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Alaska Bypass Modernization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4174
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Aviation and airports
Postal Regulatory Commission
Postal service
Public contracts and procurement
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
Alaska Bypass Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends provisions of federal law relating to Alaska bypass mail transportation to require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), in selecting a carrier of nonpriority bypass mail to a point in Alaska, to ensure: (1) a minimum of one scheduled flight per week to each nonpriority bypass mail destination with guaranteed capacity for nonpriority bypass mail, subject to the condition that the weather, lack of available service, or other extraordinary circumstances do not interfere with the fulfillment of such minimum requirement; and (2) that any flight that transports nonpriority bypass mail to a nonpriority bypass mail destination and that is in addition to the minimum flight requirement is necessary to the delivery of nonpriority bypass mail and maximizes the cost efficiency to USPS. Revises provisions relating to the tender of nonpriority mainline mail to bush carriers and between qualified passenger and nonmail freight carriers from an acceptance point in Alaska. 
 
Modifies requirements and definitions relating to contracts for foreign and interstate air transportation. Authorizes USPS to contract for the transportation of mail by aircraft between any of the points in foreign air transportation only with certificated air carriers.
 
Treats Alaska bypass mail service as a separate competitive product for all purposes and prohibits the transfer of such service to the market-dominant category of mail.
 
Revises the schedule of rates and fees for matter sent by Alaska bypass mail service to cover at least 30% of costs attributable to such service in FY2015, with increasing percentages until FY2020, in which year 50% of such costs will be covered. Limits in FY2014-FY2020 any increase in the rate for any type of Alaska bypass mail service by more than the maximum permitted rate increase for market-dominant products plus an additional 1%. Requires the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to determine, at least once each fiscal year, if USPS is in compliance with such rate schedule. Prohibits PRC from ordering USPS to discontinue Alaska bypass mail service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Victory for Veterans Stamp Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4175
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Postal service
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
Victory for Veterans Stamp Act of 2014 - Directs the Postal Service to issue a special stamp, to be called the Victory for Veterans Stamp, at a cost of $1 each. Makes such Stamp valid for postage for first-class mail.
 
Requires Stamp sale proceeds to be used as follows: (1) one-third for funding Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) veterans' vocational rehabilitation programs, (2) one-third to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction, and (3) one-third for the Postal Service for modernization and fiscal administration.
 
Requires such Stamp to be made available to the public within six months after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4176
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: General science and technology matters
Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
 Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2014 - Establishes the position of Science Laureate of the United States. 
 
Requires the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to appoint a Science Laureate on the basis of merit, particularly the ability of such individual to foster and enhance public awareness and interest in science and to provide ongoing significant scientific contributions. 
 
Encourages each Science Laureate to continue his or her scientific work and directs the NAS to facilitate his or her duties. 
 
Limits the term of a Science Laureate to one year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Medicare beneficiaries participating in a Medicare Advantage MSA to contribute their own money to their MSA.

Bill: 113-hr-4177
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of payments to a Medicare Advantage Medical Savings Account (MSA), to eliminate the restriction on contributions or transfers to such accounts (currently, only a contribution made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) pursuant to Medicare Advantage or a trustee-to-trustee transfer is permitted).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Lucid Act

Bill: 113-hr-4179
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
Lucid Act - Makes eligible for federal-aid highway project grants a state whose law legalizes the use of marijuana with or without medical justification only if that state: (1) has in effect a law prohibiting an individual from driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while impaired by marijuana, and (2) enforces that law using training and methods for determining cognitive or physical marijuana impairment.
 
Exempts those states from specified administrative penalties.
 
Revises the terms &quot;driving while intoxicated&quot; and &quot;driving under the influence&quot; to accord with this Act. Subjects repeat offenders to minimum civil and criminal penalties for driving a motor vehicle while impaired by marijuana in those states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit rollovers from health savings accounts to Medicare Advantage MSAs.

Bill: 113-hr-4180
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax-free rollover of funds in a health savings account (HSA) into a Medicare Advantage Medical Savings Account (MSA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Trauma Relief Access for Urgent Medical Assistance of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4181
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
Trauma Relief Access for Urgent Medical Assistance of 2014 - Appropriates amounts for FY2014-FY2018 to carry out the following programs under the Public Health Service Act:
 
 
grants for regionalized systems for emergency care response,
 
grants for certain trauma care centers,
 
grants to promote access to trauma care services provided by trauma centers and trauma-related physician specialties,
 
support for research in emergency medical care systems and emergency medicine, and
 
grants for demonstration projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services for children. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4183
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2014 - Amends the Truth In Lending Act to limit the annual percentage rate (APR) applicable to any consumer credit transaction (other than a residential mortgage transaction), including any associated fees, to the maximum rate permitted by the laws of the state in which the consumer resides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the manner in which an advance payment of initial educational assistance paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is charged against the entitlement of a veteran to such assistance.

Bill: 113-hr-4184
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: 
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to charge an advance payment of veterans' educational assistance against the final and, if necessary, penultimate month of the recipient's entitlement to such assistance.
 
Prohibits an individual from receiving more than one advance payment of veterans' educational assistance during any academic year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Introduced in House
DISARM Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4187
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2014-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Product development and innovation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: 
Developing an Innovative Strategy for Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms Act of 2014 or DISARM Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) recognize the costs of new antimicrobial drugs under the Medicare payment system for the inpatient services of subsection (d) hospitals, (2) provide for additional payment with respect to discharges involving such drugs, (3) publish in the Federal Register a list of the new antimicrobial drugs, and (4) further reduce each of the average standardized payment amounts in a specified manner to maintain budget neutrality in a fiscal year beginning with FY2015.
 
(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.) 
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the barriers that prevent the development of new antimicrobial drugs and develop recommendations for actions to be taken in order to overcome such barriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-11
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: 2014-03-11
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: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act

Bill: 113-hr-4188
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2014-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: 
Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the hospital readmission reduction program to exclude from the program admissions related to transplants, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), burns, trauma, psychosis, or substance abuse.
 
 Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in applying requirements for the excess readmission ratio, to provide for a risk adjustment that will take into account a hospital's proportion of inpatients who are full-benefit dual eligible individuals (eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid under SSA title XIX) in order to ensure that hospitals that treat the most vulnerable populations are not unfairly penalized.
 
Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study the appropriateness of using a threshold of 30 days for readmissions under the program.
 
Directs the Secretary, in promulgating regulations for the hospital readmission reduction program, to consider the use of V codes for potential exclusions of cases involving noncompliant patients in promulgating applicable regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare program of pharmacist services.

Bill: 113-hr-4190
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2014-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover pharmacist services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-11
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: 2014-03-11
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: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act

Bill: 113-hr-4191
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2014-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Evidence and witnesses
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: 
Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act - Requires (current law authorizes) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accept, for purposes of establishing a claim for veterans disability benefits, a report of a medical examination administered by a private physician without requiring confirmation by a Veterans Health Administration physician if the report is sufficiently complete. Defines "sufficiently complete" as competent, credible, probative, and containing such information as required to make a decision on the claim for which the report is provided.
 
Requires the Secretary to submit: (1) a report on the progress of the VA's Acceptable Clinical Evidence initiative in reducing the necessity for in-person disability examinations, and (2) an annual report for each VA regional office regarding claims for which private medical evidence was determined to be unacceptable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Seniors' Fairness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4196
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2014-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: 
Seniors' Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) part C (Medicare+Choice) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Advantage Improvement Fund.
 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate reduced cost-sharing for individuals enrolling in qualified health plans beginning in plan year 2015. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-4198
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2014-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: 
Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act - Repeals the termination date of (thus, reinstates) the requirement for an annual report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the Secretary's compliance, by facility and by service-network, with requirements for managing the provision of hospital care and medical services furnished to veterans with service-connected disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Introduced in House