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SEC. 2. IMPLICIT BIAS RESEARCH AND TRAINING GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall make grants to institutions of higher education (as 
such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) for research and 
training in the operation or establishment of an implicit 
bias training program as it relates to racial profiling at 
traffic stops. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant 
under this section, an institution of higher education 
shall— 
(1) have an active research program or dem-
onstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that 
the applicant is beginning a research program to 
study implicit bias as it relates to racial profiling be-
fore and during traffic stops; and 
(2) partner with State and local police depart-
ments to conduct the research described in para-
graph (1) and carry out the implementation of im-
plicit bias training with State and local police de-
partments. 
(c) REPORT.—No later than 1 year after a grant has 
been awarded under this section, the institution of higher 
education awarded the grant shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
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Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report sum-
marizing the research on implicit bias as it relates to racial 
profiling before and during traffic stops, and recommenda-
tions on effective interventions and trainings. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each 
fiscal year to carry out this section. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘implicit 
bias training program’’ means a program that looks at the 
attitudes, stereotypes, and lenses human beings develop 
through various experiences in life that can unconsciously 
affect how they interact with one another. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7899 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide an incentive 
for households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables that are bene-
ficial to good health. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2020 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. MOORE, Mr. RYAN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. COHEN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
DELAURO, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. CA´RDENAS, 
Mr. CASE, Mrs. HAYES, and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide 
an incentive for households participating in the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program to purchase certain 
nutritious fruits and vegetables that are beneficial to 
good health. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Healthy Incen-
tives Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 3 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (k) by inserting ‘‘, unless the 
context specifies otherwise,’’ after ‘‘means’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (u) and (v) as 
subsections (v) and (w), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (t) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(u) ‘Supplemental fruits and vegetables’ means 
those fruits and vegetables containing nutrients that pro-
mote the health of the population served by the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program, as determined by the 
Secretary by rule.’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN VALUE OF ALLOTMENT.—Section 
8 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) INCREASE
IN VALUE
OF ALLOTMENT.—The 
value of an allotment, determined under this section with-
out regard to this subsection and issued to a household 
for a month, shall be increased by 30 percent of the cost 
of supplemental fruits and vegetables purchased by such 
household during such month, but not to exceed an aggre-
gate monthly amount determined by the Secretary on the 
basis of household size.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on October 1, 2020. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 789 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit prescription 
drug plan sponsors and MA–PD organizations under the Medicare pro-
gram from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted 
by pharmacies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2019 
Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, 
and Mrs. RODGERS of Washington) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition 
to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit 
prescription drug plan sponsors and MA–PD organiza-
tions under the Medicare program from retroactively re-
ducing payment on clean claims submitted by phar-
macies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Trans-
parency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEDICARE PDP SPONSORS AND MA– 
PD ORGANIZATIONS FROM RETROACTIVELY 
REDUCING PAYMENT ON CLEAN CLAIMS SUB-
MITTED BY PHARMACIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1860D–12(b)(4)(A) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–112(b)(4)(A)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) PROHIBITING RETROACTIVE RE-
DUCTIONS
IN
PAYMENTS
ON
CLEAN 
CLAIMS.—Each contract entered into with 
a PDP sponsor under this part with re-
spect to a prescription drug plan offered 
by such sponsor shall provide that after 
the date of receipt of a clean claim sub-
mitted by a pharmacy, the PDP sponsor 
(or an agent of the PDP sponsor) may not 
retroactively reduce payment on such claim 
directly or indirectly through aggregated 
effective rate or otherwise except in the 
case such claim is found to not be a clean 
claim (such as in the case of a claim lack-
ing required substantiating documentation) 
during the course of a routine audit as 
permitted pursuant to written agreement 
between the PDP sponsor (or such an 
agent) and such pharmacy. The previous 
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sentence shall not prohibit any retroactive 
increase in payment to a pharmacy pursu-
ant to a written agreement between a PDP 
sponsor (or an agent of such sponsor) and 
such pharmacy.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts entered 
into on or after January 1, 2020. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7901 
To require the Administrator for General Services to obtain an antivirus 
product to make available to Federal agencies in order to provide the 
product to individuals whose personally identifiable information may have 
been compromised. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2020 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator for General Services to obtain 
an antivirus product to make available to Federal agen-
cies in order to provide the product to individuals whose 
personally identifiable information may have been com-
promised. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘A Necessary and Tar-
geted Impediment to Viruses Act’’ or the ‘‘ANTI Viruses 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVISION OF ANTIVIRUS 
SOFTWARE TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AF-
FECTED BY DATA BREACH. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO PROCURE ANTIVIRUS PROD-
UCT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Gen-
eral Services shall procure an antivirus product suit-
able for Federal agencies to provide to individuals 
whose personally identifiable information may have 
been compromised. 
(2) DEADLINE.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall issue a solicitation for vendors to provide 
the antivirus product described in paragraph (1). 
Not later than 1 year after such date, the Adminis-
trator shall award the contract for the product. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE ONE-YEAR LICENSE 
FOR USE OF ANTIVIRUS PRODUCT.—A Federal agency 
that experiences a compromise in its computer systems re-
sulting in the loss of personally identifiable information 
shall provide to any individual directly affected a one-year 
license of the antivirus product procured under subsection 
(a). 
(c) FEDERAL AGENCY.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Federal agency’’ has the meaning provided the term ‘‘Ex-
ecutive agency’’ in section 105 of title 5, United States 
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Code, and also includes the United States Postal Service 
and the Postal Regulatory Commission. 
(d) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The funds used by a Fed-
eral agency to carry out this Act shall be derived from 
amounts made available to the agency for operating ex-
penses. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7902 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the authority of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire psychiatrists. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2020 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. HIMES, Mr. PETERS, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. BISHOP of Georgia) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire 
psychiatrists. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expedited Hiring for 
VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF PSYCHIATRISTS BY VETERANS 
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 74 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7406 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7406A. Appointment of certain psychiatrists who 
complete residencies 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to subsection (b), the 
Secretary may appoint, without regard to civil service or 
classification laws, a psychiatrist who completes a resi-
dency under section 7406 of this title to a position under 
section 7401 or 7405 immediately after such residency, 
if the psychiatrist meets the qualifications established in 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary for such position. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may begin the process of appoint-
ing a psychiatrist under paragraph (1) before the psychia-
trist completes a residency. 
‘‘(b) POSITIONS PERMITTED.—The Secretary may 
appoint a psychiatrist under subsection (a) if the position 
to which the psychiatrist is appointed has been unfilled 
for not less than 35 days as of the date of the appoint-
ment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
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after the item relating to section 7406 the following new 
item: 
‘‘7406A. Appointment of certain psychiatrists who complete residencies.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7903 
To amend the Small Business Act to establish the Community Advantage 
Loan Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2020 
Ms. JUDY CHU of California (for herself and Mr. SPANO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to establish the 
Community Advantage Loan Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COMMUNITY ADVANTAGE LOAN PROGRAM. 
Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(37) COMMUNITY
ADVANTAGE
LOAN
PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(A) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the 
Community Advantage Loan Program are— 
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‘‘(i) to create a mission-oriented loan 
guarantee program that builds on the dem-
onstrated success of the Community Ad-
vantage Pilot Program of the Administra-
tion, as established in 2011, to reach more 
underserved small business concerns; 
‘‘(ii) to increase lending to small busi-
ness concerns in underserved and rural 
markets, including veterans and members 
of the military community, small business 
concerns owned and controlled by socially 
and economically disadvantaged individ-
uals, women, and startups; 
‘‘(iii) to ensure that the program 
under this subsection (in this paragraph 
referred to as the ‘7(a) loan program’) is 
more inclusive and more broadly meets 
congressional intent to reach borrowers 
who are unable to get credit elsewhere on 
reasonable terms and conditions; 
‘‘(iv) to help underserved small busi-
ness concerns become bankable by utilizing 
the small-dollar financing and business 
support experience of mission-oriented 
lenders; 
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the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives a report— 
‘‘(I) assessing— 
‘‘(aa) the extent to which 
the program fulfills the require-
ments of this paragraph; and 
‘‘(bb) the performance of 
covered institutions participating 
in the program; and 
‘‘(II) providing recommendations 
on the administration of the program 
and the findings under items (aa) and 
(bb) of subclause (I). 
‘‘(N) WORKING GROUP.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, the Administrator shall estab-
lish a Community Advantage Working 
Group, which shall— 
‘‘(I) include— 
‘‘(aa) a geographically di-
verse representation of members 
from among covered institutions 
participating in the program; and
‘‘(bb) representatives from 
the Office of Capital Access of 
the Administration, including the 
Office of Credit Risk Manage-
ment, the Office of Financial As-
sistance, and the Office of Eco-
nomic Opportunity; 
‘‘(II) develop recommendations 
on how the Administration can effec-
tively manage, support, and promote 
the program and the mission of the 
program; 
‘‘(III) establish metrics of suc-
cess and benchmarks that reflect the 
mission and population served by cov-
ered institutions under the program, 
which the Administration shall use to 
evaluate the performance of those cov-
ered institutions; and 
‘‘(IV) institute regular and sus-
tainable systems of communication be-
tween the Administration and covered 
institutions participating in the pro-
gram.
‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the 
Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives a report that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(I) the recommendations of the 
Community 
Advantage 
Working 
Group established under clause (i); 
and 
‘‘(II) a recommended plan and 
timeline for implementation of those 
recommendations. 
‘‘(O) TERMINATION.—The authority to 
carry out the program under this paragraph 
shall terminate on September 30, 2025.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7903 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to establish the 
Community Advantage Loan Program.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7908 
To designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial 
located at 6900 Delta Drive, El Paso, Texas and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2020 
Ms. ESCOBAR (for herself, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GON-
ZALEZ of Texas, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. VELA, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. 
CASTRO of Texas, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mrs. MUR-
PHY of Florida, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, 
Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. WELCH, 
Mr. VEASEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. MOORE, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. 
WILD, Mr. STANTON, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HIMES, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. 
LEE of California, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, and Mr. MCGOV-
ERN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden Na-
tional Memorial located at 6900 Delta Drive, El Paso, 
Texas 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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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF EL PASO COMMUNITY HEAL-
ING GARDEN NATIONAL MEMORIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Healing Garden located at 
6900 Delta Drive, El Paso, Texas is designated as the 
‘‘El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memo-
rial’’. 
(b) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The national memo-
rial designated by this section is not a unit of the National 
Park System and the designation of the El Paso Commu-
nity Healing Garden National Memorial shall not require 
or authorize Federal funds to be expended for any purpose 
related to that national memorial. 
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HR 6968 PCS
countability Act (Subtitle F of title XII of Public 
Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 
foreign person that the President determines, based on 
credible information— 
‘‘(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has di-
rectly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights 
abuse; 
‘‘(2) is a current or former government official, 
or a person acting for or on behalf of such an offi-
cial, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has di-
rectly or indirectly engaged in— 
‘‘(A) corruption, including— 
‘‘(i) the misappropriation of state as-
sets; 
‘‘(ii) the expropriation of private as-
sets for personal gain; 
‘‘(iii) corruption related to government 
contracts or the extraction of natural re-
sources; or 
‘‘(iv) bribery; or 
‘‘(B) the transfer or facilitation of the 
transfer of the proceeds of corruption; 
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(2) MATERIALS.—As part of such technical as-
sistance efforts, the Secretary shall— 
(A) publish educational materials related 
to the prevention of COVID-19 transmission in 
child care provider settings, including by post-
ing such materials on a website, 
(B) update any such materials as nec-
essary to reflect advancements in the science of 
COVID-19, and 
(C) provide a mechanism through which 
States may exchange best practices relating to 
the safe operation of child care providers. 
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CHILD CARE PRO-
VIDERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants to lead agencies designated under section 
658D(a) of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b(a)) to provide 
guidance, technical assistance, and support to child 
care providers, either directly or through resource 
and referral agencies or staffed family child care 
networks, regarding the safe operation of child care 
providers while there is community transmission of 
COVID-19. 
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viders to meet such demand and, if so, recommenda-
tions for how to expand the number of child care 
providers; and 
(3) the estimated cost of implementing the rec-
ommendations described in paragraphs (1) and (2). 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
The terms ‘‘State’’, ‘‘Indian Tribe’’, and ‘‘Tribal or-
ganization’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 
658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n). 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. Funds appro-
priated to carry out this Act shall remain available until 
expended. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 16, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7909 
AN ACT 
To facilitate access to child care services safely and 
securely during the COVID-19 pandemic.