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Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act

Bill: 118-s-2115
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act

This bill authorizes actions to facilitate trade in medical goods (i.e., medical devices, pharmaceutical goods, or inputs for such devices or goods).

Specifically, the bill authorizes the President to (1) negotiate, enter into, and enforce a trusted trade partner agreement with a country or countries with respect to medical goods; and (2) proclaim a modification of any existing duty, a continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, or additional duties to carry out the trade agreement. These actions may only be taken if the President determines, based on specified considerations, that the reciprocal elimination of existing duties or other import restrictions with respect to medical goods would contribute to U.S. national security and public health. 

A trusted trade partner agreement may include certain provisions, such as those to (1) reduce or eliminate duties, quotas, or other trade barriers; (2) diversify and expand supplier networks to secure a reliable supply of medical goods; and (3) harmonize regulatory procedures.

Not later than 60 days before initiating negotiations with a trusted trade partner, the President must submit written notice to Congress. The bill requires congressional consultation and review of these trade agreements. A trade agreement shall not take effect if, during the required review period, Congress enacts a joint resolution of disapproval.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative must monitor compliance by a trusted trade partner with the trade agreement's commitments and obligations. Further, the President may take certain actions in response to a failure to comply. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act

Bill: 118-s-2116
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Product development and innovation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act

This bill requires the Department of Commerce to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration to study and report on the offices and bureaus of the department that are relevant to critical supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation.

The report must evaluate the purpose, statutory authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limitations of each such office and bureau and provide recommendations to improve their effectiveness, efficiency, and impact.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3084; text: CR S3084)
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3084; text: CR S3084)
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 290.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Provider Training in Palliative Care Act

Bill: 118-s-2117
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Real Emergencies Act

Bill: 118-s-2118
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2119
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
First responders and emergency personnel
Health information and medical records

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the National Firefighter Registry. This is a voluntary registry maintained by the National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health that collects relevant health and occupational information to better understand and reduce cancers among firefighters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
TRACE Act

Bill: 118-s-2120
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Missing persons

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE Act

This bill requires the National Institute of Justice to include in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) an additional data field for information about whether the last known location of a missing person was on federal land.

NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for cases involving missing persons and unidentified or unclaimed remains.

action_date: 2024-09-12
text: 

Tracking and Reporting Absent Community-Members Everywhere Act or the TRACE Act

This bill requires the National Institute of Justice to include in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) an additional data field for information about whether the last known location of a missing person was on federal land.

NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for cases involving missing persons and unidentified or unclaimed remains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-16
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-09-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6036; text: CR S6036)
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-09-12
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
DELETE Act

Bill: 118-s-2121
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy
User charges and fees

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
National Apprenticeship Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2122
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Maximizing America’s Prosperity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2123
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Apprenticeship Pathways Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2124
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Building construction
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Medical education
Public contracts and procurement
Science and engineering education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
National Ambient Air Quality Standards Implementation Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2125
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
JETSET Costs Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2126
Sponsor: Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Federal officials
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Justification and Examination of Transportation Staff's Executive Travel Costs Act of 2023 or the JETSET Costs Act of 2023

This bill restricts the use of Department of Transportation (DOT) aircraft by the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary's executive staff. 

Specifically, the bill prohibits the Secretary and the Secretary's executive staff from traveling on a DOT aircraft unless it is determined that the cost of the flight is at least 5% less than the cost of a flight on a commercial airline. A DOT aircraft is any aircraft owned, operated, or maintained by DOT.

This restriction does not apply when emergency travel is required and commercial service is unavailable. The DOT Office of Inspector General (OIG) and Congress must be notified in writing within seven days after such emergency travel is completed.

Further, the Federal Aviation Administration must revise Order 2500.36N (
Application of Flight Hour Rates
) to reflect the true cost of flight operations. When calculating per-seat costs of a flight, DOT (1) may not charge different rates to non-DOT officials, and (2) must use the actual and full cost of a flight on a DOT aircraft when comparing such flight to any commercial alternative. 

DOT's OIG must submit an annual report to Congress that includes an itemization and justification of each trip and flight in which the Secretary or the Secretary's executive staff traveled on a DOT aircraft. 

