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Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

Bill: 114-hr-4756
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a nurse practitioner to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-16
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: 2016-03-16
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: 2016-03-16
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: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the award of the Presidential Memorial Certificate to certain deceased members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and certain deceased members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

Bill: 114-hr-4758
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 
This bill authorizes award of the Presidential Memorial Certificate to certain deceased members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and certain deceased members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization.

Bill: 114-hr-4759
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Transportation costs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay the burial transportation costs of certain deceased veterans to a state- or tribal-owned veterans' cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2016-05-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Blue Lives Matter Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4760
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Hate crimes
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 

Blue Lives Matter Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code by expanding hate crimes to include an offense for knowingly causing, or attempting to cause, bodily injuries to individuals because they are police officers or perceived to be police officers. The bill subjects an individual convicted of such an offense to a prison term of up to 10 years, a fine, or both. If death results, or the offense includes kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit such crimes, or an attempt to kill, the offender is subject to a prison term for life, a fine, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 61 South Baldwin Avenue in Sierra Madre, California, as the "Louis Van Iersel Post Office".

Bill: 114-hr-4761
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 61 South Baldwin Avenue in Sierra Madre, California, as the "Louis Van Iersel Post Office."
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 61 South Baldwin Avenue in Sierra Madre, California, as the "Louis Van Iersel Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-207.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 114-207.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-29
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2016-07-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5192-5193)
action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2927)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2927)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4761.
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2927-2928)
action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1395)
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 114-207
REGROW Act

Bill: 114-hr-4762
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cell biology and embryology
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 

Reliable and Effective Growth for Regenerative Health Options that Improve Wellness or the REGROW Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conditionally approve certain cellular therapeutic products without initiation of large-scale clinical trials. A conditionally approved cellular therapy may be marketed if certain conditions are met, including conditions on the source, processing, and function of the cells in the product.
 
 The sponsor of a conditionally approved cellular therapy must apply for approval of the product as a biological product within five years. Unless the FDA has decided not to approve the product, the product may be marketed during this five-year period and the FDA may permit continued marketing while the application is being reviewed.
 
An individual administering a conditionally approved cellular therapy must inform the recipient regarding conditional approval.
 
The premarket report for a medical device used for cellular therapy must include specified information regarding the preparation or delivery of the cellular therapy.
 
The approval of a medical device that is a cellular therapy must be based on laboratory performance testing and not clinical trials.
 
A medical device used for cellular therapy is subject to medical device classification. The FDA must not limit the use of these devices to only specific cell types unless unique to the use of the device.
 
The Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research has primary jurisdiction for premarket review of combination products that act primarily through cellular components.
 The Department of Health and Human Services must work with stakeholders to promote the development of standards for regenerative medicine products.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4764
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Mammals
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Service animals
Veterans' medical care
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 

Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through the Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, to carry out a five-year pilot program under which the VA shall provide service dogs and veterinary health insurance to certain veterans who: (1) served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001; and (2) were diagnosed with, and continue to suffer from, post-traumatic stress disorder.
 
The provision of a service dog shall be done in addition to other types of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and shall not replace established treatment modalities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act

Bill: 114-hr-4765
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accidents
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Railroads
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 

Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in making grants to fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations, and state fire training academies, to give high priority consideration to grants that provide for planning, training, and equipment to firefighters for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan, Corregidor, Guam, Wake Island, and the Philippine Archipelago between December 7, 1941, and May 10, 1942, and who died or were imprisoned by the Japanese military in the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Wake Island, and Guam from April 9, 1942, until September 2, 1945, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to their country.

Bill: 114-hr-4766
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Philippines
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award on behalf of the Congress of a single gold medal to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan, Corregidor, Guam, Wake Island, and the Philippine Archipelago between December 7, 1941, and May 10, 1942, and who died or were imprisoned by the Japanese military in the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Wake Island, and Guam from April 9, 1942, until September 2, 1945, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to their country. 
 
Following its award the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it shall be displayed and made available for research. 
 
The bill expresses the sense of the Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal available for display at other locations, particularly locations associated with these American military prisoners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
State Secrets Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-4767
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 

State Secrets Protection Act

 
This bill declares that the government has a privilege to refuse to give information and to prevent any person from giving information in civil actions in federal or state courts only if the government shows that public disclosure of the information that the government seeks to protect would be reasonably likely to cause significant harm to the national defense or the diplomatic relations of the United States. 
 
Courts must take steps, which may include in camera and ex parte hearings and other security procedures, to protect sensitive information that comes before them.
 
The bill sets forth the court's authority regarding the participation of counsel, appointment of a guardian ad litem to represent an absent litigant's interests, and the disclosure of information when it presents a risk of harm. The bill also provides standards for the court to order the government to produce adequate or nonprivileged substitutes (redacted copies, summary of information, stipulation of facts) for privileged information.
 
The government may: (1) assert the privilege in connection with any claim in a civil action to which it is a party, or (2) intervene in a civil action to which it is not a party in order to do so.
 
Once the government has asserted the privilege, and before the court makes any determinations, the court shall: (1) undertake a preliminary review of the information in question, and (2) provide the government an opportunity to seek protective measures under this Act.
 
The bill establishes procedures and a standard for assessing the privilege claim.
 
If the court determines that the privilege is not validly asserted, the court must issue appropriate orders regarding the disclosure of the information to a nongovernmental party and its admission at trial, with the right to an interlocutory appeal for any such orders. The bill prohibits such disclosure or admission if the privilege is determined valid.
 
Courts of appeal are provided jurisdiction of an appeal from a decision or order of a district court determining that the state secrets privilege is not validly asserted, sanctioning a refusal to provide an adequate or nonprivileged substitute, or refusing protective steps sought by the government pending the resolution of the claim of state secrets privilege.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program.

Bill: 114-hr-4769
Sponsor: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 
 This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from making any additional awards or loans under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program established by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
 
Upon the repayment, in accordance with loan agreement terms, of all loans made before enactment of this Act, DOE authority and requirements for the entire program shall be repealed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide appropriate rules for the application of the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities with respect to certain contract manufacturing or production arrangements.

Bill: 114-hr-4770
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2016-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Contracts and agency
Department of the Treasury
Income tax deductions
Manufacturing
Sound recording
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify rules for applying the deduction for income from domestic production activities to contract manufacturing or production arrangements. 
 
In a contract manufacturing or production arrangement, a person contracts with one or more unrelated persons for the manufacture, production, growth, or extraction of an item of qualifying production property (tangible personal property, computer software, and sound recordings) or film. The qualifying production property must be manufactured, produced, grown, or extracted in whole or significant part within the United States.
 
In an arrangement in which any person makes a substantial contribution through the activities of its employees within the United States to the manufacture, production, growth, or extraction of qualifying production property: (1) the person shall be treated as engaging in the activity, and (2) the domestic production gross receipts of the person shall include the gross receipts received under the arrangement for the activities.
 
The Internal Revenue Service must prescribe regulations that include specified factors for determining a substantial contribution. 
 
A person with an economic risk of loss of more than 50% of the direct material costs necessary to the manufacture, production, growth, or extraction of the qualifying production is deemed to make a substantial contribution. 
 
The parties to an arrangement may agree in writing to: (1) make only one person eligible for the deduction, or (2) apply the rules retroactively to tax years in which only one person claimed the deduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Introduced in House