hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
To require the Secretary of Energy to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2385
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Oil and gas
Palau
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to: (1) reduce reliance and expenditures on imported fossil fuels; (2) increase the use of indigenous, nonfossil fuel energy sources; (3) improve the performance of energy infrastructure through projects to improve the energy efficiency of power generation, transmission, and distribution and increase consumer energy efficiency; (4) improve the performance of energy infrastructure through enhanced planning, education, and training; (5) adopt research-based and public-private partnership-based approaches; (6) stimulate economic development and job creation; and (7) enhance the engagement by the federal government in international efforts to address such energy needs.
 
Requires the team to provide assistance to each utility of each island and to each island's government to develop and implement an energy Action Plan to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels through increased efficiency and use of indigenous clean-energy resources. Requires the Secretary to consider including regional utility organizations in the establishment of the team and providing assistance through regional utility organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands in certain efforts to reduce diesel emissions.

Bill: 111-hr-2386
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Government lending and loan guarantees
Guam
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) make states (including American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) that represent or provide pollution reduction or educational services to persons or organizations that own or operate diesel fleets, or that have the promotion of transportation or air quality as their principal purpose, eligible for grants and loans for diesel emission reductions; and (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allocate to American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands funding for a grant and loan program that is designed to achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions if such states have an approved application for such program. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Strategy and Effectiveness of Foreign Policy and Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2387
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Strategy and Effectiveness of Foreign Policy and Assistance Act of 2009 - Directs the President to report to Congress regarding: (1) the organizational structures of the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign affairs agencies; and (2) the extent to which the organizational structures of such departments and agencies and U.S. foreign assistance programs, budget plans, personnel decisions, and diplomacy are related to long-term U.S. security strategy.
 
Directs the President to take actions necessary to integrate the following offices and bureaus into a single Department office to be known as the Office of Long-Term Planning and Resource Management: (1) the Office of Policy Planning, the Office of Resource Management, and the Office of the Director of Foreign Assistance of the Department of State; and (2) the Bureau of Budget/Performance/Accountability of USAID.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Physician Availability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2388
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Physician Availability Act of 2009 - Requires each covered hospital to have a qualified physician available in the hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to attend to the needs of the hospital's inpatients. 
 
Defines a &quot;covered hospital&quot; to: (1) include hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid or receiving federal funds; and (2) exclude hospitals in a federal facility or hospitals that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines have fewer than 100 licensed beds.

 Considers a physician to be available if: (1) the physician is physically present in the hospital; (2) the physician's primary responsibility is to be in attendance to serve the needs of the hospital's inpatients without delay; and (3) the physician is not physically present in, assigned to, serving in, or expected to cover the hospital's emergency room or emergency department. 

Sets forth penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Health Care for Members of the Armed Forces Exposed to Chemical Hazards Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2389
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Health Care for Members of the Armed Forces Exposed to Chemical Hazards Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Defense, for each occupational and environmental health chemical hazard of particular concern, to establish and administer a registry of members and former members of the Armed Forces who were exposed to such hazard in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify a member or former member who may have been exposed to such a hazard; and (2) provide a complete physical and medical examination of such individual.
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies for the Institute of Medicine under which the Institute, for each incident of exposure reported in a registry, shall review and summarize the scientific evidence, and assess the strength thereof, concerning the association between the exposure to such hazard and acute and long-term health consequences of such exposure. Requires the Institute to: (1) make recommendations for necessary additional scientific studies; and (2) conduct periodic subsequent reviews of such evidence.
 
Requires members and former members listed in registries to be notified of any conclusive determinations with respect to such exposure, as well as any other significant related developments.
 
Makes any veteran who was exposed in the line of duty to an occupational and environmental health chemical hazard of particular concern eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for any disability, notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the disability may be associated with such exposure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2009-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Guidance, Understanding, and Information for Dual Eligibles (GUIDE) Act

Bill: 111-hr-2390
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Guidance, Understanding, and Information for Dual Eligibles (GUIDE) Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a three-year demonstration program under which the Secretary awards grants and contracts to appropriate, qualified community programs and clinics for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, or certain programs under the Public Health Services Act, to employ qualified social workers and case managers to provide one-on-one counseling about benefits under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to a full-benefit dual eligible individual (eligible for benefits under both Medicare and SSA title XIX [Medicaid]) who has one or more mental disabilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-13
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: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5552-5553)
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Highway Trust Fund Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2391
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Highway Trust Fund Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) requirements for payments from the Highway Trust Fund for certain repayments and credits; and (2) the prohibition against interest-bearing obligations in the Highway Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1144-1145)
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation Act

Bill: 111-hr-2394
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation to acquire, via the sale of bonds, home mortgages and other obligations and liens secured by real estate which are currently in default or at foreseeable risk of default.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Fleet Efficiency Act

Bill: 111-hr-2395
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
State and Local Fleet Efficiency Act - Recognizes state or local government authority to require fleet owners or operators to acquire only new fleet vehicles that: (1) utilize natural gas as a fuel; (2) are flexible fuel vehicles that operate on gasoline, E85, and M85; or (3) meet a technology or performance-based characteristic that is commercially available. 
 
Provides that nothing in this Act or in any other provision of law shall limit such authority to establish purchase requirements for fleets operating within the proper jurisdiction if such requirements further any policy regarding climate change, the control of air pollution, energy independence, or local economic benefits.
 
Defines &quot;fleet&quot; as a group of 20 or more light duty motor vehicles or medium-duty or heavy-duty motor vehicles carrying 14 or more passengers operating primarily in a metropolitan area with a population of more than 250,000 that are: (1) centrally dispatched; or (2) centrally fueled, or capable of being centrally fueled, and owned, operated, leased, or otherwise controlled by a governmental entity or other person meeting specified criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Supporting our Troops Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2396
Sponsor: Rep. Halvorson, Deborah L. [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Small Business Supporting our Troops Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the tax credit for differential wage payments made by a small business employer on behalf of employees who are active duty members of the uniformed services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
ADA Notification Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2397
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability and health-based discrimination
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
ADA Notification Act of 2009 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to deny jurisdiction to a state or federal court in a civil action a plaintiff commences for remedies for disability discrimination in public accommodations and certain services provided by private entities unless: (1) the plaintiff notified the defendant in writing of the alleged violations prior to filing the complaint; (2) the notice identified the specific facts that constitute the alleged violation; (3) a remedial period of 90 days elapses after the notice; (4) the notice informed the defendant that the civil action could not be commenced for 90 days; and (5) the complaint states that the defendant has not corrected the alleged violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Service Members First-Time Homebuyer Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2398
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Service Members First-Time Homebuyer Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a member of the Armed Forces from the recapture requirements of the first-time homebuyer tax credit if such member receives orders for service on qualified official extended duty requiring such member to deploy outside the United States, make a permanent or temporary change of duty station, or reside in government quarters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act

Bill: 111-hr-2400
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Antimicrobial Resistance Office. Requires the Secretary to establish the Public Health Antimicrobial Advisory Board to advise the Director of the Office (Director). 
 
Requires the Director to update the Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance within 18 months.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to: (1) develop an antimicrobial resistance strategic research plan; and (2) establish at least ten Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Research Network sites.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary to require each sponsor of an approved human antimicrobial drug product sold or distributed in the United States to submit antimicrobial drug sales and distribution data.
 
Requires that an application for a new animal drug contain information to ensure that reported data is comparable and reliable. Requires (currently, permits) the Secretary to share information reported in a new animal drug application with the Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force.
 
Sets forth provisions for the Secretary to secure reliable and comparable animal and human antimicrobial drug consumption data.
 
Requires the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Director to work together to identify and report upon interventions that prevent and control the development of antimicrobial resistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1142-1143)
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
No Fly, No Buy Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2401
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
No Fly, No Buy Act of 2009 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit: (1) the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person is an individual required to be prevented from boarding an aircraft; and (2) the shipment, transport, possession, or receipt of a firearm or ammunition by such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House