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‘‘(bb) meet the applicable 
targets under subsection (b)(2). 
‘‘(II) A final determination re-
garding whether the code or standard 
of the developer, as modified by the 
changes proposed by the Secretary 
under subparagraph (A), would— 
‘‘(aa) improve energy effi-
ciency in buildings, as compared 
to the existing model building en-
ergy code; and 
‘‘(bb) meet the applicable 
targets under subsection (b)(2). 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) publish notice of targets and supporting 
analysis and determinations under this section in the 
Federal Register to provide an explanation of and 
the basis for such actions, including any supporting 
modeling, data, assumptions, protocols, and cost- 
benefit analysis, including return on investment; and 
‘‘(2) provide an opportunity for public comment 
on targets and supporting analysis and determina-
tions under this section.’’. 
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based management and operations agreement’ 
means an agreement that— 
‘‘(A) reflects an obligation by the non-Fed-
eral entity to design, build, finance, deliver, op-
erate and maintain an asset; 
‘‘(B) requires the non-Federal entity to 
provide the General Services Administration a 
single point of responsibility and obligation; 
‘‘(C) stipulates all requirements of the 
General Services Administration and contains 
the terms and conditions for annual perform-
ance-based availability payments in accordance 
with the non-Federal entity meeting or exceed-
ing those requirements; 
‘‘(D) stipulates the terms and conditions 
for reductions of any or all availability pay-
ments to the non-Federal entity for any given 
period the asset is unavailable to the Govern-
ment or otherwise not delivered, operated, or 
maintained in accordance with the requirements 
included in the agreement; and 
‘‘(E) stipulates the terms and conditions 
for termination and includes no obligation on 
the part of the Government to renew any suc-
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting United 
States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED 
STATES IN COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS- 
SETTING BODIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance the represen-
tation of the United States and promote United States 
leadership in standards-setting bodies that set standards 
for 5G networks and for future generations of wireless 
communications networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, 
in consultation with the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology— 
(1) equitably encourage participation by compa-
nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 
not including any company or relevant stakeholder 
that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be 
not trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting 
bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) in 
such standards-setting bodies; and 
(2) equitably offer technical expertise to compa-
nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 
not including any company or relevant stakeholder 
that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be 
not trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting
‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL
OVERSIGHT.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection and annually thereafter, the Under 
Secretary for Management shall provide to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a brief-
ing on the Review Process, including relating to the 
Department’s record of reviewing and updating ex-
isting policy issuance documents. Each such briefing 
shall include information relating to the following: 
‘‘(A) All policy issuance documents, includ-
ing, with respect to each such document, the 
title, policy number, revision number, issue 
date, and last reviewed date. 
‘‘(B) All policy issuance documents can-
celed in the prior year. 
‘‘(C) An explanation of the methodology 
used to prioritize the review of policy issuance 
documents. 
‘‘(D) The procedures used by the Depart-
ment to track and coordinate with Department 
components the issuance, review, and cancella-
tions of policy issuance documents.
(B) submit to the Assistant Secretary any 
reports that may be necessary to enable the As-
sistant Secretary to perform the duties of the 
Assistant Secretary under this section; 
(C) maintain any records and provide any 
information to the Assistant Secretary, includ-
ing those records, that the Assistant Secretary 
determines is necessary to enable the Assistant 
Secretary to perform the duties of the Assistant 
Secretary under this section; and 
(D) with respect to any significant pro-
posed change or amendment to the State Dig-
ital Equity Plan for the State, make the change 
or amendment available for public comment in 
accordance with subsection (c)(2); and 
(3) the State, before submitting to the Assist-
ant Secretary the State Digital Equity Plan of the 
State, has complied with the requirements of sub-
section (c)(2). 
(f) TERMINATION OF GRANT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall terminate a grant awarded to an eligible State 
under this section if, after notice to the State and 
opportunity for a hearing, the Assistant Secretary— 
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(V) the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services; 
(VI) the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs; 
(VII) the Secretary of the Inte-
rior; 
(VIII) the Federal Communica-
tions Commission; 
(IX) the Federal Trade Commis-
sion; 
(X) the Director of the Institute 
of Museum and Library Services; 
(XI) the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration; 
(XII) the Federal Cochairman of 
the Appalachian Regional Commis-
sion; and 
(XIII) the head of any other 
agency that the Assistant Secretary 
determines to be appropriate; and 
(ii) ensure that the Program com-
plements and enhances, and does not con-
flict with, other Federal broadband initia-
tives and programs. 
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‘‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The au-
thority provided by paragraph (1) may be exercised 
only to such extent and in such amounts as are pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts.’’. 
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‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘opioid 
overdose reversal drug’ means a drug or biological ap-
proved by the Food and Drug Administration for— 
‘‘(1) complete or partial reversal of opioid de-
pression, including respiratory depression, induced 
by opioids; or 
‘‘(2) emergency treatment of a known or sus-
pected opioid overdose, as manifested by respiratory 
or central nervous system depression.’’. 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON COST-SHARING UNDER MEDI-
CARE PART D.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1860D–2(b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(b)) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘The 
coverage’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph 
(8), the coverage’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘and 
(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (D) and paragraph 
(8)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘and 
(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4), and (8)’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘The coverage’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to para-
graph (8), the coverage’’; and 
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‘‘(i) surgeries that utilize non-opioid 
drugs, including such drugs delivered using 
an external infusion pump and the delivery 
mechanisms necessary for the delivery of 
such drugs, to treat pain after the surgery; 
and 
‘‘(ii) surgeries that utilize opioid 
drugs to treat pain after the surgery. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) treat any drug with a Food and 
Drug Administration indication for pain 
management during and after surgery that 
is also non-opioid as a ‘non-opioid drug’; 
and 
‘‘(ii) establish a clear definition for 
non-opioid pain management drugs that do 
not have a Food and Drug Administration 
indication for pain management during or 
after the surgery.’’. 
(b) AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER PAYMENT SYS-
TEM.—Section 1833(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395l(i)(2)(D)) is amended— 
(1) by aligning the margins of clause (v) with 
the margins of clause (iv); 
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of Federal Regulations (or any successor regula-
tions); 
‘‘(C) pasteurized cheese spreads as defined in 
section 133.175, 133.176, or 133.178 of title 21, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regu-
lations); 
‘‘(D) pasteurized process cheese spreads as de-
fined in section 133.179 or 133.180 of title 21, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any successor regula-
tions); 
‘‘(E) pasteurized blended cheeses as defined in 
section 133.167 or 133.168 of title 21, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or any successor regulations); 
‘‘(F) any products comparable to any product 
described in any of clauses (A) through (E); 
‘‘(G) cold pack cheeses as defined in section 
133.123, 133.124, or 133.125 title 21, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or any successor regulations); 
‘‘(H) grated American cheese food as defined in 
section 133.147 of title 21, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or any successor regulations); or 
‘‘(I) any other product the Secretary may des-
ignate as a process cheese. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘milk’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 133.3 of title 
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(c) REVISED OLC OPINION.—The term ‘‘revised 
OLC opinion’’ means an OLC opinion that is withdrawn, 
information is added to, or information is removed from. 
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‘‘(C) have a court responsible for pro-
ceedings related to foster care or adoption.’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2017 through 
2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2022’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2019. 
SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT TO THE TANF CONTINGENCY FUND 
FOR STATE WELFARE PROGRAMS. 
Section 403(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and all 
that follows and inserting ‘‘2020 $468,000,000, and for 
fiscal year 2021 such sums as are necessary for payment 
to the Fund in a total amount not to exceed 
$608,000,000’’. 
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(D) an assessment of the impacts of soli-
tary confinement on individuals, families, social 
institutions, and the economy generally; 
(E) an identification of additional scientific 
and social science research needed on the preva-
lence of solitary confinement in correctional fa-
cilities as well as a full assessment of existing 
literature; 
(F) an assessment of the general relation-
ship between solitary confinement and mental 
illness; 
(G) an assessment of the relationship be-
tween solitary confinement and levels of train-
ing, supervision, and discipline of the staff of 
correctional facilities; and 
(H) an assessment of existing Federal and 
State systems for collecting and reporting the 
number and duration of solitary confinement 
incidents in correctional facilities nationwide. 
(3) REPORT.— 
(A) DISTRIBUTION.—Not later than two 
years after the date of the initial meeting of the 
Commission, the Commission shall submit a re-
port on the study carried out under this sub-
section to— 
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subdivision of the Council (or any such successor), 
at least one member to represent the interests of the 
public and consumers. 
(2) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Commission 
shall make the initial appointments required by 
paragraph (1) not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. Any member so ap-
pointed shall be in addition to the members of the 
Council, or the members of the subdivision of the 
Council to which the appointment is being made, as 
the case may be, as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVANCED
COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘advanced communications service’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘advanced telecommuni-
cations capability’’ in section 706 of the Tele-
communications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302). 
(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information. 
(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(4) COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT
OR
SERV-
ICE.—The term ‘‘communications equipment or serv-
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4457 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title 
XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers 
offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage 
for additional preventive care for individuals with chronic conditions 
without the imposition of cost sharing requirement, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 
Ms. UNDERWOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 
on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, 
and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group 
health plans and health insurance issuers offering group 
or individual health insurance coverage to provide cov-
erage for additional preventive care for individuals with 
chronic conditions without the imposition of cost sharing 
requirement, 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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(3) APPLICATION PROCESS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
develop an application process and related 
forms and materials for the Program. 
(B) COST ESTIMATE.— 
(i) INITIAL ESTIMATE.—The Commis-
sion shall require an applicant to provide 
an initial reimbursement cost estimate at 
the time of application, with supporting 
materials substantiating the costs. 
(ii) UPDATES.—During and after the 
application review process, the Commission 
may require an applicant to— 
(I) update the initial reimburse-
ment cost estimate submitted under 
clause (i); and 
(II) submit additional supporting 
materials substantiating an updated 
cost estimate submitted under sub-
clause (I). 
