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Latest Action: 07/17/2007 - Star Print ordered on the bill. Bill TextTo authorize the National Science Foundation to award grants to institutions of higher education to develop and offer education and training programs. 6/6/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) 10,000 Trained by 2010 Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants for basic research on innovative approaches to improve health care information systems. Requires the Director to award competitive, multi-year grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish multidisciplinary Centers for Informatics Research for conducting cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research to generate innovative approaches in health care information. Allows IHEs to partner with one or more government laboratories and for-profit or nonprofit institutions.[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/01/2007 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129. Bill TextTo improve the access to capital programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 4/25/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Small Business Lending Improvements Act of 2007 - Title I: 7(A) Program - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act relating to the 7(a) (business start-up loan) program to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to offset (contribute to) borrower and lender fees associated with 7(a) loans when funds are made available to the SBA for such contributions. Requires the quarterly adjustment of any contributions made. (Sec. 102) Directs the Administrator to carry out a rural lending outreach program to provide up to an 85 percent guaranty for loans of $250,000 or less made by lenders to small businesses in rural areas. Requires the SBA to approve or decline such loan within 36 hours. (Sec. 103) Directs the Administrator to carry out a permanent [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Date of scheduled consideration. SR-253. 10:00 a.m. Bill TextRecognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation. 5/21/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Recognizes that increased and safe bicycle use for transportation and recreation is in the national interest of the United States. Supports policies that increase bicycle use. Encourages the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide leadership and coordination by reestablishing the federal bicycle task force to include representatives from all relevant federal agencies.
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Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1058-1059) Bill TextA bill to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. 2/14/2008--Introduced. Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities to make available, upon request, ownership and affiliated parties information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other responsible parties. Outlines accountability requirements for such institutions. Requires specified additional information to appear on the Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Compare Website. Requires SNFs to separately report expenditures for wages and benefits for different levels of nursing staff. Directs the Secretary [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. 4/15/2008--Introduced. Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities to make available, upon request, ownership and affiliated parties information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other responsible parties.Outlines accountability requirements for such institutions.Requires specified additional information to appear on the Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Compare Website.Requires SNFs to separately report expenditures for wages and benefits for different levels of nursing staff.Directs the Secretary to [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. 4/15/2008--Introduced. Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities to make available, upon request, ownership and affiliated parties information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other responsible parties.Outlines accountability requirements for such institutions.Requires specified additional information to appear on the Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Compare Website.Requires SNFs to separately report expenditures for wages and benefits for different levels of nursing staff.Directs the Secretary to [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Bicycles, Bikeways, Budgets, Business, Commuting, Consumer discounts, Consumers, Department of Transportation, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Exercise, Federal aid to transportation, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Finance, Fringe benefits, Health insurance, Health policy, Income tax, Intermodal transportation, Labor, Mass rapid transit, Medical care, Motor vehicles, National recreation areas, Natural resources, Pedestrians, Public lands, Rescission of appropriated funds, Sports, State and local government, State laws, Tax incentives, Taxation, Traffic accidents and safety, Trails, Transportation, Walking
Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Date of scheduled consideration. SR-253. 10:00 a.m. Bill TextRecognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation. 5/21/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Recognizes that increased and safe bicycle use for transportation and recreation is in the national interest of the United States. Supports policies that increase bicycle use. Encourages the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide leadership and coordination by reestablishing the federal bicycle task force to include representatives from all relevant federal agencies.
Also tagged in: Accreditation (Medical care), Aged, Brain diseases, Business, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Elder abuse, Employee training, Fines (Penalties), Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Health policy, Health surveys, Internet, Job training, Labor, Law, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Medicine, Nurses, Nursing, Nursing homes, Ombudsman, Paramedical personnel, Patients' rights, Politics and government, Quality of care, State and local government, State politics and government, Supervisors, Technology, Telecommunication, Wages, Web sites, Welfare
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1058-1059) Bill TextA bill to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. 2/14/2008--Introduced. Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities to make available, upon request, ownership and affiliated parties information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other responsible parties. Outlines accountability requirements for such institutions. Requires specified additional information to appear on the Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Compare Website. Requires SNFs to separately report expenditures for wages and benefits for different levels of nursing staff. Directs the Secretary [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Community colleges, Computer security measures, Curricula, Distance education, Education, Educational accountability, Engineering, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Government internships, Graduate education, Health information systems, Health policy, Higher education, Industry-university relations, Information technology, Infrastructure, Job creation, Labor, Laboratories, Medical care, Medical records, Medicine, Politics and government, Research grants, Science policy, Technological innovations, Technology, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 07/17/2007 - Star Print ordered on the bill. Bill TextTo authorize the National Science Foundation to award grants to institutions of higher education to develop and offer education and training programs. 6/6/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) 10,000 Trained by 2010 Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants for basic research on innovative approaches to improve health care information systems. Requires the Director to award competitive, multi-year grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish multidisciplinary Centers for Informatics Research for conducting cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research to generate innovative approaches in health care information. Allows IHEs to partner with one or more government laboratories and for-profit or nonprofit institutions.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative procedure, Armed forces, Armed forces reserves, Bank reserves, Bonds, Budgets, Business, Business ethics, Community development, Conflict of interests, Corporation directors, Defense policy, Dental care, Depressed areas, Economic policy, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Energy efficiency, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federally-guaranteed loans, Fees, Finance, Foreclosure, Health policy, Indians, Infrastructure, Job creation, Labor, Law, Loan defaults, Medical care, Medicine, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Mortgages, Nonprofit organizations, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Risk, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Small business, Small Business Administration, Small business investment companies, Social services, Urban affairs, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Veterans' loans, Women in business
Latest Action: 05/01/2007 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129. Bill TextTo improve the access to capital programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 4/25/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Small Business Lending Improvements Act of 2007 - Title I: 7(A) Program - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act relating to the 7(a) (business start-up loan) program to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to offset (contribute to) borrower and lender fees associated with 7(a) loans when funds are made available to the SBA for such contributions. Requires the quarterly adjustment of any contributions made. (Sec. 102) Directs the Administrator to carry out a rural lending outreach program to provide up to an 85 percent guaranty for loans of $250,000 or less made by lenders to small businesses in rural areas. Requires the SBA to approve or decline such loan within 36 hours. (Sec. 103) Directs the Administrator to carry out a permanent [...] show full description
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