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First Responder Medical Device Tax Relief Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain emergency medical devices from the excise tax on medical devices, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the First Responder Medical Device Tax Relief Act 2. Repealing first responders emergency medical equipment tax (a) In general Paragraph (2) of section 4191(b) and (D) qualified emergency medical devices, and . (b) Qualified emergency medical device Subsection (b) of section 4191 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Qualified emergency medical device The term qualified emergency medical device (A) with illnesses, injuries, or other medical emergencies, or (B) in need of medical transport, extrication, or evacuation. . (c) Certain exemptions made applicable (1) The last sentence of subsection (a) of section 4221 of such Code is amended by striking (4), (2) The last sentence of paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such Code is amended by striking (C), (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to sales after December 31, 2019.

Summary: First Responder Medical Device Tax Relief Act This bill exempts a qualified emergency medical device from the excise tax on medical devices. The bill defines "qualified emergency medical device" as a medical device furnished by first responders or ambulance services in providing out-of-hospital or pre-hospital care, or transport to a medical care facility, for individuals with illnesses, injuries, or other medical emergencies or in need of medical transport, extrication, or evacuation.
Student Job Protection Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt student workers for purposes of determining a higher education institutions employer health care shared responsibility. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Job Protection Act of 2019 2. Student workers exempted from determination of higher education institution’s employer health care shared responsibility (a) In general Section 4980H(c) (5) Exception for student workers (A) In general Services rendered as a student worker to an eligible educational institution (as defined in section 25A(f)(2)) shall not be taken into account under this section as service provided by an employee. (B) Student worker For purposes of this paragraph, the term student worker (i) is employed by such institution, and (ii) is a student enrolled at the institution and whose academic activity is consistent with the normal full time work load as determined by the institution for the course of study the individual is pursuing. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013. (c) Waiver of statute of limitations on credit or refund If the period of limitation on a credit or refund resulting from the amendments made by subsection (a) expires before the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, refund or credit of such overpayment (to the extent attributable to such amendments) may, nevertheless, be made or allowed if claim therefor is filed before the close of such 1-year period.

Summary: Student Job Protection Act of 2019 This bill excludes certain student workers from being taken into account to determine an institution of higher education's employer health care shared responsibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the bill excludes individuals who are employed by the institution of higher education and carrying a full-time academic workload at the institution.
Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include armor-piercing, concealable weapons within the definition of firearm 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2019 2. Armor-piercing, concealable weapons (a) In general Section 5845(a) and (8) ; (8) an armor-piercing, concealable weapon; and (9) (b) Armor-Piercing, concealable weapon Section 5845 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (n) Armor-Piercing, concealable weapon The term armor-piercing, concealable weapon (1) .450 Bushmaster. (2) 5.56mm (including the 5.56x45mm NATO and .223 Remington). (3) 7.62mm (including the 7.62x39mm, .308 Winchester, 7.62 NATO, 7.62x51mm NATO, .30 carbine, 7.62x33mm, or 300 AAC Blackout). (4) .50 BMG. (5) 5.7x28mm. (6) Any other round determined by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to be capable of, when fired by such weapon or device, penetrating the standard body armor worn by law enforcement officers. . (c) Effective date (1) In general The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Application to possession on date of enactment Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any person on the date of the enactment of this Act possessing a device described in section 5845(a)(8) 3. Use of National Firearms Act taxes Part I of subchapter B of chapter 53 5849. Use of taxes To carry out the purposes of this chapter and to supplement appropriations otherwise made available for such purposes, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives may spend the amounts collected under subchapter A for fiscal years 2019 and thereafter. .

Summary: Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2019 This bill includes armor-piercing, concealable weapons in the definition of firearm under the National Firearms Act.
Peggy Frank Memorial Act

To require any delivery vehicle owned or leased by the United States Postal Service have an air conditioning unit, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Peggy Frank Memorial Act 2. Requiring Postal Service delivery vehicles to have air conditioning units (a) Current vehicles (1) In general Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, any delivery vehicle owned or leased by the United States Postal Service as of that date shall be modified to include an air conditioning unit. (2) Annual report The Postmaster General shall submit a progress report to Congress not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until the modifications required under this subsection are complete. (b) Future vehicles On or after the date of enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General may not purchase or lease any delivery vehicle for use by the United States Postal Service unless that vehicle has an air conditioning unit.

