hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3590
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Department of Homeland Security
Immigration status and procedures
Indonesia
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act - Authorizes a qualifying Indonesian citizen whose asylum claim was denied solely upon a failure to meet the one-year application filing deadline to file a motion to reopen such claim.
 
Requires that such motion be filed during the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2202)
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Rural Post Offices Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3592
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Postal service
Rural conditions and development
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Protecting Rural Post Offices Act of 2011 - Prohibits the United States Postal Service (USPS) from closing any post office which results in more than 10 miles distance (as measured on roads with year-round access) between any 2 post offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 112-hr-3593
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, Nan A. S. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5112)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5112)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3593.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5112)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Ms. Buerkle moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3594
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Firearms and explosives
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges the rights guaranteed by the Constitution, such as the right to bear arms, and should cease the provision of financial support to any entity that does so. 
 
Prohibits the United States from providing any funding to the United Nations (U.N.) for a fiscal year unless the President certifies to Congress that the U.N. has not taken action to infringe on the rights of individuals in the United States to possess a firearm or ammunition, or abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights of U.S. citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation Act

Bill: 112-hr-3595
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
 Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation Act - Prohibits a servicer from initiating a foreclosure action against a borrower unless the servicer has: (1) made a reasonable effort to initiate mediation proceedings to determine if the borrower is eligible for a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure; and (2) offered the borrower, if eligible, such a modification or alternative.
 
Requires a servicer to suspend a foreclosure action initiated before the enactment of this Act until the servicer: (1) completes such a mediation proceeding; and (2) offers the borrower, if eligible, a modification or alternative.
 
Prohibits a servicer, during the suspension period, from: (1) sending the borrower a notice of foreclosure, (2) conducting or scheduling a sale of the real property securing the mortgage, or (3) causing final judgment to be entered against the borrower. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish such a mediation process.
 
Declares that a servicer is not required to suspend a foreclosure action if the servicer makes a reasonable effort to schedule a mediation proceeding and documents that the borrower has not agreed to one. 
 
Makes a violation of this Act a bar to a foreclosure action. Allows a servicer in compliance with this Act, however, to bring or proceed with a foreclosure action, regardless of any prior violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Shawn Johnson Fitness for Life Act

Bill: 112-hr-3597
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Shawn Johnson Fitness for Life Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make competitive, renewable four-year grants to ten institutions of higher education (IHEs) for the expansion of their master's degree in physical education programs.
 
Requires IHEs to use the grant funds to: (1) teach students to incorporate technology and innovative teaching practices into physical education instruction and encourage children to be more physically active outside the classroom, (2) develop program curricula that link practice and theory, (3) partner with local educational agencies (LEAs) that serve schools where their students are to serve as full-time student teachers and most of their instruction is to occur, (4) extend their programs into the communities served by their partner LEAs, (5) actively promote their programs to prospective students, and (6) engage in such other activities the Secretary requires.
 
Directs the Secretary, in developing the grant program, to consult with an IHE that for the past five years has: (1) offered a master's degree in physical education program that emphasizes the incorporation of technology into physical education instruction, and (2) partnered with an LEA that serves schools in which its master's degree candidates serve as student teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2012-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit fees with respect to electronic benefit transfer debit cards used in connection with unemployment compensation.

Bill: 112-hr-3598
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Unemployment
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify as an administrative expense for purposes of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) fees in connection with the use of electronic benefit transfer debit cards, thus prohibiting a state from deducting such fees from unemployment compensation payments made with state unemployment tax funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
County Payments Reauthorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3599
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Forests, forestry, trees
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
County Payments Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Secure Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to establish, for FY2012 and each following fiscal year, an amount that is equal to 95% of the full funding amount used for the previous fiscal year to make secure payments to eligible states and counties that contain certain lands. 
 
Permits a resource advisory committee under the Act to propose using up to 10% of certain project funds of an eligible county for administrative expenses associated with that committee's operations. 
 
Keeps the annual percentage for FY2010-FY2011 in place under the merchantable timber contracting pilot program for the implementation of approved projects in participating counties involving the sale of merchantable timber using separate contracts through FY2016. 
 
Extends the Act's provisions through FY2016. 
 
Entitles counties or other eligible units of local government in which U.S.-owned entitlement land is located to certain payments under the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program through FY2017. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment.

Bill: 112-hr-3600
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
First Amendment rights
Religion
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the prohibition against churches and other tax-exempt organizations participating in political campaigns or supporting or opposing candidates for public office. Provides that this repeal shall not invalidate or limit any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act

Bill: 112-hr-3601
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require state unemployment compensation (UC) laws to require, as a condition of UC eligibility for a benefit year, an applicant, before receiving any UC, to: (1) complete a substance abuse risk assessment; and (2) test negative for controlled substances within one week after the results of such assessment if the state determines that the applicant is a high-risk. Prescribes retesting requirements and UC payment suspensions for applicants who test positive.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide funding for such substance abuse testing out of current funds appropriated for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) and, after application of those funds, for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2261)
action_date: 2011-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Spouse Equity Election Clarification Amendment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3602
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Spouse Equity Election Clarification Amendment Act of 2011 - Provides that a federal employee or Member of Congress who dies before the expiration of the two-year period for electing to provide a former spouse with an annuity benefit under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) shall be deemed to have elected to provide such benefit to such former spouse. Requires a former spouse to notify the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) within six months of the death of the employee or Member under whom an annuity benefit may be allowed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
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: 2011-12-07
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: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
HOME Act

Bill: 112-hr-3603
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Housing Opportunities Made Easier Act or HOME Act - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) provide 150,000 incremental vouchers to public housing agencies in FY2012 for tenant-based rental housing assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and (2) renew such vouchers in each ensuing fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act

Bill: 112-hr-3604
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Pipelines
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act - Amends provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) that allow certain Alaska Native Vietnam veterans to file for allotments of up to two parcels of federal land totaling up to 160 acres. 
 
Eliminates the requirement that limits the allotments to lands that were vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved on the date when the person eligible for the allotment first used and occupied them. Allows allotments to be selected from vacant federal lands or lands that have been selected or conveyed to the state of Alaska or a Native Corporation, if the state or Corporation voluntarily relinquishes or conveys the land to the United States for allotment.
 
Limits the prohibition against conveying allotments to: (1) lands in the right-of-way granted for the TransAlaska Pipeline, or (2) the inner or outer corridor of that right-of-way withdrawal. 
 
Limits the eligibility for allotments to veterans who served between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975. Allows an heir to apply for and receive the allotment.
 
Allows a Native Corporation to select an equal amount of acres of appropriate federal land in Alaska to replace lands voluntarily relinquished or conveyed to the United States for allotment.
 
Permits any person who made an allotment selection under ANCSA before this Act's enactment to withdraw it and reselect lands if those originally selected were not conveyed to that person before this Act's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Act

Bill: 112-hr-3607
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2011-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Railroads
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: 
National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to states and designated entities for projects to improve the efficiency of freight mobility in the United States.
 
Establishes the National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund to carry out projects under this Act.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on taxable ground transportation of property equal to 1% of the fair market value of such transportation.
 
Requires deposit into the Fund of amounts equivalent to the tax imposed on taxable ground transportation of property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Stop TSA's Reach In Policy Act

Bill: 112-hr-3608
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2011-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security
Law enforcement officers
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: 
Stop TSA's Reach In Policy Act or the STRIP Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to prohibit any employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) who has not received federal law enforcement training or is not eligible for federal law enforcement benefits from using the title of "officer" or wearing a uniform and carrying a badge resembling that of a law enforcement officer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Introduced in House