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Safer Streets Act of 2019

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for jurisdictions with high rates of violent crime, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safer Streets Act of 2019 2. Grant program Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10101 NN Grants for jurisdictions with high rates of violent crime 3201. In general The Attorney General shall, each fiscal year, make grants to eligible units of local government. 3202. Eligibility and incentives To be eligible for a grant under this part, a unit of local government shall submit to the Attorney General information establishing that the rate of occurrence of violent crime within that unit of local government is 2 times or more the national violent crime rate. Of any amounts made available for grants under this part for a fiscal year— (1) 50 percent of such amounts shall be for grants, of an equal amount to each, to units of local government for which such rate of occurrence is 4 times the national violent crime rate or higher; (2) 20 percent of such amounts shall be for grants, of an equal amount to each, to units of local government for which such rate of occurrence is 3 times the national violent crime rate or higher; (3) 10 percent of such amounts shall be for grants, of an equal amount to each, to all other eligible units of local government; and (4) remaining amounts shall be for emergency grants to such units of local government as the Attorney General determines appropriate. 3203. Administrative costs Not more than 10 percent of a grant made under this part may be used for costs incurred to administer such grant. 3204. Use of funds Amounts made available as a grant under this part may be used by a grantee for law enforcement purposes including— (1) hiring additional law enforcement officers; (2) investing in surveillance equipment; and (3) prevention programs. 3205. Emergency assistance Any unit of local government that experiences, for a fiscal year, an increase of 10 percent in the rate of occurrence in violent crime over the preceding fiscal year, shall be eligible for an additional amount equal to 10 percent of the amount otherwise available under this part. 3206. Definition The term violent crime .

Summary: Safer Streets Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Justice to award grants to units of local governments with high rates of violent crime. Grants may be used to support law enforcement purposes such as hiring additional officers, acquiring surveillance equipment, and promoting prevention programs.
Red Light Act

To withhold Federal highway funds from States that provide driver's licenses or identification cards to aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Red Light Act 2. Withholding of funds for providing identification cards to certain aliens (a) In general Chapter 1 171. Withholding of funds for providing identification cards to certain aliens (a) Withholding of funds for noncompliance For fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 100 percent of the amount required to be apportioned under each of sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) of this title to any State that is described in subsection (b). (b) State described A State described in this subsection is a State that has enacted a law that allows the State to provide a driver’s license or other identification card to an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States. (c) Effect of withholding funds (1) Any funds withheld under subsection (a) from apportionment to any State shall remain available until the end of the fiscal year for which the funds are authorized to be appropriated. (2) If, before the last day of the period for which funds withheld under subsection (a) from apportionment are to remain available for apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the State meets the requirement of subsection (b), the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State meets the requirement, apportion to the State the funds withheld under subsection (a) that remain available for apportionment to the State. (d) Identification card defined The term identification card . (b) Clerical amendment Chapter 1 171. Withholding of funds for providing identification cards to certain aliens. .

Summary: Red Light Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to withhold from states allocations of federal highway funds in FY2020 and thereafter if such states enact laws to provide drivers' licenses or other identification cards to aliens unlawfully present in the United States.
Always Ready Act of 2019

To make continuing appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event that appropriations for Coast Guard pay in fiscal year 2019 expire and a new appropriations Act has not been enacted. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Always Ready Act of 2019 2. Continuing appropriations for members of the Coast Guard There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2019, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for the Coast Guard are not in effect— (1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to members of the Coast Guard (as described in section 1 of title 14, United States Code), including the reserve component thereof, who perform active service or inactive-duty training during such period; (2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to civilian employees of the Coast Guard; (3) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to contractors of the Coast Guard; (4) such sums as are necessary for— (A) the payment of a death gratuity under sections 1475 through 1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard; (B) the payment or reimbursement of authorized funeral travel and travel related to the dignified transfer of remains and unit memorial services under section 481f of title 37, United States Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard; and (C) the temporary continuation of a basic allowance of housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty, as authorized by section 403(l) of title 37, United States Code; and (5) such sums as are necessary to provide for Coast Guard retired pay, including such payments as are described in the provision regarding Coast Guard retired pay in title II of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 ( Public Law 115–141 3. Termination Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available in section 2. (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose. (3) October 1, 2019.

Summary: Always Ready Act of 2019 This bill provides FY2019 continuing appropriations to the U.S. Coast Guard for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for the Coast Guard are not in effect. The appropriations are provided to the Coast Guard for pay and allowances for members of the Coast Guard, civilian employees, and contractors; the payment of a death gratuity, funeral travel, and the temporary continuation of the basic allowance for housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty; and retired pay. The appropriations are provided until the earlier of the enactment of specified Coast Guard appropriations legislation or October 1, 2019.
STOP Campus Hunger Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that certain information with respect to nutrition assistance programs be annually disclosed, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Transparency to Overcome Poverty and Campus Hunger Act STOP Campus Hunger Act 2. Student eligibility information for nutrition assistance programs (a) Information dissemination activities Section 485(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1092(a)(1) (1) in subparagraph (U), by striking the and (2) in subparagraph (V), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (W) the most recent relevant student eligibility guidance with respect to the nutrition assistance programs established under— (i) section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014 (ii) section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 (X) the contact information for the State agencies responsible for administration of the programs specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (W); and (Y) the food pantries and other food assistance facilities and services available to students enrolled in such institution. . (b) College Navigator website Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall make available and annually update on the College Navigator Website the most recent relevant student eligibility guidance with respect to the nutrition assistance programs established under— (1) section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014 (2) section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786

Summary: Supporting Transparency to Overcome Poverty and Campus Hunger Act or the STOP Campus Hunger Act This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to provide students with certain information related to nutrition assistance. Specifically, such IHEs must annually provide students with information on the most recent student eligibility guidance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); contact information for the state agencies that administer SNAP and WIC; and information on food pantries, food assistance facilities, and other services that are available to enrolled students. The bill also requires the Department of Education to annually update its College Navigator website with the most recent student eligibility guidance for SNAP and WIC.
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act

To provide that service of the members of the organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act 2. Service deemed to be active military service (a) In general For purposes of section 401(a)(1)(A) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 ( 38 U.S.C. 106 (b) Determination of discharge status The Secretary of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge under section 401(a)(1)(B) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 to each person whose qualified service warrants an honorable discharge. Such discharge shall be issued before the end of the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Prohibition of retroactive benefits No benefits may be paid to any person as a result of the enactment of this Act for any period before the date of the enactment of this Act. 4. Definition In this Act, the term qualified service

Summary: United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act This bill provides that service as a member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 31, 1948, constitutes active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes. The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose service warrants such discharge. Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this bill.
On or Under Act

To require the Federal Government to acquire mineral rights, and prohibit disturbance, of the subsurface of federally owned sites listed on the National Priorities List to the extent necessary to protect cleanup remedies, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the On or Under Act 2. Prohibition on disturbance of the subsurface of NPL sites (a) Acquisition of mineral rights Upon the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Government shall acquire all the current existing mineral rights, including lease interests, that exist in the subsurface of federally owned sites listed on the National Priorities List under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 (b) Prohibition Upon acquiring such subsurface mineral rights, unless for the purposes of site clean-up, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall prohibit, through restrictive covenant or other appropriate mechanism, any drilling, excavation, or other disturbance of the federally owned subsurface beneath a site listed on the National Priorities List under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601

Summary: On or Under Act This bill requires the federal government to acquire all current existing mineral rights, including lease interests, that exist in the subsurface of federally owned sites on the National Priorities List (the list of sites of national priority among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants). The bill also requires the Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit any drilling, excavation, or other disturbance of the federally owned subsurface beneath a site listed on the National Priorities List other than for the purposes of site cleanup.
For the relief of Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado.

For the relief of Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado. 1. Permanent resident status for Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado (a) In General Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (b) Adjustment of Status If Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado enters the United States before the filing deadline specified in subsection (c), he shall be considered to have entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (c) Waiver of grounds for removal or denial of admission (1) In general Notwithstanding sections 212(a) and 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado may not be removed from the United States, denied admission to the United States, or considered ineligible for lawful permanent residence in the United States by reason of any ground for removal or denial of admission that is reflected in the records of the Department of Homeland Security or the Visa Office of the Department of State on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Recession of outstanding order of removal The Secretary of Homeland Security shall rescind any outstanding order of removal or deportation, or any finding of inadmissibility or deportability, that has been entered against Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado by reason of any ground described in paragraph (1). (d) Deadline for Application and Payment of Fees Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the application for issuance of an immigrant visa or the application for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (e) Reduction of Immigrant Visa Number Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent residence to Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current or next following fiscal year, the total number of immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (f) Denial of Preferential Immigration Treatment for Certain Relatives The natural parents, brothers, and sisters of Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado shall not, by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act

Summary: Provides for the relief of Rene Alexander Garcia Maldonado.
No Student Loan Interest Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the relief of interest on certain Federal student loans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Student Loan Interest Act 2. Zero-interest rates for borrowers of Federal student loans (a) Interest rate for part B loans Section 427A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1077a 427A. Applicable interest rates Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date of the enactment of the No Student Loan Interest Act, the Secretary shall annually cancel or repay the interest on each loan made or insured under this part. . (b) Interest rate for part D loans Section 455(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(b) (b) Interest rates (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, loans made to borrowers under this part shall have an applicable rate of interest equal to zero. (2) Rate The applicable rate of interest described in paragraph (1) shall be fixed for the period of the loan. (3) Rule for loans disbursed before date of enactment In the case of a loan made under this part for which the first disbursement was made before the date of the enactment of the No Student Loan Interest Act, the Secretary shall— (A) cancel all interest due on such a loan; and (B) adjust the interest rate of such loan in accordance with paragraph (1). .

Summary: No Student Loan Interest Act This bill provides for the cancellation of interest on certain federal student loans.
Stop Discrimination Against Veteran Home Buyers Act

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a grant program for veterans to become appraisers for home loans under chapter 37 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Discrimination Against Veteran Home Buyers Act 2. Grant program for appraisers (a) Grant program The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a two-year grant program for veterans to become VA home loan appraisers. The grant program shall be known as the Veterans Serving Veterans Appraiser Program (b) Eligible entities The Secretary may award a grant under subsection (a) to any of the following: (1) A congressionally chartered veterans service organization. (2) A State, local, or Tribal veterans service agency. (3) A nonprofit organization that has historically served veterans housing needs. (4) A nonprofit entity that the Secretary determines has a demonstrated history of community engagement. (5) Any other entity the Secretary determines appropriate. (c) Amount; frequency A grant awarded under subsection (a) may not exceed $500,000. The Secretary may not award more than one grant to a single eligible entity. (d) Use of funds An entity that is awarded a grant under subsection (a) shall use such grant to establish and carry out training programs for veterans to become VA home loan appraisers. (e) Regulations The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, including with respect to the evaluation of applications for grants awarded under subsection (a). Such evaluation shall prioritize eligible entities that will use the grant on programs to train veterans who will become VA home loan appraisers in the county in which the veteran resides. (f) Report Not later than one year after the date on which the grant program under subsection (a) commences, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on— (1) the number of veterans participating in a training program to become a VA home loan appraiser pursuant to such grant program; and (2) the types and locations of the entities that have been awarded a grant. (g) VA home loan appraiser defined In this section, the term VA home loan appraiser

Summary: Stop Discrimination Against Veteran Home Buyers Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year grant program to train veterans to become VA home loan appraisers. Grants may be awarded to (1) a congressionally chartered veterans service organization; (2) a state, local, or tribal veterans service agency; (3) a nonprofit organization serving veterans housing needs; (4) a nonprofit entity with a history of community engagement; and (5) other entities the VA deems appropriate.
White Horse Hill National Game Preserve Designation Act

To redesignate the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve in the State of North Dakota as the White Horse Hill National Game Preserve. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the White Horse Hill National Game Preserve Designation Act 2. Designation of White Horse Hill National Game Preserve, North Dakota (a) Redesignation The first section of the Act of March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1509, chapter 439; 16 U.S.C. 674a Sullys Hill National Game Preserve White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (b) Conforming amendment Section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1509, chapter 439; 16 U.S.C. 674b Sullys Hill National Game Preserve White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (c) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve shall be considered to be a reference to the White Horse Hill National Game Preserve

Summary: White Horse Hill National Game Preserve Designation Act This bill redesignates the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve in North Dakota as the "White Horse Hill National Game Preserve."
Pre-apprenticeship Promotion Act

To ensure that pre-apprenticeship programs are considered when planning health professions opportunity grant career pathway demonstration projects. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pre-apprenticeship Promotion Act 2. Pre-apprenticeship programs required to be considered in planning health professions opportunity grant career pathway demonstration projects Section 2008 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397g (c) Pre-Apprenticeship programs required To be considered in planning demonstration projects An application for a grant for a demonstration project under this section shall include a certification by the applicant that the development of the project included consideration of apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship models registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (also known as the National Apprenticeship Act . 3. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2019.

Summary: Pre-apprenticeship Promotion Act This bill requires an application for a grant for demonstration projects to address health professions workforce needs to include a certification by the applicant that the development of the project included consideration of certain apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship models.
Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 2019

To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to apportionments to small transit intensive cities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 2019 2. Apportionments Section 5336(h)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (3) of amounts not apportioned under paragraphs (1) and (2), 3.0 percent shall be apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 in accordance with subsection (i); .

Summary: Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 2019 This bill increases the amount of certain public transportation grants to be apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 that meet or exceed one or more performance categories for small transit intensive cities.