The bill also prohibits the Secretary or the Secretary's executive staff from traveling on a DOT aircraft for any trip that involves personal or political activities. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Medicaid for Serious Mental Illness Act

Bill: 118-s-2128
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Mental health
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Strengthening Medicaid for Serious Mental Illness Act

This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover intensive community-based services for adults with serious mental illnesses.

Specifically, states may provide for coverage of services that include (1) treatment services that are available 24/7, involve multidisciplinary care teams, and that are designed to improve outcomes for adults with mental illnesses who are at high risk of homelessness, psychiatric crisis, or hospitalization or who are involved in the criminal justice system (i.e., assertive community treatment); (2) employment support; (3) peer support; (4) community-based mobile crisis intervention services; (5) intensive case management; and (6) housing support.

The bill provides funds for state planning grants with respect to such coverage. It also provides for an enhanced federal matching rate, also known as the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), for such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act

Bill: 118-s-2129
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act

This bill requires prescription drug plans under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to include generic drugs and biosimilars on their formularies.

Specifically, the bill requires plans that use formularies to include generic drugs and biosimilars on the formularies and without any requirements (e.g., prior authorization requirements) that are more restrictive as compared to those for brand-name drugs and biologics. Plans that use cost-sharing tiers must also have specific tiers for generic drugs and biosimilars, in accordance with certain limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
PFAS Community Engagement and Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-2130
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-2132
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Forest Service to establish a pilot program to implement treatments and conduct related fire-suppression activities in areas of the National Forest System that are west of the 100th meridian and near communities that may benefit from such treatments and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 583.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Act

Bill: 118-s-2133
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Act

This bill establishes a Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Program for certain Medicare beneficiaries after they are discharged from a hospital.

Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must establish a four-year demonstration program under which hospitals provide medically tailored, home-delivered meals and associated nutrition therapy for beneficiaries who have a diet-impacted disease (e.g., kidney disease) after they are discharged from the hospital. Hospitals must screen individuals to determine if they qualify for the program as part of the discharge planning process and continue to screen these individuals as part of program participation. Qualifying individuals must live at home, be limited with respect to at least two activities of daily living, and not be eligible for certain other home services (e.g., home health services), along with other specified criteria.

The CMS must report on the impact of the program with respect to clinical outcomes and costs, particularly with respect to hospital admissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Smoke Exposure Crop Insurance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2134
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural research
Alcoholic beverages
California
Fires
Fruit and vegetables
Oregon
Public contracts and procurement
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text:  

Smoke Exposure Crop Insurance Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the federal crop insurance program (FCIP) to provide for the research and development of a policy to insure wine grapes (including wine grapes produced in California, Oregon, and Washington) against losses due to wildfire smoke exposure. (The term 
policy
 means an insurance policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials.) The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, the agency that finances FCIP operations, must make any resulting policy available that meets specified FCIP requirements.
 
The FCIP must also submit a report to Congress on the research and any resulting policy. The report must include an evaluation of the feasibility of a policy that allows producers to claim an indemnity through post-harvest, post-vinification testing if such testing demonstrates smoke damage that was not detectable prior to harvest.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2227-2228)
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Smoke Exposure Research Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2135
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Air quality
Alcoholic beverages
California
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Fruit and vegetables
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Smoke Exposure Research Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to conduct research relating to smoke exposure and wine grapes. This research must be done in coordination with land-grant colleges and universities that are located in California, Oregon, and Washington and have researched the effects of smoke exposure on viticulture and enology operations and practices.
 
Specifically, ARS must 
 
 
conduct research to identify the compounds responsible for smoke taint, 
 
conduct research to establish standard methodologies for sampling and testing smoke-exposed wine grapes and smoke-affected wines,
 
establish a reliable database of background levels of smoke taint compounds that occur naturally in wine grapes,
 
develop risk assessment tools or mitigation methods to reduce or eliminate smoke taint, and
 
study compounds that can act as a barrier between wine grapes and smoke compounds.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2228)
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Utah State Parks Adjustment Act

Bill: 118-s-2136
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Geography and mapping
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Utah

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 300.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-148.
action_date: 2023-12-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-148.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-285.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2137
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023

This bill repeals certain payment adjustments for home health services under Medicare that are based on behavioral changes. It also requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to incorporate certain information into its evaluations of the financial performance and impact of home health agencies, including trends under Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and other payers with respect to home health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Workforce DATA Act

Bill: 118-s-2138
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate