hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Internet Gambling Study Commission Act

Bill: 109-hr-5474
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Child welfare
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Credit cards
Crime and Law Enforcement
Electronic funds transfers
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Fraud
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
International cooperation
International law
Internet
Local laws
Minorities
Minors
Money laundering
Native Americans
Organized crime
Policy sciences
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
State laws
Technological innovations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
Internet Gambling Study Commission Act - Establishes the Internet Gambling Study Commission to: (1) conduct a comprehensive study of Internet gambling, including the existing legal framework that governs such activities and transactions; (2) report to the President and Congress on study findings and conclusions; and (3) transmit a copy of such report to each state governor or chief executive officer and Native American tribal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8037)
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
HSA Accessibility and Portability Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5475
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health insurance continuation
Health insurance portability
Insurance premiums
Small business
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
HSA Accessibility and Portability Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize a health insurance issuer to elect, instead of complying with the guaranteed issue requirements (that require a health insurance issuer offering coverage in the small group market in a state to accept every small employer that applies and to accept all eligible individuals without certain restrictions), to: (1) guarantee continuation of coverage through individual health insurance for an individual who no longer qualifies as an eligible individual of the employer at a rate that does not exceed 150% of the standard individual rate applicable to individual coverage in the state; and (2) furnish information for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to monitor the impact of such election on access to, and affordability of, health insurance coverage in the small group market and in the individual market. 
 
Requires such an election to apply to all eligible individuals of that small employer at the time of such election, but does not require applicability to an individual who becomes eligible after such election. Allows an election under this Act to be made only with respect to coverage of a small employer under health insurance coverage that consists of a high deductible health plan and a contribution to a health savings account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To withhold United States funding from the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Bill: 109-hr-5476
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Democracy
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
International agencies
Israel
Middle East and North Africa
United Nations
United Nations finances

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations Human Rights Council should: (1) be a body that upholds the ideals enumerated in the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights; (2) allow full participation by Israel in Council operations; and (3) be made up of countries that hold regular democratic elections, permit freedom of expression, and have a credible civil society. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not support the Council, and should withhold financial support for the Council until meaningful human rights reforms are carried out.
 
 Directs the Secretary of State to withhold from a U.S. contribution to a regularly assessed biennial U.N. budget an amount equal to the percentage of such contribution that the Secretary determines would be allocated by the United Nations to the Council. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4653)
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Innovations for our Nation's Vital Educational Needs for Technology Act

Bill: 109-hr-5477
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Commerce
Creative thinking
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Engineering
Entrepreneurs
Exhibitions
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Infrastructure
Intellectual property
Inventions
Inventors
Learning
Mentoring
Parent and child
Patents
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Secondary education
Social science research
Surveys
Sustainable development
Teacher education
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching materials
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Innovations for our Nation's Vital Educational Needs for Technology Act - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to: (1) establish a competitive grant program, with the goal of developing, and making available for use at the elementary, secondary, and undergraduate levels within two years after enactment of this Act, curriculum tools that will help foster inventiveness; and (2) develop and implement measures for the dissemination of such curriculum tools.
 
Directs the NSF to: (1) implement a public awareness and outreach campaign relating to invention and inventiveness; and (2) establish engineering and social science research programs on the process of invention and the teaching of inventiveness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the Congressional intent on Federal preemption under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to energy conservation for consumer products.

Bill: 109-hr-5478
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy conservation
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
State laws
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water use

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to the energy conservation program for consumer products other than automobiles. Declares that the requirements for such program preempt any state regulation, meeting specified criteria, which provides for submission of information in any manner regarding any measure of energy consumption or water use of certain products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5479
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Equipment and supplies
Exercise
Health
Income tax
Physical education and training
Physical fitness
Sports and Recreation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat up to $1,000 of amounts paid annually for exercise equipment and physical exercise programs as tax deductible medical expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Identity Theft Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5482
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Fees
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Identity theft
Law
Names
Security measures
Social Welfare
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Identity Theft Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to permit a consumer to request a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze upon his consumer report.
 
Prohibits a consumer reporting agency, if a security freeze is in place, from releasing a consumer report to a third party without prior express authorization from the consumer.
 
Prescribes procedures for removal and temporary suspension of a security freeze.
 
Requires a consumer reporting agency to notify the consumer in writing before removing the security freeze.
 
Identifies specified entities, including governmental agencies, to which these prohibitions and requirements do not apply.
 
Permits a consumer reporting agency to charge a reasonable fee for placing or temporarily suspending a security freeze on a consumer report.
 
Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from charging a fee for placing, removing, or temporarily suspending a security freeze if a consumer: (1) has either filed a police report, or made a complaint to a police department concerning identity theft; or (2) has received notice that a breach of data security has occurred with respect to information required by law to be maintained securely and in confidence.
 
Exempts specified entities from this Act, including certain aggregators and other agencies acting only as resellers of credit information which do not maintain a permanent data base of consumer information from which new consumer reports are produced.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5285)
action_date: 2006-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E993)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5484
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Boundaries
Canada
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Illegal aliens
Latin America
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Act of 2006 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to authorize a border state (a state that shares a border with Canada or Mexico or a political subdivision of such a state) to use up to 75% of the minimum amount allocated to the state under the state and local domestic preparedness support grant program to build a physical barrier near the U.S. border to deter illegal crossings and for incidental costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act

Bill: 109-hr-5485
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Columbia River development
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Minorities
Native Americans
Nature conservation
Oregon
Social life and customs
Washington State
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of designating the coastal areas of Clatsop County, Oregon, and Pacific County, Washington (also known as the North Beach Peninsula) and areas relating to Native American history, local history, Euro-American settlement culture, and related economic activities of the Columbia River within a corridor along such River eastward in Clatsop County and Pacific, Columbia, and Wahkiakum Counties, Washington, as the &quot;Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-06-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To prevent the Executive from encroaching upon the Congressional prerogative to make laws, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5486
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional powers
Congressional-executive relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Presidential messages
Presidential powers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
 Prohibits: (1) any of the funds made available to the Executive Office of the President, or to any executive agency, from any source from being used to produce, publish, or disseminate any statement made by the President contemporaneously with the signing of any bill or joint resolution presented for signing by the President; and (2) for purposes of construing or applying any Act enacted by Congress, a federal entity from taking into consideration any statement made by the President contemporaneously with the President's signing of the bill or joint resolution that becomes such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4373)
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5487
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Computer security measures
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Financial statements
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Identity theft
Public records
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Telephone
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Veterans' ID Theft Protection Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take specified actions in response to the May 2006 breach of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data security, including: (1) repairing the breach, restoring the security and confidentiality of the sensitive financial personal information involved and the integrity of data security safeguards, and improving data security policies and procedures; and (2) notifying affected persons, each nationwide consumer reporting agency, and any other third parties who will be required to act to protect such persons from fraud or identity theft. 
 
Makes the Secretary responsible for providing any notices and file monitoring required under this Act at no cost to the persons affected by the breach.
 
Requires the Secretary to make available to a person affected, upon request, a service that monitors nationwide credit activity from a consumer reporting agency for six months for free.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Estate Litigation Fairness Act

Bill: 109-hr-5488
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Claims
Estate tax
Law
Limitation of actions
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Estate Litigation Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the limitation period for filing a refund claim for overpayment of estate tax resulting from litigation expenses incurred after the filing date of the estate tax return.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Preparedness Information Publication Incentive Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5489
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Environmental Protection
Evacuation of civilians
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health
Missing children
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear weapons
Science, Technology, Communications
Self-care
Storms
Telephone
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Preparedness Information Publication Incentive Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to make grants to states to provide for the publication of security and emergency information in telephone directories. Authorizes a state to use a grant award to develop such information and provide financial assistance to publishers that agree to publish the information in designated directory sections.
 
Requires such information to include: (1) a guide for family emergency preparedness; (2) lists of supplies for family emergency preparedness and accessible local radio and television stations; (3) weather-related preparedness information; (4) information concerning emergency evacuation routes and the threat of hazardous material accidents; (5) descriptions of the Amber Alert program and the Homeland Security Advisory System; (6) an explanation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, including exposure guidance; and (7) first aid instructions.
 
Sets forth application requirements. Limits the maximum grant award for a state in a fiscal year to $200,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Identification Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-5490
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Identification devices
Identity theft
Law
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Science, Technology, Communications
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' loans

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: 
Veterans Identification Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) establish a national database of each veteran who receives or applies for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary; (2) assign to each veteran a four-digit personal identification number; and (3) take such steps as necessary to provide that any entity entering into a commercial transaction with a veteran that includes the extension of credit or any other thing of value to verify the veteran's identity through the use of that number. Makes such an entity liable for attorney's fees and injuries incurred as a result of failure to verify a veteran's identity pursuant to this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Introduced in House