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with the requirements of this subsection and reg-
ulations prescribed under section 209. 
(B) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.—The Corpora-
tion, as receiver for a covered financial com-
pany, in any case involving the liquidation or 
winding up of the affairs of a covered financial 
company, shall— 
(i) promptly publish a notice to the 
creditors of the covered financial company 
to present their claims, together with proof, 
to the receiver by a date specified in the no-
tice, which shall be not earlier than 90 days 
after the date of publication of such notice; 
and 
(ii) republish such notice 1 month and 
2 months, respectively, after the date of pub-
lication under clause (i). 
(C) MAILING REQUIRED.—The Corporation 
as receiver shall mail a notice similar to the no-
tice published under clause (i) or (ii) of subpara-
graph (B), at the time of such publication, to 
any creditor shown on the books and records of 
the covered financial company— 
(i) at the last address of the creditor 
appearing in such books;
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‘‘(C) An evaluation of— 
‘‘(i) the effectiveness of such pro-
grams; 
‘‘(ii) the cost of such programs; and 
‘‘(iii) the impact of the programs on 
the health outcomes of the community resi-
dents. 
‘‘(D) Recommendations for sustaining the 
community health worker programs developed 
or assisted under this section. 
‘‘(E) Recommendations regarding training 
to enhance career opportunities for community 
health workers. 
‘‘(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER.—The term 
‘community health worker’ means an individual who 
promotes health or nutrition within the community 
in which the individual resides— 
‘‘(A) by serving as a liaison between com-
munities and health care agencies; 
‘‘(B) by providing guidance and social as-
sistance to community residents; 
‘‘(C) by enhancing community residents’ 
ability to effectively communicate with health 
care providers; 
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Union Calendar No. 14 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 639 
[Report No. 116–29] 
To amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue 
Response System task forces may include Federal employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2019 
Mrs. HARTZLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
APRIL 2, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CONNOLLY and Mr. LUETKEMEYER 
APRIL 2, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6435 
AN ACT 
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to develop and 
disseminate information to the public about scams re-
lated to COVID-19, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 648 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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(ii) NO
PREJUDICE
TO
OTHER
AC-
TIONS.—Subject to paragraph (8), the filing 
of a claim with the receiver shall not preju-
dice any right of the claimant to continue 
any action which was filed before the date 
of appointment of the receiver for the cov-
ered financial company. 
(4) JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF CLAIMS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), a claimant may file suit on a claim (or 
continue an action commenced before the date of 
appointment of the Corporation as receiver) in 
the district or territorial court of the United 
States for the district within which the principal 
place of business of the covered financial com-
pany is located (and such court shall have juris-
diction to hear such claim). 
(B) TIMING.—A claim under subparagraph 
(A) may be filed before the end of the 60-day pe-
riod beginning on the earlier of— 
(i) the end of the period described in 
paragraph (3)(A)(i) (or, if extended by 
agreement of the Corporation and the 
claimant, the period described in paragraph 
(3)(A)(ii)) with respect to any claim
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covered treatments, items and services within 
benefit classes, and cost-sharing; and 
(B) the cost-sharing levels for enhanced 
plans and premium plans (as provided under 
section 303(c)) consistent with paragraph (5). 
(6) LEVELS OF COST-SHARING FOR ENHANCED 
AND PREMIUM PLANS.— 
(A) ENHANCED PLAN.—The level of cost- 
sharing for enhanced plans shall be designed so 
that such plans have benefits that are actuari-
ally equivalent to approximately 85 percent of 
the actuarial value of the benefits provided 
under the reference benefits package described 
in section 222(c)(3)(B). 
(B) PREMIUM PLAN.—The level of cost- 
sharing for premium plans shall be designed so 
that such plans have benefits that are actuari-
ally equivalent to approximately 95 percent of 
the actuarial value of the benefits provided 
under the reference benefits package described 
in section 222(c)(3)(B). 
(c) OPERATIONS.— 
(1) PER
DIEM
PAY.—Each member of the 
Health Benefits Advisory Committee shall receive 
travel expenses, including per diem in accordance 
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be amended to reflect the termination of bridge 
financial company status, if appropriate. 
