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Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3413
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2010 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to Medicare part D prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors and MedicareAdvantage (MA) organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a PDP or under an MA-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Dietary Supplement Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3414
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nutrition and diet
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Dietary Supplement Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2010 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2014 to carry out the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) and other provisions under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) that apply to dietary supplements.
 
Requires the allocation of funds appropriated to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for FY2010 for the purpose of enhancing food safety to be expended to effectively and fully implement and enforce DSHEA and other FFDCA provisions that apply to dietary supplements.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2014 for expanded research and development of consumer information on dietary supplements by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report to Congress annually on the implementation and enforcement of DSHEA and its amendments.
 
Amends the FFDCA to require the Secretary to publish guidance that clarifies when a dietary supplement ingredient is a new dietary ingredient, when the manufacturer or distributor of a dietary ingredient or dietary supplement should provide the Secretary with safety information, the evidence needed to document the safety of new dietary ingredients, and appropriate methods for establishing the identity of a new dietary ingredient.
 
Requires the Secretary to notify the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) if information in a new dietary ingredient notification is inadequate to establish that a dietary supplement containing such ingredient will reasonably be expected to be safe because the ingredient may be, or may contain, an anabolic steroid or an analogue of an anabolic steroid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4215-4216)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses.

Bill: 111-s-3416
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Health personnel
Lawyers and legal services
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to the duties of users of consumer reports who take adverse actions on the basis of information contained in such reports.
 
Excludes any health care practice, accounting practice, or legal practice with 20 or fewer employees from the meaning of creditor subject to Red Flag Guidelines regarding identity theft promulgated by the proper federal financial regulatory agency.
 
Excludes any other business which the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) determines: (1) knows all its customers or clients individually; (2) only performs services in or around the residences of its customers; or (3) has not experienced incidents of identity theft, and identity theft is rare for businesses of that type. States that such exclusion shall no longer apply to any business that can no longer meet such eligibility criteria.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Research in Aquaculture Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3417
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural research
Aquaculture
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Research in Aquaculture Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 2010 - Prohibits any executive agency or any Regional Fishery Management Council from developing or approving a rule, regulation, or fishery management plan to permit or regulate offshore aquaculture until the date that is three years after the date of the submission of the reports required by this Act. Applies such prohibition to existing offshore aquaculture permits issued by federal agencies. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to report to Congress regarding: (1) offshore aquaculture; and (2) the economic potential of land-based recirculating aquaculture systems. 
 
Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide grants for research related to land-based recirculating aquaculture systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Problem Gambling Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3418
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Gambling
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Mental health
Professional sports
Research administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Comprehensive Problem Gambling Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to: (1) establish and implement programs for the identification, prevention, and treatment of pathological and other problem gambling; (2) carry out a national campaign to increase knowledge and raise awareness of problem gambling; (3) establish and implement a national program of research on problem gambling; and (4) make grants to states, local and tribal governments, and nonprofit agencies to provide comprehensive services with respect to treatment and prevention of, and education about, problem gambling.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out the national campaign, to: (1) administer and coordinate the voluntary donation of resources to assist in implementing new programs and augmenting and supporting existing national campaigns; and (2) encourage media outlets to provide information aimed at preventing problem gambling. Requires the Secretary to target radio and television audiences of events including sporting and gambling events. 
 
Directs the Secretary to develop a treatment improvement protocol for problem gambling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4220)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4219-4220)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3419
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any report containing information related to a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, charged off, or in collection which, from the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 45 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4221)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4220-4221)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Reserve Component Medical Bills of Rights Availability Act

Bill: 111-s-3422
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Reserve Component Medical Bills of Rights Availability Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that each member of a reserve component who is mobilized or demobilized is provided a clear and comprehensive statement of the medical care and treatment to which the member is entitled under federal law by reason of such mobilization or demobilization. Requires such statement to be provided each time the member is mobilized or demobilized.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Veto Wasteful Spending and Protect Taxpayers Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3423
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Veto Wasteful Spending and Protect Taxpayers Act of 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to suspend and propose for cancellation (line item veto) any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, item of new direct spending, or limited tax benefit.
 
Prohibits such items from being proposed for suspension and cancellation more than once.
 
Authorizes the President to transmit to Congress up to two special messages suspending and proposing the cancellation of items, including a draft bill that, if enacted would only cancel the items included.
 
Requires the special message to include: (1) a determination, for every item, that such cancellation will reduce the federal budget deficit, not impair any essential government functions, and not harm the national interest; (2) any federal account, department, or establishment for which budget authority was to have been available for obligation and the specific project or governmental functions involved; (3) the specific states and congressional districts, if any, affected by the cancellation; and (4) the total number of cancellations imposed during the current session of Congress on such states and congressional districts.
 
Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of a proposed cancellation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4222-4223)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act

Bill: 111-s-3424
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Agriculture
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a &quot;high volume retail breeder&quot; as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding female dogs; and (2) sells, via any means of conveyance, more than 50 of the offspring of such dogs for use as pets in any one-year period. Considers such a breeder of dogs to be a dealer. 
 
Requires dealers to include on licensing applications and annual renewals the total number of dogs exempted from exercise on the premises of the dealer in the preceding year by a licensed veterinarian.
 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate requirements for the exercise of dogs at facilities owned or operated by a dealer, including requiring daily access to exercise that: (1) allows the dogs to move sufficiently in a way that is not forced, repetitive, or restrictive; and (2) is in an area that is spacious, cleaned at least once a day, free of infestation by pests or vermin, and designed to prevent the dogs from escaping. Allows an exemption if: (1) a licensed veterinarian determines that a dog should not exercise because of the health, condition, or well-being of the dog; and (2) such determination is reviewed and updated at least once every 30 days by the veterinarian, unless the basis for the determination is a permanent condition. Subjects such a determination to review and approval by the Secretary.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4223)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3425
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military education and training
Military medicine
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide to each reserve member performing inactive-duty training during scheduled unit training assemblies access to mental health assessments with a licensed mental health professional, who shall be available for referrals during duty hours at the principal duty location of the member's unit. Requires all mental health services provided to be subject to and comply with applicable federal privacy and security rules.
 
Requires each reserve member participating in annual training or individual duty training to have access, during such participation, to specified behavioral health support programs, including: (1) suicide prevention and post-suicide response; and (2) psychological health programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require monthly reporting to the Secretary of Agriculture of items contained in the cold storage survey and the dairy products survey of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Bill: 111-s-3426
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Census and government statistics
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require monthly reporting to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) of items contained in the cold storage survey and the dairy products survey of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. 
 
Exempts from reporting requirements a manufacturer or facility that stores less than an average of 10,000 pounds monthly on an annual basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Pre-Paid Mobile Device Identification Act

Bill: 111-s-3427
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Retail and wholesale trades
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Pre-Paid Mobile Device Identification Act - Defines &quot;authorized reseller&quot; as any person authorized by a: (1) manufacturer to sell the manufacturer's mobile device or SIM card (subscriber identity module or equivalent data storage device); or (2) wireless carrier to sell pre-paid mobile devices or SIM cards to which the wireless carrier will provide wireless cellular service.
 
Directs an authorized reseller before selling a pre-paid mobile device or SIM card to: (1) require the purchaser to provide the purchaser's name, address, and date of birth; (2) verify such information; and (3) record and transmit such sale information to the wireless carrier who shall keep a record of the transmission.
 
Subjects: (1) a person who provides false information to criminal penalties; and (2) a non-complying authorized reseller or wireless carrier to civil fines.
 
Makes it unlawful for any person who is not an authorized reseller to sell pre-paid mobile devices or SIM cards. Subjects a violator to fine, imprisonment, or both.
 
States that if a person uses a pre-paid mobile device or SIM card obtained in violation of this Act to commit a federal criminal offense the minimum prison term for such offense required under federal statute shall be increased by one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
National DWI Victims Memorial Designation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3428
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Monuments and memorials
New Mexico
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
National DWI Victims Memorial Designation Act of 2010 - Designates the Memorial of Perpetual Tears, located adjacent to Interstate 40 in Moriarity, New Mexico, as the National DWI Victims Memorial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4444)
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a study on procurement under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Bill: 111-s-3429
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Economic performance and conditions
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Directs the Comptroller General to carry out a study on the participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, minority business enterprises, and women in procurement contracts awarded using funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), including evaluating whether federal agencies have met the government-wide goals established under the Small Business Act for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3430
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2010-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Self-employed
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: 
Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax credit for social security taxes paid for employee cash tips to employers of cosmetologists. 
 
Requires employers of cosmetologists to report income and tips of their cosmetologist employees and to provide income and tip information to self-employed cosmetologists to whom they pay more than $600 in the taxable year. Imposes similar reporting requirements upon individuals who rent chairs to cosmetologists. Requires such employers to provide their cosmetologist employees and self-employed cosmetologists with information on the tax and tip reporting obligations of employees and self-employed individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4445-4446)
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4444-4445)
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate