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Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3144
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Department of Health and Human Services
Diabetes
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Medical supplies
Medical tests
Medicare
Ombudsman
Prosthesis
Quality of care
Quality of products
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: 
Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to delay generally until after 2011 full implementation of the Medicare competitive acquisition program for the purchase of durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).

Revises such program, dividing its implementation into two rounds, and specifying covered item updates for 2009-2014.

Prescribes requirements for application of accreditation in implementing quality standards.

Requires suppliers to disclose subcontractors.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a competitive acquisition ombudsman within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to respond to complaints and inquiries by suppliers and individuals.

Specifies topics for the Comptroller General's required study and report to Congress on the impact of competitive acquisition of DME on suppliers, manufacturers, and patients.

Sets forth a special rule for the competitive acquisition program for diabetic testing strips.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5699-5702)
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5699)
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Needed Offshore Under Gas Hikes Act

Bill: 110-s-3146
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Continental shelf
Energy prices
Federal-state relations
Gas in submerged lands
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Oil well drilling
Petroleum in submerged lands

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Energy Needed Offshore Under Gas Hikes Act - Allows the governor of a state, during any period in which the price of regular gasoline is equal to or greater than $5, with the concurrence of the state legislature, to petition the Secretary of the Interior to make a new producing area of the state eligible for: (1) oil leasing, gas leasing, or both, as determined by the state in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Mineral Leasing Act; or (2) natural gas leasing only.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit 45% of all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States from leases for new producing areas (qualified revenues) in the outer Continental Shelf into the general fund of the Treasury. Requires 55% of qualified revenues to be deposited into a special account in the Treasury, from which the Secretary shall disburse: (1) 37.5% to eligible producing states for new producing areas; (2) 12.5% to provide assistance to states in accordance with the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965; and (3) 5% to states for historic offshore production distribution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the State of Virginia to petition for authorization to conduct natural gas exploration and drilling activities in the coastal zone of the State.

Bill: 110-s-3147
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Continental shelf
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Gas in submerged lands
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Land use
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas royalties
Oil pollution
Oil well drilling
Petroleum in submerged lands
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Revenue sharing
Virginia
Water Resources Development
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the governor of Virginia to petition the Secretary of the Interior for authorization to conduct natural gas exploration and extraction activities in any area that is at least 50 miles beyond the state's coastal zone.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into a Clean Energy Fund of 50% of all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States from leases entered into under this Act for natural gas exploration and extraction activities. Requires deposit of the other 50% into a special account in the Treasury from which the Secretary shall disburse: (1) 75% to the state; (2) 12.5% to provide financial assistance to states in accordance with the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965; and (3) 12.5% to a reserve fund to be used to mitigate for any environmental damage that occur as a result of extraction activities authorized under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Oregon Caves National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3148
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Caves
Commemorations
Grazing
Land transfers
National forests
National monuments
Oregon
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Oregon Caves National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2008 - Adjusts the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument (Monument). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) transfer certain acreage in the Monument to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) adjust the boundary of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest to exclude certain lands in the Monument transferred by the Secretary.

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain additional segments of the Monument as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) administer the Monument in accordance with this Act and other legal authorities; and (2) carry out forest restoration activities within the boundaries of the Monument.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior to accept any grazing lease or permit that is donated by a livestock operator that holds a valid existing grazing lease or permit for a grazing allotment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-599.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5757-5758)
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5756-5757)
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Lower Rogue Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3149
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Oregon
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Lower Rogue Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2008 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to add specified segments of creeks to the designation of the Rogue River in Oregon as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5758-5760)
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5758)
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Air Travel Act

Bill: 110-s-3150
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Auctions
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Law
Transportation rates

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Access to Air Travel Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from taking actions to regulate the scheduling of airline operations at a U.S. commercial airport if such an action includes: (1) auctioning rights or permission to conduct airline operations at that airport; (2) implementing peak-period or congestion pricing at the airport; (3) withdrawing an airline's right to operate at that airport; (4) charging a fee for use of navigable airspace at the airport; or (5) requiring, or providing incentives or disincentives to, airport owners to take any such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to priority review vouchers.

Bill: 110-s-3151
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cholera
Communicable diseases
Diseases
Drug approvals
Leprosy
Malaria
Tuberculosis

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that priority review vouchers, which are given by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the sponsor of a tropical disease product application, are transferable to sponsors of human drug applications for approval of a new drug or biological product. Prohibits such vouchers from being redeemed to affect the review of a pending human drug application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5760)
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a comprehensive study by the National Research Council of the National Academies to assess the water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System.

Bill: 110-s-3152
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Coastal zone
Environmental Protection
Florida
Freshwater resources conservation
Geology
Governmental investigations
Hydrology
Infrastructure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Riparian ecology
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council of the National Academies to conduct a comprehensive study of the water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System.
 
Requires that the study include: (1) a summary of the existing body of scientific knowledge on the ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, and biogeochemistry of the Apalachicola River and the greater River System, the ecosystem services provided by that River, the impact of variation in freshwater flow on the ecology of the river and downstream coastal ecosystems, and how to restore the natural hydraulic function of the System; (2) assessments of models that serve as the basis for the master manuals of the System, of water availability, supply options, demand-management alternatives, and socioeconomic factors that influence uses in the System, and of policies, regulations, and other factors that affect federal water project operations; and (3) recommendations for an approach to determine water limits that recognize the needs of all water users along the System and for additional measures to address the long-term watershed management needs of the System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5760-5761)
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5760)
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Financial Consumer Hotline Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3153
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Bank examination
Commerce
Consumer complaints
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government publicity
Law
National Credit Union Administration
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Financial Consumer Hotline Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require federal financial institution regulatory agencies, coordinating through the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, to establish: (1) a single, toll-free telephone number for consumer complaints and inquiries concerning institutions under their jurisdiction; and (2) a system for routing such calls to the federal financial institution regulatory agency that primarily supervises the financial institution, or that is otherwise the appropriate agency to address the subject of the complaint or inquiry.

Cites circumstances under which state agencies may receive appropriate call transfers from such federal systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act

Bill: 110-s-3154
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Noise
Television advertising
Television programs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation prohibiting advertisements accompanying video programming from: (1) being excessively noisy or strident; (2) having modulation levels substantially higher than the accompanying program; and (3) having an average maximum loudness substantially higher than that of the accompanying program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act

Bill: 110-s-3156
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Noise
Television advertising
Television programs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation prohibiting advertisements accompanying video programming from: (1) being excessively noisy or strident; (2) having modulation levels substantially higher than the accompanying program; and (3) having an average maximum loudness substantially higher than that of the accompanying program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3157
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Arts, Culture, Religion
Camping
Commemorations
Conservation easements
Cultural property
Easements
Environmental Protection
Historic sites
History
Indian lands
Land transfers
Law
Minorities
National forests
Natural areas
Sports and Recreation
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) accept a conveyance of non-federal land in Gila, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, and Coconino Counties, Arizona, from Resolution Copper Mining, LLC (Resolution Copper); (2) convey to Resolution Copper certain federal land located in Pinal County, Arizona; (3) convey specified land in Pinal County to the town of Superior, Arizona; and (4) appraise lands exchanged or conveyed under this Act.

Instructs Resolution Copper to deliver to the Secretary an executed document granting a permanent conservation easement for the easement area (the surface estate of the Apache Leap Conservation Easement Area, Arizona) to an entity that is: (1) a qualified unit of government or Indian tribe; or (2) a land trust or other qualified organization. Requires Resolution Copper to determine whether the area covered by the easement should be managed to establish: (1) additional cultural and historical resource protections or measures; or (2) additional or alternative public access routes, trails, and trailheads to Apache Leap. 
Makes lands acquired by the Secretary under this Act part of the National Forest within which the land is located.
Directs the Secretary to construct in the Global Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest, Arizona, one or more replacement campgrounds for the Oak Flat Campground.

Requires Resolution Copper to make value adjustment payments to the United States based upon locatable minerals produced from federal lands in Pinal County, Arizona.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-572.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act

Bill: 110-s-3158
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2008-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
National seashores

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: 
Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act - Extends the authority for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission until September 26, 2018. 

action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act - Extends the authority for: (1) the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission until September 26, 2018; (2) the National Park System Advisory Board until January 1, 2010; and (3) the National Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board until December 31, 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1003.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-599.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Enumerated Powers Act

Bill: 110-s-3159
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2008-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional powers
Constitutional law
House rules and procedure
Law
Legislation
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: 
Enumerated Powers Act - Requires each Act of Congress to contain a concise and definite statement of the constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act. Declares that failure to comply with this requirement shall give rise to a point of order in either chamber of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center".

Bill: 110-s-3161
Sponsor: Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL]
Introduced: 2008-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Florida
Health
House of Representatives
Names
Spinal cord injuries
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: 
Designates the James A. Haley Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center's spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the &quot;Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate