MODDERN Cures Act of 2011 [HB-3497]
Modernizing Our Drug & Diagnostics Evaluation and Regulatory Network Cures Act of 2011 or the MODDERN Cures Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) establish the Advanced Diagnostics Education Council to recommend standard terms and definitions related to innovative diagnostics for use by patients, physicians, health care providers, payers, and policy makers.; and (2) publish a guide regarding such terms and definitions. Sets forth additional factors for the Secretary to consider in determining the payment
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HB-3497: MODDERN Cures Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Intellectual Property, Competition And The Internet. on 12/02/2011
Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act [HB-3506]
Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. Allows a clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) to conduct the face-to-face encounter with an individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently, 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification
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HB-3506: Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/29/2011
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act [HB-3510]
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act - Amends the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 to require such stamp to be: (1) made available to the public for an additional four years; and (2) offered in a a choice of five versions depicting an African or Asian elephant, a rhinoceros, a tiger, a marine turtle, or a great ape.
HB-3510: Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 12/05/2011
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act [HB-3523]
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to add provisions concerning cyber threat intelligence and information sharing. Defines "cyber threat intelligence" as information in the possession of an element of the intelligence community directly pertaining to a vulnerability of, or threat to, a system or network of a government or private entity, including information pertaining to the protection of a system or network from: (1) efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy such system or network; or (2) theft
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HB-3523: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Select Committee On Intelligence. on 05/07/2012
Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act [HB-3553]
Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to deem a food misbranded if it contains or was produced with a genetically engineered material unless its labeling contains statements meeting specified requirements. Requires the periodic testing of such foods transferred along a chain of distribution to assure accuracy of labels, subject to specified exceptions. Excludes, in all three Acts, food: (1) served in restaurants;
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HB-3553: Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/09/2011
County Payments Reauthorization Act of 2011 [HB-3599]
County Payments Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Secure Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to establish, for FY2012 and each following fiscal year, an amount that is equal to 95% of the full funding amount used for the previous fiscal year to make secure payments to eligible states and counties that contain certain lands. Permits a resource advisory committee under the Act to propose using up to 10% of certain project funds of an eligible county for administrative expenses associated with that committee's operations.
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HB-3599: County Payments Reauthorization Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 01/17/2012
Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011 [HB-363]
Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) each to carry out a one-year program providing for the refinancing of qualified single-family housing mortgages it owns through a refinancing mortgage (and for the purchase of and securitization of such refinancing mortgages) in accordance with this Act and the policies and procedures of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Defines
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HB-363: Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Capital Markets And Government Sponsored Enterprises. on 03/23/2011
HB-3661: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/14/2011
You have voted HB-3661: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program..
Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011 [HB-3667]
Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a pilot project under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to test models for providing payment for direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect medical education (IME) to medical education entities (MEEs), not otherwise eligible to receive such payments, for the costs of training primary care residents. Requires testing of two of the following model MEEs: (1) a community-based independent corporate entity
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HB-3667: Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/22/2011
Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act [HB-3713]
Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act - Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to: (1) determine the validity and amount of plaintiff claims for loss of wages and other property in the case Bruce D. Abbott et al. v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, (2) publish notice in the Federal Register of the time within which such claims may be filed, and (3) consider such claims as soon as practicable after filing. Requires such claims to be paid from the appropriate Treasury fund before any corporate claims are
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HB-3713: Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The House Committee On Foreign Affairs. on 12/16/2011