hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1005
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase to 6% the rate of increase in the fee schedule for ground ambulance services furnished between January 1, 2012, and January 1, 2018, in rural and urban areas. 
 
Extends to January 1, 2018, the increase in the base rate of the fee schedule the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to make for a trip in the case of ground ambulance services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, for which the transportation originates in a qualified low population density rural area.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-03-10
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: 2011-03-10
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: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1006
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Israel
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2011 - States that it is U.S. policy: (1) to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel, and (2) that the U.S. Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem not later than January 1, 2013.
 
 Amends the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 to eliminate the President's authority to waive certain funding limitations for Department of State acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.
 
Requires any official U.S. document which lists countries and their capital cities to identify Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
 
Limits appropriations that may be obligated in FY2013 for Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.
 
States that for each of FY2012-FY2013, of funds authorized to be appropriated for Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad, necessary sums should be made available until expended only for construction and other costs associated with the establishment in Jerusalem of the U.S. Embassy in Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E451-452)
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Benton MacKaye Cherokee National Forest Land Consolidation Act

Bill: 112-hr-1008
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Benton MacKaye Cherokee National Forest Land Consolidation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey and quitclaim to the Towee Falls Baptist Church a parcel of National Forest System land in Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee, which surrounds the Church. 
 
Requires Towee Falls Baptist Church to pay to the Secretary an amount of cash that is equal to the fair market value of such parcel based on an appraisal approved by the Secretary. 
 
Requires deposit of the consideration received by the Secretary into a specified account in the Treasury and makes the monies so deposited available for the acquisition of lands and interests in the Cherokee National Forest. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to use such monies to acquire from the Monroe County Tennessee Board of Education a tract of land known as the Doc Rogers tract if the Secretary and the Board reach an agreement on the terms of a federal acquisition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act

Bill: 112-hr-1009
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Lawyers and legal services
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow, notwithstanding a specified open meeting provision, three or more Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to hold a meeting that is closed to the public to discuss official business if: (1) no agency action is taken; (2) each person present is an FCC Commissioner or employee; (3) for each political party of which any Commissioner is a member, at least one Commissioner who is a member of the respective party is present, and, if any Commissioner has no party affiliation, at least one unaffiliated Commissioner is present; and (4) an attorney from the FCC's Office of General Counsel is present. Requires public disclosure of the meeting, attendees, and matters discussed.
 
Terminates the effectiveness of this Act five years after enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To provide for expedited consideration by the Supreme Court of certain actions challenging the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 112-hr-1010
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Comprehensive health care
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Judicial procedure and administration
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Directs the Supreme Court to expedite the disposition of any action and appeal challenging the constitutionality of any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if a petition for writ of certiori is filed under Rule 11 of the Rules of the Supreme Court on or before the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft.

Bill: 112-hr-1011
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax exclusion
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt fixed-wing aircraft used to provide acute care emergency medical services from certain restrictions on tax-exempt bond financing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Savings Start With Us Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1012
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Savings Start With Us Act of 2011 - Reduces the annual rate of pay in 2013 for Members of Congress and the Vice President by 10% of the 2011 pay rate. Maintains the pay rate for subsequent pay periods at the 2013 rate.
 
Reduces the annual rate of pay of the President from $400,000 to $360,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Strengthen Fisheries Management in New England Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1013
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Atlantic Ocean
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Strengthen Fisheries Management in New England Act of 2011 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) or Secretary of the Treasury to annually make available to the New England Fishery Management Council, for the funding of Council research (including cooperative research) and monitoring priorities, all sums received by the United States as fines, penalties, and forfeitures of property for violations of any provision of this Act or any other marine resource law enforced by the Secretary from violations within the Council's fishery management jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Children of Military Service Members Commemorative Lapel Pin Act

Bill: 112-hr-1014
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Children of Military Service Members Commemorative Lapel Pin Act - Requires a lapel button, to be known as the children of military service members commemorative lapel button, to be designed, as approved by the Secretary of Defense (DOD), to identify and recognize child dependents of members of the Armed Forces who serve on active duty for more than 30 days. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should expedite the design and manufacture of the button, as well as mechanisms to facilitate its issuance.
 
Makes such button available retroactively to the child of any member satisfying such eligibility conditions before the enactment of this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary to notify members with qualifying service since September 11, 2001, of the availability of the button.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the honorary promotion of Charles Young to the grade of brigadier general in the United States Army.

Bill: 112-hr-1015
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Authorizes the President to issue an honorary commission of brigadier general to Colonel Charles Young, U.S. Army.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced SPR Act

Bill: 112-hr-1017
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Enhanced Supply and Price Reduction Act of 2011 or Enhanced SPR Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to contain at least 30 million barrels of refined petroleum products.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) sell at least 30 million barrels of light grade petroleum from the SPR and acquire refined petroleum product; (2) deposit the cash proceeds from such sales into the SPR Petroleum Account; and (3) from such deposited proceeds withdraw the amount necessary to pay for the direct administrative and operational costs of the sale and acquisition, including for acquisition and maintenance of, and improvements to, storage facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.

Bill: 112-hr-1018
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who were killed or wounded in certain attacks in 2009 and 2011 directed at members or employees outside of a combat zone are treated in the same manner as members and employees who are killed or wounded in combat zones.

Bill: 112-hr-1019
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arkansas
Crime victims
Department of Defense
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disability assistance
Europe
Germany
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Terrorism
Texas
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Treats a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense (DOD) who was killed or wounded in a covered attack outside a combat zone as a member killed or wounded in a combat zone or an employee killed or wounded while serving with the Armed Forces in a contingency operation, respectively, for purposes of all applicable federal laws, regulations, and policies. Defines &quot;covered attack&quot; as an attack at: (1) Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009; (2) a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009; or (3) the Frankfurt Airport, Germany, on March 2, 2011.
 
Excludes from such consideration any member or DOD employee whose death or wound was the result of misconduct, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy.
action_date: 2011-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands in certain efforts to reduce diesel emissions.

Bill: 112-hr-1020
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Government lending and loan guarantees
Guam
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allocate to each qualified state an amount equal to 1/56 (currently 1/53) of the funds made available for that fiscal year for distribution to states under the grant and loan program for diesel emission reductions; (2) revoke the requirement that Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall collectively receive an allocation equal to 1/53 of the funds made available for states under such program; and (3) authorize funds that are not claimed by a grantee or loan recipient under such program to be reallocated to such territories.
 

 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1024
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2011-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: 
No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2011 - Prohibits: (1) the use of federal funds received by any entity, other than a natural person, to advocate the election or defeat of a political candidate or to engage in any lobbying activity; (2) use such funds for voter registration or get-out-the-vote activities; or (3) donate such funds to any entity that advocates for the election or defeat of a political candidate or engages in lobbying activities. Exempts from this ban the use of funds by an entity for an activity specifically authorized by federal law, rule, or regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
action_date: 2011-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-03-10
text: Introduced in House