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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S2834-S2836 on May 22, 2018.
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr.
Blumenthal):
S. 2891. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require applicable manufacturers to include information regarding payments made to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other advance practice nurses in transparency reports submitted under section 1128G of such Act; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
S. 2892. A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the provision of peer support services under the Medicaid program; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
S. 2893. A bill to provide for prompt payments to small business contractors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. JONES (for himself, Mr. Rounds, and Ms. Smith):
S. 2894. A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture the position of Rural Health Liaison; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. ROBERTS:
S. 2895. A bill to designate the Quindaro Townsite National Historic Landmark, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
S. 2896. A bill to require disclosure by lobbyists of convictions for bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or money laundering; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Klobuchar,
Ms. Smith, and Mr. Portman):
S. 2897. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care services furnished without an electronic visit verification system; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Heller, and Mr.
Blumenthal):
S. 2898. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove lifetime limits under State Medicaid programs on medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mrs. Capito,
Mr. King, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Heller, Mr. Casey, and Mr.
Whitehouse):
S. 2899. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option of providing medical assistance at a residential pediatric recovery center to infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Nelson, Mr.
Thune, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Blumenthal):
S. 2900. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include screening for potential substance use disorders and a review of any current opioid prescriptions as part of the initial preventive physical examination and the annual wellness visit under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Cardin, Mr.
Cornyn, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Schatz, Mr.
Wicker, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
S. 2901. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the use of telehealth services for the treatment of opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 2902. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to facilitate Medicaid access to State prescription drug monitoring programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CRUZ:
S. 2903. A bill to address foreign threats to higher education in the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Nelson, Mr.
Roberts, Mr. Warner, Mr. Cornyn, and Ms. Stabenow):
S. 2904. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide guidance to States regarding Federal reimbursement for furnishing services and treatment for substance use disorders under Medicaid using telehealth services; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
S. 2905. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain integrity transparency measures under Medicare parts C and D; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, Mr. Menendez, Mr.
Donnelly, Ms. Harris, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Nelson, Mr.
Van Hollen, Mrs. Murray, Mr. King, Mr. Jones, Mr.
Schumer, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Durbin, Ms.
Warren, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Markey):
S. 2906. A bill to establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to improve the recruitment of health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve construction by the Department, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
S. 2907. A bill to provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Carper, and Mr.
Grassley):
S. 2908. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
S. 2909. A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report on State Medicaid agencies' options related to the distribution of substance use disorder treatment medications under the Medicaid program; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Cornyn,
Mr. Warner, Mr. Thune, Mr. Carper, and Ms. Stabenow):
S. 2910. A bill to evaluate access to services and treatment for substance use disorders and to telehealth services and remote patient monitoring for pediatric populations under Medicaid; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Thune, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Nelson):
S. 2911. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide guidance to States regarding Medicaid items and services for non-opioid pain treatment and management; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr.
Grassley, and Mr. Warner):
S. 2912. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish data related to the prevalence of substance use disorders in the Medicaid beneficiary population and the treatment of substance use disorders under Medicaid, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
S. 2913. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to improve the monitoring and oversight of and reporting regarding projects carried out under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
S. 2914. A bill to require a Comptroller General of the United States report on certain personnel matters in connection with Air Force remotely piloted aircraft; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Sanders, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mr. Booker):
S. 2915. A bill to protect alien victims of crime or serious labor or employment violations from removal from the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. WICKER:
S. 2916. A bill to require a certain percentage of liquefied natural gas and crude oil exports be transported on United States-built and United States-flag vessels, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Tester):
S. 2917. A bill to require sponsoring Senators to pay the printing costs of ceremonial and commemorative Senate resolutions; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Hirono, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Whitehouse,
Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Smith,
Mr. Wyden, and Ms. Warren):
S. 2918. A bill to amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to protect civil rights and otherwise prevent meaningful harm to third parties, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Udall, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar,
Ms. Cortez Masto, and Ms. Hirono):
S. 2919. A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for reform in the operations of the Office of Government Ethics, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. Toomey):
S. 2920. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to impose certain requirements under the Medicare program with respect to outlier prescribers of opioids; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Grassley,
Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Carper):
S. 2921. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to help ensure coverage of inpatient treatment services furnished in institutions for mental disease; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Heller, Mr. Brown,
Mr. Carper, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 2922. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to help improve access to care for pregnant and postpartum women receiving substance use disorder treatment, including for opioid use disorders, in an institution for mental diseases; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
S. 2923. A bill to support the development of evidence-based family-focused residential treatment programs; to the Committee on Finance .
By Mr. SCOTT (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
S. 2924. A bill to encourage the use of family-focused residential treatment programs for substance use disorder treatment; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen):
S. 2925. A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to foreign countries; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Scott):
S. 2926. A bill to amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a family recovery and reunification program replication project to help reunify families and protect children with parents or guardians with a substance use disorder who have temporarily lost custody of their children; to the Committee on Finance.
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