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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 498 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 23 (legislative day, JANUARY 22), 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To eliminate unused sections of the United States Code, 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Up the Code 
Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEALS. 
The following provisions of title 18, United States 
Code, are repealed: 
(1) Section 46 relating to transportation of 
water hyacinths. 
(2) Section 511A relating to unauthorized ap-
plication of theft prevention decal or device. 
(3) Section 707 relating to 4–H club emblem 
fraudulently used. 
(4) Section 708 relating to Swiss Confederation 
coat of arms. 
(5) Section 711 relating to ‘‘Smokey Bear’’ 
character or name. 
(6) Section 711a relating to ‘‘Woodsy Owl’’ 
character, name, or slogan. 
(7) Section 715 relating to ‘‘The Golden Eagle 
Insignia’’. 
(8) Chapter 89—Professions and Occupations. 
(9) Section 1921 relating to receiving Federal 
employees’ compensation after marriage. 
SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TABLE OF CHAPTERS FOR PART I OF TITLE 
18.—The table of chapters for part I of title 18, United 
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States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 
chapter 89. 
(b) TABLE
OF SECTIONS
FOR CHAPTER 3.—The 
table of sections for chapter 3 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
46. 
(c) TABLE OF SECTIONS FOR CHAPTER 25.—The 
table of sections for chapter 25 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
511A. 
(d) TABLE OF SECTIONS FOR CHAPTER 33.—The 
table of sections for chapter 33 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to section 707; 
(2) by striking the item relating to section 708; 
(3) by striking the item relating to section 711; 
(4) by striking the item relating to section 
711a; and 
(5) by striking the item relating to section 715. 
(e) TABLE OF SECTIONS FOR CHAPTER 93.—The 
table of sections for chapter 93 of title 18, United States 
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tory judgment under section 3(c) or section 5, 
and thereby prevented a voting qualification or 
prerequisite to voting or standard, practice, or 
procedure with respect to voting from being en-
forced anywhere within the State or subdivision. 
‘‘(D) OBJECTION BY THE ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.—The Attorney General has interposed 
an objection under section 3(c) or section 5 
(and the objection has not been overturned by 
a final judgment of a court or withdrawn by the 
Attorney General), and thereby prevented a vot-
ing qualification or prerequisite to voting or 
standard, practice, or procedure with respect to 
voting from being enforced anywhere within the 
State or subdivision. 
‘‘(E) CONSENT DECREE, SETTLEMENT, OR 
OTHER AGREEMENT.—A consent decree, settle-
ment, or other agreement was entered into, 
which resulted in the alteration or abandonment 
of a voting practice anywhere in the territory of 
such State that was challenged on the ground 
that the practice denied or abridged the right of 
any citizen of the United States to vote on ac-
count of race, color, or membership in a lan-
guage minority group in violation of subsection
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Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
1921. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 22, 
2019. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(C) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by inserting 
‘‘or mental health assessment’’ after ‘‘physical 
examination’’ both places it appears. 
SEC. 3. HEALTH CARE PLANNING IN THE TRANSITION AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 1142(b)(10) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘health care,’’ after ‘‘edu-
cational,’’. 
SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING MEMBERS SEPA-
RATING FROM THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1073b of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section (c): 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON MEMBERS SEPARATING 
FROM THE ARMED FORCES.—(1) Not later than July 1 
of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall issue a report 
to Congress on data compiled from physical examinations 
and mental health assessments of members of the armed 
forces conducted under section 1145(a)(5) of this title. 
The report shall cover the calendar year preceding the 
year in which the report is submitted. 
‘‘(2) The report under paragraph (1) shall, with re-
spect to members described in section 1145(a)(5) of this 
title, include the following information: 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4992 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on suicide 
prevention in the military health care system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 
Ms. GABBARD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot 
program on suicide prevention in the military health 
care system. 
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 ‘‘Recovery Engagement 
And Coordination for Health–Military Innovations for 
Life Act’’ or the ‘‘REACH MIL Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON SUICIDE PREVENTION IN MILI-
TARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall 
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carry out a pilot program on suicide prevention in the mili-
tary health care system. Such program shall be similar 
to the REACH VET predictive analysis pilot program car-
ried out by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS PROCESS.— 
(1) PRE-EMPTIVE CARE.—In carrying out the 
pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall ana-
lyze existing data from health records of members of 
the Armed Force serving on active duty to identify 
the members who are at a statistically elevated risk 
for suicide, hospitalization, illness, or other adverse 
outcomes, in order to provide pre-emptive care and 
support for such members before such members have 
or express suicidal thoughts to clinicians. 
(2) PROCESS.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
the predictive analytics process developed pursuant 
to paragraph (1)— 
(A) identifies members of the Armed 
Forces serving on active duty who are at high 
statistical risk for suicide; 
(B) flags the records of the members; and 
(C) requires health care providers of the 
military health care system to contact such 
members to initiate a care plan. 
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(c) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall provide information under the pilot program 
under subsection (a) with the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces serving 
on active duty who transitions from the military health 
care system to the health care system of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs is able to schedule appropriate follow- 
up mental health care appointments with the Department 
of Veterans Affairs. 
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recipients of such reimbursements are com-
plying with this Act; and 
(B) random field investigations to ensure 
that recipients of reimbursements under the 
Program are performing the work such recipi-
ents are required to perform under the commit-
ments made in the applications of such recipi-
ents for reimbursements under the Program, in-
cluding the permanent removal, replacement, 
and disposal of the covered communications 
equipment or services identified under sub-
section (d)(4)(A)(i). 
(4) FINAL CERTIFICATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
require a recipient of a reimbursement under 
the Program to submit to the Commission, in 
a form and at an appropriate time to be deter-
mined by the Commission, a certification stat-
ing that the recipient— 
(i) has fully complied with (or is in 
the process of complying with) all terms 
and conditions of the Program; 
(ii) has fully complied with (or is in 
the process of complying with) the commit-
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‘‘SEC. 763. TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. 
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a program to award grants to accredited schools of 
allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, and nursing, 
and other health professional training programs for the 
training of health care professionals to reduce and prevent 
discrimination (including training related to implicit and 
explicit biases) in the provision of health care services re-
lated to prenatal care, labor care, birthing, and 
postpartum care. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
subsection (a), an entity described in such subsection shall 
submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(c) 
REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Each 
entity 
awarded a grant under this section shall periodically sub-
mit to the Secretary a report on the status of activities 
conducted using the grant, including a description of the 
impact of such training on patient outcomes, as applicable. 
‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary may identify 
and disseminate best practices for the training of health 
care professionals to reduce and prevent discrimination 
(including training related to implicit and explicit biases) 
in the provision of health care services related to prenatal 
care, labor care, birthing, and postpartum care. 
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Health Service Act (as added by this section) (in-
cluding best practices and models of care relating to 
the reduction of health disparities, including such 
disparities associated with racial and ethnic minority 
populations, in rates of maternal mortality and se-
vere maternal morbidity) to relevant stakeholders, 
which may include health providers, medical schools, 
nursing schools, relevant State, tribal, and local 
agencies, and the general public. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4996 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a State option 
under the Medicaid program to provide for and extend continuous cov-
erage for certain individuals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mrs. 
RODGERS of Washington, Ms. PRESSLEY, and Mr. CARTER of Georgia) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 
for a State option under the Medicaid program to provide 
for and extend continuous coverage for certain individ-
uals, 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 ‘‘Helping Medicaid 
Offer Maternity Services Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘Helping 
MOMS Act of 2019’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4997 
To amend section 708 of title 17, United States Code, to permit the Register 
of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration 
of a copyright claim in certain circumstances, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 
Mrs. ROBY (for herself and Mr. JEFFRIES) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 708 of title 17, United States Code, to 
permit the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing 
an application for registration of a copyright claim in 
certain circumstances, 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 ‘‘Artistic Recognition 
for Talented Students Act’’ or the ‘‘ARTS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WAIVER OF FEES FOR WINNERS OF CERTAIN COM-
PETITIONS. 
Section 708 of title 17, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘covered competi-
tion’ means— 
‘‘(A) an art competition sponsored by the Con-
gressional Institute that is open only to high school 
students; and 
‘‘(B) the competition described in section 3 of 
H. Res. 77, as adopted by the 113th Congress. 
‘‘(2) With respect to a work that wins a covered com-
petition, the Register of Copyrights— 
‘‘(A) shall waive the requirement under sub-
section (a)(1) with respect to an application for reg-
istration of a copyright claim for that work if that 
application is filed not later than the last day of the 
calendar year following the year in which the work 
claimed by the application wins the covered competi-
tion (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘covered 
year’); and 
‘‘(B) may waive the fee described in subpara-
graph (A) for an application filed after the end of 
the covered year if the fee would have been waived 
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under that subparagraph had the application been 
submitted before the last day of the covered year.’’. 
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graph that provided the basis for a determination by 
the Commission under subsection (b)(1) with respect 
to any communications equipment or service is re-
versed, the Commission shall remove such equipment 
or service from such list, except that the Commission 
may not remove such equipment or service from 
such list if any other determination described in any 
such paragraph provides a basis for inclusion on 
such list by the Commission under subsection (b)(1) 
with respect to such equipment or service. 
