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Standard of Care Protection Act [S.1769]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Standard of Care Protection Act - Provides that the development, recognition, or implementation of any guideline or other standard under any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care-related parts of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act shall not be construed to establish the standard or duty of care owed by a health care provider to a patient in any medical malpractice or medical product liability action or claim. Prohibits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Carper
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 11/21/2013
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Women's Health Protection Act of 2013 [S.1696]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Women's Health Protection Act of 2013 - Makes the following limitations and requirements concerning abortion services unlawful and prohibits their imposition or application by any government: a requirement that a medical professional perform specific tests or follow specific medical procedures, unless generally required in the case of medically comparable procedures; a limitation on an abortion provider's ability to delegate tasks, other than one applicable to medically comparable procedures; a limitation on an abortion provider's ability to prescribe
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 07/15/2014
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Preventing the Offering of Elective Coverage of Taxpayer-Funded-Abortion Act of 2013 [S.154]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Preventing the Offering of Elective Coverage of Taxpayer-Funded-Abortion Act of 2013 or PROTECT Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in entering into contracts with health insurance issuers, to ensure that no multi-state qualified health plan offered in a health benefit exchange provides coverage of abortion. Excepts from such limitation: (1) a pregnancy that results from rape or incest; or (2) a case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/24/2013
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Clean Ports Act of 2013 [S.1435]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Health ]
Clean Ports Act of 2013 - Declares that federal preemption of state and local law relating to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier of property shall not apply to the authority of a state, local government, or the political authority of two or more states to adopt requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities that are reasonably related to the reduction of environmental pollution, traffic congestion, the improvement of highway safety, or the efficient use of such port facilities, provided adoption or enforcement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 08/01/2013
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Cruise Passenger Protection Act [S.1340]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Tourism ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Cruise Passenger Protection Act - Amends federal shipping law to direct the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to develop standards for passenger vessel owners to provide passengers with a summary of key terms of passage contracts upfront and before they are binding. Requires such standards to include recommendations that ensure that the summary is conspicuous and unambiguous. Requires vessel owners, no later than 180 days after the standards are developed, to: (1) provide each passenger vessel with a summary meeting those standards, (2) include
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 113-488. on 07/23/2014
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A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit States to require proof of citizenship for registration to vote in elections for Federal office. [S.1336]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to allow states to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Introduced In The Senate. Read Twice. Ordered Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 144. on 07/18/2013
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Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act [S.1208]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Trade ]
Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act - Prescribes consumer protection guidelines for rental-purchase transactions, including: (1) the determination of rental-purchase cost and a payment schedule; (2) disclosure requirements; (3) prohibitions against confessions of judgment, wage assignments, waiver of consumer legal claims or remedies, and other specified provisions; (4) furnishing of statements of account; (5) point-of-rental disclosures; and (6) clear and conspicuous rental-purchase advertising disclosures. Shields "rental-purchase agreements"
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 06/20/2013
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Youth Sports Concussion Act [S.1014]
[Sports ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Youth Sports Concussion Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should review the National Academies' report on sports-related concussions in youth, and future research in this area, for any matter that may impact products under the CPSC's jurisdiction or inform the FTC's efforts to protect consumers. Makes it unlawful to sell or offer for sale in interstate commerce, or import into the United States for such purposes, athletic sporting equipment for which the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
By Senator Rockefeller From Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation Filed Written Report. Report No. 113-310. on 12/12/2014
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Chemical Safety Improvement Act [S.1009]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Data Privacy ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Chemical Safety Improvement Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to establish an evaluative framework for chemical risk assessment and management. Declares that it is the policy of the United States that: (1) this Act should protect the health of people and the environment from the unmanaged risks of chemicals; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should have the appropriate hazard, use, and exposure information necessary to make safety determinations and the resources and tools necessary to implement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Environment And Public Works Subcommittee On Water And Wildlife. Hearings Held. on 02/04/2014
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Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013 [HB-964]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that, in the case of any state law that pertains to marihuana, no provision of such Act shall be construed as indicating congressional intent to: (1) occupy the field in which that provision operates, including criminal penalties, to the exclusion of state law on the same subject matter; or (2) preempt any such state law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 04/08/2013
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Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act [HB-624]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Defense ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Crime ]
