hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act

Bill: 111-hr-5141
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2010-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: 
Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal a provision (added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) that extends to corporations that are not tax-exempt the requirement to report payments of $600 or more.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Lungren. Petition No: 111-13. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis13.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Grow a Renewable Energy Economy Now--Jumpstart Other Biofuels Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5142
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2010-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: 
Grow a Renewable Energy Economy Now--Jumpstart Other Biofuels Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a 30% energy tax credit for investments in qualified cellulosic and algae-based biofuel facilities; (2) extend through 2016 the special depreciation allowance for qualified cellulosic biofuel plant property; (3) include algae-based biofuel within the definition of cellulosic biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit; (4) exclude from the definition of cellulosic biofuel any processed fuel with an acid number greater than 25; (5) extend through 2016 the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit; and (6) allow a direct payment of 30% of the basis of cellulosic and algae-based biofuel facility property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Rule H. Res. 1781 passed House.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1781 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5116, H.R. 2751 and H.R. 5142. Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 5116, consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 2751, and consideration of the Senate amendment H.R. 2142
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 111-hr-5144
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2010-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: 
Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in Texas. Designates the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area Corporation as the management entity for the Heritage Area. Requires the Corporation to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area. 
 
Requires the federal cost share of any activity carried out using assistance under this Act to be half of that activity's cost. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the approval or disapproval of the management plan by the Secretary of the Interior. 
 
Specifies this Act's effect on private property protections and water rights with regard to the Heritage Area. Bars anything in this Act from being meant as modifying the Rio Grande Natural Area Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act

Bill: 111-hr-5149
Sponsor: Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2010-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alabama
Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: 
Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition and associated services and benefits to the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians of Alabama. Restores federal rights and privileges abrogated by earlier statutes. 
 
Approves and ratifies the cession to the United States of all historical tribal lands of the Band. 
 
Extinguishes all specified claims against the United States, a state or local government, or any other person or entity, by the Band arising subsequent to such cession, and based upon any interest in or right involving the land. 
 
Prohibits the Band from using its federal recognition to assert any historical land claim. 
 
Transfers all interests in lands held by the Band upon enactment of this Act to the United States, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Band. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Oversight and Spending Transparency (COST) Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5151
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2010-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: 
Congressional Oversight and Spending Transparency (COST) Act of 2010 - Prohibits the amount authorized to be appropriated for FY2011 for the Members' Representational Allowance under the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act from exceeding the appropriated amount for FY2009.
 
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to prohibit the use of funds of the House of Representatives for official mail of a Member of the House for any material other than a document transmitted under the official letterhead used for the Member's stationery.
 
Requires quarterly reports by the Chief Administrative Officer of receipts and expenditures for official mail of the House to include, in the required statement of costs incurred for official mail by each person entitled to use the congressional frank, a breakdown of the costs incurred for each category of mass mailings and communications covered by the statement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act

Bill: 111-hr-5153
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Building construction
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
Nuclear weapons
South Dakota
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: 
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act - Amends the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1999 to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota by including in the Historic Site the following lands and interests in Jackson County, South Dakota, identified on the map entitled &quot;Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Boundary Modification,&quot; and dated July 17, 2009: (1) approximately 25 acres of land north of exit 131 on Interstate 90 in Jackson County for the construction and use of a visitor facility and administrative site; and (2) approximately 3.65 acres of land at the Delta 1 Launch Control Facility for the construction and use of a parking lot and for other administrative purposes. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to transfer the administrative jurisdiction over such lands to the Secretary of the Interior and modify the boundaries of the Buffalo Gap National Boundary Grassland to exclude such land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2010-04-27
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Energy Savings Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5154
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2010-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Public housing
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: 
Public Housing Energy Savings Act of 2010 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize: (1) energy conservation improvements in public housing projects to be undertaken pursuant to a contract for the improvements only; (2) a public housing agency to finance such improvements for a period of up to 20 years; (3) a public housing agency to pledge operating assistance as security for such financing in an amount not to exceed the lesser of the amount of the debt service plus such appropriate debt service coverage factor as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) may establish and the amount of the reasonably anticipated utility cost savings resulting from the improvement; (4) the Secretary to permit the pledging of the installed equipment related to such improvements; and (5) a public housing agency to elect to be paid for its utility costs under the formula for determining the amount of assistance provided to public housing agencies from the Capital Fund for a period of no longer than 20 years based on the agency's average annual consumption during the three-year period preceding the year in which the election is made (consumption base level).
 
Requires the Secretary to make: (1) an initial one time adjustment in the consumption base level to account for differences in the heating degree day average over the most recent 20-year period compared to the average in the consumption base level; and (2) adjustments in the consumption base level to account for an increase or reduction in units, a change in fuel source, or a change in resident-controlled electricity consumption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an aerial assessment of sea turtle populations in United States waters, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5155
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2010-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Endangered and threatened species
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Reptiles

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an aerial assessment of and report to Congress on the population abundance and spatial and temporal distribution of Green, Loggerhead, Leatherback, Kemp's Ridley, and Hawksbill sea turtles in state and federal waters. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from issuing any rule regarding incidental fisheries bycatch of any of such turtle species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) or the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act before the report is submitted. Exempts any rule to alter or restrict use of a specific gear type in a specific fishery if the Secretary certifies that the rule is an emergency rule necessary to: (1) protect such a species from being imminently determined to be endangered primarily as a result of incidental taking by that gear type in that fishery; or (2) protect such a species that is listed as an endangered species from imminent extinction primarily as a result of incidental taking of such species by that gear type in that fishery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
War on Debt Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5157
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23]
Introduced: 2010-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: 
War on Debt Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and administer a new series of U.S. savings bonds to be known as &quot;War on Debt Bonds,&quot; to be used first solely to reduce the amount of foreign-held public debt, and then to reduce other public debt.
 
 Sets the maturity and redemption date of a War on Debt Bond at 30 years from the date of issue. Requires certain annual principal and interest payments, which shall not be includible in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
Allows redemption of such a Bond before 30 years if during any fiscal year during which it is outstanding: (1) the federal budget deficit exceeds 3% of gross domestic product (GDP); or (2) the public debt exceeds 10% of GDP.
 
Limits the holding of a War on Debt Bond to: (1) U.S. citizens or residents; (2) domestic partnerships, or domestic corporations (not more than 1% of the ownership interest of which is held, directly or indirectly, by a person who is not a U.S. person); or (3) estates or trusts which are U.S. persons, unless there is a trust beneficiary who is not a U.S. person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Summitville Procurement Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-5158
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Charles A. [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2010-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business records
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: 
Summitville Procurement Protection Act - Requires: (1) federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with procurement reporting requirements and transparency standards; and (2) federal contractors to submit to the agency that awarded the contract a report regarding all subcontracts awarded in the performance of the contract.

Defines &quot;procurement reporting requirements and transparency standards&quot; to mean: (1) requirements to publicize proposed contracting opportunities, to select a contractor based on full and open competition, to report information on which the bidder or offeror received the contract award, and to disclose certain information to unsuccessful bidders or offerors; and (2) the ability to access a copy of the contract of the winning bidder or offeror.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2883)
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011

Bill: 111-hr-5161
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Director of National Intelligence
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2011 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Coast Guard; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice; (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (10) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (11) National Reconnaissance Office; (12) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and (13) Department of Homeland Security.
 
Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2011, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the congressional appropriations committees and the President.
 
Allows the Director of National Intelligence, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY2011 when necessary for the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification to the intelligence committees on the use of such authority.
 
Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account for FY2011, as well as for full-time personnel for elements within such Account.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2011 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.
 
Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for federal employees to be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law.
 
Prohibits the authorization of appropriations by this Act from being deemed to constitute authority to conduct any intelligence activity not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5163
Sponsor: Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Energy research
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear power
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct research to lower the cost of nuclear reactor systems; and (2) develop and publish on the Department of Energy (DOE) website a schedule outlining a five-year strategy to lower such cost effectively.
 
Includes among research subjects: (1) modular and small-scale reactors; (2) balance-of-plant issues; (3) cost-efficient manufacturing and construction; (4) licensing issues; and (5) enhanced proliferation controls.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3018)
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Power 2021 Act

Bill: 111-hr-5164
Sponsor: Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Nuclear power
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Nuclear Power 2021 Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to implement, through cooperative agreements with private sector partners, a program to: (1) develop a standard design for each of two small modular reactors, at least one of which has a rated capacity of not more than 50 electrical megawatts; (2) obtain a design certification from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for each of the designs by January 1, 2018; and (3) demonstrate the licensing of small modular reactors by developing applications for a combined license for each of the designs so certified, and obtaining a combined license from the NRC for each of the certified designs by January 1, 2021.
 
Requires the Secretary to select proposals for such cooperative agreements through the use of competitive procedures and an impartial review of their scientific and technical merit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3018)
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House