hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
To suspend temporarily the duty on banana jack connectors.

Bill: 112-hr-5136
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on banana jack connectors.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain brass lamp-holder housings.

Bill: 112-hr-5137
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain brass lamp-holder housings.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain plastic lamp-holder housings.

Bill: 112-hr-5138
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain plastic lamp-holder housings.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary reduction of duty on certain 12-volt batteries.

Bill: 112-hr-5139
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary reduction of duty on certain 12-volt batteries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain electrical transformers.

Bill: 112-hr-5140
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain electrical transformers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain 6-volt batteries.

Bill: 112-hr-5141
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain 6-volt batteries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain color video monitors with flat panel screens.

Bill: 112-hr-5142
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain color video monitors with flat panel screens.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute.

Bill: 112-hr-5143
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Brazil
Foreign aid and international relief
Latin America

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from making payments, either directly or through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), to the Brazilian Cotton Institute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of the Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces who are killed or wounded in a terrorist attack perpetrated within the United States.

Bill: 112-hr-5144
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Military personnel and dependents
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) with respect to the Coast Guard, should duly honor those members of the Armed Forces who are killed or wounded in the United States in terrorist attacks that are inspired by the ideology that gives rise to terrorism, as defined by the Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
 
Provides that, for purposes of awarding the Purple Heart, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall treat a member of the Armed Forces who is killed or wounded in a terrorist attack within the United States in the same manner as a member killed or wounded in action due to an act of an enemy of the United States.
 
Makes this Act effective as of January 1, 2009.
 
Directs the Secretaries concerned to: (1) review each death or wounding of a member within the United States between January 1, 2009, and the date of enactment of this Act to determine whether such death or wounding qualifies as a death or wounding resulting from a terrorist attack for purposes of this Act; and (2) upon a positive determination, take appropriate action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Reactive Black 31.

Bill: 112-hr-5145
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Reactive Black 31.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Chromate(4-), [7-amino-3-[(3-chloro-2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)azo]-4-hydroxy -2-naphthalenesulfonato(3-)][6-amino-4-hydroxy-3-[(2-hydroxy 5 -nitro-3-sulfophenyl)azo]-2-naphthalenesulfonato(4-)]-, tetrasodium (P 96-1335).

Bill: 112-hr-5146
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Chromate(4-), [7-amino-3-[(3-chloro-2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)azo]-4-hydroxy -2-naphthalenesulfonato(3-)][6-amino-4-hydroxy-3-[(2-hydroxy 5 -nitro-3-sulfophenyl)azo]-2-naphthalenesulfonato(4-)]-, tetrasodium (P 96-1335).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on reaction products of phosphorous trichloride with 1,1'-biphenyl and 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol.

Bill: 112-hr-5147
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on reaction products of phosphorous trichloride with 1,1'-biphenyl and 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on ethanediamide, N-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-N'-(4-isodecylphenyl)-.

Bill: 112-hr-5148
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on ethanediamide, N-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-N'-(4-isodecylphenyl)-.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Brown 25.

Bill: 112-hr-5149
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Brown 25.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Orange 62.

Bill: 112-hr-5150
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Orange 62.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 3-Dodecyl-1-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)-2,5-pyrrolid inedione.

Bill: 112-hr-5151
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 3-Dodecyl-1-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)-2,5-pyrrolid inedione.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1,3-Benzenedicarboxamide, N, N'-bis-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)-.

Bill: 112-hr-5152
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1,3-Benzenedicarboxamide, N, N'-bis-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)-.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1-Acetyl-4-(3-dodecyl-2, 5-dioxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine.

Bill: 112-hr-5153
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1-Acetyl-4-(3-dodecyl-2, 5-dioxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of high-density, fiberboard-core laminate wall and floor panels, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-5154
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of high-density, fiberboard-core laminate wall and floor panels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on orthotoluidine.

Bill: 112-hr-5155
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on orthotoluidine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade     .
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Amerasian Paternity Recognition Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5156
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Cambodia
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Laos
North Korea
South Korea
Thailand
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Amerasian Paternity Recognition Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to confer automatic citizenship on aliens residing in the United States in lawful permanent resident status: (1) pursuant to a classification petition approved under a provision that gives preferential treatment to persons born in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, or Thailand after 1950 and before October 22, 1982, and fathered by a U.S. citizen; or (2) who were born in Vietnam after January 1, 1962, and before January 1, 1976, and fathered by a U.S. citizen.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
FREE Vietnam Act

Bill: 112-hr-5157
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Human rights
Human trafficking
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
Religion
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Fostering Rights through Economic Engagement in Vietnam Act or FREE Vietnam Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to add Vietnam to the list of countries ineligible for designation as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of duty-free treatment of its products under the generalized system of preferences unless the President certifies to Congress that Vietnam: (1) is not on the special watch list of countries not in compliance with minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking; (2) does not engage in pervasive violations of internationally-recognized human rights, including freedom of speech and freedom of religion; and (3) otherwise meets the requirements of this Act.
 
Authorizes the President to waive such requirements if it is in the U.S. national interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on 2,3-Pyridinedicarboxylic acid.

Bill: 112-hr-5158
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on 2,3-Pyridinedicarboxylic acid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-butyne-1,4-diol, polymer with (chloromethyl)oxirane, brominated, dehydrochlorinated, methoxylated and triethyl phosphate.

Bill: 112-hr-5159
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-butyne-1,4-diol, polymer with (chloromethyl)oxirane, brominated, dehydrochlorinated, methoxylated and triethyl phosphate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Bill: 112-hr-5160
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Bill: 112-hr-5161
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Bill: 112-hr-5162
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-5163
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2012-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Evidence and witnesses
Judicial procedure and administration
Photography and imaging
Sound recording
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: 
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2012 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court (including the Supreme Court) or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party.
 
Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. 
 
Authorizes the Judicial Conference to promulgate mandatory guidelines with respect to the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.
 
Terminates a district court's authority under this Act two years after enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-04-27
text: Introduced in House