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Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-289
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

Better Efficiency and Administrative Simplification Act of 2015 

 
 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow individuals the option to receive the Medicare Summary Notice (explanation of benefits) electronically.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) apply a similar option to other Medicare statements and notifications, and (2) provide such Medicare Summary Notice and any other such statements and notifications on a more frequent basis than is otherwise required under Medicare.
 
Extends from at least once every 5 years to at least once every 10 years the application of competitive procedures when the contract of a Medicare administrative contractor comes up for renewal. 
 
Directs the Secretary, to the extent possible without compromising the process for entering into and renewing contracts with Medicare administrative contractors (MACs), to make available to the public the performance of each MAC with respect to requirements and measurement standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-290
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2015

 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to coverage of extended care services without regard to the three-day prior hospitalization requirement (non-post-hospital extended care services).
 
Restricts such coverage to non-post-hospital extended care services in a qualified skilled nursing facility.
 
Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study the cost of impact of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-292
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and (2) incorporate information obtained through those activities into a National Neurological Diseases Surveillance System. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the System facilitates further research on neurological diseases.
 
Requires HHS to provide for the collection and storage of information on neurological diseases, including the incidence, prevalence, and other information, to the extent practicable. 
 
Requires HHS to: (1) make information and analysis in the System available to federal agencies and to the public, including researchers; and (2) ensure that privacy and security protections applicable to the System are at least as stringent as the protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain transfers used for educational purposes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-293
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Manufacturing
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 
Amends title XI (General Provisions, Peer Review, Administrative Simplification) of the Social Security Act to exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting to the Secretary of Health and Human Services any transfer of value to a covered recipient of: (1) peer-reviewed journals, journal reprints, journal supplements, conference reports, and medical textbooks that directly benefit patients or are intended for patient use; and (2) anything of value to a physician if it is intended solely to provide continuing medical education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.

Bill: 114-hr-295
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize, for FY2016-FY2025, Historic Preservation Fund activities related to the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and structures on the campuses of historically black colleges and universities.

action_date: 2016-05-10
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize for FY2017-FY2023 the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation Fund Grant Program.

action_date: 2016-09-12
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 10, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize for FY2017-FY2023 the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation Fund Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-09-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-09-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5286)
action_date: 2016-09-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5286)
action_date: 2016-09-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 295.
action_date: 2016-09-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5286-5287)
action_date: 2016-09-12
text: Mrs. Radewagen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2016-05-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 424.
action_date: 2016-05-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-549.
action_date: 2016-05-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-549.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-03-15
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2016-03-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-02-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Medical Testing Availability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-298
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

Medical Testing Availability Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit a product labeled for research use only from being deemed adulterated or misbranded on the basis that its manufacturer or distributor: (1) sells the product to an end user who uses the product for a purpose other than research, or (2) engages in business communications with an end user regarding the product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
44 to 69 Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-301
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Texas
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

44 to 69 Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to include Texas State Highway 44 from United States Route 59 at Freer, Texas, to Texas State Highway 358 as part of the high priority Lower Rio Grande Valley Corridor of the National Highway System in Texas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay adjustments through the end of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.

Bill: 114-hr-302
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 
Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress during the 114th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Retired Pay Restoration Act

Bill: 114-hr-303
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

Retired Pay Restoration Act

 
Expresses the sense of Congress that military retired pay should not be reduced because a military retiree is also eligible for veterans' disability compensation awarded for a service-connected disability. 
 
Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Repeals provisions phasing in the full concurrent receipt of such pay through December 31, 2013. 
 
Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-06-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Act

Bill: 114-hr-304
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act

 
 Increases the rates of basic pay for federal employees under the statutory pay systems (relating to the General Schedule, the U.S. Foreign Service, and the Veterans Health Administration) for calendar year 2016, and for prevailing rate employees for FY2016, by 3.8%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Offshoring Prevention Act

Bill: 114-hr-305
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

Offshoring Prevention Act
 
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in foreign base company income, for purposes of determining the foreign trade income of controlled foreign corporations, imported property income. Defines "imported property income" as, with certain exceptions, income attributable to property manufactured outside of the United States and imported for sale into the United States. Provides for a separate application of limitations on the foreign tax credit for imported property income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-306
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Census and government statistics
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2015

 
 Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations for the collection and compilation of data pertaining to the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, which shall require:
 
 
 the collection of data on all instances wherein deadly force was used;
 
 the data to include information on the characteristics of the officer and the person who was the target of deadly force (excluding personally identifiable information), the alleged criminal activity of such person, when and where the deadly force occurred, the nature of the deadly force used, the law enforcement agency's explanation of why deadly force was used, any deadly force guidelines of the law enforcement agency in effect at the time, and any non-lethal efforts employed to apprehend or subdue the person before deadly force was used;
 
 a standardized form be made available to law enforcement agencies for the submission of data collected to the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics; and
 
 law enforcement agencies to maintain all data collected for not less than four years.
 
 
Requires the Bureau to provide the data to Congress and make it available to the public. Restricts the disclosure of the name or identifying information of a law enforcement officer, a person who was the target of deadly force, or any other individual involved in any activity for which such data is collected.
 
Directs the Attorney General to reduce by 10% the amount that would otherwise be awarded under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to a state or local government that fails to comply with the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Buyback Our Safety Act

Bill: 114-hr-307
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

Buyback Our Safety Act

 
Directs the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice to establish a gun buyback program under which the Assistant Attorney General may make grants to assist in funding gun buyback programs carried out by state, local, and Indian tribal law enforcement agencies.
 
Conditions such a grant on the law enforcement agency providing assurances that: (1) it will adequately advertise the program to the public, (2) such program will be administered by law enforcement personnel, (3) all guns received will remain in the possession of law enforcement personnel, (4) adequate safeguards will be established and followed to prevent fraud, (5) the agency will have in place a process to test on site a gun purchased before payment is provided, and (6) an adequate process will be in place to destroy all guns received. Requires the agency to certify that it will match all federal funds provided with an equal amount of cash or in-kind goods or services from other non-federal sources.
 
Directs the Assistant Attorney General to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) develop standards for identifying, and to identify, guns that are the most likely to be used in violent crimes; and (2) establish a pricing scale for purchasing such guns through gun buyback programs. Authorizes the Assistant Attorney General to waive all or part of the matching funds requirement for a program that provides for obtaining only such guns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House