mrs LYNNE BOYLE

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau; FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau; FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau Further continuing and C.R. Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 2028); FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049), The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Medicare payments for Off-Campus Hospital outpatient departments: implementation of Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Medicare payments for Off-Campus Hospital outpatient departments: implementation of Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Medicare payments for Off-Campus Hospital outpatient departments: implementation of Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Medicare payments for Off-Campus Hospital outpatient departments: implementation of Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: "21st Century Cures Act" (H.R. 34); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 5054/ S.2956); importance of research using fetal tissue; importance of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research program;FDA regulation of laboratory developed test.

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau; FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau Further continuing and C.R. Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 2028); FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: "21st Century Cures Act" (H.R. 34); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 5054/ S.2956); importance of research using fetal tissue; importance of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research program;FDA regulation of laboratory developed test.

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); importance of research using fetal tissue; importance of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research program;FDA regulation of laboratory developed test.

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau; FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); importance of research using fetal tissue; importance of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research programs.

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau Further continuing and C.R. Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 2028); FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau; FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau; FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Medicare payments for Off-Campus Hospital outpatient departments: implementation of Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Medicare payments for Off-Campus Hospital outpatient departments: implementation of Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); importance of research using fetal tissue; importance of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research program;FDA regulation of laboratory developed test.

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049), The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); importance of research using fetal tissue; importance of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research programs.

Protecting innovators from frivolous patent lawsuits: "Innovation Act" (HR 9).

Protecting innovators from frivolous patent lawsuits: "Innovation Act" (HR 9).

Protecting innovators from frivolous patent lawsuits: "Innovation Act" (HR 9).

Protecting innovators from frivolous patent lawsuits: "Innovation Act" (HR 9).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); importance of research using fetal tissue; importance of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research programs.

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); importance of research using fetal tissue; importance of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research program;FDA regulation of laboratory developed test.

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau; FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau Further continuing and C.R. Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 2028); FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

FY 2017 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau; FY2017 funding for National Science Foundation; FY 2017 funding for USGS Columbia River program; FY 2017 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for environmental exposures biomarkers research and lung injury research; FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 5054/ S.2956); FY2017 funding for Zika: Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR5243), Division B in Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (HR 2577).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: "21st Century Cures Act" (H.R. 34); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy Sections 736 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 5054/ S.2956); importance of research using fetal tissue; importance of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research program;FDA regulation of laboratory developed test.

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Medicare payments for Off-Campus Hospital outpatient departments: implementation of Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Medicare payments for Off-Campus Hospital outpatient departments: implementation of Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); CY 2017 Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (HR 5273); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing reductions to Medicare physician payment and reforming the sustainable growth rate formula: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (HR 2); Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments; Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education by expanding Medicare resident limits; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children, "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing reductions to Medicare physician payment; Reforming the sustainable growth rate formula: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (HR 2); Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments; Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education by expanding Medicare resident limits; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children, "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049), The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029).

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049); The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029)

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049); The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029)

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049); The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029)

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049), The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029).

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049); The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029)

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments, The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments, The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments, The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children, "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments, The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments, The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments, The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children, "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments, The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments, The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments, The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children, "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing reductions to Medicare physician payment and reforming the sustainable growth rate formula: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (HR 2); Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments; Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education by expanding Medicare resident limits; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children, "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments, The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments, The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments, The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children, "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Preventing reductions to Medicare physician payment; Reforming the sustainable growth rate formula: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (HR 2); Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments; Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education by expanding Medicare resident limits; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children, "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6).

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6)

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; use of animals in biomedical research; moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining of clinical trials, increased flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional review in post-market: 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049), The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029).

Protecting innovators from frivolous patent lawsuits: "Innovation Act" (HR 9).

Protecting innovators from frivolous patent lawsuits: Innovation Act (HR 9)

Protecting innovators from frivolous patent lawsuits: Innovation Act (HR 9)

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049); The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029)

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049); The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029)

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049); The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029)

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

FY 2016 funding for NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement; Maternal Child Health Bureau: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3020/S 1695); FY2016 funding for National Science Foundation, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2578); FY 2016 funding for USGS Columbia River program: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1645); FY 2016 funding for Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1725); FY 2016 funding for Department of Defense Health Research and for biomarkers research, lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 (S 1558); FDA regulation of mitochondrial replacement therapy: Section 749 in Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 3049); The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (HR 2029)

Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education payments: The Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 (H.R. 3292); preventing cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments: The Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3288); Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments: The Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015 (H.R. 3291), Section 603 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (1314); Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children: "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).