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Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2005
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2015

 
 Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to require drug manufacturers to pay the Secretary of Health and Human Services drug rebates for rebate eligible (low-income) individuals. Excludes from Medicare coverage as a part D drug any drug or biological manufactured by a manufacturer that has not entered into and have in effect a rebate agreement with the Secretary.
 
Requires a rebate agreement to require a drug or biological manufacturer to provide to the Secretary a rebate, determined according to a specified formula, for each rebate period ending after December 31, 2015, for any covered Medicare part D drug dispensed after that date to any rebate eligible individual for which payment was made by a prescription drug plan sponsor or MedicareAdvantage organization for such period. 
 
Specifies a formula for determination of Medicaid rebate amounts for such drugs or biologicals.
 
Amends SSAct title XIX (Medicaid) to exclude any amounts paid under a rebate agreement from the determination of best price and average manufacturer price under the Medicaid program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-23
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: 2015-04-23
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: 2015-04-23
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: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Aerotropolis Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2006
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Aerotropolis Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to extend the eligibility for projects of national and regional significance under the surface transportation grant program to certain aerotropolis transportation system projects.
 
Defines &quot;aerotropolis transportation system&quot; as a planned and coordinated multimodal freight and passenger transportation network that provides efficient, sustainable, and intermodal connectivity to a defined region of economic significance centered around a major airport.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Leading and Expediting Aerotropolis Development Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2007
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Leading and Expediting Aerotropolis Development Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish an aerotropolis grant program to assist in the development of aerotropolis transportation systems (i.e., planned and coordinated multimodal freight and passenger transportation networks that provide efficient, sustainable, and intermodal connectivity to a defined region of economic significance centered around a major airport). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to assist in planning, design, environmental review, or land acquisition activities for one or more specified kinds of projects to benefit such systems.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
GI Education Benefit Fairness Act

Bill: 114-hr-2008
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

GI Education Benefit Fairness Act

 
Expands the definition of &quot;children,&quot; for purposes of provisions allowing members or former members of the uniformed services who served on active duty for specified periods beginning on or after September 11, 2001, to transfer their entitlement to educational assistance, to mean an unmarried person who: (1) is placed in the legal custody of a member or former member by court order for at least 12 consecutive months, (2) has not attained the age of 21, (3) has not attained the age of 23 and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning, (4) is incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred while such person was a dependent of the member or former member, (5) is dependent on the member or former member for over one-half of his or her support, (6) resides with the member or former member unless separated due to military service or institutionalization for a disability or incapacitation, and (7) is not a dependent of a member or former member under any other provision defining dependent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Review and Sunset Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2010
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Regulatory Review and Sunset Act of 2015

 
 Requires federal agencies to review their covered rules and modify, consolidate, or terminate such rules on a periodic basis. Defines "covered rule" to include a significant rule that is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or any other rule designated by an agency or the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget for sunset review. 
 
Allows a person adversely affected by a rule that is not a significant rule to submit a public petition for sunset review of such rule. Provides for sunset review of a rule upon the request of a congressional committee or a majority of the members of such committee.
 
Requires the OIRA to: (1) conduct an inventory of existing rules and deadlines for their sunset review; (2) prioritize rules for sunset review based on specified criteria, including the cost of the rule and the burden of reviewing it; (3) group related rules for simultaneous sunset review; (4) provide guidance to agencies for conducting sunset reviews; and (5) provide feedback to agencies on sunset reviews and results. 
 
Sets forth review deadlines for existing and new significant rules. 
 
Requires each agency to designate a Regulatory Review Officer with responsibility for implementation of this Act. 
 
Provides for judicial review of a denial or substantial inexcusable delay in granting or denying a public petition for sunset review of a rule.
 
Terminates this Act 10 years after its enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the authority of the Secretaries of the military departments to revoke combat valor awards.

Bill: 114-hr-2011
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from revoking any combat valor award.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs of fishing communities.

Bill: 114-hr-2012
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Financial literacy
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Oil and gas
Small business
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 
This bill amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize the Department of Commerce to make grants to support programs that address needs of fishing communities by: (1) providing health promotion and disease prevention services, (2) providing financial planning education and other services to improve the financial stability of families and small businesses, (3) supporting positive community response to tragedies at sea, or (4) providing workforce development training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
FIT Kids Act

Bill: 114-hr-2013
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Fitness Integrated Into Teaching Kids Act or the FIT Kids Act 

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize and amend the Carol M. White Physical Education Program. The program is administered by the Department of Education (ED) and awards grants to local educational agencies, community-based organizations, and states to initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs for kindergarten through 12th grade students. 
 
Of the funds appropriated for the program, ED must reserve a portion to award competitive grants for states to implement comprehensive programs based on: (1) scientifically valid research, and (2) an analysis of need that considers indicators in a state system measuring conditions related to physical fitness, physical education, student health, and nutrition. 
 
A state applying for a competitive grant must submit: (1) an analysis of needs in the areas of physical activity, physical education, fitness, and nutrition; (2) a plan for improvement; and (3) a description of how the state will implement a measurement system, coordinate with other state and federal programs, assist local educational agencies, and award subgrants. 
 
States receiving competitive grants must: (1) reserve no more than 5% of the funds for administration, technical assistance, professional development for teachers, and a measurement system; and (2) use the remaining funds for competitive subgrants. 
 
States receiving grants must also: establish a statewide physical education requirement, implement a measurement system, provide a public report including data from the measurement system, award subgrants using specified criteria, use the measurement system to assist subgrantees in addressing needs, provide professional development for teachers, and monitor subgrants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2014
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Child health
Disability and paralysis
Family services
Hunting and fishing
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Public participation and lobbying
Public transit
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2015 

 
 Authorizes the Department of the Interior to issue one cooperative agreement per state to eligible entities to implement and update a five-year Healthy Kids Outdoors State Strategy for encouraging Americans, especially children, youth, and families, to be physically active outdoors. 
 
Requires eligible entities to provide a 25% match of the funding that they receive under this Act through in-kind contributions or cash. 
Directs the President to issue a national strategy for encouraging Americans to be physically active outdoors. 
 
Directs Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out a study of national significance on the health impacts of the strategies under this Act. 
 
Requires Interior to provide technical assistance to grantees and to disseminate best practices that emerge from the state strategies funded by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Customs Training Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-hr-2015
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Customs Training Enhancement Act

 
 Directs the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish educational seminars at U.S. ports of entry to improve the ability of CBP personnel to classify and appraise articles imported into the United States in accordance with U.S. customs laws, including their ability to identify and prevent the mislabeling and transshipment of such articles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act

Bill: 114-hr-2016
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Legal fees and court costs
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act

 
 Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. 
 
Imposes on persons who possess or use such traps in the System: (1) for a first offense, a civil fine of up to $500 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used; and (2) for subsequent offenses, a civil fine of up to $1,000 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used, imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both such a civil fine and imprisonment. 
 
Makes any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this Act, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur, subject to civil forfeiture. 
 
Requires persons found to be in violation of such prohibition to pay all associated court costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority complies with auditing standards.

Bill: 114-hr-2018
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Aviation and airports
Regional and metropolitan planning
Transportation programs funding
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 
This bill prohibits the availability of federal funds to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority unless the Department of Transportation certifies that it is complying with appropriate auditing standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E571)
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
ATF Wrongful Reclassification Act

Bill: 114-hr-2019
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 

ATF Wrongful Reclassification Act

 
Amends the federal criminal code to modify the definition of &quot;armor piercing ammunition&quot; for purposes of federal firearms provisions to: (1) include a projectile or projectile core that is designed and intended by the manufacturer solely for use in a handgun (currently, a projectile that may be used in a handgun); and (2) exclude a projectile that is primarily intended by the manufacturer to be used for lawful purposes (currently, a projectile that the Attorney General finds is primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House