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A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2881
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Cemeteries and funerals
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer to the VA of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, to be maintained as a national shrine. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a report on the United States strategy in Syria, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2882
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Foreign aid and international relief
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Syria
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 
This bill directs the President to submit to Congress a detailed description of the U.S. strategy in Syria and limits certain funds that may be obligated or expended for the Syrian opposition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Blast Exposure and Brain Injury Prevention Act

Bill: 115-s-2883
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Blast Exposure and Brain Injury Prevention Act 

 
 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit to Congress a report setting forth: (1) a plan for the Defense Health Agency to accelerate cooperative research and development on therapies for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder; and (2) recommendations for legislative or administrative actions to carry out the plan.
 
The bill requires military departments to include in the military service records of members of the Armed Forces documentation of information on any blasts to which such members were exposed during service in the Armed Forces (whether in combat or training). 
 
DOD shall: (1) review the firing limits for heavy weapons during training exercises, and (2) establish a research and development program to improve the efficacy of personal protective equipment to reduce blast pressure or protect against brain injury from exposure to blast pressure waves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2884
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Postal service
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to collaborate with veterans service organizations to write a standard letter to be provided to individuals who owe debts to the VA. Such letter shall be written in plain language and shall include a notice of the debt and a clear explanation of: (1) why the individual owes such money, and (2) available options.
 
The VA shall develop a method by which individuals may elect to receive debt notification letters by electronic means and shall ensure that the letter is delivered: (1) by both standard mail and electronic means to individuals who have made such election, and (2) only by standard mail to individuals who have not made such election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Disclosing Pharmaceutical Company Windfall Profits Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2885
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: 

Disclosing Pharmaceutical Company Windfall Profits Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require pharmaceutical companies to make certain public disclosures, including disclosures related to taxation, compensation, dividends, and spending on research and development. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
BAN Oil Exports Act

Bill: 115-s-2886
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: 

Block All New Oil Exports Act or the BAN Oil Exports Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the President to ban the exportation of crude oil and natural gas from the United States.
 
The President may provide an exemption to the requirement in specified circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Major General Tim Lowenberg National Guard Cyber Defenders Act

Bill: 115-s-2887
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2018-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Freedom of information
Guam
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Military civil functions
National Guard and reserves
Natural disasters
Public-private cooperation
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: 

Major General Tim Lowenberg National Guard Cyber Defenders Act

 
This bill allows certain military reserve components, including a reserve assigned or attached to a reserve component cyber civil support team, to perform duties to prepare for or respond to any emergency involving an attack or natural disaster impacting a computer, electronic, or cyber network. By September 30, 2022, each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands shall have an operational reserve component cyber civil support team composed of reserve component members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act

Bill: 115-s-2888
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2018-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Mental health
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: 

Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 and revises several programs relating to geriatric care training and workforce development, including a Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program to support the development of a health care workforce that integrates geriatrics with primary care and other appropriate specialties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2795)
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act

Bill: 115-s-2889
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2018-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Mississippi
Monuments and memorials
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: 

Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act

 
This bill establishes the Medgar Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the pivotal role of Medgar Evers in the civil rights movement. 
 
The National Park Service shall enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational programming related to the monument and may enter into other cooperative agreements to carry out this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to improve the prosecution of criminal offenses committed by juveniles on military installations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2890
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: 
This bill requires military departments to seek to relinquish jurisdiction over criminal offenses committed by juveniles on military installations to states and other appropriate jurisdictions. It also permits the federal government to consider prosecutions of felonies by juveniles committed on military installations where the federal government has concurrent jurisdiction with states and other governmental entities and the state prosecutor declines to bring charges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2796; text: CR S2796)
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Sunshine Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2891
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business ethics
Business records
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical ethics
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 
 
Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Sunshine Act of 2018

 
This bill expands Medicaid and Medicare reporting requirements related to the transparency of physician ownership or investment interests.
 
Under current law, a manufacturer of drugs, devices, or medical supplies that are covered under Medicaid or Medicare must regularly report on any payment or transfer of value by the manufacturer to a &ldquo;covered recipient,&rdquo; defined as either a physician who is not an employee of the manufacturer or a teaching hospital. The bill expands the definition of &ldquo;covered recipient&rdquo; to also include any of the following practitioners who is not an employee of the manufacturer: (1) a physician assistant, (2) a nurse practitioner, (3) a clinical nurse specialist, (4) a certified registered nurse anesthetist, or (5) a certified nurse-midwife.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Peer Support Enhancement and Evaluation Review Act

Bill: 115-s-2892
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Peer Support Enhancement and Evaluation Review Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the provision of peer support services by states under Medicaid. The report must include information relating to coverage (e.g., payment models), the effects of such coverage (e.g., on overall health care costs), and recommendations for improving access to peer support services under Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for prompt payments to small business contractors, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2893
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 
 This bill establishes a goal for payment of small business invoices by federal agencies of 15 days after receipt of a proper invoice if a specific payment date is not established by contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Health Liaison Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2894
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Rural Health Liaison Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a Rural Health Liaison within the Department of Agriculture to coordinate the role of the department with respect to rural health; provide expertise, guidance, and technical assistance; and perform other specified advocacy, communications, and consulting duties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Quindaro Townsite National Historic Landmark Act

Bill: 115-s-2895
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archaeology and anthropology
Historic sites and heritage areas
Kansas
Land use and conservation
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Quindaro Townsite National Historic Landmark Act

 
This bill designates the Quindaro Townsite in Kansas City, Kansas, which is associated with the the Bleeding Kansas conflict of 1854-1861 and the Underground Railroad, as the Quindaro Townsite National Historic Landmark. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care services furnished without an electronic visit verification system.

Bill: 115-s-2897
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Public participation and lobbying
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 
This bill delays by one year (to January 1, 2020) the Medicaid federal matching rate reduction that is scheduled to take effect for states that fail to require an electronic visit verification system for personal care services (services that help certain individuals with basic needs of daily life). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Medication-Assisted Treatment Improvement Act

Bill: 115-s-2898
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Medication-Assisted Treatment Improvement Act

 
This bill prohibits states from imposing lifetime limits on Medicaid coverage of medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
CRIB Act

Bill: 115-s-2899
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Caring Recovery for Infants and Babies Act or the CRIB Act

 
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover residential pediatric recovery center services for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Screenings for Seniors Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2900
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Comprehensive Screenings for Seniors Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the initial examinations for new enrollees and annual wellness visits under Medicare to include: (1) a screening for potential substance use disorders, and (2) a review of any current opioid prescriptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
eTREAT Act

Bill: 115-s-2901
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Expanding Telehealth Response to Ensure Addiction Treatment Act or the eTREAT Act

 
This bill expands the availability of substance use disorder telehealth services under Medicare. Under current law, telehealth services are generally covered under Medicare only if such services are received by beneficiaries at specified types of sites that are located in rural areas. The bill exempts substance use disorder telehealth services from these requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Better Data Sharing to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act

Bill: 115-s-2902
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Better Data Sharing to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act

 
This bill allows state Medicaid agencies, to the extent permitted under state law, to: (1) access prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), (2) facilitate access to PDMPs for Medicaid providers and managed care entities, and (3) share accessed information with such providers and entities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2903
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Espionage and treason
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Government information and archives
Higher education
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial review and appeals
Terrorism
Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a process for designating foreign actors as foreign intelligence threats to higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid Substance Use Disorder Treatment via Telehealth Act

Bill: 115-s-2904
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Child health
Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Medicaid
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Medicaid Substance Use Disorder Treatment via Telehealth Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop guidance for states on how to obtain federal reimbursement under Medicaid for substance use disorder telehealth services, including services provided in school-based health centers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2905
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2018-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: 

Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act
 

of 2018

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a secure online portal to allow: (1) data sharing among the CMS, Medicare prescription drug benefit plans, and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans; and (2) referrals by such plans of suspicious activities related to fraud, waste, or abuse in order to initiate or assist investigations by contracted entities under the Medicare Integrity Program. The CMS must disseminate and report certain collected information to such plans, including information regarding providers that were referred through the portal and trends in identifying suspicious activity.
 
Additionally, for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, MA organizations must submit information to the CMS regarding credible evidence of suspected fraud or other actions taken by MA plans regarding inappropriate prescribing of opioids (as determined by the CMS).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate