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MediFair Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-868
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Quality of care
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
MediFair Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for making adjustments to the amount of payment made to entities and individuals for items and services provided under the original Medicare fee-for-service program under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to develop recommendations on policies and practices that would encourage: (1) healthy outcomes and quality care under the Medicare program in States with respect to which payments are reduced under such system; and (2) the efficient use of payments made under the Medicare program in such States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
PhRMA Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-870
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Chief executive officers
Clinical trials
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Corporate accountability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Executives
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Mandatory sentences
Pharmaceutical research
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Accountability Act of 2005 or the PhRMA Act of 2005 - Sets forth penalties for violations of acts prohibited under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by an individual employed as the chief executive officer or as a member of the senior executive management group of the manufacturer of a drug, where the violation involves knowing concealment of evidence of a serious adverse drug experience.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require the chief executive officer of the manufacturer of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug to annually: (1) attest that the manufacturer has disclosed to the Secretary all evidence of any serious adverse drug experience related to the drug; and (2) describe the process by which the manufacturer ensures that such disclosure has occurred. Allows the Secretary to withdraw an approval for such a drug for failure to provide such an attestation. Prohibits a chief executive officer of a manufacturer of such a drug from failing to provide such an attestation.
 
Requires the Secretary to direct a manufacturer or sponsor of a drug to complete any required postmarketing study of that drug by a specified deadline. Allows the Secretary to extend such a deadline. Sets forth penalties for failing to meet such a deadline. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E252)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Nurse-Midwifery Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-872
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medical education
Medical fees
Medicare
Midwives
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Improving Access to Nurse-Midwifery Care Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of and payment for certified midwife services. (Currently only certified nurse-midwife services are covered.)
 
Declares that nothing precludes certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives from teaching or supervising an intern or resident-in-training. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Northern Marianas Delegate Act

Bill: 109-hr-873
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional delegations
Congressional elections
Congressional privileges and immunities
Federal-territorial relations
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Northern Mariana Islands
Political representation
Primaries

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Northern Marianas Delegate Act - Prescribes a procedure for election to the House of Representatives as a nonvoting Delegate of the Resident Representative to the United States authorized under the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America. 

action_date: 2005-06-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Northern Mariana Islands Delegate Act - (Sec. 2) Declares that the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be represented in Congress by the Resident Representative to the United States (a nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives) authorized under the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America. 
 
(Sec. 3) Prescribes general requirements for the federal election of 2006 and subsequent elections (including primaries, if the Government of the Commonwealth provides for them).
 

 

 

 
(Sec. 4) Specifies the qualifications of the office.
 
(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Government of the Commonwealth to determine: (1) the order of names on the ballot; (2) the method of conducting a special election to fill a permanent vacancy in the office; (3) the method for resolving ties between candidates; and (4) all other matters of local application pertaining to the election and the office not otherwise expressly provided for in this Act.
 
(Sec. 6) Provides that, until the Rules of the House are amended to provide otherwise, the Delegate shall: (1) receive the same compensation, allowances, and benefits as a Member of the House; and (2) be entitled to whatever privileges and immunities are, or hereinafter may be, granted to any other nonvoting Delegate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 62.
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-110.
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-110.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-874
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Ballots
Collective bargaining
Government Operations and Politics
Labor unions
Law
National Labor Relations Board
Unfair labor practices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board; and (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety and Protection Investment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-875
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air pollution control
Armed Forces and National Security
Cameras
Closed-circuit television
Commerce
Computer crimes
Computer security measures
Computer software
Computers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Depreciation and amortization
Electronic surveillance
Electronics
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Environmental Protection
Equipment and supplies
Identification devices
Income tax
Indoor air pollution
Industrial buildings
International Affairs
Office buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Tax deductions
Terrorism
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Public Safety and Protection Investment Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual and corporate taxpayers to expense (i.e., claim a full tax deduction in the current taxable year) the costs of purchasing and installing certain qualifying security devices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase payments to States for expenditures for short term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies.

Bill: 109-hr-876
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption
Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Child welfare
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Families
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase payments to States for expenditures for short term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the expensing of environmental remediation costs.

Bill: 109-hr-877
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Environmental Protection
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Oil pollution
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent provisions allowing the expensing of environmental remediation costs; (2) revise the definition of &quot;qualified contaminated site&quot; to include toxic as well as hazardous substances; (3) include within the definition of &quot;hazardous or toxic substances&quot; extremely hazardous substances, as defined by Federal law, and petroleum contaminants; and (4) eliminate the recapture of the expensing deduction upon the sale of environmental remediation property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Electric Reliability Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-878
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Canada
Delegation of powers
Department of Energy
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Energy security
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal advisory bodies
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
International Affairs
Latin America
Law
Licenses
Mexico
Standards
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Electric Reliability Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Power Act to grant the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over a FERC-certified Electric Reliability Organization (ERO), established under this Act to enforce, subject to FERC review, reliability standards for the bulk-power system. 
 
Includes within such jurisdiction regional entities and all users, owners, and operators of the bulk-power system for purposes of approving reliability standards and enforcing compliance with this Act.
 
Urges the President to negotiate international agreements with the governments of Canada and Mexico to provide effective compliance with reliability standards and the effectiveness of the ERO in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
 
Restricts to the bulk-power system only the ERO authority to develop and enforce compliance with reliability standards.
 
Declares that this Act does not authorize the ERO or FERC to order construction of additional generation or transmission capacity, or to set and enforce compliance with standards for adequacy or safety of electric facilities or services. 
 
Directs FERC to establish a regional advisory body on the petition of at least two-thirds of the States within a region that have more than one-half of their electric load served within the region. Authorizes such body to advise the ERO, a regional entity, or FERC.
 
Declares this Act inapplicable to Alaska or Hawaii.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide for secondary containment to prevent MTBE and petroleum contamination.

Bill: 109-hr-879
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Energy
Environmental monitoring
Fines (Penalties)
Groundwater
Law
Oil pollution
Oxygenates
Petroleum pipelines
Petroleum storage
Pollution measurement
Potable water
Reformulated gasoline
Standards
Transportation and Public Works
Underground storage
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Wells

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require: (1) secondary containment of any new or replaced underground storage tank system; and (2) the monitoring for leaks of the space between the primary and secondary containment if the new or replaced tank or piping are within 1,000 feet of a community water system, potable drinking water well, or other sensitive area. 
 
Establishes civil penalties for a violation of these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a rate that is at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 109-hr-880
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Clinics
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Managed care
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage organizations to provide for a payment rate for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Mercury-Free Vaccines Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-881
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Child health
Communication in medicine
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug adulteration
Drug approvals
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Influenza
Law
Licenses
Mercury
Pregnant women
Public health
Terrorism
Vaccination
Vaccines
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Mercury-Free Vaccines Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a banned mercury-containing vaccine to be adulterated. Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that a vaccine is a banned mercury-containing vaccine if one dose of the vaccine contains 1 or more micrograms of mercury in any form.
 
 Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to declare that an actual or potential bioterrorist incident or other public health emergency makes the administration of such vaccines advisable for a specified period.
 
Requires the Secretary to prohibit the distribution of banned mercury-containing influenza vaccines that are approved as biological products to: (1) any child under the age of three years old (effective July 1, 2006); (2) pregnant women if the vaccine contains thimerosal (effective July 1, 2006); and (3) any child under the age of six (effective July 1, 2007).
 
Requires the Secretary to revise the vaccine information included with mercury-containing vaccines to include: (1) a statement that indicates the presence of mercury in the vaccine; (2) information on the availability of any mercury-free or mercury-reduced alternative vaccine and instructions on how to obtain such an alternative vaccine; and (3) a recommendation against administration of any mercury-containing vaccine to a pregnant woman.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) should disseminate, with any vaccine-related information, a recommendation against administration of any thimerosal-containing vaccine to a pregnant woman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through the National Weather Service, to establish a tsunami hazard mitigation program for all United States coastal States and insular areas.

Bill: 109-hr-882
Sponsor: Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: American Samoa
Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Coastal zone
Emergency communication systems
Evacuation of civilians
Federal-state relations
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Gulf States
International Affairs
International cooperation
Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific States (U.S.)
Planning
Puerto Rico
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Tsunamis
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the National Weather Service, to establish a tsunami hazard mitigation program for all coastal States and insular areas of the United States (including Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House