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‘‘(K) ANNUAL
REPORTING.—Not later 
than 1 year after the first grant is awarded 
under subparagraph (J), and annually there-
after, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 
a report on the effectiveness of disbursements 
made from high cost funds for the most recent 
fiscal year, which shall include— 
‘‘(i) the amount of grant funds award-
ed to each State under subparagraph (J); 
‘‘(ii) the number of States that re-
ceived a waiver pursuant to subparagraph 
(J)(vi); 
‘‘(iii) an identification of each State 
that did not receive a grant under sub-
paragraph (J), but made disbursements 
from a high cost fund established under 
subparagraph (A)(i) solely using the funds 
the State reserved pursuant to subpara-
graph (A)(i); and 
‘‘(iv) an identification of each State 
that did not receive a grant under sub-
paragraph (J), but made disbursements 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4645 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow certain payments 
made by public service employees to qualify for public service repayment, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2019 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow certain 
payments made by public service employees to qualify 
for public service repayment, 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 ‘‘Public Service Loan 
Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. QUALIFYING PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 455(m) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘subject to 
paragraph (5),’’ before ‘‘has made’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) FIRST 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of 
meeting the requirement under subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (1), the first 60 monthly pay-
ments may be payments under a repayment 
plan under subsection (d)(1) or (g). 
‘‘(B) 
APPLICABILITY.—This 
paragraph 
shall apply to borrowers who on or after the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph have 
made less than 120 monthly payments under 
paragraph (1)(A).’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO BORROWERS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Education shall— 
(1) inform each borrower of a loan made under 
part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) of— 
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(A) paragraph (5) of section 455(m) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(m)), as amended by this Act; and 
(B) the effect of such paragraph on loan 
cancellation under such section 455(m) (20 
U.S.C. 1087e(m)); and 
(2) provide information to such borrowers on 
how to change repayment plans. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4647 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain eligibility 
provisions for loan forgiveness for teachers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2019 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself and Mr. TAKANO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change 
certain eligibility provisions for loan forgiveness for 
teachers, 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 ‘‘Teacher Debt Relief 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHERS. 
The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 428J(g)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1078– 
10(g)(2))— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (B); 
(2) in section 455(m) (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), in 
paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘both this subsection and 
section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460’’ and inserting 
‘‘both this subsection and section 428K or 428L’’; 
and 
(3) 
in 
section 
460(g)(2) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1087j(g)(2))— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (B). 
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making each such allowance deter-
mination; and 
‘‘(ii) a process for granting institu-
tions of higher education a waiver from the 
requirements of clause (i), including— 
‘‘(I) a requirement that each in-
stitution of higher education seeking 
such a waiver submit to the Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(aa) a description of the 
methodology that the institution 
will use for each allowance deter-
mination described in clause (i); 
‘‘(bb) an assurance that 
each such allowance determina-
tion meets the requirements of 
clause (i)(I); and 
‘‘(cc) a demonstration that 
the institution will use reliable 
sources of information for each 
such 
allowance 
determination; 
and 
‘‘(II) a requirement that each in-
stitution of higher education that re-
ceives such a waiver publicly disclose 
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on the website of the institution the 
methodology and sources of informa-
tion used by the institution for each 
allowance determination described in 
clause (i).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Any regulation proposed by the Secretary 
under paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection shall not 
be subject to the requirements of paragraph (2).’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS.— 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Education shall issue regulations 
that meet the requirements of subparagraph (C) of section 
478(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087rr(a)(1)), as added by subsection (a). 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 464 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity 
compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 10, 2019 
Mr. JONES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve depend-
ency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain 
totally disabled veterans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT FOR DEPENDENCY 
AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SUR-
VIVORS OF CERTAIN TOTALLY DISABLED 
VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1318(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall treat a notification of the death of a veteran de-
scribed in subsection (b) as a claim by the surviving 
spouse and children of the deceased veteran for benefits 
under this chapter. The Secretary may not require that 
such spouse and children file a claim for such benefits.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to deaths of veterans oc-
curring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4655 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain 
rules regarding the treatment of eligible retirement plans in determining 
the eligibility of individuals for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under 
part D of the Medicare program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2019 
Mrs. LEE of Nevada (for herself, Mr. DELGADO, and Ms. CLARKE of New 
York) 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 provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for certain rules regarding the treatment of eligible re-
tirement plans in determining the eligibility of individuals 
for premium and cost-sharing subsidies under part D 
of the Medicare program, 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 ‘‘Enhancing Retirement 
Security for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4656 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to seek 
to enter an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engi-
neering, and Medicine to conduct a study on the science of background 
ozone in the United States and to provide research recommendations 
to better understand background ozone contributions to ground-level 
ozone, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2019 
Mr. MCADAMS (for himself and Mr. ROONEY of Florida) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to seek to enter an agreement with the National 
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to 
conduct a study on the science of background ozone 
in the United States and to provide research rec-
ommendations to better understand background ozone 
contributions to ground-level ozone, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Background Ozone Re-
search Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Ground-level ozone, a type of tropospheric 
ozone, is created when nitrogen oxides (NOX) and 
volatile organic compounds (VOCs), emitted by 
motor vehicles, power plants, other industrial proc-
esses, or natural processes like wildfires, chemically 
react in the presence of ultraviolet (UV) radiation 
from the Sun. 
(2) Ground-level ozone present in a given area 
may be attributed to either local, human produced 
sources or sources that are not local and human pro-
duced. 
(3) United States background ozone (hereafter 
referred to as ‘‘background ozone’’) is the ground- 
level ozone that would exist in the absence of any 
human-produced emissions inside the United States. 
(4) Ground level ozone is considered a harmful 
pollutant due to its effects on people and the envi-
ronment and is the main component of smog. 
(5) The American Thoracic Society estimated 
the annual excess mortality due to ground-level 
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paragraph for fiscal year 2018 and for each 
succeeding fiscal year, such cohort default rate 
shall be adjusted as follows: 
‘‘(I) In determining the number of 
current and former students at an institu-
tion who enter repayment for such fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(aa) any such student who is in 
nonmandatory forbearance for such 
fiscal year for a period of greater than 
18 months but less than 36 months 
shall not be counted as entering re-
payment for such fiscal year; 
‘‘(bb) such a student shall be 
counted as entering repayment for the 
first fiscal year for which the student 
ceases to be in a period of forbearance 
and otherwise meets the requirements 
for being in repayment; and 
‘‘(cc) any such student who is in 
a period of forbearance for three or 
more years shall be counted as in de-
fault and included in the institution’s 
total number of students in default. 
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ozone in the United States at 3,880 individuals as 
of 2017. 
(6) Ground-level ozone has been linked to plant 
damages and thus diminished crop yields. 
(7) A number of cities and regions in the 
United States remain out of compliance with Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Ambi-
ent Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground- 
level ozone. 
(8) Further research would help to understand 
background ozone trends and how to mitigate back-
ground ozone. 
SEC. 3. STUDY ON BACKGROUND OZONE RESEARCH NEEDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall seek to enter an 
agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engi-
neering, and Medicine (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Na-
tional Academies’’) under which the National Academies 
shall conduct a study on the current and future research 
needs regarding background ozone. The study shall— 
(1) propose a framework of standard terms and 
definitions for types of non-local ground level ozone, 
including types of background ozone, to standardize 
research on ground-level ozone; 
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(2) examine the current understanding of back-
ground sources of ozone and the contribution of such 
sources to ground-level ozone in the United States to 
identify gaps in knowledge that need to be addressed 
with additional research; 
(3) examine challenges in quantifying the 
sources of background ozone and the contributions 
of each such source to ground-level ozone on a re-
gional scale in the United States and identifies spe-
cific research needs to address these challenges; 
(4) include an outline of a plan for a research 
and development program, including specifications 
for costs, timeframes, and responsible agencies, to 
support analysis and demonstration of background 
ozone trends, including by— 
(A) improving collection and observational 
infrastructure; 
(B) improving confidence in model outputs; 
(C) reducing uncertainties in estimates of 
background ozone; and 
(D) making background ozone research 
outputs more useful and accessible to decision- 
makers; and 
(5) identify opportunities for international en-
gagement that may facilitate increased research col-
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laborations that improve understanding of ozone 
trends. 
(b) REPORT.—As a condition of any agreement under 
subsection (a), the Administrator shall require that the 
National Academies transmit to Congress a report on the 
results of the study under subsection (a) not later than 
24 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4657 
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider greenhouse 
gas emissions related to natural gas pipelines, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2019 
Mr. MCGOVERN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
consider greenhouse gas emissions related to natural gas 
pipelines, 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. REVIEW OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 
FROM PIPELINE PROJECTS. 
In complying with the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) with respect to the issuance of a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity under section 7 of the Natural 
Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) for a natural gas pipeline, the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall consider 
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greenhouse gas emissions associated with the construction 
and operation of the pipeline, and the production, trans-
portation, and combustion of the natural gas to be trans-
ported through the pipeline. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1005(f) of 
title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘88,’’ after ‘‘87,’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for part 
III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end of subpart G the following: 
‘‘88. Non-Work Related Short-Term Disability 
Insurance .................................................................. 8801’’. 
(d) DATE OF APPLICATION.—The amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall apply to contracts that take effect 
with respect to the first calender year that begins more 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion. 
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SEC. 2. WRITTEN, ELECTRONIC, OR VERBAL ENROLLMENT 
IN INCOME-BASED REPAYMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall 
develop and implement a process that enables a covered 
borrower of a loan made under part D of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) who desires 
to elect to repay such loan under income-based repayment 
under subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 455(d)(1) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(d)(1)) to make such election through written, elec-
tronic, or verbal notice to the Secretary of Education. 
(b) COVERED BORROWER DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered borrower’’ means a borrower of a loan 
made under part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) who— 
(1) is enrolled in an income-based repayment 
under subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 455(d)(1) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(d)(1)); or 
(2) has not yet selected a repayment plan and 
is in the grace period for such loan. 
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‘‘(II) Such rate shall be multiplied by 
the percentage of students enrolled at the 
institution for such fiscal year who are 
borrowing a loan under part D of this title. 
‘‘(ii) The result obtained under this sub-
paragraph for an institution shall be referred to 
in this Act as the ‘adjusted cohort default 
rate’.’’. 
(c) PUBLICATION OF ADJUSTED COHORT DEFAULT 
RATE.—Section 435(m) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085(m)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(5) Beginning on the date on which the final 
adjusted cohort default rates for fiscal year 2018 are 
made available for publication by the Secretary, 
paragraph (4) shall be applied by substituting ‘ad-
justed cohort default’ for ‘cohort default’ each place 
it appears.’’. 
SEC. 7. ADJUSTED COHORT DEFAULT RATE. 
Section 487(a)(14) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) Beginning on the date on which the 
final adjusted cohort default rates are published 
by the Secretary for fiscal year 2018 under sec-
tion 435(m), subparagraph (C) shall be applied 
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