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To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make a technical correction to ensure that all physicians, as defined for purposes of the Medicare Program, are permitted to perform required face-to-face examinations and prescribe Medicare covered durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies.

Bill: 110-hr-6119
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2008-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Chiropractic and chiropractors
Dentists
Medical supplies
Medicare
Physical examinations
Physicians
Prosthesis
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: 
Amends part B (Supplemental Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to ensure that all physicians, as defined for Medicare purposes (including doctors of dental surgery or of dental medicine, of podiatric medicine, or of optometry, and chiropractors), are permitted to perform required face-to-face examinations and prescribe Medicare-covered durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (including motorized or power wheelchairs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-05-21
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: 2008-05-21
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: 2008-05-21
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: 2008-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet crime prevention education.

Bill: 110-hr-6120
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2008-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer crimes
Crime prevention
Curricula
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic mail systems
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Internet
Minorities
Pornography
Racism
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Sexual harassment
Telephone
Web sites
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: 
Directs the Attorney General to award grants to U.S. entities that assist elementary and secondary school administrators, faculty, and staff and law enforcement officials in implementing Internet crime prevention education. Defines &quot;Internet crime prevention education&quot; as programs that help parents, educators, and law enforcement officials to educate children and communities to recognize and prevent potentially criminal activity on the Internet, telephone, and other electronic means. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To provide for health care benefits for certain nuclear facility workers.

Bill: 110-hr-6121
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2008-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Colorado
Employee health benefits
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government insurance
Hazardous wastes
Health
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear weapons
Ohio
Radiation victims
Radioactive wastes
Retiree health benefits
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide health care benefits for workers who: (1) have been employed by a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor to perform duties under a contract for environmental remediation, waste management, decontamination and decommissioning, maintenance, security, and administrative activities at the Fernald Closure Project (Harrison, Ohio), the Mound Closure Project (Miamisburg, Ohio), or the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Golden, Colorado); and (2) would have qualified for health care benefits available for retirees had the individual's employment not been terminated as a result of the accelerated closure of the site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Pain Care Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6122
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2008-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Case management
Education
Health
Health education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical tests
Pain
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: 
Veterans Pain Care Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a comprehensive policy on the management of pain experienced by veterans, including department-wide management of acute and chronic pain, the standard of care, the consistent application of pain assessments, health care personnel education and training, and education for veterans and their families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent .
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4432)
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act

Bill: 110-hr-6123
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer crimes
Electronic mail systems
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Internet
Juvenile delinquency
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Web sites
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act - Amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties on anyone who transmits in interstate or foreign commerce a communication intended to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to another person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide a mechanism for the construction of petroleum refineries on military installations to provide a reliable source of petroleum products for use by the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6125
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Army
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Energy
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Marines
Military bases
Navy
Petroleum refineries

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Authorizes the President to authorize the design and construction of a petroleum refinery for each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps that will be located on a military installation and reserved for the exclusive purpose of manufacturing petroleum products designated for consumption by units and elements of that branch of the Armed Forces.

Directs the President to solicit proposals for the design and construction of a refinery under this Act.
 
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal the reduced lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions requirement relating to federal agency procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6126
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Commercial arbitration
Contracts
Health
Long-term care
Nursing homes
Patients' rights
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008 - Provides that a pre-dispute arbitration agreement between a long-term care facility and a resident (or anyone acting on the resident's behalf) shall not be valid or specifically enforceable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 577.
action_date: 2008-09-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-894.
action_date: 2008-09-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-894.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 10.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-07-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 5 - 4 .
action_date: 2008-07-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-06-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
White House Conference on Food and Nutrition

Bill: 110-hr-6127
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Hunger
Nutrition
White House conferences

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
The White House Conference on Food and Nutrition - Directs: (1) the President to call the White House Conference on Food and Nutrition to be convened in order to make fundamental policy recommendations on ways to end hunger and to improve nutrition in the United States; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Treasury to plan and conduct the Conference.
 
Sets forth Conference provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Army to implement the First Sergeants Barracks Initiative (FSBI) throughout the Army in order to improve the quality of life and living environments for single soldiers.

Bill: 110-hr-6128
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Army
Housing and Community Development
Military command and control
Military housing
Single people

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to implement the First Sergeants Barracks Initiative (FSBI) throughout the Army. (The FSBI transfers responsibility for daily maintenance operations of barracks from their occupying units to a maintenance team working for the post command.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Assuring Access to Medicare Doctors Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6129
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Government trust funds
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Assuring Access to Medicare Doctors Act of 2008 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare physician payment rates.

 Makes adjustments to funding available to the Physician Assistance and Quality Initiative (PAQI) Fund. Reduces amounts available to the Fund for expenditure during 2013, but adds funds for 2014 expenditures (under the same limitations provided for those made with money available during 2013).
 
Provides for the transfer and deposit into the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund of amounts appropriated under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, which have not otherwise been obligated as of January 1, 2009, for allotments to states for payments to eligible providers for unreimbursable costs incurred by providing emergency health care services to undocumented aliens


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4868-4874)
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-05-22
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: 2008-05-22
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: 2008-05-22
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: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a study of the effects of speculation in the futures markets for natural gas, crude oil, and gasoline on cash market and retail prices for the commodities and on the choice of trading venue, and to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding comparability of foreign regulation of futures and derivatives trading.

Bill: 110-hr-6130
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Derivative securities
Energy prices
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Futures trading
Gas industry
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Petroleum industry
Securities regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Energy Information Agency to conduct a joint study and report to specified congressional committees on the effects of speculation in the domestic and foreign futures markets for natural gas, crude oil, and gasoline on cash market and retail prices for the commodities.
 
Requires the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to: (1) issue a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding how the CFTC determines whether regulation of futures contracts and derivatives by a foreign country is comparable to regulation of such under the Commodity Exchange Act; (2) evaluate any comments submitted; and (3) determine whether the CFTC should issue a proposed rule regarding the matter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide incentives for the production and use of unconventional aviation fuels.

Bill: 110-hr-6131
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation fuels
Coal
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Oil shales
Tax credits
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an unconventional aviation fuel mixture credit. Defines &quot;unconventional aviation fuel mixture&quot; as an aviation-grade fuel consisting of a mixture of unconventional fuel (any liquid fuel derived from coal and any oil produced from shale) and aviation-grade kerosene.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to enter into contracts or other agreements to procure liquid fuel derived from coal to meet the fuel requirements of the Department of Defense (DOD), including multi-year contracts for up to 25 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote the recycling of spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6132
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear fuels
Off-budget expenditures
Recycling industry
Recycling of waste products
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to use amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to make competitive grants to or enter into long-term contracts with private sector entities for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel.
 
Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to complete a rulemaking establishing a process for licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, of facilities for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel. 
 
Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to provide that the receipt and disbursements of the Nuclear Waste Fund shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficits or surplus for purposes of the executive budget, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) (thereby moving the Fund off-budget).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House