hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
U.S.-China Language Engagement Act

Bill: 111-hr-2313
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
International exchange and broadcasting
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
U.S.-China Language Engagement Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive three-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for innovative model programs establishing, improving, or expanding Chinese language and cultural studies instruction for their elementary school and secondary school students. 
 
Directs the Secretary to award grants to LEAs for use in acquiring communications technologies or equipment to improve Chinese language instruction in elementary schools and secondary schools through computer-assisted instruction, distance learning, and virtual exchanges with schools in China.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that increasing the number of students who receive substantial exposure to Chinese language and cultural studies before graduating from secondary school will enhance our global economic competitiveness in the 21st century.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1105)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer enemy combatants detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities in Ohio or to construct facilities in Ohio for such enemy combatants.

Bill: 111-hr-2315
Sponsor: Rep. Austria, Steve [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Building construction
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Ohio
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any enemy combatant detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in Ohio; or (2) construct any facility in Ohio for any enemy combatant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume Assessment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2316
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hydrology and hydrography
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume Assessment Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey, to complete a study of water resources in California, including: (1) a survey of ground water resources (including the identification of a recent surge in perchlorate concentrations in ground water); and (2) a characterization of surface and bedrock geology, including the effect of the geology on ground water yield and quality. Requires the study to include the Rialto-Colton Basin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in recognition of his important contributions to the Progressive movement, the State of Wisconsin, and the United States.

Bill: 111-hr-2317
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Members of Congress
Senate
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to award a gold medal of appropriate design posthumously to Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in recognition of his important contributions to the Progressive movement, Wisconsin, and the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 111-hr-2318
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Currency
Members of Congress
Senate
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins in commemoration of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., and emblematic of his life and accomplishments.
 
Restricts coin issuance to calendar year 2011. Imposes a surcharge of $10 per coin, to be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Home Loan Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2319
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Veterans' Home Loan Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the eligibility of veterans for mortgage financing under the veterans' mortgage revenue bond program by redefining &quot;qualified veteran&quot; as any veteran who served on active duty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1100)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to retain funds collected from recreation fees at Lake Texoma to repair flood-damaged recreation facilities.

Bill: 111-hr-2320
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Floods and storm protection
Lakes and rivers
Oklahoma
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Texas
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Requires funds generated by fees collected during FY2010-FY2015 for admission to or for using recreation facilities located in public recreation areas at Denison Dam, Lake Texoma, Texas and Oklahoma, to be retained by the Secretary of the Army and used to cover the cost of repairing any federally owned recreation structure, facility, or real property at Lake Texoma damaged as a result of flooding prior to September 30, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Warning Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2321
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Medicare Warning Act of 2009 - Continues through the remainder of the 111th Congress procedures under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 for House of Representatives consideration of the President's legislative proposal to respond to a Medicare funding warning. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Food Choices for Kids Act

Bill: 111-hr-2322
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Healthy Food Choices for Kids Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to up to 10 states and, through them, subgrants to up to 10 schools in each of those states for a pilot program requiring schools to: (1) post nutritional content information in school cafeterias regarding the food they serve; and (2) teach students how to make healthy food selections.
 
Requires the Secretary to encourage such schools to post the nutritional content information, including caloric information, on their websites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act

Bill: 111-hr-2323
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Medical research
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the impacts of climate change on health systems. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) publish a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals to prepare for and respond to the impacts of climate change on public health in the United States and other nations, particularly developing nations; (2) revise such plan periodically to reflect new information on the impacts of climate change on public health; (3) establish a permanent science advisory board to provide advice and recommendations on the domestic and international impacts of climate change on public health; and (4) contract with the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine to prepare a report that assesses the needs for health professionals to prepare for and respond to climate change impacts on public health. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2324
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person to operate a gun show unless such person: (1) has attained 21 years of age; (2) is not prohibited from transporting, shipping, or receiving firearms and has not violated any federal firearms requirements; (3) has registered with the Attorney General as a gun show operator and has provided a photograph and fingerprints; (4) has not concealed material information nor made false statements in connection with a gun show operator registration; and (5) notifies the Attorney General of the date, time, and duration of a gun show not later than 30 days before the commencement of such show and verifies the identity of each vendor at the gun show.
 
Imposes recordkeeping requirements on gun show operators and criminal penalties for failure to register as a gun show operator and maintain required records.
 
Grants the Attorney General authority to enter the business premises of any gun show operator, without a showing of reasonable cause or a warrant, to examine records and inventory to determine compliance with this Act. 
 
Increases criminal penalties for serious recordkeeping violations and violations of criminal background check requirements. 
 
Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to hire additional investigators to carry out inspections of gun shows.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Oil Savings Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2326
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Oil Savings Act of 2009 - Requires a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), appointed by the FTC Chairperson, to establish, and serve as Director of, an interagency working group, which shall publish in the Federal Register an action plan for achieving oil savings. 
 
Authorizes the working group to publish a revised action plan if intermediate oil savings targets set by the action plan are not met.
 
Requires the working group to determine the baseline level of U.S. consumption of barrels of oil per day on average.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Consumer Credit and Consumer Choice Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2327
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Department of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Interest, dividends, interest rates
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Protection of Consumer Credit and Consumer Choice Act of 2009 - Prohibits the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the National Credit Union Administration from taking any action to implement any rule relating to credit cards published in the Federal Register on January 29, 2009, or any substantially similar rule, on the basis of a determination by such agencies that practices relating to credit card practices constitute an unfair act or practice in or affecting commerce.
 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to direct the Board to issue regulations with respect to credit card accounts under an open end consumer credit plan to require a card issuer to provide clear and conspicuous disclosures pertaining to: (1) the time provided to make timely payments; (2) allocation of payments when different annual percentage rates (APRs) apply to different balances of such accounts; (3) increases in APRs; (4) two-cycle average daily balance method of balance calculation; and (5) fees that may be assessed at the opening of such accounts. 
 
Requires a credit card issuer to provide advance written notice of a change in such terms before it takes effect, with certain exceptions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the installation of residential micro-combined heat and power property.

Bill: 111-hr-2328
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make qualified micro-combined heat and power property expenditures eligible for the 30% tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures. Defines &quot;qualified micro-combined heat and power property expenditures&quot; as expenditures for a residential heating and electrical power generating system that has a fuel use efficiency rating of not less than 80% and operates with a rated capacity of at least 1, but not more than 30, kilowatts of electricity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.

Bill: 111-hr-2329
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Individual Recovery Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2331
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Housing finance and home ownership
Sales and excise taxes
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Individual Recovery Assistance Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) suspend for a one-year period the penalty on premature distributions from tax-exempt pension plans for mortgage payments or as unemployment compensation; and (2) increase from 70-1/2 to 75 the age at which a taxpayer must take taxable distributions from their pension plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Future Physicians Serving America Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2332
Sponsor: Rep. McMahon, Michael E. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Education programs funding
Medical education
National and community service
Peace Corps
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Future Physicians Serving America Act of 2009 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to make Peace Corps volunteers eligible for a year of tuition assistance for undergraduate medical education for each year of service in the Peace Corps. Limits such assistance to a maximum of two years.
 
Amends the National and Community Service Trust Act to provide individuals who successfully complete a required term of full-time or part-time national service an educational award for undergraduate medical education. Makes such assistance applicable to up to two terms of service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act

Bill: 111-hr-2333
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Higher education
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act - Authorizes the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard to provide educational assistance to members of the District of Columbia National Guard who have satisfactorily completed their initial active duty service and agree to serve for a period of not less than six years.
 
Requires such assistance to be used by members for expenses incurred in pursuing their first undergraduate, master's, vocational, or technical degree or certification at an approved institution of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1097)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House