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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1381 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take actions necessary to 
ensure that certain individuals may update the burn pit registry with 
a registered individual’s cause of death, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2019 
Mr. RUIZ (for himself and Mr. WENSTRUP) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take actions 
necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update 
the burn pit registry with a registered individual’s cause 
of death, 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 ‘‘Burn Pit Registry En-
hancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BURN PIT REGISTRY UPDATES. 
(a) INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO UPDATE.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall take actions nec-
essary to ensure that the burn pit registry may be 
updated with the cause of death of a deceased reg-
istered individual by— 
(A) an individual designated by such de-
ceased registered individual; or 
(B) if no such individual is designated, an 
immediate family member of such deceased reg-
istered individual. 
(2) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide, with respect to the burn pit registry, a process 
by which a registered individual may make a des-
ignation for purposes of paragraph (1)(A). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘burn pit registry’’ means the 
registry established under section 201 of the Dig-
nified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improve-
ment Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–260; 38 U.S.C. 
527 note). 
(2) The term ‘‘immediate family member’’, with 
respect to a deceased individual, means— 
(A) the spouse, parent, brother, sister, or 
adult child of the individual; 
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(B) an adult person to whom the indi-
vidual stands in loco parentis; or 
(C) any other adult person— 
(i) living in the household of the indi-
vidual at the time of the death of the indi-
vidual; and 
(ii) related to the individual by blood 
or marriage. 
(3) The term ‘‘registered individual’’ means an 
individual registered with the burn pit registry. 
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(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting after 
‘‘qualified health plans’’ the following: ‘‘, State 
medicaid plans under title XIX of the Social Se-
curity Act, and State children’s health insurance 
programs under title XXI of such Act’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following flush 
left sentence: 
‘‘The duties specified in the preceding sentence may 
be carried out by such a navigator at any time dur-
ing a year.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘not’’; 
(B) in clause (i)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘not’’ before ‘‘be’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting 
‘‘;’’; 
(C) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘not’’ before ‘‘receive’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘;’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1388 
AN ACT 
To take lands in Sonoma County, California, into 
trust as part of the reservation of the Lytton 
Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘agent’’ 
after ‘‘applicable border patrol’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 30 days before the first day of each 
year beginning after the date of enactment of 
this section, a border patrol agent shall make 
an election whether the border patrol agent 
shall, for that year, be assigned to’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Not later than December 1 of each year, 
a border patrol agent shall make an election 
whether the border patrol agent shall, for the 
next annual period beginning on the first day of 
the first pay period that commences on or after 
January 1, be assigned to’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 60 days before the first day of each 
year beginning after the date of enactment of 
this section’’ and inserting in its place ‘‘Not 
later than November 1 of each year’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) by amending clause (iv) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(iv) a border patrol agent shall be 
assigned a basic border patrol rate of pay 
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under title XVIII of the Social Security Act for 
each item and service compared to— 
(i) such expenditures for other institu-
tional providers in the director’s jurisdic-
tion; and 
(ii) normative payment rates estab-
lished under comparative payment rate 
systems, including any adjustments, for 
such items and services; 
(C) projected changes in the volume and 
type of items and services to be furnished; 
(D) wages for employees, including any 
necessary increases mandatory minimum safe 
registered nurse-to-patient ratios and optimal 
staffing levels for physicians and other health 
care workers; 
(E) the provider’s maximum capacity to 
provide items and services; 
(F) education and prevention programs; 
(G) permissible adjustment to the pro-
vider’s operating budget due to factors such 
as— 
(i) an increase in primary or specialty 
care access; 
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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4668 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small 
Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Om-
budsman to publish guidance documents for certain 
rules, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(i) for the first year beginning at 
least 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph, 0 percent; 
‘‘(ii) for the year following the year 
specified in clause (i) and each subsequent 
year through the seventh year following the 
year specified in clause (i), the applicable 
percent specified in this subparagraph for 
the previous year increased by 10 percent-
age points; and 
‘‘(iii) for the eighth year following the 
year specified in clause (i) and each subse-
quent year, 80 percent. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATIONS AND SECRETARIAL AU-
THORITY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Payment may be 
made under this part for an individual for 
not more than one hearing aid per ear dur-
ing a 48-month period. 
