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340B Program Revision and Expansion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4544
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Auditing
Child health
Commerce
Community health services
Contracts
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug industry
Drugs
Electronic government information
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health information systems
Hospital care
Hospitals
Internet
Law
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Mental care facilities
Mental health services
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Science, Technology, Communications
Web sites
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
340B Program Revision and Expansion Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include in the discount drug purchasing program those entities that receive funding under the Social Security Act for the provision of maternal and child care services, mental health services, and substance abuse services.
 
Allows otherwise qualified hospitals to purchase discounted drugs through group purchasing agreements and organizations. 
 
Allows discounted drugs to be provided in an inpatient setting. (Currently, discounted drugs must be provided only on an outpatient basis.)
 
Allows covered entities to contract with multiple pharmacies to purchase covered drugs.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prevent abuse and misuse of discounted prices by: (1) developing a system to verify the accuracy of information regarding covered entities that is listed on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website; (2) establishing a third-party auditing system to regularly audit covered entities and ensure compliance with requirements of the discounted drug program; (3) conducting supplemental audits and implementing dispute resolution guidelines and other compliance programs; (4) issuing advisory opinions in response to questions by manufacturers or covered entities about the application of this program in specific factual circumstances; and (5) providing covered entities access through HHS's website to the prices for covered drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Pension Accountability Act

Bill: 109-hr-4546
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Annuities
Bribery
Congressional ethics
Congressional pensions
Crime and Law Enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Interest
Labor and Employment
Law
Members of Congress
Misconduct in office
Perjury
Public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Congressional Pension Accountability Act - Prohibits a Member of Congress, or a survivor or beneficiary, from receiving an annuity or retired pay if such Member is: (1) convicted of bribery of public officials and witnesses, conspiracy either to commit any offense against the United States or to defraud the United States, perjury, or subornation of perjury; or (2) indicted or has outstanding charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
 
Defines &quot;Member of Congress&quot; as the Vice President, a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.

Bill: 109-hr-4547
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Airports
Alcoholic beverages
College sports
Courthouses
Education
Educational facilities
Federal preemption
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Interstate relations
Law
Licenses
Local laws
Prisons
Public meetings
Sports and Recreation
State laws
Transportation and Public Works
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to establish a national standard for the carrying of certain concealed firearms by non-residents. Authorizes a person who has a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm in one state and who is not prohibited from carrying a firearm under federal law to carry a concealed firearm in another state in accordance with the restrictions of that state or as specified under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4548
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Bribery
Civil service retirement
Claims
Congress
Congressional employees
Congressional ethics
Congressional pensions
Crime and Law Enforcement
Embezzlement
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Fugitives from justice
Government ethics
Interest
Judges
Judicial ethics
Judicial officers
Labor and Employment
Larceny
Law
Members of Congress
Misconduct in office
Perjury
Practice of law
Public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Prohibits an individual (or a survivor or beneficiary thereof) from receiving federal annuity or retired pay if such individual is convicted, indicted, or has outstanding charges against him under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for specified offenses concerning: (1) bribery, graft, or conflicts of interest related to public officials and witnesses, Members of Congress, government officers or employees, or obtaining appointive public office; (2) embezzlement or theft of public money, property, or records; (3) the solicitation or use of gifts; (4) fraud and false statements or entries; (5) perjury; (6) subornation of perjury; or (7) false declarations before a grand jury or court.
 
Refunds annuity contributions and deposits, excluding interest earned, to a convicted individual. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Prison Inmate Tax Fraud Reduction Act

Bill: 109-hr-4549
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Income
Law
Prisoners
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Prison Inmate Tax Fraud Reduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose in writing to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons or a state prison, subject to certain restrictions, taxpayer identity information of prisoners and whether such prisoners have claimed or received a federal tax refund that may be based on a false or fraudulent tax return.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
National Hepatitis B Act

Bill: 109-hr-4550
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Access to health care
Alcoholism
Asian American ethnic groups
Cancer
Child health
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Epidemiology
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health counseling
Health education
Health planning
Health surveys
Hepatitis
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Indian medical care
Infants
Liver diseases
Medical records
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Minorities
Native Americans
Pregnant women
Preventive medicine
Prisoners
Right of privacy
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Sexually transmitted diseases
Vaccination
Vaccines
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
National Hepatitis B Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for hepatitis B prevention, control, and medical management.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) support the integration of testing, counseling, immunization, and medical referral activities into existing clinical and public health programs at state, local, and tribal levels; and (2) provide hepatitis B coordinators to health departments in order to ensure the success of such integration.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to implement programs to increase awareness and enhance knowledge and understanding of hepatitis B.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to: (1) support the establishment of a national hepatitis B surveillance program; and (2) report on population-based seroprevalence studies and hepatitis B's economic and clinical impact and its impact on quality of life.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Directors of CDC, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct research on hepatitis B.
 
Requires the Secretary to give priority in carrying out this Act to individuals with limited access to health education, testing, and health care services and groups that may be disproportionately affected by hepatitis B.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Choices for Seniors Act

Bill: 109-hr-4551
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Health Care Choices for Seniors Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivor's and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a procedure under which an individual otherwise entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare) may waive such entitlement and be automatically enrolled in the Medicare Alternative Voucher Program (MAV Program).
 
Directs the Secretary to establish the MAV Program, under which a voucher may be used as a contribution into a health savings account and for the payment of enrollment premiums under a high deductible health plan.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the itemized deduction for health savings accounts by the amount of the MAV that is contributed to an individual's health savings account.
 
Suspends Medicare late enrollment penalties for individuals between ages 65 and 70.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-12-15
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: 2005-12-15
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: 2005-12-15
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: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on N-Cyclohexylthiophthalimide.

Bill: 109-hr-4552
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 

 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on N-Cyclohexylthiophthalimide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 4,4'-Dithiodimorpholine.

Bill: 109-hr-4553
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 

 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 4,4'-Dithiodimorpholine.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide.

Bill: 109-hr-4554
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 

 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Tetramethylthiuram Disulfide.

Bill: 109-hr-4555
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Tetramethylthiuram Disulfide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Labor to make a grant to a public university to establish the Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy.

Bill: 109-hr-4556
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business education
Chief executive officers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
College teachers
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporation directors
Data banks
Discrimination in employment
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Higher education
Pay equity
Policy sciences
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex discrimination
Women
Women in business
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to make a grant, to a public university with specified characteristics, to establish the Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy. 

Requires the Center to: (1) compile and analyze available data and data sets on the difference between the earnings of men and women, including the Panel Study of Income Dynamic housed at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and to identify factors which affect differences in earnings; and (2) disseminate findings, maintain a website as a clearinghouse, and publish an annual best practices guide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Prescription Drug Late Enrollment Penalty Repeal Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4557
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Late Enrollment Penalty Repeal Act of 2005 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare prescription drug benefit late enrollment penalty and to extend the initial enrollment period for 2006 through July 15, 2006. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4558
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic assistance
Education
Export finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Military assistance
Military education
Military training
Sanctions (International law)
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2005 - Prohibits providing U.S. assistance (as defined by this Act) to a country that opposed the U.S. position in the United Nations. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of State to (temporarily) exempt a country from such prohibition if since the beginning of the most recent session of the General Assembly there has been a fundamental change in the country's leadership and policies so that the country will no longer oppose the U.S. position in the United Nations. 
 
Authorizes the President to exempt a country from such prohibition for national security reasons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 109-hr-4562
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Buddhism
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clergy
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Democracy
East Asia
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
International Affairs
Nonviolence
Peace
Religion
Religious liberty
Tibet

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro Tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, in recognition of his many contributions to peace and religious understanding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
Servicemembers Interest Rate Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4563
Sponsor: Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Credit
Finance and Financial Sector
Interest rates
Military personnel
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Servicemembers Interest Rate Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act to revise the six percent maximum annual interest rate to be charged on debts incurred by a servicemember, and his or her spouse jointly, before the servicemember enters into military service and continuing for the duration of such military service, to five percent in the case of any interest incurred during the period beginning on October 1, 2006, and ending on September 30, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House