Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-195
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-03
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aging

Appropriations

Child health

Child safety and welfare

Congressional operations and organization

Congressional oversight

Defense spending

Department of Agriculture

Department of Defense

Department of Energy

Department of Justice

Disability and paralysis

Disaster relief and insurance

Executive agency funding and structure

Family services

First responders and emergency personnel

Government Publishing Office (GPO)

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government information and archives

Government lending and loan guarantees

Government studies and investigations

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health care quality

Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Health technology, devices, supplies

Housing and community development funding

Law enforcement administration and funding

Medicaid

Members of Congress

Military procurement, research, weapons development

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Neurological disorders

Nuclear weapons

Nutrition and diet

Physical fitness and lifestyle

Public housing

Right of privacy

Sales and excise taxes

Small Business Administration

Small business

Space flight and exploration

State and local government operations

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Became Public Law No: 115-120.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill bars the Government Publishing Office from furnishing a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless:</p> <ul> <li>the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or </li> <li>during that year or the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year.</li></ul>

action_date: 2017-05-17
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><b>Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill bars the Government Publishing Office from furnishing a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless:</p> <ul> <li>the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or </li> <li>during that year or the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year.</li></ul>

action_date: 2017-11-08
action_desc: Reported to Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill bars the Government Publishing Office from furnishing a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless:</p> <ul> <li>the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or </li> <li>during that year or the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year.</li></ul>

action_date: 2017-12-21
action_desc: Passed Senate amended
text: <p><b>Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill bars the Government Publishing Office from furnishing a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless:</p> <ul> <li>the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or </li> <li>during that year or the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year.</li></ul> <p>TITLE II--KEVIN AND AVONTE'S LAW OF 2017</p> <p><em>Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017</em></p> <p>Subtitle A--Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization</p> <p><i>Missing Americans Alert Program Act of 2017</i></p> <p>(Sec. 212) This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to revise and rename the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program as the Missing Americans Alert Program and to reauthorize it through FY2022.</p> <p>It directs the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to award competitive grants to health care, law enforcement, or public safety agencies, and nonprofit organizations, to develop or operate locally based proactive programs to prevent wandering and locate missing individuals with dementia or children with developmental disabilities. The BJA must give preference to law enforcement or public safety agencies partnering with nonprofit organizations that use person-centered plans and are directly linked to individuals, and families of individuals, with dementia or developmental disabilities.</p> <p>Additionally, it directs the BJA to award grants to health care, law enforcement, or public safety agencies to develop tracking technology programs to locate missing individuals with dementia or children with developmental disabilities.</p> <p>The bill subjects grants under the Missing Americans Program to accountability provisions. DOJ's Office of Inspector General must conduct annual audits of selected grant recipients. The bill prohibits grants to nonprofit organizations that hold money in an offshore account to avoid tax liability. It also limits the use of grants under this bill for conferences that use more than $20,000 in DOJ funds.</p> <p>DOJ must identify and report on duplicative grant awards. DOJ must also report annually to Congress certain information regarding the Missing Americans Alert Program.</p> <p>Subtitle B--Education and Outreach</p> <p>(Sec. 231) The bill amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to specify that, with respect to training and technical assistance provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, cases involving missing and exploited children include cases involving children with developmental disabilities such as autism.</p> <p>Subtitle C--Privacy Protections</p> <p>(Sec. 242) DOJ must establish and certain grant recipients must comply with standards and best practices related to the use of tracking technology to locate missing individuals with dementia or developmental disabilities.</p> <p>The bill prohibits the use of data from tracking devices to create a federal database. It also prohibits construing this bill to require a parent or guardian to use a tracking device.</p>

action_date: 2018-01-18
action_desc: House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment
text: <p><b>Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 </b></p> <p>This bill bars the Government Publishing Office from furnishing a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless the Member or office requests: (1) a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register, or (2) a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year. </p> <p><i>Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018</i></p> <p>The bill also amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to extend the expiration date of the FY2018 Continuing Resolution (CR) from January 19, 2018, to February 16, 2018. The bill provides continuing appropriations for federal agencies through the earlier of February 16, 2018, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations legislation. It prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing CR expires. </p> <p><i>Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act or the HEALTHY KIDS Act</i></p> <p>The bill amends title XXI (Children's Health insurance Program) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to extend funding through FY2023 for CHIP. In addition, the bill: (1) extends through FY2023 funding for the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund, the Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project, the Pediatric Quality Measures Program, and specified outreach and enrollment grants; and (2) reauthorizes through FY2023 the qualifying-states option and the express-lane eligibility option. </p> <p>Current law provides states with an enhanced Federal Matching Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for child-health assistance through FY2019. The bill maintains the enhanced FMAP in FY2020, but halves the percentage-point increase. </p> <p>The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services shall make additional funding available to states for specified activities related to mechanized claims systems. </p> <p>The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to suspend specified health-related taxes and fees. </p> <p>Specified budgetary effects of bill shall be exempt from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines. </p>

action_date: 2018-01-22
action_desc: House agreed to Senate amendment without amendment
text: <p><strong>Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 </strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This division bars the Government Publishing Office from furnishing a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless the Member or office requests: (1) a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register, or (2) a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year. </p> <p>DIVISION B--EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 </p> <p><em>Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 </em></p> <p>(Sec. 2001) This division amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through February 8, 2018 (January 19, 2018, under current law). </p> <p>It ends the government shutdown that began when the existing continuing resolution (CR) expired because none of the 12 FY2018 regular appropriations bills that fund the federal government have been enacted. </p> <p>This division also adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that: </p> <ul> <li> permit funds appropriated by the Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 to be obligated and expended notwithstanding a provision of the National Security Act of 1947 that requires a specific authorization of appropriations for intelligence activities; </li> <li> provide the Department of Agriculture with funding flexibility to ensure that certain demonstration projects for providing meals to low-income children during the summer will be fully operational by May 2018; </li> <li> provide the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with funding flexibility to maintain the planned launch capability schedules for the Space Launch System launch vehicle, Exploration Ground Systems, and Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle programs; </li> <li> provide the Department of Energy with funding flexibility to maintain the June 30, 2017, staffing levels of the Office of Inspector General; </li> <li> provide the Small Business Administration with funding flexibility to accommodate increased demand for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act; and</li> <li>permit the Department of Housing and Urban Development to make certain adjustments to the Section 8 housing choice voucher annual renewal funding allocations and administrative fee eligibility determinations for public housing agencies in an area for which the President declared a disaster in 2017 or 2018 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 2002) This section amends the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to strike a provision that extended certain authorities provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through the duration of the CR. (The FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 was signed into law on January 19, 2018.) </p> <p>DIVISION C--HEALTHY KIDS ACT</p> <p><em>Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act or the HEALTHY KIDS Act</em></p> <p> (Sec. 101) This division extends funding through FY2023 for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund.</p> <p>In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2023:</p> <ul> <li>the qualifying-states option (which allows states that provided coverage to now CHIP-eligible children prior to CHIP's enactment to continue to provide such coverage), and </li> <li>the express-lane eligibility option (which allows states to use eligibility findings from other public benefit programs to determine children's eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP).</li> </ul> <p>Beginning in FY2020, the division allows state child-health plans to adopt more restrictive eligibility standards with respect to children in families whose income exceeds 300% of the poverty line.</p> <p>(Sec. 102) The division extends funding through FY2023 for the Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project and the Pediatric Quality Measures Program.</p> <p>(Sec. 103) The division: (1) extends funding through FY2023 for specified outreach and enrollment grants, and (2) makes eligible for such grants "parent-mentors" who are trained to assist families with children who have no health-insurance coverage. Any nominal amount received by an individual for participation as a parent-mentor shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the individual's income-based eligibility for Medicaid.</p> <p>(Sec. 104) Current law provides states with an enhanced Federal Matching Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for child-health assistance through FY2019. The division maintains the enhanced FMAP in FY2020, but halves the percentage-point increase.</p> <p>(Sec. 105) The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services shall make additional funding available to states for specified activities related to mechanized claims systems.</p> <p>DIVISION D--SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN HEALTH-RELATED TAXES </p> <p>(Sec. 4001) This section amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for two years (2018 and 2019) the moratorium on the 2.3% excise tax on the sale of medical devices. (Under current law, the moratorium expired at the end of 2017.) </p> <p>(Sec. 4002) This section amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay for two years the implementation of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (commonly referred to as the Cadillac tax). Under the bill, the tax will go into effect in 2022 instead of 2020, as required under current law. </p> <p>(Sec. 4003) This section suspends for 2019 the annual fee imposed on certain health insurance providers based on market share. </p> <p>DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS </p> <p>(Sec. 5001) This division exempts the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines. </p>

action_date: 2018-01-22
action_desc: Public Law
text: <b><p /></b> <p>DIVISION A--FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017 </p> <p><em>Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 </em> </p> <p>(Sec. 2) This division bars the Government Publishing Office from furnishing a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless the Member or office requests: (1) a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register, or (2) a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year. </p> <p>DIVISION B--EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 </p> <p><em>Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 </em></p> <p>(Sec. 2001) This division amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through February 8, 2018 (January 19, 2018, under current law). </p> <p>It ends the government shutdown that began when the existing continuing resolution (CR) expired because none of the 12 FY2018 regular appropriations bills that fund the federal government have been enacted. </p> <p>This division also adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that: </p> <ul> <li> permit funds appropriated by the Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 to be obligated and expended notwithstanding a provision of the National Security Act of 1947 that requires a specific authorization of appropriations for intelligence activities; </li> <li> provide the Department of Agriculture with funding flexibility to ensure that certain demonstration projects for providing meals to low-income children during the summer will be fully operational by May 2018; </li> <li> provide the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with funding flexibility to maintain the planned launch capability schedules for the Space Launch System launch vehicle, Exploration Ground Systems, and Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle programs; </li> <li> provide the Department of Energy with funding flexibility to maintain the June 30, 2017, staffing levels of the Office of Inspector General; </li> <li> provide the Small Business Administration with funding flexibility to accommodate increased demand for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act; </li> <li>permit the Department of Housing and Urban Development to make certain adjustments to the Section 8 housing choice voucher annual renewal funding allocations and administrative fee eligibility determinations for public housing agencies in an area for which the President declared a disaster in 2017 or 2018 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act;</li> <li>compensate employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations which began on or about January 20, 2018; and</li> <li>require certain states, federal grantees, and furloughed state employees to be compensated or reimbursed for periods in which there is a lapse in FY2018 appropriations.</li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 2002) This section amends the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to strike a provision that extended certain authorities provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through the duration of the CR. (The FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 was signed into law on January 19, 2018.) </p> <p>(Sec. 2003) This section specifies that the time covered by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 includes the period that began on or about January 20, 2018, during which there was a lapse in appropriations.</p> <p>DIVISION C--HEALTHY KIDS ACT</p> <p><em>Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act or the HEALTHY KIDS Act</em></p> <p>(Sec. 101) This division extends funding through FY2023 for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund.</p> <p>In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2023:</p> <ul> <li>the qualifying-states option (which allows states that provided coverage to now CHIP-eligible children prior to CHIP's enactment to continue to provide such coverage), and </li> <li>the express-lane eligibility option (which allows states to use eligibility findings from other public benefit programs to determine children's eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP).</li> </ul> <p>Beginning in FY2020, the division allows state child-health plans to adopt more restrictive eligibility standards with respect to children in families whose income exceeds 300% of the poverty line.</p> <p>(Sec. 102) The division extends funding through FY2023 for the Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project and the Pediatric Quality Measures Program.</p> <p>(Sec. 103) The division: (1) extends funding through FY2023 for specified outreach and enrollment grants, and (2) makes eligible for such grants "parent-mentors" who are trained to assist families with children who have no health-insurance coverage. Any nominal amount received by an individual for participation as a parent-mentor shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the individual's income-based eligibility for Medicaid.</p> <p>(Sec. 104) Current law provides states with an enhanced Federal Matching Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for child-health assistance through FY2019. The division maintains the enhanced FMAP in FY2020, but halves the percentage-point increase.</p> <p>(Sec. 105) The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services shall make additional funding available to states for specified activities related to mechanized claims systems.</p> <p>DIVISION D--SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN HEALTH-RELATED TAXES </p> <p>(Sec. 4001) This section amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for two years (2018 and 2019) the moratorium on the 2.3% excise tax on the sale of medical devices. (Under current law, the moratorium expired at the end of 2017.) </p> <p>(Sec. 4002) This section amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay for two years the implementation of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (commonly referred to as the Cadillac tax). Under the bill, the tax will go into effect in 2022 instead of 2020, as required under current law. </p> <p>(Sec. 4003) This section suspends for 2019 the annual fee imposed on certain health insurance providers based on market share. </p> <p>DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS </p> <p>(Sec. 5001) This division exempts the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 195 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 Mr. Russell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , and in addition to the Committee on House Administration , 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 committee concerned A BILL To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 . 2. Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of Federal Register to Members of Congress and federal employees (a) Restrictions Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “The Administrative Committee” and inserting (a) Composition; Duties .—The Administrative Committee ; (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking “the number of copies” and inserting “subject to subsection (b), the number of copies”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies to Members of Congress and officers and employees of the United States (1) Prohibiting subscription to printed copies without request Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless— (A) the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or (B) during that year or during the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year, as described in paragraph (2). (2) Administration of subscriptions The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall include— (A) provisions regarding notifications to offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the United States of the restrictions of paragraph (1); (B) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a specific issue of the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(A); and (C) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a subscription to the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), except that such regulations shall limit the period for such a subscription to not longer than 1 year. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 2018.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 195 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 . 2. Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of Federal Register to Members of Congress and federal employees (a) Restrictions Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “The Administrative Committee” and inserting (a) Composition; Duties .—The Administrative Committee ; (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking “the number of copies” and inserting “subject to subsection (b), the number of copies”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies to Members of Congress and officers and employees of the United States (1) Prohibiting subscription to printed copies without request Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless— (A) the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or (B) during that year or during the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year, as described in paragraph (2). (2) Administration of subscriptions The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall include— (A) provisions regarding notifications to offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the United States of the restrictions of paragraph (1); (B) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a specific issue of the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(A); and (C) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a subscription to the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), except that such regulations shall limit the period for such a subscription to not longer than 1 year. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 2018.

Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 78 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 195 [Report No. 115–128, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 Mr. Russell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , and in addition to the Committee on House Administration , 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 committee concerned May 17, 2017 Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform May 17, 2017 The Committee on House Administration discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 . 2. Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of Federal Register to Members of Congress and federal employees (a) Restrictions Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “The Administrative Committee” and inserting (a) Composition; Duties .—The Administrative Committee ; (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking “the number of copies” and inserting “subject to subsection (b), the number of copies”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies to Members of Congress and officers and employees of the United States (1) Prohibiting subscription to printed copies without request Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless— (A) the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or (B) during that year or during the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year, as described in paragraph (2). (2) Administration of subscriptions The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall include— (A) provisions regarding notifications to offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the United States of the restrictions of paragraph (1); (B) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a specific issue of the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(A); and (C) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a subscription to the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), except that such regulations shall limit the period for such a subscription to not longer than 1 year. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 2018.

May 17, 2017 Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform May 17, 2017 The Committee on House Administration discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 195 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 18, 2017 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AN ACT To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 . 2. Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of Federal Register to Members of Congress and federal employees (a) Restrictions Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “The Administrative Committee” and inserting (a) Composition; Duties .—The Administrative Committee ; (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking “the number of copies” and inserting “subject to subsection (b), the number of copies”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies to Members of Congress and officers and employees of the United States (1) Prohibiting subscription to printed copies without request Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless— (A) the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or (B) during that year or during the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year, as described in paragraph (2). (2) Administration of subscriptions The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall include— (A) provisions regarding notifications to offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the United States of the restrictions of paragraph (1); (B) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a specific issue of the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(A); and (C) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a subscription to the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), except that such regulations shall limit the period for such a subscription to not longer than 1 year. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 2018.

Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 261 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 195 [Report No. 115–184] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 18, 2017 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs November 8, 2017 Reported by Mr. Johnson , without amendment AN ACT To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 . 2. Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of Federal Register to Members of Congress and federal employees (a) Restrictions Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “The Administrative Committee” and inserting (a) Composition; Duties .—The Administrative Committee ; (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking “the number of copies” and inserting “subject to subsection (b), the number of copies”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies to Members of Congress and officers and employees of the United States (1) Prohibiting subscription to printed copies without request Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless— (A) the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or (B) during that year or during the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year, as described in paragraph (2). (2) Administration of subscriptions The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall include— (A) provisions regarding notifications to offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the United States of the restrictions of paragraph (1); (B) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a specific issue of the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(A); and (C) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a subscription to the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), except that such regulations shall limit the period for such a subscription to not longer than 1 year. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 2018.

November 8, 2017 Reported without amendment

tv_txt: 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H.R. 195 In the Senate of the United States, December 21, 2017. Amendment:

That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 195) entitled An Act to amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes. , do pass with the following At the end, add the following: II Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017 201. Short title This title may be cited as the Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017 . A Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program reauthorization 211. Short title This subtitle may be cited as the Missing Americans Alert Program Act of 2017 . 212. Reauthorization of the missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (a) Amendments Section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12621 ) is amended— (1) in the section header, by striking Alzheimer's disease patient and inserting Americans ; (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: (a) Grant program To reduce injury and death of missing Americans with dementia and developmental disabilities Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance and in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services— (1) shall award competitive grants to health care agencies, State and local law enforcement agencies, or public safety agencies and nonprofit organizations to assist such entities in planning, designing, establishing, or operating locally based, proactive programs to prevent wandering and locate missing individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments, including programs that— (A) provide prevention and response information, including online training resources, and referrals to families or guardians of such individuals who, due to their condition, wander from a safe environment; (B) provide education and training, including online training resources, to first responders, school personnel, clinicians, and the public in order to— (i) increase the safety and reduce the incidence of wandering of persons, who, due to their dementia or developmental disabilities, may wander from safe environments; (ii) facilitate the rescue and recovery of individuals who, due to their dementia or developmental disabilities, wander from safe environments; and (iii) recognize and respond to and appropriately interact with endangered missing individuals with dementia or developmental disabilities who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments; (C) provide prevention and response training and emergency protocols for school administrators, staff, and families or guardians of individuals with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, to help reduce the risk of wandering by such individuals; and (D) develop, operate, or enhance a notification or communications systems for alerts, advisories, or dissemination of other information for the recovery of missing individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or with developmental disabilities, such as autism; and (2) shall award grants to health care agencies, State and local law enforcement agencies, or public safety agencies to assist such agencies in designing, establishing, and operating locative tracking technology programs for individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer's Disease, or children with developmental disabilities, such as autism, who have wandered from safe environments. ; (3) in subsection (b)— (A) by inserting competitive after to receive a ; (B) by inserting agency or before organization each place it appears; and (C) by adding at the end the following: The Attorney General shall periodically solicit applications for grants under this section by publishing a request for applications in the Federal Register and by posting such a request on the website of the Department of Justice. ; and (4) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the following: (c) Preference In awarding grants under subsection (a)(1), the Attorney General shall give preference to law enforcement or public safety agencies that partner with nonprofit organizations that appropriately use person-centered plans minimizing restrictive interventions and that have a direct link to individuals, and families of individuals, with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer's Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism. (d) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. (e) Grant accountability All grants awarded by the Attorney General under this section shall be subject to the following accountability provisions: (1) Audit requirement (A) Definition In this paragraph, the term unresolved audit finding means a finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 months from the date when the final audit report is issued. (B) Audits Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this subsection, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants under this section to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year. (C) Mandatory exclusion A recipient of grant funds under this section that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this section during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month period described in subparagraph (A). (D) Priority In awarding grants under this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this section. (E) Reimbursement If an entity is awarded grant funds under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall— (i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds. (2) Nonprofit organization requirements (A) Definition of nonprofit organization For purposes of this paragraph and the grant programs under this section, the term nonprofit organization means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. (B) Prohibition The Attorney General may not award a grant under this section to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (C) Disclosure Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection. (3) Conference expenditures (A) Limitation No amounts made available to the Department of Justice under this section may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this section, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made available by the Department of Justice, unless the head of the relevant agency or department, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host the conference. (B) Written approval Written approval under subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all costs associated with the conference, including the cost of all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for speakers, and entertainment. (C) Report The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under this paragraph. (4) Annual certification Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification— (A) indicating whether— (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director; (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and (iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and (B) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year. (f) Preventing duplicative grants (1) In general Before the Attorney General awards a grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney General shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded by the Attorney General to determine if grant awards are or have been awarded for a similar purpose. (2) Report If the Attorney General awards grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that includes— (A) a list of all such grants awarded, including the total dollar amount of any such grants awarded; and (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded multiple grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose. . (b) Annual report Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act and every year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on the Missing Americans Alert Program, as amended by subsection (a), which shall address— (1) the number of individuals who benefitted from the Missing Americans Alert Program, including information such as the number of individuals with reduced unsafe wandering, the number of people who were trained through the program, and the estimated number of people who were impacted by the program; (2) the number of State, local, and tribal law enforcement or public safety agencies that applied for funding under the Missing Americans Alert Program; (3) the number of State, local, and tribal local law enforcement or public safety agencies that received funding under the Missing Americans Alert Program, including— (A) the number of State, local, and tribal law enforcement or public safety agencies that used such funding for training; and (B) the number of State, local, and tribal law enforcement or public safety agencies that used such funding for designing, establishing, or operating locative tracking technology; (4) the companies, including the location (city and State) of the headquarters and local offices of each company, for which their locative tracking technology was used by State, local, and tribal law enforcement or public safety agencies; (5) the nonprofit organizations, including the location (city and State) of the headquarters and local offices of each organization, that State, local, and tribal law enforcement or public safety agencies partnered with and the result of each partnership; (6) the number of missing children with autism or another developmental disability with wandering tendencies or adults with Alzheimer's being served by the program who went missing and the result of the search for each such individual; and (7) any recommendations for improving the Missing Americans Alert Program. (c) Table of contents The table of contents in section 2 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended by striking the item relating to section 240001 and inserting the following: Sec. 240001. Missing Americans Alert Program. . B Education and outreach 231. Activities by the national center for missing and exploited children Section 404(b)(1)(H) of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act ( 34 U.S.C. 11293(b)(1)(H) ) is amended by inserting , including cases involving children with developmental disabilities such as autism before the semicolon. C Privacy protections 241. Definitions In this subtitle: (1) Child The term child means an individual who is less than 18 years of age. (2) Indian tribe The term Indian tribe has the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304(e) ). (3) Law enforcement agency The term law enforcement agency means an agency of a State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe that is authorized by law or by a government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of criminal law. (4) Non-invasive and non-permanent The term non-invasive and non-permanent means, with regard to any technology or device, that the procedure to install the technology or device does not create an external or internal marker or implant a device, such as a microchip, or other trackable items. (5) State The term State means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (6) Unit of local government The term unit of local government means a county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the State level. 242. Standards and best practices for use of non-invasive and non-permanent tracking devices (a) Establishment (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and leading research, advocacy, self-advocacy, and service organizations, shall establish standards and best practices relating to the use of non-invasive and non-permanent tracking technology, where a guardian or parent has determined that a non-invasive and non-permanent tracking device is the least restrictive alternative, to locate individuals as described in subsection (a)(2) of section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12621 ), as added by this title. (2) Requirements In establishing the standards and best practices required under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall— (A) determine— (i) the criteria used to determine which individuals would benefit from the use of a tracking device; (ii) the criteria used to determine who should have direct access to the tracking system; and (iii) which non-invasive and non-permanent types of tracking devices can be used in compliance with the standards and best practices; and (B) establish standards and best practices the Attorney General determines are necessary to the administration of a tracking system, including procedures to— (i) safeguard the privacy of the data used by the tracking device such that— (I) access to the data is restricted to law enforcement and health agencies determined necessary by the Attorney General; and (II) collection, use, and retention of the data is solely for the purpose of preventing injury to or death of the individual wearing the tracking device; (ii) establish criteria to determine whether use of the tracking device is the least restrictive alternative in order to prevent risk of injury or death before issuing the tracking device, including the previous consideration of less restrictive alternatives; (iii) provide training for law enforcement agencies to recognize signs of abuse during interactions with applicants for tracking devices; (iv) protect the civil rights and liberties of the individuals who use tracking devices, including their rights under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; (v) establish a complaint and investigation process to address— (I) incidents of noncompliance by recipients of grants under subsection (a)(2) of section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12621 ), as added by this title, with the best practices established by the Attorney General or other applicable law; and (II) use of a tracking device over the objection of an individual; and (vi) determine the role that State agencies should have in the administration of a tracking system. (3) Effective date The standards and best practices established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall take effect 90 days after publication of such standards and practices by the Attorney General. (b) Required compliance (1) In general Each entity that receives a grant under subsection (a)(2) of section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12621 ), as added by this title, shall comply with any standards and best practices relating to the use of tracking devices established by the Attorney General in accordance with subsection (a). (2) Determination of compliance The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall determine whether an entity that receives a grant under subsection (a)(2) of section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12621 ), as added by this title, acts in compliance with the standards and best practices described in paragraph (1). (c) Applicability of standards and best practices The standards and best practices established by the Attorney General under subsection (a) shall apply only to the grant programs authorized under subsection (a)(2) of section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12621 ), as added by this title. (d) Limitations on program (1) Data storage Any tracking data provided by tracking devices issued under this program may not be used by a Federal entity to create a database. (2) Voluntary participation Nothing in this title may be construed to require that a parent or guardian use a tracking device to monitor the location of a child or adult under that parent or guardian’s supervision if the parent or guardian does not believe that the use of such device is necessary or in the interest of the child or adult under supervision.

Secretary

tv_txt: 115th CONGRESS 2d Session In the House of Representatives, U. S., January 18, 2018 HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT:

That the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 195) entitled An Act to amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes. , with the following In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment of the Senate, insert the following: B Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 2001. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56 ) is amended— (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting February 16, 2018 ; and (2) by adding after section 147 the following: 148. Funds appropriated by the Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–96 ) may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1) ). 149. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition Service—Child Nutrition Programs to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–80 ) may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to ensure that the program can be fully operational by May 2018. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 for National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Exploration may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch capability schedules for the Space Launch System launch vehicle, Exploration Ground Systems, and Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle programs. 151. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Office of the Inspector General may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to sustain staffing levels achieved on June 30, 2017. 152. Amounts made available by section 101 for Small Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a) ). 153. For 2018, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make temporary adjustments to the Section 8 housing choice voucher annual renewal funding allocations and administrative fee eligibility determinations for public housing agencies in an area for which the President declared a disaster in 2017 or 2018 under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.), to avoid significant adverse funding impacts that would otherwise result from the disaster and that would otherwise prevent a public housing agency from leasing up to its authorized level of units under contract (but not to exceed such level), upon request by and in consultation with a public housing agency and supported by documentation as required by the Secretary that demonstrates the need for the adjustment. . 2002. The Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division A of Public Law 115–96 ) is amended by striking section 1002. This division may be cited as the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 . C HEALTHY KIDS Act 3001. Short title This division may be cited as the Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act or the HEALTHY KIDS Act . 3002. Six-year funding extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (a) Funding (1) In general Section 2104(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a) ), as amended by section 3201(a) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (division C of Public Law 115–96 ), is amended— (A) in paragraph (20)(B), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) by striking paragraph (21) and inserting the following new paragraphs: (21) for fiscal year 2018, $21,500,000,000; (22) for fiscal year 2019, $22,600,000,000; (23) for fiscal year 2020, $23,700,000,000; (24) for fiscal year 2021, $24,800,000,000; (25) for fiscal year 2022, $25,900,000,000; and (26) for fiscal year 2023, for purposes of making two semi-annual allotments— (A) $2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on March 31, 2023; and (B) $2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on April 1, 2023, and ending on September 30, 2023. . (2) Prevention of duplicate appropriations for fiscal year 2018 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, insofar as funds have been appropriated under subsection (a)(21) of section 2104 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd ), as such subsection is in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, to provide allotments to States under the State Children's Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) (whether implemented under title XIX, XXI, or both, of the Social Security Act) for fiscal year 2018— (A) any amounts that are so appropriated that are not so allotted and obligated before the date of the enactment of this Act, are rescinded; and (B) any amount provided for CHIP allotments to a State under this section (and the amendments made by this section) for such fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount of such appropriations so allotted and obligated before such date. (b) Allotments (1) In general Section 2104(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m) ), as amended by section 3201(b) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (division C of Public Law 115–96 ), is amended— (A) in paragraph (2)(B)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking (19) and inserting (25) ; (ii) in clause (i), by striking and 2017 and inserting , 2017, and 2023 ; and (iii) in clause (ii)— (I) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking and paragraph (10) ; and (II) in subclause (I), by inserting (or, in the case of fiscal year 2018, under paragraph (4)) after clause (i) ; (B) in paragraph (5), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (C) in paragraph (7)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2017 and inserting 2023 ; (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting (or, in the case of fiscal year 2018, by not later than the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of the HEALTHY KIDS Act) after before the August 31 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year ; and (iii) in the matter following subparagraph (B), by striking or fiscal year 2016 and inserting fiscal year 2016, fiscal year 2018, fiscal year 2020, or fiscal year 2022 ; (D) in paragraph (9), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; and (E) by amending paragraph (10) to read as follows: (10) For fiscal year 2023 (A) First half Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), from the amount made available under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (26) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such subparagraph, increased by the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 3002(b)(2) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the first half ratio (described in subparagraph (D)) of the amount described in subparagraph (C). (B) Second half Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), from the amount made available under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (26) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such subparagraph, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the amount made available under such subparagraph, multiplied by the ratio of— (i) the amount of the allotment to such State under subparagraph (A); to (ii) the total of the amount of all of the allotments made available under such subparagraph. (C) Full year amount based on rebased amount The amount described in this subparagraph for a State is equal to the Federal payments to the State that are attributable to (and countable towards) the total amount of allotments available under this section to the State in fiscal year 2022 (including payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2022 as well as amounts redistributed to the State in fiscal year 2022), multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (6) for fiscal year 2023. (D) First half ratio The first half ratio described in this subparagraph is the ratio of— (i) the sum of— (I) the amount made available under subsection (a)(26)(A); and (II) the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 3002(b)(2) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act; to (ii) the sum of— (I) the amount described in clause (i); and (II) the amount made available under subsection (a)(26)(B). . (2) One-time appropriation for fiscal year 2023 There is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,200,000,000 to accompany the allotment made for the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on March 31, 2023, under paragraph (26)(A) of section 2104(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a) ) (as added by subsection (a)), to remain available until expended. Such amount shall be used to provide allotments to States under paragraph (10) of section 2104(m) of such Act (as added by paragraph (1)) for the first 6 months of fiscal year 2023 in the same manner as allotments are provided under subsection (a)(26)(A) of such section 2104 and subject to the same terms and conditions as apply to the allotments provided from such subsection (a)(26)(A). (c) Extension of the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund Section 2104(n) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(n) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)— (i) by striking 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016 and inserting 2010 through 2014, 2016, and 2018 through 2022 ; and (ii) by striking fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2017 and inserting fiscal years 2015, 2017, and 2023 ; and (B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016 and inserting 2010 through 2014, 2016, and 2018 through 2022 ; and (ii) by striking fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2017 and inserting fiscal years 2015, 2017, and 2023 ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking or a semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2015 or 2017 and inserting or in any of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 (or a semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2015, 2017, or 2023) . (d) Extension of qualifying states option (1) In general Section 2105(g)(4) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)(4) ) is amended— (A) in the heading, by striking through 2017 and inserting through 2023 ; and (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2017 and inserting 2023 . (2) Technical amendments Section 2104(f)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2)(B)(ii) ), as amended by section 3201(c) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (division C of Public Law 115–96 ), is amended— (A) in subclause (I), by striking for the month (as defined in subclause (II)) and inserting (as defined in subclause (II)) for the month ; (B) in subclause (II), by inserting , as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the HEALTHY KIDS Act, after section 2105(g)(4)(A) ; and (C) in subclause (VI)— (i) by inserting , as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the HEALTHY KIDS Act after , section 2105(g)(4) ; and (ii) by inserting , as so in effect after under section 2105(g)(4) . (e) Extension of express lane eligibility option Section 1902(e)(13)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(I) ) is amended by striking 2017 and inserting 2023 . (f) Assurance of affordability standard for children and families (1) In general Section 2105(d)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397ee(d)(3) ) is amended— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking until October 1 , 2019 and inserting through September 30 , 2023 ; and (B) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i)— (i) by striking 2019 and inserting 2023 ; and (ii) by striking The preceding sentence shall not be construed as preventing a State during such period and inserting During the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2023, the preceding sentence shall only apply with respect to children in families whose income does not exceed 300 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 2110(c)(5)) applicable to a family of the size involved. The preceding sentences shall not be construed as preventing a State during any such periods . (2) Conforming amendments Section 1902(gg)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(gg)(2) ) is amended— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking until October 1 , 2019 and inserting through September 30 , 2023 ; and (B) by striking September 30, 2019, and inserting September 30, 2023 (but during the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2023, only with respect to children in families whose income does not exceed 300 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 2110(c)(5)) applicable to a family of the size involved) . (g) CHIP look-Alike plans (1) Blending risk pools Section 2107 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397gg ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Use of blended risk pools (1) In general Nothing in this title (or any other provision of Federal law) shall be construed as preventing a State from considering children enrolled in a qualified CHIP look-alike program and children enrolled in a State child health plan under this title (or a waiver of such plan) as members of a single risk pool. (2) Qualified CHIP look-alike program In this subsection, the term qualified CHIP look-alike program means a State program— (A) under which children who are under the age of 19 and are not eligible to receive medical assistance under title XIX or child health assistance under this title may purchase coverage through the State that provides benefits that are at least identical to the benefits provided under the State child health plan under this title (or a waiver of such plan); and (B) that is funded exclusively through non-Federal funds, including funds received by the State in the form of premiums for the purchase of such coverage. . (2) Coverage rule (A) In general Section 5000A(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting or under a qualified CHIP look-alike program (as defined in section 2107(g) of the Social Security Act) before the comma at the end. (B) Effective date The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. (h) Availability of unused fiscal year 2018 redistribution amounts Any amounts that have been redistributed to States under subsection (f) of section 2104 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd ) for fiscal year 2018 that are not, or will not be, expended by the end of that fiscal year shall be— (1) adjusted by the Secretary before the end of fiscal year 2018 to reflect an updated estimate of shortfalls under subsection (f)(2)(A) of such section; and (2) available for redistribution under subsection (f) of such section for subsequent fiscal years. 3003. Extension of certain programs and demonstration projects (a) Childhood obesity demonstration project Section 1139A(e)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a(e)(8)) is amended— (1) by striking and $10,000,000 and inserting , $10,000,000 ; and (2) by inserting after 2017 the following: , and $30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (b) Pediatric quality measures program Section 1139A(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a(i)) is amended— (1) by striking Out of any and inserting the following: (1) In general Out of any ; (2) by striking there is appropriated for each and inserting “there is appropriated— (A) for each ; (3) by striking , and there is appropriated for the period and inserting “; (B) for the period ; (4) by striking . Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended. and inserting ; and ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (C) for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2023, $90,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this section (other than subsections (e), (f), and (g)). (2) Availability Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended. . 3004. Extension of outreach and enrollment program (a) In general Section 2113 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397mm ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 2017 and inserting 2023 ; and (2) in subsection (g)— (A) by striking and $40,000,000 and inserting , $40,000,000 ; and (B) by inserting after 2017 the following: , and $120,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (b) Making organizations that use parent mentors eligible To receive grants Section 2113(f) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397mm(f) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking or community-based doula programs and inserting , community-based doula programs, or parent mentors ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Parent mentor The term parent mentor means an individual who— (A) is a parent or guardian of at least one child who is an eligible child under this title or title XIX; and (B) is trained to assist families with children who have no health insurance coverage with respect to improving the social determinants of the health of such children, including by providing— (i) education about health insurance coverage, including, with respect to obtaining such coverage, eligibility criteria and application and renewal processes; (ii) assistance with completing and submitting applications for health insurance coverage; (iii) a liaison between families and representatives of State plans under title XIX or State child health plans under this title; (iv) guidance on identifying medical and dental homes and community pharmacies for children; and (v) assistance and referrals to successfully address social determinants of children’s health, including poverty, food insufficiency, and housing. . (c) Exclusion from modified adjusted gross income Section 1902(e) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e) ) is amended— (1) in the first paragraph (14), relating to income determined using modified adjusted gross income, by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (J) Exclusion of parent mentor compensation from income determination Any nominal amount received by an individual as compensation, including a stipend, for participation as a parent mentor (as defined in paragraph (5) of section 2113(f)) in an activity or program funded through a grant under such section shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the income eligibility of such individual for medical assistance under the State plan or any waiver of such plan. ; and (2) by striking (14) Exclusion and inserting (15) Exclusion . 3005. Extension and reduction of additional Federal financial participation for CHIP Section 2105(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397ee(b) ) is amended in the second sentence by inserting and during the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2020, the enhanced FMAP determined for a State for a fiscal year (or for any portion of a fiscal year occurring during such period) shall be increased by 11.5 percentage points after 23 percentage points, . 3006. Medicaid Improvement Fund Section 1941 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–1 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by inserting before the period at the end the following: , and, in accordance with subsection (b)(3), for the purposes of subparagraph (B) of such subsection ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the first sentence, by inserting pursuant to paragraph (1) after in the Fund ; (ii) by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence: Amounts in the Fund pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be available in advance of appropriations but only if the total amount obligated from the Fund does not exceed the amount available to the Fund under such paragraph (3). ; and (iii) in the last sentence, by striking sentence and inserting sentences ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Additional funding for State activities relating to mechanized claims systems (A) In general In addition to the amount made available under paragraph (1), there shall be available to the Fund, for expenditures from the Fund in accordance with subparagraph (B), for fiscal year 2023 and thereafter, $980,000,000, to remain available until expended. (B) Purposes The Secretary shall use amounts made available to the Fund under subparagraph (A) to pay to each State which has a plan approved under this title, for each quarter beginning during or after fiscal year 2023 an amount equal to— (i) 100 percent minus the percent specified in clause (i) of section 1903(a)(3)(A) of so much of the sums expended by the State during such quarter as are attributable to the activities described in such clause; (ii) 100 percent minus the Federal medical assistance percentage applied under clause (iii) of such section of so much of the sums expended during such quarter (as found necessary by the Secretary under such clause) by the State as are attributable to the activities described in such clause; and (iii) 100 percent minus the percent specified in section 1903(a)(3)(B) of so much of the sums expended by the State during such quarter as are attributable to the activities described in such section. . D Suspension of certain health-related taxes 4001. Extension of moratorium on medical device excise tax (a) In general Section 4191(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking December 31, 2017 and inserting December 31, 2019 . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to sales after December 31, 2017. 4002. Delay in implementation of excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage Section 9001(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking December 31, 2019 and inserting December 31, 2021 . 4003. Suspension of annual fee on health insurance providers (b) In general Section 9010(j) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of paragraph (1), (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting , and ending before January 1, 2019, and , and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) beginning after December 31, 2019. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2018. E Budgetary Effects 5001. Budgetary effects (a) In general The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate paygo scorecards The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). (c) Classification of budgetary effects Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be estimated— (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and (2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.

Karen L. Haas Clerk.

tv_txt: I One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen H. R. 195 AN ACT Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

A Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 1. Short title This division may be cited as the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 . 2. Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of Federal Register to Members of Congress and federal employees (a) Restrictions Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “The Administrative Committee” and inserting (a) Composition; Duties .—The Administrative Committee ; (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking “the number of copies” and inserting “subject to subsection (b), the number of copies”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies to Members of Congress and officers and employees of the United States (1) Prohibiting subscription to printed copies without request Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless— (A) the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or (B) during that year or during the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year, as described in paragraph (2). (2) Administration of subscriptions The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall include— (A) provisions regarding notifications to offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the United States of the restrictions of paragraph (1); (B) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a specific issue of the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(A); and (C) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a subscription to the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), except that such regulations shall limit the period for such a subscription to not longer than 1 year. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 2018. B Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 2001. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56 ) is amended— (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting February 8, 2018 ; and (2) by adding after section 147 the following: 148. Funds appropriated by the Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–96 ) may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1) ). 149. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition Service—Child Nutrition Programs to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–80 ) may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to ensure that the program can be fully operational by May 2018. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 for National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Exploration may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch capability schedules for the Space Launch System launch vehicle, Exploration Ground Systems, and Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle programs. 151. Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Office of the Inspector General may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to sustain staffing levels achieved on June 30, 2017. 152. Amounts made available by section 101 for Small Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a) ). 153. For 2018, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make temporary adjustments to the Section 8 housing choice voucher annual renewal funding allocations and administrative fee eligibility determinations for public housing agencies in an area for which the President declared a disaster in 2017 or 2018 under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.), to avoid significant adverse funding impacts that would otherwise result from the disaster and that would otherwise prevent a public housing agency from leasing up to its authorized level of units under contract (but not to exceed such level), upon request by and in consultation with a public housing agency and supported by documentation as required by the Secretary that demonstrates the need for the adjustment. 154. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations which begins on or about January 20, 2018, shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations ends. (b) For purposes of this section, employee means: (1) a federal employee; (2) an employee of the District of Columbia Courts; (3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia; or (4) a District of Columbia Government employee. (c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations made and authority granted by this division for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of Government functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this division. 155. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose compensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part by the Federal Government— (1) such furloughed employees shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for such period; (2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid by the Federal Government during such period had appropriations been available, including the cost of compensating such furloughed employees, together with interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use funds available to the State (or the grantee) under such Federal program to reimburse such State (or the grantee), together with interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code. (b) For purposes of this section, the term State and the term grantee shall have the meaning as such term is defined under the applicable Federal program under subsection (a). In addition, to continue carrying out a Federal program means the continued performance by a State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior to the period of the lapse in appropriations. (c) The authority under this section applies with respect to any period in fiscal year 2018 (not limited to periods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment of this division) during which there occurs a lapse in appropriations with respect to any department or agency of the Federal Government which, but for such lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses referred to in this section with respect to the program involved. Payments and reimbursements under this authority shall be made only to the extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts. . 2002. The Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division A of Public Law 115–96 ) is amended by striking section 1002. 2003. For the purposes of division D of Public Law 115–56 , the time covered by such division shall be considered to include the period which began on or about January 20, 2018, during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations. This division may be cited as the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 . C HEALTHY KIDS Act 3001. Short title This division may be cited as the Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act or the HEALTHY KIDS Act . 3002. Six-year funding extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (a) Funding (1) In general Section 2104(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a) ), as amended by section 3201(a) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (division C of Public Law 115–96 ), is amended— (A) in paragraph (20)(B), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) by striking paragraph (21) and inserting the following new paragraphs: (21) for fiscal year 2018, $21,500,000,000; (22) for fiscal year 2019, $22,600,000,000; (23) for fiscal year 2020, $23,700,000,000; (24) for fiscal year 2021, $24,800,000,000; (25) for fiscal year 2022, $25,900,000,000; and (26) for fiscal year 2023, for purposes of making two semi-annual allotments— (A) $2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on March 31, 2023; and (B) $2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on April 1, 2023, and ending on September 30, 2023. . (2) Prevention of duplicate appropriations for fiscal year 2018 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, insofar as funds have been appropriated under subsection (a)(21) of section 2104 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd ), as such subsection is in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, to provide allotments to States under the State Children's Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) (whether implemented under title XIX, XXI, or both, of the Social Security Act) for fiscal year 2018— (A) any amounts that are so appropriated that are not so allotted and obligated before the date of the enactment of this Act, are rescinded; and (B) any amount provided for CHIP allotments to a State under this section (and the amendments made by this section) for such fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount of such appropriations so allotted and obligated before such date. (b) Allotments (1) In general Section 2104(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m) ), as amended by section 3201(b) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (division C of Public Law 115–96 ), is amended— (A) in paragraph (2)(B)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking (19) and inserting (25) ; (ii) in clause (i), by striking and 2017 and inserting , 2017, and 2023 ; and (iii) in clause (ii)— (I) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking and paragraph (10) ; and (II) in subclause (I), by inserting (or, in the case of fiscal year 2018, under paragraph (4)) after clause (i) ; (B) in paragraph (5), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; (C) in paragraph (7)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2017 and inserting 2023 ; (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting (or, in the case of fiscal year 2018, by not later than the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of the HEALTHY KIDS Act) after before the August 31 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year ; and (iii) in the matter following subparagraph (B), by striking or fiscal year 2016 and inserting fiscal year 2016, fiscal year 2018, fiscal year 2020, or fiscal year 2022 ; (D) in paragraph (9), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 ; and (E) by amending paragraph (10) to read as follows: (10) For fiscal year 2023 (A) First half Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), from the amount made available under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (26) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such subparagraph, increased by the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 3002(b)(2) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the first half ratio (described in subparagraph (D)) of the amount described in subparagraph (C). (B) Second half Subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), from the amount made available under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (26) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such subparagraph, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the amount made available under such subparagraph, multiplied by the ratio of— (i) the amount of the allotment to such State under subparagraph (A); to (ii) the total of the amount of all of the allotments made available under such subparagraph. (C) Full year amount based on rebased amount The amount described in this subparagraph for a State is equal to the Federal payments to the State that are attributable to (and countable towards) the total amount of allotments available under this section to the State in fiscal year 2022 (including payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2022 as well as amounts redistributed to the State in fiscal year 2022), multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (6) for fiscal year 2023. (D) First half ratio The first half ratio described in this subparagraph is the ratio of— (i) the sum of— (I) the amount made available under subsection (a)(26)(A); and (II) the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 3002(b)(2) of the HEALTHY KIDS Act; to (ii) the sum of— (I) the amount described in clause (i); and (II) the amount made available under subsection (a)(26)(B). . (2) One-time appropriation for fiscal year 2023 There is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,200,000,000 to accompany the allotment made for the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on March 31, 2023, under paragraph (26)(A) of section 2104(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a) ) (as added by subsection (a)), to remain available until expended. Such amount shall be used to provide allotments to States under paragraph (10) of section 2104(m) of such Act (as added by paragraph (1)) for the first 6 months of fiscal year 2023 in the same manner as allotments are provided under subsection (a)(26)(A) of such section 2104 and subject to the same terms and conditions as apply to the allotments provided from such subsection (a)(26)(A). (c) Extension of the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund Section 2104(n) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(n) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)— (i) by striking 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016 and inserting 2010 through 2014, 2016, and 2018 through 2022 ; and (ii) by striking fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2017 and inserting fiscal years 2015, 2017, and 2023 ; and (B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016 and inserting 2010 through 2014, 2016, and 2018 through 2022 ; and (ii) by striking fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2017 and inserting fiscal years 2015, 2017, and 2023 ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking or a semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2015 or 2017 and inserting or in any of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 (or a semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2015, 2017, or 2023) . (d) Extension of qualifying states option (1) In general Section 2105(g)(4) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)(4) ) is amended— (A) in the heading, by striking through 2017 and inserting through 2023 ; and (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2017 and inserting 2023 . (2) Technical amendments Section 2104(f)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2)(B)(ii) ), as amended by section 3201(c) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (division C of Public Law 115–96 ), is amended— (A) in subclause (I), by striking for the month (as defined in subclause (II)) and inserting (as defined in subclause (II)) for the month ; (B) in subclause (II), by inserting , as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the HEALTHY KIDS Act, after section 2105(g)(4)(A) ; and (C) in subclause (VI)— (i) by inserting , as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the HEALTHY KIDS Act after , section 2105(g)(4) ; and (ii) by inserting , as so in effect after under section 2105(g)(4) . (e) Extension of express lane eligibility option Section 1902(e)(13)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(I) ) is amended by striking 2017 and inserting 2023 . (f) Assurance of affordability standard for children and families (1) In general Section 2105(d)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397ee(d)(3) ) is amended— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking until October 1 , 2019 and inserting through September 30 , 2023 ; and (B) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i)— (i) by striking 2019 and inserting 2023 ; and (ii) by striking The preceding sentence shall not be construed as preventing a State during such period and inserting During the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2023, the preceding sentence shall only apply with respect to children in families whose income does not exceed 300 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 2110(c)(5)) applicable to a family of the size involved. The preceding sentences shall not be construed as preventing a State during any such periods . (2) Conforming amendments Section 1902(gg)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(gg)(2) ) is amended— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking until October 1 , 2019 and inserting through September 30 , 2023 ; and (B) by striking September 30, 2019, and inserting September 30, 2023 (but during the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2023, only with respect to children in families whose income does not exceed 300 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 2110(c)(5)) applicable to a family of the size involved) . (g) CHIP look-Alike plans (1) Blending risk pools Section 2107 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397gg ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Use of blended risk pools (1) In general Nothing in this title (or any other provision of Federal law) shall be construed as preventing a State from considering children enrolled in a qualified CHIP look-alike program and children enrolled in a State child health plan under this title (or a waiver of such plan) as members of a single risk pool. (2) Qualified CHIP look-alike program In this subsection, the term qualified CHIP look-alike program means a State program— (A) under which children who are under the age of 19 and are not eligible to receive medical assistance under title XIX or child health assistance under this title may purchase coverage through the State that provides benefits that are at least identical to the benefits provided under the State child health plan under this title (or a waiver of such plan); and (B) that is funded exclusively through non-Federal funds, including funds received by the State in the form of premiums for the purchase of such coverage. . (2) Coverage rule (A) In general Section 5000A(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting or under a qualified CHIP look-alike program (as defined in section 2107(g) of the Social Security Act) before the comma at the end. (B) Effective date The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. (h) Availability of unused fiscal year 2018 redistribution amounts Any amounts that have been redistributed to States under subsection (f) of section 2104 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd ) for fiscal year 2018 that are not, or will not be, expended by the end of that fiscal year shall be— (1) adjusted by the Secretary before the end of fiscal year 2018 to reflect an updated estimate of shortfalls under subsection (f)(2)(A) of such section; and (2) available for redistribution under subsection (f) of such section for subsequent fiscal years. 3003. Extension of certain programs and demonstration projects (a) Childhood obesity demonstration project Section 1139A(e)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a(e)(8)) is amended— (1) by striking and $10,000,000 and inserting , $10,000,000 ; and (2) by inserting after 2017 the following: , and $30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (b) Pediatric quality measures program Section 1139A(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a(i)) is amended— (1) by striking Out of any and inserting the following: (1) In general Out of any ; (2) by striking there is appropriated for each and inserting “there is appropriated— (A) for each ; (3) by striking , and there is appropriated for the period and inserting “; (B) for the period ; (4) by striking . Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended. and inserting ; and ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (C) for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2023, $90,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this section (other than subsections (e), (f), and (g)). (2) Availability Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended. . 3004. Extension of outreach and enrollment program (a) In general Section 2113 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397mm ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 2017 and inserting 2023 ; and (2) in subsection (g)— (A) by striking and $40,000,000 and inserting , $40,000,000 ; and (B) by inserting after 2017 the following: , and $120,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2023 . (b) Making organizations that use parent mentors eligible To receive grants Section 2113(f) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397mm(f) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking or community-based doula programs and inserting , community-based doula programs, or parent mentors ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Parent mentor The term parent mentor means an individual who— (A) is a parent or guardian of at least one child who is an eligible child under this title or title XIX; and (B) is trained to assist families with children who have no health insurance coverage with respect to improving the social determinants of the health of such children, including by providing— (i) education about health insurance coverage, including, with respect to obtaining such coverage, eligibility criteria and application and renewal processes; (ii) assistance with completing and submitting applications for health insurance coverage; (iii) a liaison between families and representatives of State plans under title XIX or State child health plans under this title; (iv) guidance on identifying medical and dental homes and community pharmacies for children; and (v) assistance and referrals to successfully address social determinants of children’s health, including poverty, food insufficiency, and housing. . (c) Exclusion from modified adjusted gross income Section 1902(e) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e) ) is amended— (1) in the first paragraph (14), relating to income determined using modified adjusted gross income, by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (J) Exclusion of parent mentor compensation from income determination Any nominal amount received by an individual as compensation, including a stipend, for participation as a parent mentor (as defined in paragraph (5) of section 2113(f)) in an activity or program funded through a grant under such section shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the income eligibility of such individual for medical assistance under the State plan or any waiver of such plan. ; and (2) by striking (14) Exclusion and inserting (15) Exclusion . 3005. Extension and reduction of additional Federal financial participation for CHIP Section 2105(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397ee(b) ) is amended in the second sentence by inserting and during the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2020, the enhanced FMAP determined for a State for a fiscal year (or for any portion of a fiscal year occurring during such period) shall be increased by 11.5 percentage points after 23 percentage points, . 3006. Medicaid Improvement Fund Section 1941 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–1 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by inserting before the period at the end the following: , and, in accordance with subsection (b)(3), for the purposes of subparagraph (B) of such subsection ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the first sentence, by inserting pursuant to paragraph (1) after in the Fund ; (ii) by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence: Amounts in the Fund pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be available in advance of appropriations but only if the total amount obligated from the Fund does not exceed the amount available to the Fund under such paragraph (3). ; and (iii) in the last sentence, by striking sentence and inserting sentences ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Additional funding for State activities relating to mechanized claims systems (A) In general In addition to the amount made available under paragraph (1), there shall be available to the Fund, for expenditures from the Fund in accordance with subparagraph (B), for fiscal year 2023 and thereafter, $980,000,000, to remain available until expended. (B) Purposes The Secretary shall use amounts made available to the Fund under subparagraph (A) to pay to each State which has a plan approved under this title, for each quarter beginning during or after fiscal year 2023 an amount equal to— (i) 100 percent minus the percent specified in clause (i) of section 1903(a)(3)(A) of so much of the sums expended by the State during such quarter as are attributable to the activities described in such clause; (ii) 100 percent minus the Federal medical assistance percentage applied under clause (iii) of such section of so much of the sums expended during such quarter (as found necessary by the Secretary under such clause) by the State as are attributable to the activities described in such clause; and (iii) 100 percent minus the percent specified in section 1903(a)(3)(B) of so much of the sums expended by the State during such quarter as are attributable to the activities described in such section. . D Suspension of certain health-related taxes 4001. Extension of moratorium on medical device excise tax (a) In general Section 4191(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking December 31, 2017 and inserting December 31, 2019 . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to sales after December 31, 2017. 4002. Delay in implementation of excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage Section 9001(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking December 31, 2019 and inserting December 31, 2021 . 4003. Suspension of annual fee on health insurance providers (b) In general Section 9010(j) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of paragraph (1), (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting , and ending before January 1, 2019, and , and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) beginning after December 31, 2019. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2018. E Budgetary Effects 5001. Budgetary effects (a) In general The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate paygo scorecards The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). (c) Classification of budgetary effects Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be estimated— (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and (2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

tv_txt: 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 195 In the Senate of the United States, January 22, 2018. Senate Amendment to House Amendment to Senate Amendment:

That the Senate agree to the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 195) entitled An Act to amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes. , with the following On page 1, line 6, strike February 16 and insert: February 8.

Secretary