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Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4037
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the disclosure of costs associated with clinical trials and pharmaceutical research and development.
 
Specifically, the National Institutes of Health must create a publicly available repository of cost data from certain clinical trials that test the efficacy of drugs, biological products, and devices in human subjects. For each applicable trial, the registry must, among other information, include the total and per patient cost of the trial, as well as costs for personnel, health care services, and other categories of expenditures. Information must be added to the registry within one year of the trial's completion.
 
The bill also requires drug manufacturers to include their research and development expenditures for drugs and biological products in annual disclosures made to the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Parity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4038
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Motor fuels
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Parity Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, including by (1) allowing such fuels to qualify for loan guarantees under the Energy Policy Act, and (2) requiring the Energy Information Administration within the Department of Energy to report on certain information related to U.S. production and foreign imports of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
MENTAL Health for Kids and Underserved Act

Bill: 117-s-4039
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Medicaid Ensuring Necessary Telehealth is Available Long-term Health for Kids and Underserved Act or the MENTAL Health for Kids and Underserved Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to issues guidance on how states may provide behavioral health services via telehealth under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), including for high-risk individuals and children. The CMS must also report on the impact of such telehealth services on the access, cost, and quality of behavioral health services under Medicaid and CHIP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2095)
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Ship Agent Licensure Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4040
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Ship Agent Licensure Act of 2022

 
This bill revises provisions related to ocean shipping policies.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
sets forth a definition for the term 
ship agent
 to include a person who is engaged in the business of representing a ship's owner, operator, or charterer in performing carriage while in a port of the United States; responsible for certain services such as crew changes and repatriations; and not owned or controlled by a common carrier or cruise line;
 
prohibits a person in the United States from advertising, holding out, or acting as a ship agent or providing ship agent services in the United States unless the person is domiciled in the United States and holds a license issued by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC);
 
prohibits a person from advertising, holding out, or acting as a ship agent unless the person furnishes a bond, proof of insurance, or other surety in a form and amount determined by the FMC to insure financial responsibility; and
 
requires the FMC to suspend or revoke a ship agent license if it finds that the ship agent is not qualified to provide ship agency services or willfully failed to comply with provisions in the bill or with an order or regulation of the FMC.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2095)
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
No Child Left Inside Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4041
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

No Child Left Inside Act of 2022

 
This bill provides support for environmental literacy and environmental education programs in elementary and secondary schools, including by directing the Department of Education to award grants for (1) implementing state environmental literacy plans, and (2) establishing or expanding outdoor school education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2095-2096)
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4042
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medicare
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 

2022

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage of chiropractic services to include all services provided by chiropractors, rather than only subluxation corrections through manual manipulation of the spine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Delivering Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Now Act

Bill: 117-s-4043
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Delivering Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Now Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to issue a final rule within 30 days of the bill's enactment that allows for over-the-counter hearing aids.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
REPLACE Act

Bill: 117-s-4044
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Replacing Essential Passports and Licenses After Certain Emergencies Act or the REPLACE Act

 
This bill requires the President to automatically waive fees to replace critical documents for individuals and households affected by major disasters for which assistance is provided under the Individuals and Households Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
American Aviator Act

Bill: 117-s-4045
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

American Aviator Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide grants to certain pilot schools for flight training services for veterans.
 
The FAA must give priority to pilot schools that (1) are accredited by the Department of Education, or (2) hold a restricted airline transport pilot letter of authorization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Simplify, Don’t Amplify the IRS Act

Bill: 117-s-4046
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of the Treasury
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employee performance
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Labor-management relations
Political movements and philosophies
Right of privacy
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Simplify, Don't Amplify the IRS Act

 
This bill limits Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement authority and modifies certain IRS reporting requirements. It also eliminates certain restrictions on the use of coronavirus recovery funds. 
 
Among other provisions, the bill 
 
 
 increases the gross receipts reporting threshold for certain religious and charitable organizations from $5,000 to $50,000;
 
 generally increases penalties for unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer information and for such disclosures by tax return preparers;
 
requires the IRS to establish a fellowship program to recruit private sector tax experts to create a task force to. among other things, educate IRS employees on emerging issues, perform audits, and address offshore tax evasion; and 
 
 sets forth provisions for reducing improper payments to taxpayers. 
 
 
The bill also requires the IRS to report annually on the tax gap estimate for the most recent taxable year. The IRS must use artificial intelligence to calculate an estimate of the tax gap. The bill defines 
tax gap
 as the difference between tax liabilities owed to the United States and those liabilities actually collected. 
 
The bill restricts funding for IRS audits and enforcement until the IRS publishes an updated tax gap projection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Get the Lead Out of Assisted Housing Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4047
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Get the Lead Out of Assisted Housing Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses the removal of lead from drinking water in federally assisted housing. Specifically, the bill
 
 
requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to require specified testing and remediation with respect to water service lines containing lead; 
 
authorizes HUD to inspect all sources of lead contamination in federally assisted housing and to mitigate sources of lead exposure; 
 
establishes a grant program for states and local governments to create inventories of water service lines containing lead and to test for lead in the drinking water at child care facilities, schools, and public water fountains; and 
 
allows recipients of certain HUD assistance to use such assistance to replace water fixtures and service lines containing lead. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair and Transparent Gas Prices Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4048
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Employee hiring
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Fair and Transparent Gas Prices Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to investigate anticompetitive, collusive, or other conduct related to oil and gas companies and markets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Oversight to Lower Oil Prices Act

Bill: 117-s-4049
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Motor fuels
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Oversight to Lower Oil Prices Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to investigate for evidence of market manipulation or reporting of false information in the oil, gas, petroleum, and petroleum product industries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4050
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to disregard the application of certain percentage quality increases when calculating the maximum payment that may be made to a Medicare Advantage organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting American Capital Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4051
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Protecting American Capital Act of 2022 

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to annually report to Congress on portfolio investments made by U.S. persons in China. The report must include 
 
 
the U.S. persons making the investments, including state pension funds and those making more than 2% of the total annual investments; and 
 
the Chinese entities receiving the investments, including Chinese entities subject to U.S. sanctions and Chinese entities receiving more than $100 million. 
 
 
The initial report must include investment information back to January 1, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Discounted Drugs for Clinical Trials Act

Bill: 117-s-4053
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Discounted Drugs for Clinical Trials Act

 
This bill allows researchers to obtain certain high-cost drugs and biologics at discounted prices from manufacturers. Researchers must apply to the Food and Drug Administration for approval; manufacturers must sell the approved quantity of drugs to researchers at the discounted price and are subject to civil actions from researchers for noncompliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to terminate General License No. 8A of the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury and require the application of sanctions under Executive Order 14024 to the Russian financial institutions listed in General License No. 8A.

Bill: 117-s-4054
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Russia
Sanctions
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 
This bill terminates General License No. 8A, which was issued by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control to authorize energy-related transactions involving specified Russian financial institutions. Further, the bill applies property-blocking sanctions to those Russian financial institutions listed in the license.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
LIBERATE Act

Bill: 117-s-4055
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Competition and antitrust
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Metals
Mining
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Locating the Inefficiencies of Bureaucratic Edicts to Reform And Transform the Economy Act or the LIBERATE Act

 
This bill establishes the Regulatory Oversight and Review Task Force to evaluate, and provide recommendations for modification, consolidation, harmonization, or repeal of, federal regulations or guidance that impose substantial burdens on U.S. industries or inhibit other economic interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Athletes, Families and Educators to Protect the Lives of Athletic Youth Act

Bill: 117-s-4056
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Athletes
Atmospheric science and weather
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Nutrition and diet
Research administration and funding
School administration
School athletics
Special education
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Supporting Athletes, Families and Educators to Protect the Lives of Athletic Youth Act or the SAFE PLAY Act

 
This bill directs several agencies to undertake specified activities and expand surveillance related to cardiac conditions, concussions, and heat-related illnesses among young athletes. The bill also establishes requirements for schools with respect to concussions and excessive heat.
 
Specifically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must (1) develop information for schools, childcare centers, and others on high-risk cardiac conditions in children, adolescents, and young adults; and (2) incorporate questions about cardiac conditions in an existing school-based health survey.
 
In addition, the CDC must develop guidelines for emergency action plans for youth athletics programs, and the Food and Drug Administration may issue guidelines related to youth consumption of energy drinks.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award matching grants to local educational agencies for automated external defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation trainings. 
 
The Department of Education, in consultation with HHS and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, must develop public education materials focused on the health risks of exposure to extreme heat and humidity, and public schools must develop action plans for athletic activities during periods of excessive heat or humidity. 
 
The bill establishes minimum requirements for elementary and secondary schools related to concussions, including but not limited to (1) implementing a standard plan for concussion safety and management, and (2) ensuring students returning to academics after a concussion receive certain services and supports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act

Bill: 117-s-4058
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Compacts, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Mental Health Professionals Act or the C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act

 
This bill establishes a grant program to promote interstate licensure compacts for mental health professionals. These are licensure agreements enacted by two or more states to mutually recognize the licenses of counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, or pediatric mental health professionals.
 
The Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to interstate compact commissions or professional licensing boards. Recipients may use grants for projects to (1) incentivize mental health professionals to practice in states with interstate licensure compacts, and (2) develop or maintain interstate compact commissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate