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Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2019

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a public education campaign across all relevant programs of the Health Resources and Services Administration to increase oral health literacy and awareness. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2019 2. Oral health literacy and awareness campaign The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 340G–1 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256g–1 340G–2. Oral health literacy and awareness (a) Campaign The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall establish a public education campaign (referred to in this subsection as the campaign (b) Strategies In carrying out the campaign, the Secretary shall identify oral health literacy and awareness strategies that are evidence-based and focused on oral health care education, including education on prevention of oral disease such as early childhood and other caries, periodontal disease, and oral cancer. (c) Focus The Secretary shall design the campaign to communicate directly with specific populations, including children, pregnant women, parents, the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and ethnic and racial minority populations, including Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. (d) Outcomes In carrying out the campaign, the Secretary shall include a process for measuring outcomes and effectiveness. (e) Report to Congress Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the outcomes and effectiveness of the campaign. (f) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2020 through 2024. .

Summary: Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2019 This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to conduct a public education campaign to increase oral health literacy and awareness. The HRSA must design the campaign to focus on children, pregnant women, parents, older adults, people with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities.
To provide for United States participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and for other purposes.

To provide for United States participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and for other purposes. 1. United States participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), founded in 1889, is the world organization of national parliaments comprising 170 parliaments (including all the major allies of the United States) and working closely with the regional parliamentary organizations on all continents. (2) The core mission of the IPU is the promotion of parliamentary democracy, the elaboration of standards and criteria for democratic parliamentary practice, the protection of human rights, international peace and security, the political empowerment of women, sustainable international development, and greater transparency and accountability at the global level, which are in line with United States interests and priorities. (3) Congress was a founding member of the IPU, and played an active and prominent role for many decades. (4) The main concerns of Congress, including the scheduling of main assembly and arrears, have been fully addressed by the IPU. (5) Through the activities of the IPU, the United States can usefully promote its core values of freedom, democracy, and human rights, and help build stronger parliaments around the world. (b) United States participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union Notwithstanding section 2503 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105–277 22 U.S.C. 276 (1) the Secretary of State is authorized to— (A) facilitate the readmission and participation of the United States in the Inter-Parliamentary Union; and (B) pay expenses to meet the annual obligations of membership in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in accordance with the assessments determined by the Governing Council; and (2) the majority leader of the Senate, in consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the minority leader of the House of Representatives, are authorized to designate Members of Congress to serve as delegates to the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Summary: This bill authorizes the Department of State to facilitate the U.S. readmission and participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union and to pay related annual membership expenses. (The Inter-Parliamentary Union is an international organization of national parliaments dedicated to the promotion of parliamentary democracy.)
High Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify certain automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the High Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2019 2. Classification of certain automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits (a) Treatment as 15-Year property Section 168(e)(3)(E) and , and (vii) any automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property. . (b) Applicable depreciation method Section 168(b)(3) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (H) Any automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property. . (c) Alternative system The table contained in section 168(g)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to subparagraph (E)(vi) the following: (E)(vii) 39 (d) Definition of automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property Section 168(i) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (20) Automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property The term automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property (A) meets the standards of National Fire Protection Association 13 (or any successor benchmark), and (B) is installed in a building which— (i) was placed in service before the date of such installation, and (ii) has an occupiable floor more than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. . (e) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: High Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2019 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify any automatic fire sprinkler system retrofit property as 15-year property for purposes of accelerated depreciation.
To limit the use of nondisclosure agreements for employees of the White House or the Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes.

To limit the use of nondisclosure agreements for employees of the White House or the Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes. 1. Limitation on use of nondisclosure agreements for employees of the White House or the Executive Office of the President (a) In general An officer or employee of the White House or the Executive Office of the President may not be required to sign any nondisclosure agreement. (b) Limitation on enforcement No Federal funds may be used to enforce any nondisclosure agreement entered into by an officer or employee of the White House or the Executive Office of the President. (c) Application This Act shall not be construed to allow the disclosure of any information otherwise required by law, rule, or regulation to be kept secret in the interest of national security.

Summary: This bill states that an officer or employee of the White House or the Executive Office of the President may not be required to sign a nondisclosure agreement.
End the Limo Loophole Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the definition of commercial motor vehicle, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End the Limo Loophole Act 2. Commercial driver's license requirement (a) In general Section 31301(4)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking to transport at least 16 passengers including the driver or used to transport 9 or more passengers, including the driver (b) Completion of rulemaking Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete the rulemaking process and issue a final rule with respect to the withdrawn rulemaking entitled State Inspection Programs for Passenger-Carrier Vehicles

Summary: End the Limo Loophole Act This bill revises the definition of commercial motor vehicle to include vehicles that are designed to transport 9 or more passengers including the driver (currently, at least 16 passengers including the driver) and requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to finalize a rulemaking to require states to implement an annual inspection program for commercial passenger-carrying vehicles.
Medical Records Access Fairness Act

To amend the HITECH Act to allow an individual to obtain a copy of such individual’s protected health information at no cost unless certain circumstances apply, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medical Records Access Fairness Act 2. Access of individuals to protected health information at no cost unless certain circumstances apply Section 13405 of the HITECH Act ( 42 U.S.C. 17935 (f) Access of individuals to protected health information at no cost unless certain circumstances apply (1) Access of individuals to protected health information at no cost unless certain circumstances apply (A) In general In providing an individual (and, if the individual expressly requests, a health care provider or a family caregiver) with access to a copy of such individual’s protected health information (or a summary or explanation of such information) in accordance with section 164.524 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, a health care provider may only impose a fee on such individual if the individual is requesting— (i) a duplicate copy (or summary or explanation) of protected health information that was previously provided to such individual in the same calendar year of the request; or (ii) a non-electronic copy (or summary or explanation) of protected health information that the health care provider has made accessible for the individual, at no cost, on an online portal of the health care provider. (B) Copies transmitted to other health care providers In the case of an individual who expressly requests a health care provider to transmit to another health care provider a copy of such individual’s protected health information (or a summary or explanation of such information), such transmitting provider may transmit such copy (or summary or explanation) in any form and format to the extent that such form and format is readily usable by such receiving provider. (C) Rule of construction Nothing in this subsection may be construed as requiring a health care provider to provide, at no cost, a copy of an individual’s protected health information (or a summary or explanation of such information) to any attorney of such individual. (2) Regulations Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate and amend regulations as necessary to implement the requirements described in this subsection. (3) Effective date This subsection shall apply with respect to requests for access to protected health information made on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection. .

Summary: Medical Records Access Fairness Act This bill prohibits health care providers from charging a fee for providing copies of individuals' protected health information. This prohibition does not apply to requests for a (1) duplicate of a copy that an individual has received within the past year, (2) nonelectronic copy that is otherwise available at no cost in electronic form through an online portal, or (3) copy to an attorney of an individual.
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals.

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals. 1. Removing matching requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals (a) In general Section 1935(e)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396u–5(e)(1)(B) and the Federal medical assistance percentage shall be 100 percent for expenditures under such plan that are attributable to this subsection and the additional amounts provided under paragraph (3) (b) Conforming amendment Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(b) section 1933(d) sections 1933(d) and 1935(e)(1)(B) (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts expended for fiscal periods beginning on or after October 1, 2020.

Summary: This bill establishes a Federal Medical Assistance Percentage of 100% with respect to a U.S. territory's use of specified federal funds to provide covered drugs to low-income individuals who are eligible for the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Small Business Size Standard Manufacturing Clarification Act of 2019

To amend the Small Business Act to modify the timeframe for determining the size standard for manufacturing small business concerns. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Size Standard Manufacturing Clarification Act of 2019 2. Amendment to size standard for manufacturing small business concerns Section 3(a)(2)(C)(ii)(I) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)(C)(ii)(I) 12 months 5 years

Summary: Small Business Size Standard Manufacturing Clarification Act of 2019 This bill extends the period of time (from one year to five years) for which a manufacturing concern's average employment is to be considered for a determination of whether the manufacturer is a small business.
DEFEND Act

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit certain foreign nationals from making disbursements to compensate persons engaging in internet activity promoting, supporting, attacking, or opposing the election of a candidate for public office. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defending Elections From Foreign Efforts to Negate Democracy Act DEFEND Act 2. Prohibiting disbursements by certain foreign nationals to compensate persons engaging in internet activity promoting, supporting, attacking, or opposing the election of a candidate for public office (a) Disbursements described Section 319(a)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30121(a)(1) (1) by striking or (2) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: (C) an expenditure; (D) an independent expenditure; (E) a disbursement for an electioneering communication (within the meaning of section 304(f)(3)); or (F) a disbursement by a covered foreign national (as defined in subsection (c)) to compensate any person for internet activity that promotes, supports, attacks or opposes the election of a clearly identified candidate for Federal, State, or local office (regardless of whether the activity communication contains express advocacy or the functional equivalent of express advocacy); or . (b) Definition Section 319 of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 30121 (c) Covered foreign national defined (1) In general In this subsection, the term covered foreign national (A) a foreign principal (as defined in section 1(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 ( 22 U.S.C. 611(b) (B) any person who acts as an agent, representative, employee, or servant, or any person who acts in any other capacity at the order, request, or under the direction or control, of a foreign principal described in subparagraph (A) or of a person any of whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a foreign principal described in subparagraph (A); or (C) any person included in the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury pursuant to authorities relating to the imposition of sanctions relating to the conduct of a foreign principal described in subparagraph (A). (2) Clarification regarding application to citizens of the United States In the case of a citizen of the United States, subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) applies only to the extent that the person involved acts within the scope of that person’s status as the agent of a foreign principal described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1). . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to disbursements made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Defending Elections From Foreign Efforts to Negate Democracy Act or the DEFEND Act This bill prohibits foreign nationals from making disbursements for internet activity promoting, supporting, attacking, or opposing the election of a candidate for public office.
Safe at Home Act

To require executive agencies and Federal courts to comply with address confidentiality programs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe at Home Act 2. Executive agency and Federal court compliance with State address confidentiality programs (a) In general Each executive agency and Federal court shall accept, for any purpose for which an individual is required to provide an address to the agency or court, an address designated to that individual pursuant to an address confidentiality program. (b) Exemption from liability A participant shall not be subject to Federal regulatory, civil, or criminal penalties for providing a designated address in lieu of the participant’s actual physical address. (c) Regulatory compliance with address confidentiality programs Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each executive agency shall review and, as necessary, modify existing regulations to comply with this Act. (d) Compliance with address confidentiality program procedures and exemption from FOIA In the case of an executive agency or Federal court seeking to acquire the actual physical address of a participant, the agency or court shall comply with any applicable procedures of the address confidentiality program for acquiring such address. Upon acquiring such an address, the address shall be considered confidential, and shall not be subject to any request pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act (e) Prompt notification upon termination from participation If an individual’s participation in an address confidentiality program is terminated, that individual shall promptly notify each executive agency or Federal court that accepted a designated address under subsection (a). (f) Definition In this Act: (1) Address confidentiality program The term address confidentiality program (2) Designated address The term designated address (3) Executive agency The term executive agency (4) Participant The term participant (5) Physical address The term physical address (6) State The term State

Summary: Safe at Home Act This bill requires each executive agency and federal court to accept, for any purpose for which an individual is required to provide an address to the agency or court, an address designated to that individual pursuant to an address confidentiality program (e.g., a program to protect stalking or domestic violence victims).
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

To amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act 2. Treatment of hours worked under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement Section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of any determination relating to eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay under this section. (2) For purposes of this subsection— (A) the term qualified trade-of-time arrangement (B) the term firefighter .

Summary: Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act This bill provides that any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay. The bill defines "qualified trade-of-time arrangement" as an arrangement under which two firefighters who are employed by the same agency agree, solely at their option and with the approval of their employing agency, to substitute for one another during scheduled work hours in the performance of work in the same capacity.