(15) DISSOLUTION OF BRIDGE FINANCIAL COM-
PANY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of Federal or State law, if the 
status of a bridge financial company as such has 
not previously been terminated by the occurrence 
of an event specified in subparagraph (A), (B), 
(C), or (D) of paragraph (13)— 
(i) the Corporation may, in its discre-
tion, dissolve the bridge financial company 
in accordance with this paragraph at any 
time; and 
(ii) the Corporation shall promptly 
commence dissolution proceedings in ac-
cordance with this paragraph upon the ex-
piration of the 2-year period following the 
date on which the bridge financial company 
was chartered, or any extension thereof, as 
provided in paragraph (12). 
(B) PROCEDURES.—The Corporation shall 
remain the receiver for a bridge financial com-
pany for the purpose of dissolving the bridge fi-
nancial company. The Corporation as receiver
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‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that the in-
formation submitted in the application (or the 
supplement) is sufficient to show that the bio-
logical product— 
‘‘(i) is biosimilar to the reference 
product; or 
‘‘(ii) meets the standards described in 
paragraph (4), and therefore is inter-
changeable with the reference product; and 
‘‘(B) the applicant (or other appropriate 
person) consents to the inspection of the facility 
that is the subject of the application, in accord-
ance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(4) SAFETY
STANDARDS
FOR
DETERMINING 
INTERCHANGEABILITY.—Upon review of an applica-
tion submitted under this subsection or any supple-
ment to such application, the Secretary shall deter-
mine the biological product to be interchangeable 
with the reference product if the Secretary deter-
mines that the information submitted in the applica-
tion (or a supplement to such application) is suffi-
cient to show that— 
‘‘(A) the biological product— 
‘‘(i) is biosimilar to the reference 
product; and 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6589 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and 
submit to Congress a plan to address the material weak-
ness of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6624 
AN ACT 
To support supply chain innovation and multilateral security, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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with health problems by increasing their knowl-
edge and providing them with valid information; 
‘‘(B) encouraging adequate and appro-
priate diet, exercise, and sleep; 
‘‘(C) promoting education and work in con-
formity with physical and mental capacity; 
‘‘(D) making available safe water and sani-
tary facilities; 
‘‘(E) improving the physical, economic, cul-
tural, psychological, and social environment; 
‘‘(F) promoting culturally competent care; 
and 
‘‘(G) providing adequate and appropriate 
programs, which may include— 
‘‘(i) abuse prevention (mental and 
physical); 
‘‘(ii) community health; 
‘‘(iii) community safety; 
‘‘(iv) consumer health education; 
‘‘(v) diet and nutrition; 
‘‘(vi) immunization and other preven-
tion of communicable diseases, including 
HIV/AIDS; 
‘‘(vii) environmental health; 
‘‘(viii) exercise and physical fitness; 
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beginning on the transfer date, the Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency or the Corporation 
determines that the Office of the Comptroller of 
the Currency or the Corporation, as the case may 
be, will not continue to participate in any den-
tal, vision, or life insurance program of an agen-
cy from which an employee was transferred, a 
transferred employee who is a member of the 
program may, before the decision takes effect and 
without regard to any regularly scheduled open 
season, elect to enroll in— 
(i) the enhanced dental benefits pro-
gram established under chapter 89A of title 
5, United States Code; 
(ii) the enhanced vision benefits estab-
lished under chapter 89B of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(iii) the Federal Employees’ Group 
Life Insurance Program established under 
chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, 
without regard to any requirement of insur-
ability. 
(C) LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE AFTER 
1ST YEAR.—If, after the 1-year period beginning 
on the transfer date, the Office of the Comptroller
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(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘for each of the 
years 2009 through 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
2009’’; and 
(2) clause (ii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (III); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subclause (IV) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclause: 
‘‘(V) the annual adjustment in the fee schedules 
determined under clause (i) for years beginning with 
2010 shall be subject to the productivity adjustment 
described in section 1886(b)(3)(B)(iii)(II).’’. 
(e) CERTAIN DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.—Sec-
tion 1834(a)(14) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(14)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (K), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, subject to 
the productivity adjustment described in section 
1886(b)(3)(B)(iii)(II)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (L)(i), by inserting after 
‘‘June 2013,’’ the following: ‘‘subject to the produc-
tivity 
adjustment 
described 
in 
section 
1886(b)(3)(B)(iii)(II),’’; 
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pital for the applicable period for such fis-
cal year minus 1. 
‘‘(B) AGGREGATE PAYMENTS FOR ALL DIS-
CHARGES.—The term ‘aggregate payments for 
all discharges’ means, for a hospital for a fiscal 
year, the sum of the base operating DRG pay-
ment amounts for all discharges for all condi-
tions from such hospital for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) EXCESS READMISSION RATIO.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses 
(ii) and (iii), the term ‘excess readmissions 
ratio’ means, with respect to an applicable 
condition for a hospital for an applicable 
period, the ratio (but not less than 1.0) 
of— 
‘‘(I) the risk adjusted readmis-
sions based on actual readmissions, as 
determined consistent with a readmis-
sion measure methodology that has 
been 
endorsed 
under 
paragraph 
(5)(A)(ii)(I), for an applicable hospital 
for such condition with respect to the 
applicable period; to 
‘‘(II) the risk adjusted expected 
readmissions 
(as 
determined 
con-
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sive consolidated supervision shall register by fil-
ing with the Board of Governors such informa-
tion and documents as the Board of Governors, 
by regulation, may prescribe as necessary or ap-
propriate in furtherance of the purposes of this 
section. 
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—A securities holding 
company that registers under subparagraph (A) 
shall be deemed to be a supervised securities 
holding company, effective on the date that is 45 
days after the date of receipt of the registration 
information and documents under subparagraph 
(A) by the Board of Governors, or within such 
shorter period as the Board of Governors, by rule 
or order, may determine. 
(c) SUPERVISION OF SECURITIES HOLDING COMPA-
NIES.— 
(1) RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING.— 
(A) RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING RE-
QUIRED.—Each supervised securities holding 
company and each affiliate of a supervised secu-
rities holding company shall make and keep for 
periods determined by the Board of Governors 
such records, furnish copies of such records, and 
make such reports, as the Board of Governors de-
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(as the case may be with respect to the applica-
ble post acute care provider) on or after the 
first day of the fiscal year or rate year, begin-
ning on or after October 1, 2011, with respect 
to the applicable post acute care provider. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF PER-
FORMANCE MEASURES.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Health and Human Services shall develop ap-
propriate measures of readmission rates for 
post acute care providers. The Secretary shall 
seek endorsement of such measures by the enti-
ty with a contract under section 1890(a) of the 
Social Security Act but may adopt and apply 
such measures under this paragraph without 
such an endorsement. The Secretary shall ex-
pand such measures in a manner similar to the 
manner in which applicable conditions are ex-
panded under paragraph (5)(B) of section 
1886(p) of the Social Security Act, as added by 
subsection (a). 
(B) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall apply, on or after October 1, 2014, with 
respect to post acute care providers, policies 
similar to the policies applied with respect to 
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(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in para-
graph (1) may be construed to grant any authority 
to any person that is not otherwise provided in Fed-
eral law. 
(e) LIMITATIONS ON RELATIONSHIPS WITH HEDGE 
FUNDS AND PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS.— 
(1) COVERED
TRANSACTIONS.—An insured de-
pository institution, a company that controls, directly 
or indirectly, an insured depository institution or is 
treated as a bank holding company for purposes of 
the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 
1841 et seq.), and any subsidiary of such institution 
or company that serves, directly or indirectly, as the 
investment manager or investment adviser to a hedge 
fund or private equity fund may not enter into a cov-
ered transaction, as defined in section 23A of the Fed-
eral Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 371c) with such hedge 
fund or private equity fund. 
(2) AFFILIATION.—An insured depository insti-
tution, a company that controls, directly or indi-
rectly, an insured depository institution or is treated 
as a bank holding company for purposes of the Bank 
Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et 
seq.), and any subsidiary of such institution or com-
pany that serves, directly or indirectly, as the invest-
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(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘the 
Directors referred to in such paragraph’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention and the Assistant 
Secretary for Indian Health’’. 
(7) Section 417C(b) of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 285–9(b)) is amended by striking 
‘‘Director of the Indian Health Service’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Indian Health’’. 
(8) Section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(i)) is amended by striking 
‘‘Director of the Indian Health Service’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for In-
dian Health’’. 
(9) Section 803B(d)(1) of the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2991b–2(d)(1)) is 
amended in the last sentence by striking ‘‘Director 
of the Indian Health Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary for Indian Health’’. 
(10) Section 203(b) of the Michigan Indian 
Land Claims Settlement Act (Public Law 105–143; 
111 Stat. 2666) is amended by striking ‘‘Director of 
the Indian Health Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant 
Secretary for Indian Health’’. 
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‘‘(i) specified in an appropriation law, 
or the entire dollar amount of budget au-
thority or obligation limitation required to 
be allocated by a specific proviso in an ap-
propriation law for which a specific dollar 
figure was not included; 
‘‘(ii) represented separately in any 
table, chart, or explanatory text included 
in the statement of managers or the gov-
erning committee report accompanying 
such law; 
‘‘(iii) required to be allocated for a 
specific program, project, or activity in a 
law (other than an appropriation law) that 
mandates the expenditure of budget au-
thority from accounts, programs, projects, 
or activities for which budget authority is 
provided in an appropriation law; 
‘‘(iv) represented by the product of 
the estimated procurement cost and the 
total quantity of items specified in an ap-
propriation law or included in the state-
ment of managers or the governing com-
mittee report accompanying such law; or 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 66 
AN ACT 
To establish the Route 66 Centennial Commission, to direct 
the Secretary of Transportation to prepare a plan on 
the preservation needs of Route 66, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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shall designate standards to ensure the com-
petency of such providers delivering such serv-
ices in a non-English language. 
(2) CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND 
CONSIDERATIONS
FOR
ACCREDITATION
OR
TRAIN-
ING.— 
(A) CONSULTATION.—In designating ac-
creditation or training requirements under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall consult with pa-
tients, providers, organizations that advocate on 
behalf of limited English proficient individuals, 
and other individuals or entities determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary. 
(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In designating ac-
creditation or training requirements under this 
section, the Secretary shall consider, as appro-
priate— 
(i) standards for qualifications of 
health care interpreters who interpret in-
frequently encountered languages; 
(ii) standards for qualifications of 
health care interpreters who interpret in 
languages of lesser diffusion; 
(iii) standards for training of inter-
preters;
and
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 676 
AN ACT 
To reiterate the support of the Congress of the United States 
for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 677 
AN ACT 
To amend gendered terms in Federal law relating to the 
President and the President’s spouse. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the fair share per capita amount 
under this paragraph for a fiscal year (begin-
ning with fiscal year 2013) is an amount com-
puted by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services for such fiscal year that, when applied 
under this section and subchapter B of chapter 
34 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, will 
result 
in 
revenues 
to 
the 
CERTF 
of 
$375,000,000 for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) ALTERNATIVE COMPUTATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary is 
unable to compute the fair share per capita 
amount under subparagraph (A) for a fis-
cal year, the fair share per capita amount 
under this paragraph for the fiscal year 
shall be the default amount determined 
under clause (ii) for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(ii) DEFAULT AMOUNT.—The default 
amount under this clause for— 
‘‘(I) fiscal year 2013 is equal to 
$2; or 
‘‘(II) a subsequent year is equal 
to the default amount under this 
clause for the preceding fiscal year in-
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‘‘(A) during a presumptive eligibility pe-
riod; 
‘‘(B) by a entity that is eligible for pay-
ments under the State plan; and 
‘‘(2) is included in the care and services covered 
by the State plan, 
shall be treated as medical assistance provided by such 
plan for purposes of clause (4) of the first sentence of 
section 1905(b).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 1902(a)(47) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(47)) is amend-
ed by inserting before the semicolon at the end 
the following: ‘‘and provide for making medical 
assistance available to individuals described in 
subsection (a) of section 1920C during a pre-
sumptive eligibility period in accordance with 
such section’’. 
(B) Section 1903(u)(1)(D)(v) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396b(u)(1)(D)(v)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or for’’ and inserting 
‘‘for’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the period the 
following: ‘‘, or for medical assistance pro-
vided to an individual described in sub-
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