Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act) [HB-3339]
Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act) This bill requires that any provision of law referring to current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention be administered as if: (1) the provision referred to USPSTF recommendations last issued before 2009; and (2) those recommendations applied to any screening mammography modality, including any digital modality of such a procedure. (In 2009, USPSTF updated its guidelines to recommend against
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HB-3339: Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 08/06/2015
Teacher Loan Repayment Act of 2015 [HB-3359]
Teacher Loan Repayment Act of 2015 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the financial aid programs for teachers. Specifically, it terminates the authority of the Department of Education (ED) to: (1) award new grants under the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant program and (2) enter new loan forgiveness agreements under the under the Teacher Loan Forgiveness program. The bill authorizes and directs ED to administer a new loan repayment for teachers program.
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HB-3359: Teacher Loan Repayment Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 11/16/2015
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act [HB-3378]
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules to prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, a person from advertising with the intent to deceptively create the impression that: (1) such person is a provider of abortion services if such person does not provide such services, or (2) such person is not a provider of abortion services if such person does provide such services. Defines "abortion services" as providing surgical and non-surgical procedures to terminate a pregnancy,
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HB-3378: Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 07/31/2015
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2016 [HB-3381]
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer to improve the understanding of these cancers and of the effects of treatment. The national childhood cancer registry is reauthorized through FY2020 and revised to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants
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HB-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate. on 12/07/2016
Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2015 [HB-34]
Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2015 Reauthorizes the Tsunami Warning and Education Act through FY2017. (Sec. 4) Consolidates separate tsunami warning systems for the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and for the Atlantic Ocean into a single warning system. Requires the system to support international tsunami forecasting and warning efforts. Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support or maintain tsunami warning centers to support the national warning system and develop uniform operational procedures for
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HB-34: Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Became Public Law No: 114-255. on 12/13/2016
United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act [HB-3412]
United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act Authorizes the mailing of alcoholic beverages by a covered entity in accordance with the delivery requirements otherwise applicable to a privately carried shipment. Defines a "covered entity" as an entity (including a winery, brewery, or beverage distilled spirits plant, or other wholesale, distributer, or retailer of alcoholic beverages) that has registered with, obtained a permit from, or obtained approval of an application from the Department of the Treasury pursuant to the Federal Alcohol Administration
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HB-3412: United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 09/28/2015
Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 [HB-3427]
Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to require every person (including every employer and enterprise) that employs an employee or non-employee who performs labor or services, including through an entity such as a trust, estate, partnership, association, company, or corporation, to: (1) classify such individuals accurately as employees or non-employees; and (2) notify each new employee and new non-employee of his or her classification as an employee or non-employee, together with information concerning
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HB-3427: Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 11/16/2015
Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act [HB-344]
Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act Directs the Secretary of Labor, as part of the Veteran's Workforce Investment Program, to carry out a five-year pilot program (to be known as the Veterans Manufacturing Employment Program) to award competitive grants to three states for the establishment and administration of a State Manufacturing Employment Program to make grants to manufacturing employers and labor-management organizations that provide training, on-job training, apprenticeships, and certification classes to eligible veterans.
HB-344: Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/29/2015
Connected Transportation Research and Innovation Act of 2015 [HB-3458]
Connected Transportation Research and Innovation Act of 2015 This bill reauthorizes through FY2021 highway research and development, including highway safety, technology and innovation deployment, training and education, and intelligent transportation systems. After receiving a 5.9 GHz Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure device, the Department of Transportation (DOT) shall test it to examine the possibility of interference with safety-related vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure applications. DOT shall: research, develop,
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HB-3458: Connected Transportation Research and Innovation Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 09/30/2016
Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015 [HB-3512]
Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore a student's Pell Grant eligibility for any period of time during which the student qualified for, or would have qualified for, federal student loan forgiveness due to school closure, assertion of a defense against repayment, or institutional fraud or misconduct. Specifically, this bill provides that Pell Grants received by a student during that period of time do not count toward the student's lifetime limit on Pell Grant
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HB-3512: Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/23/2016