(C) MITIGATION
OF
BURDEN.—In devel-
oping the application process under this para-
graph, the Commission shall take reasonable 
steps to mitigate the administrative burdens 
and costs associated with the application proc-
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‘‘(III) 
ADDITIONAL
SUGGES-
TIONS.—Policy suggestions to improve 
protections 
for 
seniors, 
including 
whether the additional information 
provided under this subsection is help-
ing seniors in protecting them against 
fraud. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary 
may— 
‘‘(I) omit information from an 
annual report on fraud schemes tar-
geting seniors if public disclosure of 
the information would compromise an 
ongoing investigation; and 
‘‘(II) report information on fraud 
schemes by categories in an annual 
report if a more detailed disclosure of 
such a scheme would educate crimi-
nals rather than seniors. 
‘‘(iii) 
PRIVATE-PUBLIC
PARTNER-
SHIP.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Office of the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services 
and the Attorney General, may enter into 
an arrangement between public and private 
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appropriated, $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2023.’’. 
(i) COORDINATION
AND CONTINUATION
OF CARE 
FOR DRUG OVERDOSE PATIENTS.—Section 7081(f) of the 
Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid 
Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities 
Act (Public Law 115–271) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appro-
priated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2023.’’. 
(j) EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ALTERNATIVES
TO 
OPIOIDS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Section 7091(g) 
of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes 
Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Commu-
nities Act (Public Law 115–271) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(g) APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appro-
priated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2023.’’. 
(k) REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN SUB-
STANCE USE DISORDER EDUCATION.—Section 551(f) of 
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lic, an annual report on health care fraud 
schemes that are targeted to seniors and steps 
that are being taken to combat such schemes 
and 
to 
educate 
seniors 
concerning 
such 
schemes. The first such report shall be trans-
mitted and made available not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), each annual report under subpara-
graph (A) shall include the following infor-
mation: 
‘‘(I) IDENTIFICATION
OF
MOST 
PREVALENT
FRAUD
SCHEMES.—The 
identification of the 10 most prevalent 
health care fraud schemes that are 
targeted to seniors and the prevalence 
and trends in such schemes. 
‘‘(II) 
PROTECTION
OF
SEN-
IORS.—Actions that seniors and law 
enforcement and government agencies 
are taking and can take to combat 
such schemes and to protect seniors 
against health care fraud schemes. 
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the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–6(f)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appro-
priated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2023.’’. 
(l) YOUTH PREVENTION AND RECOVERY.—Section 
7102(c)(9) of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that 
Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients 
and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry out this sub-
section, there is authorized to be appropriated, and 
there is appropriated, out of any monies in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023.’’. 
(m) COMPREHENSIVE
OPIOID
RECOVERY
CEN-
TERS.—Section 552(j) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 290ee–7(j)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(j) APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appro-
priated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2023.’’. 
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search expenses (as defined in section 41(e)(2)) oth-
erwise allowable as a deduction for the taxable year 
which is equal to the amount of the credit deter-
mined for such taxable year under section 41(a). 
‘‘(2) SIMILAR
RULE
WHERE
TAXPAYER
CAP-
ITALIZES RATHER THAN DEDUCTS EXPENSES.—If— 
‘‘(A) the amount of the credit determined 
for the taxable year under section 41(a)(1), ex-
ceeds 
‘‘(B) the amount allowable as a deduction 
for such taxable year for qualified research ex-
penses or basic research expenses (determined 
without regard to paragraph (1)), 
the amount chargeable to capital account for the 
taxable year for such expenses shall be reduced by 
the amount of such excess. 
‘‘(3) ELECTION OF REDUCED CREDIT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of any 
taxable year for which an election is made 
under this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not 
apply, and 
‘‘(ii) the amount of the credit under 
section 41(a) shall be the amount deter-
mined under subparagraph (B). 
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term in section 609(a) of the Public Utility Regu-
latory Policies Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 918c(a)). 
(6) RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.—The term 
‘‘rural electric cooperative’’ means an electric coopera-
tive (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act 
(16 U.S.C. 796)) that sells electric energy to persons 
in rural areas. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
SEC. 3. ENERGY STORAGE AND MICROGRID ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 
a program under which the Secretary shall— 
(1) provide grants to eligible entities under sub-
section (c); 
(2) provide technical assistance to eligible enti-
ties under subsection (d); and 
(3) disseminate information to eligible entities 
on— 
(A) the activities described in subsections 
(c)(1) and (d); and 
(B) potential and existing energy storage 
and microgrid projects. 
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SEC. 12902. GRANT ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR RADON 
PROGRAMS REAUTHORIZED. 
Section 306(j) of the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2666(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘1989, 1990, 
and 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘2021, 2022, and 2023’’. 
SEC. 12903. REGIONAL RADON TRAINING CENTERS REAU-
THORIZED. 
Section 308(f) of the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2668(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘1989, 1990, 
and 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘2021, 2022, and 2023’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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