hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Rubbish to Renewables Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1172
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental technology
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Rubbish to Renewables Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program to fund projects to develop and implement technologies to generate renewable energy from municipal solid waste, generate clean energy jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and conserve landfill space. 
 
Provides that a landfill gas control measure in cap-and-trade legislation enacted after the enactment of this Act that reduces greenhouse gas emissions at a level greater than required under federal, state, or local laws shall be considered to meet additionality criteria under that legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act

Bill: 111-s-1173
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to establish and carry out a health professions training demonstration project that awards matching grants to eligible entities to train certain unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals in communities: (1) with a significant percentage decline in rates of employment and a health care professional shortage; or (2) that are underserved by the health care structure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6034-6035)
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6033-6034)
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to make loans to electric utilities to carry out projects to comply with any Federal renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-1175
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to direct the Secretary of Energy to make loans to electric utilities to reduce their costs of complying with federal renewable energy standards and minimize the impact such standards have on consumers' electricity rates.
 
Requires the use of such loans on projects that are approved by the Secretary, which may include the construction of renewable energy generation facilities or installation of energy efficiency or electricity demand reduction technology.
 
Sets the interest rate on such loans, which may not exceed 30 years, at 0.5% more than the federal funds rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Allied Health Reinvestment Act

Bill: 111-s-1176
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Allied health services
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Government information and archives
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical education
Minority education
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Allied Health Reinvestment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop public service announcements to promote the allied health professions.
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants to promote such professions by: (1) supporting relevant state and local advertising campaigns; (2) increasing education opportunities; (3) carrying out programs that form education pipelines to facilitate the entry of students into relevant careers; (4) expanding enrollment in such programs; (5) providing education through new technologies and methods; (6) enhancing the workforce through retention programs; (7) developing retention strategies; (8) expanding area health education centers to develop models of excellence for such professionals; and (9) developing clinical education, internship, and resident programs that encourage mentoring and the development of specialties.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to enter into agreements to establish faculty loan funds to increase the number of qualified allied health faculty.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide scholarships to individuals seeking allied health education who agree to provide service in rural and other medically underserved areas with personnel shortages; (2) develop a system for collecting and analyzing workforce data to determine education pipeline and practitioner shortages and to project future needs for such a workforce; and (3) include allied health schools among the schools eligible to receive grants to support Centers of Excellence in health professions education for individuals from diverse communities and backgrounds.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to conduct an evaluation of whether this Act has demonstrably increased the number of allied health education program applicants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1177
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Marketing and advertising
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to conduct biennial reviews of the national and state-specific markets for long-term care (LTC) insurance policies.
 
Directs the Secretary to request the NAIC to: (1) develop model language for marketing of long-term insurance policies that meets certain criteria; and (2) develop recommendations for enforcement of the model marketing disclosures and definitions.
 
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to authorize establishment of an Internet directory of information regarding LTC insurance (&quot;LTC Insurance Compare&quot;) that shall include comparison tools to assist consumers in evaluating LTC insurance policies with different benefits and features.
 

 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply Medicaid partnership required model provisions to all tax-qualified LTC insurance contracts. 
 
Outlines a process for secretarial review of 2000 and 2006 model provisions as well as subsequent model provisions with respect to their application to tax-qualified LTC policies and Medicaid partnership policies.
 
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to require the Secretary to issue biennial reports to states and Congress on Medicaid LTC insurance partnerships and their impact. 
 
Outlines additional consumer protections for Medicaid partnerships.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on whether all LTC insurance policies sold after a certain date determined by the Secretary should provide annual compound inflation protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6046-6050)
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6046)
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Custody Protection Act

Bill: 111-s-1179
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2009-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Family relationships
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: 
Child Custody Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in the minor&#146;s state of residence that requires parental involvement in the minor&#146;s abortion decision). Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to safe the life of the minor. 
 
Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution or civil action under this Act that a defendant reasonably believed that before the minor obtained the abortion, the required parental consent or notification or judicial authorization took place.
 
Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to one year on anyone who has committed an act of incest with a minor and knowingly transports such minor across a state line to obtain an abortion. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1180
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2009-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: 

 

 

 

 
Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance Act of 2009 - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish within OPM the Senior Executive Service Resource Office (SES Resource Office). Makes it the mission of the SES Resource Office to: (1) improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of the Senior Executive Service (SES) through policy formulation and oversight; (2) advance the professionalism of the SES; and (3) recruit qualified individuals from appropriate sources to ensure that the SES is reflective of the nation's diversity. Sets forth the functions of the SES Resource Office with respect to the management, training, oversight, and recruitment activities of the SES. 
 
Revises the career appointments recruiting process to require agency heads to ensure diversity of executive resources boards and any subgroup or other evaluation panel related to the merit staffing process for career appointees by including members of racial and ethnic minority groups, women, and individuals with disabilities.
 
Requires each federal agency to submit to OPM a plan to enhance and maximize opportunities for the advancement and appointment of minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities to the SES.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6188-6189)
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6187-6188)
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Living and Health Aging Demonstration Project Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1181
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2009-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: 
Healthy Living and Health Aging Demonstration Project Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to establish a demonstration project under which eligible partnerships are awarded grants to examine whether community-based prevention and intervention strategies, targeted towards pre-Medicare eligible individuals, result in: (1) lower rates of chronic diseases and conditions after such individuals become eligible for Medicare benefits; and (2) lower costs under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6190-6191)
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6189-6190)
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the offset in per country numerical level required under that Act.

Bill: 111-s-1182
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
China
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: 
Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual People's Republic of China (PRC) immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
RAISE Act

Bill: 111-s-1184
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2009-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: 
Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or the RAISE Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that neither its prohibition against interference by an employer with employees' right to bargain collectively, nor the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between employees and an employer after enactment of this Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee higher wages, pay, or other compensation than the agreement provides for.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Independent Living Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1186
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: 
Medicare Independent Living Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the in-the-home restriction for Medicare coverage of mobility devices for individuals with expected long-term needs. Deems such devices to be durable medical equipment (DME) if they are used in customary settings for the purpose of normal domestic, vocational, or community activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6201)
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6201)
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Homeland Event Response Operations Grant Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1187
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2009-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: 
Local Homeland Event Response Operations Grant Act of 2009 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to make grants to a law enforcement agency or fire department for overtime expenses relating to preparation for, and activities during or directly following, a special event.
 
Authorizes the President or the Secretary to designate an event as a special event if it is an event of significant national importance that may require consultation, technical advice, and support to specific functional areas in which the state or local government agencies may lack expertise or key resources, designation of a Federal Coordinator, and development of an integrated Federal Support Plan and either: (1) extensive federal interagency security and incident management preparedness and predeployment of federal assets; or (2) direct national-level federal support and situational awareness and limited predeployment of federal assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act

Bill: 111-s-1188
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2009-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical education
Mental health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: 
Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to award grants for demonstration projects to provide coordinated and integrated services to individuals with mental illnesses who have co-occurring primary care conditions and chronic diseases through the co-location of primary and specialty care services in community-based mental and behavioral health settings.
 
Requires the Secretary to make funds available for the development or expansion of programs to provide integrated treatment services for individuals with a serious mental illness and a co-occurring substance abuse disorder.
 
Deems certain community mental health centers to be automatically designated as having health professional shortage areas for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award matching grants to states, territories, and Indian tribes or tribal organizations for programs to address behavioral and mental health workforce needs of designated mental health professional shortage areas.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of SAMHSA, to award grants for: (1) establishing or expanding accredited behavioral and mental health education programs; and (2) providing tele-mental health services in medically-underserved areas.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement a plan for ensuring that various components of the National Health Information Infrastructure address the needs of mental health and substance abuse treatment providers; and (2) finance related infrastructure improvements, technical support, personnel training, and ongoing quality improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6202-6204)
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6201-6202)
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Carbon Leakage Mitigation Study Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1189
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2009-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Free trade and trade barriers
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: 
Carbon Leakage Mitigation Study Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to conduct studies of: (1) the risk of carbon leakage and changes in U.S. industrial output and investment resulting from the implementation of a cap-and-trade program; and (2) the impact of potential compensatory measures to prevent carbon leakage resulting from a cap-and-trade program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Border Law Enforcement Anti-Drug Trafficking Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1190
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Education programs funding
Higher education
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mexico
New Mexico
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: 
Border Law Enforcement Anti-Drug Trafficking Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible law enforcement agencies and institutions of higher education to assist such agencies in addressing drug-related criminal activity within their jurisdictions. Requires such grants to be used to: (1) combat criminal activities along the southern border of the United States; (2) facilitate information sharing and collaboration by law enforcement agencies; (3) enhance jails, community corrections, and detention operations; and (4) provide training and technical assistance related to negotiation and rescue tactics, intelligence and information sharing on drug trafficking organizations, and interdiction. 
 
Defines &quot;eligible law enforcement agency&quot; as a tribal, state, or local law enforcement agency, including a community corrections agency and any agency that employs prosecutors, probation officers, or parole officers, that is located or performs duties in: (1) Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas; or (2) a jurisdiction that has been designated as a high intensity drug trafficking area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate