits For purposes of this subsection, any benefit under laws administered by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs which— (i) is received by a child by reason of the child being the survivor of a deceased member of the Armed Forces or of a deceased veteran, and (ii) is included in the gross income of such child, shall be considered earned income of such child. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.

Summary: Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act (Sec. 2) This bill treats certain military survivor benefits that are received by children as earned income of the child for the purposes of the kiddie tax (the tax on the unearned income of children). This has the effect of exempting the benefits from such tax. The bill applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Impact Study Act of 2019

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on the effects of oxybenzone and octinoxate on the environment and public health, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Impact Study Act of 2019 2. Study on the effects of oxybenzone and octinoxate on the environment and public health (a) Study (1) In general The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the Administrator (A) the environment, including lethal and sublethal impacts on aquatic ecosystems; and (B) public health. (2) Inclusion The study under paragraph (1) shall include analysis, documentation, and determinations on the impact of oxybenzone and octinoxate on the protection and propagation of— (A) coral reefs; and (B) marine life. (3) Consultation In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall consult with— (A) marine biology research centers located in the United States on the shores of large bodies of water; and (B) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (b) Report Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress and make publicly available on the website of the Environmental Protection Agency a report that describes the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).

Summary: Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Impact Study Act of 2019 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to study the impact of oxybenzone and octinoxate (chemicals commonly found in sunscreens) on public health and the environment, including marine life.
SNIFF Act

To require the United States Postal Service to enter into an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to train employees of the Postal Service to identify illicit packages. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Search Now, Inspect For Fentanyl Act of 2019 SNIFF Act 2. Training United States Postal Service employees to identify illicit packages (a) In general Chapter 4 417. Training employees to identify illicit packages (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term covered package (A) originated outside the United States; and (B) is addressed to a location within the United States; and (2) the term United States (b) Training The Postal Service shall enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under which U.S. Customs and Border Protection provides enhanced training to each employee of the Postal Service who works at an international service center that processes inbound international mail to enable the employee to— (1) identify covered packages in which the employee may have reasonable cause to suspect there is merchandise that was imported contrary to law, including matter that is nonmailable under section 3001; and (2) alert U.S. Customs and Border Protection to each covered package identified under paragraph (1) so that an employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may search the covered package. . (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 4 417. Training employees to identify illicit packages. . (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to U.S. Customs and Border Protection such sums as may be necessary to provide the training described in section 417(b) of title 39, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).

Summary: Search Now, Inspect For Fentanyl Act of 2019 or the SNIFF Act This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to enter into an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to train USPS employees to identify illicit packages.