hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Let Wall Street Pay for Wall Street's Bailout Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1068
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Sales and excise taxes
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Let Wall Street Pay for Wall Street's Bailout Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require securities trading facilities to pay an excise tax on a specified percentage of the value of securities and commodities transactions sufficient to recoup the net cost of carrying out the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Safe Closure Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1069
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Safe Closure Act of 2009 - Directs the President to notify the congressional defense and appropriations committees at least 90 days before taking any action associated with the closure of the Department of Defense (DOD) detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the transfer of any persons detained there to a new detention facility in the United States.

Requires the notification to include a: (1) study addressing the legal ramifications and the security, infrastructure, and other support requirements associated with such closure and transfer of persons detained; and (2) plan for the relocation of the persons detained.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the capital loss carryovers of individuals to $10,000.

Bill: 111-hr-1070
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Income tax deductions
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $10,000 the limitation on the amount of losses from the sale or exchange of capital assets that an individual taxpayer may deduct in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Keeping America's Freeways Free Act

Bill: 111-hr-1071
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Keeping America's Freeways Free Act - Prohibits, with a specified exception, the imposition or collection of a toll on any portion of a federal highway facility: (1) that is in existence upon enactment of this Act; and (2) on which no toll is imposed or collected under a tolling provision on such enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit United States contributions to the United Nations for the purpose of paying or reimbursing the legal expenses of United Nations officers or employees charged with malfeasance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1072
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
International organizations and cooperation
Lawyers and legal services
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Prohibits any U.S. contributions to the United Nations from being used for the payment or reimbursement of the legal expenses of U.N. officers or employees charged with employment-related malfeasance. Directs the President to ensure that no U.S. contributions are used for such purposes, including by withholding from U.S. contributions to the U.N. regularly assessed biennial budget any amounts so paid or reimbursed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities in Florida or to house such individuals at such facilities.

Bill: 111-hr-1073
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Florida
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any military installation or federal detention center in Florida; or (2) house any such individual at a Florida installation or detention center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act

Bill: 111-hr-1074
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, dealers, or collectors (licensees) to sell or deliver any firearm (currently, rifles or shotguns) to a resident of a state other than the state in which the licensee is located or temporarily located if the licensee meets with the purchaser to complete the sale or delivery and the transaction complies with the laws of the state in which the transfer is conducted and the purchaser's state of residence; and (2) eliminate the requirement that a licensee must conduct business at a gun show only in the state that is specified on the licensee's license. 

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition: (1) between licensed firearms dealers at any location in any state; or (2) by a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer to an unlicensed person at a temporary location in any state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
RECOVER Act (Restoring Essential Care for Our Veterans for Effective Recovery)

Bill: 111-hr-1075
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Natural disasters
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
RECOVER Act (Restoring Essential Care for Our Veterans for Effective Recovery) - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, if a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility that would otherwise provide covered medical services to veterans residing in an area for which a major disaster is declared is unable to provide such services for at least 180 days due to such disaster, to contract with one or more non-VA facilities in that area to provide such services to veterans who reside within 150 miles of the VA facility that is unable to provide the services.
 
Makes such requirement inapplicable to a VA facility that is closed, or that the Secretary intends to close, as part of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) process.
 
Makes this Act applicable to any VA facility unable to provide covered services on or after August 29, 2005, by reason of a major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1076
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Currency
Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit financial transactions in interstate or foreign commerce that facilitate access to, or the possession of, child pornography; (2) prohibit conduct by an Internet content hosting provider or email service provider that facilitates access to, or the possession of, child pornography; (3) require providers of electronic communication or remote computing services to retain certain user records for at least two years; (4) establish certain child sexual exploitation crimes as a predicate for money laundering prosecutions; (5) increase criminal penalties for sexual exploitation of children and for child pornography; and (6) establish embezzlement or theft of public property and bribery as predicates for racketeering prosecutions.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2014 for the Innocent Images National Initiative. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1077
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover the services of a qualified respiratory therapist performed under the general supervision of a physician. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act

Bill: 111-hr-1078
Sponsor: Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Maryland
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act - Establishes in the City of Auburn, New York, the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide grant funding and enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities for the historic preservation, rehabilitation, interpretation, and maintenance of such historical parks. Requires the Secretary to complete a general management plan for them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-hr-1079
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) develop a system to collect data on pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases; (2) establish the National PF Registry; and (3) establish the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Advisory Board.

Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases that can be confused with, misdiagnosed as, and progress to pulmonary fibrosis.

Requires the Secretary, in developing the Registry, to: (1) expand and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; and (2) provide for research access to pulmonary fibrosis data.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information are made available to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Requires the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate Institute pulmonary fibrosis research activities.

Requires the Director of CDC to prepare the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Action Plan.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) convene a summit of individuals with expertise in research and care of pulmonary fibrosis to provide a detailed overview of NIH research activities and discuss potential collaborations between NIH and other federal health agencies; and (2) make information about NIH activities relating to pulmonary fibrosis publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to extend the public assistance pilot program through December 31, 2009.

Bill: 111-hr-1081
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to extend the public assistance pilot program through December 31, 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Genuine American Flag Act

Bill: 111-hr-1082
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: National symbols
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Genuine American Flag Act - Prohibits the importation for sale of foreign-made flags of the United States of America (regardless of size and whether or not in compliance with the standard proportions prescribed by Executive order).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1083
Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009 - Expands the federal prohibition against state taxation of interstate commerce to: (1) include taxation of out-of-state transactions involving all forms of property, including intangible personal property and services (currently, only sales of tangible personal property are protected); and (2) prohibit state taxation of an out-of-state entity unless such entity has a physical presence in the taxing state. Sets forth criteria for determining that a person has a physical presence in a state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-1085
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan from imposing an aggregate lifetime benefit limit of less than: (1) $5 million for the first two plan years; (2) $10 million for the third and fourth plan years; and (3) adjusted amounts based on the consumer price index for subsequent plan years. Excludes from such prohibition a group health plan offered to employees of a small employer, except upon request of the employer for a consistent limit.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the Institute of Medicine for a study to determine the number of individuals who have reached the lifetime limitations set forth in this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1086
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2009-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
Prescription drugs
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: 
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009 - Sets conditions for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims regarding health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce. 

 Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions. 
Provides that nothing in this Act limits recovery of the full amount of available economic damages. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000. Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages directly proportional to such party's percentage of responsibility. 
Allows the court to restrict the payment of attorney contingency fees. Limits the fees to a decreasing percentage based on the increasing value of the amount awarded. 
 
Allows the introduction of collateral source benefits and the amount paid to secure such benefits as evidence. Prohibits a provider of such benefits from recovering any amount from an award in a health care lawsuit involving injury or wrongful death. 
Authorizes the award of punitive damages only where: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury the claimant was substantially certain to suffer; and (2) compensatory damages are awarded. Limits punitive damages to the greater of two times the amount of economic damages or $250,000. 
Denies punitive damages in the case of products approved, cleared, or licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or otherwise considered in compliance with FDA standards. 

Provides for periodic payments of future damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Introduced in House