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Mandate Oil Spill Investigations and Emergency Rules (MOSIER) Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3187
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land use and conservation
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Oil and gas
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Mandate Oil Spill Investigations and Emergency Rules (MOSIER) Act of 2016

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2020 the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). A specified amount is set-aside for costs to carry out railroad accident investigations and investigations of significant railroad incidents.
 
The bill requires the NTSB to investigate derailments involving a significant release of hazardous materials into the environment within close proximity to communities, personal property, or critical landscapes.
 
The bill expands the authority of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue emergency orders for unsafe occurrences causing, or potentially causing, an emergency or reoccurring situation involving a hazard of death, personal injury, or significant harm to the environment.
 
DOT shall establish and enforce a national standard for the maximum volatility of crude oil to be permitted to be shipped by rail based on the safest practicable standard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3188
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act of 2016 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify and extend: (1) the income tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel, and (2) the excise tax credit for biodiesel fuel mixtures. 
 
The bill: (1) makes the credits available to domestic producers of the fuels rather than the policy under current law of providing a mixture credit to the blender of the fuel, (2) increases the income tax credit for certain small biodiesel producers, and (3) extends the credits through 2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5085)
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Connecting Rural Americans to Care Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3189
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government trust funds
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicaid
Minority health
Public transit
Rural conditions and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Connecting Rural Americans to Care Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to publish an interim final rule to revise certain Medicaid transportation regulations to allow states to reimburse drivers for costs attributable to providing no-load volunteer travel services to Medicaid-eligible individuals who require transportation to receive non-emergency medical treatment.
 
The Department of Transportation may prioritize and carry out projects within the Rural Transportation Assistance Program to increase access to health care services in rural areas.
 
The bill establishes the Interagency Task Force on Rural Health Information Technology to coordinate delivery of financial and technical assistance to rural providers and provide leadership and recommendations on best practices to increase internet access in rural areas.
 
The bill also requires the Federal Communications Commission to simplify the process for submitting a request for services under the Healthcare Connect Fund, which expands access to broadband services for health care providers in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3190
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Allied health services
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Medical education
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reauthorize the National Health Care Workforce Commission.The commission must track information on the career paths of medical school and residency program graduates and make such information publicly available.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must revise the definition of medical residency training programs (rural track training programs)in rural areas so that more health care facilities are able to participate.
 
The Government Accountability Office must: (1) study and report on graduate medical education funding structures and their success in bringing physicians to practice in rural communities, and (2) report on improving data collection on emerging health care professions.
 
The bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions to rural hospitals.
 
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to (1) reauthorize the Primary Care Residency Expansion Program and Area Health Education Centers, and (2) authorize appropriations through FY2021 for the Quentin N. Burdick Program for Rural Interdisciplinary Training to provide access to health care in rural areas.
 
The bill incorporates emerging health professionals, such as dental therapists and community paramedics, into existing loan forgiveness programs and other training programs for allied health professionals.
 
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish mental health and substance use disorder training programs for schools of medicine or nursing, physician assistants, pharmacy, social work, and other allied health professions to ensure that health care providers are able to recognize, diagnose, and treat mental health and substance use disorders.
 
The bill also funds essential mental and behavioral health education and training grants that are used to recruit and train graduate students in mental and behavioral health fields who practice in rural and other high need areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3191
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016

 
This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to:
 
 
establish certain health care quality measures with respect to rural providers;
 
include such measures within specified Medicare payment models; 
 
revise certain requirements related to specified Medicare grants for rural emergency medical services and critical access hospitals; 
 
require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a hospital readmissions reduction program for rural hospitals, a model for incentivizing rural providers to submit data on applicable quality measures, and value-based payment models for services furnished by rural providers; and
 
require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to participate in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus test model.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3192
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Montana
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2016

 
This bill designates as the Alex Diekmann Peak the 9,765-foot peak located 2.2 miles west-northwest of Finger Mountain on the western boundary of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness in Montana. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5085-5086)
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
CONNECT Act

Bill: 114-s-3193
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Juvenile crime and gang violence

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Childhood Outcomes Need New Efficient Community Teams or the CONNECT Act

 
This bill amends title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to state child welfare and juvenile justice agencies to:
 
 
collaborate in the collection of data relating to dual status youth (who come into contact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and occupy various statuses in their relationship to those systems); and
 
develop practices, policies, and protocols to confront the challenges presented and experienced by such youth.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3194
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children under six years old in early care and education settings. 
 
 HHS must track the obesity prevention policies and practices of early care and education programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
BREATH Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3195
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Beneficiary Respiratory Equipment Access and Transparency to Home Ventilator Care Act of 2016 or the BREATH Act of 2016

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish policies and standards for determining the appropriate use of certain ventilators under the Medicare program.
 
Subject to budget neutrality requirements, the bill: (1) increases the Medicare payment rate for such ventilators for 2017; and (2) for subsequent years, establishes a new base payment rate based on the percentage change, between 2015 and 2017, in the total number of beneficiaries receiving such ventilators under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3196
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 by requiring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be managed by a board of directors instead of a director and deputy director.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Quiet Communities Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3197
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Quiet Communities Act of 2016

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control; and (2) arrange for independent scientists who have expertise in noise measurements, noise effects, and noise abatement techniques to carry out a study of airport noise.
 
The Quiet Communities Program must include: (1) establishing and implementing training programs on the use of noise abatement equipment, and (2) implementing noise abatement plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3198
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Adult day care
Disability and paralysis
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement or a contract with each state home to pay for medical supervision model adult day health care for a veteran for whom the home is not receiving VA nursing home care payments. 
 
The veteran must need such care either specifically for a service-connected disability, or, if not specifically for one, the veteran must have a service-connected disability rated 70% or more. 
 
Payment under each agreement or contract between the VA and a state home must equal 65% of the payment that the VA would otherwise pay to the state home if the veteran were receiving nursing home care.
 
 &quot;Medical supervision model adult day health care&quot; means adult day health care that includes the coordination of physician services, dental services, the administration of drugs, and such other requirements as the VA may determine.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Agency Accountability Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3199
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Intellectual property
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Agency Accountability Act of 2016 

 
This bill requires any agency that receives a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement to deposit the amount in the general fund of the Treasury. The funds may not be used unless the funding is provided in advance in an appropriations bill. 
 
Any amounts deposited during the fiscal year in which this bill is enacted may not be obligated during the fiscal year and must be used for deficit reduction. 
 
The bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require offsetting receipts and collections to be treated as revenue. (Offsetting receipts and collections are funds collected by agencies from other government accounts or from the public in businesslike or market-oriented transactions. Under current law, the collections are treated as negative budget authority and outlays rather than revenue and may be used to offset spending for budget enforcement purposes.) 
 
The requirements of the bill do not apply to the U.S. Postal Service or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the USPTO must submit annually to Congress a report describing any fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement collected by the USPTO during the previous year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Voluntary Check-off Program Participation Act

Bill: 114-s-3200
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural research

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Voluntary Check-off Program Participation Act 

 
This bill prohibits mandatory or compulsory check-off programs and requires producer participation in the programs to be voluntary at the point of sale. (A check-off program is a program to promote and provide research and information for a particular agricultural commodity without reference to specific producers or brands. The Department of Agriculture oversees the programs, which are requested and funded by industry.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Commodity Checkoff Program Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3201
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural research
Business records
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Commodity Checkoff Program Improvement Act of 2016 

 
This bill establishes restrictions and requirements for checkoff programs, which are programs overseen by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote and provide research and information for a particular agricultural commodity without reference to specific producers or brands. 
 
The bill prohibits boards established to carry out a checkoff program or a USDA order issued under a checkoff program from entering into a contract or agreement to carry out program activities with a party that engages in activities to influence any government policy or action that relates to agriculture.
 
The bill also prohibits a board or its employees or agents acting in their official capacity from engaging in: (1) any act that involves a conflict of interest; and (2) any anticompetitive activity, unfair or deceptive act or practice, or any act that may be disparaging to another agricultural commodity or product. 
 
The board must meet specified requirements regarding the publication of budgets and disbursements of funds. 
 
The USDA Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office must conduct specified audits regarding checkoff programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
AR4RA Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3202
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alaska
Canada
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Oil and gas
Railroad Retirement Board

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Alaska Rails for Resources Act of 2016 or the
 
AR4RA Act of 2016

 
This bill addresses the construction of the Rails for Resources project in Alaska. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Alaska Economic Development and Access to Resources Act

Bill: 114-s-3203
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2016-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Archaeology and anthropology
Arctic Ocean
Arctic and polar regions
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Labor-management relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mental health
Metals
Mining
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Pipelines
Roads and highways
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Strategic materials and reserves
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: 

Alaska Economic Development and Access to Resources Act

 
This bill addresses oil and gas production on federal lands in Alaska.
 
The bill also authorizes the establishment of a state forest in Alaska.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate