U.S. Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) recently introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would designate methamphetamine as an emerging threat in the United States. Such a designation then would require the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to develop, implement Read more…
U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and John Katko (R-NY) proposed a bipartisan bill that would establish the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Rep. McCaul sponsored the BITMAP Authorization Act, H.R. 2045, Read more…
The U.S. Treasury Department must quickly implement the bipartisan Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act to help support specific transportation providers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, wrote U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and more than 70 congressional members Read more…
Medicare coverage and Social Security Disability Insurance would be available to people suffering from Huntington’s Disease immediately after they qualify for federal disability under a bipartisan, bicameral bill introduced on March 18 by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and U.S. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) last week introduced bipartisan legislation that would establish a postsecondary student data system. The College Transparency Act, H.R. 2030, which Rep. Stivers cosponsored on March 18 with bill sponsor U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), would Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) on March 16 cosponsored legislation that would list fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled substances, which are defined by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as drugs currently having no accepted medical use and a Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) and several colleagues recently urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and to the frontline workers who support them. “This Read more…
Substantial cuts to Medicare payments for healthcare providers would be prevented during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic under a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). “In December, we worked to delay cuts to Medicare provider payments, and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that would retroactively reimburse members of the National Guard an estimated $43 per day during their deployment to the U.S. Capitol. Earlier this month, Rep. Huizenga also led a bipartisan Read more…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on March 19 ordered a strategic review of its Cerner electronic health record (EHR) modernization program being rolled out in the home state of U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), who argued the Read more…