(3) PUBLIC
NOTIFICATION.—For each 12- 
month period during which the list published under 
subsection (a) is not updated, the Commission shall 
notify the public that no updates were necessary 
during such period to protect national security or to 
address changes in the determinations described in 
paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (c). 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL SUB-
SIDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—A Federal subsidy that is 
made available through a program administered by 
the Commission and that provides funds to be used 
for the capital expenditures necessary for the provi-
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sion of advanced communications service may not be 
used to— 
(A) purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise ob-
tain any covered communications equipment or 
service; or 
(B) maintain any covered communications 
equipment or service previously purchased, 
rented, leased, or otherwise obtained. 
(2) TIMING.—Paragraph (1) shall apply with 
respect to any covered communications equipment or 
service beginning on the date that is 60 days after 
the date on which the Commission places such 
equipment or service on the list required by section 
2(a). In the case of any covered communications 
equipment or service that is on the initial list pub-
lished under such section, such equipment or service 
shall be treated as being placed on the list on the 
date on which such list is published. 
(b) COMPLETION OF PROCEEDING.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall adopt a Report and Order to implement 
subsection (a). If the Commission has, before the date of 
the enactment of this Act, taken action that in whole or 
in part implements subsection (a), the Commission is not 
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Reimbursement Program established under section 
4(a). 
(9) PROVIDER OF ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE.—The term ‘‘provider of advanced commu-
nications service’’ means a person who provides ad-
vanced communications service to United States cus-
tomers. 
(10) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘recipient’’ means 
any provider of advanced communications service the 
application of which for a reimbursement under the 
Program has been approved by the Commission, re-
gardless of whether the provider has received reim-
bursement funds. 
(11) REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS.—The term ‘‘re-
imbursement funds’’ means any reimbursement re-
ceived under the Program. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 499 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the treatment 
of certain surviving spouses under the definition of small 
business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled 
veterans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
of any citizen of the United States to vote on 
account of race, color, or membership in a lan-
guage minority group, in violation of the 14th 
or 15th Amendment, occurred anywhere within 
the State or subdivision. 
‘‘(B) FINAL
JUDGMENT; VIOLATIONS
OF 
THIS ACT.—In a final judgment (which has not 
been reversed on appeal), any court of the 
United States has determined that a voting 
qualification or prerequisite to voting or stand-
ard, practice, or procedure with respect to vot-
ing was imposed or applied or would have been 
imposed or applied anywhere within the State 
or subdivision in a manner that resulted or 
would have resulted in a denial or abridgement 
of the right of any citizen of the United States 
to vote on account of race, color, or membership 
in a language minority group, in violation of 
subsection (e) or (f), or section 2 or 203 of this 
Act. 
‘‘(C) FINAL JUDGMENT; DENIAL OF DE-
CLARATORY JUDGMENT.—In a final judgment 
(which has not been reversed on appeal), any 
court of the United States has denied the re-
quest of the State or subdivision for a declara-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Service-Disabled Vet-
erans Small Business Continuation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING TREATMENT 
OF CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES UNDER 
THE DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERV-
ICE-DISABLED VETERANS. 
Effective on the date specified in subsection (e) of 
section 1832 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2660), section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(q)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C)(i)(II), by striking 
‘‘rated as 100 percent’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘service-connected disability’’; and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (C)(ii)(III) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(III) the date that— 
‘‘(aa) in the case of a surviving 
spouse of a veteran with a service-con-
nected disability rated as 100 percent 
disabling or who dies as a result of a 
service-connected 
disability, 
is 
years after the date of the death of 
the veteran; or
‘‘(bb) in the case of a surviving 
spouse of a veteran with a service-con-
nected disability rated as less than 
100 percent disabling who does not 
die as a result of a service-connected 
disability, is 3 years after the date of 
the death of the veteran.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 499 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the 
treatment of certain surviving spouses under the 
definition of small business concern owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 499 
To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the treatment of certain surviving 
spouses under the definition of small business concern owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2019 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. DELGADO, and Mr. CORREA) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the treatment 
of certain surviving spouses under the definition of small 
business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled 
veterans. 
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 ‘‘Service-Disabled Vet-
erans Small Business Continuation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING TREATMENT 
OF CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES UNDER 
THE DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERV-
ICE-DISABLED VETERANS. 
Effective on the date specified in subsection (e) of 
section 1832 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2660), section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(q)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C)(i)(II), by striking 
‘‘rated as 100 percent’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘service-connected disability’’; and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (C)(ii)(III) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(III) the date that— 
‘‘(aa) in the case of a surviving 
spouse of a veteran with a service-con-
nected disability rated as 100 percent 
disabling or who dies as a result of a 
service-connected 
disability, 
is 
years after the date of the death of 
the veteran; or 
‘‘(bb) in the case of a surviving 
spouse of a veteran with a service-con-
nected disability rated as less than 
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100 percent disabling who does not 
die as a result of a service-connected 
disability, is 3 years after the date of 
the death of the veteran.’’. 
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