hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
U.S.-Paraguay Partnership Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1837
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Latin America
Paraguay
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
U.S.-Paraguay Partnership Act of 2009 - Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act, as amended and expanded by Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), to include Paraguay on the list of countries eligible for duty-free treatment and other preferential treatment for its products as a designated beneficiary country and ATPDEA beneficiary country.
 
Terminates the extension of such treatment to Paraguayan products after December 31, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E836)
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Incentives for the Adoption of Children with Special Needs Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1840
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Protecting Incentives for the Adoption of Children with Special Needs Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 to repeal the limitation on FY2008 adoption incentive payments to states to the same manner as such incentives were awarded in FY2008 for the previous fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1843
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Oklahoma
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2009 - Provides that any Greenwood, Oklahoma, claimant (a survivor or descendant of victims of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Race Riot of 1921) who has not previously obtained a determination on the merits of a Greenwood claim may, in a civil action commenced within five years after enactment of this Act, obtain that determination. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E847-848)
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1844
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Comprehensive health care
Education programs funding
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medical research
Medicare
Nursing
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a two-year demonstration project for Medicare payment for comprehensive cancer care symptom management services furnished by an eligible entity in accordance with a described plan.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities for establishing a new, or expanding an existing, palliative care and symptom management program for cancer patients.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to improve the quality of graduate and postgraduate training of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, as well as continuing professional education, in palliative care and symptom management for such patients.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a program of grants for research on palliative care, symptom management, communication skills, and other end-of-life topics for such patients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-04-01
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: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
C.L.E.A.R. Act

Bill: 111-hr-1846
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Credit and credit markets
Interest, dividends, interest rates
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act or the C.L.E.A.R. Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to limit the interest, fees and charges that a payday lender may require a consumer to pay with respect to an original payday loan and a refinanced payday loan.
 
Prohibits a payday lender from: (1) requiring a consumer to pay an origination fee for a payday loan that is refinanced; or (2) making or refinancing a payday loan unless the creditor has first provided the consumer with a copy of a written loan agreement, signed by the creditor and by the consumer, which includes specified information in English and in the language in which the loan was negotiated.
 
Requires a payday lender to file a surety bond. 
 
Prohibits a payday lender from making or refinancing a payday loan unless the terms of the loan require the creditor, upon receiving notice of consumer's inability to repay, to provide the consumer with notice of and the right to opt into an extended payment plan, without charge, one time in any 12-month period.
 
Prohibits a creditor from engaging in any collection activity (or procuring the services of any other for such purpose) during the term of any extended payment plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1847
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Aviation and airports
Coal
Congressional oversight
Executive Office of the President
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2009 - Directs the President to promulgate regulations to ensure that aviation fuel, motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil, and boiler fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of clean coal-derived fuel, determined in accordance with this Act. 
 
Exempts small refineries from compliance with such regulations until calendar 2018.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to the President and Congress on whether compliance with the requirements of this Act would impose a disproportionate economic hardship on small refineries. Requires the President to extend such exemption if it would.
 
Allows a small refinery to: (1) petition the President for an exemption at any time for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship; and (2) opt-in and be subject to such regulations if it notifies the President that it waives the exemption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1848
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2009 to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for specified mortgage foreclosure mitigation (namely housing counseling) activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Quit Smoking for Life Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1850
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Quit Smoking for Life Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to cover diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services, furnished by or under a physician's supervision, for cessation of tobacco use. Provides for payment of 80% of the lesser of the actual charge or the fee schedule amount. Eliminates the deductible. 
 
Includes tobacco cessation agents as covered drugs under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program).
 
Amends SSA titles V (Maternal and Child Health Services) and XIX (Medicaid) also to cover counseling and medication for cessation of tobacco use. Requires inclusion of anti-tobacco messages in health promotion counseling as part of quality maternal and child health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-04-01
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: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that certain members of the Armed Forces receive employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services provided by the Secretary of Labor before separating from active duty service.

Bill: 111-hr-1851
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
 Modifies the requirement that the Secretary of Labor provide employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services to members of the Armed Forces who are being separated from active duty (and the member's spouse).
 
Directs the Secretary concerned (the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs), where such services are available on a routine basis, to require such members to receive them if they have been deployed for 180 days or more.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4282 Beach Street in Akron, Ohio, as the "Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 111-hr-1852
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Ohio
Postal service
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4282 Beach Street in Akron, Ohio, as the "Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the C.C. Cragin Dam and Reservoir, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1853
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Dams and canals
Land transfers
Roads and highways
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Withdraws specified land located in Coconino and Gila Counties, Arizona (covered land), from all forms of: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
 
 Grants the Secretary of the Interior exclusive jurisdiction with respect to covered land to manage each reclamation project carried out on such land in accordance with the Arizona Water Settlements Act. Requires that Secretary and the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District to ensure the compliance of each activity carried out at the C.C. Craigin Dam and Reservoir with applicable federal law.
 
Authorizes that Secretary to contract with the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to carry out specified management activities on covered land that does not conflict with, or adversely affect, the operation, maintenance, or repair of the Dam, including the management of recreation, wildland fire activities, public conduct and law enforcement, and cultural and other resources.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, to carry out the operation, maintenance, and repair of the Dam, to authorize employees of the Department of the Interior and the District to use certain roads under Forest Service jurisdiction. Prohibits requiring any such individual from applying for or possessing a permit, license, or other similar document as a condition for authorization to use any such road. Requires the Department and the District to comply with applicable federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to modify an environmental infrastructure project for Big Bear Lake, California.

Bill: 111-hr-1854
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Infrastructure development
Lakes and rivers
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to provide specified funding for water supply infrastructure improvements for Big Bear Lake, California (in lieu of funding for water reclamation and distribution infrastructure for the Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency).

action_date: 2009-12-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to provide specified funding for water supply infrastructure improvements for Big Bear Lake, California (in lieu of funding for water reclamation and distribution infrastructure for the Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S49)
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S49)
action_date: 2009-12-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H13581)
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H13581)
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1854.
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13581-13582)
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Mr. Larsen (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
FinCEN Reauthorization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1856
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Criminal justice information and records
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international banking
Government information and archives
Organized crime
White-collar crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
FinCEN Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) through FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the allowance of capital losses of taxpayers other than corporations.

Bill: 111-hr-1857
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limit on the deductibility of losses from the sale or exchange of capital assets for individual taxpayers to $10,000, adjusted for inflation after 2009 ($5,000 for married individuals filing a separate tax return). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1859
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Prescription drugs
Product safety and quality
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to award grants or contracts for: (1) the development and production of educational materials concerning the evidence available on the relative safety, effectiveness, and cost of prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and nondrug interventions for treating selected conditions, to be distributed and presented to health care providers who prescribe such drugs and their patients; and (2) the development and implementation of a program to appropriately train and deploy health professionals to distribute such materials to, and otherwise educate, physicians and other drug prescribers concerning such drugs and interventions. 
 
Requires that grantees receive no support from any entity that manufactures products used to treat the medical conditions discussed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1860
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Intellectual property

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 - Amends federal copyright law and the Communications Act of 1934 to allow satellite or cable retransmission of signals of broadcast television stations located in the capital of a state to counties in that state if the counties meet specified criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-04-01
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: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1861
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
News media and reporting

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, to provide Congress with an &quot;Annual Report on the Status of Freedom of the Press Worldwide.&quot; 
 
Sets forth Report provisions.
 
Directs the Secretary to administer a grant program to promote freedom of the press worldwide, which shall be administered by the Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor as part of the Human Rights Democracy Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E837)
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in House