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A bill to require the Internal Revenue Service to provide Congress with sufficient notice prior to the closing of any Taxpayer Assistance Center.

To require the Internal Revenue Service to provide Congress with sufficient notice prior to the closing of any Taxpayer Assistance Center. 1. Notice from IRS regarding closure of Taxpayer Assistance Centers Not later than 90 days before the date that a proposed closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center would take effect, the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate shall submit a report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate which provides the reasons for the proposed closure and a description of the taxpayer assistance services which will be provided by the Internal Revenue Service after the proposed closure takes effect to taxpayers in any rural city, town, or unincorporated area which has a population of not more than 50,000 inhabitants and would be affected by the proposed closure.

Summary: This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to notify Congress before closing a Taxpayer Assistance Center. At least 90 days before a proposed closure would take effect, the IRS must submit to Congress a report including the reasons for the closure and a description of the taxpayer assistance services that will be provided to taxpayers in certain areas that will be affected by the closure.
American Dream Employment Act of 2019

To enable the payment of certain officers and employees of the United States whose employment is authorized under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Dream Employment Act of 2019 2. Certain Federal employees who are beneficiaries of DACA authorized to be paid Section 704 of title VII of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 ( Public Law 116–6 (1) by striking eligible; or eligible; (2) by striking allegiance to the United States: allegiance to the United States; or (5) is a person who is employed by the House of Representatives or the Senate, and holds a current employment authorization document that was issued under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children

Summary: American Dream Employment Act of 2019 This bill permits the compensation of congressional employees who hold a current employment authorization document that was issued under the Department of Homeland Security Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. The program enables many unlawfully present aliens who came to the United States as children to be granted deferred action (a type of relief from removal which does not confer immigration status) and work authorization.
Medical Expense Savings Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a permanent extension of the lower income threshold for the medical expense deduction. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medical Expense Savings Act 2. Permanent extension of reduction in medical expense deduction floor (a) Reduction (1) In general Section 213(a) 10 percent 7.5 percent (2) Conforming amendment Section 213 of such Code is amended by striking subsection (f). (b) Repeal of minimum tax preference Section 56(b)(1) (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018.

Summary: Medical Expense Savings Act This bill makes permanent the reduction in the adjusted gross income threshold that must be exceeded before a taxpayer is allowed to claim an itemized tax deduction for medical expenses. (In 2017, the threshold was temporarily reduced from 10% to 7.5% for 2017 and 2018. This bill makes the 7.5% threshold permanent.)
A bill to institute a program for the disclosure of taxpayer information for third-party income verification through the Internet.

To institute a program for the disclosure of taxpayer information for third-party income verification through the Internet. 1. Disclosure of taxpayer information for third-party income verification (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the close of the 2-year period described in subsection (d)(1), the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate (hereafter referred to in this section as the Secretary (1) is fully automated and accomplished through the Internet; and (2) is accomplished in as close to real-time as is practicable. (b) Qualified disclosure For purposes of this section, the term qualified disclosure section 6103(c) (c) Application of security standards The Secretary shall ensure that the program described in subsection (a) complies with applicable security standards and guidelines. (d) User fee (1) In general During the 2-year period beginning on the first day of the 6th calendar month beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall assess and collect a fee for qualified disclosures (in addition to any other fee assessed and collected for such disclosures) at such rates as the Secretary determines are sufficient to cover the costs related to implementing the program described in subsection (a), including the costs of any necessary infrastructure or technology. (2) Deposit of collections Amounts received from fees assessed and collected under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in, and credited to, an account solely for the purpose of carrying out the activities described in subsection (a). Such amounts shall be available to carry out such activities without need of further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation.

Summary: This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to implement a program to ensure that certain disclosures of tax returns or return information for third-party income verification are (1) fully automated and accomplished through the Internet, and (2) accomplished in as close to real-time as is practicable. The requirement applies to IRS disclosures of returns or return information to a person verifying the income or creditworthiness of a taxpayer who is a borrower in the process of a loan application. In implementing the program, the IRS must (1) ensure that the program complies with applicable security standards and guidelines; and (2) assess and collect a fee for the disclosures at rates that are sufficient to cover the costs related to implementing the program, including the costs of necessary infrastructure or technology.
Better Examiner Standards and Transparency for Veterans Act of 2019

To ensure that only licensed health care providers furnish disability examinations under a certain Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Better Examiner Standards and Transparency for Veterans Act of 2019 BEST for Vets Act of 2019 2. Ensuring only licensed health care providers furnish medical disability examinations under certain Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program for use contract physicians for disability examinations (a) Prohibition on use of certain health care providers Section 504(a) of the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–275 38 U.S.C. 5101 (1) by striking The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Prohibition No examination described in paragraph (1) may be carried out under this section by any health care provider other than one described in subsection (c)(2). . (b) Remedies The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall take such actions as the Secretary considers appropriate to ensure that only health care providers described in subsection (c)(2) of section 504 of the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–275 38 U.S.C. 5101 (c) Annual report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on— (1) the conduct of the pilot program established under section 504 of the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–275 38 U.S.C. 5101 (2) the actions of the Secretary under subsection (b). (d) Technical corrections Section 504 of the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–275 38 U.S.C. 5101 (1) in the section heading, by striking physicians health care providers (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking physicians health care providers (B) in paragraph (2), in the paragraph heading, by striking Physician Health care provider (C) in paragraph (1), by striking physicians health care providers (D) by striking physician health care provider

Summary: Better Examiner Standards and Transparency for Veterans Act of 2019 or the BEST for Vets Act of 2019 This bill provides that only health care providers who are licensed and not barred from practice may furnish medical disability examinations under the Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program related to using contract physicians for disability examinations.
No Red and Blue Banks Act

To prohibit the General Services Administration from awarding contracts to certain insured depository institutions that avoid doing business with certain companies that are engaged in lawful commerce based solely on social policy considerations. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Red and Blue Banks Act 2. Insured depository institutions (a) In general The General Services Administration may not award a contract to an insured depository institution, as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1813 (b) Applicability This Act shall not apply to any contract awarded before the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: No Red and Blue Banks Act This bill prohibits the General Services Administration from awarding a contract to a bank or savings association insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation if the institution avoids doing business with companies based solely on social policy considerations.
Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2019

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate a provision under the Medicare Advantage program that inadvertently penalizes Medicare Advantage plans for providing high quality care to Medicare beneficiaries. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2019 2. Relief from quality bonus penalty in calculation of the Medicare Advantage blended benchmark cap (a) In general Section 1853(n)(4) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–23(n)(4) determined taking into account determined without regard to (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2020.

Summary: Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2019 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to disregard the application of certain percentage quality increases when calculating the maximum payment that may be made to a Medicare Advantage organization.
Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service from rehiring any employee of the Internal Revenue Service who was involuntarily separated from service for misconduct. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2019 2. Prohibition on rehiring former IRS employees who were involuntarily separated for misconduct (a) In general Section 7804 (d) Prohibition on rehiring employees involuntarily separated The Commissioner may not employ any individual previously employed by the Commissioner who was removed for misconduct under this subchapter or chapter 43 or chapter 75 26 U.S.C. 7804 . (b) Effective date (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any employee removed from employment before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Exception The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not apply to any employee who is employed by the Internal Revenue Service as of the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to any removal for misconduct which occurred before such date.

Summary: Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2019 This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from rehiring former IRS employees who were involuntarily separated for misconduct. The bill generally applies with respect to any employee removed from employment before, on, or after the date of enactment of this bill. It does not apply to any employee who is employed by the IRS as of the enactment of this bill with respect to any removal for misconduct which occurred prior to enactment.
Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to authorize spouses of servicemembers who incur a catastrophic injury or illness or die while in military service to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019 2. Termination of leases of premises and motor vehicles of servicemembers who incur catastrophic injury or illness or die while in military service (a) Catastrophic injuries and illnesses Subsection (a) of section 305 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3955 Public Law 115–407 (4) Catastrophic injury or illness of lessee The spouse of the lessee on a lease described in subsection (b) may terminate the lease during the one-year period beginning on the date on which the lessee incurs a catastrophic injury or illness (as that term is defined in section 439(g) of title 37, United States Code), if the lessee incurs the catastrophic injury or illness during a period of military service or while performing full-time National Guard duty, active Guard and Reserve duty, or inactive-duty training (as such terms are defined in section 101(d) of title 10, United States Code). . (b) Deaths Paragraph (3) of such subsection is amended by striking in subsection (b)(1) in subsection (b)

Summary: Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019 This bill authorizes spouses of military servicemembers to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles in certain situations. Specifically, the bill allows the spouse of a servicemember lessee to terminate the leases within one year of the date on which the servicemember incurs a catastrophic injury or illness connected with their military service. The bill also allows the spouse of a servicemember lessee who died in military service to terminate a motor vehicle lease within one year of the death of the servicemember.
Properly Reducing Overexemptions for Sports Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude major professional sports leagues from qualifying as tax-exempt organizations. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Properly Reducing Overexemptions for Sports Act PRO Sports Act 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The National Hockey League (NHL), PGA Tour, and Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) each have league offices that are registered with the Internal Revenue Service as nonprofit organizations under section 501(c)(6) (2) League-wide operations of the NHL, PGA Tour, and LPGA together generate over $1,000,000,000 in annual revenue, and these businesses are unmistakably organized for profit and to promote their brands. (3) According to the Internal Revenue Service, section 501(c)(6) common business interest and not to engage in a regular business of a kind ordinarily carried on for profit (4) According to the Internal Revenue Service, businesses that conduct operations for profit on a cooperative basis section 501(c)(6) 3. Elimination of specific exemption for professional football leagues (a) In general Paragraph (6) of section 501(c) (1) by striking , or professional football leagues (whether or not administering a pension fund for football players) (2) by inserting or real-estate boards, (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. 4. Special rules relating to professional sports leagues (a) In general Section 501 (s) Special rules relating to professional sports leagues No organization or entity shall be treated as described in subsection (c)(6) if such organization or entity— (1) is a professional sports league, organization, or association, a substantial activity of which is to foster national or international professional sports competitions (including by managing league business affairs, officiating or providing referees, coordinating schedules, managing sponsorships or broadcast sales, operating loan programs for competition facilities, or overseeing player conduct), and (2) has annual gross receipts in excess of $10,000,000. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.

Summary: Properly Reducing Overexemptions for Sports Act or the PRO Sports Act This bill removes professional football leagues from the list of tax-exempt organizations. The bill also prohibits an organization or entity from being treated as tax-exempt if it (1) is a professional sports league, organization, or association, a substantial activity of which is to foster national or international professional sports competitions; and (2) has annual gross receipts in excess of $10 million.
A bill to require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef and poultry imported from Brazil, and for other purposes.

To require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef and poultry imported from Brazil, and for other purposes. 1. Working group on beef and poultry imported from Brazil (a) Establishment of working group (1) In general Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a working group— (A) to evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef, beef products, poultry, and poultry products imported from Brazil; and (B) to make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to whether the importation of beef, beef products, poultry, and poultry products from Brazil into the United States should be permitted. (2) Membership The Secretary shall ensure that the working group established under paragraph (1) includes— (A) experts on food safety; and (B) representatives of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other Federal agencies with responsibilities relating to international trade. (b) Temporary suspension of imports Beef, beef products, poultry, and poultry products imported from Brazil may not enter the United States during the period— (1) beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) ending on the date on which the working group established under subsection (a)(1) submits to the Secretary the recommendations required by subparagraph (B) of that subsection.

Summary: This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a working group to (1) evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef and poultry imported from Brazil, and (2) make recommendations regarding whether or not the importation of beef and poultry from Brazil should be permitted. The bill also suspends imports of beef and poultry from Brazil until the working group submits its recommendations to USDA.
Shutdown Fairness Act

To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shutdown Fairness Act 2. Appropriations (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term agency (2) the term excepted employee (A) means an employee of an agency who the head of that agency determines is an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as those terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management; and (B) includes a contractor who— (i) provides support to an employee described in subparagraph (A); and (ii) is required to perform work during a lapse in appropriations, as determined by the head of the agency with respect to which the contractor provides support. (b) Appropriations There are appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for that fiscal year are not in effect, such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to excepted employees who are required to perform work during that period. (c) Termination Subject to subsection (d), appropriations and funds made available and authority granted under subsection (b) shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available under subsection (b). (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose. (3) January 1, 2020. (d) Subsequent lapses Appropriations made available under subsection (b) may not be obligated during any period during which continuing appropriations for any purpose for which amounts are made available under subsection (b) are in effect.

Summary: Shutdown Fairness Act This bill provides appropriations for the pay and allowances of certain federal employees and contractors who are required to work during any period in which there is a lapse in appropriations for FY2019.