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To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain members of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty and dependents remain eligible for the TRICARE program during periods in which the member is responding to a disaster.

Bill: 114-hr-4554
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military civil functions
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 
This bill makes eligible for TRICARE health care benefits certain National Guard members (and dependents) who are performing disaster response duty, if the performance of such a duty immediately follows a period in which the member served on full-time additional National Guard duty. 
 
&quot;Disaster response duty&quot; means duty performed by a member of the National Guard in state status pursuant to an emergency declaration by the state governor (or, for the District of Columbia, by the mayor) in response to a disaster or in preparation for an imminent disaster. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Non-Discrimination of Israel in Labeling Act

Bill: 114-hr-4555
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Customs enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Gaza Strip
International Affairs
Israel
Middle East
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Non-Discrimination of Israel in Labeling Act

 
This bill requires that, for purposes of marking imported articles and containers under the Tariff Act of 1930, every article of origin from the geographical area known as the West Bank (or its container) imported into the United States shall include the words: 
 
 
&quot;West Bank&quot; in the case of an article of an area in the West Bank not administered by Israel; and 
 
&quot;Israel,&quot; &quot;Made in Israel,&quot; or &quot;Product of Israel&quot; in the case of an article of an area in the West Bank administered by Israel.
 
 
Every article of origin from the geographical area known as the Gaza Strip (or its container) imported into the United States shall include the words &quot;Gaza&quot; or &quot;Gaza Strip.&quot;
 
Neither the Department of the Treasury nor any other federal department or agency may prohibit the use of any of such markings for purposes of satisfying the Tariff Act of 1930. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4556
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2016

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to appoint a psychiatrist who completes a residency at a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facility to a VHA health care position immediately after such residency, without regard to civil service or classification laws, if: (1) the psychiatrist meets the qualifications established in regulations prescribed for the position, and (2) the position has been unfilled for at least 35 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-4558
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Judicial review and appeals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act 

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to seek compensation from individuals or entities for costs or damages for destroying, causing the loss of, or injuring any living, nonliving, historical, cultural, or archaeological resource on land managed by the USFWS, or for causing the USFWS to carry out actions to prevent, minimize, or abate such destruction, loss, or injury.
 
Amounts recovered as a result of such destruction, loss, or injury must be made available to USFWS to: (1) reimburse response costs and damage assessments; (2) restore, replace, or acquire the equivalent of a resource that was destroyed, lost, or injured; or (3) monitor and study those resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
United States Commission on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4559
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

United States Commission on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Act of 2016

 
This bill establishes the United States Commission on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to investigate and address any practices on the part of OPEC that prevent or reduce competition in the global oil market.
 
The Commission shall be composed of a bipartisan group of 16 experts on energy and related matters chosen by the leadership of both parties in Congress and appointed by the President. All members of the Commission must be U.S. citizens.
 
The bill requires the Commission to:
 
 
determine whether the anti-competitive behavior of OPEC is designed to disadvantage U.S. oil producers;
 
assess the impact of OPEC's policies on U.S. economic and energy security interests;
 
assess how federal agencies are working to alleviate the potential negative impacts of OPEC's behavior; and
 
produce policy recommendations for tax, trade, defense, diplomacy, and other areas where OPEC's behavior is found to cause adverse impacts.
 
 
The Commission must submit a report of its findings and recommendations to Congress and the President within 12 months. The Commission shall terminate within 90 days after submission of its report. On receipt of the Commission's report, the President will have 90 days to submit Congress a proposal to implement or respond to the recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Return to Work Awareness Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4560
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Neurological disorders
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Return to Work Awareness Act of 2016

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of Labor, acting through the Job Accommodation Network, to disseminate information and promote awareness among survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences, such as traumatic brain injury and heart attack, and survivors' families, as well as among employers, government agencies, employee representatives, and service providers in order to: (1) assist survivors of stroke and such other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work, (2) improve a survivor's employability and demonstrate to employers ways to capitalize on the value and talent that survivors add to the workplace, and (3) enhance self-employment and entrepreneurship options for survivors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
ZIPP Act

Bill: 114-hr-4561
Sponsor: Rep. Clawson, Curt [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Zika Is Preventable Plan Act or the ZIPP Act

 
This bill authorizes funds made available under the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Ebola response and preparedness to also be used for Zika virus response and preparedness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Zika Authorization Plan Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4562
Sponsor: Rep. Clawson, Curt [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Insects
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Zika Authorization Plan Act of 2016

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize grants for state mosquito control programs through FY2020.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
ZIP Act

Bill: 114-hr-4563
Sponsor: Rep. Clawson, Curt [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Zika Immunization Plan Act or the ZIP Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 10% of qualified research expenses related to the development of a vaccine for the Zika virus. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4565
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2016

 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit direct-to-consumer advertising of a drug in the first three years after the drug's approval. The Food and Drug Administration may: (1) waive the third year of this prohibition for a drug if direct-to-consumer advertising of the drug would have an affirmative value to public health, or (2) extend the prohibition if the drug has significant adverse health effects.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Soledad Canyon Consistency Act

Bill: 114-hr-4566
Sponsor: Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Land transfers
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Soledad Canyon Consistency Act

 
This bill withdraws 640.16 acres of the Soledad Canyon Sand & Gravel Mining Project Site (California) from: 
 
 
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and 
 
operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2016-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Expand Excellence in Mental Health Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4567
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Expand Excellence in Mental Health Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Promoting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 to increase, from 8 to 24, the number of states that may be selected to participate in Medicaid demonstration programs to improve community mental health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Cooperative Research and Development Fund Authorization Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4568
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Energy research
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Cooperative Research and Development Fund Authorization Act of 2016

 
 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to make funds available to DOE national laboratories for the federal cost share of cooperative research and development agreements that support the maturing of laboratory technology and the transferring of it to the private sector. 
 
 DOE shall: (1) determine the apportionment of such funds to each DOE national laboratory; (2) ensure that special consideration is given to small business firms and consortia involving such firms in the selection of which agreements will receive such funds; and (3) ensure that the performance evaluation metrics of each laboratory's operating contractor provide incentives for, and measure the effectiveness of, such contractor's cooperative research and development agreement program at maturing laboratory technology and transferring it to the private sector. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Extend Excellence in Mental Health Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4569
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

Extend Excellence in Mental Health Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 to extend and expand the Medicaid community mental health services demonstration program. Under current law, the program is limited to no more than eight states.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall extend an existing program and may expand the number of programs if, with respect to the requesting state, CMS determines that: (1) the state's participation in the program will measurably improve access to, and participation in, specified behavioral health services; and (2) the state is in full compliance with specified reporting requirements.
 
The bill also specifies that, for purposes of implementing specified CMS guidance on demonstration program testing, a "clinical visit" includes on-site behavioral health services, certain community services, and telehealth services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
100 Years of Women in Congress Act

Bill: 114-hr-4570
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural research
Education programs funding
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Science and engineering education
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 

100 Years of Women in Congress Act

 
This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to designate as Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grants the current research and extension grants to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). 

action_date: 2016-04-18
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

100 Years of Women in Congress Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to designate as Jeannette Rankin Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program Grants the current research and extension grants to increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), with priority given to eligible institutions that carry out continuing programs funded by the Department of Agriculture. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 377 - 6, 2 Present (Roll no. 153). (text: CR H1774-1775)
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 377 - 6, 2 Present (Roll no. 153).(text: CR H1774-1775)
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1780-1781)
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4570.
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1774-1776)
action_date: 2016-04-18
text: Mr. Davis, Rodney moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in House