| US | SB1250 | Intro | Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-11
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| US | HB5456 | Intro | Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-10
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | SB825 | Engross | Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey specified property in Sitka, Alaska, to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium for u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-05
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 472. |
| US | HB1625 | Pass | TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-23
Became Public Law No: 115-141. |
| US | SB1519 | Intro | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 This bill authorizes FY2018 appropriations and sets forth policies regarding the military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and the defense activities of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1886-1892, S1892-1931) |
| US | HB4681 | Intro | No Assistance for Assad Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-15
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HB767 | Engross | SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2018 Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Act of 2018 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program, to be known as the Stop, Observe, Ask, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-27
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB880 | Engross | MISSION ZERO Act Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to award grant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-27
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB946 | Engross | Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to hire at least 50 Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists, place each one at an eligible VA medical center, and ensure that each one serves as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-20
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1301 | Pass | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to: (1) compensate employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations which began on or about February 9, 2018; and (2) ra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-09
Became Public Law No: 115-124. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HB4949 | Intro | Civil Defense Accountability Act of 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee |
| US | HB1892 | Pass | Honoring Hometown Heroes Act This bill authorizes the governor of a state, territory, or possession of the United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia to proclaim that the U.S. flag shall be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-09
Became Public Law No: 115-123. |
| US | HB695 | Engross | Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Department of Justice to establish a program to provide national criminal history background checks and criminal history revie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-08
Cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 695 not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 44. Record Vote Number: 29. (CR S798) |
| US | HJR128 | Intro | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018 DIVISION B--FURTHER EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 This division amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide conti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To House Appropriations Committee |
| US | HB4877 | Intro | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military activities. Excludes military construction, military family housing, civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
To House Appropriations Committee |
| US | HB4788 | Intro | Hospital Energy Conservation Act This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to no more than six hospitals during FY2019-FY2020 to carry out energy conservation projects for: (1) signifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-19
To House Subcommittee on Energy Committee |
| US | HB4667 | Engross | Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements, 2017 Official Titles Official Titles - House of Representatives Official Title as Introduced Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year endi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-04
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 291. |
| US | HB4714 | Intro | To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Don and Deyon Stephens, Founders of Mercy Ships, in recognition of nearly 40 years of service as the leaders of a humanitarian relief organization that exemplifies the compassionate character of America. This bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-12-21
To House Financial Services Committee |
| US | SB1266 | Pass | Enhancing Veteran Care Act (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with a nonprofit organization that accredits health care organizations and programs in the United States to investigate a VA medical center t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-12-20
Became Public Law No: 115-95. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HJR124 | Intro | CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act Community Health And Medical Professionals Improve Our Nation Act of 2017 Continuing Community Health And Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation, Increase National Gains, and Help Ensure Access for Little One...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-12-13
To House Appropriations Committee |
| US | HB4552 | Intro | Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise payment rules for graduate medical education (GME) costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-12-08
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1148 | Intro | FAST Act of 2017 Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill specifies that, under Medicare, telehealth services include telehealth-eligible stroke services provided to an individual soon after the onset of acute-stroke sy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-12-06
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328. |
| US | HB4460 | Intro | Disaster Recovery Reform Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-30
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HR632 | Intro | Condemning the senseless attacks on hospitals and medical personnel in Syria, and for other purposes. Condemns the attacks on hospitals, medical personnel, and emergency responders by the government of Syria and the Russian Federation, and calls on a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-28
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1133 | Engross | Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) provide for an operation on a live donor to carry out a transp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-08
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | SB465 | Intro | Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with private entities to assess the health care delivery systems and financial management of the Indian Heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-08
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | HB4226 | Intro | Veterans Access to Care Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-11-03
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB3921 | Intro | HEALTHY KIDS Act Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act of 2017 TITLE I--CHIP EXTENSION AND OTHER MEDICAID AND CHIP PROVISIONS (Sec. 101) This bill extends funding through FY2022 fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-23
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263. |
| US | HB2773 | Intro | To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall. This bill amends the Veterans' Benefits Programs Improvement Act of 1991 to direct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to sell Pershing Hall, in Paris, France, for fair market ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-12
Committee Hearings Held. |
| US | SB1951 | Intro | Veteran Wellness Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program under which the VA makes grants to nonprofit veterans services organizations (VSOs), such as the American National Red Cross, the Am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-10-05
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | SB870 | Engross | Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 TITLE I--RECEIVING HIGH QUALITY CARE IN THE HOME (Sec. 101) This bill extends and expands the Independence at Home demonstration program, through which...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-29
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB3839 | Intro | Today's American Dream Act This bill establishes new programs or amends existing programs related to workforce and community development. It directs: (1) the Department of Labor to award grants for job skills training for older individuals (older tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-29
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | SB1890 | Intro | Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB3354 | Engross | Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 230. |
| US | SB1879 | Intro | Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare, (2) exclude such service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB93 | Intro | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans. This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that gender specific services are continuous...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-26
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB501 | Intro | VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill requires the director of each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility to report quarterly to the VA on: the number of patients who contracted an infection as result of surgery at such med...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-26
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB2147 | Intro | Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to hire at least 50 Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists, place each one at an eligible VA medical center, and ensure that each one serves as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-26
Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB3767 | Intro | Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include pediatric subspecialties in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Psychiatrists who are ped...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-15
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | SB1804 | Intro | Medicare for All Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB3765 | Intro | To redesignate certain clinics of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Montana. This bill redesignates Department of Veterans Affairs clinics in Montana at the following locations: 2687 Palmer Street in Missoula as the "David J. Thatcher Dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-13
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | SB849 | Engross | SMASH Act Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants for mosquito control programs. Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-08
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB601 | Pass | READ Act Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act DIVISION A--REINFORCING EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY IN DEVELOPMENT ACT Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act or the READ Act (Sec. 3) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-08
Became Public Law No: 115-56. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | SB1165 | Engross | A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center. (Sec. 1) This bill designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Hu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-07
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB3663 | Intro | To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center. This bill designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West V...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-22
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB2210 | Pass | To designate the community living center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Sergeant Joseph George Kusick VA Community Living Center". (Sec. 2) This bill designates the Department of Veteran...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-16
Became Public Law No: 115-47. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | SB1282 | Engross | A bill to redesignate certain clinics of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Montana. (Sec. 1) This bill redesignates Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Montana located at: 2687 Palmer Street in Missoula as the "David J. Thatcher VA C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-04
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB3219 | Engross | Defense, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development National Security Appropriations Act, 2018 Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018 DIVISION A--...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-01
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 187. |
| US | HB1628 | Engross | American Health Care Act of 2017 TITLE I--ENERGY AND COMMERCE Subtitle A--Patient Access to Public Health Programs (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to eliminate funding after FY2018 for the Prevention...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-28
Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 120. |
| US | HB3360 | Intro | Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-28
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
