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WINGMAN Act

Bill: 114-s-3081
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2016-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional officers and employees
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: 

Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide an accredited, permanent congressional employee with read-only remote access to the electronic Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) claims records system of a represented veteran, regardless of whether the employee is acting under a power of attorney executed by the veteran. 
 
The VA shall ensure that access does not allow the employee to modify system data.
 
An employee must complete the VA certification process required of agents or attorneys in order to have system access.
 
 Each Member of Congress who elects to have an employee have access to the system shall bear the certification cost, which shall be paid from the Member's representational allowance.
 
Information access by an employee shall be deemed: (1) a covered disclosure requiring prior consent, with specified exceptions; and (2) a permitted disclosure relating to the privacy of individually identifiable health information. 
 
The VA may not recognize an employee for purposes of preparation, presentation, and prosecution of VA claims by reason of such system access. 
 
&quot;Accredited, permanent congressional employee&quot; means an employee of a Member of Congress who assists constituents with issues regarding federal departments or agencies.
 
&quot;Electronic VBA claims records system&quot; means the VA system that provides claim status information, including information about medical records, compensation and pension exams records, rating decisions, a statement of the case and a supplementary statement of the case, a notice of disagreement, and Form-9. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-29
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-707.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3082
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2016-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: 

Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or risk factors for developing type-2 diabetes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act

Bill: 114-s-3087
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2016-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Food industry and services
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marketing and advertising
Research administration and funding
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: 

American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act

 
This bill amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)to establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee.
 
NOAA must establish five regions within the committee.The committee must consist of members chosen regionally and across all sectors of the fishing industry.Additionally, the committee must: (1)identify the needs of the fishing industry, (2)develop grant proposals to fund projects that address the industry needs, (3)review grant applications, and (4)provide NOAA with grant applicants for approval.
 
NOAA must not approve an application unless the application is selected for funding by the committee.

action_date: 2016-11-17
text: 

American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act

 
(Sec. 2)This bill amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)to establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee.
 
NOAA must establish six regions within the committee.The committee must consist of members chosen regionally and across all sectors of the fishing industry.Additionally, the committee must: (1)identify the needs of the fishing industry, (2)develop grant proposals to fund projects that address the industry needs, (3)review grant applications, and (4)provide NOAA with grant applicants for approval.
 
NOAA may not approve a grant application unlessthe application selected for funding meets the proposal criteria developed by the committee.
 
(Sec.3) An individual awarded a grant under this bill must publicize the title and abstract of the project. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-379.
action_date: 2016-11-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-379.
action_date: 2016-06-29
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Employment Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3089
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2016-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Age discrimination
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Congressional officers and employees
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Genetics
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: 

Fair Employment Protection Act of 2016

 
This bill sets forth employer liability standards to be applied in employee harassment claims under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Revised Statutes, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, employment discrimination laws relating to certain executive branch employees, and the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. 
 
The bill declares that employers under such Acts are liable for the acts of any individual whose harassment of an employee has created or continued an unlawful hostile work environment if, at the time of the harassment: (1) such individual was authorized by that employer to undertake or recommend tangible employment actions affecting the employee or to direct the employee's daily work activities, or (2) the negligence of the employer led to the creation or continuation of that hostile work environment (thus modifies the liability standards provided by the Supreme Court in 
Vance v. Ball State University
, which limited the category of supervisors for whom an employer may be held vicariously liable to those individuals who have authority to take tangible employment actions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Patient Access To Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists and Treatment Demonstration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3090
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2016-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Marketing and advertising
Medicaid
Medicare
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: 

Dialysis PATIENT Demonstration Act of 2016 or the Patient Access to Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists and Treatment Demonstration Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program for the provision of integrated care to Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). 
 
Under the voluntary program, eligible participating providers may form organizations to offer ESRD integrated care models and serve as medical homes for program-eligible beneficiaries. Such a model: (1) shall cover medical and hospital services, other than hospice care, under Medicare; (2) must include benefits for transition into palliative care; and (3) may cover prescription drug benefits. An organization must offer at least one open network model but may also offer one or more preferred network models.
 
An organization shall return savings achieved under the models to program-eligible beneficiaries.
 
A beneficiary shall have the opportunity to: (1) opt out of the program, (2) make an assignment change into an open network model offered by a different organization, or (3) elect a preferred network model.
 
The bill establishes requirements regarding: (1) benefits for program-eligible beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid benefits, (2) program quality and reporting, (2) ESRD integrated care strategy, (3) program operation and scope, (4) beneficiary notification, and (5) payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3092
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2016-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: 

Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise a specified regulation to create a safe harbor for certain publications or distributions of research reports by brokers or dealers distributing securities.
 
The revised regulation shall declare that a published or distributed investment fund research report shall not be deemed to constitute an offer for sale or an offer to sell a security that is the subject of the offering pursuant to an effective registration statement, even if the broker or dealer is participating or will participate in the registered offering of the covered investment fund's securities.
 
The covered investment fund research report shall indeed be deemed to satisfy the regulation's requirements as well as those of any self-regulatory organization.
 
The SEC shall not impose specified conditions and requirements when implementing the safe harbor. 
 
Until the SEC has adopted such safe harbor revisions, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has revised a related rule, a covered investment fund shall be deemed to be a security listed on a national securities exchange that is not subject to a certain filing requirement of the Investment Company Act of 1940. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3093
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2016-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: 

Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state and local educational agencies to conduct an annual equity gap assessment for career and technical education programs of study and create plans on how to reduce the gap.The &quot;equity gap&quot; consists of the gaps in participation and performance between students based on gender, race, and certain special populations. 
 
The bill requires states to provide professional development and technical assistance to help local educational agencies close equity gaps in career and technical education.States and local agencies that fail to make improvements in closing equity gaps must implement an improvement plan.The Department of Education (ED)may withhold funding from states that fail to show improvement in closing equity gaps.Additionally, states may withhold funding from local agencies that fail to make improvements.
 
States must also annually report toED on the progress of the state in closing equity gaps. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
PRICED Act

Bill: 114-s-3094
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2016-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: 

Price Relief, Innovation, and Competition for Essential Drugs Act or the PRICED Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to allow biosimilars to be marketed seven years after the reference brand name biological product is licensed. Currently, brand name biological products are provided a 12-year marketing exclusivity period.
 This shortened marketing exclusivity period applies only to biological products licensed by the Food and Drug Administration after enactment of this bill.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3095
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2016-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: 

Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016

 
This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, sell, transport, or trade shark fins or any product containing shark fins.A person may possess a shark fin that was lawfully taken consistent with a license or permit under certain circumstances.
 
 Penalties areimposedfor violations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Removing Barriers to Person-Centered Care Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3096
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2016-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: 

Removing Barriers to Person-Centered Care Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to establish an alternative payment model for patient-centered care with respect to Medicare beneficiaries with advanced illnesses. Through the voluntary pilot program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall enter into demonstration project agreements with advance care collaboratives to provide Medicare services in a manner that promotes accountability, coordinates services, and encourages investment in infrastructure and redesigned care processes. An "advance care collaborative" is an affiliated group of providers, physicians, or practitioners.
 
Under the program, a participating advance care collaborative may use a pre-implementation grant to: (1) conduct a needs assessment; (2) modify, upgrade, or purchase health information technology; (3) conduct education and training; (4) hire staff to conduct care management and coordination activities; and (5) conduct other appropriate activities. 
 
With respect to coverage and payment for services provided to a target Medicare beneficiary by a participating collaborative, CMS shall waive specified requirements related to: (1) coverage of curative care with respect to individuals receiving hospice care, (2) alternative certification for home care and hospice care, (3) coverage of skilled nursing services without an inpatient stay, and (4) coverage of home health care without homebound status.
 
Under the program, a participating collaborative may receive payment for furnishing target Medicare beneficiaries with: (1) inpatient care as an alternative to routine hospice care, and (2) home-based respite care as an alternative to inpatient respite care.
 
A participating collaborative shall be eligible for shared savings payments.
 
CMS shall identify and develop a recommended set of advance care quality measures that may be tested in the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Special Committee on Aging. Hearings held.
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.

Bill: 114-s-3098
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2016-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Economic development
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in and to specified nonfederal land in Anchorage for the purpose of unencumbering its title and enabling its economic development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act

Bill: 114-s-3100
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2016-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Detention of persons
Economic development
Housing and community development funding
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-27
text: 

Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act

 
This bill prohibits a sanctuary jurisdiction from receiving grants under certain Economic Development Assistance Programs and the Community Development Block Grant Program. A sanctuary jurisdiction is a state or political subdivision that has a statute, policy, or practice in effect that prohibits or restricts: (1) information sharing about an individual's immigration status, or (2) compliance with a lawfully issued detainer request or notification of release request.
 
A state or political subdivision that complies with a detainer is deemed to be an agent of the Department of Homeland Security and is authorized to take actions to comply with the detainer.
 
The bill limits the liability of a state or political subdivision, or an officer or employee of such state or political subdivision, for actions in compliance with the detainer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 44. Record Vote Number: 119. (consideration: CR S4798-4799; text: CR S4799)
action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4779-4794; text: CR S4779)
action_date: 2016-06-29
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4702)
action_date: 2016-06-29
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4702; text: CR S4702)
action_date: 2016-06-29
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4702; text: CR S4702)
action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 531.
action_date: 2016-06-27
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4583-4585)
action_date: 2016-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3101
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2016-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Federal preemption
Health care quality
Health personnel
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-06-27
text: 

Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to shield a health care professional from liability under federal or state law for harm caused by any act or omission if: (1) the professional is serving as a volunteer in response to a disaster; and (2) the act or omission occurs during the period of the disaster, in the professional's capacity as a volunteer, and in a good faith belief that the individual being treated is in need of health care services.
 
This protection from liability does not apply if: (1) the harm was caused by an act or omission constituting willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed; or (2) the professional rendered the health care services under the influence of alcohol or an intoxicating drug.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate