hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Space-Available Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4164
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: 
Space-Available Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to provide transportation on Department of Defense (DOD) aircraft on a space-available basis for: (1) active duty and reserve members holding a valid Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card; (2) retired members who, but for not attaining age 60, would be eligible for military retired pay; (3) an unremarried widow or widower of an active or reserve member; and (3) certain dependents of members described above. Allows the Secretary to establish an order of priority based on considerations of military needs and readiness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-07
text: Introduced in House
CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4165
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide Medicare coverage for screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) as a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test, and (2) exclude screening CTC from the meaning of "imaging services" for which there is a special rule regarding outpatient services department (OPD) fee schedule payments.
 
 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit a preliminary report to Congress on the status of coverage of CTC as a CRC screening test under Medicare, including the extent to which such coverage as required by this Act has been implemented.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-03-08
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: 2012-03-08
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: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Coal Tar Sealants Reduction Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4166
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Coal Tar Sealants Reduction Act of 2012 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to prohibit any person from: (1) manufacturing any coal tar sealant beginning one year after this Act's enactment, (2) processing or distributing in commerce any such sealant beginning one and one-half years after such enactment, or (3) using any such sealant beginning two and one-half years after such enactment. 
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate rules to prescribe methods for the transportation, storage, and disposal of such sealants.
 
Defines &quot;coal tar sealant&quot; to mean any product intended for use on a paved surface that contains any substance identified by the Chemical Abstracts Service number 65996-93-2, including ingredients listed as coal tar, refined coal tar, refined tar, or refined coal tar pitch.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Tax Credits for Jobs Now Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4167
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Tax Credits for Jobs Now Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a refundable tax credit for: (1) 60% of the excess of the aggregate wages paid to employees during 2012 over the aggregate wages paid during 2011, and (2) 40% of the excess of such wages paid during 2013 over the aggregate inflation-adjusted wages paid during 2012. Limits the maximum amount of such credit to $500,000 in any calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Caring for the Fallen Act

Bill: 112-hr-4168
Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Philippines
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Caring for the Fallen Act - Makes the American Battle Monuments Commission responsible for Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Philippines, including ensuring its ongoing maintenance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4171
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Environmental regulatory procedures
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012 - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to repeal the prohibition on importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce: (1) fish or wildlife taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of foreign law; or (2) plants taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of foreign law, without the payment of appropriate royalties, taxes, or stumpage fees required by foreign law, or in violation of any limitation under foreign law that governs the export or transshipment of plants. Repeals the prohibition on possessing such fish, wildlife, or plants within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
 
Establishes a $200,000 maximum limit on a civil penalty for a knowing violation of such Act that involves fish, wildlife, or plants with a market value of $350 or more.
 
Repeals: (1) criminal penalties under such Act, and (2) the authorization to suspend, modify, or cancel specified licenses or permits issued to any person who is convicted of a criminal violation of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Second Chance at Homeownership Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4172
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Real estate business
Securities
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Second Chance at Homeownership Act of 2012 - Amends the National Housing Act to establish in the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) a Second Chance at Homeownership Program to: (1) create a voluntary FHA program to provide lenders for qualified second-chance borrowers and support long-term, sustainable homeownership; (2) target mortgage assistance to enable families to become homeowners of a one- to four-family principal residence; and (3) ensure the Program remains in effect only for as long as necessary to provide stability to the housing market.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to insure mortgages meeting specified criteria under the Program. 
Defines a &quot;second-chance borrower&quot; as any mortgagor who has not been: (1) the mortgagor under any other mortgage or had any present ownership interest in any residence after January 1, 2011, unless the Secretary makes exceptions for a mortgagor who has inherited a property; (2) delinquent with respect to any of the most recent 12 monthly rental payments due for the rental of the mortgagor's principal residence; or (3) convicted under federal or state law for fraud during the 10-year period before insurance of the mortgage under the Program. Requires the borrower's net worth to be $1 million or less.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act

Bill: 112-hr-4173
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act - Directs the President to appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy who shall: (1) seek to ease tensions and normalize relations between the United States and Iran, (2) lead U.S. diplomatic efforts with regard to Iran, and (3) act as liaison with U.S. and international intelligence agencies.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) rescind the no contact policy with Iran, and (2) establish an office in the Department of State to support the work of the representative or special envoy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
No Tolls in North Carolina Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4174
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: North Carolina
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
No Tolls in North Carolina Act of 2012 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to prohibit the establishment in North Carolina of any of the three toll collection facilities the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) is authorized to place on an Interstate System highway, bridge, or tunnel under the Interstate System reconstruction and rehabilitation pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Insurance Fairness for Amputees Act

Bill: 112-hr-4175
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Insurance Fairness for Amputees Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to require a group health plan that provides medical and surgical benefits and also provides benefits for prosthetics and custom orthotics to offer such prosthetics and custom orthotics in the same manner as applicable to medical and surgical benefits. Prohibits separate financial requirements or more restrictive treatment limitations. Requires a health plan that does not provide coverage for benefits outside of a network to ensure that such provider network is adequate to ensure enrollee access to prosthetic and custom orthotic devices and related services provided by appropriately credentialed practitioners and accredited suppliers.
 
Limits coverage for required benefits for prosthetics and custom orthotics to the most appropriate device or component that adequately meets the medical requirements of the patient. Requires benefits to include repair and replacement due to normal wear and tear, irreparable damage, a change in the condition of the patient, or as otherwise determined appropriate by the treating physician.
 
Prohibits any annual or lifetime dollar limitation on benefits for prosthetics and custom orthotics unless such limitation applies in the aggregate to all benefits.
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the effects of the implementation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2012-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.

Bill: 112-hr-4176
Sponsor: Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to provide that the value of certain prepaid funeral and burial arrangements involving an irrevocable trust whose named beneficiary is the funeral provider are not to be considered, under the SSI program, as resources available to the individual.
 
Includes among such arrangements a life insurance policy irrevocably assigning benefits covering funeral goods and services to: (1) a funeral provider, or (2) an irrevocable trust fully funding such goods and services and naming the funeral provider as the trust beneficiary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4177
Sponsor: Rep. Schilling, Robert T. [R-IL-17]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2012 - Requires that, in the case of a member of the reserves who is retired or placed on the temporary disability retired list because of an incurred disability for which the member is awarded the Purple Heart, the member shall be credited with the number of years of service that would be counted under the computation of years of service for retired pay for non-regular service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 9, United States Code, to exclude employment contracts and employment disputes from such title.

Bill: 112-hr-4181
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Contracts and agency
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Amends federal arbitration law to exclude from the definition of &quot;commerce&quot; all contracts of employment. (Current law excludes only the employment contracts of seamen, railroad employees, and other classes of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.)
 
Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment dispute. 
 
Defines &quot;employment dispute&quot; as a dispute between an employer and employee arising out of the employer-employee relationship.
 
Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization. Denies to any such arbitration provision, however, the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Hope for Uniform Recognition of Christian Heritage (CHURCH) Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-4182
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Monuments and memorials
Public contracts and procurement
Religion
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Congressional Hope for Uniform Recognition of Christian Heritage (CHURCH) Act of 2012 - Requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to enter into an agreement with a private entity for the design and fabrication of a historical plaque to be permanently displayed in National Statuary Hall recognizing the seven decades of Christian church services being held in the Capitol from 1800 to 1868.
 
Authorizes the AOC to use National Statuary Hall for a presentation ceremony for the plaque.
 
Requires the AOC upon receiving such plaque to display it permanently in a place of prominence in National Statuary Hall.
 
Requires that any obligations or expenditures by the AOC to carry out this Act be derived from pre-existing funds available to the AOC as of the date of enactment of this Act.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Weekend Voting Act

Bill: 112-hr-4183
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Weekend Voting Act - Amends the Revised Statutes with respect to the time of election to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election, in each state and territory, of Delegates to, or Members of, Congress.
 
Amends federal law with respect to presidential elections and vacancies to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every fourth year, as the days for the election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
 
Amends such federal laws to establish the same polling place hours in the United States for both congressional and presidential elections, namely from 10:00 a.m. EST on Saturday till 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, with polls allowed to close between the hours of 10:00 p.m. local time on Saturday and 6:00 a.m. local time on Sunday as provided by the law of the state in which the polling place is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require contractors and subcontractors working on military construction projects to comply with licensing requirements for employees working at the project location.

Bill: 112-hr-4184
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Labor standards
Licensing and registrations
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, as a condition of each contract awarded in connection with a military construction or family housing project, to require the contractor (and any appropriate subcontractor) to comply with workforce licensing requirements imposed by the state and other jurisdictions in which the project is conducted for all employees of the contractor (and any appropriate subcontractor) who work at the project location.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to waive such requirement on a case-by-case basis for national security purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House