‘‘(ii) SECRETARIAL AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(I) AUTHORITY TO APPLY ADDI-
TIONAL LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary 
may apply additional limitations on 
the extent to which hearing aids are 
covered under this part, including 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1385 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to preserve the 
option of States to implement health care marketplaces, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2019 
Mr. KIM (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to preserve the option of States to implement health 
care marketplaces, 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 ‘‘State Allowance for 
a Variety of Exchanges Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Act’’. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4669 
AN ACT 
To provide for Department of Energy and Small Business 
Administration joint research and development activities, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. PRESERVING STATE OPTION TO IMPLEMENT 
HEALTH CARE MARKETPLACES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1311 of the Patient Pro-
tection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 
‘‘under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under 
this paragraph or paragraph (1)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) ADDITIONAL PLANNING AND ESTABLISH-
MENT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be appro-
priated to the Secretary, out of any moneys in 
the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
$200,000,000 to award grants to eligible States 
for the uses described in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) DURATION AND RENEWABILITY.—A 
grant awarded under subparagraph (A) shall be 
for a period of two years and may not be re-
newed. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—A grant may not be 
awarded under subparagraph (A) after Decem-
ber 31, 2022. 
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‘‘(D) ELIGIBLE
STATE
DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘eligible 
State’ means a State that, as of the date of the 
enactment of this paragraph, is not operating 
an Exchange.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(5)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘In establishing an Ex-
change under this section’’ and inserting ‘‘(i) IN 
GENERAL.—In establishing an Exchange under 
this section (other than in establishing an Ex-
change pursuant to subsection (a)(6))’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL PLANNING AND ES-
TABLISHMENT
GRANTS.—In establishing 
an 
Exchange 
pursuant 
to 
subsection 
(a)(6), the State shall ensure that such 
Exchange is self-sustaining beginning on 
January 1, 2024, including allowing the 
Exchange to charge assessments or user 
fees to participating health insurance 
issuers, or to otherwise generate funding, 
to support its operations.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION REGARDING FAILURE TO ESTAB-
LISH EXCHANGE OR IMPLEMENT REQUIREMENTS.—Sec-
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tion 1321(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18041(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘If’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3), if’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) CLARIFICATION.—This subsection shall 
not apply in the case of a State that elects to apply 
the requirements described in subsection (a) and 
satisfies the requirement described in subsection (b) 
on or after January 1, 2014.’’. 
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connection with the approval bill shall be lim-
ited to not more than 1 hour. A motion to post-
pone, or a motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of other business, or a motion to recom-
mit the approval bill is not in order. A motion 
to reconsider the vote by which the approval bill 
is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order. 
(4) AMENDMENTS
PROHIBITED.—No amend-
ment to, or motion to strike a provision from, an ap-
proval bill considered under this section shall be in 
order in either the Senate or the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(5) COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY
OTHER 
HOUSE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the 
approval bill, one House receives from the other 
a bill— 
(i) the approval bill of the other 
House shall not be referred to a com-
mittee; and 
(ii) the procedure in the receiving 
House shall be the same as if no approval 
bill had been received from the other 
House until the vote on passage, when the 
bill received from the other House shall 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purpose of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 
Sonoma County, California. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Lytton Rancheria of California. 
SEC. 4. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The land owned by the Tribe and 
generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Lytton Fee Owned 
Property to be Taken into Trust’’ and dated May 1, 2015, 
is hereby taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, sub-
ject to valid existing rights, contracts, and management 
agreements related to easements and rights-of-way. 
(b) LANDS TO BE MADE PART OF THE RESERVA-
TION.—Lands taken into trust under subsection (a) shall 
be part of the Tribe’s reservation and shall be adminis-
tered in accordance with the laws and regulations gen-
erally applicable to property held in trust by the United 
States for an Indian tribe. 
SEC. 5. GAMING. 
(a) LANDS TAKEN INTO TRUST UNDER THIS ACT.— 
Lands taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe under 
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section 4 shall not be eligible for gaming under the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 
(b) OTHER LANDS TAKEN INTO TRUST.—Lands 
taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe in Sonoma 
County after the date of the enactment of this Act shall 
not be eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710 et seq.). 
SEC. 6. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAW. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Memorandum of Agreement entered into by the Tribe and 
the County concerning taking land in the County into 
trust for the benefit of the Tribe, which was approved by 
the County Board of Supervisors on March 10, 2015, and 
any addenda and supplement or amendment thereto, is 
not subject to review or approval of the Secretary in order 
to be effective, including review or approval under section 
2103 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 81). 
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through application of a prior author-
ization requirement and through ap-
plication of criteria for a minimum 
level of hearing loss for coverage of an 
initial or replacement hearing aid. 
‘‘(II) AUTHORITY
TO
MODIFY 
COVERAGE.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of this title, if the Sec-
retary determines appropriate, the 
Secretary may modify the coverage 
under this part of hearing aids to the 
extent that such modification is con-
sistent with the recommendations of 
the United States Preventive Services 
Task Force.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to services furnished on or after 
January 1 of the first year beginning at least six months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1396 
AN ACT 
To award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson 
and Dr. Christine Darden, to posthumously award Con-
gressional Gold Medals to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary 
Jackson, and to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
honor all of the women who contributed to the success 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
during the Space Race.
H. R. 1396 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 
An Act 
To award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Dr. Christine 
Darden, to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medals to Dorothy Vaughan 
and Mary Jackson, and to award a Congressional Gold Medal to honor all of 
the women who contributed to the success of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration during the Space Race. 
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 ‘‘Hidden Figures Congressional 
Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 1935, the National Advisory Committee for Aero-
nautics (referred to in this section as ‘‘NACA’’) hired five women 
to serve as the first ‘‘computer pool’’ at the Langley Memorial 
Aeronautical Laboratory where those women took on work 
making calculations that male engineers had made previously. 
(2) During the 1940s, NACA began recruiting African- 
American women to work as computers and initially separated 
those women from their White counterparts in a group known 
as the ‘‘West Area Computers’’ where the women were restricted 
to segregated dining and bathroom facilities. 
(3) Katherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918, in 
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. 
(4) In 1953, Katherine Johnson began her career in aero-
nautics as a computer in the segregated West Area Computing 
unit described in paragraph (2). 
(5) As a member of the Flight Research Division, Katherine 
Johnson analyzed data from flight tests. After NACA was 
reformulated into the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration (referred to in this section as ‘‘NASA’’), Katherine John-
son— 
(A) calculated the trajectory for Alan Shepard’s 
Freedom 7 mission in 1961, which was the first human 
spaceflight by an individual from the United States; 
(B) coauthored a report that provided the equations 
for describing orbital spaceflight with a specified landing 
point, which made her the first woman to be recognized 
as an author of a report from the Flight Research Division; 
(C) was asked to verify the calculations when electronic 
computers at NASA were used to calculate the orbit for 
John Glenn’s Friendship 7 mission; and
tests. After NACA was reformulated into the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘NASA’’), Katherine 
Johnson— 
(A) calculated the trajectory for Alan 
Shepard’s Freedom 7 mission in 1961, which 
was the first human spaceflight by an indi-
vidual from the United States; 
(B) coauthored a report that provided the 
equations for describing orbital spaceflight with 
a specified landing point, which made her the 
first woman to be recognized as an author of a 
report from the Flight Research Division; 
(C) was asked to verify the calculations 
when electronic computers at NASA were used 
to calculate the orbit for John Glenn’s Friend-
ship 7 mission; and 
(D) 
provided 
calculations 
for 
NASA 
throughout her career, including for the Apollo 
missions. 
(6) Katherine Johnson retired from NASA in 
1986. 
(7) Dr. Christine Darden was born on Sep-
tember 10, 1942, in Monroe, North Carolina. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1397 
To require the national instant criminal background check system to notify 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of firearm transfer denials 
by reason of illegal or unlawful presence in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2019 
Mr. CLINE (for himself, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. BUCK, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. 
BIGGS, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. GRIF-
FITH, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. GOHMERT, Ms. CHENEY, 
Mr. ROY, Mr. STIVERS, and Mr. SCALISE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the national instant criminal background check 
system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment of firearm transfer denials by reason of illegal 
or unlawful presence in the United States. 
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 ‘‘Notify ICE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION TO U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUS-
TOMS ENFORCEMENT OF FIREARM TRANS-
FER DENIALS BY REASON OF ILLEGAL OR UN-
LAWFUL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
From time to time, the Attorney General shall trans-
mit to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the 
Department of Homeland Security a report which identi-
fies each individual with respect to whom, during the pe-
riod covered by the report, the national instant criminal 
background check system established under section 103 
of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act has— 
(1) notified a person licensed under chapter 44 
of title 18, United States Code, that the individual 
is ineligible to receive a firearm; and 
(2) provided the notice because the information 
available to the system indicates that the individual 
is illegally or unlawfully in the United States. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1398 
To delay the reimposition of the annual fee on health insurance providers 
until after 2021. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2019 
Mr. BERA (for himself, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MARCHANT, 
Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. 
DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. KELLY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, and Mr. BUCSHON) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To delay the reimposition of the annual fee on health 
insurance providers until after 2021. 
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 ‘‘Health Insurance Tax 
Relief Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. DELAY OF REIMPOSITION OF ANNUAL FEE ON 
HEALTH 
INSURANCE 
PROVIDERS 
UNTIL 
AFTER 2021. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9010(j)(3) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after 
December 31, 2019. 
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