Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act [HB-592]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover pharmacist services.
HB-592: Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/12/2015
Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act [HB-5931]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Finance ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act (Sec. 3) This bill declares that it shall be U.S. policy not to pay ransom or release prisoners for the purpose of securing the release of U.S. citizens taken hostage abroad. (Sec. 4) The U.S. government is prohibited from providing monetary instruments or precious metals to the government of Iran. The conduct of a transaction or payment in connection with an agreement to settle a claim or claims brought before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal (established on January 19, 1981) may be made only:
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HB-5931: Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 09/26/2016
Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2015 [HB-594]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: developing, finalizing, adopting, implementing, applying, administering, or enforcing the proposed rule entitled, "Definition of 'Waters of the United States' Under the Clean Water Act," issued on April 21, 2014, or the proposed guidance entitled, "Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected By the Clean Water Act," dated February 17, 2012; or using the proposed rule or proposed
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HB-594: Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 01/29/2015
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for Zika response and preparedness. [HB-5958]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[International ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for Zika response and preparedness. This bill provides FY2016 supplemental appropriations to the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and State to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Zika virus. The bill specifies permissible uses for the funds and designates the funds as an emergency requirement. The emergency funding is exempt from discretionary spending limits and is only available if the President subsequently designates the funds as an emergency requirement. The bill provides
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HB-5958: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for Zika response and preparedness.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frederica Wilson
Introduced In House on 09/08/2016
21st Century Cures Act [HB-6]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
21st Century Cures Act (Sec. 2) The NIH and Cures Innovation Fund is established and funds are appropriated: (1) for biomedical research, including high-risk, high-reward research and research conducted by early stage investigators; (2) to develop and implement a strategic plan for biomedical research; and (3) to carry out specified provisions of this Act. TITLE I--DISCOVERY Subtitle A--National Institutes of Health Funding (Sec. 1001) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through FY2018.
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HB-6: 21st Century Cures Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/13/2015
Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act [HB-601]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (Sec. 2) Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers.
HB-601: Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 04/14/2015
National Right-to-Work Act [HB-612]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
National Right-to-Work Act Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment).
HB-612: National Right-to-Work Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/29/2015