hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Medicare Hospice Care Access Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3831
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2012-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-25
text: 
Medicare Hospice Care Access Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2012-01-25
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: 2012-01-25
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: 2012-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-25
text: Introduced in House
LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3832
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2012-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-25
text: 
LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to adjust the excise tax on liquefied natural gas to 24.3 cents per energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-25
text: Introduced in House
SBA Loan Paperwork Reduction Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3836
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2012-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: 
SBA Loan Paperwork Reduction Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out a Small Loan Advantage Program in the same manner as, and as a replacement for, the SBA Small Loan Advantage loan initiative. (Under the loan initiative, SBA lenders make partially guaranteed, lower-dollar small business loans which often benefit businesses in underserved areas or markets.)
 
Makes pilot program loan guarantee percentage limits inapplicable to the Small Loan Advantage Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E84)
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Bridge to Jobs Act

Bill: 112-hr-3837
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2012-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: 
Bridge to Jobs Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to provide grants to states to repair or replace bridges the Federal Highway Administration has found to be structurally deficient.
 
Allows states to use the grants to cover costs directly or indirectly related to the repair or replacement of such bridges, including administrative expenses and job training costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E83)
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Port Opportunity Reinvestment and Training Act

Bill: 112-hr-3838
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2012-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Temporary and part-time employment
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: 
Port Opportunity Reinvestment and Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to award renewable one-year grants to ports to provide summer jobs to high school students who live within each port's Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
 
Requires the Secretary, when considering grant applications and amounts, to favor ports located in cities with high unemployment rates and also consider each port's cargo volume and the size of its MSA.
 
Allows ports to use the grants to provide job training to such students, provided no more than 15% of the students' time is spent training and they are compensated at their normal pay rate while training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E81)
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Narrowing Exceptions for Withholding Taxes Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3840
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Service industries
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
Narrowing Exceptions for Withholding Taxes Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) of the Social Security Act to require a shareholder of a subchapter S corporation engaged in a professional service business to include all items of income or loss attributable to such business in determining such shareholder's net earnings from self-employment for purposes of computing employment tax liability.
 
Defines a &quot;professional service business&quot; as any trade or business substantially all of the activities of which involve providing services in the fields of health, law, lobbying, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, consulting, athletics, investment advice or management, or brokerage services. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E92)
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Principal Reduction Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3841
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
Principal Reduction Act of 2012 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs) each to carry out a program to reduce the outstanding principal balances on qualified mortgages on single-family housing they own or guarantee.
 
Directs a GSE, under its program, to: (1) reduce the principal of a mortgage to an amount resulting in a mortgage loan-to-value ratio of not more than 90%; (2) require a mortgagor, if the dwelling for which the mortgage principal has been reduced is sold by any process other than a foreclosure sale or short sale, to pay the GSE at least one-third of any appreciation in value; and (3) recover from the mortgagor, if a mortgage whose principal has been reduced subsequently enters foreclosure, the difference between the foreclosure sales price and the outstanding principal balance on the mortgage immediately before the principal reduction.
 
Prohibits the charging of borrowers fees by either a GSE or a servicer conducting a principal reduction on behalf of a GSE.
 
Requires a GSE to pay any servicer a fee of up to $1,000 for reducing a mortgage principal under the program.
 
Directs the Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to encourage the modification of second liens on dwellings on which the mortgage principal is reduced under this Act.
 
Prohibits the Director from approving bonus compensation that exceeds the base compensation that exceeds the base compensation for any GSE executive or senior executive unless the aggregate number of qualified mortgages for which principal reductions have been taken pursuant to the program under this Act exceeds 1 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specified State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws.

Bill: 112-hr-3842
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alabama
Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Georgia
Immigration status and procedures
Indiana
Intergovernmental relations
Missouri
Oklahoma
South Carolina
State and local government operations
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H521)
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker Company.

Bill: 112-hr-3843
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Iran
Middle East
Oil and gas
Sanctions
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
Amends the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to determine whether the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) or the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) is an agent or affiliate of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and submit such determination to Congress.
 
Applies, 180 days after the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (P.L. 112-81), specified prohibitions and conditions on U.S. correspondent or payable-through accounts of foreign financial institutions that engage in petroleum or petroleum product transactions with, or provide related financial services to, the NIOC or NITC if the President determines that there is a sufficient supply of non-Iranian petroleum and petroleum product sources to permit purchasers of Iranian petroleum and petroleum products to reduce significantly their purchases from Iran. 
 
Exempts from such provision foreign financial institutions from a country that has significantly reduced its crude oil purchases from Iran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
National Commission for Independent Redistricting Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3846
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional agencies
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Political representation
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
National Commission for Independent Redistricting Act of 2012 - Establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission for Independent Redistricting to establish and approve a congressional redistricting plan for each state (beginning with the decennial census conducted during 2020).
 
Prescribes requirements for the preparation and approval of such a plan.
 
Requires the Commission to submit to Congress and the President legislation requiring that any congressional redistricting be conducted only in accordance with the Commission's approved state plans.
 
Provides for expedited consideration by Congress of such measure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2012-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E100-101)
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
SOUND Devices Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3847
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
Safety Of Untested and New Devices Act of 2012 or the SOUND Devices Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a medical device company seeking approval of a new device based on a determination of substantial equivalence to a predicate device to inform the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if any predicate lineage products have harmed device recipients and to explain how the current device avoids past flaws.
 
Prohibits finding a new device substantially equivalent to a predicate device if the predicate has been removed from the market by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) or determined to be misbranded or adulterated by judicial order.
 
Permits the FDA to reject a claim of substantial equivalency for a device whose predicate has been corrected or removed from the market by its sponsor.
 
Requires the Secretary to maintain an up-to-date database for purposes of determining whether devices are eligible for use as a predicate device.
 
Requires each manufacturer's corrective action or removal of device report to contain the root cause of each defect leading to the corrective action or removal.
 
Requires a manufacturer's report for devices in the same lineage as devices that have been subject to corrections or removals and requires such report to explain why the subsequent device does not share the flaws of its predecessor device.
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct a review of all covered devices to identify any such devices with respect to which a predicate device, or any device in the full device lineage, has been corrected or removed from the market pursuant to a Class I or Class II recall.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Foods and Beverages from Government Attack Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3848
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Appropriations
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
Protecting Foods and Beverages from Government Attack Act of 2012 - Prohibits the use of any appropriation for print, radio, television or any other media advertisement, campaign, or form of publicity against the use of a food or beverage that is lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act

Bill: 112-hr-3849
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing industry and standards
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act - Amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to exclude a seller of manufactured homes from the definition of loan originator subject to such Act, unless such individual or entity is engaged in the business of a loan originator or receives compensation or gain for engaging in certain residential mortgage loan activities in excess of any compensation or gain received in a comparable cash transaction.
 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to revise the definition of &quot;high cost mortgage.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow a deduction for amounts paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to a discharge of oil.

Bill: 112-hr-3852
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for business-related expenses paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to an incident resulting in the discharge of oil into the navigable waters, other than an incident caused by an act of God or an act of war.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E97)
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
FHA Enhanced Oversight Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3853
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
FHA Enhanced Oversight Act of 2012 - Amends the National Housing Act to require semiannual independent studies during any period that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund does not meet minimum capital ratio requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Transit Related Investment Improvement Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-3854
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
Transit Related Investment Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) to make eligible for TIFIA funding any projects to improve or construct public infrastructure located within one-half mile of the station area of a fixed-guideway transit facility, including improvements to mobility and parking, rehabilitation or construction of streets, transit stations, structured parking, or walkways and bikeways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act

Bill: 112-hr-3855
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2012-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Terrorism
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: 
Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-01-31
text: Introduced in House