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Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Bill: 111-hr-1427
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Intellectual property
Judicial procedure and administration
Licensing and registrations
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the licensing of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products. Defines &quot;biosimilar&quot; and &quot;interchangeability&quot; for purposes of this Act. 
 
Allows any person to file an abbreviated biological product application with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires such applications to include information demonstrating a high degree of similarity or interchangeability between the biological product and the licensed biological product (reference product).
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) approve an application and issue a license for a biosimilar product unless the Secretary finds and informs the applicant that the information in the application fails to demonstrate biosimilarity between the biological product and the reference product or the safety, purity, and potency of the biological product; and (2) establish requirements for the efficient review, approval, suspension, and revocation of abbreviated biological product applications. 
 
Allows an applicant to request the Secretary to make a determination as to the interchangeability of a product and its reference product based on whether a product can be expected to produce the same clinical result as the reference product in any given patient. Grants market exclusivity to any biological product that is determined to be interchangeable for a specified period. 
 
Sets forth provisions governing patent infringement claims involving comparable biological products and legal remedies to expedite the adjudication of patent infringement disputes.
 
Extends the period for approval of biological products to allow for studies of the use of new biological products in the pediatric population.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease.

Bill: 111-hr-1428
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Disability assistance
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Neurological disorders
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Adds Parkinson's disease (manifested to a degree of disability of 10% or more) to the list of diseases presumed to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service in Vietnam (and therefore compensable under veterans' disability compensation), notwithstanding that there is no evidence of the disease during the period of service, provided a veteran served between specified dates and was exposed to a herbicide used in military operations during that period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1430
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Dental care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit physical therapy to be furnished under the Medicare program to individuals under the care of a dentist. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-03-11
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: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1432
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Retail and wholesale trades
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth conditions for the receipt by states of federal substance abuse prevention and treatment grants. 
 
Requires such states to: (1) prohibit a minor from purchasing or receiving a tobacco product or possessing a tobacco product in a public place; and (2) require law enforcement agencies to notify a minor's parent, custodian, or guardian whose name and address is reasonably ascertainable of any such violation. 

Requires such states to require any person engaged in the business of distributing tobacco products at retail to implement a program to: (1) notify its employees that state law prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors and the purchase, receipt, or possession in a public place of a tobacco product by a minor; and (2) ensure compliance with such law. Directs such states to provide for a civil monetary penalty or community service for violations.

Requires such states to have established goals for reducing the rate of retailer violations. Allows states to use minors to test compliance under certain conditions. 

Directs such states to certify expenditure of more than 10% of the funds paid to the state as part of the comprehensive settlement of November 1998 against tobacco manufacturers on health programs, tobacco control and cessation activities, or economic development for tobacco regions.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide assistance to states in developing, enacting, and implementing such laws and in setting goals, including by developing model legislative language.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1433
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Fires
Income tax credits
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow volunteer firefighters with eight or more years of service a $1,500 tax credit ($1,000 for three or more years). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Firefighter/Emergency Medical Service Gas Price Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1434
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Health personnel
Income tax deductions
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Volunteer Firefighter/Emergency Medical Service Gas Price Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow volunteers who provide firefighting or emergency medical services a tax deduction for up to $250 of their travel expenses, whether or not such taxpayer itemizes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
National Trails System Willing Seller Act

Bill: 111-hr-1435
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
District of Columbia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Land transfers
Maryland
Montana
New Mexico
New York State
North Dakota
Oregon
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
National Trails System Willing Seller Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to: (1) prohibit the federal acquisition of lands outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area, except with the owner's consent, for the Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, Lewis and Clark, Iditarod, and Nez Perce National Historic Trails and the Continental Divide, North Country, Ice Age, and Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trails; and (2) provide that federal authority to acquire fee title shall be limited to an average of not more than one-quarter mile on either side of such national historic trails and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability Act

Bill: 111-hr-1436
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should establish government-wide strategic and performance plans; and (2) each federal agency head should consult with the congressional committees with jurisdiction over the agency at the beginning of each Congress regarding the agency's performance plan.
 
Requires each agency head to: (1) conduct an assessment of each agency program at least once every five fiscal years; (2) determine how assessment information can help save taxpayers money; (3) develop a plan for merging programs with duplicative missions; (3) identify program best practices for allocating resources; and (4) determine program performance levels and ways to improve low performance.
 
Requires assessment results and resulting agency actions to be submitted in a report to Congress at the same time the President submits the annual federal budget.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) develop a government-wide system to cross reference programs within each agency to make programs more effective and efficient; (2) provide notice of, and an opportunity for public comment on, each program to be assessed; and (3) develop a process for controlling the quality of program assessment data and certify the quality of such data. 
 
Changes: (1) the date by which the heads of each federal agency are required to submit strategic plans for program activities to September 30 of each year following a presidential election; and (2) the period of coverage for strategic plans from five to four years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Southern Border Security Task Force Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1437
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Coast guard
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
New Mexico
State and local government operations
Texas
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Southern Border Security Task Force Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish a Southern Border Security Task Force to coordinate the efforts of federal, state, and local border and law enforcement officials and task forces to protect U.S. border cities and communities from violence associated with drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the international border between the United States and Mexico; and (2) deploy the Task Force along that border in cities and communities most affected by violence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Homeland Security
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit any Federal agency or official, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock.

Bill: 111-hr-1438
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Livestock
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Prohibits federal agencies, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-03-11
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: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
World War II War Crimes Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1439
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
International organizations and cooperation
Political movements and philosophies
Visas and passports
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
World War II War Crimes Accountability Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should encourage extradition and prosecution of the remaining Nazi war criminals; (2) the Simon Wiesenthal Center should be commended for its historic work in bringing to light the atrocities of the Holocaust and in advancing justice for Nazi war criminals through Operation: Last Chance; and (3) the Office of Special Investigation of the Department of Justice is advancing U.S. foreign policy by bringing wanted World War II criminals to justice and should be commended for its actions.
 
Directs the Attorney General, in evaluating the effect on U.S. law enforcement and security interests for purposes of a country's eligibility for visa waiver program designation, to consider the extent to which such country is: (1) cooperating in extraditing or prosecuting Nazi war criminals; and (2) admitting into its territory aliens ordered removed from the United States because of participation in Nazi persecution, genocide, torture, or extrajudicial killing.
 
Authorizes the President, after congressional notification, to not terminate a country's designation based upon such evaluation if in the national interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 46, United States Code, to improve maritime law enforcement.

Bill: 111-hr-1440
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Marine and inland water transportation
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Maritime Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2009 - Makes it unlawful for a person to transport, harbor, or conceal an alien on board a vessel if such person knows or has reason to believe that such alien is attempting to unlawfully enter the United States on the vessel. Sets forth both criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act, including the seizure and forfeiture of the vessel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Ryan Dant Health Care Opportunity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1441
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Ryan Dant Health Care Opportunity Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, to give states the option to disregard certain income in providing continued Medicaid coverage for certain individuals with extremely high annual lifelong orphan drug costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House