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ures and enforceable agreements that allow for thor-
ough program oversight. 
‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE
REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.— 
For the first fiscal year beginning after the date of 
enactment of this section and each fiscal year there-
after, the Director shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress an annual compliance report 
on all covered grants awarded. 
‘‘(4) VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—If, after reasonable 
notice and opportunity for a hearing on the 
record (subject to subparagraph (B)), the Di-
rector finds that a recipient or subrecipient of 
a covered grant has failed to comply substan-
tially with any provision of this section or a 
rule, regulation, guideline, or procedure issued 
under this section, a commitment or certifi-
cation made in the written proposal submitted 
under subsection (c)(2), or the provisions of any 
other applicable law, the Director shall— 
‘‘(i) terminate payments to the recipi-
ent; 
‘‘(ii) suspend payments to the recipi-
ent until the Director is satisfied that the 
noncompliance has ended; or 
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‘‘(iii) take any other action that the 
Director determines appropriate. 
‘‘(B) SUBRECIPIENTS.—A subrecipient of 
a covered grant may not request a hearing 
under subparagraph (A) but may assist a re-
cipient in providing information during the 
hearing process. 
‘‘(f) TIMELINES.— 
‘‘(1) NEGOTIATED
RULEMAKING.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Director shall publish a notice in the Fed-
eral Register to initiate the negotiated rulemaking 
described in section 3(b) of the Securing Urgent Re-
sources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act, 
which shall be completed not later than 180 days 
after that publication. 
‘‘(2) REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.—Not later than 
60 days after the negotiated rulemaking described in 
paragraph (1) is complete, the Director shall publish 
a request for proposal in the Federal Register for 
covered grants. 
‘‘(3) REQUIRED
DISBURSAL.—Not later than 
January 31 of each of the first 10 fiscal years begin-
ning after the date of enactment of this section, the 
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Director shall disburse competitive grants to Indian 
Tribes in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS.—Any amount 
awarded under a covered grant that remains unobligated 
at the end of the fiscal year in which the grant is made 
may be expended for the purpose for which the grant was 
made at any time during the 5 succeeding fiscal years, 
at the end of which period, any unobligated sums shall 
remain available to the Director for award under this sec-
tion in the following fiscal year. 
‘‘(h) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section prohibits— 
‘‘(1) an Indian Tribe from contracting for the 
administration of a program or activity funded 
under this section; or 
‘‘(2) multiple Indian Tribes or Tribal organiza-
tions from forming a consortium for any of the pur-
poses described in this section. 
‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The grant program estab-
lished under this section shall be carried out using 
amounts made available under section 1402(d)(1). 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—For each 
fiscal year in which a grant is made or grant funds 
may be obligated under this section, the Director 
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may use not more than 4 percent of the amounts 
made available under this section for— 
‘‘(A) administration and management of 
covered grants; and 
‘‘(B) training and technical assistance. 
‘‘(j) TERM.—This section shall be effective for the 
first 10 fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment 
of this section.’’. 
(b) FUNDING FOR GRANTS FOR TRIBAL VICTIMS OF 
CRIME.—Section 1402(d) of the Victims of Crime Act of 
1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101(d)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) For each of the first 10 fiscal years begin-
ning after the date of enactment of the Securing Ur-
gent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment 
Act, 5 percent of the total amount in the Fund 
available for obligation during a fiscal year shall be 
made available to the Director to make grants under 
section 1404G.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘after 
compliance with paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘deposited in 
the Fund’’; 
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(3) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ‘‘(1),’’ be-
fore ‘‘(2)’’ each place that term appears. 
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS REGARDING INDIAN TRIBES. 
(a) EXISTING REGULATIONS.—Any regulation, rule, 
or guidance promulgated by the Director of the Office for 
Victims of Crime before the date of enactment of this Act 
shall have no force or effect with respect to section 1404G 
of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by section 
2. 
(b) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office for Victims of Crime, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Interior and Indian Tribes (as 
defined in section 1404G of the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984, as added by section 2) and through no-
tice and comment negotiated rulemaking, following 
the provisions of subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 
5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Ne-
gotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990’), shall promulgate 
final regulations carrying out section 1404G of the 
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Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as added by section 
2. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Of-
fice for Victims of Crime shall ensure that— 
(A) not fewer than 2 Indian Tribes from 
each Bureau of Indian Affairs region partici-
pate in the consultation; and 
(B) small, medium, and large land-based 
Indian Tribes are represented. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1352 
To provide for parity for Guam and the United States Virgin Islands under 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutri-
tion Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2019 
Ms. PLASKETT (for herself and Mr. SAN NICOLAS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide for parity for Guam and the United States Virgin 
Islands under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Federal School Meals 
Parity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PARITY FOR THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 
AND GUAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 12(f) of 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1760(f)), in providing meals and supplements 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and section 4 of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), the Secretary shall 
apply to— 
(1) Guam the average of the reimbursement 
rates applied to Alaska and Hawaii during each fis-
cal year under such provisions of law, respectively; 
and 
(2) the United States Virgin Islands the same 
reimbursement rates applied to Puerto Rico during 
each fiscal year under such provisions of law, respec-
tively. 
(b) SEVERABILITY.—Notwithstanding section 12(f) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1760(f)), in the case of a fiscal year in which the 
Secretary applies the national average reimbursement rate 
for meals and supplements under the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and 
section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1773) to— 
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(1) Alaska or Hawaii, the Secretary shall apply 
to Guam the greatest reimbursement rate applied to 
any other State or territory— 
(A) with respect to meals and supplements 
provided under the school lunch program, under 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); and 
(B) with respect to the meals and supple-
ments provided under the school breakfast pro-
gram, under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); or 
(2) Puerto Rico, the Secretary shall apply to 
the United States Virgin Islands the greatest reim-
bursement rate applied to any other State or terri-
tory— 
(A) with respect to meals and supplements 
provided under the school lunch program, under 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); and 
(B) with respect to meals and supplements 
provided under the school breakfast program, 
under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 
(c) RATE ADJUSTMENT.—Notwithstanding section 
12(f) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
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Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(f)), the Secretary may apply the na-
tional average reimbursement rate prescribed under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1751 et seq.) and section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) to Guam or the United States 
Virgin Islands, or both, if— 
(1) the Secretary— 
(A) determines such application is appro-
priate in a report published pursuant to section 
3; and 
(B) the Secretary publishes such a deter-
mination in the Federal Register with an oppor-
tunity for a public comment period of at least 
60 days; and 
(2) on a date that is after the termination of 
the public comment period required under paragraph 
(1)(B) and at least 30 days before applying such re-
imbursement rate Guam or the United States Virgin 
Islands, the Secretary provides notice— 
(A) to the Congressional committees speci-
fied in section 3(b)(2)(A); 
(B) to each of the delegates to the House 
of Representatives from Guam and the United 
States Virgin Islands, as applicable; and 
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(C) to the Governors of Guam and the 
United States Virgin Islands, as applicable. 
SEC. 3. USDA REPORT ON SCHOOL MEALS REIMBURSE-
MENT RATES IN U.S. TERRITORIES. 
(a) USDA REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and once every 10 years 
thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare and 
publish a report on— 
(1) the cost differences between— 
(A) providing meals and supplements 
under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and section 4 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1773) in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United 
States Virgin Islands, respectively; 
(B) the average cost of providing meals 
and supplements under such provisions of law 
in the contiguous 48 States and the District of 
Columbia; and 
(C) the cost of providing meals and supple-
ments under such provisions of law in Alaska 
and Hawaii; 
(2) the relationship between the cost differences 
under paragraph (1) and the national average pay-
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ment rates for meals and supplements under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and section 4 of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and 
(3) the number and percentage of students who 
are eligible for— 
(A) a free or reduced price lunch under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); and 
(B) the breakfast program under section 4 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1773). 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) published on the Internet website of the 
Federal Register for public comment for no fewer 
than 60 days; and 
(2) finalized within 180 days after the end of 
the public comment period and— 
(A) submitted to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor and the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry of the Senate, and each of the delegates 
or resident commissioner to the House of Rep-
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 135 
To amend the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
Retaliation Act of 2002 to strengthen Federal antidiscrimination laws 
enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and expand 
accountability within the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2019 
Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SENSEN-
BRENNER, and Ms. JACKSON LEE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-
discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to strengthen 
Federal antidiscrimination laws enforced by the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission and expand ac-
countability within the Federal Government, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Federal Employee 
Antidiscrimination Act of 2019’’. 
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resentatives from American Samoa, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and 
the United States Virgin Islands, respectively; 
and 
(B) made readily available on a public 
Government Internet website. 
Æ 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1353 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to apply the same apportionment 
formula to territories and the District of Columbia as is applied to 
States with respect to amounts made available for State purposes from 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2019 
Ms. PLASKETT (for herself, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Mr. SAN NICOLAS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to apply the same 
apportionment formula to territories and the District 
of Columbia as is applied to States with respect to 
amounts made available for State purposes from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘LWCF Parity for Ter-
ritories and DC Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Chapter 2003 of title 54, United States 
Code, establishes the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and defines the term ‘‘State’’ to include the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mar-
iana Islands. 
(2) According to the Bureau of the Census, the 
estimated population of— 
(A) the District of Columbia currently ex-
ceeds the populations of two States; and 
(B) Puerto Rico currently exceeds the pop-
ulations of 21 States. 
SEC. 3. PARITY FOR TERRITORIES AND THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA. 
Section 200305(b) of title 54, United States Code, 
is amended by striking paragraph (5). 
Æ 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1354 
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make improve-
ments to the treatment of the United States territories under the Medi-
care and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2019 
Ms. PLASKETT (for herself, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Mrs. 
RADEWAGEN, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. SERRANO, and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy 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 provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act 
to make improvements to the treatment of the United 
States territories under the Medicare and Medicaid pro-
grams, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Territories Health Equity Act of 2019’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—MEDICAID 
Sec. 101. Elimination of general Medicaid funding limitations (‘‘cap’’) for terri-
tories. 
Sec. 102. Elimination of specific Federal medical assistance percentage 
(FMAP) limitation for territories. 
Sec. 103. Application of Medicaid waiver authority to all of the territories. 
Sec. 104. Permitting Medicaid DSH allotments for territories. 
TITLE II—MEDICARE 
Subtitle A—Part A 
Sec. 201. Calculation of Medicare DSH payments for IPPS hospitals in Puerto 
Rico. 
Sec. 202. Rebasing target amount for hospitals in territories. 
Sec. 203. Medicare DSH target adjustment for hospitals in territories. 
Subtitle B—Part B 
Sec. 211. Application of part B deemed enrollment process to residents of 
Puerto Rico; special enrollment period and limit on late enroll-
ment penalties. 
Subtitle C—Medicare Advantage (Part C) 
Sec. 221. Adjustment in benchmark for low-base payment counties in Puerto 
Rico. 
Subtitle D—Part D 
Sec. 231. Improved use of allocated prescription drug funds by territories. 
Sec. 232. Report on treatment of territories under Medicare part D. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 301. Modified treatment of territories with respect to application of ACA 
annual health insurance provider fees. 
Sec. 302. Medicaid and CHIP territory transparency and information. 
Sec. 303. Report on exclusion of territories from Exchanges. 
Sec. 304. Access to coverage for individuals in certain areas without any avail-
able Exchange plans. 
Sec. 305. Extension of family-to-family health information centers program to 
territories. 
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TITLE I—MEDICAID 
SEC. 101. ELIMINATION OF GENERAL MEDICAID FUNDING 
LIMITATIONS (‘‘CAP’’) FOR TERRITORIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1108 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (g) and (h)’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)(2), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘subsection 
(h)’’ after ‘‘subject to’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) SUNSET OF MEDICAID FUNDING LIMITATIONS 
FOR PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, THE 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA.— 
Subsections (f) and (g) shall not apply to Puerto Rico, 
the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
and American Samoa beginning with fiscal year 2020.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1902(j) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘, the 
limitation in section 1108(f),’’. 
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(2) Section 1903(u) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396b(u)) is amended by striking para-
graph (4). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply beginning with fiscal year 2020. 
SEC. 102. ELIMINATION OF SPECIFIC FEDERAL MEDICAL 
ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGE (FMAP) LIMITA-
TION FOR TERRITORIES. 
Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396d(b)) is amended, in clause (2), by inserting ‘‘for fis-
cal years before fiscal year 2020’’ after ‘‘American 
Samoa’’. 
SEC. 103. APPLICATION OF MEDICAID WAIVER AUTHORITY 
TO ALL OF THE TERRITORIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(j) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(j)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘American Samoa and the 
Northern Mariana Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, and American Samoa’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘American Samoa or the North-
ern Mariana Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘Puerto Rico, 
the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, or American Samoa’’; 
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(3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Notwith-
standing’’; 
(4) by inserting ‘‘except as otherwise provided 
in this subsection,’’ after ‘‘Notwithstanding any 
other requirement of this title’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not waive under this sub-
section the requirement of subsection (a)(10)(A)(i)(IX) 
(relating to coverage of adults formerly under foster care) 
with respect to any territory.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply beginning October 1, 2019. 
SEC. 104. PERMITTING MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENTS FOR 
TERRITORIES. 
Section 1923(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396r–4(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) TERRITORIES.— 
‘‘(i) FISCAL
YEAR
2020.—For fiscal 
year 2020, the DSH allotment for Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the North-
ern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa 
shall bear the same ratio to $300,000,000 
as the ratio of the number of individuals 
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