hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Saving Access to Compounded Medications for Special Needs Patients Act

Bill: 114-s-1406
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 

Saving Access to Compounded Medications for Special Needs Patients Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow drugs to be compounded (manufactured at a small scale) and distributed to practitioners for treatment of, or administration to, patients of that practitioner. Currently, drugs may be compounded only for identified individual patients. (Compounded drugs do not need to meet certain requirements for drugs regarding manufacturing, labeling, or FDA approval.)
 
Compounded drugs must comply with United States Pharmacopeia standards.
 A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the FDA and a state regarding compounded drugs no longer must address interstate distribution of inordinate amounts of compounded drugs. Such an MOU must not create an unfunded mandate on a state. (Compounders in states that do not have an MOU with the FDA may not distribute more than 5% of their orders out of state.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1407
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2015-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy revenues and royalties
Government trust funds
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Outdoor recreation
User charges and fees
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 

Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015

 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to extend through FY2020 the authorization for deposit and use of lease revenues under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Makes such funds available to the Department of the Interior for FY2015 and afterwards to implement both the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.
 
Directs the Bureau of Land Management to establish priority and variance areas on covered land for geothermal, solar, and wind energy projects. 
 
Requires Interior to establish a program to improve federal permit coordination with respect to renewable energy projects carried out on public land administered by Interior and not excluded from the development of geothermal, solar, or wind energy (covered land).
 
Defines &quot;variance area&quot; as covered land that is neither an exclusion area (not suitable for development of renewable energy projects) nor a priority area. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund, to be available in regions affected by the development of wind or solar energy on federal land for: (1) protecting and restoring important fish and wildlife habitat; and (2) ensuring and improving right-of-way access to federal land and water in the impacted region for fishing, hunting, and other forms of outdoor recreation. 
 
Requires the Department of Agriculture as well as Interior to determine the feasibility of carrying out a conservation banking program on federal land.
 
Denies the rental fee exemption for rights-of-way under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act to wind or solar generation projects with a capacity of 20 megawatts or more that are issued a lease, right-of-way, permit, or other authorization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act

Bill: 114-s-1409
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act

 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state plan for medical assistance to prohibit the state from terminating (but allowing it to suspend) enrollment under a state plan for an individual who is eligible because an inmate of a public institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Treatment and Recovery Investment Act

Bill: 114-s-1410
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Prescription drugs
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Treatment and Recovery Investment Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to award grants to state agencies responsible for administering funds received under the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant program, to local governments that have a high rate of, or have had a rapid increase in, the use of, or death related to the use of, heroin or other opioids (including prescription opioids), and to Indian tribes or tribal organizations in order to permit such entities to expand evidence-based treatment activities and related recovery services.
 
The Center shall award: (1) five-year grants to state substance abuse agencies, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and public nonprofit entities to enhance access to primary care and related services for pregnant and parenting women diagnosed with opioid dependence; and (2) grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements of up to five years duration to eligible state substance abuse agencies and other appropriate entities to increase the capacity of substance use disorder treatment and recovery services for adolescents.
 
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall award grants to state substance abuse agencies and non-profit organizations to develop, expand, and enhance recovery support services for individuals with substance use disorders.
 
The amount authorized under the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant program is increased: (1) to a specified amount for FY2016, and (2) by the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for each subsequent year.
 
The Comptroller General shall evaluate and report on the in-patient and outpatient treatment capacity, availability, and needs of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1412
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify low-income building units that provide housing for homeless students and veterans who are full-time students for the low-income housing tax credit. To qualify for the credit the student must have been a homeless child or youth during any portion of the seven-year period prior to occupying the housing unit and the veteran must have been homeless for a similar five-year period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Higher Education Tax Benefit Compliance Improvement Act

Bill: 114-s-1413
Sponsor: Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Higher Education Tax Benefit Compliance Improvement Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt an institution of higher education from tax penalties for failure to provide the tax identification number (TIN) of a person who claims a tax credit for tuition and related expenses if such institution certifies that it has complied with standards for obtaining the TIN, and (2) disallow the American Opportunity tax credit and the tax deduction for tuition and related expenses unless the taxpayer receives a payee statement containing the TIN of the individual claiming the credit or the deduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act

Bill: 114-s-1414
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Rhode Island

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act 

 
This bill amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and increase Council membership from 21 to 23 members. The Council is not given authority over the fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean seaward of Rhode Island.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3240)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Stability Act

Bill: 114-s-1415
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Small Business Stability Act
 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the definition of "applicable large employer," for purposes of the mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage, to mean an employer who employed an average of at least 101 (currently, 50) full-time employees during the preceding calendar year. Excludes from such definition a small employer that is eligible to purchase a qualified health plan in the small group health insurance market, as defined in PPACA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to limit the authority to reserve water rights in designating a national monument.

Bill: 114-s-1416
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
State and local government operations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
This bill prohibits the President, in designating a national monument, from reserving any implied or expressed water rights associated with it.
 
Water rights for an associated national monument may only be acquired in accordance with the laws of the state in which the water rights are to be located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1418
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Judicial procedure and administration
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2015

 
Amends the federal judicial code to establish the Office of Inspector General for the Judicial Branch, to be headed by an inspector general appointed by the Chief Justice. Sets a term of four years, which may be extended by additional reappointments. Authorizes the Chief Justice to remove an inspector general from office.
 
Requires the office to: (1) conduct investigations of alleged misconduct in the judicial branch, including the Supreme Court; (2) conduct and supervise audits and investigations; and (3) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse.
 
Provides for whistleblower protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3240-3241; text of measure as introduced: CR S3241)
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Markets Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1420
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commodities markets
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Energy Markets Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the Department of Energy to develop and implement a plan to collect, in cooperation with the Commodity Futures Trade Commission, information identifying all oil inventories and other physical oil assets owned by the 50 largest traders of oil contracts (including derivative contracts). 
 
The EIA shall also collect, and update annually, information quantifying the commercial storage capacity for oil and natural gas in the United States. 
 
A Financial Market Analysis Office is established in the EIA to analyze the financial aspects of energy markets.
 
A Working Group on Energy Markets is also established to:
 
 
investigate the effect of increased financial investment in energy commodities on energy prices and the energy security of the United States,
 
recommend to the President and Congress laws to prevent excessive speculation in energy commodity markets in order to prevent or minimize the adverse impact of excessive speculation on energy prices, and
 
review energy security implications of developments in international energy markets. 
 
 
The Working Group shall also: (1) identify the factors that affect crude oil and refined petroleum products prices; and (2) review and assess existing statutory authorities for the regulation of markets critical to U.S. energy security, as well as the need for additional authority to regulate markets critical to it. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Orphan Product Extensions Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1421
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Orphan Product Extensions Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2015

 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to extend by six months the exclusivity period for a drug or biological product approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when the product is additionally approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a new indication that is a rare disease or condition (also known as an &ldquo;orphan disease&rdquo;).
 
Allows HHS to revoke an extension if the application submitted to the FDA for the new indication contained an untrue material statement.
 
Requires the sponsor of a product receiving an extension to notify HHS one year prior to discontinuing production for commercial reasons.
 
Requires HHS to notify the public of products that receive this extension and patents related to those products.
 
Limits a product to one extension under this Act. Sets forth that extensions under this Act are in addition to other extensions.
 Applies only to products approved after enactment of this Act for a new indication that is a rare disease or condition.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1422
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Chemistry
Coal
Education of the disadvantaged
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Minority education
Minority employment
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Public utilities and utility rates
Science and engineering education
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Energy Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy- and manufacturing-related jobs, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in those jobs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Central Coast Heritage Protection Act

Bill: 114-s-1423
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Motor vehicles
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Property rights
Religion
Roads and highways
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Central Coast Heritage Protection Act

 
 This bill designates specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Forest System lands in California as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
It also designates certain land in Los Padres National Forest in California, comprising approximately 2,174 acres, as the Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness Area, which shall be incorporated into the Machesna Mountain Wilderness Area. 
 
Specified segments of the Indian, Mono, Matilija, Sespe, and Piru Creeks and Sisquoc River in California are designated as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
Certain land in the Los Padres National Forest in California, comprising approximately 41,617 acres, is designated as the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Area, which shall be incorporated into the San Rafael Wilderness. 
 
This bill designates specified land: (1) in Los Padres National Forest, comprising approximately 18,666 acres, as the Condor Ridge Scenic Area; and (2) in Los Padres National Forest and in the BLM Bakersfield Field Office, comprising approximately 15,846 acres, as the Black Mountain Scenic Area. 
 
The Condor Trail in Monterey County, California, is designated as the Condor National Recreation Trail. 
 
The Department of Agriculture shall study: (1) connecting the northern and southern parts of the Los Padres National Forest using a trail corridor across parts of the Northern and Southern Santa Lucia Mountains of the Southern California Coastal Range; and (2) nonmotorized recreation trail opportunities (including mountain bicycling) on land not designated as wilderness by this Act within the Santa Barbara, Ojai, and Mt. Pinos ranger districts.
 
The Forest Service shall study the feasibility of opening a new trail, for vehicles measuring 50 inches or less, connecting Forest Service Highway 95 to the existing off-highway vehicle trail system in the Ballinger Canyon off-highway vehicle area.
 
Indian tribes shall be assured access to the wilderness areas, scenic areas, and potential wilderness areas designated by this Act for traditional cultural and religious purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-500.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1424
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marine pollution
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 

Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban cosmetics that contain synthetic plastic microbeads beginning on January 1, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate