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Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition Act of 2019

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide payment of Medal of Honor special pension under such title to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition Act of 2019 2. Medal of Honor special pension for surviving spouses (a) Codification of current rate of special pension Subsection (a) of section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking $1,000 $1,366.81 (b) Special pension for surviving spouses (1) Surviving spouse benefit Such subsection is further amended— (A) by inserting (1) (a) (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall pay special pension under this section to the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded a Medal of Honor as described in section 1560(b) of this title. (B) No special pension shall be paid to a surviving spouse of a person under this section unless such surviving spouse was married to such person— (i) for one year or more prior to the veteran's death; or (ii) for any period of time if a child was born of the marriage, or was born to them before the marriage. . (2) Conforming amendments (A) In general Such section is amended— (i) in subsection (d), by inserting or married to more than one person who has been awarded the Medal of Honor, Honor, (ii) in subsection (f)(1), by striking this section paragraph (1) of subsection (a), or under paragraph (2) of such subsection in the case of a posthumous entry on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard medal of Honor Roll, (B) Special provisions relating to marriages Section 103(d)(5) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) Section 1562(a)(2), relating to Medal of Honor special pension. . (3) Effective date The amendments made by this subsection shall apply with respect to payment of pension under section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, for months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay the Medal of Honor special pension to certain surviving spouses of Medal of Honor recipients.
Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019

To provide for a permanent extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019 2. Permanent extension of enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals Section 1834 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m (x) Permanent extension of enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals On and after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall continue to apply the enforcement instruction described in the notice of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services entitled Enforcement Instruction on Supervision Requirements for Outpatient Therapeutic Services in Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals for CY 2013 Public Law 113–198 Public Law 114–112 Public Law 114–255 Public Law 115–123 Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs .

Summary: Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019 This bill permanently extends the rule to not enforce the Medicare direct-supervision requirements for outpatient, therapeutic services at critical access hospitals and small, rural hospitals. Such rule permits therapeutic services to be administered at such hospitals outside a physician or nonphysician practitioner's presence.
Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019

To amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to the definition of family farmer 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019 2. Definition of family farmer Section 101(18) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by striking $3,237,000 $10,000,000

Summary: Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019 This bill increases the aggregate debt limit for a family farmer who files for bankruptcy under chapter 12 (family farmer or family fisherman reorganization).
A bill to designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the "Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System".

To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System 1. Designation of Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs, New York (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Margaret Cochran was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1751, and married John Corbin in 1772. (2) Three years after the marriage, when John Corbin left to fight in the Revolutionary War as an artilleryman, Margaret Corbin accompanied him to war to support the Revolutionary Army. (3) Margaret Corbin supported the Revolutionary Army by caring for injured and sick soldiers as well as by cooking and cleaning. During battle, she also helped her husband load the cannon he was responsible for manning. (4) On November 16, 1776, John Corbin was manning a cannon during the Battle of Fort Washington on Manhattan Island, New York, when he was killed. Margaret Corbin heroically took her husband’s place, firing the cannon until she, too, was hit by enemy fire and seriously wounded. (5) Having lost the use of her left arm, Margaret Corbin was assigned to the Invalid Regiment (6) The Continental Congress awarded Margaret Corbin a lifelong pension for her injuries, making her the first woman to receive a pension from the United States by virtue of military service for the United States. (7) Margaret Corbin died in 1789 in Highland Falls, New York. She is honored nearby at West Point as a hero of the Revolutionary War. (b) Designation The Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Case System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York, New York, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System (c) Reference Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Campus referred to in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System.

Summary: This bill designates the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York, New York, as the "Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System."
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2019

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration’s jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2019 2. Limitation of authority with respect to premium cigars (a) Exception for traditional large and premium cigars Section 901(c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 387a(c) (1) in paragraph (2), in the heading, by inserting for certain tobacco leaf authority (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) Limitation of authority for certain cigars (A) In general The provisions of this chapter (except for section 907(d)(3)) shall not apply to traditional large and premium cigars. (B) Rule of construction Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant the Secretary authority to promulgate regulations on any matter that involves traditional large and premium cigars. (C) Traditional large and premium cigar defined For purposes of this paragraph, the term traditional large and premium cigar (i) means any roll of tobacco that is wrapped in 100-percent leaf tobacco, bunched with 100-percent tobacco filler, contains no filter, tip or non-tobacco mouthpiece, weighs at least 6 pounds per 1,000 count, and— (I) has a 100-percent leaf tobacco binder and is hand rolled; (II) has a 100-percent leaf tobacco binder and is made using human hands to lay the leaf tobacco wrapper or binder onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; or (III) has a homogenized tobacco leaf binder and is made in the United States using human hands to lay the 100-percent leaf tobacco wrapper onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; and (ii) does not include a cigarette (as such term is defined by section 900(3)) or a little cigar (as such term is defined by section 900(11)). . (b) Conforming amendments Section 919(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 387s(b) (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), by inserting , but excluding traditional large and premium cigars (as such term is defined under section 901(c)(3)) (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting subject to section 901(c)(3), if a user fee

Summary: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2019 This bill exempts traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and from user fees assessed on tobacco products by the FDA.
Protect Utah's Rural Economy Act

To limit the establishment or extension of national monuments in the State of Utah. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Utah’s Rural Economy Act 2. Limitation on the establishment or extension of national monuments in the State of Utah Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Limitation on the establishment or extension of National Monuments in the State of Utah Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the President may not establish or extend a national monument in the State of Utah (referred to in this subsection as the State (1) the extension or establishment has been authorized by an Act of Congress; and (2) the President has received from the Governor of the State notice that the State legislature has enacted legislation approving the proposed establishment or extension. .

Summary: Protect Utah's Rural Economy Act This bill prohibits the President from establishing or extending national monuments in Utah unless: the proposed establishment or extension has been authorized by an Act of Congress, and the President has received a notice from the Governor of Utah that the state legislature has enacted legislation approving of the proposed establishment or extension.
Younger Onset Alzheimer?s Disease Act

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to support individuals with younger onset Alzheimer's disease. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Younger Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Act 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Approximately 5,800,000 individuals in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s disease. This includes approximately 200,000 individuals with younger onset Alzheimer’s disease. (2) Alzheimer’s disease costs the United States more than $290,000,000 per year, including $195,000,000 in costs to Medicare and Medicaid. (3) The Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3001 3. Younger onset Alzheimer’s disease The Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended— (1) in section 302(3) ( 42 U.S.C. 3022(3) an individual with Alzheimer's disease an individual of any age with Alzheimer's disease (2) in section 711(6) ( 42 U.S.C. 3058f(6) of any age individual 4. Report (a) In general Not later than 300 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary for Aging shall submit a report, to the committees of Congress described in subsection (b), that includes— (1) an overview of programmatic functions and performance with respect to the amendments made by section 3, including information about individuals with younger onset Alzheimer’s disease; and (2) an identification of the gaps in needs of individuals with younger onset Alzheimer’s disease. (b) Committees The committees of Congress described in this subsection are— (1) the Special Committee on Aging, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on Finance, of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, of the House of Representatives. 5. Definition of younger onset Alzheimer's disease In this Act, the term younger onset Alzheimer's disease

Summary: Younger Onset Alzheimer's Disease Act This bill makes individuals with younger-onset Alzheimer's disease (i.e., individuals who experienced onset of the disease before age 60) eligible for certain federal grants and programs that support older adults. Under current law, these grants and programs serve only individuals 60 and older.
Separation of Powers Restoration Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, with respect to the judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Separation of Powers Restoration Act 2. Judicial review of statutory and regulatory interpretations Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking To the extent necessary (a) To the extent necessary (2) in subsection (a), as so designated— (A) by striking decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and (B) by inserting after of the terms of an agency action and decide de novo all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of constitutional and statutory provisions, and rules made by agencies. If the reviewing court determines that a statutory or regulatory provision relevant to its decision contains a gap or ambiguity, the court shall not interpret that gap or ambiguity as an implicit delegation to the agency of legislative rule making authority and shall not rely on the gap or ambiguity as a justification for interpreting agency authority expansively or for deferring to the agency’s interpretation on the question of law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this subsection shall apply in any action for judicial review of agency action authorized under any provision of law. No law may exempt any such civil action from the application of this section except by specific reference to this section (3) by striking The reviewing court shall— (b) The reviewing court shall— .

Summary: Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2019 This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (i.e., without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. Further, this bill prohibits reviewing courts from deferring to an agency's interpretation of a question of law when the authorizing statutory or regulatory provision is silent or ambiguous with respect to an agency's authority. No law may exempt a civil action from the standard of review required by this bill except by specific reference to such provision.
Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act of 2019

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act of 2019 2. Authorization of per diem payments for furnishing care to dependents of certain homeless veterans Section 2012(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Services for which a recipient of a grant under section 2011 of this title (or an entity described in paragraph (1)) may receive per diem payments under this subsection may include furnishing care for a dependent of a homeless veteran who is under the care of such homeless veteran while such homeless veteran receives services from the grant recipient (or entity). .

Summary: Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act of 2019 This bill addresses funding for care of dependents of homeless veterans. Grant recipients under the Department of Veterans Affairs comprehensive service program for homeless veterans receive per diem payments for services furnished to homeless veterans. The bill provides that furnishing care for a dependent in the care of a homeless veteran (who is receiving services from a grant recipient) may count as a service for which grant recipients can receive per diem payments.
Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2019

To require the installation of secondary cockpit barriers on existing aircraft, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2019 2. Installation of secondary cockpit barriers on existing aircraft (a) In general Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue an order requiring installation of a secondary cockpit barrier on each covered aircraft. (b) Covered aircraft In this section, the term covered aircraft

Summary: Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2019 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order requiring installation of a secondary cockpit barrier on commercial aircraft.
A bill to require certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in housing choice vouchers, and for other purposes.

To require certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in housing choice vouchers, and for other purposes. 1. Requiring certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in vouchers Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) (21) Portability of vouchers (A) Definitions In this paragraph— (i) the term covered public housing agency (ii) the term initial public housing agency initial PHA (iii) the term portable family (B) Requirement A covered public housing agency that has jurisdiction over the area in which a portable family is seeking to use the voucher received from an initial public housing agency— (i) shall be required to absorb and receive the portable family by the end of the calendar year in which the portable family seeks to use the voucher; (ii) shall make assistance payments to the portable family under an annual contributions contract entered into between the covered public housing agency and the Secretary; and (iii) may not bill the initial public housing agency for those assistance payments. .

Summary: This bill requires a public housing agency that uses less than 95% of its budget authority in a given year to accept a housing choice voucher from a family that received the voucher from an agency in a different jurisdiction.
True Price Act

To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering health insurance coverage to disclose cost information to enrollees in such plans or coverage. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the True Price Act 2. Requirement to disclose costs of health care services (a) In general Subpart II of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–11 2729A. Requirement to disclose costs of health care services A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall disclose to enrollees in the plan or coverage the negotiated rate for each health care service covered under the plan or coverage, including the amount paid by such plan or issuer and any cost-sharing amount charged to the enrollee. Each group health plan or health insurance issuer shall post the information required to be disclosed under this section on the internet website of the health plan or health insurance issuer, and shall provide a hard copy of such information to enrollees upon request. . (b) Effective date Section 2729A of the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on January 1, 2020

Summary: True Price Act This bill requires health insurers to disclose to enrollees the negotiated rate paid by the plan and the cost-sharing amount charged to enrollees for health care services covered by the plan.
Stop HATE Act of 2019

To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to prepare and submit periodic reports to Congress on the role of telecommunications in hate crimes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Harmful and Abusive Telecommunications Expression Act of 2019 Stop HATE Act of 2019 2. Reports on the role of telecommunications in hate crimes (a) Periodic reports required Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every 5 years thereafter, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, with the assistance of the Attorney General, shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the role of telecommunications in violent acts and the commission of crimes of hate, as described in the Hate Crime Statistics Act ( 34 U.S.C. 41305 (b) Scope of reports A report required by subsection (a) shall— (1) analyze information on the use of telecommunications, including broadcast television and radio, cable television, public access television, computer bulletin boards, and other electronic media, to advocate and encourage violent acts and the commission of crimes of hate, as described in the Hate Crime Statistics Act ( 34 U.S.C. 41305 (2) include in the analysis required by paragraph (1) an analysis of— (A) the role that such telecommunications are playing in giving groups that advocate and encourage such violent acts and the commission of such crimes of hate a platform to spread their messages and to organize across the United States; and (B) how such use and role of telecommunications have changed due to the evolution of new forms of communication on the internet and other electronic media since the submission of the previous report under subsection (a) (or, in the case of the first report submitted under such subsection, the report submitted under section 155 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act); and (3) include any recommendations, consistent with the First Amendment to the Constitution, that the Assistant Secretary considers appropriate and necessary to address such use and such role of telecommunications. (c) Appropriate congressional committees defined In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees (1) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

Summary: Stop Harmful and Abusive Telecommunications Expression Act of 2019 or the Stop HATE Act of 2019 This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to report on and make recommendations to address the role of telecommunications in violent acts and hate crimes against individuals or groups on the basis of race, gender and gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, color, or national origin.