Rep. Doris Matsui

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District HD-CA-7
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 115

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2015 [HB-1552]
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require an applicant for approval of a new animal drug that is a medically important antimicrobial to demonstrate that there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health from antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Medically important antimicrobials are drugs intended for use in food-producing animals that contain: (1) specified antibiotics, or (2) certain drugs on the World Health (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2015

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Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education (HOPE) for Alzheimer's Act of 2015 [HB-1559]
Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education (HOPE) for Alzheimer's Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover comprehensive Alzheimer's disease care planning services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2015

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Global Food Security Act of 2016 [HB-1567]
Global Food Security Act of 2016 This bill requires the President to develop and implement a Global Food Security Strategy to promote global food security, resilience, and nutrition. (Sec. 2) This section specifies that it is in the U.S. national security interest to promote global food security, resilience, and nutrition, consistent with national food security investment plans through programs and activities that: accelerate inclusive, agricultural-led economic growth that reduces global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition; increase the productivity, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 07/14/2016

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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 [HB-1571]
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient with respect to satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital requirement in order to entitle the individual to Medicare coverage of any post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2015

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Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015 [HB-1600]
Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish cost-sharing limits for health plans that cover prescription drugs and use a formulary or other tiered cost-sharing structure. Prohibits such a health plan from imposing higher cost-sharing requirements, including co-payment and co-insurance, for specialty drugs than for other prescription drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier. Applies the non-preferred brand drug tier for which beneficiary cost-sharing is lowest, if a formulary used by the health plan (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/27/2015

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Lymphedema Treatment Act [HB-1608]
Lymphedema Treatment Act Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover certain lymphedema compression treatment items as durable medical equipment.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2015

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Paycheck Fairness Act [HB-1619]
Paycheck Fairness Act Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises the exception to the prohibition for a wage rate differential based on any other factor other than sex. Limits such factors to bona fide factors, such as education, training, or experience. States that the bona fide factor defense shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor: (1) is not based (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/16/2015

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Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2015 [HB-1641]
Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2015 Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to allow federal entities that utilize government station licenses to participate in the incentive auction program under which licensees of electromagnetic spectrum voluntarily relinquish their spectrum rights in order for such spectrum to be auctioned for a repurposed commercial use in exchange for a percentage of the auction proceeds. Permits such federal entities, instead of being reimbursed for the costs of sharing frequencies (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anna Eshoo Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 12/02/2015

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Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2015 [HB-1653]
Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion, and allow coverage, of hearing aids and examinations for them. The Government Accountability Office is directed to study programs that provide assistance for hearing aids and related examinations for individuals with hearing loss.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2015

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Wildfire Disaster Funding Act [HB-167]
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2015-FY2022 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior. If USDA or Interior determines that supplemental appropriations are necessary for wildfire suppression operations, the bill requires the relevant department to submit to Congress (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 03/02/2015

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