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Medicare Clear Health Options in Care for Enrollees Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5686
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 

Medicare Clear Health Options in Care for Enrollees Act of 2018 or the Medicare CHOICE Act of 2018

 
This bill requires Medicare and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors to annually disclose information to enrollees about: (1) the adverse effects of prolonged opioid use; and (2) the plan's coverage of nonpharmacological therapies, devices, and non-opioid medications. PDP sponsors may limit disclosure to a subset of enrollees (such as those who were prescribed an opioid in the previous two-year period). 

action_date: 2018-06-12
text: 

Medicare Clear Health Options in Care for Enrollees Act of 2018 or the Medicare CHOICE Act of 2018

 
This bill requires Medicare and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors to annually disclose information to enrollees about: (1) the adverse effects of prolonged opioid use; and (2) the plan's coverage of nonpharmacological therapies, devices, and non-opioid medications. PDP sponsors may limit disclosure to a subset of enrollees (such as those who were prescribed an opioid in the previous two-year period). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 575.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-741, Part I.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-741, Part I.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-07
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: 2018-05-07
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: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
SOUND Disposal and Packaging Act

Bill: 115-hr-5687
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 

Securing Opioids and Unused Narcotics with Deliberate Disposal and Packaging Act of 2018 or the SOUND Disposal and Packaging Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Food and Drug Administration to require certain packaging and disposal technologies, controls, or measures to mitigate the risk of abuse or misuse of a drug or a class of drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 342 - 13 (Roll no. 269). (text: CR H5234-5235)
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 342 - 13 (Roll no. 269).(text: CR H5234-5235)
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5271-5272)
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5687.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5234-5237)
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Navigation Workers Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5688
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hydrology and hydrography
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 

Navigation Workers Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to specify that operations and maintence of navigation generating facilities at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water resources projects are to be considered as inherently governmental functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide for the inclusion of the names of the crew members of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969 on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Bill: 115-hr-5689
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accidents
Asia
Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to include on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, the names of the 74 crew members of the USS 
Frank E. Evans
 killed on June 3, 1969.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
ProTECT Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5690
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Customs enforcement
Endangered and threatened species
Hunting and fishing
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 

Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act of 2018 or the ProTECT Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit taking threatened species within the United States or U.S. territorial seas as trophies or importing such trophies. A trophy is a dead animal, or part of the animal, that was obtained under an authorization issued by a state, foreign government, or private landowner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Peaceful Learning Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5691
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Geography and mapping
Government studies and investigations
Noise pollution
Performance measurement
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 

Peaceful Learning Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to study railway noise in the United States.
 
DOT must: (1) establish a single system of measuring railway noise that has a highly reliable relationship between projected railway noise exposure and surveyed reactions of individuals to noise and is applied uniformly in measuring railway noise near urbanized areas, (2) establish a single system for determining the exposure of individuals to railway noise in urbanized areas, and (3) determine minimum standards for railway noise levels on the property of a school located in an urbanized area.
 
Each rail operator shall submit to DOT a noise exposure map showing any areas of nonconforming railway noise levels that adversely impact a school located in an urbanized area and are caused by operations of the rail operator. Rail operators who submit a noise exposure map may also submit a noise compatibility program. DOT may award grants to carry out noise compatibility projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Access to Justice through Unclaimed Deposits Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5692
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 

Promoting Access to Justice through Unclaimed Deposits Act of 2018 

 
This bill requires financial institutions to deposit unclaimed funds into an interest- or dividend-bearing account. The interest or dividend generated from such a deposit must be transferred to an appropriate state account that also holds the interest generated from lawyer trust accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

Bill: 115-hr-5693
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 2019, to transfer upon request a veteran for whom the VA is required to provide nursing home care to a medical foster home that meets VA standards. A veteran shall agree, as a transfer condition, to accept VA home health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7172-7173)
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7172-7173)
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5693.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7172-7175)
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 671.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-868.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-868.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Afghan Allies Protection Amendments Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5694
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Military operations and strategy
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 

Afghan Allies Protection Amendments Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize, in addition to any unused visas in prior fiscal years, up to 4,000 visas in FY2019 for the Afghan special immigrant visa program. That program provides special immigrant visa status for Afghans (and certain family members) who are threatened because of their work as translators, interpreters, or support staff for the U.S. government or its Armed Forces in Afghanistan. 
 
The bill also requires that the period of employment for Afghans eligible for the special visa end by December 31, 2021, and that Afghans seeking special immigrant status must apply to the Chief of Mission in Afghanistan by that same date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Emmett's Law

Bill: 115-hr-5695
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 

Emmett's Law

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration to notify annually health care providers about health information that may be disclosed under federal privacy laws to families, caregivers, and health care providers during emergencies, including overdoses. The notification may be included in other (already required) training materials for health care providers relating to permitted disclosures of patients' mental or substance use disorder treatment information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Combating Lead Poisoning Through Nutrition Education Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5696
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2018-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Food assistance and relief
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: 

Combating Lead Poisoning Through Nutrition Education Act of 2018
 
 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to carry out a nutrition education program to support and award grants for community-wide messaging and outreach on: (1) the harmful impacts of lead exposure; and (2) the important role nutrition plays in a diet protective against lead exposure, especially for children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5697
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: American Samoa
Civil actions and liability
Crime prevention
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of the Interior
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Fishes
Foreign aid and international relief
Government trust funds
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Reptiles
Smuggling and trafficking
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: 

Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018

 
This bill supports wildlife conservation, including by: (1) expanding federal law enforcement powers to combat wildlife trafficking (i.e., poaching), (2) rewarding whistle-blowers for reporting violations of wildlife-trafficking laws, (3) requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to carry out the International Wildlife Conservation Program, and (4) providing funding for wildlife conservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3786)
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Introduced in House
HOST Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5699
Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2018-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: 

Hospital Opioid Solutions Toolkit Act of 2018 or the HOST Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish guidance for hospitals on pain management and opioid-use disorder prevention strategies for Medicare beneficiaries, including best practices for opioid-use disorder screening, education, and monitoring. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Introduced in House
National Non-Emergency Mobile Number Act

Bill: 115-hr-5700
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2018-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Emergency communications systems
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: 

National Non-Emergency Mobile Number Act

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to designate a national dialing short code for users of mobile voice service to reach public safety personnel in critical, but non-emergency, circumstances. The FCC must consult with state departments of transportation, mobile voice service providers, and public safety representatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Introduced in House
To establish an aviation maintenance workforce development pilot program.

Bill: 115-hr-5701
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2018-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aviation and airports
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Labor market
Licensing and registrations
Science and engineering education
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Transportation employees
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: 
 This bill authorizes the Federal Aviation Administration to carry out a pilot program to provide grants to support the education and recruitment of aviation maintenance technical workers and the development of the aviation maintenance industry workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Preventing NAS and Protecting Babies Act

Bill: 115-hr-5702
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2018-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: 

Preventing NAS and Protecting Babies Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a strategy for implementing recommendations from a departmental report on prenatal opioid exposure and neonatal abstinence syndrome (a syndrome in which newborns exhibit withdrawal symptoms because of substance use during pregnancy). The strategy must include timelines for implementation, resources for state health agencies, and recommendations for any needed statutory changes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Introduced in House