hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Educators Achieving Reciprocity Now (E.A.R.N.) Act

Bill: 111-hr-2356
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Educators Achieving Reciprocity Now (E.A.R.N.) Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of such Act to consider a teacher to be highly qualified with respect to an academic subject if the teacher: (1) is or was considered highly qualified in such academic subject in at least one other state; and (2) has been teaching for at least five years in a public or private school.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Same Number Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2357
Sponsor: Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Emergency communications systems
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Same Number Act of 2009 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to declare that a provider of voice services (a telecommunications service or an IP-enabled voice service) has the duty to provide number portability to the extent technically feasible. 
 
Requires that the costs of establishing numbering administration arrangements and number portability be borne by all voice service providers on a competitively neutral basis. 
 
Requires designation of 9-1-1 as the universal emergency telephone number within the United States for both wireline and wireless telephone service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Birth Center Reimbursement Act

Bill: 111-hr-2358
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health facilities and institutions
Medicaid
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Medicaid Birth Center Reimbursement Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize coverage under the Medicaid program for services at a non-hospital freestanding birth center where childbirth is planned to occur away from the pregnant woman's residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1119)
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Imported Ethanol Parity Act

Bill: 111-hr-2359
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Sales and excise taxes
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Imported Ethanol Parity Act - Requires the President to: (1) reduce semiannually the temporary duty imposed on ethanol by an amount equal to the reduction in any federal income or excise tax credit for alcohol and ethanol blends used as fuel; and (2) take other necessary actions to ensure that the combined temporary duty and any other duty imposed on ethanol is equal to, or lower than, any federal income or excise tax credit applicable to ethanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Health Options Program Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2360
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Public contracts and procurement
Self-employed
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Small Business Health Options Program Act of 2009 or the SHOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate an office within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to administer a health insurance program for small businesses and self-employed individuals to purchase health insurance coverage meeting certain requirements. 
 
Establishes a Small Business Health Board to monitor the implementation of the program and make recommendations for improvements.
 
Requires the Administrator of the program to: (1) enter into contracts with health insurance issuers to provide health insurance coverage under this Act; and (2) enter into agreements with entities to serve as navigators to provide information about the program, provide referrals to applicable agencies for any grievance, complaint, or question, and assist in enrollment.
 
Requires a participating employer to ensure that each eligible employee has an opportunity to enroll in a plan. 
 
Sets forth requirements for health plans offered under this Act. Requires the Administrator to contract with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to study: (1) the rating requirements that apply to health insurance purchased in the small group markets in the states and to develop recommendations concerning rating requirements; and (2) the administrative procedures that apply to the program and to health insurance purchased in the small group markets in states.
 
Sets forth premium-setting rules for plans under this Act.

Allows a state to prohibit participation in this program if the state offers alternative health benefit plans.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for small employers for qualified employee health insurance expenses under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Rules, 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: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To require the accreditation of English language training programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2361
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Immigration status and procedures
Language arts
Licensing and registrations
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that a nonimmigrant foreign student seeking to enter the United States to study at a language training program enroll at a language program that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education.
 
Provides for a specified three-year exception to such requirement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Permitting Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2362
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Endangered and threatened species
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Renewable Energy Permitting Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and carry out a pilot program in FY2009-FY2018 to improve federal renewable energy permit coordination.
 
Provides for the distribution of solar and wind energy rental income collected by the Bureau of Land Management in specified percentages to: (1) certain states in which such income is derived; (2) the Renewable Energy Permit Processing Improvement Fund; and (3) the Solar Energy Land Reclamation, Restoration, and Mitigation Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to use amounts in such Funds for processing renewable energy permits and for reclaiming and restoring public land used for the production of solar energy.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to eliminate the five year limitation on the deposit and use of lease revenues under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Proud to Be an American Citizen Act

Bill: 111-hr-2363
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Commemorative events and holidays

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Proud to Be an American Citizen Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to make funds available annually to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or to approved public or private nonprofit entities to support public ceremonies for administering oaths of allegiance to naturalizing legal immigrants. 
 
States that such ceremonies shall: (1) be held on a date that is on or near Independence Day; and (2) include appropriate outreach, ceremonial, and celebratory activities. 
 
Specifies: (1) ceremony fund limits ($5,000); and (2) permitted fund uses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act to change the definition of renewable biomass in the renewable fuel program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2364
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to include within the definition of &quot;renewable biomass&quot; for purposes of renewable fuel program provisions materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or removed invasive species from National Forest System land and public lands that: (1) are byproducts of preventative treatments; (2) are removed to reduce hazardous fuels, to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or to restore ecosystem health; (3) would not otherwise be used for higher-value products; (4) are not from components of the national Wilderness Preservation System, Wilderness Study Areas, Inventoried Roadless Areas or unroaded acres of at least 5,000 acres, old growth or mature forest stands, components of the National Landscape Conservation System, National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, Designated Primitive Areas, or Wild and Scenic Rivers corridors; (5) are harvested in environmentally sustainable quantities; and (6) are harvested in accordance with federal and state law and applicable land management plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2365
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Aging
Consumer affairs
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals aged 62 years of age or older. 
 
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) to use such new CPIEC in the computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits, replacing the CPI for All Urban Consumers (U.S. city average).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2366
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require a group health plan providing benefits for intravenously administered or injected cancer medications to provide no less favorable coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells.
 
Applies such requirement to individual health insurance coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit to employers for reimbursing the expenses of employees who provide carpooling.

Bill: 111-hr-2367
Sponsor: Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a tax credit for 50% of the first $250 paid to any employee as reimbursement for carpooling expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2368
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Public contracts and procurement
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings and landscapes, and services to reduce water use, conserve energy, and preserve water resources. Sets forth the duties of the EPA Administrator for promoting, publicizing, and administering the WaterSense program.
 
Requires federal agencies to purchase WaterSense products or services or a Federal Energy Management Program designated product through their procurement process. 
 
Establishes a program to provide financial incentives for consumer purchase and installation of residential water efficient products and services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2369
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medicare
Mental health
Military medicine
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish the Commission for Evidence-Based Mental and Substance Use Health Care; (2) convene an interagency collaborative group to coordinate mental health and substance use services and primary care services; (3) change Medicaid reimbusement rules to cover same-day visits for primary care services and mental health and substance use services; (4) implement a plan for ensuring that Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) activities promote health information technology that is accessible and pertinent to mental health and substance use health care providers and consumers; and (5) establish the Council on the Mental Health and Substance Use Health Care Workforce.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to make grants for a network of national centers of excellence in mental health and substance use health care.
 
Requires specified federal programs that provide mental health and substance use care to pay for peer support and illness self-management programs and provide for appropriate payment and coverage reforms.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop uniform methodologies related to payments for mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study the use of publicly-supported mental health and addiction services by individuals with private health insurance coverage.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a five-year project to demonstrate the impact of creating delivery and financing structures that deliver high-quality, integrated, mental health and substance use health care.
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require states to prohibit discrimination against patients being treated for, or health care providers providing treatment for, any medical condition, illness, or injury involving intoxication as a result of alcohol or other substance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Voters' Right to Know Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2370
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Voters' Right to Know Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require any person conducting a federal election phone bank (except through non-political general media facilities) to report to the Federal Election Commission specified information about phone bank costs, funding sources, household contacts, and questions asked or information provided to respondents. Limits such requirement to projects contacting at least 1,500 households during the 25 days before a federal election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1119)
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House