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Enhanced Clinical Trial Design Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1048
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Enhanced Clinical Trial Design Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in coordination with the National Institutes of Health, to convene a meeting to discuss clinical trial inclusion and exclusion criteria. The FDA must report on the meeting and issue guidance regarding eligibility criteria for clinical trials.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on individual access to investigational drugs for serious conditions through the FDA's expanded access program (i.e., compassionate use).
 
The FDA must streamline review by institutional review boards of expanded access protocols for individual patients.
 The bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the manufacturer or distributor of an investigational drug for a serious condition that is designated a breakthrough therapy, fast track product, or regenerative advanced therapy to publish its expanded access policy not later than 15 days after the designation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Opioid Addiction Risk Transparency Act

Bill: 115-s-1049
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Opioid Addiction Risk Transparency Act

 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Food and Drug Administration to require a communication plan that is part of a medication's risk evaluation and mitigation strategy to include informing health care providers about the meaning of terms related to properties of the medication described in the labeling.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Taiwan Travel Act

Bill: 115-s-1051
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Federal officials
Taiwan
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Taiwan Travel Act

 
 This bill states that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) allow officials at all levels of the U.S. government to travel to Taiwan to meet their Taiwanese counterparts, (2) allow high-level Taiwanese officials to enter the United States under respectful conditions and to meet with U.S. officials, and (3) encourage the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office and any other instrumentality established by Taiwan to conduct business in the United States. 
 
 Officials at all levels of the U.S. government are authorized to travel to Taiwan to meet their Taiwanese counterparts. 
 
The Department of State shall report to Congress regarding travel by U.S. executive branch officials to Taiwan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
BENEFIT Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1052
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health information and medical records
Product development and innovation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2017 or the BENEFIT Act of 2017

 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider patient-focused drug development data, such as patient preferences, patient-reported outcomes, and patient experiences, as part of the risk-benefit assessment of new drugs. Following approval of a drug, the FDA must include a description of how this information was considered in its statement of patient experience.
action_date: 2017-08-03
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2017 or the BENEFIT Act of 2017

 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider patient-focused drug development data, such as patient preferences, patient-reported outcomes, and patient experiences, as part of the risk-benefit assessment of new drugs. Following approval of a drug, the FDA must include a description of how this information was considered in its statement of patient experience.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2017-08-03
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2017-08-03
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4788)
action_date: 2017-08-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S4788)
action_date: 2017-08-03
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4787-4788)
action_date: 2017-08-03
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4787-4788)
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue new resource management plans applicable to the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area and the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and a new amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-1053
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations
Utah
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 
This bill prohibits the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from implementing or enforcing: (1) the resource management plans for the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area or the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Utah; or (2) the amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan described in the notice of the BLM titled &quot;Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plans for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas; and Approved Amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan in Washington, County, Utah&quot; (published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2016).
 
In their place the BLM shall issue new resource management plans and a new amendment that are prepared: (1) in accordance with the requirements for comprehensive plans for the long-term management of such conservation areas under the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, and (2) in coordination with affected local governments in accordance with certain criteria for the development and revision of land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Dynamic Glass Act

Bill: 115-s-1054
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Dynamic Glass Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify that the use of electrochromic glass qualifies for the tax credit for investment in energy property. (Electrochromic glass is able to switch from clear to dark using a switch, sensor, timer, or similar controls.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Philippines Human Rights Accountability and Counternarcotics Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1055
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Philippines
Protest and dissent
Rule of law and government transparency
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Trade restrictions
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Philippines Human Rights Accountability and Counternarcotics Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits exporting defense articles or services, or issuing licenses for export of any item controlled by the United States for law enforcement, riot control, or related purposes, for use by the Philippine National Police or associated entities, with exceptions for the exportation of defense articles or the provision of training for maritime law enforcement, criminal justice programs, human rights training, or counter-terrorism programs for such police. 
 
The President may, with prior congressional notice, waive such restrictions in the U.S. national interest.
 
The bill makes specified FY2017-FY2018 funds available to support human rights, democracy, and public health in the Philippines. 
 
The Department of State shall report to Congress: (1) annually for five years regarding foreign assistance cases related to the Philippine National Police or associated entities submitted for vetting for having committed human rights violations; (2) annually regarding Chinese and other sources of narcotics production in the Philippines; (3) regarding whether U.S. military assistance and arms transfers provided for such police are used to commit human rights violations or have been used in violation of other U.S. laws applicable to military or security assistance; and (4) regarding partner capacity building assistance to the Philippines to enhance maritime capabilities, respond to emerging threats, and maintain freedom of operations in international waters and airspace in the Asia-Pacific maritime domains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Veteran Small Business Export Promotion Act

Bill: 115-s-1056
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Veteran Small Business Export Promotion Act

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the Small Business Administration (SBA) from assessing a guarantee fee in connection with a loan made to a veteran or spouse of a veteran beginning the first fiscal year after enactment of this bill under the SBA's Export Working Capital, International Trade, or Export Express programs.
 
If the President's budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes a cost for such a program that is above zero, this prohibition shall not apply to loans made during such upcoming fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
National Flood Insurance Program Consultant Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1058
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Contracts and agency
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Consultant Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to terminate certain contracts under the National Flood Insurance Program on the basis of detrimental conduct to the program by a "covered entity" (an attorney, law firm, consultant, or third-party company that provides certain services under the contract). Specifically, on such basis, FEMA may terminate a contract between a covered entity and a "Write Your Own" company (a property and casualty company that writes and services standard flood insurance policies in its own name).
 
FEMA shall establish a process for a covered entity to appeal such a termination.
 
Neither FEMA nor a Write Your Own company is required to make an early-termination payout to a covered entity with respect to a contract terminated under the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1059
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Colorado
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to extend through FY2048 authorization for the Department of Energy to operate the Cheney disposal cell in Mesa County, Colorado.

action_date: 2018-05-10
text: 

Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to extend through FY2048 authorization for the Department of Energy to operate the Cheney disposal cell in Mesa County, Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 411.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-247.
action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-247.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-318.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
PLO Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1060
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
District of Columbia
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

PLO Accountability Act
 
of 2017

 
This bill amends the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 to authorize the President to waive for up to six months the prohibition against establishment or maintenance of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) offices, headquarters, premises, or other facilities within U.S. jurisdiction if the President certifies to Congress that the Palestinians have entered into a final negotiated peace agreement with, and have ceased hostilities against, Israel or that: 

 
the Palestinians have not, on or after January 1, 2017, obtained state standing in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
 
the Palestinians have officially ceased to be International Criminal Court (ICC) members and have withdrawn from the Rome Statute of the ICC; 
 
any ICC investigation against Israel initiated by, or on behalf of, the Palestinians has been withdrawn and terminated;
 
the PLO and the Palestinian Authority (PA) no longer provide financial awards, payments, salaries, or benefits to Palestinians who have committed terrorist attacks, their families, or the families of those who died committing acts of terrorism; and 
 
the PLO and the PA have ceased to engage in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Assuring Contracting Equity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1061
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Assuring Contracting Equity Act of 2017

 
This bill increases from: (1) 23% to 25% the government-wide small business procurement contract goal, (2) 5% to 10% the government-wide procurement goal for small disadvantaged businesses and women-owned businesses, and (3) 3% to 6% the government-wide procurement goal for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone) small businesses. The number of categories is limited for which a small business may qualify under such goals.
 
The Small Business Administration (SBA) must include in its annual report to the President and Congress on these goals the percentage of participation by small businesses for the total value of all prime contracts and subcontracts awards for a fiscal year, including the value of each contract awarded.
 
The SBA must consult with the heads of other federal agencies to develop and implement standards for procurement officers to take into consideration the past compliance of potential contractors with small business subcontracting goals when making contract awards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
FDA Reporting Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 115-s-1062
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

FDA Reporting Transparency and Accountability Act

 
This bill expands reporting requirements related to the performance of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including to require additional information on timeliness and personnel and publication every 30 days of information regarding FDA guidance and meetings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1063
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Indian social and development programs
Labor-management relations
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Military medicine
Minority health
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Hospitals must post a notice regarding nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit and maintain records of actual ratios for each shift in each unit.
 
HHS must adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs incurred in providing services to Medicare beneficiaries that are attributable to compliance with these ratios.
 
The bill states that nurses have a duty and a right to act based on their professional judgment and provide care in the exclusive interests of patients. Nurses may object to, or refuse to participate in, an assignment if it would violate minimum ratios or if they are not prepared by education or experience to fulfill the assignment without compromising the safety of a patient or jeopardizing their nurse's license. Hospitals may not: (1) take specified actions against a nurse based on the nurse's refusal to accept an assignment for such a reason; or (2) discriminate against individuals for good faith complaints relating to the care, services, or conditions of the hospital or related facilities. HHS must publish the names of hospitals penalized for violating the requirements in this bill.
 
The bill adds stipends to the nurse workforce loan repayment and scholarship program. The nurse retention grant program is expanded to authorize programs to implement nurse preceptorship and mentorship projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate