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American Students Abroad Act

To direct the Secretary of State to make available to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention copies of consular reports of death of United States citizens, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Students Abroad Act 2. Copies of consular reports of death of U.S. citizens abroad to be made available to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (a) In general The Secretary of State shall make available to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for each calendar quarter a copy of each report described in subsection (b) that is issued during the preceding calendar quarter. (b) Report described The report described in this subsection is a report issued by a United States embassy or consulate relating to the death of a United States citizen in a foreign country upon receipt by the embassy or consulate of the foreign death certificate or finding of death by a local competent authority. 3. Surveillance by CDC of deaths of United States citizens abroad The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 317T of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–22 317U. Surveillance of deaths of United States citizens abroad The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall expand and intensify the programs and activities of the Centers for surveillance of deaths of United States citizens occurring abroad. .

Summary: American Students Abroad Act This bill directs the Department of State to periodically share with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) U.S. embassy and consulate reports relating to a death of a U.S. citizen aboard. The Department of Health and Human Services shall expand CDC programs and activities related to the surveillance of deaths of U.S. citizens abroad.
Homecare for Seniors Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow qualified distributions from health savings accounts for certain home care expenses. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Homecare for Seniors Act 2. Certain home care expenses treated as qualified distributions from health savings accounts (a) In general Section 223(d)(2) (1) by striking medical care (as defined in section 213(d) specified medical care (as defined in subparagraph (D)) (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) Specified medical care For purposes of this paragraph— (i) In general The term specified medical care (I) medical care (as defined in section 213(d)), and (II) qualified home care. (ii) Qualified home care The term qualified home care (I) Assistance with eating. (II) Assistance with toileting. (III) Assistance with transferring. (IV) Assistance with bathing. (V) Assistance with dressing. (VI) Assistance with continence. (VII) Medication adherence. Such term shall not include any contract unless the services provided pursuant to such contract are provided by a service provider which is licensed by the State to provide such services or such services are otherwise provided in a manner that is consistent with State requirements. (iii) Related parties The term qualified home care . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts paid with respect to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Promotion of public awareness of in-Home service expenses eligible for tax-Free distribution from health savings accounts The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall carry out a campaign to increase public awareness of the in-home service expenses that are eligible for tax-free distribution from health savings accounts.

Summary: Homecare for Seniors Act This bill allows tax-exempt distributions from health savings accounts (HSAs) to be used for qualified home care. Qualified home care includes a contract to provide three or more of the following services in the residence of the service recipient assistance with eating, assistance with toileting, assistance with transferring, assistance with bathing, assistance with dressing, assistance with continence, and medication adherence. The Department of Health and Human Services must carry out a campaign to increase public awareness of the in-home service expenses that are eligible for tax-free distribution from HSAs.
Chiropractors Equity Act of 2019

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow chiropractors to provide items and services through private contracts with Medicare beneficiaries. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Chiropractors Equity Act of 2019 2. Allowing chiropractors to provide items and services through private contracts with Medicare beneficiaries (a) In general Section 1802(b)(6)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395a(b)(6)(B) paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of (b) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to items and services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Chiropractors Equity Act of 2019 This bill includes chiropractors as authorized physicians who may enter into private contracts with Medicare beneficiaries.
Veteran's Choice Accountability Act

To improve the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veteran’s Choice Accountability Act 2. Evaluation of fee-basis care provided by Department of Veterans Affairs The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall evaluate all programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs under which the Secretary furnishes hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to determine the most intensively used specialized care programs of the Department and to ensure such programs are maintained as centers of excellence. 3. Evaluation of implementation of VA Budget and Choice Improvement Act Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress an evaluation of the implementation by the Secretary of the VA Budget and Choice Improvement Act (title IV of Public Law 114–41

Summary: Veteran's Choice Accountability Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to evaluate VA programs that furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to ensure that the most intensively used specialized care programs are maintained as centers of excellence. The bill also requires the VA to submit an evaluation of the VA's implementation of the VA Budget and Choice Improvement Act.
Veterans Collaboration Act

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to promote and encourage collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher learning that provide administrative assistance to veterans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Collaboration Act 2. Pilot program on collaboration with nonprofit organizations (a) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a two-year pilot program to promote and encourage collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher learning. In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall emphasize collaboration with— (1) veterans service organizations that provide personnel with appropriate credentials to assist veterans in filing claims and appeals with the Department for disability compensation; and (2) educational institutions that provide pro bono legal assistance to veterans. (b) Metrics The Secretary shall establish metrics to determine which organizations and institutions provide the best service to veterans and seek to encourage such organizations and institutions to participate in the pilot program. (c) Location The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program in States with the highest veteran populations, as determined by the Secretary. (d) Use of social media In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall use social media to promote the collaboration efforts carried out under the pilot program and to notify veterans of such collaborations. Quarterly reports will be provided to members of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee that document the reach of the social media efforts and the number of veterans who use the program. (e) Reports Not later than 30 days after the end of a fiscal quarter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the pilot program, including the use of social media under subsection (d) and the number of veterans who receive administrative assistance from organizations and institutions through the program.

Summary: Veterans Collaboration Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program in states with the highest veteran populations to promote collaboration between the VA, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher learning. The VA shall emphasize collaboration with (1) veterans service organizations that provide personnel with appropriate credentials to assist veterans in filing disability compensation claims and appeals with the VA, and (2) educational institutions that provide veterans with pro bono legal assistance.
Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act

To include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act 2. Eligibility Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10284 (1) in paragraph (7) to read as follows: (7) member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew (A) is a public agency; or (B) is (or is a part of) a nonprofit or private, for-profit entity serving the public that is officially authorized or licensed to engage in rescue activity or to provide emergency medical services; and (i) engages in rescue activities or provides emergency medical services as part of an official emergency response system; or (ii) is officially designated as a pre-hospital emergency medical response agency; ; and (2) in paragraph (9), by inserting after and by the applicable agency or entity (and as designated by such agency or entity) 3. Offset Of the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, $12,000,000 are permanently cancelled. 4. Effective date The amendments made by section 2 shall apply only to injuries sustained on or after March 1, 2007, and shall take effect beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Any person who had made an application under part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and whose application was denied by reason of the date an injury was sustained may reapply. 5. Conforming amendment Section 1086(d)(2)(A) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 June 1, 2009 March 25, 2007

Summary: Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act This bill modifies the requirements for a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew to qualify as a public safety officer for purposes of death benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program.
AWARE Act

To direct the Attorney General to acquire data, for each calendar year, about sexual offenses, including rape, that occur aboard any mode of transportation over which the Federal Government exercises jurisdiction. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Assaults on Water and Aviation Reporting Enforcement Act of 2019 AWARE Act 2. Statistics relating to sexual offenses that occur aboard any mode of transportation over which the Federal Government exercises jurisdiction (a) Data collection Under the authority of section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Attorney General shall acquire data, for each calendar year, about sexual offenses (as such term is defined in section 111(a)(5) of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ( 34 U.S.C. 20911(a)(5) (1) the mode of transportation aboard which the offense was committed, including— (A) a specific disaggregation of offenses committed aboard cruise ships (as such term is defined in section 4071(d) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 46 U.S.C. 70101 (B) a specific disaggregation of offenses committed aboard aircraft (as such term is defined in section 31(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code); and (2) the location of the commission of the offense. (b) Publication Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall publish the data acquired under subsection (a), except that no personally identifiable information shall be published. (c) Addition to NIBRS The Attorney General, in accordance with the States, in compiling data regarding sexual offenses as part of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) shall include modes of transportation aboard which such offenses were committed.

Summary: Assaults on Water and Aviation Reporting Enforcement Act of 2019 or the AWARE Act This bill directs the Department of Justice to collect and publish data about sexual offenses that occur aboard any mode of transportation over which the federal government exercises jurisdiction.
Physical Activities Recommendations for Americans Act of 2019

To provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Physical Activities Recommendations for Americans Act of 2019 2. Physical activity recommendations for Americans (a) Reports (1) In general Not later than December 31, 2020, and at least every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary (2) Basis of recommendations The information contained in each report required under paragraph (1) shall be based on the most current evidence-based scientific and medical knowledge at the time the report is prepared, and shall include additional information for population subgroups, such as children or individuals with disabilities, if scientific and medical evidence indicates that physical activity recommendations vary in such a manner that such stratification is warranted. (3) Update reports Not later than 5 years after the publication of the first report under paragraph (1), and every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary shall publish an update report detailing evidence-based practices and highlighting continuing issues with respect to physical activity. The contents of reports under this paragraph may focus on a particular group, subsection, or other division of the general public or on a particular issue relating to physical activity. (b) Interaction with other recommendations Federal agencies proposing to issue physical activity recommendations that differ from the recommendations in the most recent report published under subsection (a)(1) shall submit such proposed recommendations to the Secretary for review, and as appropriate, approval, to ensure that such recommendations are either consistent with the physical activity recommendations published under such subsection or based on the most current evidence-based scientific and medical knowledge. (c) Existing authority not affected This section is not intended to limit the support of biomedical research by any Federal agency or to limit the presentation or communication of scientific or medical findings or review of such findings by any Federal agency.

