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Thurgood Marshall's Elementary School Study Act

Bill: 114-s-610
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Judges
Maryland
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Thurgood Marshall's Elementary School Study Act

 
The Department of the Interior shall conduct a special resource study, according to requirements for study of potential additions to the National Park System, of P.S. 103, the public school located in West Baltimore, Maryland, which former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall attended as a youth. The study must also include any other resources in the surrounding neighborhood that relate to his early life.

action_date: 2015-09-09
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Thurgood Marshall's Elementary School Study Act

 
(Sec. 3) The Department of the Interior shall conduct a special resource study, according to requirements for study of potential additions to the National Park System, of P.S. 103, the public school located in West Baltimore, Maryland, which former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall attended as a youth. The study must also include any other resources in the surrounding neighborhood that relate to his early life.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 209.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-129.
action_date: 2015-09-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-129.
action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-338.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1202-1203; text of measure as introduced: CR S1203)
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Summer Meals Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-613
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Summer Meals Act of 2015

 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to redefine &quot;areas in which poor economic conditions exist,&quot; where the summer food service program for children may operate, as areas in which at least 40% (currently, 50%) of the children have been determined to be eligible for free or reduced price school meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.
 
Reimburses service institutions (other than school food authorities) for up to one meal and one snack per child each day during after-school hours, weekends, and school holidays during the regular school calendar. (Currently, such institutions are reimbursed for meals and snacks served to children over the summer months or to children who are on vacation under a continuous school calendar.)
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation in the summer food service program for children at congregate feeding sites through innovative approaches to limited transportation and mobile meal trucks.
 
Allows service institutions that are participating in the summer food service program for children to serve up to three meals, or two meals and one snack, during each day of operation. (Currently, this option is reserved for camps and service institutions that serve meals primarily to migrant children.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-616
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2015-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Income tax deferral
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: 

Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2015 

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing firefighting and fire prevention services, emergency medical services, ambulance services, and emergency rescue services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue guidance clarifying that a length of service award program is not an employee pension benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1203)
action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Repairing Every Car to Avoid Lost Lives Act

Bill: 114-s-617
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: 

Repairing Every Car to Avoid Lost Lives Act or the RECALL Act

 
This bill declares that a state is in compliance with safety recall requirements if the state agency responsible for motor vehicle registration ensures, by a motor vehicle identification number search of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recall database, that each registered owner of a motor vehicle registered in the state is notified of all recalls issued by the vehicle's manufacturer by certain deadlines, depending on when the vehicle is registered. 
 
A state must also require that owners complete all recall remedies as a prerequisite for motor vehicle registration renewal, with the following exceptions: 
 
 
the owner had not been notified of the recall before being notified of the need to renew; 
 
the manufacturer, through a local dealership, has not given the owner reasonable opportunity to complete a recall remedy because of a shortage of parts or qualified labor; or
 
the owner demonstrates to the state that he or she has not had reasonable opportunity to complete the recall remedies, in which case the state may grant a temporary registration for 60 days during which time the owner must complete the recall remedies. 
 
 
The Secretary of Transportation shall withhold 5% of federal highway funds from a state that is not in compliance with these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Inspector General Access Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-618
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: 

Inspector General Access Act of 2015

 
Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to eliminate a provision of such Act that requires referral of allegations of misconduct involving Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys, investigators, or law enforcement personnel to the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility (thus allowing the DOJ Inspector General to investigate such allegations). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
United States-Israel Trade Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-619
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2015-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Gaza Strip
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: 

United States-Israel Trade Enhancement Act of 2015

 
This bill states that among the principal U.S. trade negotiating objectives for trade agreements with foreign countries regarding commercial partnerships are to: 
 
 
discourage actions that directly or indirectly prejudice or discourage commercial activity solely between the United States and Israel;
 
discourage politically motivated actions by foreign countries, non-member United Nations states, and international organizations (including affiliated agencies), that are intended to penalize or limit commercial relations with Israel, persons doing business with Israel or in territories controlled by Israel, or successor entities to such persons;
 
seek the elimination of politically motivated nontariff barriers on goods, services, or other commerce from Israel, as well as any boycott fostered or imposed by a foreign country against Israel; or 
 
discourage compliance with the boycott of Israel by the Arab League.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act

Bill: 114-s-620
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2015-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee benefits and pensions
Genetics
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: 

Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act

 
This bill declares that a workplace wellness program, by offering a reward to participants, does not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or title I or II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 if the program complies with Public Health Service Act requirements.
 
Collection of information about a family member's manifested disease or disorder is not considered an unlawful acquisition of genetic information with respect to another family member participating in a workplace wellness program.
 This bill takes effect as if enacted on March 23, 2010.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-621
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Livestock
Meat
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: 

Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to refuse a new animal drug application if the drug is a medically important antimicrobial (used to treat humans) and the applicant fails to demonstrate that the drug meets specified criteria for use in animals, including that: (1) the drug is effective, (2) the drug is targeted to animals at risk of developing a specific bacterial disease, (3) the drug has a defined duration of therapy, and (4) there is reasonable certainty of no harm to human health from microbial resistance to the drug.
 
Sponsors of certain medically important antimicrobials already approved for use in food-producing animals must submit evidence to the FDA that demonstrates that their drug meets the criteria described above for approved indications. The FDA must withdraw approval for any indication for which the FDA determines there is insufficient evidence that the drug meets the criteria.
 This bill expresses the sense of the Senate that a veterinarian-client-patient relationship should ensure that medically important antimicrobials are used in food-producing animals in a manner consistent with best practices.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1218-1219)
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-623
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2015-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Department of Homeland Security
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human trafficking
Law enforcement officers
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: 

Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement a program to: (1) train relevant Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other DHS personnel on the best way to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt human trafficking and to interdict suspected perpetrators during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities; and (2) ensure that such personnel regularly receive current information on matters related to the detection of human trafficking.
 
Permits training to be conducted through in-class or virtual learning capabilities. Requires such training to include: 
 
 
 methods for identifying suspected victims and perpetrators of human trafficking,
 
 methods for approaching a suspected victim in a manner that is sensitive to the victim and not likely to alert a perpetrator,
 
 training that is most appropriate for a particular location or environment, and 
 
 a post-training evaluation of trainees.
 
 
Directs the Secretary: (1) to reassess the training program annually; (2) within one year after enactment of this Act, to submit a certification to the appropriate congressional committees confirming that all such personnel have successfully completed the required training; and (3) to report annually on the overall effectiveness of the training program and on the number of cases reported by DHS personnel in which human trafficking was suspected and the number that were confirmed cases of human trafficking.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, upon request, to provide training curricula to assist any state, local, or tribal government or private organization to establish a training program to identify human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-624
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2015-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: 

Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 

 
 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests (in order to cover 100% of their cost under Medicare part B [Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled]), regardless of the code billed for a diagnosis as a result of a test, or for the removal of tissue or other procedure furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
HELLPP Act

Bill: 114-s-626
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2015-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Medicare
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: 

Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act or the HELLPP Act

 
 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to include podiatrists as physicians in order to cover their services under the Medicaid program. 
 
Amends SSAct title XVIII (Medicare) to revise requirements for coverage of therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetes regarding the processes of: (1) documentation by a physician of, and certification of a comprehensive plan of care related to, the diabetic condition; (2) prescription by a podiatrist or other qualified physician upon a finding of the medical necessity for the therapeutic shoes, including findings communicated to a certifying doctor of medicine or osteopathy of certain related foot conditions; and (3) fitting and supplying the shoes.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject to the continuing levy upon property and property rights, for collection of unpaid taxes, any payments made to a Medicaid provider or supplier.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Maternity Care Act

Bill: 114-s-628
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2015-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medical education
Sex and reproductive health
Student aid and college costs
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: 

Improving Access to Maternity Care Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration to designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and review these designations at least annually.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must collect and publish data on health professional shortage areas so availability of maternal health professionals can be compared by professional category and geographic region.
 
A maternity care health professional shortage area is: (1) an area determined to have a shortage of providers of full scope maternity care health services or of hospital or birth center labor and delivery units, or (2) a population group determined to have a shortage of such providers or facilities.
 Full scope maternity care health services include care during labor, birthing, prenatal care, and postpartum care.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act

Bill: 114-s-629
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2015-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Allied health services
Department of Health and Human Services
Medical education
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: 

Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act or the MEND Act 

 
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services, for any reimbursements to providers under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the costs of nursing and allied health education activities, to apply the regulation establishing the payment methodology for such reimbursements by treating a provider as meeting the requirements:
 
 
for consideration as operating an approved nursing or allied health education program if the provider or a wholly owned subsidiary educational institution singly or collectively meets all such requirements;
 
for payment for certain nonprovider-operated programs at wholly owned subsidiary educational institutions if the provider meets all such requirements except that the transfer of a nursing or allied health education program to that wholly owned subsidiary educational institution to meet accreditation standards occurred after October 1, 2003, and
 
if the provider or its wholly owned subsidiary educational institution has been in continuous operation since October 1, 2003. 
 
 
Defines "wholly owned subsidiary educational institution" as one that: (1) is organized as a legal entity distinct from the provider, (2) has the provider as its sole owner or sole member, and (3) is organized in the same state in which the provider is organized or registered to do business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act

Bill: 114-s-630
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Historic sites and heritage areas
Lakes and rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: 

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act

 
Establishes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area in California. 
 
Designates the Delta Protection Commission as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area. 
 
Requires the Commission to submit a proposed management plan for the Heritage Area to the Department of the Interior for approval. 
 
Bars approval of the management plan until Interior has received certification from the Commission that the Delta Stewardship Council has reviewed such plan for consistency with the plan adopted by the Council pursuant to state law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502.
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1250-1251; text of measure as introduced: CR S1251-1252)
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to exempt National Forest System land in the State of Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Bill: 114-s-631
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Department of Agriculture
Forests, forestry, trees
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: 
Makes the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (or successor regulations) inapplicable with respect to National Forest System land in the state of Alaska. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1252-1253)
action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate