hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2509
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic assistance
Education
Export finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Military assistance
Military education
Military training
Sanctions (International law)
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2007 - Prohibits providing U.S. assistance (as defined by this Act) to a country that opposed the U.S. position in the United Nations. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of State to (temporarily) exempt a country from such prohibition if since the beginning of the most recent session of the General Assembly there has been a fundamental change in the country's leadership and policies so that the country will no longer oppose the U.S. position in the United Nations. 
 
Authorizes the President to exempt a country from such prohibition for national security reasons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the inscription "In God We Trust" to appear on a face of the $1 coins honoring each of the Presidents of the United States.

Bill: 110-hr-2510
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Church and state
Coins and coinage
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
Religion
Terms and phrases

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Revises federal coin design requirements for $1 coins honoring each of the Presidents of the United States. Transfers from the edge of such a coin to either the obverse or the reverse face the inscription &quot;In God We Trust.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2511
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Authorization
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Health counseling
Health education
Higher education
Medical research
Mental health services
Science, Technology, Communications
Students
Suicide

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions requiring centers to provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance on youth suicide to require such information, training, and assistance on suicide among all ages, particularly for youth. Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for research, training, and technical assistance centers related to mental health, substance abuse, and the justice system and suicide.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that a state does not receive more than one grant or cooperative agreement for the development of youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies at any one time. (Current law requires the Secretary to ensure that each state is awarded only one such grant or cooperative agreement.) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for such grants or cooperative agreements.

Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for grants to institutions of higher education for services to students with mental and behavioral health problems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Coverage Gaps for Kids Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2512
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare
State laws
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Reducing Coverage Gaps for Kids Act of 2007 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to prohibit states from requiring eligibility determinations for children for Medicaid and SCHIP benefits more frequently than annually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To require advertising for any automobile model to display information regarding the fuel consumption and fuel cost for that model, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2513
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advertising
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Deceptive advertising
Energy conservation
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Requires any advertisement for any model of automobile or light duty truck to include the Environmental Protection Agency's Combined Miles Per Gallon Rating, City Miles Per Gallon Rating, Highway Miles Per Gallon Rating MPG, and Estimated Annual Fuel Cost Rating for that model. Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act and requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act

Bill: 110-hr-2514
Sponsor: Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Indexing (Economic policy)
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for programs, functions, and activities of the Veterans Health Administration for FY2008 130 percent of the amount obligated during FY2006. Adjusts the amount provided for fiscal years after FY2008 based on the number of enrolled veterans and the number of other persons eligible but not enrolled who are provided care, multiplied by the per capita baseline amount for FY2006, as increased by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index. 
Prohibits the availability of such funds for: (1) construction, acquisition, or alteration of veterans' medical facilities (other than for repairs provided for before the date of enactment of this Act); or (2) grants for the construction of state home facilities for the furnishing of veterans' domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act

Bill: 110-hr-2516
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Forest conservation
Forest roads
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Maps
National forests
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act - Identifies roadless areas within the National Forest System set forth in specified maps as National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas, and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage such Areas to maintain their roadless character. Authorizes the Forest Service to modify such maps for the sole purpose of improving their accuracy or inclusiveness. Requires any substantial modification of those maps to be made through the national forest management planning process and documented in an environmental impact statement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act

Bill: 110-hr-2519
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business and social problems
Civil service retirement
Commerce
Corporate accountability
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Investments
Labor and Employment
Mutual funds
Stocks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act - Provides for the establishment of a Corporate Responsibility Stock Index Fund as an investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). 
 
Directs the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to select an index which is a commonly recognized, passively managed index comprised of domestic stocks based on criteria which may include corporate governance, environmental practices, workplace relations and benefits, product safety and impact, international operations and human rights, involvement with repressive regimes, and community relations. Requires that the index's financial track record be comparable to that of the other options available under TSP.
 
Directs that the Fund be invested in a portfolio which shall be designed such that the percentage of the Fund that is invested in each stock is the same as the percentage determined by dividing the aggregate market value of all shares of that stock by the aggregate market value of all shares of all stocks included in such index.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare Program of certain medical mobility devices approved as class III medical devices.

Bill: 110-hr-2520
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disabled
Medical supplies
Medicare
Self-help devices for the disabled
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of certain medical mobility devices approved as a class III medical device pursuant to a premarket approval application under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
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: 2007-05-24
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: 2007-05-24
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: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Facility Fire Safety Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2521
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to health facilities
Fire prevention
Government lending
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing homes
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Nursing Facility Fire Safety Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish programs of direct loans and grants for retrofitting nursing facilities with automatic fire sprinkler systems. Gives priority to grant applications that demonstrate a need or hardship.
 
Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine if there are loan programs or other funds available for such retrofitting. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate where a nursing facility may not have an adequate structure to retrofit the entire facility within a reasonable timeframe and work with the facility to identify other remedial actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2523
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Contraceptives
Family planning and birth control
Government Operations and Politics
Medicaid
Social Welfare
State laws
Welfare eligibility
Welfare waivers
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1 ) include women who are not pregnant but who meet certain income eligibility standards in a mandatory categorically needy group for family planning services purposes; (2) allow a state Medicaid plan to provide for making medical assistance available to such individuals during a presumptive eligibility period; and (3) prohibit a state from providing for medical assistance through enrollment of an individual with benchmark coverage or benchmark-equivalent coverage unless it includes certain family planning services and supplies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
State Admission Day Recognition Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2525
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Anniversaries
California
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Commemorations
Federal-state relations
Flags
Fraternal organizations
Government Operations and Politics
Statehood (American politics)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
State Admission Day Recognition Act of 2007 - Requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to honor a state's anniversary of admission to the Union by flying its flag over the Capitol each year on that anniversary.
 
Provides that if a state's anniversary falls on the same day as another state's, the AOC shall fly the flag of each such state on that day.
 
 
Requires the AOC to: (1) fly the first such flag on the first September 9 which occurs after the enactment of this Act, in honor of California's anniversary; and (2) present it to the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To designate Greece as a program country for purposes of the visa waiver program established under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill: 110-hr-2526
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Europe
Greece
Passports
Tourism
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Deems Greece to be designated as a visa waiver country under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1161)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced Protection of the Internal Revenue Service and Its Employees Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2527
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Federal employees
Inspectors general
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Protection of officials
Security measures
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Enhanced Protection of the Internal Revenue Service and Its Employees Act of 2007 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to eliminate the exception to the duties of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration for protecting the physical security of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Federal Building Renewal and Energy Savings Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2528
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy conservation
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Internet
Performance measurement
Science, Technology, Communications
Water Resources Development
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Federal Building Renewal and Energy Savings Act of 2007 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to require each federal agency to: (1) complete a comprehensive energy and water evaluation for each of its buildings and facilities meeting minimum size or other criteria established by the Secretary of Energy; and (2) implement each energy and water efficiency measure identified in such evaluation.
 
Requires a federal agency to: (1) use a web-based tracking system to certify compliance with this Act; and (2) enter energy use data for each of its facilities and buildings into a building energy use benchmarking system, such as the Energy Star Portfolio Manager.
 
Instructs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue quarterly scorecards for energy management activities carried out by each federal agency.
 
Prohibits a federal agency from: (1) establishing a policy that limits the maximum term of an energy savings performance contract to a period shorter than 25 years; or (2) limiting the total amount of obligations under such contracts, or other private financing of, energy savings measures.
 
Repeals the termination date for authority to enter into new contracts (thus making such authority permanent).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To establish efficiency resource standards for retail electricity and natural gas distributors, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2529
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Commerce
Cost effectiveness
Department of Energy
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Electric utilities
Electric utility rates
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Energy prices
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Finance and Financial Sector
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Investors
Law
Natural gas
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe efficiency resource standards for retail electricity and natural gas distributors.
 
Requires each retail electricity or natural gas distributor to undertake electricity and natural gas savings measures in each calendar year, beginning with 2009, that produce electricity and natural gas savings as a percentage of the distributor's base quantity at a specified applicable rate. 
 

 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to issue rules establishing a nationwide credit and credit trading system for electricity and natural gas savings.
 
Authorizes any person to apply to the Secretary for the establishment and certification of a not-for-profit Electric and Natural Gas Savings Corporation.
 
Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to develop model provisions for mandatory adoption by state utility regulatory commissions regarding: (1) revenue stability and incentives for distributors; (2) nondiscriminatory identification of cost-effective savings opportunities; and (3) development of model language on revenue decoupling and shareholder incentives in ratemaking policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House