hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Keeping Faith With the Greatest Generation Military Retirees Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4593
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2010-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-03
text: 
Keeping Faith With the Greatest Generation Military Retirees Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive the monthly part B premium (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) with respect to: (1) an individual who is entitled to military retired or retainer pay based upon service that began before December 7, 1956; and (2) the spouse, widow, or widower of such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-02-03
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-02-03
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: 2010-02-03
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Internet Freedom Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4595
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
National Science Foundation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Internet Freedom Act of 2010 - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the Internet Freedom Foundation to promote Internet freedom through education, advocacy, and research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4596
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Europe
Federal preemption
Germany
Insurance industry and regulation
Intergovernmental relations
International law and treaties
Life, casualty, property insurance
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2010 - Declares that no executive agreement between the United States and any foreign country shall invalidate or preempt any state law creating a cause of action against an insurer or related company based upon a claim arising out of or related to a covered insurance policy that: (1) was in effect at any time after January 30, 1933, and before December 31, 1945; and (2) was issued to a policyholder domiciled in any area occupied or controlled by Nazi Germany.
 
Deems any state law enacted as of March 1, 1998, which requires an insurer doing business in that state to disclose information regarding such a covered policy to be effective upon its enactment.
 
Authorizes the President to waive application of this Act upon: (1) a determination that the executive agreement is vital to U.S. national security interests; and (2) presentation of a report by the President to certain congressional committees explaining the reasons for such determination.
 

 
Prohibits a court from dismissing a claim that is brought under a state law within 10 years after enactment of this Act on the ground that the claim is barred under any statute of limitations.
 
Declares this Act applicable to any claim brought under state law before, on, or after enactment of this Act including: (1) any claim dismissed on the ground of executive preemption before the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) any claim that is deemed released as a result of the settlement of a class action entered into before enactment of this Act if the claimant did not receive any payment pursuant to the settlement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
10 Million Solar Roofs and 10 Million Gallons of Solar Water Heating Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4597
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
10 Million Solar Roofs and 10 Million Gallons of Solar Water Heating Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide rebates for the purchase and installation of solar photovoltaic systems and solar water heating systems for residential and commercial properties in order to install over 10 years at least : (1) an additional 10 million solar systems with a cumulative capacity of at least 30,000 megawatts; and (2) an additional 200,000 solar water heating systems with a cumulative capacity of 10 million gallons. Establishes rebate eligibility criteria and the amount of rebates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Express Loans Improvements Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4598
Sponsor: Rep. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Express Loans Improvements Act of 2009 - Amends provisions of the Small Business Act relating to the Express Loan Program (Program) to: (1) increase (for a two-year period) from 50% to 75% the maximum percentage of Program loans that may be guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA); (2) make such percentage 60% after such two-year period; and (3) increase from $350,000 to $1 million the maximum Program loan amount.
 
Directs the SBA Administrator to: (1) issue regulations with respect to Program loan and lender eligibility and collateral requirements that minimize federal risk of loss; and (2) report annually to the congressional small business committees describing Program implementation, including actions taken to reduce default rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Expansion Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4599
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Renewable Energy Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow taxpayers an election to receive a direct payment for investing in or producing specified energy property in lieu of existing energy tax credits; and (2) extend eligibility for such payments until January 1, 2013. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E165-166)
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer or release an individual detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to the custody of another country.

Bill: 111-hr-4600
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Foreign aid and international relief
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Prohibits funds from being made available to any specified U.S. agency, instrumentality, or representative for the transfer or release any individual currently detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to the custody of the individual's country of origin or a third country unless the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the government of the country controls all of its territory, does not allow its territory to be used as a safe haven by terrorists or insurgent groups, including Al Qaeda, and has effectively tracked the activities of all Guantanamo-detained individuals who are transferred into its custody; and (2) there is no confirmed case of any Guantanamo-detained individual who reengaged in any actual or planned act of terrorism against U.S. citizens or members of the U.S. Armed Forces. 
 
Prohibits, with a national security waiver, funds made available to the Department of State from being used for assistance to the government of a country to which an individual currently detained at Guantanamo is to be transferred or released for use by such country's security forces unless the President makes such certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
National Nurse Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4601
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
National Nurse Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Public Health Service an Office of the National Nurse, headed by a registered nurse appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Directs the Secretary to: (1) initially appoint the individual serving as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as of this Act's enactment as the first National Nurse; and (2) thereafter appoint the National Nurse in accordance with Commissioned Corps Instruction CC23.4.6 (relating to Chief Professional Officer Nominations), as in effect on February 13, 2008. Grants the National Nurse the same rank and grade as the Deputy Surgeon General.

Lists duties of the National Nurse, including to provide leadership and coordination of Public Health Service nursing professional affairs for the Office of the Surgeon General and other agencies of the Service, to conduct media campaigns, and to provide guidance and leadership for activities that will increase public safety and emergency preparedness. 
 
Requires the National Nurse to: (1) identify annual health priorities; (2) encourage volunteerism and strengthen the relationship between government agencies and health-related national organizations; and (3) encourage community-based, nonprofit organizations to seek grants for the purpose of education and interventions to address the annual priorities (including evaluating the activities encouraged by the National Nurse and conducted by such organizations, and disseminating information to governmental agencies, schools, and organizations interested in health promotion and improving public health through community action).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
HOPE Act

Bill: 111-hr-4603
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Caribbean area
Child safety and welfare
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Haitian Orphan Placement Effort Act or the HOPE Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to expand the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, so as to apply it on a case-by-case basis to children who were legally confirmed as orphans eligible for intercountry adoption by the government of Haiti before January 12, 2010.
 
Authorizes the placement of Haitian children granted humanitarian parole into the United States in an unaccompanied refugee minor program if a suitable family member is not available to provide care.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Asian Carp Action Plan Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4604
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Great Lakes
Illinois
Lakes and rivers
Pest management
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Asian Carp Action Plan Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to coordinate and lead federal actions with respect to preventing the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and its tributaries.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to implement projects to prevent the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and its tributaries, including: (1) installing electric, acoustic, air bubble, and other barriers; (2) applying pesticides; and (3) improving locks. 
 
Requires the Secretary to implement measures recommended in the dispersal barrier efficacy study, or provided in interim reports, authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to prevent aquatic nuisance species from bypassing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier Project and dispersing into the Great Lakes.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to take actions at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Illinois to prevent the spread of Asian carp. 
 
Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on strategies to prevent the spread of Asian carp with respect to the Great Lakes and its tributaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that certain entities exempt from taxation (including business leagues and chambers of commerce) disclose sources and amounts of contributions.

Bill: 111-hr-4605
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Professional sports
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require tax-exempt business leagues, chambers of commerce, real estate boards, boards of trade, or professional football leagues to disclose in their annual tax returns the total contributions (including membership dues) received by them during the year and the name and address of, and amount contributed by, each contributor. Exempts organizations whose annual gross receipts do not exceed $25 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the purposes for which Build America Bonds may be issued.

Bill: 111-hr-4606
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Income tax credits
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat a bond issued for a specified purpose as a tax credit Build America Bond. Defines &quot;specified purpose&quot; to mean providing a facility (including any land, building, or other property functionally related and subordinate to such facility) that is located within 2,000 feet of an enclosed convention center facility that is more than 150,000 square feet and is owned by or on behalf of a governmental unit having a population (determined by using 2000 census data) of not more than 250,000. Limits to $250 million the amount of bonds that may be issued for such purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4607
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) provide states, school food authorities, local educational agencies, and local processing entities with model product specifications and practices for foods offered in the school lunch and breakfast programs so that such foods reflect the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans; (2) analyze, and report to Congress on, the quantity and quality of nutritional information available to school food authorities about food service products and commodities; and (3) purchase, to the maximum extent possible, the widest variety of healthful foods for the school lunch and breakfast programs that reflect the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow multiemployer plans to amortize losses from certain fraudulent investment schemes over a 40-year period.

Bill: 111-hr-4608
Sponsor: Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to permit the plan sponsor of a multiemployer pension plan to amortize net investment losses incurred from qualified fraudulent investment schemes after August 31, 2008, over a 40-year period in equal annual installments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4609
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Louisiana
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Small business
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Program under which the Administrator may waive, for up to three years and $15,000 total, the interest payments of small businesses that resume operations in a declared disaster area during the period beginning on: (1) September 1, 2005, and ending on October 1, 2006, for loans relating to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita of 2005; or (2) September 1, 2008, and ending on January 1, 2009, for loans relating to Hurricanes Gustav or Ike of 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the drawback fee on the manufacture or production of certain distilled spirits used in nonbeverage products.

Bill: 111-hr-4610
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Food industry and services
Manufacturing
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the drawback fee on the manufacture or production of distilled spirits used in non-beverage products (i.e., medicines, medicinal preparations, food products, flavors, flavoring extracts, or perfume, which are unfit for beverage purposes).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Dollars to the Classroom Act

Bill: 111-hr-4611
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2010-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: 
Dollars to the Classroom Act - Requires at least 95% of any federal funds made available to a state by the Secretary of Education for elementary or secondary education to be used for: (1) academic purposes; and (2) classroom-related purposes or at the school level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Introduced in House