hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-503
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to three years for possessing, shipping, transporting, purchasing, selling, delivering, or receiving any horse, horse flesh, or carcass with the intent that it be used for human consumption. Reduces the prison term to one year if the offense involves less than five horses or less than 2,000 pounds of horse flesh or carcass and the offender has no prior conviction for this offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Hearing Enhancement and Auditory Rehabilitation (HEAR) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-504
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Medicare Hearing Enhancement and Auditory Rehabilitation (HEAR) Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover hearing aids and auditory rehabilitation services under the Medicare program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-14
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: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to allow the secondary transmission to any subscriber in the State of Oklahoma of primary transmissions of local network stations in that State.

Bill: 111-hr-505
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Licensing and registrations
Oklahoma
Spacecraft and satellites
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
 Grants a statutory license to a satellite carrier for the secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission by a network station located in Oklahoma to subscribers who: (1) reside in Oklahoma but do not receive the secondary transmission of any network station located in that state because of assignment to a local market receiving secondary transmissions of network stations located in another state; and (2) elect to receive the secondary transmissions of network stations located in Oklahoma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To provide immediate fiscal relief to cities experiencing serious budget deficits by providing funds for payments to qualified local governments.

Bill: 111-hr-506
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Child safety and welfare
Law enforcement administration and funding
Roads and highways
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to each local government having jurisdiction under state law over an area having a population of 1 million or more an amount of the appropriations under this Act (proportional to the population of the area) to improve public safety, clean and maintain streets, and preserve services benefitting children and youth, as otherwise authorized by state and local law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for taxable years beginning in 2008 or 2009.

Bill: 111-hr-507
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the tax deduction for dividends received by a U.S. corporation from a controlled foreign corporation to: (1) extend the applicability of such provisions to taxable years beginning after FY2008; and (2) reduce such deduction for corporations that do not maintain certain employment levels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
DTV Converter Box Rebate Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-508
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
DTV Converter Box Rebate Act of 2009 - Allows a $40 refundable tax credit for each digital-to-analog converter box purchased by an individual taxpayer, up to a maximum of $80. Reduces such credit by $40 for each digital-to-analog converter box coupon redeemed by a taxpayer. 

Directs the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce to educate consumers and retailers about the tax credit allowed by this Act as an alternative to requesting and redeeming a digital-to-analog converter box coupon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly.

Bill: 111-hr-510
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Outdoor recreation
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require excise taxes on recreational equipment to be due and payable on the date for filing the return for such taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
New Manhattan Project for Energy Independence

Bill: 111-hr-513
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor fuels
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
New Manhattan Project for Energy Independence - Requires the President to convene a summit to review the progress and promise of, the interrelationship of, and the additional funding needed to accelerate the progress of: (1) developing alternative technology vehicles that are not more than 10% more expensive than comparable model year vehicles; (2) developing and building energy efficient buildings that use no more than 50% of the energy of buildings of similar size and type; (3) constructing a large scale solar thermal power plant or solar photovoltaic power plant capable of generating 300 megawatts or more at a cost of 10 cents or less per kilowatt-hour; (4) developing and producing biofuel that does not exceed 105% of the cost for the energy equivalent of unleaded gasoline; (5) developing and implementing a carbon capture and storage system for a large scale coal-burning power plant that does not increase operating costs more than 15% compared to a baseline design without carbon capture and storage while providing an estimated chance of carbon dioxide escape of no greater than 1% over 5,000 years; (6) developing both a process to remediate radioactive waste so that it is not harmful for at least 5,000 years and a model that accounts for the effects of nuclear waste in that process; and (7) developing a sustainable nuclear fusion reaction capable of providing a large-scale sustainable source of electricity for residential, commercial, or government entities.
 
Requires the Secretary of Energy to implement: (1) a program to support such technologies; and (2) a program to competitively award cash prizes to advance the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application necessary to advance such technologies.
 
Establishes the New Manhattan Project Commission on Energy Independence and sets forth its duties, including recommending to Congress steps to achieve 50% energy independence within 10 years and 100% energy independence within 20 years and assessing the impact of foreign energy dependence on national security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Subprime Lending Act

Bill: 111-hr-514
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Reserve System
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Responsible Subprime Lending Act - States that certain revisions added as a final rule by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) to regulation Z relating to Truth in Lending, shall apply as a matter of law to covered loans for which the creditor receives an application after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the enactment of this Act (except for the final rules on advertising, escrows, and loan servicing).
 
States that certain final rules on escrows shall be effective for covered loans for which the creditor receives an application on or after October 1, 2009, but for such loans [
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] secured by manufactured housing on or after April 1, 2010.
 
Directs the Board to issue a final rule as soon as possible without regard to statutory notice and comment procedures to make certain revisions in accordance with the effective dates provided under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield, Illinois, as the "Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building".

Bill: 111-hr-516
Sponsor: Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Illinois
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield, Illinois, as the "Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Elder Care Tax Credit Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-517
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
 Elder Care Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the tax credit for dependent care expenses for parents (or ancestors of such parents) of the taxpayer who are physically or mentally incapable of self-care, regardless of whether such a parent has the same principal place of abode as the taxpayer for more than one-half of the taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Middle Class College Tuition Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-518
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Middle Class College Tuition Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a tax credit for 50% of qualified tuition and related expenses (including required books), up to $10,000, for attendance at an institution of higher education. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Elder Caregiver Support and Information Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-519
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Elder Caregiver Support and Information Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize additional appropriations for FY2010-FY2012 for the family caregiver support program.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-2012 for the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-520
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Motor vehicles
Public transit
Retail and wholesale trades
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Energy the Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Program.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) authorize the issuance of a redeemable voucher, with limitations, to the registered owner of an eligible high fuel consumption automobile for the purchase of a new or used fuel efficient automobile upon transfer of the eligible automobile title to a participating dealer, dismantler, or scrap recycling facility; (2) allow a dealer, dismantler, or scrap recycling facility to participate in the program if they agree to scrap the eligible high fuel consumption automobile, issue a voucher to its owner, and meet all applicable requirements; (3) require dealers to accept such vouchers as partial payment for the purchase of a new or used fuel efficient automobile; and (4) make payments to dealers who accepted vouchers between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2014.
 
Authorizes the use of vouchers to acquire single-passenger transit fare credits. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations that allow operators of bus and rail public transit systems to redeem properly issued vouchers to offset the purchase price of annual transit passes or any other form of individual transit fare credit designated by the transit system operator.
 
Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-521
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and maintain a scientific registry of stillbirths in the United States, which shall include for each stillbirth information on the stillborn fetus and the mother's health and pregnancy as collected and submitted by states on the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide for the development of a standard definition of stillbirth and a standard protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance; and (2) carry out a national campaign to increase public and state awareness of such definition and protocol and public awareness and knowledge of stillbirths.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should increase the allocation of funds and other resources for stillbirth research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Protection From Telemarketers Act

Bill: 111-hr-522
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Marketing and advertising
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Protection From Telemarketers Act - Amends the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to include in rules respecting abusive telemarketing acts or practices a requirement that telemarketers not initiate any outbound telephone calls during the hours of 5 to 7 p.m. in the locality of the person called.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House