hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Superfund Polluter Pays Act

Bill: 111-s-3125
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Inflation and prices
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Superfund Polluter Pays Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reinstate and increase the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate through 2018; and (2) increase the environmental excise tax on certain chemicals sold by their manufacturers, producers, and importers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
HELP Schools Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3126
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Marketing and advertising
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Healthy Local Policies for Schools Act of 2010 or HELP Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to replace the nutrition promotion program with a program that requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to ensure that their local wellness policies: (1) include goals for nutrition and physical education, physical activity, on-campus food marketing and advertising, and other school-based activities that promote nutrition and wellness throughout the extended school day; (2) include plans for implementing, and measuring the implementation of, such policies; (3) require reimbursable school meals to meet certain nutritional guidelines; and (4) require the nutritional guidelines for nonreimbursable foods and beverages sold in schools to be in compliance with standards established by the Secretary of Agriculture.
 
Requires each LEA, within two years of this Act's enactment and every three years thereafter, to complete and disseminate an assessment of their local wellness policy. 
 
Directs each LEA to designate a standing Local Wellness Policy Committee made up of education, health, and nutrition stakeholders to foster the integration of a local wellness policy that meets this Act's requirements with other health-related activities in the LEA's schools and community.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance and outreach to key state and local stakeholders to promote effective local wellness policies; and (2) prepare a report, in conjunction with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on the implementation, strength, and effectiveness of local wellness policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require regular updating of the supplemental foods provided under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.

Bill: 111-s-3127
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Food assistance and relief
Medical research
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to arrange for the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to review, at least once every 10 years, the most recent nutrition science and make recommendations for changes in the supplemental foods available under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC).
 
 Directs the Secretary to alter the supplemental foods available under such program so they reflect the Institute of Medicine's findings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure the categorical eligibility of foster children for free school lunches and breakfasts.

Bill: 111-s-3128
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make foster children categorically eligible for free lunches and breakfasts under the school lunch and breakfast programs, provided the appropriate state or local agency provides the children's local educational agency with documentation regarding their status as foster children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to allow States to certify children for participation in special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children for a period of 1 year.

Bill: 111-s-3129
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to allow states to certify children for participation in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) for a one-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Congressional Health Benefits Act

Bill: 111-s-3130
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2010-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Members of Congress
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: 
Stop Congressional Health Benefits Act - Prohibits a Member of Congress from participating in or being enrolled in any Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) plan between July 1, 2010, through the date on which the Comptroller General reports to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Secretary of the Senate, and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives that health care reform legislation has been enacted.
 
Makes this prohibition inapplicable if the Comptroller General determines by June 30, 2010, that such legislation has been enacted.
 
Requires OPM to provide for a period of open enrollment for Members of Congress beginning on the earliest administratively feasible pay period following the date on which the Comptroller General reports such determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act

Bill: 111-s-3131
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Lakes and rivers
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: 
Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a study of the Hudson River Valley in the state of New York to evaluate: (1) the national significance of the part of the Hudson River that flows from Rodgers Island at Fort Edward to the southern-most boundary of Westchester County, New York, including any relevant sites and landscapes within counties in New York that abut that part of the River (the study area); and (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Exemplary Breastfeeding Support Act

Bill: 111-s-3132
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2010-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: 
Exemplary Breastfeeding Support Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement programs in support of breastfeeding in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical School Construction Grant Act

Bill: 111-s-3133
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: 
Medical School Construction Grant Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program to award grants to eligible medical schools for the purpose of constructing, renovating, or improving medical school facilities to increase the supply of physicians. Sets forth the allocation of such awards with first priority given to new medical schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Health Care Cooperation Act

Bill: 111-s-3135
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2010-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: 
Global Health Care Cooperation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow permanent resident doctors or health care workers to reside in a qualifying developing country (candidate countries) while working in such professions and be considered to be maintaining U.S. presence and residency requirements for naturalization purposes.
 
