hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
To correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 5682.

Bill: 109-hconres-502
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
India
International Affairs
Legislation
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
South Asia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Corrects the enrollment of H.R. 5682 (Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006, United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act).

action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Corrects the enrollment of H.R. 5682 (Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006, United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act).

action_date: 2006-12-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Corrects the enrollment of H.R. 5682 (Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006, United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-11
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11830)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11830)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H9160)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H9160)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H9160)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred Ninth Congress.

Bill: 109-hconres-503
Sponsor: Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Declares that when the House adjourns on Friday, December 8, 2006, or Saturday, December 9, 2006, and the Senate adjourns on any day from Friday, December 8, 2006, through Wednesday, December 13, 2006, they stand adjourned sine die (or until the time of any reassembly called by the leadership of each chamber if warranted by the public interest).

action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Declares that when the House adjourns on Friday, December 8, 2006, or Saturday, December 9, 2006, and the Senate adjourns on any day from Friday, December 8, 2006, through Wednesday, December 13, 2006, they stand adjourned sine die (or until the time of any reassembly called by the leadership of each chamber if warranted by the public interest).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-11
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11825; text as passed Senate: CR 12/8/2006 S11825)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11825; text as passed Senate: CR 12/8/2006 S11825)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H9158-9159)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H9158-9159)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H9158-9159)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Calling on the League of Arab States to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur.

Bill: 109-hconres-504
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Africans
Arab countries
Arabs
Armed Forces and National Security
Armistices
Boundaries
Chad
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Conferences
Crime and Law Enforcement
Ethnic relations
Human rights
International agencies
International relief
Minorities
Peace
Peacekeeping forces
Political violence
Rape
Refugees
Sudan
Torture
United Nations
War crimes
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Urges the League of Arab States to: (1) declare the systematic torture, rape, and displacement of Darfurians a genocide; (2) pass a resolution to support and accept U.N. peacekeepers to enforce the ceasefire, protect civilians, and ensure access to humanitarian assistance in Darfur; and (3) work with the United Nations, the African Union and the United States Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios, to bring about peace and stability to Darfur, the refugee camps, and along the Chadian border.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding presidential election voting rights for residents of all United States territories and commonwealths.

Bill: 109-hjres-1
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional amendments
Federal-territorial relations
Law
Presidential elections
Territories (U.S.)
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - States that the right of a citizen to vote in a presidential election shall not be denied or abridged on account of residency in a territory or commonwealth of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit persons who are not natural-born citizens of the United States, but who have been citizens of the United States for at least 20 years, to be eligible to hold the Office of President.

Bill: 109-hjres-2
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship
Constitutional amendments
Immigrants
Immigration
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Makes a person who has been a citizen of the United States for at least 20 years eligible to hold the Office of President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E4)
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.

Bill: 109-hjres-3
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Environmental Protection
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Indian lands
Minorities
Nature conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Racial discrimination
State government-Indian relations
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Recognizes the special legal and political relationship the Indian tribes have with the United States and the solemn covenant with the land we share.
 
Commends and honors the Native Peoples for the thousands of years that they have stewarded and protected this land.
 
Acknowledges years of official depredations, ill-conceived policies, and the breaking of covenants by the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes.
 
Apologizes on behalf of the people of the United States to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on them by U.S. citizens.
 
Expresses the regret of the United States for the ramifications of former offenses and its commitment to build on the positive relationships of the past and present to move toward reconciliation.
 
Urges the President to acknowledge the offenses of the United States against Indian tribes in U.S. history.
 
Commends the State governments that have begun reconciliation efforts with recognized Indian tribes located in their boundaries, and encourages all State governments to do the same.
 
Declares that nothing in this Joint Resolution authorizes any claim against the United States or serves as a settlement of any claim against it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.

Bill: 109-hjres-4
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Congress
Congressional powers
Constitutional amendments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Due process of law
Equality before the law
Families
Fetus
Government Operations and Politics
Incest
Law
Pregnant women
Rape
State laws
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the word "person," as used in this amendment and in the fifth and 14th amendments to the Constitution, applies to all human beings regardless of age, health, function, or condition of dependency, including unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development. Prohibits depriving any unborn person of life. Declares that this amendment does not: (1) prohibit a law permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother of an unborn person; or (2) limit the liberty of a mother regarding the unborn offspring conceived as a result of rape or incest.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.

Bill: 109-hjres-5
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional powers
Constitutional amendments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Flags
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Law
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit desecration of the U.S. flag and to set criminal penalties for such act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation.

Bill: 109-hjres-6
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Balanced budgets
Budget deficits
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional voting
Constitutional amendments
Debt limit
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Record votes
Tax rates
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress and the President, before each fiscal year, to agree on an estimate of total receipts for that fiscal year by enactment into law of a joint resolution. 
Prohibits total outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. 
Requires that the Congress provide by law for the repayment in the ensuing fiscal year of outlays that exceed actual receipts for a given year.
Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each House to increase the public debt limit.
Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually.
Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority of each House by rollcall vote.
Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary school prayer.

Bill: 109-hjres-7
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Law
Religion
Religion in the public schools
Religious liberty

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Constitution shall not be construed to prohibit individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions.
 
Prohibits the United States or any State from requiring any person to participate in prayer or from prescribing the content of any prayer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Every Vote Counts Amendment

Bill: 109-hjres-8
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Death
Election candidates
Electoral college
Law
Presidential elections
Presidential succession
Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Every Vote Counts Amendment - Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the popular election of the President and Vice President under a new electoral system. (Abolishes the electoral college.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.

Bill: 109-hjres-9
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Law
Presidential term of office
Term limits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution (thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Bill: 109-hjres-11
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional terms of office
Constitutional amendments
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Term limits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To commemorate the spirit of Cesar E. Chavez: "Si Se Puede".

Bill: 109-hjres-12
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional tributes
Employee rights
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Migrant labor
Nonviolence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Honors Cesar E. Chavez for his commitment to improving the plight of farm workers and the poor and for inspiring Americans to work nonviolently for justice.
 
Encourages all Americans to commit to working for justice through nonviolence and to remind themselves of the work of the people who put food on the tables of America.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E98-99)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding regulations on the amounts of expenditures of personal funds made by candidates for election for public office.

Bill: 109-hjres-13
Sponsor: Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional powers
Constitutional amendments
Election candidates
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Law
Loans
Politicians' families
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Allows Congress and the several States to enact laws regulating the amounts of expenditures a candidate for elective public office may make from personal funds of the candidate or members of the candidate's immediate family, including personal loans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

Bill: 109-hjres-14
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Constitutional amendments
Estate tax
Gift tax
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government corporations
Government property
Income tax
International Affairs
Law
Privatization
State constitutions
State laws
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the U.S. Government from engaging in any business, professional, commercial, financial, or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution. 
Prohibits the constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of the United States, from being subject to the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement which would abrogate this amendment.
Requires any activities of the U.S. Government which violate the intent and purposes of this amendment to be liquidated and the properties and facilities affected to be sold within three years from the date of ratification of this amendment. 
Repeals the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution three years after ratification of this amendment and thereafter prohibits Congress from levying taxes on personal incomes, estates, and gifts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make eligible for the Office of President a person who is not a natural born citizen of the United States but has been a United States citizen for at least 20 years.

Bill: 109-hjres-15
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship
Constitutional amendments
Immigrants
Immigration
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Makes eligible for the Office of the President non-native born persons who have held U.S. citizenship for at least 20 years and who are otherwise eligible to hold such Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the sixteenth article of amendment.

Bill: 109-hjres-16
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Income tax
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution (authorizing taxation of income).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House