Washington Letter
December
- NIH Releases Strategic Plan
- Congress Passes Omnibus Funding Bill
- Final Spending Agreement Eludes Congress
- ATS Opposes Changes to EPA Scientific Advisory Board Process
- Webinar: New LDCT Lung Cancer "Shared Decision Making" Policy
- Webinar: New LDCT Lung Cancer "Shared Decision Making" Policy
- Senate Passes Legislation to Repeal Parts of the Affordable Care Act
- ATS Meets with White House Staff to Discuss FDA Tobacco Rules
- ATS Urges EPA to Regulate Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Extraction
November
- Congress Votes to Block EPA's Clean Power Plan
- Senate Passes Military Construction/VA Appropriations Bill Passes – Includes VA Research Bump
- ATS Supports CDC Funding
- ATS Supports Infectious Disease Incentive
- HUD Proposes Smoking Ban in Public Housing
- ATS Joins Letter to USPSTF on Tobacco Cessation Guidance
- Senate Measure to Repeal Affordable Care Act Hits Snag
- ATS Comments on OSHA's proposed Beryllium Standard
- CMS Releases 2016 Rules for Medicare Programs – Provides Guidance on Lung Cancer Shared Decision Making Visit
- TB Experts Urge Release of National Action Plan to Combat Drug Resistant TB
October
- House Passes Budget Deal
- TB Deaths Now Outpacing HIV/AIDS Deaths
- ATS Participates in USAID TB Symposium in DC
- ATS Joins Letters to CMS Expressing Concerns with Meaningful Use Requirements
- ATS Supports Antibiotic Resistance Funding
- Congressional Briefing Showcases Advances by Children's Environmental Health Centers
- ATS Joins Letter Supporting NIOSH Funding
- ATS Joins Letter to CMS on Quality Measures
- Bill Introduced to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
- Senate Committee Discusses NIH Research & Funding
- U.S. Moves to ICD-10 Coding System
- EPA Issues Final Ozone Standard
- ATS Joins Letter Urging FDA to Take Action E-Cig Liquid Nicotine
- Congress Passes 2016 Spending Measure Averting Government Shutdown – For Now
- New Advisory Council on Antibiotic Resistance Holds First Meeting
- House Committee Passes Legislation Requiring Child-Resistant Packaging for Liquid Nicotine
- Senate Adopts Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Resolution
September
- Mandatory ICD-10 Coding Starts Next Week
- ATS Joins Letter Urging FDA to Take Action E-Cig Liquid Nicotine
- PA ATS Members Meet with Key House Representative
- TB Drug Price Reduced After Pressure from TB Community
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Tobacco Riders
- ATS Comments on HOPPS and Physician Fee Schedule Rules
- HHS Issues Proposed Revisions to the "Common Rule"
- ATS Host Hill Briefing on Critical Care Illness
August
July
- U.S. House Passes 21st Century Cures Act; NIH Funding Increase Included
- ATS Engages Obama Administration on Drug-Resistant TB
- Senate Panel Approves 2016 Global TB Funding
- U.S. Supreme Court Remands EPA Mercury Air Toxic Rule
- FDA Issues Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Liquid Nicotine Warning Labels and Packaging
June
- Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Subsidies
- ATS Participates in White House Summit on Climate Change and Health
- ATS Testifies Before Senate EPW on Climate Change
- 2016 Spending Bills Progress; NIH Funding Increases Proposed
- ATS Opposes Tobacco Provisions in Agriculture Appropriations Bill
- ATS Testifies on EPA Ozone Rule
- House and Senate Appropriations Bills Include Clean Air Act Riders
- ATS Comments on Proposed Hospital Quality Measures
- ATS Urges U.S. House to Protect Public Health Funding
- House Panel Approves 2016 Health Spending Bill
- House Appropriations Committee Includes Tobacco Riders in Agriculture Appropriations Bill
- House Panel Approves Global TB Funding
- Senate Panel Approves TB Research Support
May
- ATS Comments on USPSTF Recommendations on Cessation
- House Research Legislation Advances
- Senate Appropriations Committee Provides Increase for VA Research
April
- House Appropriations Committee Increases VA Research Budget
- ATS Support Federal Scientists
- Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Set to Consider EPA Secret Science Bill
- ATS Joins Effort to Support Prevention and Public Health Fund
- SGR is Repealed!
- Physician Payment Sunshine Data Open for Physician Review
- ATS Joins Effort to Support Pediatric Rare Disease Research
- CDC Data Shows Spike in Youth E-Cigarette Use
- Senate Expected to Take Up SGR Bill Early Next Week
- ATS Host Health Disparities Briefing
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in Appeal of FDA Tobacco Panel Case
March
- House Passes SGR bill, Senate Delays Vote
- ATS Urges HUD to Adopt Smoke Free Public Housing Policy
- Administration Releases National Action Plan for Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
- World TB Day Events in Washington
- Congress Passes 2016 Budget
- House Passes Secret Science Reform Act and EPA Advisory Board Act
- ATS Holds Annual Hill Day
- Bipartisan SGR Legislation Introduced, Votes Expected Soon
- ATS Joins Letter Expressing Concern with ICD-10 Implementation Issues
- US Supreme Court Hears King v. Burwell Case
- FDA Removes Tobacco Control Experts from FDA Advisory Panel
- NIH Leaders Testify Before House Panel on Antibiotic Resistance, COPD and TB
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Cigar Bill
- ATS Sends Letter Opposing EPA "Secret Science" Bill
- ATS Hosts Briefing on ATS Climate Change Membership Survey
February
- CMS Issues Final CT Lung Cancer Screening Coverage Policy
- President Unveils Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
- ATS Convenes Congressional Briefing on Women's Lung Health with NHLBI and Patient Partners
January
- ATS Submits Amicus Brief in ACA Federal Subsidy Supreme Court Case
- Congress Holds Hearings on SGR Fix
- ATS Urges EPA to Adopt More Protective Ozone Standard of 60 ppb
- ATS Signs Letter on Tobacco Pre-Market Review Requirement
- Senate Passes Non-Binding Resolution – Climate Change is Not a Hoax
- FNIEHS Annual Meeting with NIEHS Director
- ATS to File Brief in Supreme Court EPA Mercury Air Toxics Case
- CMS Administrator to Step Down
- EPA Announces Public Hearings on Proposed Ozone Standard
- House-Passed Bill Would Change Eligibility for ACA Coverage
Last Reviewed: October 2017