Summary: Physical Activities Recommendations for Americans Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish a report at least every 10 years that contains physical activity recommendations for the general public based on the most current scientific and medical knowledge, including information for population subgroups, as needed. HHS must publish updated reports that detail evidence-based practices and highlight continuing physical activity issues between the publications of full reports. Updated reports may focus on particular population subgroups or issues relating to physical activity. A federal agency that proposes to issue physical activity recommendations that differ from the recommendations in the most recent full report must submit the proposed recommendations to HHS for review.
Boater Protection from Laser Pointers Act

To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit causing the beam of a laser pointer to strike a vessel operating on the navigable waters of the United States, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Boater Protection from Laser Pointers Act 2. Aiming a laser pointer at a vessel (a) In general Subchapter II of chapter 700 70014. Aiming a laser pointer at a vessel (a) Prohibition It shall be unlawful to cause the beam of a laser pointer to strike a vessel operating on the navigable waters of the United States. (b) Exceptions This section shall not apply to a member or element of the Department of Defense or Department of Homeland Security acting in an official capacity for the purpose of research, development, operations, testing, or training. (c) Laser pointer defined In this section the term laser pointer . (b) Clerical amendment The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to such subchapter the following: 70014. Aiming a laser pointer at a vessel. .

Summary: Boater Protection from Laser Pointers Act This bill prohibits causing the beam of a laser pointer to strike a vessel operating on the waters of the United States unless it involves the Department of Defense or the Department of Homeland Security acting in an official capacity for the purpose of research, development, operations, testing, or training.
Save the State and Local Tax Deduction for Middle Class Families Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the deduction for State and local taxes, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save the State and Local Tax Deduction for Middle Class Families Act of 2019 2. Increase in limitation on deduction for State and local taxes (a) In general Section 164(b)(6)(B) $10,000 ($5,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return) $15,000 (twice such amount in the case of a joint return) (b) Inflation adjustment Section 164(b)(6) of such Code is amended— (1) by striking and , and (C) in the case of a taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2019, the $15,000 amount in subparagraph (B) shall be increased by an amount equal to— (i) such dollar amount, multiplied by (ii) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting calendar year 2018 calendar year 2016 , and (2) by adding at the end the following: Any increase determined under subparagraph (C) shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018. 3. Increase in corporate income tax rate (a) In general Section 11(b) 21 percent of taxable income. the applicable percentage of taxable income. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term applicable percentage Save the State and Local Tax Deduction for Middle Class Families Act of 2019 (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018.

Summary: Save the State and Local Tax Deduction for Middle Class Families Act of 2019 This bill increases the limit on the tax deduction for certain state and local taxes, which is currently $10,000 per year. The bill increases the limit to $15,000 (twice the amount in the case of a joint return) and requires the new limit to be adjusted for inflation after 2019. The bill also increases the income tax rate for corporations to an amount that the Department of the Treasury determines is required to cover the reduction in revenue resulting from the increased tax deduction allowed by this bill.
AFTER Act of 2019

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to allow for the adoption or non-laboratory placement of certain animals used in Federal research, and for other purposes. 1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2019 AFTER Act of 2019 2. Placement of animals used in federal research Section 14 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2144 14. Standards for federal facilities (a) Laboratory animal facilities and exhibitors Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States having laboratory animal facilities or exhibiting animals shall comply with the standards and other requirements promulgated by the Secretary under sections 13(a), (f), (g), and (h). (b) Adoption and non-Laboratory placement Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States operating as a Federal research facility shall, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, promulgate standards and other requirements that, in the determination of the department, agency, or instrumentality, facilitates the adoption or non-laboratory placement of any animal of the facility no longer needed for research and determined to be suitable for release to an animal rescue organization, animal sanctuary, animal shelter, or individual. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Animal rescue organization The term animal rescue organization (A) described in section 501(c)(3) (B) with the purpose of rescuing animals that are unwanted, abandoned, or otherwise in need of placement and finding permanent adoptive homes for such animals. (2) Animal sanctuary The term animal sanctuary section 501(c)(3) (A) is registered with the Secretary; (B) operates a place of refuge— (i) where an unwanted, displaced, or retired animal is provided care for the lifetime of such animal; and (ii) where an unescorted public visitation of such an animal is not permitted; (C) does not engage in commercial trade of such an animal; (D) does not breed such an animal; (E) does not permit direct contact between the public and such an animal; (F) does not allow the use of such an animal for performance or exhibition purposes; and (G) does not conduct research that pains or distresses such an animal. (3) Animal shelter The term animal shelter .

Summary: Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2019 or the AFTER Act of 2019 This bill requires federal research facilities to facilitate the adoption or nonlaboratory placement of certain warm-blooded animals (e.g., dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits) with animal rescue organizations, animal sanctuaries, animal shelters, or individuals. In order to be adopted or placed, the animals must (1) no longer be needed for research; (2) be suitable for release; (3) not be birds, rats, or mice.