 Directs the Secretary of State to publish a candidate country list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1672)
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1671-1672)
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3136
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2010-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
Health personnel
Income tax exclusion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: 
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing a tax exclusion for benefits paid to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by states and local government by: (1) increasing the amount of benefits excludible; and (2) extending such tax exclusion through 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3137
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2010-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: 
Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for residential energy efficient property, to permit solar electric property otherwise eligible for such credit to be located on a site apart from the dwelling unit for which the electricity generated from such property is used. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2010-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1611-1612)
International Documentary Exchange Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3138
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2010-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Cultural exchanges and relations
Humanities programs funding
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: 
International Documentary Exchange Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to make grants to U.S. nongovernmental organizations that use independently produced documentary films to promote a better understanding of the United States among individuals in other countries and a better understanding of global perspectives and other countries among individuals in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
National Guard Youth Challenge Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-s-3139
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2010-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending
Department of Defense
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Intergovernmental relations
National Guard and reserves
National and community service
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: 
National Guard Youth Challenge Enhancement Act - Amends the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (a training program to improve life skills and employment potential of civilian youth participants) to increase the authorized Department of Defense (DOD) share of expenses to 100% of operating costs for the first three years of a state program of the Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Biosecurity and Vaccine Development Improvement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3140
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Public-private cooperation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: 
Biosecurity and Vaccine Development Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to design, construct, and operate facilities to develop and produce biological products to meet critical national needs in response to potential bioterrorist attacks or naturally occurring pathogens for which private industry has not devoted adequate development effort or has not produced adequate stocks of such biological products. 
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that there is competition. Allows the Secretary to: (1) establish a public-private partnership to design, construct, own, and operate such a facility; and (2) use the authority to enter into other transactions under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to establish such a facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1751-1752)
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Recovery Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3141
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2010-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: 
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Recovery Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing tax credit, to allow: (1) a five-year carryback period for unused tax credit amounts; (2) an extended carryback period for new investments in housing in 2010 and 2011; and (3) a full offset of such credit against regular income tax liability. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1752-1753)
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1752)
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3142
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Fires
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: 
Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or consortiums of such institutions for: (1) initiating, expanding, or improving fire safety education programs; and (2) increasing fire safety awareness among enrolled students. 
 
Directs the Secretary to give priority to institutions that plan to use funds to initiate, expand, or improve fire safety education programs that include educational material specifically prepared for students with physical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities. Sets forth provisions regarding grant periods, limits on awards, and matching and other requirements.
 
Requires an institution to use grant funds to initiate, expand, or improve a fire safety education program that: (1) reaches all enrolled students; (2) ensures maximum exposure to and increased awareness of, and that effectuates change in behavior regarding, fire safety by students through conducting outreach to students a minimum of twice per academic year and through measures that provide fire safety information to any student upon request; (3) includes minimum instruction regarding fire behavior, fire injury and death, ignition scenarios, fire safety systems and equipment, and the importance of means of egress; and (4) includes a mechanism for carrying out evaluations of program effectiveness. 
 
Requires the Secretary to publish a report of best practices for initiating, expanding, or improving fire safety education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
No Pay Raise for Congress Until the Budget is Balanced Act

Bill: 111-s-3143
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2010-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: 
No Pay Raise for Congress Until the Budget is Balanced Act - Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for Members of Congress during FY2011 or any succeeding fiscal year, until the fiscal year following the first fiscal year that the annual federal budget deficit is $0.
 
 Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) determine whether or not the annual federal budget deficit was $0 for that fiscal year, and if so, report that determination to Congress; and (2) report that determination also to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as well as whether or not such COLA restriction shall apply to the succeeding fiscal year.
 
Reduces the statutory limit on the public debt as follows: (1) for FY2011, $13.9 trillion; (2) for FY2012, $13.7 trillion; (3) for FY2013, $13.5 trillion; (4) for FY2014, $12.3 trillion; and (5) for FY2015 and each ensuing fiscal year, $12.1 trillion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-19
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 322.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Food in Schools Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3144
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2010-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural education
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Horticulture and plants
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: 
Healthy Food in Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to replace the farm-to-cafeteria program with a program providing schools, state and local agencies, Indian tribes, agricultural producers, and nonprofits with competitive matching grants and technical assistance to improve access to local foods by schools participating in the school lunch or breakfast programs.
 
Gives priority to projects that: (1) benefit local small- and medium-sized farms; (2) serve a high proportion of children who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches; and (3) incorporate experiential nutrition education by involving school children in farm and garden-based agricultural education activities.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) promote the use of salad or fruit and vegetable bars in schools participating in the school lunch program; (2) provide training and technical assistance to states and schools on the best manner for doing so; and (3) provide grants to states for a one-time payment to schools for the cost of setting up and operating salad or fruit and vegetable bars.
 
Directs the Secretary to identify and remove barriers to the equitable purchase of fruits and vegetables within the Secretary's procurement and distribution systems.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to use administrative funds under the Act's fresh fruit and vegetable program to provide program participants with technical assistance and national and regional training conferences that emphasize best practices.
 
Directs the Secretary to promulgate a final rule, by October 20, 2011, updating the nutrition standards and meal requirements for school meal programs so they are consistent with the findings of a specified review conducted by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
 
Requires the Secretary to allocate funds to states, in proportion to each state's administrative expense allocation under the school lunch and breakfast programs, so they can award competitive grants to school food authorities for the equipment needed to prepare, process, and store food for the school lunch program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1753)
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate