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ASCEND Act of 2019

To adjust collateral requirements under the Small Business Act for disaster loans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Sufficient Capital for Everyone in Natural Disaster areas Act of 2019 ASCEND Act of 2019 2. Collateral requirements for disaster loans under the Small Business Act (a) Amendment to the RISE After Disaster Act of 2015 Section 2102 of the RISE After Disaster Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–88 (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as though enacted as part of the RISE After Disaster Act of 2015. June 13, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Access to Sufficient Capital for Everyone in Natural Disaster areas Act of 2019 or the ASCEND Act of 2019 This bill makes permanent the increased threshold limits for the minimum major-disaster loan amount for which the Small Business Administration may require collateral.
Protecting HOME Act of 2019

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations with respect to payment rates for durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Home Oxygen and Medical Equipment Act of 2019 Protecting HOME Act of 2019 2. Revising payment rates for durable medical equipment under the Medicare program (a) Rural and noncontiguous areas Not later than December 31, 2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall revise section 414.210(g)(9)(iii) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), to apply the transition rule described in such section to all applicable items and services furnished in rural areas and noncontiguous areas (as such terms are defined for purposes of such section) on or after June 1, 2018. (b) Areas other than rural and noncontiguous areas With respect to items and services furnished on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall apply section 414.210(g)(9)(iv) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), as if the reference to 100 percent of the adjusted payment amount established under this section 75 percent of the adjusted payment amount established under this section and 25 percent of the unadjusted fee schedule amount 3. Budget neutrality for oxygen under the Medicare program Section 1834(a)(9)(D)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(9)(D)(ii) The requirement of the preceding sentence shall not apply beginning on January 1, 2020.

Summary: Protecting Home Oxygen and Medical Equipment Act of 2019 or the Protecting HOME Act of 2019 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to apply specified payment adjustments for durable medical equipment under Medicare. The bill also excludes the creation of separate payment classes and monthly payment rates for oxygen items under Medicare from certain budget neutrality requirements.
To amend title 13, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

To amend title 13, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a mid-decade census of population for the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and for other purposes. 1. Census for the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (a) In general Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and (2) by adding after subsection (f) the following: (g) The Secretary shall, in 2025 and every 10 years thereafter, take a mid-decade census of population as of the first day of April of the applicable year for each of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. . (b) Authorization of appropriations For the purpose of carrying out the amendments made by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2020 to 2024 and $6,000,000 for each succeeding fiscal year after 2024.

Summary: This bill directs the Department of Commerce, in 2025 and every 10 years thereafter, to take a mid-decade census of population of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require coverage without a deductible of certain primary care services by high deductible health plans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 2. Requirement of coverage without deductible of certain primary care services by high deductible health plans (a) In general Section 223(c)(2)(B) if substantially all of its coverage is coverage described in paragraph (1)(B). if— (i) substantially all of its coverage is coverage described in paragraph (1)(B), or (ii) such plan has a deductible for primary care services provided by a qualified provider as part of a qualified visit. . (b) Qualified primary care services defined Section 223(c) (6) Primary care services The term primary care services (7) Qualified provider The term qualified provider (8) Qualified visit The term qualified visit . (c) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to plan years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 This bill modifies the requirements for the high deductible health plans that are required for tax-preferred health savings accounts. The bill requires the plans to offer coverage with no deductible for primary care services provided during the first two visits during a year to an individual's designated primary care provider. The primary care provider must be a general practitioner, family physician, general internist, obstetrician, gynecologist, pediatrician, geriatric physician, or advanced practice registered nurse acting in accordance with state laws.
Stop Sewage Overflow Act

To make certain municipalities eligible for grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Sewage Overflow Act 2. Sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants Section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1301 (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking or (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or (C) by adding at the end the following: (5) is a municipality with high levels of sewage in the rivers of such municipality. ; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking The Federal share (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Federal share ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) Exception for certain projects (A) In general The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out using amounts from a grant made under subsection (a) for a municipality described in subsection (b)(5) shall be as follows: (i) Not less than 55 percent for municipalities the affected residents of which pay, on average, 2.0 percent or less of their household income for sewer service. (ii) Not less than 60 percent for municipalities the affected residents of which pay, on average, more than 2.0 percent, but not more than 2.5 percent, of their household income for sewer service. (iii) Not less than 65 percent for municipalities the affected residents of which pay, on average, more than 2.5 percent, but not more than 3.0 percent, of their household income for sewer service. (iv) Not less than 70 percent for municipalities the affected residents of which pay, on average, more than 3.0 percent, but not more than 3.5 percent, of their household income for sewer service. (v) Not less than 75 percent for municipalities the affected residents of which pay, on average, more than 3.5 percent of their household income for sewer service. (B) Affected residents defined For purposes of this paragraph, the term affected resident ; and (3) in subsection (f)(1)— (A) by striking $225,000,000 $500,000,000 (B) by striking 2020 2030

Summary: Stop Sewage Overflow Act This bill gives priority for sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants to a municipality with high levels of sewage in its rivers.
Employee Flexibility Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replace it with 40 hours. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Employee Flexibility Act of 2019 2. Repeal of 30-hour threshold for classification as full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replacement with 40 hours (a) Full-Time equivalents Paragraph (2) of section 4980H(c) (1) by repealing subparagraph (E); and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph: (E) Full-time equivalents treated as full-time employees Solely for purposes of determining whether an employer is an applicable large employer under this paragraph, an employer shall, in addition to the number of full-time employees for any month otherwise determined, include for such month a number of full-time employees determined by dividing the aggregate number of hours of service of employees who are not full-time employees for the month by 174. . (b) Full-Time employees Paragraph (4) of section 4980H(c) (1) by repealing subparagraph (A); and (2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: (A) In general The term full-time employee . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2018.

Summary: Employee Flexibility Act of 2019 This bill increases the hours of service required for an employee to be classified as a full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide minimum essential health care coverage to full-time employees. The bill increases the hours of service threshold from an average of at least 30 hours of service a week to an average of at least 40 hours of service a week.
Clearing Local Impediments Makes Broadband Open to New Competition and Enhancements

To clarify section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934 as not limiting the ability of a State to adopt a one touch make ready policy for pole attachments, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as Clearing Local Impediments Makes Broadband Open to New Competition and Enhancements CLIMB ONCE Act 2. State adoption of one touch make ready policy for pole attachments (a) Construction Nothing in section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 224 (b) Development of model policy Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall publish recommendations on best practices, including a model policy, relating to the implementation of a one touch make ready policy by a State. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Commission The term Commission (2) One touch make ready policy The term one touch make ready policy (3) Pole attachment; State; utility The terms pole attachment State utility 47 U.S.C. 224(a)

Summary: Clearing Local Impediments Makes Broadband Open to New Competition and Enhancements or the CLIMB ONCE ActThis bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to recommend best practices for states implementing a one-touch-make-ready policy (i.e., a policy to reduce the time and cost of broadband equipment deployment on utility poles by allowing a single construction crew to make changes to multiple utility wires).
Community Broadband Act of 2019

To amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to preserve and protect the ability of State and local governments and public-private partnerships to provide broadband services. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Broadband Act of 2019 2. State, local, and public-private partnership broadband services Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ( 47 U.S.C. 1302 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) State, local, and public-Private partnership advanced telecommunications capability and services (1) In general No State statute, regulation, or other State legal requirement may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting any public provider or public-private partnership provider from providing, to any person or any public or private entity, advanced telecommunications capability or any service that utilizes the advanced telecommunications capability provided by such provider. (2) Antidiscrimination safeguards (A) Public providers To the extent any public provider regulates competing private providers of advanced telecommunications capability or services that utilize advanced telecommunications capability, such public provider shall apply its ordinances and rules without discrimination in favor of itself or any provider that it owns of services that utilize advanced telecommunications capability. (B) Public-private partnership providers To the extent any State or local entity that is part of a public-private partnership provider regulates competing private providers of advanced telecommunications capability or services that utilize advanced telecommunications capability, such State or local entity shall apply its ordinances and rules without discrimination in favor of such public-private partnership provider or any provider that such State or local entity or public-private partnership provider owns of services that utilize advanced telecommunications capability. (3) Savings clause Nothing in this subsection shall exempt a public provider or public-private partnership provider from any Federal or State telecommunications law or regulation that applies to all providers of advanced telecommunications capability or services that utilize such advanced telecommunications capability. ; and (2) in subsection (e), as redesignated— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking this subsection this section (B) by adding at the end the following: (3) Public provider The term public provider (4) Public-private partnership provider The term public-private partnership provider (5) State or local entity The term State or local entity 25 U.S.C. 5304(e) .

Summary: Community Broadband Act of 2019 This bill prohibits state and local entities from blocking the provision of broadband by public providers or public-private partnership providers. Further, public providers and state or local entities participating in such a partnership must administer applicable ordinances and rules without discrimination against competing private providers.
California Clean Coast Act of 2019

To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State of California, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the California Clean Coast Act of 2019 2. Prohibition of oil and gas leasing in areas of the outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1337 (q) Prohibition of oil and gas leasing in areas of the outer continental shelf located off the coast of California (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law and except as provided in paragraph (2) (2) Effect Nothing in this subsection affects any rights under leases issued under this Act before the date of enactment of this subsection. .

Summary: California Clean Coast Act of 2019 This bill prohibits oil and gas exploration and leasing in areas of the outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California.
Our Obligation to Recognize American Heroes (OORAH) Act of 2019

To make additional financial assets of the Government of Iran available to pay compensatory damages to the victims of terrorism sponsored by that Government, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Our Obligation to Recognize American Heroes (OORAH) Act of 2019 2. Expansion of availability of financial assets of Iran to victims of terrorism (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) On October 23, 1983, terrorists sponsored by the Government of Iran bombed the United States Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The terrorists killed 241 servicemen and injured scores more. (2) Those servicemen were killed or injured while on a peacekeeping mission. (3) Terrorism sponsored by the Government of Iran threatens the national security of the United States. (4) The United States has a vital interest in ensuring that members of the Armed Forces killed or injured by such terrorism, and the family members of such members, are able to seek justice. (b) Amendments Section 502 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8772 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking in the United States by or (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting , or an asset that would be blocked if the asset were located in the United States, unblocked) (C) in the flush text at the end— (i) by inserting after in aid of execution , or to an order directing that the asset be brought to the State in which the court is located and subsequently to execution or attachment in aid of execution, (ii) by inserting , without regard to concerns relating to international comity resources for such an act (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking that are identified (1) identified ; (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (2) identified in and the subject of proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Peterson et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al., Case No. 13 Civ. 9195 (LAP). ; (3) by striking subsection (e); (4) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and (5) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Personal jurisdiction For purposes of this section, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York shall have personal jurisdiction over any foreign securities intermediary that credited financial assets described in subsection (b) to an account the intermediary holds outside the United States. .

Summary: Our Obligation to Recognize American Heroes (OORAH) Act of 2019 This bill authorizes jurisdiction over certain Iranian assets so that judgments against Iran for the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, may be collected by the victims' families. Specifically, the bill establishes personal jurisdiction for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over Iranian funds held outside the United States by any foreign securities intermediary.
Secure Every Child Under the Right Equipment Standards Act of 2019

To require the Secretary of Transportation to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking concerning seat belts on school buses, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure Every Child Under the Right Equipment Standards Act of 2019 SECURES Act of 2019 2. Proposed rulemaking (a) Requirements Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall publish a notice of proposed rulemaking on new Federal standards for school bus seat belt requirements on all school buses, regardless of gross vehicle weight rating. (b) Considerations In the proposed rulemaking, the Secretary shall consider— (1) the safety benefits of a lap/shoulder belt system (also known as a Type 2 seat belt assembly (2) the conclusion of the National Transportation Safety Board that Lap/shoulder belts provide the highest level of protection for school bus passengers Properly worn lap belts provide some benefit, Properly worn lap/shoulder belts provide greater benefit by reducing injuries related to upper body flailing (3) the 2015 announcement by the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Mark Rosekind, stating that the agency believes that every child on every school bus should have a three-point seat belt (4) any innovative approaches to seat belt detection, seat belt reminder systems, and seat belt violation alert systems that could be incorporated into school bus designs; and (5) existing experience from the States that have already required school buses to be equipped with seat belts.

Summary: Secure Every Child Under the Right Equipment Standards Act of 2019 or the SECURES Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking on new federal standards for school bus seat belt requirements on all school buses, regardless of gross vehicle weight rating.
Defense Small Business Advancement Act of 2019

To reauthorize and improve the Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defense Small Business Advancement Act of 2019 2. Reauthorization and improvement of Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program (a) Permanent authorization Section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 ( Public Law 101–510 10 U.S.C. 2302 (b) Office of Small Business Programs oversight Section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 ( Public Law 101–510 10 U.S.C. 2302 (1) by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o); and (2) by inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection: (n) Establishment of performance goals and periodic reviews The Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense shall establish performance goals and conduct periodic reviews of approved agreements between mentors and protégés. . (c) Removal of pilot program references Section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 ( Public Law 101–510 10 U.S.C. 2302 (1) in the subsection heading for subsection (a), by striking pilot (2) by striking pilot (d) Independent report on program effectiveness (1) In general Not later than March 31, 2022, an independent third party selected by the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report evaluating the effectiveness of the Mentor-Protégé Program established under section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 ( Public Law 101–510 10 U.S.C. 2302 (2) Congressional defense committees defined In this subsection, the term congressional defense committees

Summary: Defense Small Business Advancement Act of 2019 This bill permanently reauthorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) Mentor-Protege Program, designed to help major defense contractors facilitate the participation of disadvantaged small business concerns as subcontractors and suppliers. The DOD Office of Small Business Programs shall establish performance goals and conduct periodic reviews of approved agreements between mentors and proteges.