Summary: Peggy Frank Memorial Act This bill requires, by three years after this bill's enactment, that any delivery vehicle owned or leased by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) be modified to include an air conditioning unit. The USPS may not purchase or lease any delivery vehicle unless that vehicle has an air conditioning unit.
Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare program of certain mental health telehealth services. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act 2. Medicare coverage of certain mental health telehealth services Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) (1) in paragraph (4)(F)(i), by inserting services identified by CPT codes 90834 and 90837 (and as subsequently modified by the Secretary), and any additional service (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (8) Treatment of mental health telehealth services (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, that are mental health telehealth services. Nothing in the previous sentence shall waive any applicable State law requirements. (B) Inclusion of certain sites With respect to telehealth services described in subparagraph (A), the term originating site (C) No originating site facility fee 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). (D) In-person assessments required Payment may not be made for mental health telehealth services under this paragraph (if such payment would not otherwise be allowed under this subsection without application of this paragraph) furnished to an eligible telehealth individual unless— (i) prior to the provision of such mental health telehealth services, a physician or practitioner furnished an in-person assessment of the needs of such individual for such services; and (ii) a physician or practitioner furnishes a reassessment of the needs of such individual for such services at a frequency specified by the Secretary. (E) Mental health telehealth services defined For purposes of this paragraph, the term mental health telehealth service .

Summary: Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act This bill excludes certain mental health telehealth services from specified requirements under Medicare, including originating site requirements.
Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2019

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate and report on the inpatient and outpatient treatment capacity, availability, and needs of the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2019 2. Study on treatment infrastructure Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall initiate an evaluation of, and submit to Congress a report on, the inpatient and outpatient treatment capacity, availability, and needs of the United States, including, to the extent data are available— (1) the capacity of acute residential or inpatient detoxification programs; (2) the capacity of inpatient clinical stabilization programs, transitional residential support services, and residential rehabilitation programs; (3) the capacity of demographic specific residential or inpatient treatment programs, such as those designed for pregnant women or adolescents; (4) geographical differences of the availability of residential and outpatient treatment and recovery options for substance use disorders across the continuum of care; (5) the availability of residential and outpatient treatment programs that offer treatment options based on reliable scientific evidence of efficacy for the treatment of substance use disorders, including the use of Food and Drug Administration-approved medicines and evidence-based nonpharmacological therapies; (6) the number of patients in residential and specialty outpatient treatment services for substance use disorders; (7) an assessment of the need for residential and outpatient treatment for substance use disorders across the continuum of care; (8) the availability of residential and outpatient treatment programs to American Indians and Alaska Natives through an Indian health program (as defined by section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1603 (9) the barriers (including technological barriers) at the Federal, State, and local levels to real-time reporting of de-identified information on drug overdoses and ways to overcome such barriers.

Summary: Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2019 This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on inpatient and outpatient treatment capacity, availability, and needs across the United States. The report must include information relating to detoxification programs, clinical stabilization programs, transitional residential support services, rehabilitation programs, treatment programs for pregnant women or adolescents, and treatment through Indian health programs. The report must also include information about the barriers to real-time reporting of drug overdoses at the federal, state, and local levels and ways to overcome those barriers.
VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2019

To amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to include the rural development voucher program as a covered housing program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2019 2. Covered housing programs Paragraph (3) of section 41411(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12491(a)(3) (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking and (2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (K); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following new subparagraph: (J) rural development housing voucher assistance provided by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 ( 42 U.S.C. 1490r .

Summary: VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2019 This bill adds the Rural Development Voucher Program to the list of covered housing programs under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA). Specifically, it extends VAWA's housing protections (e.g., protection from eviction or denial of housing) to residents and applicants under the Rural Development Voucher Program who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2019

To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2019 2. Staggered terms for National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Advisory Committee Section 12304(d)(3)(B) of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 ( 33 U.S.C. 3603(d)(3)(B) (1) by striking Members (i) In general Except as provided in clause (ii), members ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Staggered terms The Administrator may appoint or reappoint a member for a partial term of 1 or 2 years in order to establish a system of staggered terms. The Administrator may appoint or reappoint a member under this clause only once. A member appointed or reappointed to a partial term under this clause may not serve more than one full term. . 3. Integrated coastal and ocean observation system cooperative agreements Section 12305(a) of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 ( 33 U.S.C. 3604(a) disburse appropriated funds to, agreements, with, 4. Reauthorization of Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 Section 12311 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 ( 33 U.S.C. 3610 for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 such sums as are necessary $47,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 October 11, 2019 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources October 11, 2019 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Summary: Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009.
To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. 1. Including stained glass panel depicting seal of District of Columbia in Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building The Librarian of Congress shall obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, concurrently with the renovation and replacement of the existing glass panels.

Summary: This bill requires the Librarian of Congress, concurrently with the planned renovation and replacement of existing glass panels, to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the panels depicting the seals of states that overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.
Census Accuracy 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 or lawful presence in the United States, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Census Accuracy Act of 2019 2. Citizenship or lawful presence 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— (1) a checkbox or other similar option for respondents to indicate whether the respondent is a citizen or national of the United States, is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United State, is an alien who otherwise has lawful status under the immigration laws, or none of these; and (2) in connection with the option relating to status under the immigration laws, a question regarding which Federal program or provision of law accorded the respondent such status. .

Summary: Census Accuracy Act of 2019 This bill requires any questionnaire used in the decennial census to determine the total population by states to include (1) a checkbox or other similar option for a respondent to indicate whether he or she is a U.S. citizen or U.S. national, is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, is an alien who otherwise has lawful status under the immigration laws, or is none of these; and (2) a question regarding which federal program or legal provision accorded the respondent such status.
To require a report on the effects of climate change on the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

To require a report on the effects of climate change on the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. 1. Report on effects of climate change on Coast Guard (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on vulnerabilities of Coast Guard installations and requirements resulting from climate change over the next 20 years. (b) Elements The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A list of the ten most vulnerable Coast Guard installations based on the effects of climate change, including rising sea tides, increased flooding, drought, desertification, wildfires, thawing permafrost, or any other categories the Commandant determines necessary. (2) An overview of mitigations that may be necessary to ensure the continued operational viability and to increase the resiliency of such vulnerable installations and the cost of such mitigations. (3) A discussion of the climate-change-related effects on the Coast Guard, including the increase in the frequency of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions and the campaign plans, contingency plans, and operational posture of the Coast Guard. (4) An overview of mitigations that may be necessary to ensure mission resiliency and the cost of such mitigations. (c) Form The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. May 24, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: This bill requires the U.S. Coast Guard to submit a report on the vulnerabilities of Coast Guard installations as a result of climate change over the next 20 years, including an overview of mitigations that may be necessary to ensure the continued operational viability of the vulnerable installations.
Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the floor on the area wage index under the inpatient prospective payment system to certain sole community hospitals and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide eligibility for certain sole community hospitals to discounted drug prices under the 340B drug pricing program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act 2. Extending floor on area wage index to certain sole community hospitals Section 1886(d)(3)(E)(iii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(3)(E)(iii) (1) in subclause (I), by inserting before the period at the end the following: and, for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2019, the area wage index applicable under this subparagraph to any sole community hospital that is located not more than 75 miles from the closest frontier State and that makes an election under subclause (V) may not be less than 1.00 (2) by adding at the end the following new subclause: (V) Sole community hospital election The Secretary shall provide for a process under which a sole community hospital described in subclause (I) may elect, at such time and in such manner as specified by the Secretary, to apply subclause (I) to such sole community hospital. . 3. Eligibility of certain sole community hospitals for discounted drug prices under the 340B drug pricing program (a) In general Section 340B(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4) (P) An entity that is a sole community hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(5)(C)(iii) of the Social Security Act), that was classified as such a hospital before October 1, 2015, and that is located not more than 75 miles from the closest frontier State (as defined in section 1886(d)(3)(E)(iii)(II) of such Act). . (b) Effective date (1) In general The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to drugs purchased on or after the first day of the first month that begins more than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Conforming 340B agreements The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide for such timely modification of agreements entered into under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256b

Summary: Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act This bill alters the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services furnished at sole community hospitals (i.e., rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area). Specifically, the bill applies a minimum area wage adjustment to payments to sole community hospitals that are located up to 75 miles from the closest frontier (i.e., predominantly rural) state. Currently, the minimum area wage adjustment applies only to hospitals in frontier states. The bill also allows such sole community hospitals to participate in the 340B drug pricing program (i.e., a program that allows entities to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices from manufacturers).