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Defense DEF

FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, Issues pertaining to defense research and development.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S.183, Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2013, Issues pertaining to sunsetting national budget neutrality for the hospital wage index. H.R. 2053, Medicare Hospital Wage Index Equity Act, Issues pertaining to changing the national budget neutrality for the hospital wage index to a state neutrality.H.R. 1180, S.577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, Issues pertaining to increasing the cap on the number of resident physicians. H.R 1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act, Issues pertaining to increasing the cap on the number of resident physicians. H.R. 1250, S. 1012, Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013, Issues pertaining to RAC audits for hospitals. H.R. 1920, S. 1555, DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013, Issues regarding delaying implementation of DSH cuts. Issues pertaining to protecting funding for direct graduate medical education and indirect medical education. S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013, Issues pertaining to the Sustainable Growth Rate and its offsets. H.R.2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013, Issues pertaining to the Sustainable Growth Rate and its offsets. Issues pertaining to the 340 B Drug pricing program. Issues pertaining to offsets for SGR patch H.R. 3698, S. 2082, Two-Midnight Rule Delay Act of 2013, Support for delaying the two-midnight rule from CMS and issuing a clear policy on stays for less than two midnights. Issues pertaining to protecting funding for direct graduate medical education and indirect medical education and the President's FY 2015 request to cut IME.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1250 (113th), H.R. 1201 (113th), H.R. 1920 (113th), S. 577 (113th), S. 1555 (113th), H.R. 3698 (113th), H.R. 2810 (113th), S. 1012 (113th), H.R. 2053 (113th), S. 183 (113th), S. 1871 (113th), H.R. 1180 (113th), S. 2082 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

P.L. 113-76 / H.R. 3547, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014, Issues pertaining to research and higher education. FY 2015 Energy/Water Appropriations, Issues pertaining to research, development, and education at DOE. FY 2015 Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations, Issues pertaining to NSF, NIST, NASA, and EDA.FY 2015 Defense Appropriations, Issues pertaining to research and development at the Department of Defense. FY 2015 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations, Issues pertaining to funding for NIH, health professions, education research, and federal student aid. FY 2015 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations, Issues pertaining to funding for the Fulbright grant program. FY 2015 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, Issues pertaining to funding for NEH and NEA.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3547 (113th)

Education EDU

Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, Issues pertaining to accreditation, affordability, student aid programs, grant programs, and reporting requirements. Issues pertaining to President Obama's proposed college rating system. Reauthorization of IES, Issues pertaining to the reauthorization of the Institute for Education Sciences.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Science/Technology SCI

H.R. 714, S. 310, Startup Act 3.0, All provisions. H.R. 2061, S. 994, Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013, Issues pertaining to data collection for federal research funding.H.R. 4186, FIRST Act, All provisions. Reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act, All provisions. EINSTEIN America Act, All provisions. H.R. 3316, Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act of 2013, All provisions. H.R. 4412, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014, All provisions. H.R. 3309, Innovation Act, Issues pertaining to patents, fees, prior user rights, patent grace periods, and fraud. S. 1720, Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013, Issues pertaining to patents, fees, prior user rights, patent grace periods, and fraud.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4186 (113th), S. 310 (113th), H.R. 4412 (113th), S. 1720 (113th), H.R. 2061 (113th), H.R. 3309 (113th), H.R. 714 (113th), S. 994 (113th), H.R. 3316 (113th)