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Expressing support for the designation of May 8, 2016, through May 14, 2016, as Food Allergy Awareness Week. [HR-721] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Food ] [Human Services ]
Expressing support for the designation of May 8, 2016, through May 14, 2016, as Food Allergy Awareness Week. Supports the designation of Food Allergy Awareness Week.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/13/2016

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SERVICE Act Supporting, Employing, and Recognizing Veterans in Communities Everywhere Act [HB-6062] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Community Development ]
SERVICE Act Supporting, Employing, and Recognizing Veterans in Communities Everywhere Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 10/19/2016

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5926] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Social Security ] [Pensions ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Disabilities ] [Senior Citizens ] [Veterans ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Ethics ] [Law Enforcement ]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2017 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Provides FY2017 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, the Job Corps, Community Service Employment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 114-699, By Mr. Cole. on 07/22/2016

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ALLERGY Act Alerting Local Leaders and Ensuring Responsible Guidelines for Youth Act [HB-4691] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ] [Food ]
ALLERGY Act Alerting Local Leaders and Ensuring Responsible Guidelines for Youth Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require a local educational agency (LEA), as a condition of receiving funds under the ESEA, to establish and implement a policy on allergy bullying that requires schools to: educate students, school personnel, and parents about allergy bullying; clearly define what the punishment or response may be for violating rules against allergy bullying; encourage each victim of allergy bullying (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright Introduced In House on 03/03/2016

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Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2015 [HB-4061] [Food ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ]
Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to require the front of food packages to bear a nutrition label that complies with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations. The bill specifies principles for such regulations, including that there should be a standard, easily understood symbol system for calorie and nutrient information. Only under specified conditions may the front of a food package include: (1) descriptions of whole grain content, (2) the term "wheat" or "whole wheat," (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/20/2015

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Airplane KITS Act of 2015 Airplane Kids In Transit Safety Act of 2015 [HB-3379] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Airplane KITS Act of 2015 Airplane Kids In Transit Safety Act of 2015 This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to initiate a rulemaking to ensure that aircraft medical kits contain appropriate medication and equipment to meet the emergency medical needs of children, including an epinephrine auto-injector.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 07/30/2015

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-3020] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Social Security ] [Pensions ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Disabilities ] [Senior Citizens ] [Veterans ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Libraries ] [Human Rights ] [Religion ]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Provides FY2016 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, Job Corps, Community Service Employment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 114-195, By Mr. Cole. on 07/10/2015

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Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act [HB-2237] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Military ] [Science ] [Environmental ]
Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a center of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to open burn pits and other environmental exposures in Afghanistan or Iraq. The VA shall, in selecting the site, consider entities that: are equipped with the specialized equipment needed to study, diagnose, and treat health conditions relating to such exposure; have a publication track record of post-deployment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015

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School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act [S.1503] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to asthma-related grants for child health services, to give an additional preference to a state that allows self-administration of asthma and anaphylaxis medication and makes a certification concerning the adequacy of the state's civil liability protection law to protect trained school personnel who may administer epinephrine to a student reasonably believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. Requires elementary and secondary schools in such a state (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S6448-6449) on 09/12/2013

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Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 [S.1086] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Reauthorizes the child care and development block grant (CCDBG) program under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBG Act) through FY2020 at specified levels. (Sec. 4) Allows governors to designate a collaborative agency or establish a joint interagency office to serve as the lead agency responsible for administering the CCDBG program. Requires the lead agency, at the option of an Indian tribe or organization in the state, to collaborate and coordinate with that (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander Signed By President. on 11/19/2014

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Expressing support for the designation of May 11, 2014, through May 17, 2014, as Food Allergy Awareness Week. [HR-584] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Food ]
Supports the designation of Food Allergy Awareness Week.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/16/2014

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Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". [HR-563] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Supports the designation of National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/02/2014

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Alerting Local Leaders and Ensuring Responsible Guidelines for Youth Act [HB-3660] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ] [Disabilities ]
Alerting Local Leaders and Ensuring Responsible Guidelines for Youth Act or the ALLERGY Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to condition each local educational agency's (LEA's) receipt of funds under the ESEA on the LEA establishing and implementing a policy on allergy bullying that requires its schools to: educate students, school personnel, and parents about allergy bullying and about such bullying being against school rules; clearly define what the punishment or response may be for violating the rule against (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 01/22/2014

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School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act [HB-2094] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to asthma-related grants for child health services, to give an additional preference to a state that allows self-administration of asthma and anaphylaxis medication and makes a certification concerning the adequacy of the state's civil liability protection law to protect trained school personnel who may administer epinephrine to a student reasonably believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. Requires elementary and secondary schools in such a state (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Became Public Law No: 113-48. on 11/13/2013

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School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act [S.1884] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Safety ]
School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in awarding grants to states under the children's asthma treatment grants program, to favor states that require their public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) permit authorized personnel to administer epinephrine to any student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction, and (2) maintain a supply of epinephrine that is prescribed by a licensed physician and is stored in a secure and easily accessible (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S7704-7705) on 11/17/2011

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School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act [HB-3627] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Safety ]
School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in awarding grants to states under the children's asthma treatment grants program, to favor states that require their public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) permit authorized personnel to administer epinephrine to any student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction, and (2) maintain a supply of epinephrine that is prescribed by a licensed physician and is stored in a secure and easily accessible (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/09/2011

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FDA Food Safety Modernization Act [S.510] [Agriculture ] [Food ] [Public Health ] [Consumer Protection ] [Trade ] [Small Business ]
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act - Title I: Improving Capacity to Prevent Food Safety Problems - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to expand the food safety activities of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), including to authorize the Secretary to inspect records related to food. Exempts certain establishments that sell food directly to consumers, such as roadside stands, farmers markets or participants in a community supported agriculture program, from specified requirements of this Act. Requires each owner, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Passed Senate With An Amendment By Yea-nay Vote. 73 - 25. Record Vote Number: 257. on 11/30/2010

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Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2009 [S.456] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies, schools, early childhood education programs, and other interested entities voluntary guidelines to develop plans for individuals to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs. Directs that such guidelines address: (1) parental obligation to provide the documentation of their child's allergies; (2) the creation of an individual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2368-2369) on 02/23/2009

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Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011 [HB-3082] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Defense ] [Telecommunications ] [Small Business ] [Budget and Spending ] [Veterans ] [Science ] [Energy ] [Infrastructure ] [Disabilities ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Healthcare ] [Education ]
Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011 - Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 - Title I: Continuing Appropriations Amendments - (Sec. 1) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 111-242) to extend through March 4, 2011, specified continuing appropriations for FY2011. Declares that no statutory pay adjustment which would otherwise take effect between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2012, shall be made. (Thus freezes the pay of certain federal civilian employees for two calendar years.) Prohibits, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chet Edwards Signed By President. on 12/22/2010

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FDA Food Safety Modernization Act [HB-2751] [Agriculture ] [Consumer Protection ] [Food ] [Public Health ] [Small Business ] [Trade ]
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act - Title I: Improving Capacity to Prevent Food Safety Problems - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to expand the food safety activities of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), including to authorize the Secretary to inspect records related to food. Exempts certain establishments that sell food directly to consumers, such as roadside stands, farmers markets or participants in a community supported agriculture program, from specified requirements of this Act. Requires each owner, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Became Public Law No: 111-353. on 01/04/2011

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