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CARING for Kids Act Comprehensive Access to Robust Insurance Now Guaranteed for Kids Act [HB-66]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Social Security ]
[Insurance ]
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permanently extend the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vern Buchanan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/02/2021
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Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act [S.5068]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to award formula and competitive grants for layoff aversion activities, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 12/18/2020
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Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2020 [S.5027]
[Data Privacy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
A bill to authorize the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to eligible State, Tribal, and territorial public health agencies to develop and administer a program for digital contact tracing for COVID-19, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 12/16/2020
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Inter-American Development Bank General Capital Increase Act of 2020 [S.4997]
[International ]
[Finance ]
[Environmental ]
[Trade ]
Requires the President to support and coordinate diplomatic engagement to secure a 10th general capital increase for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and to support the creation of an environmental fund and financing facility at the IDB. The bill also authorizes the U.S. Governor of the IDB to vote in favor an $80 billion increase in the capital stock of the IDB and to subscribe on behalf of the United States to additional shares of this capital stock.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 12/10/2020
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Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2020 [HB-8906]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the Lifespan Respite Care Program, which supports state lifespan respite care services (i.e., services for family caregivers of children and adults with special needs). The bill requires each state agency that is awarded a grant under the program to report any data required by the Department of Health and Human Services for program monitoring and evaluation.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Signed By President. on 01/05/2021
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Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act [S.4949]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish guidance on ways to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and to report on the Medicaid payment methodologies that apply to facility transfers of pregnant women.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/02/2020
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Keeping All Students Safe Act [S.4924]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
A bill to prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint in schools, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/30/2020
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An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. [SCR-11]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Defense ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
[International ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[National Security ]
[Poverty ]
[Science ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Small Business ]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Water ]
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2016 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2017-FY2025. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses (Sec. 1101) Recommends levels and amounts for FY2016-FY2025 for federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 05/06/2015
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Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 [S.993]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 (Sec. 4) This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to an eligible entity for sequential intercept mapping and implementation for: mental health and criminal justice stakeholders to develop a shared understanding of the flow of individuals with mental illnesses through the criminal justice system, and identify opportunities for improved responses, including emergency and crisis services, specialized police-based
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/15/2016
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Small Business Fairness Act [S.958]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Small Business Fairness Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise requirements with respect to solicitation of offers for bundled contracts issued by the head of a federal agency that allows a small business to submit an offer (bid) that provides for the use of a particular team of subcontractors for the performance of the contract. The small business may now also bid on a bundled or consolidated contract that provides for the use of a joint venture of small businesses. The Small Business Administration (SBA), with respect to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
By Senator Vitter From Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship Filed Written Report. Report No. 114-288. on 06/28/2016
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A bill to require the evaluation and consolidation of duplicative green building programs within the Department of Energy. [S.939]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
A bill to require the evaluation and consolidation of duplicative green building programs within the Department of Energy. This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to report on and make public the outcomes of specified green building programs administered by DOE and listed in the Government Accountability Office's "2012 Annual Report: Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue." DOE must conduct an analysis of whether any of the programs should be eliminated or consolidated and report
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 04/30/2015
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America Star Act [S.938]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Trade ]
America Star Act This bill directs the Secretary of Labor to establish within the Department of Labor a voluntary America Star program under which the Secretary annually shall designate certain companies, based on specified performance categories, as America Star companies for their support for the U.S. workforce. Companies are ineligible to participate in the program if they commit serious, repeated, or willful violations of specified federal labor law. The Secretary shall: (1) market the America Star program annually to the public through the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/14/2015
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Innovate America Act [S.894]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Innovate America Act The Department of Education, in coordination with the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to state educational agencies to establish or expand the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science (STEM) secondary schools in the United States from approximately 100 to approximately 200. The Department, in coordination with the NSF Director, shall: develop a database identifying existing STEM secondary schools, and study how to improve
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/26/2015
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American Mineral Security Act of 2015 [S.883]
[Mining ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Trade ]
[National Security ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
American Mineral Security Act of 2015 This bill amends the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 to direct the President to: (1) establish an analytical and forecasting capability for identifying critical mineral market factors so as to avoid supply shortages, mitigate price volatility, and prepare for demand growth and other market shifts; and (2) encourage federal agencies to facilitate development and production of domestic resources to meet national critical material and minerals needs. The Director of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 114-141. on 05/12/2015
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BEST Act Better Educator Support and Training Act [S.882]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
BEST Act Better Educator Support and Training Act Revises, and reauthorizes appropriations through FY2021 under, part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Redesignates title II (Developing and Supporting Effective Educators for Disadvantaged Students) and its revised part A (Educator Equity, Professional Development, and Recruitment Fund) program. Amends subpart 1 of part A to require
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/26/2015
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All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2015 [S.869]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2015 Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to extend energy performance requirements for federal buildings in FY2016-FY2017 (from a 33% reduction from 2003 energy consumption level for FY2016 to a 36% reduction for FY2017). Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to review the results of the implementation of such requirements by December 31, 2017 (currently, December 31, 2014) and, based on such review, report to Congress on the feasibility of requiring each agency to apply
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 04/30/2015
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STEM Education for the Global Economy Act of 2015 [S.867]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
STEM Education for the Global Economy Act of 2015 Amends title IV (21st Century Schools) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a new part D (Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Instruction and Student Achievement). Directs the Secretary of Education, under subpart 1 (Improving STEM Instruction and Student Achievement) of part D, to allot formula grants to states and, through them, award competitive subgrants to high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), educational service agencies serving such
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/25/2015
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Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2015 [S.858]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2015 This bill amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to revise requirements for energy savings performance and utility energy service contracts (performance contracts). (These contracts allow federal agencies to work with private contractors on energy efficiency upgrades to federal facilities.) Each federal facility energy manager must provide an explanation regarding life cycle cost-effective measures that have not been implemented as part of the web-based compliance certification
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 04/30/2015
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SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015 [S.810]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to: (1) remove sustainable growth rate (SGR) methodology from the determination of annual conversion factors in the formula for payment for physicians' services, and (2) revise the update in rates for 2015 and subsequent years. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Merit-based Incentive Payment (MIP) system under which eligible professionals (including physicians, physician assistants, nurse
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Sponsored by: Sen. Orrin Hatch
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/19/2015
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STOP Act Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act [S.728]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Science ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
STOP Act Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program to reduce underage drinking for FY2016-FY2019. Revises reporting requirements for state programs on underage drinking. Specifies additional requirements for the development of the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking. Directs the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to increase effective practices, including the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/12/2015