hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1438
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Alien labor
Earnings
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Self-employed
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income any wages earned for services by aliens performed in the United States, and self-employment income derived from a trade or business conducted in the United States, while the alien was not authorized to be so employed or to perform a function or service in such a trade or business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
VOICE Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1439
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Career education
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Elementary and secondary education
Hours of labor
Labor and Employment
Midwest (U.S.)
Minimum wages
School districts
Secondary education
Student employment
Urban affairs
Urban education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Vocational Opportunities and Instruction through Cooperative Education Act of 2005 - VOICE Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into a partnership with a qualified local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program.
 
Requires such program to: (1) provide course credits to secondary school students who participate in work-based learning experiences in the public or private sector; (2) ensure that such students are paid at least the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for such work; and (3) not require, or give credit for, any such work exceeding 20 hours a week.
 
Requires participating students to have: (1) no criminal background; (2) a grade point average of 2.0 or higher; and (3) a satisfactory record of school attendance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Stamp Out Censorship Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1440
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Censorship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Federal Communications Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Jurisdiction
Law
Radio broadcasting
Radio stations
Television broadcasting
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Stamp Out Censorship Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to limit the Federal Communications Commission's authority to impose forfeiture penalties for indecent utterances to the broadcast of such utterances by a radio or television broadcasting station.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Inclusive Home Design Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1441
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Architecture and the disabled
Armed Forces and National Security
Building construction
Building laws
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Federal preemption
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Housing for the disabled
Housing subsidies
Income tax
Injunctions
Land transfers
Law
Leases
Legal fees
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Parties to actions
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public housing
Punitive damages
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Taxation
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Inclusive Home Design Act of 2005 - Requires, with exceptions, newly constructed, federally assisted single family houses and town houses to include at least one level that complies with the following accessibility features for persons with disabilities: (1) accessible entrance; (2) accessible interior doors; (3) accessible environmental controls; and (4) accessible habitable space and an accessible bathroom.
 
Requires: (1) each applicant for Federal financial assistance to submit compliance assurances to the relevant Federal agency; and (2) each person who arranges for design or construction of a covered dwelling to submit architectural and construction plans for State or local approval. Prohibits Federal financial assistance to a State or local government unit unless the recipient is taking certain enforcement actions with regard to covered dwellings.
 
Permits: (1) private civil actions in a U.S. District Court or State court for violations under this Act; and (2) the Attorney General to commence civil actions or intervene in civil actions under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1625-1626)
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Family Opportunity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1443
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Child health
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Families
Family services
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health education
Health information systems
Health insurance
Home care services
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Mental health services
Social Welfare
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Family Opportunity Act of 2005 or Dylan Lee James Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States the option of allowing families of disabled children to purchase Medicaid coverage for such children.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct demonstration projects under which up to ten States are awarded grants, on a competitive basis, to test the effectiveness in improving or maintaining a child's functional level and cost-effectiveness of providing coverage of home and community-based alternatives to psychiatric resident treatment for children enrolled in the Medicaid program.
 
Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) to make appropriations to the Secretary for special projects of regional and national significance for development and support of family-to-family health information centers.
 
Amends SSA title XIX to provide for the restoration of Medicaid eligibility to certain SSI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSA title XVI) beneficiaries under age 21.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain meatless frozen food products.

Bill: 109-hr-1444
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Frozen food
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 

 

 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on certain frozen meatless food products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1445
Sponsor: Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Clothing
Discrimination in employment
Employee rights
Employee training
Employers' liability
Hours of labor
Labor and Employment
Law
Leave of absence
Recruiting of employees
Religion
Religion in the workplace
Religious liberty
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2005 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to modify the definition of &quot;religion&quot; for purposes of coverage under that Act by requiring employers to make an affirmative and bona fide effort to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of employees. Defines the term &quot;perform the essential functions&quot; to exclude practices having a temporary or tangential impact on an employee's ability to perform job functions, such as practices relating to clothing or taking time off work. Sets forth factors to consider in determining whether an accommodation causes undue hardship. Defines &quot;employee&quot; to require an ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
 
Requires removal of the conflict between employment requirements and the employee's religious practices in order for an accommodation to be considered reasonable.
 
Considers an employer's refusal to permit an employee's use of general leave to remove a religious conflict solely because the leave will be used to accommodate religious practices to be an unlawful employment practice.
 
States that the amendments made by this Act do not apply with respect to conduct occurring prior to enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1447
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Clinics
Counseling
Families
Family services
Housing and Community Development
Marriage counseling
Medical fees
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing homes
Psychotherapy
Rural health
Social Welfare
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of marriage and family therapist services generally, and particularly such services provided in rural health clinics and in hospice programs. Authorizes marriage and family therapists to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.
 
Amends Medicare part C (Miscellaneous) to exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey the Coast Guard Cutter MACKINAW, upon its scheduled decommissioning, to the City and County of Cheboygan, Michigan, to use for purposes of a museum.

Bill: 109-hr-1448
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Asbestos
Claims
Coast guard
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Michigan
Museums
Patrol ships
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard, upon the decommissioning of the Coast Guard Cutter MACKINAW, to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such vessel to the City and County of Cheboygan, Michigan (recipient), if the recipient meets specified conditions, including that it: (1) use the vessel for purposes of a museum; and (2) hold the Government harmless for claims arising from exposure to asbestos and other hazardous materials after the conveyance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Government Neutrality in Contracting Act

Bill: 109-hr-1449
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Construction industries
Construction workers
Government contractors
Industrial relations
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - Directs the head of any Federal agency that awards or obligates funds for any construction contract, or that awards grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooperative agreements for construction projects, to ensure that bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents do not: (1) require or prohibit a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor from entering into, or adhering to, agreements with a labor organization, with respect to that construction project or another related construction project; or (2) otherwise discriminate against such a party because it did or did not become a signatory or otherwise adhere to such an agreement. 
Allows exemptions to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve national security. Allows additional exemptions for certain projects.
Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement this Act with respect to the applicable Federal contracts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To require additional tariffs be imposed on products of any nonmarket economy country until the President certifies to the Congress that that country is a market economy country, and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit the amounts generated from those tariffs into the Social Security trust funds.

Bill: 109-hr-1450
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Cambodia
Caribbean area
Central Asia
China
Commerce
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Cuba
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Europe
Free enterprise
Georgia (Republic)
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Imports
International Affairs
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latin America
Moldova
North Korea
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
President and foreign policy
Social Welfare
Social security finance
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tariff
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Requires additional tariffs to be imposed on products of any nonmarket economy country (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cambodia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Moldova, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and (to the extent that any of their products enter U.S. customs territory) Cuba and North Korea), as well as any other country, determined a nonmarket economy country until the President certifies to Congress that such country is a market economy country (operating on market principles of cost and pricing structures so that sales of merchandise in such country reflect their fair value).
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit the amounts generated from such additional tariffs into the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund created by the Social Security Act.
 
States that, for purposes of this Act, the PRC shall not be construed to include Taiwan or any island over which Taiwan exercises jurisdiction.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Clean Smokestacks Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1451
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Acid rain
Administrative procedure
Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Carbon dioxide
Electric power production
Emissions trading
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy demand
Energy efficiency
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Mercury
Nitrogen oxides
Standards
Sulphur dioxide

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Clean Smokestacks Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to achieve specified reductions in aggregate emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and mercury from powerplants (electric generation facilities with a nameplate capacity of 15 megawatts or more that use a combustion device to generate electricity for sale) by January 1, 2010. 
 
States that regulations promulgated under this Act may require additional emissions reductions if the Administrator determines that the specified reductions are not reasonably anticipated to protect public health or welfare.
 
Directs the Administrator to coordinate with other Federal and State agencies to increase energy efficiency, to increase the use of renewable energy, and to implement cost saving advanced demand and supply side policies.
 
Requires powerplants, on the later of the date 30 years after the powerplant commenced operation or five years after this Act's enactment, to comply with the most recent new source performance standards under CAA provisions regarding air quality and emissions limitations and with specified requirements for modified sources.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E506-507)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo.

Bill: 109-hr-1452
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2005-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Constitutional law
District courts
Families
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Injunctions
Jurisdiction
Legislation
Limitation of actions
Living wills
Parents
Parties to actions
Right to die
State courts
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-20
text: 
Grants jurisdiction to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida to hear, determine, and render judgment on a suit or claim by or on behalf of Theresa Marie Schiavo (Ms. Schiavo) for the alleged violation of any right of hers under the U.S. Constitution or laws relating to the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain her life.
 
Grants standing to any parent of Ms. Schiavo to bring a suit under this Act. Allows suit to be brought against any other person who: (1) was a party to State court proceedings relating to the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain Ms. Schiavo's life; or (2) may act pursuant to a State court order authorizing or directing the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain her life.
 
Declares that in such a suit the District Court shall determine de novo any claim of a violation of any right of Ms. Schiavo's within the scope of this Act, notwithstanding any prior State court determination and regardless of whether such a claim has previously been raised, considered, or decided in State court proceedings. Directs the District Court to entertain and determine the suit without any delay or abstention in favor of State court proceedings, and regardless of whether remedies available in the State courts have been exhausted.
 
Declares that, notwithstanding any other time limitation, any suit or claim under this Act shall be timely if filed within 30 days after its date of enactment.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) create substantive rights not otherwise secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States or of the several States; (2) confer additional jurisdiction on any court to consider any claim related to assisting suicide, or a State law regarding assisting suicide; or (3) constitute a precedent with respect to future legislation.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall affect the rights of any person under the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990.
 
Declares the sense of Congress that the 109th Congress should consider policies regarding the status and legal rights of incapacitated individuals who are incapable of making decisions concerning the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of foods, fluid, or medical care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-20
text: Introduced in House