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To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for recommendations for the development and use of clinical data registries for the improvement of patient care.

Bill: 113-hr-5214
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consult with clinical experts and make recommendations for the use of clinical data registries to improve patient care.
 Directs the Secretary to include in the recommendations: (1) standards to allow exchange of information between electronic health records and registries, (2) how registries can be used to evaluate models and methods of care, (3) how registries can be used to monitor the safety and efficacy of products approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), (4) how registry data can inform health care professionals on the prevention of disease and how educational resources derived from registry data can be disseminated, and (5) how registries can promote preventive health care.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: 
(Sec. 1) Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consult with clinical experts and make recommendations for the use of clinical data registries to improve patient care.
 Directs HHS to include in the recommendations: (1) standards to allow exchange of information between electronic health records and registries, (2) how registries can be used to evaluate models and methods of care, (3) how registries can be used to monitor the safety and efficacy of products approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), (4) how registry data can inform health care professionals on the prevention of disease and how educational resources derived from registry data can be disseminated, and (5) how registries can promote preventive health care.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 514.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-683.
action_date: 2014-12-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-683.
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act

Bill: 113-hr-5215
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian social and development programs
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Clatsop-Nehalem Restoration Act - Extends federal recognition to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes of Oregon.
 
Restores all rights and privileges of the Tribe and the members of the Tribe under any federal treaty, Executive order, agreement, statute, or other federal authority that may have been diminished or lost under the Act approved August 13, 1954. Makes the provisions of such Act inapplicable to the Tribe and its members. 
 
Makes the Tribe and its members eligible to receive all federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe. Deems members of the Tribe residing in Tillamook and Clatsop Counties in Oregon as residing on or near a reservation. 
 
Declares that no hunting, fishing, or trapping rights of the Tribe or of any member are granted or restored. 
 
Establishes and opens the membership roll of the Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5216
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Idaho
Lakes and rivers
Montana
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Washington State
Water quality
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program to reduce toxic contamination and clean up contaminated sites. Requires the program to be collaborative and stakeholder-based.
 
Requires the EPA to: (1) assess trends in water quality and toxic contamination or toxics reduction; (2) collect, characterize and assess data on toxics and water quality to identify possible causes of environmental problems; (3) update the Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Plan (Action Plan) and the Estuary Partnership Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (Estuary Plan) and ensure that the plans form a coherent toxic contamination reduction strategy; and (4) provide technical assistance in implementing and updating the Action Plan.
 
Directs the EPA to establish a Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Working Group to: (1) participate in developing updates to the Action Plan, (2) recommend and prioritize projects and actions for the Action Plan, and (3) review progress made.
 
Requires the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership to perform those duties and fulfill those responsibilities of the Working Group relating to the Lower Columbia River Estuary.
 
Requires the EPA to establish a Columbia River Basin toxics grant program to provide funding to develop or implement projects to implement the Action Plan and the Estuary Plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2014-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1249-1250)
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Afterschool STEM Act

Bill: 113-hr-5217
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Supporting Afterschool STEM Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish an afterschool STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) grant program awarding competitive grants to afterschool or STEM networks to:
 
 
develop quality standards for STEM programming in afterschool programs and provide those programs with technical assistance in implementing such standards,
 
work with state education stakeholders to define and promote appropriate measurable outcomes for afterschool programs that include STEM content,
 
provide technical assistance to afterschool programs to start or grow their afterschool STEM efforts and define appropriate learning outcomes for such efforts,
 
coordinate professional development for afterschool program educators,
 
help afterschool program providers form strategic partnerships to advance STEM learning in afterschool programs,
 
create and disseminate tool kits to afterschool programs wanting to form partnerships and incorporate STEM professionals as mentors and role models, and 
 
provide technical assistance to federally funded STEM researchers and professionals who wish to engage with afterschool programs.
 
 
Defines: (1) an &quot;afterschool program&quot; as a structured program offered for elementary, middle, or secondary school students when school is not in session, such as before or after school, on the weekend, or during the summer; and (2) an &quot;afterschool or STEM network&quot; as a coalition that fosters partnerships and provides support to afterschool program providers and STEM education providers.
 
Includes as goals of the grant program: (1) to support the development and delivery of high-quality STEM education to populations underrepresented in STEM fields, and (2) to provide hands-on learning and exposure to STEM research facilities and businesses through in-person or virtual distance-learning experiences.
 
Requires the Director to provide each recipient of a STEM research grant who is under the Director's authority with information on opportunities to engage with students in out-of-school-time programs, such as through mentorships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5218
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center.
 
Requires the Center to: (1) advance the development, expansion, and evaluation of state organ donor registries; (2) facilitate timely exchange of donor information between state registries; and (3) maintain a clearinghouse for information on registry best practices.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states in order to develop, expand, or maintain state organ donor registries and establish benchmarks for improvement in organ donation. Requires a state registry that receives a grant to be accessible to individual donors and the Center.
 
Eliminates civil liability for a person taking an individual's organs as long as the person verified the individual's consent with a state organ donor registry.
 Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the feasibility of establishing a database to track the health effects of living organ donation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
English Learning and Innovation Act

Bill: 113-hr-5219
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Joe [D-FL-26]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Performance measurement
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
English Learning and Innovation Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award renewable, competitive grants to states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and public charter schools or charter school management organizations to carry out activities that result in English learners becoming proficient in English so that they can access the knowledge needed to meet state academic content standards and be ready for postsecondary education and careers (innovation grants).
 
Includes among those activities: (1) improving instructional programs, including through the use of dual-language or bilingual education; (2) ensuring that English learners are taught by effective teachers at schools administered by effective principals; (3) increasing the ability of the families of English learners to engage in their child's education and development; and (4) expanding best practices to other schools or LEAs.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive capacity building grants to states and LEAs that have experienced a significant increase in English learners for use in building their capacity to provide quality instruction to English learners and their parents and become competitive in applying for an innovation grant.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish indicators to measure the success of this Act's grant programs.
 
Requires this Act's grantees to: (1) develop, and submit for the Secretary's approval, quantifiable benchmarks for evaluating their grant activities; and (2) provide the Secretary with an annual report on their progress toward those benchmarks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6940)
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
No More Land Act

Bill: 113-hr-5220
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Forests, forestry, trees
General public lands matters
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
No More Land Act - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to prohibit the Land and Water Conservation Fund from being used for acquisition. 
 
Directs the heads of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forest Service, and the National Park Service to reduce the value of backlogged maintenance that exists on lands under the administrative jurisdiction of that agency by at least 20% in five years, with additional decreases in the backlog for subsequent years. 
 
Instructs each agency to publish reports to Congress that document the progress made by reducing the backlogs. 
 
Requires each agency to submit to Congress a report that prioritizes lands owned by the federal government and under the administrative jurisdiction of that agency by order of importance to the success of agency programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2014-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2014-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Rental Assistance Housing Preservation and Rehabilitation Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5222
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Rental Assistance Housing Preservation and Rehabilitation Act of 2014 - Modifies funding requirements for the Rental Assistance Demonstration, provided in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012, for voluntary conversion of properties assisted via public housing agencies from the Public Housing Capital and Operating Funds, or assisted under the moderate rehabilitation program to properties with assistance under a project-based subsidy contract or the voucher program.
 
Increases from 60,000 to 150,000 the maximum number of units currently receiving specified assistance required to be so converted.
 
Extends through FY2016 the eligibility for the conversion of assistance of owners of certain assisted properties for which an event after October 1, 2006 has caused or results in the termination of rental assistance or affordability restrictions and the issuance of tenant protection vouchers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
RDOCS Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5223
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2014 or RDOCS Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to make matching grants under which states provide RDOCS scholarships, paying all costs of a student's undergraduate medical education, to provide for the increased availability of primary health care services in health professional shortage areas.
 
Requires the scholarship recipient to agree to residency training in a primary care specialty and a five-year post-graduate period of service in a health professional shortage area.
 
Requires that preference be given in awarding scholarships to applicants enrolled in: (1) an accelerated track family-medicine program (an integrated course of study allowing completion of undergraduate medical education and graduate medical education in six years), or (2) a program that includes clinical training in rural or underserved urban communities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1245-1246)
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
RDOCS-VA Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5224
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2014-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: 
Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Veterans Affairs Act of 2014 or the RDOCS-VA Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program, to carry out a scholarship program to provide for the increased availability of physicians who provide primary health care services at VA medical facilities, which shall be known as the Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships-Veterans Affairs (RDOCS-VA) program.
 
Directs the Secretary, under such program, to award not less than 400 scholarships covering all tuition and costs for an undergraduate medical education for a period of study not exceeding 48 consecutive months, and a cost-of-living stipend, to selected individuals who agree to: 
 
 
be admitted into and maintain enrollment in a participating undergraduate medical program in the scholar's state of residence,
 
 maintain a minimum level of academic standing,
 
complete an accredited residency training program in a primary care specialty,
 
become licensed to practice medicine in the scholar's state of residence,
 
receive and maintain board certification in a primary care specialty, and
 
complete a five-year post-graduate period of employment by the VA performing primary care services.
 
 
Directs the Secretary to give preference to applicants who: (1) are enrolled in an accelerated track family-medicine program, or (2) elect to complete the five-year period of employment at a VA facility that the Secretary designates as having an urgent need for primary care physicians. 
 
Sets forth provisions regarding such scholar's liability for breach of agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1251)
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-07-28
text: Introduced in House