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Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act

Bill: 114-hr-2450
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Marketing and advertising
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 

Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act

 
Prohibits sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy from being provided in exchange for monetary compensation. Bars advertisements for such therapy that claim to: (1) change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, (2) eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender, or (3) be harmless or without risk.
 
Makes this Act inapplicable to practices that do not seek to change sexual orientation or gender identity if the therapy provides: (1) assistance to an individual undergoing a gender transition; or (2) acceptance, support, and understanding of clients or facilitation of clients' coping, social support, and identity exploration and development, including sexual orientation-neutral interventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices. 
 
Provides authority to Federal Trade Commission to enforce this Act and treats violations as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Buy America Update Act

Bill: 114-hr-2451
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Buy American requirements
Department of Transportation
Metals
Public contracts and procurement
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 

Buy America Update Act

 
This bill exempts from Buy America requirements the procurement of railroad rolling stock when:
 
 
the cost of components and subcomponents produced in the United States is more than 60% of the cost of all components of the rolling stock; and
 
final assembly of such rolling stock has occurred in the United States. 
 
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall initiate a rulemaking to develop audit procedures for an agency to review rolling stock offeror and recipient compliance with domestic content requirements, and issue guidance on best practices for pre-award and post-delivery audits by recipients.
 
Before seeking a Buy America waiver request, Amtrak shall contract with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to conduct a supplier scouting process for domestic suppliers that can provide the compliant products for which a waiver will be sought. DOT must consider Amtrak's scouting report before deciding on the request.
 
Before issuing the Federal Aviation Administration a waiver of Buy America requirements, DOT shall consult with the NIST and begin a supplier scouting process for domestic suppliers that can provide for compliant aviation products for which a waiver will be sought.
 
DOT may approve an airport improvement project financed with passenger facility charges only if steel and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to facilitating dissemination of health care economic information.

Bill: 114-hr-2452
Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health information and medical records

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the requirements for health care economic information that is provided to entities selecting drugs for coverage or reimbursement, such as formularies. The information must include a conspicuous and prominent statement describing the differences between the information and the labeling approved for the drug.
 &quot;Health care economic information&quot; is an analysis that describes the economic consequences of the use of a drug. Such an analysis is no longer required to compare the use of the drug to another intervention or no intervention. An analysis that relates only to an indication for which the drug is not approved is not health care economic information.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
National Mall Revitalization and Designation Act

Bill: 114-hr-2453
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
National Capital Planning Commission
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 

National Mall Revitalization and Designation Act

 
 Authorizes the National Capital Planning Commission (the Commission) to modify the boundaries of Areas I and II of the National Mall in the District of Columbia reserved for the location of commemorative works of preeminent historical and lasting significance to the United States. Prohibits any review of such a decision. Requires the Commission to notify the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services (GSA), the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission, and certain congressional committees of any boundary modification made under such authority. 
 
Allows the Secretary or the Administrator to submit a recommendation to Congress that the legislative authority for a commemorative work be terminated before its expiration date, if the person authorized to establish the work does not possess the capacity or resources to complete successfully the project for the establishment of the work before that expiration date. 
 
Directs: (1) the Commission to prepare recommendations for improving upon the process required for the selection, design, and subject matter of commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs; and (2) the Secretary to submit a plan to enhance cultural experiences in, and visitor enjoyment, amenities, and the vitality of, the National Mall. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to precision medicine.

Bill: 114-hr-2455
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to define &quot;precision drug or biological product.&quot; (Precision medications are commonly understood to be treatments for those patients who are likely to respond to the medication based on a biomarker, which is a biological characteristic such as a genetic factor.)
 
The FDA must issue and periodically update guidance that addresses the development and use of biomarkers to identify the subset of patients that are likely to respond to a medication. 
 The FDA may rely upon data previously submitted for a different approved medication or indication to expedite the clinical development of a precision medication that has been designated for the treatment of a serious or rare condition.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure the sharing of data generated from research with the public.

Bill: 114-hr-2456
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to require the sharing of scientific data generated from research that is fully funded by the NIH.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Hire A Hero Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2457
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 

Hire A Hero Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow employers a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a member of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard, and (2) make such credit with respect to the hiring of qualified veterans and members of the Ready Reserve and National Guard permanent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Delivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2459
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2015-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Livestock
Medical research
Retail and wholesale trades
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: 

Delivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise reporting requirements for new animal drugs containing an antimicrobial.
 
Certain live poultry dealers, swine contractors, and feed lot operators who purchase, contract, or manufacture animal feed containing a new antimicrobial animal drug must annually report to the Food and Drug Administration, by food-producing animal, the amount of drug per kilogram of feed, and the quantity of feed sold or distributed. Additional information must be provided for feed sold or distributed under a veterinary feed directive.
 
The FDA may specify alternative reporting requirements to improve the accuracy of reports, lessen the burden of reporting, facilitate providing public summaries of reports, or improve the FDA's ability to use reports or the public's ability to use summaries.
 
The FDA must publish summaries of these reports and reports from sponsors of new antimicrobial animal drugs, with data reported by antimicrobial drug class. Alternative reporting requirements are specified for antimicrobial drug classes with fewer than three new animal drugs.
 
The FDA must increase collaboration and coordination with the Department of Agriculture to expand the collection of data on the use of antimicrobials on food-producing animals and to provide information for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Economic Research Service.
 The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the voluntary approach used by the FDA to eliminate injudicious use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals and the effectiveness of FDA data collection activities regarding antimicrobial resistance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.

Bill: 114-hr-2461
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the establishment of physicians' fee schedules, to extend for 2016 and each subsequent year the classification of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry services as imaging services used in bone mass scans.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish national minimum payment amounts for such services as identified by specified Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes and adjusted by the pertinent geographical adjustment factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-20
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: 2015-05-20
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: 2015-05-20
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: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

Bill: 114-hr-2462
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2015-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 

Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

 
Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that nothing in that Act modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance.
 
Applies prohibitions against using unfair methods of competition to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2464
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2015-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee performance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 

Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act of 2015

 
 Requires the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), at the same time the IG submits a report to the VA, to submit a copy of such report to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs, including: (1) an explanation of any changes to the report recommended by the VA Secretary, and (2) a list of each manager responsible for an issue in a report that recommends actions to address to a public health or safety issue in the VA. 
 
Requires the VA: (1) within seven days after such submission, to notify each such manager of such issue; (2) to direct such manager to resolve the issue, (3) to provide the manager with appropriate counseling and a mitigation plan for resolving the issue; and (4) to ensure that the manager's performance review includes an evaluation of actions taken regarding such issue. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from paying a bonus or award to any such manager if such issue remains unresolved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Student Veterans Housing Support Act

Bill: 114-hr-2465
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2015-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational technology and distance education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 

Student Veterans Housing Support Act

 
This bill provides a full monthly housing stipend, eliminating the current 50% stipend, for a veteran pursuing a program of education on a more than half-time basis solely through distance learning.
 
An individual pursuing a degree program on a more than half-time basis shall receive a monthly housing stipend for the month immediately preceding the first month of the program, and in an amount equal to one for a month during which the individual pursues the program.
 
Housing allowances paid to veterans and eligible persons enrolled in courses may continue during periods: 
 
 
when the schools are temporarily closed; 
 
between consecutive school terms where such veterans or persons transfer from one approved educational institution to another approved educational institution if the period between such consecutive terms does not exceed 30 days; or 
 
between school terms if the period between them does not exceed 8 weeks, and both the preceding and following terms are not shorter than such period, or if the period falls between consecutive spring and fall semesters and the eligible veteran or person resides during such period within the educational institution's ZIP code area. 
 
 
Benefits provided under this Act shall be in addition to any other veterans' educational benefits provided to an individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Cuba Normalization Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2466
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2015-05-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Foreign property
Government liability
Human rights
Latin America
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 

Cuba Normalization Accountability Act of 2015

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not pursue efforts to ease restrictions on travel to or trade with Cuba, or otherwise normalize relations with Cuba further, until: (1) the President submits to Congress the plan for resolving confiscated property claims, (2) all property taken by the Cuban government from U.S. nationals on or after January 1, 1959, has been returned or full compensation for that property has been provided to them, and (3) the government of Cuba provides secure protection for the internationally recognized human rights of the people of Cuba.
 
The President may not take any action to ease restrictions on travel to or trade with Cuba under the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, the Export Administration Regulations, or any other regulations relating to the economic embargo of Cuba before submitting to Congress the plan for resolving outstanding claims for confiscated property to ensure that: 
 
 
all property taken by the government of Cuba from U.S. nationals on or after January 1, 1959, has been returned to them; or 
 
full compensation for such property has been provided to them. 
 
 
 The President shall include in the plan an assessment of the effect of planned actions to ease the restrictions on claims relating to confiscated property considered by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States before the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House