hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Smoke-Free Federal Workplace Act

Bill: 111-hr-4131
Sponsor: Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Smoke-Free Federal Workplace Act - Prohibits smoking in federal buildings. 
 
Defines &quot;federal building&quot; to: (1) include any building, any area within 25 feet of such building, any courtyard, any areas used for children's playgrounds, or any structure owned, leased, or leased for use by a federal agency; and (2) exclude any building or other structure on a military installation, any health care facility under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), or any area of a building that is used primarily as living quarters.
 
Requires the head of each executive agency, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the House Office Building Commission and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and the Architect of the Capitol to: (1) take such actions as necessary to institute and enforce the prohibition as it applies to all federal buildings; and (2) implement an enforcement process to impose a fine on an individual who fails to comply with the prohibition ($250 fine for a first offense, $500 for a second offense, and $1,000 for any subsequent offense).
 
 Permits a state or local government or a federal agency, including a military installation or VA facility, to implement more protective smoke-free or tobacco-free laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-11-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Clean Renewable Water Supply Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4132
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Government studies and investigations
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Clean Renewable Water Supply Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the issuance, until 2019, of tax-exempt clean renewable water supply bonds to finance certain water recycling, desalination, and groundwater remediation projects that comply with requirements for minimization of environmental impact. 
 
Establishes a national clean renewable water supply bond limitation for each of calendar years 2010-2018. Sets forth provsions governing the allocation of such limitation among qualified projects. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study of the method of allocation to determine whether a different method would result in the development of projects to provide new supplies of water in a more efficient manner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2829)
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt public school rehabilitation from the tax-exempt use exception to the rehabilitation credit.

Bill: 111-hr-4133
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the rehabilitation tax credit, to allow such credit for expenditures to rehabilitate public school property that is leased to a tax-exempt entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Subcontractor Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4134
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Subcontractor Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require any offeror responding to an executive agency's solicitation for competitive proposals for the procurement of property or services in an amount greater than $550,000 or for construction in an amount greater than $1 million to enter into an agreement that provides that each subcontract to be awarded in the performance of the contract. shall: (1) become a valid subcontract if the offeror is awarded the prime contract; and (2) include the identity of the subcontractor, the scope of work to be performed under the subcontract, and the dollar amount of the subcontract. Requires a copy of each subcontracting agreement to be included in any competitive proposal submitted.
 
Establishes the same requirements for defense contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Keep Americans Working Act

Bill: 111-hr-4135
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Keep Americans Working Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) provide guidance to states in enacting short-term compensation programs; and (2) award start-up grants to state agencies in states that have enacted programs and meet certain requirements.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define &quot;short-time compensation program&quot; as one in which: (1) participation of an employer is voluntary; (2) an employer reduces the number of hours worked by employees through certifying that such reductions are in lieu of temporary layoffs; (3) an employee whose workweek that has been reduced by at least 10% is eligible for unemployment compensation; (4) an eligible employee may participate in an employer-sponsored job skills training program; and (5) an employer is required to certify that continuation of employee health and retirement benefits will not be affected by participation in the program.
 
Directs the Secretary to make payments to a state's unemployment compensation trust fund for the payment of unemployment compensation if the Secretary approves a state's application for certification to operate a short-time compensation program that requires the maintenance of health and retirement employee benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary duty suspensions on certain cotton shirting fabrics, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4136
Sponsor: Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary duty suspensions on certain cotton shirting fabrics.
 
Amends the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the Treasury to the Pima Cotton Trust Fund amounts equal to the duties received in the Treasury from certain imported woven fabrics of cotton since January 1, 2004. Extends the authority of the Secretary to make transfers to the Trust Fund for certain annual distributions (duty refunds) to U.S. manufacturers who certify by affidavit to have used such imported cotton in the manufacture of cotton shirts.
 
Requires annual affidavits from shirting manufacturers and from yarn spinners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
New Bedford Whaling Nation Historical Park Resources Assistant Act

Bill: 111-hr-4137
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
New Bedford Whaling Nation Historical Park Resources Assistant Act - Amends the Omnibus Park and Public Lands Management Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the interpretation and preservation of specified properties associated with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in Massachusetts; (2) set forth a non-federal matching requirement for funding a cooperative agreement for the preservation of the National Historic Landmark Schooner Ernestina; and (3) prohibit any funds authorized under the Act from being used for the operation and routine maintenance of the Schooner Ernestina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Medicare SGR Improvement and Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4138
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government trust funds
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Intellectual property
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Medicare SGR Improvement and Reform Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide an increased annual update for the Sustainable Growth Mechanism (SGR) formula for determining rates in the fee schedule for Medicare physician payments.
 
Sets a three-year time limit for the commencement of a health care lawsuit.
 
Prescribes requirements for: (1) unlimited damages for a claimant's actual economic losses in health care lawsuits; (2) court supervision of arrangements for payment of such damages, including limitation of contingent attorney fees; (3) restrictions on punitive damages; and (4) payment of future damages to claimants in health care suits.
 
Terminates funding of the Medicare Improvement Fund as of January 1, 2010.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to prescribe requirements for the licensure of biological products as biosimilar or interchangeable.
 
Includes under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act fees relating to the licensure of a biological product.
 
Amends patent law with respect to biosimilar products.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to adopt a single set of consensus-based operating rules for each health information transaction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4141
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to provide assistance under such Act to an individual or household adversely affected by a major disaster if: (1) such individual or household resides in a county included in a request for a major disaster declaration made by the governor of a state; (2) such state is contiguous to a state for which a major disaster has been declared; and (3) certain counties in each state have comparable damage estimates. Sets forth criteria for determining whether damage estimates are comparable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act

Bill: 111-hr-4142
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) submit to Congress, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, a list of all commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies that the Secretary believes are too big to fail (&quot; Too Big To Fail List&quot;); and (2) break up entities included on such list so that their failure would no longer cause a catastrophic effect on the United States or global economy without a taxpayer bailout.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on silver sodium hydrogen zirconium phosphate.

Bill: 111-hr-4143
Sponsor: Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on silver sodium hydrogen zirconium phosphate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property.

Bill: 111-hr-4144
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the energy tax credit for investment in combined heat and power system property to: (1) increase the capacity limitations for such property; and (2) expand the definition of such property to include property which produces electrical or mechanical energy from recovered waste energy using back-pressure turbines, rankine, sterling, kalina, or other heat engines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Students Social Security Numbers Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4145
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Foreign Students Social Security Numbers Reform Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit issuance of Social Security numbers to nonimmigrant aliens who are admitted to the United States as students in order to pursue a full course of study, or their spouses or minor children, unless such aliens are applicants for or recipients of benefits under a federal program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2820)
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Sensible Transparency for Retirement Plans Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4146
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Sensible Transparency for Retirement Plans Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a service provider which contracts or makes arrangements with a party in interest for office space, or legal, accounting, or other reasonable services necessary for the establishment or operation of a defined benefit plan and defined contribution pension plan to disclose to the plan administrator: (1) the services to be provided; and (2) the total compensation to be received for them.
 
Requires the plan administrator of an individual account plan that permits a participant or beneficiary to exercise control over account assets to provide to the participant or beneficiary a notice containing the direct fees and expenses charged against the account and information on investment options 10 business days before the participant's initial investment and the effective date of any material change in such information.
 
Adds new requirements for quarterly benefit statements, including specified periodic account information for participants and beneficiaries. Allows plans with 100 or fewer participants and beneficiaries to issue an annual pension benefit statement instead of quarterly statements.
 
Requires the Secretary to make available to: (1) employers educational and compliance materials concerning compliance with requirements for disclosure of investment options to plan participants or beneficiaries; and (2) participants and beneficiaries educational materials to assist them in understanding such disclosures.
 
Prescribes civil penalties for plan administrators or other persons who fail or refuse to provide required pension benefit statements to plan participants or beneficiaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To provide for rollover treatment to traditional IRAs of amounts received in airline carrier bankruptcy.

Bill: 111-hr-4147
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Bankruptcy
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Allows commercial airline employees who were participants in a tax-exempt defined benefit pension plan of a commercial airline that was terminated or otherwise restricted to transfer to a traditional individual retirement account (IRA) any amount received from the airline resulting from a bankruptcy proceeding filed after September 11, 2001, and before January 1, 2007. Excludes from the gross income of such employees any such amount received from an airline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a renewable electricity integration credit for a utility that purchases or produces renewable power.

Bill: 111-hr-4149
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow electric utilities a business-related tax credit for producing and selling specified percentages of renewable electricity generated by wind and solar energy facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Big Spring, Texas, as the George H. O'Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Bill: 111-hr-4150
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Health facilities and institutions
Texas
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Big Spring, Texas, as the &quot;George H. O'Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House