hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act

Bill: 114-s-2605
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2016-02-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Rural conditions and development
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: 

Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to adults for residential addiction treatment facility services under the Medicaid program. "Residential addiction treatment facility services" are medically necessary inpatient services provided in an accredited, size-limited facility for the purpose of treating a substance use disorder within a specified time period.
 
The provision of medical assistance for such services to an individual shall not prohibit federal financial participation for medical assistance with respect to other services provided to the individual within the same time period.
 
Subject to specified conditions, a woman who is eligible for medical assistance on the basis of being pregnant may remain eligible for residential addiction treatment facility services for specified time periods without regard to eligibility limits that would otherwise apply as a result of her pregnancy ending.
 
In addition, the bill establishes a grant program for states to expand infrastructure and treatment capabilities of existing youth addiction treatment facilities that: (1) provide addiction treatment services to youths under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and (2) are located in communities with high numbers of medically underserved populations of at-risk youths. At least 15% of grant funds awarded to a state must be used for making payments to rural facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1087)
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2606
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2016-02-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: 

Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from state volume caps tax-exempt facility bonds for sewage and water supply facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Introduced in Senate
American Discovery Trail Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2608
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2016-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Colorado
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Travel and tourism
Utah
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: 

American Discovery Trail Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to place on federal land at points along the American Discovery Trail (from Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, to Point Reyes National Seashore, California) acceptable signage donated to the United States for that purpose.
 
No federal funding may be used to acquire the signage authorized for placement by this Act. 

action_date: 2016-09-06
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

American Discovery Trail Act of 2016

 
(Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to place on federal land at points along the American Discovery Trail (from Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, to Point Reyes National Seashore, California) acceptable signage donated to the United States for that purpose.
 
No federal funding may be used to acquire the signage authorized for placement by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-328.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-328.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496.
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau.

Bill: 114-s-2610
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2016-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
Government trust funds
Infrastructure development
International law and treaties
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Palau
Postal service
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: 
This bill approves, with specified exceptions, the agreement and appendices signed by the United States and the Republic of Palau on September 3, 2010, in connection with the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau.
 
If Palau withdraws more than $5 million from the trust fund set up by the Compact in FY2016, or more than $8 million in FY2017, certain amounts will be withheld from Palau until it reimburses the fund for the total amounts withdrawn that exceeded $5 million in FY2016 or $8 million in FY2017.
 
 The bill authorizes appropriations to: (1) subsidize postal services to Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia for FY2017-FY2024; and (2) carry out specified federal responsibilities under the Compact through FY2023.
 
The bill repeals specified offset requirements.
 
Funding is provided through: 
 
 
FY2018 to reduce government arrears of Palau, 
 
 FY2023 for additional economic assistance, and 
 
 FY2024 for infrastructure projects.
 
 
 Funding is provided through FY2024 to create an Infrastructure Maintenance Fund for routine and periodic maintenance of major capital improvement projects. (Palau is required to provide specified quarterly amounts for the Fund.)
 
The bill revises specified passport requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-426.
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1136-1137)
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Election Administration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2611
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2016-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: 

Federal Election Administration Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration (FEA).
 
The Government Accountability Office shall conduct: (1) a thorough examination of the Attorney General's enforcement of the criminal provisions of FECA and Internal Revenue Code requirements and prohibitions regarding the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account; and (2) an ongoing study on the level of funding that constitutes an adequate level of resources for the FEA to execute competently the responsibilities imposed on the FEA by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2612
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2016-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Jurisdiction and venue
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: 

Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow the United States to prosecute certain U.S. employees who engage in conduct in Canada that would constitute a federal criminal offense if the conduct had occurred in the United States. This bill applies to employees, contractors, and grantees of a U.S. department or agency other than the Department of Defense who are stationed in Canada pursuant to a border security initiative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1138)
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act

Bill: 114-s-2615
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2016-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: 

Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise provisions regarding review and approval of generic drug applications or supplements to generic drug applications for drugs: (1) for which there is a shortage, or (2) that have not been recently introduced to the market by more than one manufacturer and for which tentative approval has not been granted to more than two applications.
 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must prioritize the review of such submissions and act on them within 150 days. User fees are waived for such an application unless the drug is under patent. The FDA may expedite the inspection of a facility proposed to manufacture such a drug.
 
The FDA must award a transferrable generic drug priority review voucher to the sponsor of such an application upon approval. A voucher may be used to have the FDA review and take action upon a generic drug application within 150 days of submission. The FDA may revoke a voucher awarded for a drug that is not marketed within one year of approval. This voucher program is terminated at the end of FY2022.
 
The FDA must periodically report on generic drug applications filed before FY2016 that are still pending.
 
For a new drug application to be eligible for a priority review voucher as a tropical disease product application, the application must include new, essential clinical investigations.
 The Government Accountability Office must study the FDA's program for drug risk evaluation and mitigation strategies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate
MANIFEST for Human Spaceflight Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2617
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2016-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: 

Mapping a New and Innovative Focus on Our Exploration Strategy for Human Spaceflight Act of 2016 or the MANIFEST for Human Spaceflight Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 to make it a key U.S. objective to achieve human exploration of Mars, including the establishment of a capability to extend human presence to the surface of Mars. 
 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall report a strategy to achieve such objective through a series of successive, sustainable, free-standing, but complementary missions making robust use of cislunar space and employing the Space Launch System, Orion crew capsule, and other capabilities provided under specified titles of the Act. 
 
NASA shall arrange with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review and comment on each interim report on the strategy and identify matters the NAS agrees with and matters raising NAS concerns, as well as any NAS recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1223-1224)
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act

Bill: 114-s-2618
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2016-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health personnel
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: 

Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act or the Medicaid DOC Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state to publish and annually update a directory of providers that participate in the state plan for medical assistance on a fee-for-service basis or through a primary care case-management system. The directory must include each provider's name, specialty, address, and telephone number. In addition, with respect to a provider that participates in a primary care case-management system, the directory must specify: (1) the provider's language capabilities, and (2) whether the provider is accepting new Medicaid patients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Startup Entrepreneur Empowerment Delivery Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2619
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2016-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Intellectual property
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: 

Startup Entrepreneur Empowerment Delivery Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to carry out a one-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of awarding financial assistance of up to $120,000, on a competitive basis, to up to 10 local governments to support the development of startup businesses.
 
Such a local government must represent a population of 200,000 or less and be eligible to participate in the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (&quot;EPSCoR&quot;) of the National Science Foundation.
 
An eligible startup business must be under the local government's jurisdiction, have fewer than five full-time employees, and intend to produce a technology or product that may result in intellectual property vesting in an entity of the United States that can commercialize the technology in a timely manner.
 
Each local government receiving a grant shall ensure that the financial assistance it gives to a startup is used to assist with direct costs related to successfully growing a business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1224)
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to facilitate the addition of park administration at the Coltsville National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-2620
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2016-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: 
This bill amends the Carl Levin and Howard P. &quot;Buck&quot; McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to revise a condition for establishment of the Coltsville National Historical Park in Connecticut to require the state, the city, or the private property owner, as appropriate, to enter into a written agreement with the Department of the Interior to donate at least 10,000 square feet of space in the Colt Armory Complex (currently referred to as the East Armory). 

action_date: 2016-09-06
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Carl Levin and Howard P. &quot;Buck&quot; McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to revise a condition for establishment of the Coltsville National Historical Park in Connecticut to require the state, the city, or the private property owner, as appropriate, to enter into a written agreement with the Department of the Interior to donate at least 10,000 square feet of space in the Colt Armory Complex (currently referred to as the East Armory). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 602.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-329.
action_date: 2016-09-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-329.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496.
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity Act

Bill: 114-s-2621
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2016-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal preemption
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: 

Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food that contains an ingredient from a genetically modified organism (GMO) to be labeled as genetically engineered.
 
A food is exempt from this requirement if GMO ingredients account for less than 0.9% of the food's weight. A food is not subject to this requirement solely because: (1) a genetically engineered vaccine was used at any point in the production of the food, or (2) it was produced using a processing aid or enzyme that was produced from a GMO.
 The labeling requirements of this bill preempt state and local labeling requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1225-1226)
action_date: 2016-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Fort Ontario Study Act

Bill: 114-s-2622
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Fort Ontario Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York, which was used as a military installation during the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. 
 
Interior shall: (1) evaluate the site's national significance, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act

Bill: 114-s-2623
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for the cost of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. The bill defines &quot;direct-to-consumer advertising&quot; as any dissemination by or on behalf of a sponsor of a prescription drug product of a prescription drug advertisement that is primarily targeted to the general public through: (1) publication in journals, magazines, other periodicals, and newspapers; (2) broadcasting through media such as radio, television, and telephone communication systems; and (3) dissemination on the Internet (including social media). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
National Biomedical Research Act

Bill: 114-s-2624
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Cancer
Child health
Computers and information technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Education programs funding
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Genetics
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Military medicine
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

National Biomedical Research Act

 
This bill establishes and makes deposits to the Biomedical Innovation Fund for initiatives at the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration for advancing medical innovation, including the Precision Medicine Initiative, the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative, and the Cancer Moonshot Initiative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate