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Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act 2. Elimination of waiting period for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (a) In general Section 223 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 423 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter following subparagraph (E), by striking or (ii) (ii) in the case of an individual who has been medically determined to have metastatic breast cancer, for each month beginning with the first month during all of which the individual is under a disability and in which the individual becomes entitled to such insurance benefits, or (iii) (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting or (iii) clause (ii) (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to applications for disability insurance benefits filed after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Waiver of 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage of individuals with metastatic breast cancer (a) In general Section 226(h) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 426(h) or metastatic breast cancer amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (b) Effective Date The amendments made by this section shall apply to benefits for months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act This bill exempts individuals with metastatic breast cancer from certain waiting periods for disability insurance benefits under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program and related Medicare coverage.
Reef Safe Act of 2019

To require the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to develop standards for a Reef Safe 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reef Safe Act of 2019 2. Labeling criteria for reef safe (a) In general As soon as practicable, but not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop labeling criteria for a Reef Safe (b) Reef safe label (1) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop standards for use of the term Reef Safe 21 U.S.C. 352 (2) Criteria and consultation In developing the standards described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— (A) consider the impacts of active sunscreen ingredients on the mortality of, and developmental or reproductive disruptions to, certain marine species, including fish, fish larvae, sea urchins, coral, and shrimp; and (B) consult with appropriate heads of Federal agencies, including the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with respect to studies on the impacts of active sunscreen ingredients on living components of coral reef ecosystems. (c) Review and revision Not less frequently than once every 10 years, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner and in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and taking into consideration scientific studies of the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Oceanic and Environmental Protection Agency, shall— (1) review the labeling standards in effect under subsection (b)(1); (2) if appropriate, revise the criteria under subsection (b)(2); and (3) in accordance with such criteria, as revised under paragraph (2) as applicable, update the labeling standards under subsection (b)(1). (d) Non-preemption Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a State from establishing, enforcing, or maintaining a requirement with respect to labeling criteria for a Reef Safe (e) Definitions In this section— (1) the terms active sunscreen ingredient nonprescription sunscreen 21 U.S.C. 360fff (2) the terms coral coral reef ecosystem 16 U.S.C. 6409 (3) the term Commissioner (4) the term Secretary

Summary: Reef Safe Act of 2019 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administrationto develop labeling criteria and standards for a Reef Safe designation on nonprescription sunscreen.
Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019

To reform prescription drug pricing and reduce out-of-pocket costs by ensuring consumers benefit from negotiated rebates. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019 2. Cost-sharing with respect to prescription drugs (a) In general Subpart II of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–11 2729A. Cost-sharing with respect to prescription drugs (a) In general A group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall set any coinsurance obligation an enrollee has with respect to a prescription drug covered by the plan or coverage based on the net price of the drug, such that no payment by the enrollee with respect to the drug is based on a percentage of the list price of a drug. (b) Applicability Subsection (a)— (1) shall apply with respect to a prescription drug benefit when the enrollee is required to pay a deductible with respect to such benefits and— (A) has not yet satisfied the deductible under the plan or coverage; or (B) has another coinsurance obligation with respect to such benefits under the plan or coverage; and (2) shall not apply if, with respect to the dispensed quantity of a prescription drug, the net price and list price are the same, or are different by not more than 1 cent. (c) Copayments Nothing in this section prevents a group health plan or health insurance issuer from requiring a copayment for any prescription drug if such copayment is not tied to a percent of the specified cost of the drug. (d) Definitions In this section— (1) the term coinsurance (2) the term deductible (3) the term list price wholesale acquisition cost (4) the term net price (5) the term prescription drug . (b) Effective date Section 2729A of the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.

Summary: Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019 This bill requires private health insurance plans to set any coinsurance rate for a covered prescription drug based on the net price of the drug (the price after accounting for rebates and discounts provided by the drug manufacturer) and not the list price (the initial wholesale price set by the drug manufacturer). This requirement applies when a plan holder has an unmet deductible or other coinsurance obligation for prescription drug benefits under the plan. The bill does not prohibit a plan from requiring a copayment provided that such copayment is not based on the cost of the drug.
Supply Chain Counterintelligence Training Act of 2019

To manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence training, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supply Chain Counterintelligence Training Act of 2019 2. Counterintelligence training program to manage supply chain risk Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of General Services, shall establish and implement a counterintelligence training program for officials with supply chain risk management responsibilities at executive agencies (including programmatic, information communications technology, and acquisition officials). The program shall be designed to prepare such personnel to identify and mitigate counterintelligence threats that arise during the acquisition and use throughout the lifecycle of information and communications technology. 3. Reports on implementation of program Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days for the next three years, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of General Services, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a report on implementation of the program required under section 2. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees and leadership; information and communications technology The terms appropriate congressional committees and leadership information and communications technology (2) Executive agency The term executive agency September 10, 2019 Reported without amendment

Summary: Supply Chain Counterintelligence Training Act of 2019 This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Homeland Security, and the General Services Administration, to establish and implement a counterintelligence training program for officials with supply chain risk management responsibilities at executive agencies. The program shall be designed to prepare such personnel to identify and mitigate counterintelligence threats that arise during the acquisition and use of information and communications technology.
A bill to designate the bridge located in Blount County, Tennessee, on the Foothills Parkway (commonly known as "Bridge 2") as the "Dean Stone Bridge".

To designate the bridge located in Blount County, Tennessee, on the Foothills Parkway (commonly known as Bridge 2 Dean Stone Bridge 1. Dean Stone Bridge (a) Designation The bridge located in Blount County, Tennessee, on the Foothills Parkway (commonly known as Bridge 2 Dean Stone Bridge (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the bridge referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Dean Stone Bridge

Summary: This bill designates the bridge located in Blount County, Tennessee, on the Foothills Parkway (commonly known as Bridge 2) as the "Dean Stone Bridge."
Creig Sharp Funeral Honors for Veterans Act

To require plans for military installations for full military funeral honors for veterans at such installations. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Creig Sharp Funeral Honors for Veterans Act 2. Full military funeral honors for veterans at military installations (a) Installation plans for honors required The commander of each military installation at or through which a funeral honors detail for a veteran is provided pursuant to section 1491 of title 10, United States Code, shall maintain and carry out a plan for the provision, upon request, of full military funeral honors at funerals of veterans for whom a funeral honors detail is authorized in that section. (b) Elements Each plan of an installation under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) Mechanisms to ensure compliance with the requirements applicable to the composition of funeral honors details in section 1491(b) of title 10, United States Code. (2) Mechanisms to ensure compliance with the requirements for ceremonies for funerals in section 1491(c) of such title. (3) In addition to the ceremonies required pursuant to paragraph (2), the provision of a gun salute for each funeral by appropriate personnel, including personnel of the installation, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces residing in the vicinity of the installation who are ordered to funeral honors duty, and members of veterans organizations or other organizations referred to in section 1491(b)(2) of such title. (4) Mechanisms for the provision of support authorized by section 1491(d) of such title. (5) Such other mechanisms and activities as the Secretary concerned considers appropriate in order to assure that full military funeral honors are provided upon request at funerals of veterans. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term Secretary concerned (2) The term veteran

Summary: Creig Sharp Funeral Honors for Veterans Act This bill requires the commander of each military installation, at or through which a funeral honors detail for a veteran is provided, to maintain and implement a plan for the requested provision of full military funeral honors at funerals of qualifying veterans.
Support for Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an assessment of the responsibilities, workload, and vacancy rates of suicide prevention coordinators of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Support for Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act 2. Comptroller General assessment of responsibilities, workload, and vacancy rates of Department of Veterans Affairs suicide prevention coordinators (a) Assessment required (1) In general The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an assessment of the responsibilities, workload, training, and vacancy rates of suicide prevention coordinators of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (2) Elements The assessment under paragraph (1) shall include a determination of— (A) the extent to which the use and staffing of suicide prevention coordinators varies between facilities of the Department; and (B) the extent to which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides oversight of suicide prevention coordinators. (b) Report to Congress Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing the findings of the assessment required by subsection (a).

Summary: Support for Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the responsibilities, workload, training, and vacancy rates of suicide prevention coordinators at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Protect America's Paper for Recycling Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of municipal solid waste. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect America's Paper for Recycling Act 2. Modification to definition of municipal solid waste (a) In general Paragraph (6) of section 45(c) (6) Municipal solid waste (A) In general The term municipal solid waste solid waste 42 U.S.C. 6903(27) (i) paper which is commonly recycled and which has been segregated from other solid waste (as so defined), or (ii) solid waste (as so defined) which is collected as part of a system which commingles commonly recycled paper with other solid waste which is not commonly recycled at any point from the time of collection through any materials recovery. (B) Special rule with respect to incidental and residual waste Subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not apply to— (i) solid waste (as so defined) which only contains an incidental amount of commonly recycled paper, and (ii) solid waste (as so defined) which is residual waste generated at a materials recovery facility that receives and processes only paper and other recyclable materials containing no more than an incidental amount of non-recyclable solid waste. (C) No effect on existing processes Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be interpreted to require a State or a political subdivision of a State, directly or indirectly, to change the systems, processes, or equipment it uses to collect, treat, dispose, or otherwise use municipal solid waste, within the meaning of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6903 42 U.S.C. 6901 . (b) Rules with respect to electricity produced from solid waste Subsection (e) of section 45 (12) Source of municipal solid waste feedstock In the case of a qualified facility that produces electricity both from municipal solid waste and other solid waste that is not a qualified energy resource— (A) such facility shall be considered a qualified facility if it otherwise meets the requirements of subsection (d), and (B) subsection (a) shall only apply to that portion of the electricity produced from municipal solid waste. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Protect America's Paper for Recycling Act This bill modifies the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources to revise the definition of "municipal solid waste." The bill specifies that municipal solid waste does not include solid waste collected as part of a system which commingles commonly recycled paper with other solid waste which is not commonly recycled at any point from the time of collection through any materials recovery. The bill includes exceptions for incidental and residual waste. In the case of a facility that produces electricity both from municipal solid waste and other solid waste that is not a qualified energy resource (1) the facility is a qualified facility if it otherwise meets the requirements for qualified facilities, and (2) the credit only applies to the portion of the electricity produced from municipal solid waste.
Florida Federal Judicial Relief Act

To authorize additional district court judgeships for the northern, middle, and southern districts of Florida. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Florida Federal Judicial Relief Act 2. District judges for the district courts (a) Additional judgeships The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate— (1) 6 additional district judges for the middle district of Florida; (2) 1 additional district judge for the northern district of Florida; and (3) 3 additional district judges for the southern district of Florida. (b) Conversion of temporary judgeships The existing judgeship for the southern district of Florida authorized by section 312(c) of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act ( Public Law 107–273 28 U.S.C. 133 (c) Technical and conforming amendments The table contained in section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating to Florida and inserting the following: Florida: Northern 5 Middle 21 Southern 21 .

Summary: Florida Federal Judicial Relief Act This bill creates 10 additional district court judgeships in Florida—6 in the Middle District, 1 in the Northern District, and 3 in the Southern District. Additionally, the bill converts one temporary district court judgeship to a permanent judgeship in the Southern District of Florida.
James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act

To require the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the President James K. Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act 2. Special resource study of James K. Polk presidential home (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Secretary The term Secretary (2) Study area The term study area (b) Special resource study (1) Study The Secretary shall conduct a special resource study of the study area. (2) Contents In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— (A) evaluate the national significance of the study area; (B) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System; (C) consider other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area by the Federal Government, State or local government entities, or private and nonprofit organizations; (D) consult with interested Federal agencies, State or local governmental entities, private and nonprofit organizations, or any other interested individuals; and (E) identify cost estimates for any Federal acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance associated with the alternatives. (3) Applicable law The study required under paragraph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with section 100507 of title 54, United States Code. (4) Report Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are first made available for the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report that describes— (A) the results of the study; and (B) any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary.

Summary: James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the James K. Polk Home and adjacent property in Columbia, Tennessee. In conducting this study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of the study area and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.
SAVE Act

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to preserve the option of States to implement health care marketplaces, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges Act SAVE Act 2. Preserving State option to implement health care marketplaces (a) In general Section 1311 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18031 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking under this subsection under this paragraph or paragraph (1) (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Additional planning and establishment grants (A) In general There shall be appropriated to the Secretary, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000 to award grants to eligible States for the uses described in paragraph (3). (B) Duration and renewability A grant awarded under subparagraph (A) shall be for a period of 2 years and may not be renewed. (C) Limitation A grant may not be awarded under subparagraph (A) after December 31, 2022. (D) Eligible State defined For purposes of this paragraph, the term eligible State ; and (2) in subsection (d)(5)(A)— (A) by striking In establishing an Exchange under this section (i) In general In establishing an Exchange under this section (other than in establishing an Exchange pursuant to subsection (a)(6)) ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Additional planning and establishment grants In establishing an Exchange pursuant to subsection (a)(6), the State shall ensure that such Exchange is self-sustaining beginning on January 1, 2024, including allowing the Exchange to charge assessments or user fees to participating health insurance issuers, or to otherwise generate funding, to support its operations. . (b) Clarification regarding failure To establish Exchange or implement requirements Section 1321(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18041(c) (1) in paragraph (1), by striking If Subject to paragraph (3), if (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Clarification This subsection shall not apply in the case of a State that elects to apply the requirements described in subsection (a) and satisfies the requirement described in subsection (b) on or after January 1, 2014. .

Summary: State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges Act or the SAVE Act This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to support the establishment of state-based health insurance exchanges in those states that have not already elected to do so. A state that receives a grant must ensure that the resulting exchange is self-sustaining by 2024.