Sen. Jon Tester

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Bills Introduced 313

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US Congress 114th Congress

PRIME Act of 2015 Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act of 2015 [S.861]
PRIME Act of 2015 Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to cover the costs of equipment, salaries and benefits, and travel and training in appropriations for the Medicaid Integrity Program. Allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staff whose duties consist solely of protecting the integrity of the Medicare program under SSAct title XVIII by a number determined necessary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Committee On Finance. Reported By Senator Hatch With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-104. on 07/30/2015

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Paycheck Fairness Act [S.862]
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: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/25/2015

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Ruth Moore Act of 2015 [S.865]
Ruth Moore Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in any case in which a veteran claims that a covered mental health condition was incurred in or aggravated by military sexual trauma during active duty, to: (1) accept as sufficient proof of service-connection a diagnosis by a mental health professional together with satisfactory lay or other evidence of such trauma and an opinion by the mental health professional that such condition is related to such trauma if consistent with the circumstances, conditions, or hardships of such service, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/25/2015

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Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015 [S.890]
Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015 Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund(LWCF). Permits funds deposited into the LWCF to be spent without being subject to the appropriations process. Provides that the funds are in addition to amounts made available by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 or otherwise appropriated from the LWCF. Directs the President to submit to Congress specified details regarding the allocation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/26/2015

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EPIC Act of 2015 Energy Productivity Innovation Challenge Act of 2015 [S.893]
EPIC Act of 2015 Energy Productivity Innovation Challenge Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a voluntary electric and thermal energy productivity challenge grant program for providing support to states for: advancing industrial energy efficiency, waste heat recovery, combined heat and power, and waste heat-to-power utilization; advancing energy efficiency construction and retrofits for commercial buildings, schools, hospitals, and residential buildings; expanding residential policies and programs designed (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 04/30/2015

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Servicemember and Veteran Protection Act of 2015 [S.895]
Servicemember and Veteran Protection Act of 2015 Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow members of the Armed Forces and National Guard to defer payments of principal on their Federal Family Education Loans, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans, and Federal Perkins Loans for the period (up to 180 days) beginning on the date they receive a call or order to duty in connection with a war, military operation, or national emergency and ending on their first day of service. (Currently, the payment of principal (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/27/2015

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National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015 [S.898]
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include optometry services in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps. Optometrists are eligible for the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, and the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/13/2015

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Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015 [S.901]
Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to select a VA medical center to serve as the national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the biological children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces that are related to such exposure. Requires: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) or the head of a federal agency to make available to the VA for review records held by DOD, an Armed Force, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/24/2015

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CLEAR Plus Act of 2015 [S.927]
CLEAR Plus Act of 2015 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to: (1) subject a savings and loan holding company to registration requirements for securities whose issuer has total assets exceeding $10 million and a class of non-exempt equity security held of record by 2,000 or more persons; and (2) apply the automatic termination of registration, and suspension of the duty to file supplementary and periodic information, to a savings and loan holding company whose securities are found to be held by less than 1,200 persons. The Federal (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/23/2016

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James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act [S.928]
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Fund indefinitely and index appropriations to the medical care component of the consumer price index for urban consumers. Makes funding available for: a quality assurance program for services delivered by health care providers, the WTC Program annual report, WTC Health Program Steering Committees, and contracts with Clinical Centers of Excellence. Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/14/2015

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