cheaptrix/billsum-US_congress_and_house huggingface dataset:
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Chinese-American veterans of World War II.

Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Chinese-American veterans of World War II. 1. Use of Emancipation Hall for ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese-American veterans of World War II (a) Authorization Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used on April (b) Preparations Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony described in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as the Architect of the Capitol may prescribe. Passed the House of Representatives March 4, 2020. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk

Summary: This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on April 29, 2020, for a ceremony to present a Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the Chinese-American veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated wartime service.
Urging all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade.

Urging all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against such trade. Whereas a bipartisan domestic prohibition on the knowing slaughter, transportation, possession, purchase, or sale of a dog or cat for human consumption was included in section 12515 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–334 Whereas the dog and cat meat trade occurs throughout the world, primarily in Asia; Whereas established dog meat markets still exist today; Whereas Humane Society International, Animals Asia Foundation, and others estimate that 30,000,000 dogs and 10,000,000 cats die annually worldwide as a result of the dog and cat meat trade, and those organizations have found that a considerable number of the dogs and cats in this trade are stolen pets still wearing collars when they reach the slaughterhouses, in addition to stray dogs and cats who are captured for slaughter; Whereas there have been reports of abuse, poor living conditions, and cruel slaughtering techniques for dogs and cats farmed for their meat; Whereas many dogs and cats die during transport to slaughterhouses after days or weeks crammed into small cages on the back of vehicles without food or water, and others suffer illness and injury during transport; Whereas the extreme suffering of dogs and cats at such slaughterhouses and on transportation trucks would breach anti-cruelty laws in the United States and other countries; Whereas many government officials, civil society advocates, and activists are working to end the dog and cat meat trade on anticruelty and public health grounds, and the Governments of Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Hong Kong have passed laws banning the dog meat trade; Whereas the World Health Organization has linked the dog meat industry to human outbreaks of trichinellosis, cholera, and rabies. Whereas those involved in the dog meat industry are at an increased health risk for zoonotic diseases, such as rabies, which can transfer from dogs to humans through infectious material such as saliva; Whereas the spread of disease may be exacerbated by unsanitary conditions of slaughter and by the sale of dog and cat meat at open-air markets and restaurants; and Whereas the World Health Organization and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control have both acknowledged the link between the spread of rabies and the dog meat trade which sees large numbers of dogs of unknown disease status moved vast distances: Now, therefore be it That Congress— (1) calls for an end to the consumption and trade of dog and cat meat on cruelty and public health grounds; (2) urges all nations with a dog or cat meat trade to adopt and enforce laws banning that trade; and (3) affirms the commitment of the United States to advancing the cause of animal protection and animal welfare, both domestically and around the world.

Summary: This concurrent resolution calls for an end to the consumption and trade of dog and cat meat and urges nations to adopt and enforce laws banning that trade.
Expressing the sense of Congress that female athletes be paid the same as their male counterparts and organizers of world-class competitions actively take part in combating the wage gap.

Expressing the sense of Congress that female athletes be paid the same as their male counterparts and organizers of world-class competitions actively take part in combating the wage gap. Whereas Congress supports the United States Women's National Team (USWNT) filing a Federal lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for ongoing Federation policies and practices as systemic gender discrimination, including travel conditions, promotion of games, and coaching and medical staff; Whereas for the sake of honest, transparent and equitable competition, the United States should be the leader in reform efforts and women’s soccer can be a key; Whereas the USSF must elevate female soccer teams and female leaders to provide opportunities for girls and women; Whereas the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has a pay ceiling per player of just $37,800; Whereas that's compared to an average of more than $300,000 and a median of about $100,000 for men's Major League Soccer; Whereas each team in the NWSL has a salary cap of just $265,000—compared to more than $3 million for men; Whereas the USWNT, as international soccer players representing the Federation, perform the same duties as the Men’s National Team players, but spend more time playing, practicing, traveling and participating in media sessions; Whereas the USWNT played 19 more times than the Men’s National Team from 2015 to 2018; Whereas the team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning 3 Women's World Cup titles (including the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991), 4 Olympic women's gold medals (including the first ever Olympic women's soccer tournament in 1996), 8 CONCACAF Gold Cup wins, and 10 Algarve Cups; Whereas the USSF “continually rejected” the USWNT’s request for equal pay and in 2012 offered to compensate players only if they won games against International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) ranked top 10 teams, but not for losing or tying matches, nor for beating teams outside the top 10 of world rankings; Whereas the lawsuit states that in 2016, a representative of the USSF said “market realities are such that the women do not deserve to be paid equally to the men.”; Whereas the USWNT is subject to matches on inferior surfaces at a rate far in excess of that required of Men’s National Team players; and Whereas USSF arranged charter flights for the Men’s National Team at least 17 times in 2017 but did not do so once for the women: Now, therefore, be it That it is the sense of Congress that female athletes should be paid the same as their male counterparts and organizers of world-class competitions actively take part in combating the wage gap.

Summary: This resolution expresses the sense of Congress that female athletes should be paid the same as their male counterparts and that organizers of world-class competitions should actively take part in combating the wage gap.
Expressing the sense of Congress that public health professionals should be commended for their dedication and service to the United States on Public Health Thank You Day November 25 2019.

Expressing the sense of Congress that public health professionals should be commended for their dedication and service to the United States on Public Health Thank You Day, November 25, 2019. Whereas the health, security, and well-being of all people in the United States is integral to a functioning democracy and strong economy; Whereas public health research and practice advances each of these core attributes of a thriving Nation; Whereas emerging and reemerging infectious and zoonotic diseases are an ongoing threat to the health of people in the United States; Whereas opioid addiction and opioid-related overdose deaths are devastating communities across the Nation; Whereas antimicrobial resistance affects 2 million people in the United States, and antibiotic-resistant infections lead to the deaths of at least 23,000 Americans each year; Whereas racial, ethnic, and geographical disparities in health and health care pose a significant challenge to the Nation’s strength, prosperity, and productivity; Whereas natural disasters and biological threats present a persistent threat to the life, health, and safety of all people in the United States; Whereas poor air quality, poor water quality, inadequate sanitation, social determinants, and behavioral factors exacerbate disease; Whereas almost half a million Americans die each year from smoking, and more than 1,000 cases of acute vaping-related disease have been documented across the country since June 2019; Whereas through research, surveillance and monitoring, prevention, health, and other strategies, tools, actions, and programs, public health professionals work to lessen the burden of disease, and in so doing are essential to boosting quality of life and extending life expectancy; Whereas public health professionals work tirelessly to prevent infectious diseases from spreading through transmission, and to address both longstanding and emerging global health threats; Whereas first responders who put themselves in harm’s way to protect and defend the public health are an imperative resource to the United States and its citizens; and Whereas public health professionals have time and again shown their value in reducing and abating health and environmental threats such as measles, lead poisoning, tracing and addressing food-borne illnesses, and other disease outbreaks, and increasing awareness of healthy lifestyle choices: Now, therefore, be it That it is the sense of Congress that public health professionals in the United States are to be applauded, extolled, and thanked on Public Health Thank You Day for their deeply important contributions to the Nation.

Summary: This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that public health professionals are to be celebrated, commended, and thanked on Public Health Thank You Day for their profoundly important contributions to the nation.
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1865.

Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1865. That, in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1865, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the following corrections: (1) Amend the long title so as to read: Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. (2) Strike the first section 1 immediately following the enacting clause and all that follows through section 9. (3) In section 101 of title I of division P, strike the matter in quotes and insert Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act (4) In the table of contents for subtitle F of title I of division N, strike the item relating to section 601. (5) Strike section 601 of subtitle F of title I of division N. Clerk of the House of Representatives. Secretary of the Senate.

Summary: This concurrent resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make specified corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 1865 (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020).
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic that have not been authorized by Congress.

Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic that have not been authorized by Congress. 1. Removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic that have not been authorized by Congress (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Congress has the sole power to declare war under article I, section 8 of the Constitution. (2) Congress has not declared war with respect to, or provided any specific statutory authorization for, United States military participation in any activity related to securing, guarding, possessing, profiting off of, or developing oil fields in northern Syria. All of these actions are unconstitutional. (3) President Donald Trump stated on October 27, 2019 regarding Syria that we are leaving soldiers to secure the oil. Now, we may have to fight for the oil. That’s OK. Maybe somebody else wants the oil, in which case they have a hell of a fight. it can help us, because we should be able to take some also. And what I intend to do, perhaps, is make a deal with an ExxonMobil or one of our great companies to go in there and do it properly. Right now it’s not big. It’s big oil underground but it’s not big oil up top. (4) The Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, stated on October 28, 2019, regarding oil in Syria that US troops will remain positioned in this strategic area to deny ISIS access those vital resources. And we will respond with overwhelming military force against any group that threatens the safety of our forces there. (5) Oil, natural resources, and land in Syria belong to the Syrian people, not the United States. (6) Depriving the Syrian people from the economic benefit of their natural resources will inhibit them from rebuilding their country. It is not humane or in the national security interests of the United States for the Syrian Arab Republic to be an unstable or failed state. An unstable or failed Syrian state further proliferates the presence of terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda and ISIS in Syria, and significantly deteriorates the humanitarian condition of the Syrian people. (7) Section 8(c) of the War Powers Resolution ( 50 U.S.C. 1547(c) the assignment of members of such armed forces to command, coordinate, participate in the movement of, or accompany the regular or irregular military forces of any foreign country or government when such military forces are engaged, or there exists an imminent threat that such forces will become engaged, in hostilities. (b) Removal of armed forces Pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution ( 50 U.S.C. 1544(c) Public Law 107–40 50 U.S.C. 1541

Summary: This resolution directs the President to remove the Armed Forces from hostilities in Syria, except for those engaged in operations against al Qaeda or associated forces, unless a declaration of war or specific authorization has been enacted.
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill S. 2330.

Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill S. 2330. That in the enrollment of S. 2330, an Act to amend the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to provide for congressional oversight of the board of directors of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and to protect amateur athletes from emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and for other purposes, the Secretary of the Senate shall— (1) in subsection (b)(2)(D) of section 220504 of title 36, United States Code, as amended by section 6(b)(2) of the Act, strike percent (2) in subsection (a)(1)(H) of section 220541 of title 36 United States Code, as added by section 8(a)(1)(B) of the Act, strike in a manner than in a manner that (3) in subsection (f)(4)(B) of section 220541 of title 36 United States Code, as added by section 8(a)(1)(E) of the Act, insert and the Committee on the Judiciary the Committee on Energy and Commerce (4) amend paragraph (1) of section 220541(g) of title 36, United States Code, as added by section 8(a)(1)(E) of the Act, to read as follows: (1) Mandatory payments (A) Fiscal year 2021 On January 4, 2021, the corporation shall make a mandatory payment of $20,000,000 to the Center for operating costs of the Center for fiscal year 2021. (B) Subsequent fiscal years For fiscal year 2022 and each year thereafter, the corporation shall make a mandatory payment of $20,000,000 to the Center not later than the close of business on the first regular business day in January. ; and (5) in subsection (h)(2)(C)(iii) of section 220541 of title 36 United States Code, as added by section 8(a)(1)(E) of the Act, insert and the Committee on the Judiciary the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Summary: This concurrent resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S. 2330 (Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020). The resolution requires the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to make a mandatory $20 million payment on January 4, 2021, to the U.S. Center for Safe Sport for the center's operating costs for FY2021 and equivalent payments for subsequent fiscal years.
Directing the Clerk of the House to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2157.

Directing the Clerk of the House to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2157. That in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 2157, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the following correction: In section 1207, strike May 31, 2019 June 14, 2019 Clerk of the House of Representatives. Secretary of the Senate.

Summary: This concurrent resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2157 (Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019) to correct a date included in the section that extends the National Flood Insurance Program.
Expressing the sense of Congress that August 30 2020 be observed as the 130th anniversary of the establishment of the 1890-Institutions.

Expressing the sense of Congress that August 30, 2020, be observed as the 130th anniversary of the establishment of the 1890-Institutions. Whereas the Act of August 30, 1890 ( 7 U.S.C. 321 Second Morrill Act 7 U.S.C. 3103 Whereas the 19 historically Black 1890 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7601 Whereas the Act of May 8, 1914 ( 7 U.S.C. 341 Smith-Lever Act Whereas since the 125th Anniversary of the 19 historically Black 1890 Institutions in 2015, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–334 (1) the program providing scholarships for students at 1890 Institutions under section 1446 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3222a (2) the recognition of at least 3 Centers of Excellence at 1890 Institutions under section 1673(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5926(d) Whereas appropriate recognition should be given to the significant contributions made by the 19 historically Black land-grant colleges and universities to the heritage, educational development, advancement, and agricultural strength of the United States: Now, therefore, be it That it is the sense of Congress that— (1) the 130th year anniversary of the 1890 Institutions should be observed; (2) such a day should be observed with appropriate ceremonies and activities to recognize the collective contributions that these 19 historically Black land-grant colleges and universities have made to the United States; (3) the Second Morrill Act and the Smith-Lever Act have helped the United States develop agricultural leaders; and (4) the Department of Agriculture and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture should remain committed to supporting the goals of the Second Morrill Act and the Smith-Lever Act.

Summary: This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that (1) the 130th year anniversary of the 1890 Institutions should be observed with appropriate ceremonies and activities to recognize the collective contributions that these 19 historically Black land-grant colleges and universities have made to the United States, (2) the Department of Agriculture and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture should remain committed to supporting the goals of the Second Morrill Act and the Smith-Lever Act, and (3) the Second Morrill Act and the Smith-Lever Act have helped the United States develop agricultural leaders.
Recognizing the necessity of preserving official and unofficial records of meetings between the President of the United States and foreign leaders for the purposes of promoting transparency and the national security of the United States of America.

Recognizing the necessity of preserving official and unofficial records of meetings between the President of the United States and foreign leaders, for the purposes of promoting transparency and the national security of the United States of America. Whereas chapter 22 Whereas the Presidential Records Act of 1978 requires the President to document official activities and preserve all documentary materials produced or received by the President, the President’s staff, or units or individuals in the Executive Office of the President; Whereas the Act defines the term documentary material all books, correspondence, memoranda, documents, papers, pamphlets, works of art, models, pictures, photographs, plats, maps, films, and motion pictures, including, but not limited to, audio and visual records, or other electronic or mechanical recordations, whether in analog, digital, or any other form Whereas the Act was passed in response to President Nixon’s claim that he owned the tape recordings in his office, an assertion rejected by the Supreme Court; the Act consequently states that all files of the President must be preserved; Whereas, according to numerous reports, President Trump has torn up or otherwise destroyed records; Whereas President Trump reportedly seized the notes of an interpreter following a 2017 meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia; and Whereas, consequently, senior Administration officials and Congress do not have knowledge of what President Trump told Mr. Putin: Now, therefore, be it That it is the sense of Congress that— (1) the President must preserve all records relating to the foreign meetings of the President in order to ensure that the advisors of the President, Congress, and the American people may have access to information regarding what transpired in those meetings, especially in meetings with adversaries of the United States; and (2) the term documentary material

Summary: This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the President must preserve (1) all records relating to his foreign meetings to ensure that his advisors, Congress, and the American people may have access to information regarding what transpired, especially in meetings with U.S. adversaries; and (2) notes taken during or documenting the content of presidential meetings with foreign leaders.
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3055.

Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3055. That, in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3055, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the following corrections: (1) Amend the long title so as to read: “Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.”. (2) Redesignate the second subsection (a) of section 1703 as subsection (b). Passed the House of Representatives November 19, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

Summary: This concurrent resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3055 (Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019) to (1) amend the title, and (2) make a technical correction to section 1703.