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Access to Community Care for Veterans Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1463
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2015-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 

Access to Community Care for Veterans Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 regarding the veterans choice program to allow a veteran to access a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility, including a community-based outpatient clinic, if the VA facility within 40 miles driving distance of the veteran's home does not offer the needed hospital or medical services.

action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Access to Community Care for Veterans Act of 2015
 
 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 regarding the veterans choice program to allow a veteran to access a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility, including a community-based outpatient clinic, if the VA facility within 40 miles driving distance of the veteran's home does not offer the needed hospital or medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-05-26
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3288-3289; text as passed Senate: CR S3289)
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3288-3289; text as passed Senate: CR S3289)
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1464
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
Marine and inland water transportation
Outdoor recreation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 

Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to: 
 
 
 establish standards for determining the maximum passenger capacity for recreational vessels, expressed in the number of passengers and in pounds; 
 
 require manufacturers and operators of passenger vessels to permanently display such maximum capacity in a legible manner that is clearly visible to passengers; and 
 
 require operators to post notice of the need to balance vessel weight to avoid capsizing. 
 
 
Defines a &quot;recreational vehicle&quot; as any vessel that is manufactured or used primarily for pleasure, excluding any vessel that is subject to Coast Guard inspection and engaged in commercial use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act

Bill: 114-s-1465
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2015-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Neurological disorders
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 

Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act or the FAST Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand access to certain stroke telehealth services to any originating site at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished, regardless of where the site is located; and (2) waive the facility fee for certain such originating sites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1466
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2015-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 

Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2015

 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create certain additional groups of covered OPD services that classify separately, from those that do not utilize such a drug, procedures that utilize a drug (other than contrast agents, diagnostic radiopharmaceutical, or anesthesia drugs) that both has a cost above the drug packaging threshold and functions as a supply when used in a diagnostic test or procedure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Pedestrian Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1467
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 

Pedestrian Safety Act of 2015

 
 This bill directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a final rule that: (1) establishes standards for the hood and bumper areas of motor vehicles, including passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less, in order to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities suffered by pedestrians who are struck by such vehicles; and (2) considers the protection of vulnerable pedestrian populations, including children and older adults.
 
The bill amends federal-aid highway provisions to include: (1) pedestrian hybrid beacons and roadway improvements that provide separation between pedestrians and motor vehicles, including pedestrian sidewalks and crossing islands, among projects for which the federal share payable is 100%; and (2) safety public awareness campaigns within the definition of &quot;highway safety improvement project.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the arboretum at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, as the "Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum".

Bill: 114-s-1468
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2015-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Veterans' medical care
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 
This bill designates the arboretum at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, as the Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1471
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 

Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the President to declassify and release to the public the previously redacted portions of the report on the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001, filed in the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 20, 2002, including all the material under the heading &quot;Part Four--Findings, Discussion and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive National Security Matters.&quot;
 
The President is not required to declassify and release to the public the names and identifying information of individuals or specific methodologies described in such report if it would result in imminent lawless action or compromise presently ongoing national security operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Adoption Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1472
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Poverty and welfare assistance
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 

Broadband Adoption Act of 2015

 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt a final rule establishing support under the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program for qualifying low-income consumers in urban and rural areas to purchase broadband Internet access service at reduced charges by reimbursing participating providers for each such consumer served.
 
Requires the program to allow qualifying consumers to elect to apply support from the Lifeline program to basic telephone service, voice telephony service, or broadband Internet access service, regardless of whether the service is purchased as a stand-alone service or in a bundle.
 
Directs the FCC to consult with the federal-state joint board on universal service regarding ways to encourage states to develop programs in conjunction with the Lifeline program.
 
Requires the program to be technology neutral to promote competition from service providers.
 
Requires participating broadband Internet access service providers to obtain FCC authorization to participate in the Lifeline program, but a provider is not required to be an eligible telecommunications carrier to receive support under the program.
 
Directs the FCC to: (1) adopt regulations to prevent receipt of duplicative support under the Lifeline program, and (2) establish a national database to determine consumer eligibility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.

Bill: 114-s-1473
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accidents
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: 
This bill authorizes FY2016-FY2021 appropriations for the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1474
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: 

Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2015

 
 Requires the Director of the National Institute of Justice to make one-year grants to qualified entities (states or local governments, organizations, or institutions of higher education) to develop technology for personalized handguns (a handgun that is manufactured to enable only the authorized user to fire it). Provides that a recipient shall use at least 70% of the grant amount to develop technology for personalized handguns and may use not more than 20% to develop technology for retrofitted personalized handguns and not more than 10% for administrative costs. 
 
Prohibits any person: (1) beginning 5 years after enactment of this Act, from manufacturing in the United States a handgun that is not a personalized handgun; or (2) beginning 10 years after enactment of this Act, from distributing in commerce any handgun that is not a personalized handgun or a retrofitted personalized handgun. Exempts antique firearms and firearms distributed or sold to the Department of Defense. Provides for the enforcement of such prohibitions by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and by the states.
 
Requires a handgun manufacturer, upon request of the owner of a handgun manufactured in the United States that is not a personalized handgun or a retrofitted personalized handgun, to retrofit the handgun and return it to the owner within a reasonable period of time as established by the CPSC. Makes the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund available to the Attorney General for payments to reimburse handgun manufacturers for the costs of retrofitting handguns. 
 
Amends the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to exclude from the definition of "qualified product" any handgun manufactured after five years after enactment of this Act that is not a personalized handgun or retrofitted personalized handgun.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act

Bill: 114-s-1475
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health personnel
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: 

Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act

 
Establishes a framework for health care liability lawsuits to undergo review by independent medical review panels if health care professionals (practicing physicians or their agents or employees) allege adherence to applicable clinical practice guidelines.
 
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish clinical practice guidelines provided and maintained by national or state medical societies or medical specialty societies designated by HHS. Sets forth standards for the development of guidelines, including standards related to transparency, the composition of the panel, and the review of existing evidence. Prohibits holding a professional organization or a participant in guideline development liable for injury allegedly caused by adherence to a guideline to which they contributed.
 
Declares that this Act does not preempt: (1) any state or federal law that imposes greater procedural or substantive protections for health care providers and health care organizations from liability, loss, or damages than those provided under this Act; (2) any state or federal law that creates a cause of action; or (3) any defenses otherwise available. 
 
Gives jurisdiction of health care liability actions against health care professionsals, providers, or organizations to district courts. Allows a defendant to remove any health care liability action brought in a state court to a district court.
 
Requires an independent medical review in health care liability actions that have been removed to a district court if the eligible professionals allege that they adhered to applicable clinical practice guidelines. Sets forth procedures for the use of the panel's findings at trial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-08
text: Committee on the Budget. Hearings held in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
PRIDE Act

Bill: 114-s-1476
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: 

Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence Act of 2015 or the PRIDE Act

 
Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states and Indian tribes that: (1) demonstrate that the use-of-force policy for their law enforcement officers is publicly available; and (2) report information on any incident involving the shooting of a civilian by a law enforcement officer or the shooting of an officer by a civilian and on any incident in which the use of force by an officer against a civilian, or the use of force by a civilian against an officer, results in serious bodily injury or death. Requires such information to include:
 
 
the gender, race, ethnicity, and age of each individual who was shot, injured, or killed; 
 
 the date, time, and location of the incident; 
 
 whether the civilian was armed and, if so, the type of weapon; 
 
 the type of force used against the officer, the civilian, or both; 
 
 the number of officers and civilians involved; and 
 
 a brief description regarding the circumstances surrounding the incident. 
 
 
Authorizes a grant to be used for:
 
 
the cost of complying with such reporting requirements;
 
 the cost of establishing necessary systems required to investigate and report incidents;
 
 public awareness campaigns designed to gain information from the public on use of force against police officers; and
 
 use of force training for law enforcement agencies and personnel.
 
 
Directs the Attorney General: (1) to publish an annual report containing the information reported, and (2) in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to issue guidance on best practices relating to establishing standard data collection systems that capture such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Long Range Strike Aircraft Mix Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1477
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2015-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Government studies and investigations
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: 

Long Range Strike Aircraft Mix Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the results of a to-be-performed independent study that determines a future mix for the Armed Forces of: (1) shorter range fighter-class strike aircraft and long-range strike aircraft platforms, and (2) manned aerial platforms and unmanned aerial platforms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Defense Cyber Support to Civil Authorities Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1478
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2015-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: 

Department of Defense Cyber Support to Civil Authorities Act of 2015

 
Directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a comprehensive plan for the U.S. Cyber Command to support civil authorities in responding to cyber attacks by foreign powers against the United States or a U.S. person.
 
Requires the plan to include: (1) a plan for internal DOD collective training activities to be integrated with exercises conducted with other federal agencies and state and local governments; (2) any historical frameworks used in the formulation of the plan; (3) descriptions of the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of federal, state, and local authorities, as well as the active and reserve components of the Armed Forces; and (4) any legislative and administrative actions necessary to carry out the plan.
 
Directs the Government Accountability Office to review such plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate