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John Stringer Rainey SAFE Act

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the John Stringer Rainey Safeguard American Food Exports Act John Stringer Rainey SAFE Act 2. Slaughter of horses for human consumption (a) In general Chapter 3 50. Slaughter of horses for human consumption (a) Offense It shall be unlawful to knowingly— (1) possess, ship, transport, purchase, sell, deliver, or receive, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, any horse with the intent that it is to be slaughtered for human consumption; or (2) possess, ship, transport, purchase, sell, deliver, or receive, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, any horse flesh or carcass or part of a carcass, with the intent that it is to be used for human consumption. (b) Penalty Any person who violates subsection (a)— (1) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both; or (2) in the case of a covered offense, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. (c) Definitions In this section— (1) the term covered offense (A) the defendant has no prior conviction under this section; and (B) the conduct involves fewer than 5 horses or fewer than 2000 pounds of horse flesh or carcass or part of a carcass; and (2) the term horse . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for chapter 3 50. Slaughter of horses for human consumption. .

Summary: John Stringer Rainey Safeguard American Food Exports Act or the John Stringer Rainey SAFE Act This bill prohibits the knowing sale or transport of horses for purposes of human consumption. Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful to knowingly possess, ship, transport, purchase, sell, deliver, or receive a horse for it to be slaughtered for human consumption. It also makes it unlawful to knowingly possess, ship, transport, purchase, sell, deliver, or receive horse flesh, carcass, or part of a carcass for it to be used for human consumption. Violators are subject to criminal penalties.
Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019

To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from implementing a proposed rule regarding requirements under Community Planning and Development housing programs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019 2. Prohibition The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not implement, administer, enforce, or in any manner make effective the proposed rule entitled Revised Requirements Under Community Planning and Development Housing Programs

Summary: Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019 This bill prohibits the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from implementing, administering, enforcing, or in any manner making effective the proposed rule titled Revised Requirements Under Community Planning and Development Housing Programs, published by HUD in Spring 2019, or any final rule based substantially on such proposed rule. The rule allows, among other things, shelter providers under HUD programs that permit certain single-sex or sex-segregated facilities to establish a policy by which such providers may consider an individual's sex to determine accommodation within or admission to a shelter or its facility.
Every Person Counts Act

To amend title 13, United States Code, to make clear that each decennial census, as required for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States, shall tabulate the total number of persons in each State, and to provide that no information regarding United States citizenship or immigration status may be elicited in any such census. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Every Person Counts Act 2. Census data collection (a) Requirement Section 141(b) of title 13, United States Code, is amended by striking United States United States, and shall tabulate the total number of persons in each State (b) Prohibition Section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking as necessary as necessary, except that the Secretary may not include any question or otherwise elicit any information regarding United States citizenship or immigration status (c) Rules of construction Nothing in subsection (a) or (b) shall be construed to— (1) permit or require the exclusion from any decennial census of population (as defined in section 141(g) of title 13, United States Code) of— (A) any person on the basis of age; (B) personnel in the Armed Forces (and their dependents) serving abroad; (C) Federal employees (and their dependents) stationed abroad; or (D) any other persons outside of the United States (in addition to persons described in subparagraph (B) or (C)) who can be traced to the State of their usual place of residence, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce; or (2) affect the survey conducted by the Secretary of Commerce that is commonly referred to as the American Community Survey

Summary: Every Person Counts Act This bill requires the census to tabulate the total number of persons in each state and prohibits the Bureau of the Census from including any question or otherwise eliciting any information regarding U.S. citizenship or immigration status.
Veteran STEM Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce the credit hour requirement for the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veteran STEM Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019 2. Reduction in credit hour requirement for Edith Nourse Rogers STEM scholarship Section 3320(b)(4)(A)(i) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking more than the standard 128 semester (or 192 quarter) credit hours at least the standard 120 semester (or 180 quarter) credit hours

Summary: Veteran STEM Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019 This bill reduces the credit hour requirement for the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Specifically, an eligible individual must be enrolled in a program that requires at least the standard 120 semester (or 180 quarter) credit hours, instead of the current requirement for more than 128 semester (or 192 quarter) credit hours.
Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019

To provide that certain regulatory actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019 2. Definition In this Act, the term Commission 3. Preservation of rights of State and local governments The following regulatory actions of the Commission shall have no force or effect: (1) The Declaratory Ruling in the Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling in the matter of Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment and Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment (2) The Declaratory Ruling and Third Report and Order in the matter of Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment and Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment (3) The rule adopted by the Commission entitled Accelerating Wireless and Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment

Summary: Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019 This bill nullifies rules issued by the Federal Communications Commission that revoke state and local authority to regulate telecommunications equipment deployment and to determine the amount of payment for the use of such equipment.
A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects.

To protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects. 1. Protecting the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects The Secretary of the Army shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or functional firearm, in any area open to the public (other than a Federal facility as defined in section 930(g) of title 18, United States Code) at a water resources development project covered under section 327.0 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), if— (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm; and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the State in which the water resources development project is located.

Summary: This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow an individual to possess a firearm in a public area of a water resources development project if (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.
SEE MORE Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the use of telehealth services for remote imaging for chronic eye disease. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Screenings for Eye Evaluation, Monitoring, Observation, Review, and Examination Act SEE MORE Act 2. Expanding the use of telehealth services for remote imaging for chronic eye disease Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) (1) in paragraph (4)(C)(i), by striking and (7) (7), and (8) (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (8) Treatment of remote imaging for chronic eye disease (A) Non-application of originating site requirements The requirements described in paragraph (4)(C) shall not apply with respect to telehealth services furnished on or after January 1, 2020, for purposes of providing remote imaging for chronic eye disease, as determined by the Secretary, including diabetic eye disease and glaucoma. Such screenings and services shall include the use of FDA-approved ocular imaging techniques and technologies, including artificial intelligence technologies, shown to support the accurate diagnosis or monitoring or treatment of diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, or other chronic eye disease, as determined by the Secretary. (B) No originating site facility fee for new sites No facility fee shall be paid under paragraph (2)(B) to an originating site with respect to a telehealth service described in subparagraph (A) if the originating site does not otherwise meet the requirements for an originating site under paragraph (4)(C). (C) Report Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the impact of this paragraph with respect to telehealth services on— (i) the utilization of health care items and services related to diabetes and glaucoma; (ii) health outcomes related to diabetes and glaucoma; and (iii) the rates of specialty referrals and the rate for completion of a specialty visit within 90 days of referral for individuals with diabetic retinopathy or glaucoma after receiving telehealth services. .

Summary: Screenings for Eye Evaluation, Monitoring, Observation, Review, and Examination Act or the SEE MORE Act This bill exempts telehealth services involving remote imaging for chronic eye disease from specified requirements, such as geographic restrictions, under Medicare.
Removing Marijuana from Deportable Offenses Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by striking marijuana use, possession, and distribution as grounds of inadmissibility and removal. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Removing Marijuana from Deportable Offenses Act 2. Striking marijuana use, possession, and distribution as grounds for inadmissibility and removal (a) In general The Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 (1) in section 101(a)(43)(B) ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(B) other than the distribution of marijuana, (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) (2) in section 212(a)(2) ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) (F) Marijuana offenses Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any offenses involving the use, possession, or distribution of marijuana shall not be considered as grounds of inadmissibility. ; and (3) in section 237(a)(2)(B)(i) ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(B)(i) other than a single offense involving possession for one's own use of 30 grams or less of marijuana other than offenses involving the use, possession, or distribution of marijuana (b) Right To reapply or return (1) Reapplication Any alien who was previously denied a visa to enter the United States as a direct result of the alien’s use, possession, or distribution of marijuana may reapply for admission to the United States. (2) Reissuance Any alien who was deported from the United States as a direct result of the alien’s use, possession, or distribution of marijuana shall be readmitted to the United States and reissued the visa that they had at the time of the alien’s deportation if the alien is not inadmissible under section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by subsection (a)(2).

Summary: Removing Marijuana from Deportable Offenses Act This bill removes offenses involving the use, possession, or distribution of marijuana from the list of crimes that could render an alien inadmissible into the United States or deportable. An alien previously denied a visa for such marijuana-related activities may reapply for a visa, and an alien previously deported for such activities shall be readmitted into the United States if not otherwise inadmissible.
Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019

To amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to modify the definition of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019 2. Agricultural commodities Section 229(e) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 ( 49 U.S.C. 31136 Public Law 106–159 (7) Agricultural commodity The term agricultural commodity (A) agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, and floricultural commodities; (B) fruits; (C) vegetables; (D) any non-human living animal and the products of that animal; and (E) other agriculture products that are— (i) sensitive to temperature or climate; and (ii) at risk of perishing in transit. .

Summary: Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019 This bill revises regulations related to the transportation of agricultural commodities. Specifically, the bill expands the definition of agricultural commodity to include (1) aquaculture, horticultural, and floricultural commodities; (2) fruits; (3) vegetables; (4) any non-human living animal and the products thereof; and (5) other agricultural products that are sensitive to temperature or climate and at risk of perishing in transit. (Under current law, an agricultural commodity means any agricultural commodity, non-processed food, feed, fiber, or livestock.)
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, and for other purposes. 1. Expansion of scope of Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans Section 544(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ; or (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. .

Summary: This bill expands the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans by including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals as minority group members. The committee reports on the issues of minority group members in relation to Department of Veterans Affairs programs.
Rural Jobs Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for new markets tax credit investments in the Rural Jobs Zone. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Jobs Act 2. Allocations of new markets tax credit limitation for the Rural Jobs Zone (a) In general Section 45D(f) (4) Allocations for the Rural Jobs Zone (A) In general In addition to any new markets tax credit limitation under paragraph (1), there are the following amounts of new markets tax credit limitation which shall be allocated by the Secretary only to Rural Jobs Zone development entities for making Rural Jobs Zone equity investments: (i) $500,000,000 for 2019. (ii) $500,000,000 for 2020. (B) Rural Jobs Zone development entity For purposes of this paragraph, the term Rural Jobs Zone development entity (C) Rural Jobs Zone equity investment For purposes of this paragraph, the term Rural Jobs Zone equity investment (D) Rural Jobs Zone For purposes of this paragraph, the term Rural Jobs Zone (i) a city or town that has a population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants, nor (ii) any urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to such a city or town. (E) Minimum investment in persistent poverty counties and high migration rural counties (i) In general The Secretary shall prescribe regulations or other guidance pursuant to which not less than 25 percent of the Rural Jobs Zone equity investments made pursuant to allocations made under this paragraph are invested in areas which are persistent poverty counties, high migration rural counties (as defined in subsection (e)(5)(B)), or both. (ii) Persistent poverty counties For purposes of this subparagraph, the term persistent poverty county (F) Application of carryover Paragraph (3) shall be applied separately with respect to the amounts specified in subparagraph (A). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to allocations made after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Rural Jobs Act This bill allocates an additional $500 million in 2019 and 2020 for new markets tax credit investments in the Rural Jobs Zone (an area comprised of low-income communities with populations not greater than 50,000 that are not adjacent to an urbanized area). The bill also requires that not less than 25% of such investments be made in areas that are persistent poverty counties, high migration rural counties, or both.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian coal production tax credit, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian coal production tax credit, and for other purposes. 1. Permanent extension of Indian coal production tax credit (a) In general Section 45(e)(10) (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the applicable dollar amount per ton of Indian coal $4.00 per ton of Indian coal— (i) produced by the taxpayer at an Indian coal production facility, and (ii) sold (either directly by the taxpayer or after sale or transfer to one or more related persons) to an unrelated person during such taxable year. , and (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: (B) Inflation adjustment In the case of any calendar year after 2018, the dollar amount in subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the product of such dollar amount and the inflation adjustment factor determined under paragraph (2)(B) for the calendar year, except that such paragraph shall be applied by substituting 2017 1992 . (b) Definition of Indian coal Subparagraph (A) of section 45(c)(9) (A) In general The term Indian coal (i) owned or controlled by an Indian tribe, (ii) owned or controlled by an enrolled member of an Indian tribe, or (iii) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or its members. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to coal produced and sold after January 1, 2018.

Summary: This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently increase the tax credit for production of electricity from renewable resources by $4.00 per ton in the case of Indian coal, with an updated inflation adjustment to the dollar amount for calendar years after 2018.
BRACE Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 BRACE Act of 2019 2. Railroad track maintenance credit made permanent (a) In general Section 45G (b) Effective date (1) In general The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred during taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. (2) Safe harbor assignments Assignments, including related expenditures paid or incurred, under paragraph (2) of section 45G(b)

Summary: Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act of 2019 or the BRACE Act of 2019 This bill permanently extends the tax credit for railroad track maintenance. The extension applies to expenditures paid or incurred during tax years beginning after 2017. Assignments of miles of railroad track, including related expenditures, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, must be treated as effective as of the close of such taxable year if they are made pursuant to a written agreement entered into within 90 days of the enactment of this bill.
State Cannabis Commerce Act

To prevent Federal agencies from interfering with the marijuana policy of States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Cannabis Commerce Act 2. States marijuana policy (a) Definitions In this Act: (1) Federal agency The term Federal agency agency (2) Marijuana The term marijuana marihuana 21 U.S.C. 802 (3) State The term State (b) Prohibitions No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be expended to prevent any State from implementing any law of the State that— (1) authorizes the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of marijuana on non-Federal land in the State; or (2) authorizes the transportation of marijuana across the border of the State if— (A) the State from which the marijuana is transported has a State law described in paragraph (1); and (B) the State and the State from which the marijuana is transported have both authorized such transportation of marijuana between the States.

Summary: State Cannabis Commerce Act This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to prevent a state from implementing a law that authorizes certain marijuana-related activities.
Veterans Enhancing Transportation Act

To amend the FAST Act to allow States to include information on small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans in reporting under the disadvantaged business enterprises program of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Enhancing Transportation Act 2. Disadvantaged business enterprises Section 1101(b)(6) of the FAST Act ( 23 U.S.C. 101 Public Law 114–94 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (3) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking The Secretary shall establish (A) establish ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (B) allow State governments to include in reporting described in subparagraph (A) information concerning small business concerns that are owned and controlled by veterans (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) that are not socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. .

Summary: Veterans Enhancing Transportation Act This bill revises reporting requirements for state governments with respect to the disadvantaged business enterprise program of the Department of Transportation. Each state government may report information concerning small businesses that are owned and controlled by veterans who are not socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.