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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4707 
To amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that 
any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of- 
time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relat-
ing to overtime pay. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 16, 2019 
Mr. SARBANES (for himself and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to 
provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters 
under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be ex-
cluded for purposes of determinations relating to over-
time pay. 
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 Firefighter 
Flexibility and Fairness Act’’. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4697 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the definition of commercial 
motor vehicle, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 16, 2019 
Mr. DELGADO (for himself, Mr. TONKO, and Ms. STEFANIK) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the defini-
tion of commercial motor vehicle, 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 ‘‘End the Limo Loop-
hole Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31301(4)(B) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘to transport 
at least 16 passengers including the driver’’ and inserting 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4713 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
make certain improvements in the Office for Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of 
Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
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(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 20. SUNSET. 
This Act shall terminate on the date that is three 
years after the date on which sanctions imposed pursuant 
to this Act have terminated. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 29, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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‘‘or used to transport 9 or more passengers, including the 
driver’’. 
(b) COMPLETION OF RULEMAKING.—Not later than 
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall complete the rulemaking process and issue a 
final rule with respect to the withdrawn rulemaking enti-
tled ‘‘State Inspection Programs for Passenger-Carrier 
Vehicles’’, published in the Federal Register on April 27, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 24769). 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4699 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the matching 
requirement for a territory to use specially allocated Federal funds for 
Medicare covered part D drugs for low-income individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 16, 2019 
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove 
the matching requirement for a territory to use specially 
allocated Federal funds for Medicare covered part D 
drugs for low-income individuals. 
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. REMOVING MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR A 
TERRITORY TO USE SPECIALLY ALLOCATED 
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR MEDICARE COVERED 
PART D DRUGS FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVID-
UALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1935(e)(1)(B) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–5(e)(1)(B)) is amend-
ed by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘and the Federal medical assistance percentage shall be 
100 percent for expenditures under such plan that are at-
tributable to this subsection and the additional amounts 
provided under paragraph (3)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1905(b) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 1933(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 
1933(d) and 1935(e)(1)(B)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts expended for fiscal pe-
riods beginning on or after October 1, 2020. 
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with the requirement under subparagraph (A) 
regarding ceding risk through contracts having 
a duration longer than one year.’’. 
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side the United States is ineligible for loans made 
under part D of title IV unless— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a graduate medical 
school located outside the United States— 
‘‘(i) at least 60 percent of those en-
rolled in, and at least 60 percent of the 
graduates of, the graduate medical school 
outside the United States were not persons 
described in section 484(a)(5) in the year 
preceding the year for which a student is 
seeking a loan under part D of title IV; 
and 
‘‘(ii) at least 75 percent of the individ-
uals who were students or graduates of the 
graduate medical school outside the United 
States or Canada (both nationals of the 
United States and others) taking the ex-
aminations administered by the Edu-
cational Commission for Foreign Medical 
Graduates received a passing score in the 
year preceding the year for which a stu-
dent is seeking a loan under part D of title 
IV; 
‘‘(B) in the case of a veterinary school lo-
cated outside the United States that does not 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4702 
To amend the Small Business Act to modify the timeframe for determining 
the size standard for manufacturing small business concerns. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 16, 2019 
Mr. KELLY of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to modify the timeframe 
for determining the size standard for manufacturing 
small business concerns. 
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 ‘‘Small Business Size 
Standard Manufacturing Clarification Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO SIZE STANDARD FOR MANUFAC-
TURING SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
Section 3(a)(2)(C)(ii)(I) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)(C)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking 
‘‘12 months’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 
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In the Senate of the United States, 
December 14, 2020. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4704) entitled ‘‘An Act to direct the Director of 
the National Science Foundation to support multidisciplinary 
research on the science of suicide, and to advance the knowl-
edge and understanding of issues that may be associated with 
several aspects of suicide including intrinsic and extrinsic fac-
tors related to areas such as wellbeing, resilience, and vulner-
ability.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Research to 
Prevent Suicide Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following:
† HR 4704 EAS 
(1) The rate of Americans dying by suicide is on 
the rise, increasing 10.7 to 14.0 deaths per 100,000 
people from 2001 to 2017. 
(2) Suicide is the tenth-leading cause of death 
among people in the United States and the second- 
leading cause of death for young people between the 
ages of 15 and 34. 
(3) The National Science Foundation funds re-
search that is improving our basic understanding of 
factors with potential relevance to suicide, including 
potential relevance to prevention and treatment. 
(4) Despite progress in mental health research, 
current gaps exist in scientific understanding and 
basic knowledge of human neural, genetic, cognitive, 
perceptual, behavioral, social, and environmental fac-
tors with potential relevance to suicide. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation, in consultation with the Director of 
the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the 
National Institute of Mental Health and taking into consid-
eration prioritized research agendas or strategic plans, as 
appropriate, shall, subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, award grants on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis 
to institutions of higher education (or consortia of such in-
† HR 4704 EAS 
stitutions) to support multidisciplinary, fundamental re-
search with potential relevance to suicide, including poten-
tial relevance to prevention and treatment, including, but 
not limited to— 
(1) basic understanding of human social behav-
ior; 
(2) the neural basis of human cognition; 
(3) basic understanding of cognitive, linguistic, 
social, cultural, and biological processes related to 
human development across the lifespan; 
(4) basic understanding of perceptual, motor, 
and cognitive processes, and their interaction, in typ-
ical human behavior; and 
(5) basic understanding of the relevance of drug 
and alcohol abuse. 
(b) ENCOURAGING APPLICATIONS FROM EARLY CA-
REER RESEARCHERS.—To promote the development of 
early career researchers, in awarding funds under sub-
section (a), the Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall encourage applications submitted by early career re-
† HR 4704 EAS 
searchers, including doctoral students or postdoctoral re-
searchers. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4704 
AN ACT 
To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation 
to support multidisciplinary research on the science of 
suicide, and to advance the knowledge and understanding 
of issues that may be associated with several aspects 
of suicide including intrinsic and extrinsic factors related 
to areas such as wellbeing, resilience, and vulnerability.
meet the requirements of subsection (a)(4), the 
institution’s students complete their clinical 
training at an approved veterinary school lo-
cated in the United States; or 
‘‘(C) in the case of a nursing school lo-
cated outside of the United States— 
‘‘(i) the nursing school has an agree-
ment with a hospital, or accredited school 
of nursing (as such terms are defined in 
section 801 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 296)), located in the 
United States that requires the students of 
the nursing school to complete the stu-
dents’ clinical training at such hospital or 
accredited school of nursing; 
‘‘(ii) the nursing school has an agree-
ment with an accredited school of nursing 
located in the United States providing that 
the students graduating from the nursing 
school located outside of the United States 
also receive a degree from the accredited 
school of nursing located in the United 
States; 
‘‘(iii) the nursing school certifies only 
Federal Direct Stafford Loans under sec-
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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 ‘‘Advancing Research 
to Prevent Suicide Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The rate of Americans dying by suicide is 
on the rise, increasing 10.7 to 14.0 deaths per 
100,000 people from 2001 to 2017. 
(2) Suicide is the tenth-leading cause of death 
among people in the United States and the second- 
leading cause of death for young people between the 
ages of 15 and 34. 
(3) The National Science Foundation funds re-
search that is improving our basic understanding of 
factors with potential relevance to suicide, including 
potential relevance to prevention and treatment. 
(4) Despite progress in mental health research, 
current gaps exist in scientific understanding and 
basic knowledge of human neural, genetic, cognitive, 
perceptual, behavioral, social, and environmental fac-
tors with potential relevance to suicide.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH. 
(a) The Director of the National Science Foundation, 
in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes 
of Health and the Director of the National Institute on 
Mental Health where appropriate, shall, subject to the 
availability of appropriations, award grants on a competi-
tive, merit-reviewed basis to institutions of higher edu-
cation (or consortia of such institutions) to support multi-
disciplinary, fundamental research with potential rel-
evance to suicide, including potential relevance to preven-
tion and treatment, including but not limited to— 
(1) basic understanding of human social behav-
ior; 
(2) the neural basis of human cognition; 
(3) basic understanding of cognitive, linguistic, 
social, cultural and biological processes related to 
human development across the lifespan; 
(4) basic understanding of perceptual, motor, 
and cognitive processes, and their interaction, in 
typical human behavior; and 
(5) basic understanding of the relevance of drug 
and alcohol abuse. 
(b) To promote the development of early career re-
searchers, in awarding funds under subsection (a) the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall encourage applications
submitted by early career researchers, including doctoral 
students or postdoctoral researchers. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 27, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4704 
AN ACT 
To direct the Director of the National Science 
Foundation to support multidisciplinary research 
on the science of suicide, and to advance the 
knowledge and understanding of issues that may 
be associated with several aspects of suicide in-
cluding intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to 
areas such as wellbeing, resilience, and vulner-
ability.
H. R. 4704 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 
An Act 
To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support multidisci-
plinary research on the science of suicide, and to advance the knowledge and 
understanding of issues that may be associated with several aspects of suicide 
including intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to areas such as wellbeing, resil-
ience, and vulnerability. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Research to Prevent 
Suicide Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The rate of Americans dying by suicide is on the rise, 
increasing 10.7 to 14.0 deaths per 100,000 people from 2001 
to 2017. 
(2) Suicide is the tenth-leading cause of death among people 
in the United States and the second-leading cause of death 
for young people between the ages of 15 and 34. 
(3) The National Science Foundation funds research that 
is improving our basic understanding of factors with potential 
relevance to suicide, including potential relevance to prevention 
and treatment. 
(4) Despite progress in mental health research, current 
gaps exist in scientific understanding and basic knowledge of 
human neural, genetic, cognitive, perceptual, behavioral, social, 
and environmental factors with potential relevance to suicide. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National Science Founda-
tion, in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes 
of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Mental 
Health and taking into consideration prioritized research agendas 
or strategic plans, as appropriate, shall, subject to the availability 
of appropriations, award grants on a competitive, merit-reviewed 
basis to institutions of higher education (or consortia of such institu-
tions) to support multidisciplinary, fundamental research with 
potential relevance to suicide, including potential relevance to 
prevention and treatment, including, but not limited to— 
(1) basic understanding of human social behavior; 
(2) the neural basis of human cognition; 
(3) basic understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cul-
tural, and biological processes related to human development 
across the lifespan;
H. R. 4704—2 
(4) basic understanding of perceptual, motor, and cognitive 
processes, and their interaction, in typical human behavior; 
and 
(5) basic understanding of the relevance of drug and alcohol 
abuse. 
(b) 
ENCOURAGING
APPLICATIONS
FROM
EARLY
CAREER 
RESEARCHERS.—To promote the development of early career 
researchers, in awarding funds under subsection (a), the Director 
of the National Science Foundation shall encourage applications 
submitted by early career researchers, including doctoral students 
or postdoctoral researchers. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF HOURS WORKED UNDER A QUALI-
FIED TRADE-OF-TIME ARRANGEMENT. 
Section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, any hours worked by a firefighter under a quali-
fied trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for 
purposes of any determination relating to eligibility for, 
or the amount of, any overtime pay under this section. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘qualified trade-of-time arrange-
ment’ means an arrangement under which 2 fire-
fighters who are employed by the same agency 
agree, solely at their option and with the approval 
of their employing agency, to substitute for one an-
other during scheduled work hours in the perform-
ance of work in the same capacity; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘firefighter’ means a firefighter 
as defined by section 8331(21) or 8401(14).’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 311 of title 49 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘31162. Grant program for safety of stretch limousines.’’. 
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account all sales made or reasonably expected 
to be made without a time limitation; or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to an application ap-
proved or a license issued on or prior to the 
date of enactment of this subsection, not later 
than 60 days after such date of enactment, that 
there was no reasonable expectation at the time 
of such approval or issuance that the cost of de-
veloping and making available in the United 
States such drug for such disease or condition 
would be recovered from sales in the United 
States of such drug, taking into account all 
sales made or reasonably expected to be made 
without a time limitation; and 
‘‘(B) annually for the duration of the 7- 
year period described in subsection (a) with re-
spect to the drug, that there continues to be no 
reasonable expectation that the cost of devel-
oping and making available in the United 
States such drug for such disease or condition 
will be recovered from sales in the United 
States of such drug, taking into account all 
sales made or reasonably expected to be made 
without a time limitation. 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) and under section 1107a(d) of title 10, 
United States Code, the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs— 
(A) may only acquire and purchase Amer-
ican-made and Federal Drug Administration 
approved raw materials, medicines, and vaccines 
for the Department of Defense; and 
(B) shall use the authorities under the De-
fense Production Act to acquire and purchase 
such raw materials, medicines, and vaccines, 
recognizing the national security vulnerabilities 
of a dependency on a foreign medical supply 
chain. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 
in any case where the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that a shortage of any raw material, medicine, 
or vaccine is such that it becomes unavoidable to ac-
quire such raw material, medicine, or vaccine from 
a trusted foreign supplier. 
(3) AMERICAN-MADE.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘‘American-made’’ supplied 
from, created, or supplied by the United States, in-
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cluding any territory or possession of the United 
States. 
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