hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Jane's Law

Bill: 111-hr-610
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: 
Jane's Law - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or a prison term of up to two years on any person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce to evade compliance with a court-ordered property distribution in a divorce proceeding involving more than $5,000. Requires payment of restitution equal to the total unpaid property distribution from any person convicted of evading payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Marginal Well Production Preservation and Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-hr-611
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Business investment and capital
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Marginal Well Production Preservation and Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to 27.5% the percentage depletion allowance for domestic crude oil and natural gas production from marginal properties; (2) extend through 2010 the temporary suspension of the taxable income limit with respect to marginal production of crude oil and natural gas; and (3) accelerate to three years the recovery period of qualified tertiary injectant property for depreciation purposes.
 
Amends the Clean Air Act with respect to emissions from small oil and gas exploration and production-related equipment. 

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to: (1) amend the definition of &quot;wastewater treatment facility&quot; to include produced water from an oil production facility; and (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish cost-effective minimal requirements for the prevention of oil and hazardous substance discharges for small facilities with oil storage capacities of less than 50,000 gallons at which no single tank exceeds a nominal capacity of 21,000 gallons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Insurance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-612
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Disabled Veterans Insurance Act of 2009 - Increases from $20,000 to $40,000 the maximum amount of supplemental service disabled veterans' insurance for totally disabled veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act

Bill: 111-hr-613
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act - Requires the United States to forgive any overpayment of military retired or retainer pay for any period after the death of the recipient through the last day of the month in which such death occurs, if such payment is electronically deposited to a joint account bearing the name of the decedent and the decedent's designated beneficiary.
 
Provides a special effective date for the first annuity payment to a survivor under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) when an overpayment is so forgiven.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

Bill: 111-hr-614
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Service from providing any federal family planning assistance to an entity unless the entity certifies that, during the period of such assistance, the entity will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion. Excludes an abortion where: (1) the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or an act of incest against a minor; or (2) a physician certifies that the woman suffered from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy. Excludes hospitals from such requirement so long as the hospital does not provide funds to any non-hospital entity that performs an abortion.

Requires the Secretary to annually provide Congress: (1) information on grantees who performed abortions under the exceptions; and (2) a list of entities to which grant funds are made available. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H446-447)
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Antifreeze Bittering Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-615
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Federal preemption
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Manufacturing
Motor fuels
Pollution liability
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Antifreeze Bittering Act of 2009 - Requires engine coolant or antifreeze that is manufactured six months after the enactment of this Act, and that contains more than 10% ethylene glycol, to include denatonium benzoate at a minimum of 30 parts per million and a maximum of 50 parts per million as a bittering agent so as to render the coolant or antifreeze unpalatable.
 
Requires a coolant or antifreeze manufacturer to maintain records of compliance with this Act.
 
Limits the liability of manufacturers, distributors, recyclers, or sellers of engine coolant or antifreeze who are in compliance with the requirements of this Act for personal and property loss or damage to the environment that results from the inclusion of denatonium benzoate in any coolant or antifreeze.
 
 Declares this Act inapplicable to: (1) the sale of a motor vehicle that contains engine coolant or antifreeze; or (2) wholesale containers of engine coolant or antifreeze containing 55 gallons or more of engine coolant or antifreeze.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an exemption of pharmacies and pharmacists from certain Medicare accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals.

Bill: 111-hr-616
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, with respect to Medicare quality standards for suppliers of items and services which shall be applied by recognized independent accreditation organizations.
 
Applies to pharmacies and pharmacists the eligible professional exemption from such accreditation requirements, unless such standards are designed specifically for application to pharmacies and pharmacists.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from such standards if licensing, accreditation, or other mandatory quality requirements apply to them with respect to the furnishing of items and services. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-21
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: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties.

Bill: 111-hr-617
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the suspension of the taxable income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act

Bill: 111-hr-618
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 to: (1) encourage improvements in each state and local child welfare system; and (2) develop recommendations for actions to implement express policy regarding federal, state, and local programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases.

Bill: 111-hr-619
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Jobs for Veterans Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-620
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Jobs for Veterans Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an increased work opportunity tax credit for the hiring in 2009 or 2010 of veterans discharged or released from active military duty after September 11, 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use.

Bill: 111-hr-622
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax credit for producing electricity from closed or open-loop biomass facilities equipped with a metering device to determine electricity consumption or sale to allow a tax credit after 2008 for electricity produced and consumed at such facilities and to extend the credit period for such production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To provide for greater judicial discretion in sentencing for certain firearms offenses committed in exceptional circumstances.

Bill: 111-hr-623
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to allow an exception to certain minimum mandatory prison terms for the use of firearms in the commission of violent crimes for individuals who are authorized to carry firearms in the lawful performance of an employment duty and who committed the offense during or in relation to such employment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-624
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2009 - Requires each air carrier and airport operator to submit for approval by the Secretary of Transportation a proposed contingency plan meeting minimum standards established by the Secretary.
 
 Requires an air carrier to provide passengers on a departure- or arrival-delayed grounded aircraft with: (1) adequate food, water, restrooms, ventilation, and medical services; as well as (2) a time frame under which passengers may deplane a delayed aircraft after three hours, except in specified circumstances.
 
Requires an airport operator plan to describe: (1) how passengers will be deplaned following a long tarmac delay; and (2) how facilities will be shared and gates made available to aircraft that experience such delays.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to assess a civil penalty against air carriers and airport operators that fail to submit, obtain approval of, or adhere to a contingency plan. Requires public access to such plans.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a consumer hotline telephone number for air passenger complaints.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Homeland Security Transparency Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-625
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Government information and archives
Homeland security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Homeland Security Transparency Act of 2009 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) require homeland security grant recipients to submit quarterly reports describing the nature and amount of each expenditure made using grant funds; and (2) publish such information and make it publicly available on the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-630
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Caribbean area
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Cuba
Detention of persons
District of Columbia
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Military law
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction of, and make it the exclusive venue for consideration of, all habeas corpus applications by or on behalf of any enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is neither a U.S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident (covered individual) that are pending on or filed on or after the enactment of this Act. Prescribes related procedures, including restrictions on oral testimony.
 
Stays any such application until all Military Commission proceedings regarding the covered individual have been resolved.
 
Requires release of a covered individual, for whom the District Court grants a writ of habeas corpus and orders release, into the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security for transfer to the individual's country of citizenship or another country.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer enemy combatants detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar, California, or the Camp Pendleton Base Brig, Camp Pendleton, California, or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants at such locations.

Bill: 111-hr-633
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
California
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Latin America
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any enemy combatant detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar, California, or the Camp Pendleton Base Brig, California; or (2) construct housing facilities for such individuals at the California locations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Bill: 111-hr-634
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Family relationships
Health personnel
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in the minor&#146;s state of residence that requires parental involvement in the minor&#146;s abortion decision). Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to safe the life of the minor. 

Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution or civil action under this Act that a defendant: (1) reasonably believed that before the minor obtained the abortion, the required parental consent or notification or judicial authorization took place; or (2) was presented with documentation showing that a court waived parental notification requirements or authorized the minor's abortion.

Defines &quot;abortion&quot; as the termination of a pregnancy with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, remove a dead unborn child who died as the result of a spontaneous abortion, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on the pregnant female or her unborn child. 

Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to one year on a physician who performs or induces an abortion on an out-of-state minor in violation of parental notification requirements. Requires such physician to give 24-hour actual or constructive notice to a parent of the minor seeking an abortion, subject to certain exceptions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House