Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 [S.313]
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians. (Locum tenens
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S.313: Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Finance. Reported By Senator Hatch With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-98. on 07/30/2015
Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act [S.3155]
Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal judicial code with respect to denial of a foreign state's sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. or state courts in commercial activity cases where rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue and that property, or any property exchanged for it, is: (1) present in the United States in connection with a commercial activity carried on by the foreign state in the United States, or (2) owned by an agency or instrumentality
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S.3155: Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Committee On The Judiciary. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 09/15/2016
Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act [S.316]
Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act Revises subpart 1 (Charter School Programs) of part B (Public Charter Schools) of title V (Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, including by subsuming subpart 2 (Credit Enhancement Initiatives to Assist Charter School Facility Acquisition, Construction, and Renovation) under subpart 1. Replaces the current charter school grant program with a program awarding competitive grants to state entities (state educational
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S.316: Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/29/2015
Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 [S.32]
Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to broaden the scope of persons subject to criminal prosecution for manufacturing or distributing a controlled substance in schedule I or II, a precursor chemical, or flunitrazepam for unlawful import into the United States. The Controlled Substances Act classifies drugs, substances, and chemicals used to make drugs into one of five schedules based on the drug's medical use, potential for abuse, and risk of dependence. Current law
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S.32: Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Became Public Law No: 114-154. (txt | Pdf) on 05/16/2016
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act [S.322]
Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a public safety officer who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.
S.322: Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/29/2015
Economic Growth and Development Act [S.3227]
Economic Growth and Development Act This bill requires the President to: (1) establish a primary, interagency mechanism to assist the private sector in coordinating U.S. development programs with private sector investment activities; and (2) submit, annually, a strategy for the facilitation and coordination of private sector investments and activities for the purposes of development. Such mechanism shall: (1) streamline and integrate private sector liaison, coordination, and investment promotion functions of U.S. development agencies; (2) facilitate
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S.3227: Economic Growth and Development Act
Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 07/14/2016
Education for All Act of 2016 [S.3256]
Education for All Act of 2016 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) it is in the U.S. national security interest to promote universal basic education that includes gender parity in developing countries; and (2) education lays the foundation for increased civic participation, democratic governance, sustained economic growth, and more stable societies. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to state that it is U.S. policy to work with partner countries, multilateral institutions, the private sector, and nongovernmental and civil
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S.3256: Education for All Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 07/14/2016