hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Americans Want to Work Act

Bill: 111-s-3706
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2010-08-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-04
text: 
Americans Want to Work Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Requires a further additional Tier-5 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period.
 
Prescribes a formula for making such Tier-5 credits. Increases the figures in the basic EUC formula (the lesser of which shall be the amount credited): (1) from 50% to 80% of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the benefit year; and (2) from 13 to 20 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.
 
Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period.
 
Allows the Tier-5 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once.
 
Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional emergency unemployment compensation (EUC), if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC.
 
Authorizes a state to elect to pay Tier-4 EUC before payment of Tier-5 EUC until the state determines that such Tier-5 EUC may be paid without undue delay.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2011, the exemption of an employer from payment of employment taxes or railroad retirement taxes for individuals who begin employment after August 4, 2010.
 
Excludes from account for Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax purposes any employment by the Bureau of the Census as a temporary enumerator for the 2010 decennial census.
 
Amends the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act to allow an increase in the general business tax credit for the retention of a qualified long-term unemployed worker who: (1) is a retained worker; (2) certifies by signed affidavit that he or she has not been employed during a specified 693-day period or has exhausted all unemployment insurance benefits under federal or state law in less than 693 days; and (3) begins employment with a qualified employer after the enactment of this Act and before January 1, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-08-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3708
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services, to prescribe a special rule for applying Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments, at the election of a qualified main hospital, to its remote inpatient locations. 
 
Prohibits administrative or judicial review of: (1) the methodology and standards for determining a remote inpatient location, a qualified remote inpatient location, a component facility, a qualified component facility, a main provider, and a qualified main provider, and which such locations, facilities, and providers are qualified; and (2) the methodology and standards for the election in connection with such special rule.
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to set forth a special rule for applying Medicaid EHR incentive payments, at the election of a qualified main hospital, to its remote locations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Information Technology Extension for Behavioral Health Services Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3709
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Behavioral sciences
Computers and information technology
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Health Information Technology Extension for Behavioral Health Services Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of health information technology provisions to include a behavioral or mental health professional, a substance abuse professional, a psychiatric hospital, a community mental health center, a mental health treatment facility, and a substance abuse treatment facility.
 
Adds community mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, behavioral and mental health professionals, substance abuse professionals, mental health treatment facilities, and substance abuse treatment facilities to the list of entities with priority for receiving direct assistance from regional extension centers to effectively adopt, implement, and utilize health information technology.
 
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include qualified clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, mental health treatment facilities, and substance abuse treatment facilities within the health professionals, hospitals, and Medicaid providers eligible for incentive payments for the meaningful use of certified EHR technology. Applies Medicare hospital market basket adjustments for such incentives applicable to inpatient hospitals to psychiatric hospitals.
 
Makes this Act effective as if included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Program Reauthorization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3710
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Emergency communications systems
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Oil and gas
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Broadband Program Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 concerning access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas to authorize appropriations to cover the costs of grants, loans, and loan guarantees for broadband infrastructure in any area of the United States. Gives priority in making such grants, loans, and loan guarantees to projects that provide service to the highest proportion of rural residents that do not have access to broadband service and to project applications that will expand broadband opportunities in rural and tribal areas.
 
 
Permits, under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, entities that have received waiver authority from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use the 763-768/793-798 MHz (700 MHz) public safety broadband spectrum to apply for funding. Authorizes appropriations for such Program.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the expensing and 60-month amortization of intangible drilling costs; (2) repeal percentage depletion for oil and gas properties; and (3) deny the deduction for income attributable to the domestic production of oil, natural gas, or its primary products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Control and Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3711
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Control and Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop, implement, and update a plan for the prevention, control, and medical management of hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to implement programs to increase awareness and enhance knowledge and understanding of hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to: (1) support the integration of voluntary hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing programs into existing clinical and public health programs; (2) provide increased support to Adult Viral Hepatitis Coordinators to integrate prevention and control activities into existing health programs; (3) support the establishment of a hepatitis B and hepatitis C surveillance program; and (4) report on seroprevalence studies and the impact of hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
 
Directs the Secretary to support state, local, territorial, and tribal efforts to: (1) provide counseling and education on hepatitis B and hepatitis C; (2) expand the current vaccination programs for hepatitis B; and (3) provide referrals for treatment to individuals with hepatitis B or hepatitis C.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, the Director of the National Cancer Institute, and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct research on hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, governmental and nonprofit entities that have special expertise relating to hepatitis B and hepatitis C to support prevention activities.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of SAMHSA, to develop educational materials and intervention strategies to reduce the risks of hepatitis among substance abusers and individuals with mental illness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6886-6887)
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Economic Growth and Jobs Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3712
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Economic Growth and Jobs Protection Act of 2010 - Repeals the provision in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 that provides for the inclusion of net investment income in the Medicare taxable base and imposes a 3.8% tax on such income, beginning in 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6888)
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6887-6888)
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to improve post-employment restrictions on representation of foreign entities by senior Government officers and employees.

