hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Strengthening America's Military Families Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3708
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
Strengthening America's Military Families Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow spouses of members of the Armed Forces to exclude from their gross income an amount equal to that amount which such members are able to exclude as combat zone compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Geothermal Production Expansion Act

Bill: 111-hr-3709
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
Geothermal Production Expansion Act - Amends competitive lease provisions of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to set forth conditions under which areas that adjoin federal lands for which a qualified lessee holds a legal right to develop geothermal resources may be made available to the lessee for noncompetitive lease at the fair market value per acre.
 
Includes as such conditions that sufficient data has been submitted by a qualified geothermal professional to the relevant federal land management agency to engender a belief that: (1) there is a valid discovery of geothermal or geothermal steam resources on the lands for which the lessee holds the right to develop the resources; and (2) the thermal feature extends into the adjoining areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2434)
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act

Bill: 111-hr-3710
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Legal fees and court costs
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act - Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. 
 
Imposes on persons who possess or use such traps in the System: (1) for a first offense, a civil fine of up to $500 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used; and (2) for subsequent offenses, a civil fine of up to $1000 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used, imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both such a civil fine and imprisonment. 
 
Makes any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this Act, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur, subject to civil forfeiture. 
 
Requires persons found to be in violation of such prohibition to pay all associated court costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Green Taxis Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3711
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Intergovernmental relations
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
Green Taxis Act of 2009 - Allows states or political subdivisions to prescribe requirements for fuel economy for taxicabs and other automobiles if such requirements are at least as stringent as federal requirements and if such vehicles: (1) are automobiles that are capable of transporting not more than 10 individuals, including the driver; (2) are commercially available or are designed and manufactured pursuant to a contract with such state or subdivision; (3) are operated for hire pursuant to a license, permit, or other authorization issued by such state or subdivision; (4) provide local transportation for a fare determined on the basis of the time or distance traveled; and (5) do not exclusively provide transportation to and from airports.
 
Amends the Clean Air Act to allow states or political subdivisions to adopt and enforce standards for the control of emissions from new motor vehicles that are taxicabs and other vehicles if such standards will be at least as protective of public health and welfare as applicable federal standards and if such vehicles meet the other criteria specified above.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
1863 Gettysburg Campaign Act

Bill: 111-hr-3712
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Currency
Pennsylvania
Presidential administrations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
1863 Gettysburg Campaign Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue commemorative five-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the history and memory of the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Gettysburg Address of President Abraham Lincoln. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Community Restoration and Revitalization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3715
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Energy efficiency and conservation
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
Community Restoration and Revitalization Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to the building rehabilitation tax credit to: (1) allow an increased 30% credit for projects involving $7.5 million or less in rehabilitation expenditures; (2) allow rehabilitated buildings used for lodging to qualify for such credit; (3) establish a 50-year placed-in-service requirement for non-historic rehabilitated buildings; (4) allow such credit for certain tax-exempt use property; (5) provide for the transferability of such credit; (6) increase the energy efficiency tax credit allowed to rehabilitated buildings; and (7) exempt from taxation refunds attributable to state historic tax credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
To make certain adjustments to the price analysis of propane prepared by the Secretary of Commerce.

Bill: 111-hr-3716
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy prices
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
Amends the Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 to revise requirements for the annual report by the Secretary of Commerce to the Propane Education and Research Council, the Secretary of Energy, and the public analyzing changes in the price of propane relative to other energy sources.
 
Requires the analysis to compare indexed changes in the average price of consumer grade propane to all end users to an equally weighted composite of indexed changes in the price of residential electricity, residential natural gas, and refiner price to end users of No. 2 fuel oil on an annual national average basis. (Currently, the comparison is to be made of indexed changes in the price of consumer grade propane to a composite of indexed changes in the price of residential electricity, residential natural gas, and refiner price.)
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to prepare and make available to the public an updated propane price analysis reflecting the amendment made by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Kelsey Smith Act

Bill: 111-hr-3717
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
Kelsey Smith Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a telecommunication carrier to provide, at the request of a law enforcement agency, call location information of users of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service (e.g., cell phones) to such agency and other public safety and health agencies in order to respond to emergency situations.
 
 Prohibits any cause of action against any commercial mobile service or IP-enabled voice service provider (including its officers, employees, or agents) for providing such call location information in good faith.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax credit.

Bill: 111-hr-3718
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Child care and development
Income tax credits
Puerto Rico
Tax treatment of families
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3719
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Department of Labor
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing finance and home ownership
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) a Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration, headed by the Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity, to administer VA programs of economic opportunity assistance to veterans and their dependents and survivors. Requires the Administration to administer the following VA programs: (1) vocational rehabilitation and employment; (2) educational assistance; (3) veterans' housing loan and related programs; (4) veterans' entrepreneurship; and (5) homeless veterans.
 
Establishes as an interagency committee the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Labor-Small Business Administration Joint Executive Committee on Economic Opportunity to recommend to the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Labor and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) strategic direction for the joint coordination and sharing of efforts to promote and administer veterans economic opportunity programs for education and training, vocational rehabilitation, employment, small business, and homelessness, and to oversee implementation of those efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road.

Bill: 111-hr-3720
Sponsor: Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
General agriculture matters
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a rule: (1) to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment operating on public roads; and (2) that establishes minimum lighting and marking standards for such equipment.
 
Requires the Secretary to review and revise such standards at least once every five years to reflect the latest edition of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) S279 standard published by the American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers entitled &quot;Lighting and Marking of Agricultural Equipment on Highways&quot;.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

Bill: 111-hr-3721
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to declare that a plaintiff establishes an unlawful employment practice if the plaintiff demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) an impermissible factor or authority was a motivating factor for the practice complained of, even if other factors also motivated that practice; or (2) the practice complained of would not have occurred in the absence of an impermissible factor. Specifies the types of: (1) evidence that a plaintiff may utilize; and (2) relief and damages available to a successful plaintiff.
 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced New Markets and Expanded Investment in Renewable Energy for Small Manufacturers Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3722
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Economic development
Financial services and investments
Manufacturing
Small Business Administration
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Enhanced New Markets and Expanded Investment in Renewable Energy for Small Manufacturers Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to require (under current law, authorizes) the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to participate in the new markets venture capital program (program) (a program under which investment companies provide capital financing to small businesses).
 
Requires the Administrator, in selecting companies for program participation, to approve at least one company from each SBA geographic region.
 
Provides for new market capital venture investment in, as well as operational assistance to, small businesses located in low-income geographic areas and engaged primarily in manufacturing.
 
Makes the SBA definition of &quot;low-income geographic area&quot; the same as the definition of &quot;low-income community&quot; under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
Expands SBA operational assistance to conditionally-approved companies. Directs the Administrator to grant each such company two years to satisfy capital and other requirements for such assistance.
 
Provides: (1) a streamlined application process for new market venture capital companies; and (2) a simplified formula for operational assistance grants.
 
Increases amounts allocated for investment in small businesses located in low-income geographic areas and engaged primarily in manufacturing.
 
Redesignates (thereby expanding) the SBA's renewable fuel capital investment program as the renewable energy capital investment program. Makes such program permanent (currently a pilot program). Makes eligible under such program all small businesses (under current law, only smaller enterprises). Requires (under current law, authorizes) the Administrator to participate in such program. Increases amounts allocated for operational assistance grants for renewable energy purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Provisions of Measure Incorporated into H.R. 3854.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3724
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Self-employed
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax credit for social security taxes paid for employee cash tips to employers of cosmetologists. 
 
Requires employers of cosmetologists to report income and tips of their cosmetologist employees and to provide income and tip information to self-employed cosmetologists to whom they pay more than $600 in the taxable year. Imposes similar reporting requirements upon individuals who rent chairs to cosmetologists. Requires such employers to provide their cosmetologist employees and self-employed cosmetologists with information on the tax and tip reporting obligations of employees and self-employed individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2460)
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
National Highway Chokepoint Congestion Relief Act

Bill: 111-hr-3725
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Performance measurement
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
National Highway Chokepoint Congestion Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) issue regulations to establish a chokepoint congestion relief program; and (2) develop criteria for designating national chokepoint regions in a state.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make capital improvement grants to states in order to carry out eligible projects that reduce traffic congestion in the national chokepoint regions. Sets forth a formula for the apportioning of grant funds.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) states should adopt both interim and long-term objectives for significantly reducing traffic congestion at chokepoint areas; (2) establishment of performance measures and quantitative goals will allow states to make efficient use of available resources on projects that have the maximum impact in reducing traffic congestion and improving mobility at chokepoint areas; and (3) alleviation of traffic congestion requires Congress to commit to authorizing and funding nonautomotive travel modes as well as travel demand management, growth management, land use, and green infrastructure strategies.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), through the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, to study and report to specified congressional committees on the extent to which congestion pricing (including that utilized in London, England, and Stockholm, Sweden) can encourage travelers to drive during off-peak hours, or change their mode of transportation, and can also generate revenue and thus require less tax-based funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House