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - (Sec. 2) Directs the federal government to conduct cybersecurity activities to provide shared situational awareness enabling integrated operational actions to protect, prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents. Defines "shared situational awareness" as an environment where cyber threat information is shared in real time between all designated federal cyber operations centers to provide actionable information about all known cyber threats. Directs the President, with respect to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Select Committee On Intelligence. on 04/22/2013
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Facilitating Access to Credit Act of 2014 [HB-5446]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
Facilitating Access to Credit Act of 2014 - Amends the Credit Repair Organizations Act to exempt from its coverage any consumer reporting agency (or affiliate or subsidiary) described under the Fair Credit Reporting Act as: one that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis; or any person which, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers in order to furnish consumer
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Sponsored by: Rep. Edward Royce
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 09/10/2014
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SMOKE Act [HB-5010]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Stop Selling and Marketing to Our Kids E-Cigarettes Act or the SMOKE Act - Amends the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define "electronic nicotine delivery system" (e-cigarette) and "e-liquid" (solution used in an e-cigarette). Gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate e-cigarettes and e-liquids as tobacco products. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to include e-cigarettes and e-liquids in the definition of cigarettes, thereby: (1) requiring warning labels to appear on packaging and advertising, and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/27/2014
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To clarify the effect of State statutes of repose on the required commencement date for actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. [HB-4993]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to preempt a state statute of repose for actions brought under state law for personal injury or property damages caused from or contributed to by exposure to any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, if the state statute provides a commencement date that is earlier than the federally required commencement date. (Currently, CERCLA preempts state statutes of limitations, which limit the amount of time a lawsuit can commence from the time the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Tonko
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/21/2014
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Bottled Water Quality Information Act [HB-4978]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
Bottled Water Quality Information Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue regulations requiring each bottled water manufacturer or distributor to annually prepare a report that includes the following: the manufacturer’s or distributor’s name and contact information; type of water source; a plainly worded definition of “Standard of Identity” and “Standard of Quality” as prescribed in current bottled water regulations; a brief description of primary treatment methods
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The House Committee On Energy And Commerce. on 06/26/2014
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Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014 [HB-4969]
[Telecommunications ]
Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to amend regulations concerning the height and dimensions of station antenna structures to prohibit a private land use restriction from applying to amateur service communications if the restriction precludes such communications, fails to accommodate such communications, or does not constitute the minimum practicable restriction on such communications to accomplish the legitimate purpose of the private entity seeking to enforce such restriction.
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 06/27/2014
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ACE Kids Act of 2014 [HB-4930]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2014 or the ACE Kids Act of 2014 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to extend medical assistance to payment for items and services furnished under a Medicaid Children's Care Coordination (MCCC) Program which the state may elect to provide to eligible children with complex medical conditions. Requires an MCCC program, among other things, to coordinate, integrate, and provide for the furnishing of the full range of MCCC program services to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Energy And Commerce. on 06/20/2014
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Standard of Care Protection Act of 2014 [HB-4750]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Social Security ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Standard of Care Protection Act of 2014 - Provides that the development, recognition, or implementation of any guideline or other standard under any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care-related parts of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act shall not be construed to: (1) establish the standard or duty of care owed by a health care provider to a patient in any medical malpractice or medical product liability action
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Scott
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/21/2014
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Servicemembers Insurance Relief Act of 2014 [HB-4669]
[Insurance ]
[Military ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
Servicemembers Insurance Relief Act of 2014 - Declares that a member of a servicemember's household neither loses nor acquires a residence or domicile for purposes of insuring a motor vehicle primarily for personal, family, or household use if: (1) the servicemember has temporarily moved to comply with any temporary duty or permanent change of station order, or (2) the member of the household has temporarily moved to accompany a servicemember who is complying with such an order. Defines: (1) "servicemember" as a member of the uniformed services,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Edward Royce
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 05/19/2014
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Startup Capital Modernization Act of 2014 [HB-4565]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Investments ]
[Economic Development ]
Startup Capital Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 (Act) to increase from $5 million to $10 million the maximum aggregate amount of securities exempt from its purview due to either the small amount involved, or the limited character of the public offering. Preempts state requirements governing securities registration, documentation, and offerings in connection with small issues related to small company capital formation. Declares that this Act shall have no impact on state enforcement authority over the unlawful conduct
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick McHenry
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 05/22/2014