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A bill making appropriations to address the heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-2423
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical research
Mental health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 
This bill provides FY2016 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address heroin and opioid drug abuse. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. 
 
For DOJ, the bill provides funds for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs. 
 
For HHS, the bill provides funds for: 
 
 
 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
 
the National Institutes of Health, and 
 
the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2424
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to expand programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns and infants to include young children. The programs are revised and reauthorized for FY2016-FY2020.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Service for Schools Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2428
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Government trust funds
Higher education
National and community service
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 

Service for Schools Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Corporation for National and Community Service to establish the National Service for Schools Program to carry out activities concerning a Service Opportunity Registry that shall list eligible service opportunities and the registered organizations that offer them. 
 
Upon receiving an application from an organization that offers an eligible service opportunity, the Corporation shall register it in a specified manner, including a description of the eligible service opportunity in the Registry. 
 
To be eligible to participate in and receive credit for service in a service opportunity listed in the Registry, qualified students must apply to their participating State Commission on National and Community Service.
 
Each organization shall:
 
 
 record the qualifying hours of service completed by each qualified student who participates in a service opportunity; and 
 
 notify the appropriate State Commission at least annually of the number of qualifying hours of service completed by each qualified student on a service opportunity. 
 
 
Eligible students shall receive an award of $10,000 from the National Services for Schools Account (established by this bill) for use to:
 
 
repay eligible student loans, or
 
pay all or part of the cost of attendance or other educational expenses at an institution of higher education. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Iran's Nuclear Weapon Program Before Sanctions Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2429
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 

Ending Iran's Nuclear Weapon Program Before Sanctions Relief Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to report to Congress on the military dimensions of of Iran's nuclear program. 
 
The U.S. government shall not provide any sanctions relief to Iran until 90 days after: (1) the report's submission; (2) the DNI, the Department of Energy, the Department of State, and the Department of Defense certify jointly to Congress that Iran has ended all military dimensions of its nuclear program; and (3) a joint resolution has been enacted into law approving such sanctions relief.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Travel Facilitation and Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2430
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal justice information and records
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Immigration status and procedures
International organizations and cooperation
Law enforcement officers
Terrorism
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 

Travel Facilitation and Safety Act of 2015

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into cost-sharing agreements with airport authorities in foreign countries at which preclearance operations will be established or maintained if certain circumstances apply.
 
Any cost-sharing agreement may provide for an airport authority's payment to the CBP of its initial preclearance operations costs.
 
The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended with respect to reimbursements to the Department of Justice received from commercial aircraft or vessel owners, operators, or agents, or from any airport or seaport authority, for expenses incurred for immigration inspection services they have requested. Such reimbursements may be collected in advance of those services, and shall be credited as offsetting collections to the currently applicable CBP appropriation, account, or fund.
 
The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended to make the same disposition for reimbursements to the Department of Agriculture for preclearance of animals or articles at locations outside the United States for movement into the United States.
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that each visa waiver program country should seek to participate in the U.S. preclearance program.
 
DHS may select preclearance locations and enter into agreements with foreign governments or airports to conduct a collaborative demonstration program at those locations to test emerging biometric technologies.
 
 The Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall develop a process to share information derived from the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment database and the Terrorist Screening Database with countries participating in the visa waiver program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
National Child Protection Training Act

Bill: 114-s-2431
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 
 
National Child Protection Training Act
 
 
This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in coordination with the National Child Protection Training Center, to establish at least four regional training centers affiliated with institutions of higher education (IHEs). 

 
Regional training centers must: 
 
 
develop model undergraduate and graduate child maltreatment curricula for distribution to IHEs,
 
develop laboratory training facilities for students preparing for and professionals engaged in child protection careers, and 
 
promote evidence-based prevention programs in communities and forensic interview training programs in states. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Obamacare Tax Transparency Act

Bill: 114-s-2432
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 

Obamacare Tax Transparency Act

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require health insurers to disclose to individuals and employers who pay health insurance premiums the portion of premiums attributable to the annual fee imposed on health insurers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
University Transit Rider Innovation Program Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2433
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Higher education
Public transit
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 

University Transit Rider Innovation Program Act of 2015 or the UTRIP Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to make grants to designated recipients, local or state governmental authorities, private nonprofit organizations, or operators of public transportation services (recipients) to increase the use of public transportation by undergraduate or graduate students attending an institution of higher education (covered students).
 
A recipient may use amounts provided under a grant to:
 
 
 offset decreased revenue resulting from providing discounted fares to covered students,
 
 provide general operating assistance to public transportation services and routes designed to better serve institutions of higher education, or
 
 pay for capital costs associated with expanding and maintaining public transportation services and routes designed to serve such institutions.
 
 
To be eligible for a grant, a recipient must provide to covered students a discounted fare for public transportation that is: (1) not more than 75% of the fare, and (2) applicable to both monthly and single-ride fares.
 
DOT shall apportion amounts made available to carry out this Act to large urbanized areas, small urbanized areas, and rural areas based on the relative numbers of full-time equivalent covered students in such areas, according to a specified formula, with specified exceptions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act

Bill: 114-s-2434
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Congressional-executive branch relations
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 

Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that any executive order, memoranda, proclamation, or signing statement issued by the President that infringes on the powers and duties of Congress under article I, section 8 of the Constitution or the Second Amendment, or that would require the expenditure of federal funds not specifically appropriated for such executive action, is advisory only and has no force or effect unless enacted as law. 
 
The bill nullifies any such executive action and prohibits the use of appropriated funds to promulgate or enforce any such action. 
 
The following persons may bring a civil action in an appropriate U.S. district court to challenge the validity of any such executive action: (1) any Member or either or both chambers of Congress, (2) the highest governmental official of any state or political subdivision if the challenged action infringes on a power of such state under any congressional enactment or relevant treaty, and (3) any person aggrieved of the challenged executive action with respect to a liberty or property interest adversely affected directly by the executive action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-11
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 343.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Puerto Rico Emergency Financial Stability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2436
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Caribbean area
Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees
Puerto Rico
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: 

Puerto Rico Emergency Financial Stability Act of 2015

 
This bill grants a temporary stay (until April 1, 2016, with specified exceptions) of any litigation, liens, or other collection actions to recover debts owed by the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and allows relief from such stay only in limited circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2437
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2016-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional oversight
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-11
text: 

Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act
 
of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of the Army to ensure that the cremated remains of persons who served as Women's Air Forces Service Pilots are eligible for inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid and Chip Quality Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2438
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2016-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Medicaid
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: 

Medicaid and Chip Quality Improvement Act of 2016

 
This bill amends titles XI (General Provisions) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to expand reporting requirements with respect to the quality of care provided under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
 
Current law requires a state that contracts with a Medicaid managed organization to develop and implement a quality assessment and improvement strategy. The bill extends this requirement to state contracts with providers of comparable primary care case management services and other health care services under Medicaid.
 
With respect to adults eligible for Medicaid and children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP, a state must report annually on quality measures identified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Such reporting shall be stratified by service delivery system.
 
CMS shall establish a Medicaid Quality Performance Bonus fund to award states for high attainment and improvement on a core set of quality measures. A state must designate at least 75% of any bonus funds for the development and operation of quality-related initiatives that will directly benefit providers or managed care entities participating in, or under a waiver of, the state plan for medical assistance. A state may use the remainder of such funds for activities related to the goals and purposes of the state plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2439
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2016-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Employee performance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: 

Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from rehiring any individual who was previously employed by the IRS but was removed for misconduct or whose employment was terminated for cause. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeal ID Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2440
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2016-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: 

Repeal ID Act of 2016

 
This bill repeals title II (Improved Security for Driver's Licenses and Personal Identification Cards) of the REAL ID Act of 2005. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S73-74; text of measure as introduced: CR S74)
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2441
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2016-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Government studies and investigations
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Poverty and welfare assistance
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: 

Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and the Immigration and Nationality Act to make Cuban nationals who enter the United States on or after the enactment of this Act ineligible for refugee/parolee assistance. 
 
The Inspector General of the Social Security Administration shall report to Congress on methods for enforcing the loss of eligibility under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act by persons who are absent from the United States for at least one month. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the use of passenger facility charges at an airport previously associated with the airport at which the charges are collected.

Bill: 114-s-2442
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2016-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: 
This bill permits the Department of Transportation to authorize the use of a passenger facility charge to finance an eligible airport-related project if: (1) the eligible agency seeking to impose the new charge controls an airport where a $2 passenger facility charge became effective on January 1, 2013; and (2) such airport and the airport at which the project will be carried out were under the control of the same eligible agency on October 1, 2015. Not more than $120 million in passenger facility charges so collected may be used to carry out such a project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Advancing Standards in Regenerative Medicine Act

Bill: 114-s-2443
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2016-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cell biology and embryology
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Genetics
Medical research
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: 

Advancing Standards in Regenerative Medicine Act

 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to facilitate the establishment of a public-private Standards Coordinating Body in Regenerative Medicine and Advanced Therapies. The FDA must work with this body to develop standards to support the development and review of regenerative medicine products.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Alternative Ammunition Manufacturing Act

Bill: 114-s-2444
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2016-01-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-19
text: 

Alternative Ammunition Manufacturing Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to deem an application received on or after August 1, 2011, to exempt a projectile from classification as armor piercing ammunition to be approved if the Department of Justice (DOJ) does not disapprove it within 60 days after the later of the date the application is received or the date of this bill's enactment.
 
DOJ shall provide an applicant with detailed findings of fact and the reasons for disapproving an application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-01-19
text: Introduced in Senate