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Promoting New Manufacturing Act

Bill: 114-s-1425
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Air quality
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Industrial facilities
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Promoting New Manufacturing Act

 
 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish on its website, with respect to FY2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, estimates of:
 
 
 the total number of preconstruction permits issued by the EPA under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review Program for the construction or modification of a major stationary source (any stationary facility or source of air pollutants which directly emits, or has the potential to emit, 100 tons per year or more of any regulated air pollutant);
 
the percentage of permits issued within one year of the application; and 
 
the average length of time for the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board to decide appeals of decisions to grant or deny a permit.
 
 
A new or revised national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) may not apply to the review and disposition of a preconstruction permit application until the EPA publishes final implementation regulations and guidance that include information relating to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit application under the standard.
 
The EPA must submit annually a report on actions to expedite the process for review of preconstruction permits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1426
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to include physical therapy within the definition of &quot;primary health services&quot; for purposes of the National Health Service Corps. Makes physical therapists eligible for repayment of their educational loans in order to ensure an adequate supply of physical therapists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Quality Measure Alignment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1427
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Medicare
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Quality Measure Alignment Act of 2015

 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to a contract with a consensus-based entity regarding performance measurement, to require the entity to facilitate increased coordination and alignment between the public and private sector with respect to quality and efficiency measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Excess Uranium Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 114-s-1428
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Government studies and investigations
Mining
Nuclear power
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Excess Uranium Transparency and Accountability Act 

 
This bill amends the USEC Privatization Act governing uranium transfers and sales to require the Department of Energy (DOE) to issue, beginning January 1, 2017, and at least once every 10 years afterwards, a long-term excess uranium inventory management plan that details how all forms of excess DOE uranium inventories will be managed for a minimum period of 10 years. 
 
This management plan must outline DOE steps that will: (1) minimize the impact of DOE's transferring, selling, or otherwise providing uranium upon the domestic uranium mining, conversion, and enrichment industries; and (2) ensure that the federal government maximizes for itself the potential value of uranium. 
 
DOE may provide from its stockpile up to 2100 and up to 2700 metric tons of uranium in any form (currently, only natural and low-enriched uranium) for the periods calendar 2016-2023 and beginning January 1, 2024, respectively.
 
 Before making any determination that the sale of the material will not have an adverse material impact on the domestic uranium mining, conversion, or enrichment industry, DOE shall publish the proposed determination in the Federal Register pursuant to a rulemaking. 
 
Any market analysis prepared by or for DOE as part of the determination process shall be subject to a peer review process consistent with Office of Management and Budget guidelines.
 
Beginning on January 1, 2021, the requirement for a DOE determination of no adverse material impact on the domestic uranium industry shall be waived for transferring, selling, or otherwise providing uranium if it has been identified in an updated long-term federal excess uranium inventory management plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Charitable Agricultural Research Act

Bill: 114-s-1429
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural research
Charitable contributions
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Charitable Agricultural Research Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction for charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations directly engaged in the continuous active conduct of research in conjunction with an agricultural college or university, and (2) extend to such organizations the prohibition against expenditures by public charities to influence legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act

Bill: 114-s-1430
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Advisory bodies
Alabama
Aquaculture
Aquatic ecology
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Florida
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Gulf of Mexico
Hunting and fishing
Intergovernmental relations
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Mississippi
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pollution liability
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Seafood
State and local government operations
Technology assessment
Texas
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act

 
This bill address issues related to preventing and responding to oil spills.
 
This bill amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico until June 30, 2027.
 
This bill sets forth provisions concerning Coast Guard responsibilities, including designating areas that are at heightened risk of oil spills and implementing measures to ameliorate that risk. 
 
 This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to establish a Gulf Coast Regional Citizens' Advisory Council to advise on facilities and tank vessels. 
 
 This bill makes an owner of oil responsible for oil spill cleanup. Currently, owners of oil are only responsible if the oil is being transported in a single-hull vessel.
 
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit the Coast Guard or the Department of Commerce to request a National Transportation Safety Board investigation of any accident occurring in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). 
 
Commerce must establish an inspection fee for OCS facilities for the cost of inspections of facilities and other duties.
 
This bill requires a comprehensive review of the capacity of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to respond to oil spills. NOAA must develop and maintain oil spill trajectory modeling capability.
 
 
 
 
The Coast Guard must evaluate and validate oil pollution containment and removal methods and technologies.
 
NOAA must carry out long-term marine environment monitoring and research program for the Gulf of Mexico.
 
The bill requires the Coast Guard to publish within 12 hours an Incident Action Plan in response to an oil spill.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3241-3242)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1431
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to award grants for consumer education about opioid abuse. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin or certain prescription painkillers.)
 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to require medical practitioners to be trained in the treatment of opioid-dependent patients, pain management, and early detection of opioid addiction before they can be registered by the Drug Enforcement Administration to dispense opioids.
 
Opioid treatment programs that close on any day must make arrangements for each patient to receive treatment during the closure, as necessary.
 
A report must be submitted to SAMHSA for each individual who dies while receiving treatment in an opioid treatment program. In states receiving funding for controlled substance monitoring programs, deaths where an opioid drug is detected in the body must be reported to SAMHSA.
 
The National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must establish a National Opioid Death Registry to track opioid-related deaths.
 
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality must develop and apply prescription drug abuse prevention and treatment quality measures.
 
This bill amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors to limit the access of certain beneficiaries to frequently abused drugs. PDP sponsors must have a utilization management tool to prevent drug abuse.
 Medicare Drug Integrity Contractors may accept prescription and medical records to determine whether a beneficiary is at risk for prescription drug abuse.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Carbon Fiber Recycling Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1432
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Materials
Motor vehicles
Solid waste and recycling
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Carbon Fiber Recycling Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to study and report on the technology of recycled carbon fiber and the potential lifecycle energy savings and economic impact of recycled carbon fiber.
 
DOE must consult with the aviation and automotive industries and existing programs of DOE's Advanced Manufacturing Office to develop a carbon fiber recycling demonstration project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Driver Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1433
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Licensing and registrations
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Improving Driver Safety Act of 2015

 
This bill adds a new requirement for distracted driving grants to states under national priority highway safety programs. To receive a grant a state's prohibition on texting while driving must:
 
 
 include distracted driving issues as part of their driver's license examination, and
 
not make an exception that specifically allows a driver, especially one under age 18, to text through a personal wireless communication device while stopped in traffic.
 
 
DOT may use up to 50% of amounts available for grants to states that: 
 
 
 in FY2016 certify that they have enacted a basic text messaging statute for drivers of all ages, make violation of the statute a primary offense, participate in the annual distracted driving law enforcement mobilization, and are otherwise ineligible for a grant; and 
 
 in FY2017 meet the aforementioned requirements, impose increased fines for repeat violations, and have a statute that prohibits a driver younger than 18 from using a personal wireless communications device while driving.
 
 
States may use grant funds for: 
 
 
 enforcement of distracted driving laws, and 
 
 highway safety program projects.
 
 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall report to Congress on any legal and technical barriers to capturing data on the prevalence of the use of wireless communications devices while driving, including recommendations on how to address those barriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Storage Promotion and Deployment Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1434
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Energy Storage Promotion and Deployment Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish national energy storage standards for certain electric power suppliers (utilities) that sell at least 500,000 megawatt hours of electric energy annually. Each supplier must have energy storage devices that have the capacity to provide at least 1% of its annual average peak power demand by 2021 and 2% by 2025. Suppliers must also meet a secondary standard.
 
Energy storage devices include those used to store energy using pumped hydropower, compressed air, batteries or other electrochemical forms, thermal forms, flywheels, capacitors, and superconducting magnets. 
 
The standards do not apply to rural electric cooperatives or government-owned suppliers.
 
An energy storage device placed in operation before January 1, 2009, may not be used to achieve compliance with the standards.
 
The Department of Energy may provide one-year waivers from the deadlines if achieving the standard by the deadline would present undue hardship to the supplier or its ratepayers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Organ Donation Awareness and Promotion Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1435
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Organ Donation Awareness and Promotion Act of 2015

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal government should carry out programs to educate the public with respect to organ donation, and (2) organ and tissue donors should be honored.
 
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the appropriation of specified amounts for FY2015-FY2019 for: (1) the Organ Donation Public Awareness Program; (2) studies and demonstration projects to increase organ donation and recovery rates; (3) grants to assist states in carrying out organ donor awareness, public education, and outreach activities and programs designed to increase the number of organ donors within the state; and (4) support for the development and dissemination of educational materials to inform health care and other appropriate professionals in issues surrounding organ, tissue, and eye donation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Modular Airborne Firefighting System Flexibility Act

Bill: 114-s-1437
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Modular Airborne Firefighting System Flexibility Act 

 
This bill authorizes the National Guard to provide assistance to support civilian authority firefighting operations or activities, including aerial firefighting employment of the Modular Airborne Firefighting System. 
 
Such authority is based on a recognition of the basic premises of the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework that: (1) incidents are typically managed at the local level first; and (2) local jurisdictions retain command, control, and authority over response activities for their jurisdictional areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act

Bill: 114-s-1438
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Employee benefits and pensions
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prioritize review of supplemental drug applications (applications to modify the approved use of a drug) for contraceptive drugs intended for routine use that would be available to individuals aged 18 and older without a prescription. The FDA must waive user fees for such supplemental drug applications. Any drug that is eligible for this priority review must be a prescription drug for individuals under age 18.
 This bill repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to allow health savings accounts and health flexible spending accounts (HFSAs) to be used to pay for medicine without a prescription and to remove the limit on salary reduction contributions to a HFSA under a cafeteria plan, effective as if the provisions had never been enacted.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1439
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the chief executive officer of a state to certify that the state will provide assistance and services under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program to youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained age 23 if:
 
 
the state has elected to extend the eligibility for foster care up to age 21, or
 
the responsible state agency uses state or other funds not provided under the Program to provide assistance and services comparable to those such youths would receive if the state had made such an election.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate