hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
TBI Treatment Act

Bill: 112-hr-396
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2011-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Mental health
Military medicine
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: 
TBI Treatment Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (Secretaries) to carry out a five-year pilot program under which each Secretary establishes a process for providing payments to facilities for treatments of traumatic brain injury (TBI) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) received by members of the Armed Forces and veterans in facilities other than military treatment facilities or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. Subjects such payments to specified conditions, including approved treatment. Requires the VA Secretary to notify each veteran with a service-connected injury or disability of the opportunity to receive such treatment.
 
Requires the Secretaries to jointly: (1) develop and maintain a database containing data from each patient case involving the use of such treatments; and (2) report annually to Congress on the implementation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
STAPLE Act

Bill: 112-hr-399
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Science and engineering education
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: 
Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy Act of 2011 or the STAPLE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from: (1) direct numerical limitations aliens who have earned a Ph.D. degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from a U.S. institution of higher education and who have an offer of employment from a U.S. employer in a field related to such degree; and (2) H-1B visa (specialty occupation) numerical limitations aliens who have a U.S. STEM Ph.D. and with respect to whom the petitioning employer requires such an education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content.

Bill: 112-hr-400
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer affairs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Product safety and quality
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: 
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue regulations requiring that a specified warning label be placed on the packaging of any video game that is rated T (Teen) or higher by the Electronics Software Ratings Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 112-hr-401
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2011-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the nation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
BEST Practices Act

Bill: 112-hr-403
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2011-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Medical education
Military education and training
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: 
Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act or BEST Practices Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), no later than October 1, 2014, to only use human-based training methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of combat trauma injuries and the management of chemical and biological casualties. Prohibits the use of animals in such training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
ACCESS Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-405
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2011-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: 
Airport Master Plan Customer Convenience Enhancement, Security, and Sustainability Act of 2011 or ACCESS Act 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to encourage (including through Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] advisory circulars) airport sponsors and state and local officials in the development of their airport master plans to consider as additional goals: (1) customer service, and (2) access to airport grounds and airport facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to determine and disclose the costs incurred in taking a Member, officer, or employee of Congress on a trip outside the United States so that such costs may be included in any report the Member, officer, or employee is required to file with respect to the trip under applicable law or rules of the House of Representatives or Senate.

Bill: 112-hr-407
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2011-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Military facilities and property
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to give a Member, officer, or employee of either chamber of Congress carrying out official duties outside the United States a written statement of the cost of any DOD-provided transportation within 10 days after completion of the trip.
 
Requires the Member, officer, or employee to include such cost in any report which must be filed pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives or the Standing Rules of the Senate.
 
Excludes from such requirements any trip whose sole purpose is to visit one or more U.S. military installations and/or to visit U.S. military personnel in a war zone. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act

Bill: 112-hr-409
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2011-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: 
Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), no later than August 31, 2011, to complete development of a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits, as a permanent part of the TRICARE program (a DOD managed health care program), for covered beneficiaries. Requires plan implementation by January 31, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.

Bill: 112-hr-410
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2011-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Foreign labor
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow states to be compensated for incarcerating undocumented aliens who are charged with, or convicted of, a felony or two or more misdemeanors. (Current law requires a conviction.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E99)
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Bill: 112-hr-411
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2011-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Provides for the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Kids Just Want to Ride Act

Bill: 112-hr-412
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Kids Just Want to Ride Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to exempt off-highway vehicles from children's product lead limits. Defines &quot;off-highway vehicle&quot; as: (1) any motorized vehicle designed to travel on two, three, or four wheels and having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control; and (2) a snowmobile.
 
Allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to exempt a specific product or material from the limits if it finds that lead in the product or material will not result in the absorption of lead (under current law, of any lead) into the human body, taking into account normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of the product by a child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Defense and Deficit Reduction Act

Bill: 112-hr-413
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Defense and Deficit Reduction Act - Prohibits the aggregate funds appropriated or otherwise made available for military functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD) from exceeding: (1) in the case of FY2011, the aggregate for FY2008; and (2) in the case of FY2012-FY2016, the aggregate for the previous fiscal year.
 
Excludes military personnel pay and benefits in the determination of such aggregate funds.
 
Requires all resulting savings to be used for deficit reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E106)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Restorative Justice in Schools Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-415
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Restorative Justice in Schools Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies to use title II subgrants to train school personnel in restorative justice and conflict resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (consideration: CR H4059; text: CR H4059)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Rate Review Act

Bill: 112-hr-416
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health care costs and insurance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Health Insurance Rate Review Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that federal provisions requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review unreasonable premium increases in health care coverage shall not be construed to prohibit a state from imposing additional rate requirements on health insurance issuers that are more protective of consumers. Expands such review to include all rate increases, not only premium increases.
 
 
Directs the Secretary or the relevant state insurance commissioner (or state regulator) to take corrective actions to ensure that any excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory rates are corrected prior to, or as soon as possible after, implementation, including through mechanisms such as denying rates, modifying rates, or requiring rebates to consumers.
 
Requires the Secretary to determine whether the state insurance commissioner or regulator or the Secretary will undertake such corrective actions based on whether the state can adequately undertake such actions.
 
 Applies these provisions to grandfathered health plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-417
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Income tax rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2011 - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that extends to corporations that are not tax-exempt the requirement to report payments of $600 or more. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 5.4% surcharge on individual taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million. Dedicates revenues from such surcharge to federal deficit or debt reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Redistricting Transparency Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-419
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Congressional operations and organization
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Redistricting Transparency Act of 2011 - Requires states to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which members of the public are informed of redistricting proposals via the Internet and have the opportunity to participate in the development of such proposals prior to their adoption.
 
Requires each state redistricting entity to establish and maintain a public Internet site meeting specified requirements.
 
Requires the state redistricting entity to: (1) solicit the input of members of the public in its work to develop initial congressional redistricting plans for the state; and (2) post the proposed final plan on the Internet site at least 10 days before its adoption, as well as no later than 7 days after its adoption, together with a map, the reasons for adoption, dissenting opinions, and certain other information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-420
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2011 - Provides a 90-day amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record any firearm acquired before October 31, 1968, by a veteran while a member of the Armed Forces stationed outside the continental United States. Grants such an individual limited immunity under the federal criminal code and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the acquisition, possession, transportation, or alteration of such firearm before or concurrent with such registration. Extends such immunity to a veteran who attempts to register a qualifying firearm outside of the amnesty period if the veteran surrenders the firearm within 30 days after being notified of potential criminal liability for continued possession.
 
Requires the Attorney General to: (1) transfer each firearm qualifying as a curio or relic which has been forfeited to the United States to the first qualified museum that requests it, and (2) publish information identifying each such firearm which is available to be transferred to a museum. Prohibits the Attorney General from destroying any such firearm which has been forfeited until five years after the forfeiture. Requires that any firearm transferred to a qualified museum be registered to the transferee.
 
Makes a prohibition against transfer or possession of a machine-gun inapplicable to a transfer to or by, or possession by, a museum which is open to the public and incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation under applicable state law.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Full Faith and Credit Act

Bill: 112-hr-421
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Full Faith and Credit Act - Requires the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay the principal and interest on debt held by the public to take priority over all other obligations incurred by the government in the event the federal debt reaches the statutory limit.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in House