SR-478: A resolution designating the week of January 26 through February 1, 2020, as "National School Choice Week".
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. on 01/16/2020
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2019 [S.2842]
Accelerates and expands certain changes that are scheduled to take effect relating to the coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare. Currently, such programs require physician supervision. Effective January 1, 2024, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists may also supervise these programs. The bill expedites the effective date of these changes to January 1, 2021, and also allows these practitioners to administer programs in their offices, prepare and sign treatment
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S.2842: Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/13/2019
5G Spectrum Act of 2019 [S.2881]
Requires the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a public auction of at least 280 megahertz of mid-band spectrum (the band of frequencies between 3700 megahertz and 4200 megahertz) and to deposit at least 50% of the gross proceeds from such auction in the Treasury.
S.2881: 5G Spectrum Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Ordered To Be Reported With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute Favorably. on 12/11/2019
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [S.3275]
Establishes a new criminal offense for performing or attempting to perform an abortion if the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is 20 weeks or more. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. The bill provides exceptions for an abortion (1) that is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman, or (2) when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. A physician who performs or attempts to perform an abortion under an exception must comply with specified requirements. A woman who
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S.3275: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. (cr S1129) on 02/25/2020
SR-502: A resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the amphibious landing on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during World War II and the raisings of the flag of the United States on Mount Suribachi.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Resolution Agreed To In Senate Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S3016; Text: 02/13/2020 Cr S1079-1080) on 06/16/2020
You have voted SR-502: A resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the amphibious landing on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during World War II and the raisings of the flag of the United States on Mount Suribachi..
Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act [S.2993]
Repeals certain restrictions under Medicare and Medicaid that prohibit the approval of nurse-aide training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have been subject to specified regulatory actions (e.g., civil penalties) for substandard quality of care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must still disapprove such programs for up to two years; however, the CMS must rescind the disapproval upon completion of corrective action and may require additional oversight of the program for purposes of rescission.
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S.2993: Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/05/2019
Dignity for Aborted Children Act [S.2590]
Requires abortion providers to offer patients specified options concerning the human fetal tissue from an abortion. Specifically, patients must be given an informed consent form specifying the options to (1) take possession of the tissue for transfer to an entity that provides interment or cremations services, or (2) release the tissue to the provider. If the tissue is released to the abortion provider, the provider must ensure the tissue is interred or cremated within seven days of the procedure in a manner consistent with state law regarding the
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S.2590: Dignity for Aborted Children Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/26/2019