hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Veterans FAA Employment Fairness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5862
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2010-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: 
Veterans FAA Employment Fairness Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to treat a veteran's time of active military, naval, or air service in the same manner as any other individual's time of federal civilian employment for purposes of determining the veteran's eligibility for employment with the FAA, including where eligibility for the FAA position is limited to current or former federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Oil Pollution Wildlife Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-5863
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2010-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal appellate courts
Gulf of Mexico
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: 
Oil Pollution Wildlife Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to publish in the Federal Register and make electronically available to the public the Secretary's decision to approve, deny, or modify any geological and geophysical exploration, development, or production plans.
 
Repeals the exemption of the Gulf of Mexico from oil and gas development and production requirements for the outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
 
Prohibits the Secretary from approving any geological and geophysical exploration, development, or production plan, or any significant plan revision, or from granting any license or permit unless the Secretary certifies that: (1) such plan is in compliance with specified statutes, regulations, and legal authorities; and (2) all requisite authorizations have been issued for activities to be conducted under the plan. 
 
Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretaries of Commerce or of the Interior regarding any endangered species or fisheries that occur in the proposed area of activity.
 
Requires the Secretaries of Commerce or of the Interior to incorporate in environmental studies of areas or regions included in an oil and gas lease sale or other lease any takings of marine mammal species or stock from any other reasonably foreseeable activities when determining whether takings from specified OCSLA activities will have a negligible impact on a marine mammal species or stock, and not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of such species or stock for taking for subsistence uses.
 
Permits citizen suits against the United States and any other subject instrumentality or agency that is alleged to have approved a leasing program, lease sale, exploration plan or permit, or development and production plan, without having prepared an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment, or without having complied with other related requirements.
 
Authorizes a person to commence a civil action on the person's own behalf to enjoin any person alleged to have failed to obtain proper authorization pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Innovation through Investment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5864
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2010-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: 
Small Business Innovation through Investment Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new business-related tax credit for 30% of the equity investment in a small business concern. Allows a maximum credit of $500,000, but reduces such amount by so much of $250,000 that is not an investment in a manufacturing or biotechnology small business concern, a minority and women-owned small business, or a qualified HUBzone (historically underutilized business zone) small business concern. Terminates such credit after 2016.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) any data on the implementation and use of the equity investment in small business tax credit that is requested by the Administrator for analysis purposes. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress annually on the implementation and use of such tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5865
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Archivist of the United States from making grants to preserve or publish non-federal records. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Military Personnel Readiness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5867
Sponsor: Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Law enforcement officers
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
Roads and highways
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Military Personnel Readiness Act of 2010 - Authorizes a state agency with jurisdiction over the operation of a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) facility to: (1) permit vehicles operated by active duty members of the Armed Forces, law enforcement officers, or emergency response personnel to use HOV lane highways; and (2) take necessary action to implement these exceptions, including establishing eligibility requirements for such operators and providing for the badging of vehicles.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study, and report to Congress on, the effects of traffic congestion on military readiness in metropolitan areas with high concentrations of military personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Safe Drill Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5868
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Department of the Interior
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Safe Drill Act of 2010 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to precondition a new oil or gas lease upon the lessee's certification that the lessee will: (1) use the best available technology for all operations under the lease, including acoustic sensors; and (2) adopt and implement a comprehensive plan to respond to and clean up any discharge of oil occurring in lease operations.
 
Directs the Secretary to require each person holding an existing oil or gas lease to make such a certification within six months after enactment of this Act.
 
Empowers the Secretary to order suspension of operations and cancel the lease if such a certification is not forthcoming within the deadline.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) review blowout preventers, emergency shutoff systems, and other oil discharge prevention technology (including emerging technology) used for oil and gas drilling operations; and (2) revise as necessary regulations governing the use of such technology based upon such review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act

Bill: 111-hr-5869
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church located at 775 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, to evaluate the national significance of the Church and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To restrict passports of certain sex offenders, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5870
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Sex offenses
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Authorizes the Secretary of State to revoke, restrict, or limit a passport issued to a sex offender who is included in the National Sex Offender Registry or is required to register in a jurisdiction's sex offender registry. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the number of passports revoked, restricted, or limited each year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
SEED Act

Bill: 111-hr-5871
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Small business
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Supporting Entrepreneurial Economic Development Act or SEED Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to allow a recipient of an economic adjustment grant to directly expend or redistribute grant funds to public and private organizations in the form of non-debt financing of for-profit companies in business incubators.
 
Defines: (1) &quot;business incubator&quot; to mean an organization or entity, including an academic institution, established to foster the startup of businesses or accelerate the growth of fledgling companies by providing entrepreneurs with resources and services to produce viable businesses that can help create jobs and restore vitality to distressed areas; and (2) &quot;non-debt financing&quot; to mean funding used to help business incubators develop an idea and create the first product to be brought to market for the first time. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 218 North Milwaukee Street in Waterford, Wisconsin, as the "Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office".

Bill: 111-hr-5873
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 218 North Milwaukee Street in Waterford, Wisconsin, as the "Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-21
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 522). (text: CR H6697-6698)
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 522).(text: CR H6697-6698)
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6722)
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5873.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6697-6699)
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Mr. Clay moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Economic Fair Treatment and Job Creation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5878
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Alabama
Appropriations
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Financial crises and stabilization
Income tax deductions
Louisiana
Mississippi
Outdoor recreation
Racial and ethnic relations
Sports and recreation facilities
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Economic Fair Treatment and Job Creation Act of 2010 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to revise the prohibition against the use by any state or local government or private entity of funds made available in that Act for any golf course to prohibit such use for any golf course: (1) which is private; and (2) to the extent such funds are not for job creation and workforce diversification relating to such golf course. 
 
Requires any entity that uses such funds for a golf course to: (1) submit to the Comptroller General a report which describes baseline data on existing jobs and diversity of the golf course and related businesses and provides detailed information on jobs created; and (2) institute a diversity plan for the golf course and related businesses and establish objective conduct for recruiting women, members of racial and ethnic minority groups, and individuals with disabilities for entry, mid-management, and senior executive positions. Requires the Comptroller General to report on the use of any funds for golf courses as a result of this Act.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove commercial golf courses from property for which specified Gulf Opportunity Zone tax benefits are not available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the United States in Laos during the Vietnam War era.

Bill: 111-hr-5879
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Laos
Military personnel and dependents
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Makes eligible for interment in a national cemetery any individual who: (1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) determines served in combat support of the Armed Forces in Laos during the period beginning on February 28, 1961, and ending on May 15, 1975; and (2) at the time of death was a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted alien.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6050-6051)
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Family Reunification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5880
Sponsor: Rep. Djou, Charles K. [R-HI-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Family Reunification Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the eligibility criteria for V-visa nonimmigrants (spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents who come to the United States to wait for completion of the immigrant visa process) to: (1) replace the current petition filing date of on or before the date of the enactment of the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act with a filing deadline of December 21, 2010; (2) require that such petition has been pending for more than 540 days (3 years under current law); and (3) require that for an approved petition, more than 540 days (3 years under current law) have elapsed since the petition's filing and no visa is available or the petition remains pending.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5881
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2010 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the requirements for consideration as rural areas with respect to assistance for farm housing.
 
 States that any area classified as &quot;rural&quot; or a &quot;rural area&quot; before October 1, 1990, and determined not to be &quot;rural&quot; or a &quot;rural area&quot; as a result of data received from or after the 1990, 2000, or 2010 (currently, only the 1990 or 2000) decennial census shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2020 (currently, 2010), if, as under current law, such area has a population of between 10,000 and 25,000, is rural in character, and has a serious lack of mortgage credit for lower and moderate-income families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To deauthorize appropriation of funds to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Bill: 111-hr-5882
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Tom [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2010-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Comprehensive health care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Declares that no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and any amendments made by either such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and House Administration, 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: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Introduced in House