Bill: 111-s-3713
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Foreign and international corporations
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to increase from one to five years after termination of federal service or employment the period during which former federal employees of the executive branch, Members of Congress, and officers and employees of the legislative branch are prohibited from representing, aiding, or advising a foreign entity with the intent to influence a decision of any officer or employee of a federal department or agency. Expands the definition of &quot;foreign entity&quot; to include the government of a foreign country, a foreign political party, and a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or a combination of such entities, having its principal place of business in a foreign country. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6888-6889)
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6888)
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Coal Energy Bridge Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3714
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Coal Energy Bridge Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow seven-year amortization of mechanical or electronic systems that are installed on a coal-fired electric generation unit and that reduce carbon dioxide emissions; (2) allow a new 30% tax credit for investment in carbon dioxide capture, transport, and storage property which is part of a qualified coal-fired electric generation unit; (3) expand the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration to allow for uses other than as tertiary injectants; and (4) allow a tax credit for investment in clean energy coal bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Charging America Forward Act

Bill: 111-s-3715
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Charging America Forward Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2014 the tax credit for purchasing a new qualified hybrid motor vehicle, increase the the amount of such credit for certain hybrid and heavy vehicles, and provide for the transferability of such credit; (2) increase and extend through 2014 the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property; (3) make refundable and provide for the transferability of the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles; (4) allow accelerated depreciation of smart meters and smart grid systems; (5) allow a 50% tax credit for investment in qualified used energy storage property (30% for energy storage property used for onsite storage); and (6) allow a nonbusiness energy tax credit for qualified used energy storage property. 
 
Defines &quot;qualified used energy storage property&quot; as property comprised of pre-owned advanced large format automotive propulsion battery cells previously used in a qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle which are reconditioned into: (1) property that is designed to receive and store electrical energy, convert it to electricity, and to deliver such electricity for support to the transmission or distribution grid or for sale to unrelated parties and that has the ability to store 50 kilowatt hours of energy or to attain a peak power output of 20 kilowatts; or (2) property that is primarily designed and used to receive and store intermittent renewable energy generated on-site and to deliver such energy for primarily on-site consumption, or which provides supplemental energy to reduce peak energy requirements on-site, and that has the ability to store the energy equivalent of 20 kilowatt hours of energy and to maintain an output of the energy equivalent of 5 kilowatt hours of electricity for 4 hours.
 
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3716
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax deductions
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional tax deduction for the cost of installing mechanical insulation property. Limits the amount of such deduction to the lesser of 30% and the reduction in energy loss from the installed mechanical insulation property compared to property which meets the minimum requirements of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard 90.1-2007. Allows a deduction for 30% of the cost of replacing such property.
 
Defines &quot;mechanical insulation property&quot; as insulation materials, facings, and accessory products: (1) placed in service in connection with a mechanical system which is located in the United States and of a character subject to an allowance for depreciation; and (2) utilized for thermal, acoustical, and personnel safety requirements for mechanical piping and equipment, hot and cold applications, and heating, venting and air conditioning applications which can be used in a variety of facilities.
 
Allows a tax deduction for capital expenditures related to mechanical insulation property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
SAVINGS Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3718
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Financial literacy
Insurance industry and regulation
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Life, casualty, property insurance
User charges and fees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Securing America's Veterans Insurance Needs and Goals Act of 2010 or SAVINGS Act of 2010 - Requires a life insurance company, in order to provide life insurance for veterans under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, to: (1) provide financial counseling to the beneficiary or other person entitled to payment upon the establishment of a valid claim; and (2) include full disclosure with respect to such payment, including advantages and disadvantages of maintaining such payment with the company versus a financial institution. Prohibits a company from charging fees to a payee for maintaining such payment with the company. Requires the insured to be given the option of specifying the manner of disbursement of insurance proceeds. 
 
Requires: (1) the Director of the VA's Office of Survivor Assistance to attend each meeting of the Advisory Council on Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance; and (2) the Secretary to ensure that such Office has the necessary personnel to provide information on the receipt of such counseling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6890)
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Community Safety Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3719
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Health programs administration and funding
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
National Guard and reserves
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Strengthening Community Safety Act of 2010 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make a grant to an eligible first responder agency for the additional costs incurred as a direct result of one or more of its employees who are reservists being placed on active duty. Defines &quot;eligible first responder agency&quot; as one for which the cost of operating has increased by not less than 5% as a direct result of such employees being placed on active duty. 
 
Prohibits the Administrator from making a grant for costs relating to an employee being placed on active duty if federal funds are used for that employee's pay or benefits.
 
Authorizes the use of grant funds for: (1) pay or benefits for an individual hired to replace such an employee; (2) overtime expenses for an individual who performs tasks that would have been performed by such an employee; and (3) the cost of equipment, maintenance, or other activities the agency was unable to acquire or perform because of the cost of replacing such an employee or the need for which was caused by an employee being placed on active duty.
 
Limits the grant period to six months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3720
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
New York State
Ohio
Oil and gas
Pennsylvania
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to make discretionary grants to local areas for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training at worksites directly related to the exploration for, production of, and transportation of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Zimbabwe Sanctions Repeal Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3722
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2010-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Congressional oversight
Foreign loans and debt
Sanctions
Zimbabwe

Summary:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Zimbabwe Sanctions Repeal Act of 2010 - Repeals the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001. (The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 prohibits U.S. support through international financial institutions for debt relief and other economic development aid to Zimbabwe until certain conditions to restore democracy and the rule of law are met.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate