hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
College Literacy in Finance and Economics Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2535
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Financial literacy
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
College Literacy in Finance and Economics Act of 2011 or College LIFE Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide student borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, and Perkins Loan programs with financial literacy counseling within 45 days of their first receipt of such a loan and prior to the completion of their studies or when they leave school.
 
Requires student borrowers to receive at least four hours of counseling on each occasion.
 
Makes such counseling requirements inapplicable to borrowers of consolidation loans.
 
Requires financial literacy counseling to include information on student financial aid, banking, budgeting and saving, credit and debt management, credit cards and products, investing, credit scores, housing, taxes, and responsible financial decision making.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to develop a curriculum that IHEs may use to fulfill this Act's requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Readiness Act

Bill: 112-hr-2536
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
21st Century Readiness Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to support 21st century readiness initiatives that fuse core academic subject knowledge and higher-order thinking skills (such as critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation) to ensure that students are prepared for postsecondary education and careers, upon graduation from secondary school. 
 
Amends title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the ESEA to require the Secretary of Education, as part of the national assessment of title I programs, to examine the extent to which such initiatives improve student readiness for postsecondary education and careers. 
 
Includes 21st century readiness initiatives in comprehensive school reform programs and school dropout prevention and reentry programs under title I.
 
Amends title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the ESEA to require high-quality professional development programs to incorporate an aligned system of teaching and learning that includes 21st century skills (such as critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation), standards, curriculum, instruction, and assessments.
 
Requires LEAs to use title II subgrants to enable educators to deliver instruction on higher-order thinking skills and use the latest available technology in doing so. 
 
Amends title IV (21st Century Schools) of the ESEA to include 21st century readiness initiatives in 21st Century Community Learning Center activities. (21st Century Community Learning Centers provide students with before and after school programs to improve their academic performance.)
 
Amends title VI (Flexibility and Accountability) of the ESEA to allow assessment grants to be used by states to develop or improve assessments that use technology to measure core academic subject knowledge and higher-order thinking skills to ensure that students can apply a range of skill competencies alongside core academic subject knowledge, and do so in real-world contexts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1322)
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Environmental Barriers to Unified Infrastructure and Land Development Act of 2011 Act

Bill: 112-hr-2538
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Reducing Environmental Barriers to Unified Infrastructure and Land Development Act of 2011 Act or the REBUILD Act - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to authorize a responsible federal official to assign, and a state to assume, the responsibilities of such official with respect to covered federal projects within such state under such Act and under other federal environmental laws pertaining to project review or approval. Provides that any responsibility of such official not explicitly assumed by the state by written agreement shall remain the responsibility of the official.
 
Defines &quot;responsible federal official&quot; as: (1) the Secretary of the Interior; (2) the Secretary of Transportation; (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (4) the Secretary of the Army; and (5) the head of a federal agency, with respect to the preparation of environmental impact statements for major federal actions. 
 
Requires each responsible federal official to promulgate regulations that establish requirements relating to information required to be contained in state applications to assume such responsibilities.
 
Permits such official to approve an application only if: (1) public notice requirements have been met; (2) the state has the capability to assume such responsibilities; and (3) the head of the state agency having primary jurisdiction over covered projects enters into a written agreement with such official to assume such responsibilities and to maintain the financial resources necessary to carry them out.
 
Requires such federal official to audit state compliance with federal laws for which responsibilities are assumed and authorizes such official to terminate such responsibilities, after providing notice and an opportunity to take corrective action, if a state is not adequately carrying them out.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
National Youth Summer Jobs Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2539
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Temporary and part-time employment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
National Youth Summer Jobs Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to award 5-year competitive grants to eligible local government units to provide summer employment, including job readiness activities, work experiences, and job placement, for out-of-school youths age 14 to 21 who are enrolled in a public or private secondary school or have received a secondary school diploma or its equivalent but are basic-skills deficient, unemployed, or underemployed.
 
Allows eligible entities that operate existing youth summer jobs programs to use grants to expand their programs, in lieu of establishing new job placement programs, by providing job training and support services, including health and nutrition referral, housing referral, financial literacy, and instruction on basic daily living skills.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Voter Protection Hotline Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2540
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Telephone and wireless communication
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Voter Protection Hotline Act of 2011 - Directs the Attorney General (AG) to establish and operate a toll-free telephone service, using a telephone number accessible throughout the United States using easily identifiable numerals, through which individuals may: (1) obtain information on voting in elections for federal office, including how to register to vote, the hours of operation of polling places, and how to obtain absentee ballots; and (2) report problems encountered in registering to vote or voting, including incidences of voter intimidation or suppression.
 
Requires the AG to: (1) appoint individuals to a Voter Hotline Task Force, giving special consideration to individuals representing civil rights organizations, for ongoing analysis and assessment of the telephone service's operation; and (2) submit a report to Congress each odd-numbered year concerning voter intimidation or suppression reports made to the hotline and assessing the availability of the service to all U.S. households with telephone service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

Bill: 112-hr-2541
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Environmental regulatory procedures
Forests, forestry, trees
Licensing and registrations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a permit under national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements for a discharge resulting from the conduct of any silvicultural activity, such as nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, or road use, construction, and maintenance, from which there is runoff.
 
 Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts silvicultural activity from permit requirements for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters.

action_date: 2012-09-20
text: 
Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a permit under national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements for a discharge resulting from the conduct of the following silvicultural activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, or road use, construction, and maintenance, from which there is runoff.
 
 Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts silvicultural activity from permit requirements for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-684.
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-684.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To withhold twenty percent of United States assessed and voluntary contributions to the Organization of American States (OAS) for every permanent council meeting that takes place where Article 20 of the Inter-American Charter is not invoked with regard to Venezuela's recent constitutional reforms, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-2542
Sponsor: Rep. Mack, Connie [R-FL-14]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Organization of American States
Political movements and philosophies
Rule of law and government transparency
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) withhold 20% of U.S. assessed and voluntary contributions to the Organization of American States (OAS) for every permanent council meeting at which Article 20 of the Inter-American Charter is not invoked with regard to Venezuela's recent constitutional reforms, and (2) resume making such contributions upon the invocation of Article 20 and the discussion of Venezuela's violation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter at a meeting of the Permanent Council of the OAS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 6 - 1.
action_date: 2011-12-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act

Bill: 112-hr-2543
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules to prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, a person from advertising with the intent to deceptively create the impression that: (1) such person is a provider of abortion services if such person does not provide such services, or (2) such person is not a provider of abortion services if such person does provide such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1325)
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Don't Default on America's Debts and Destroy American Jobs Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2544
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional operations and organization
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Don't Default on America's Debts and Destroy American Jobs Act of 2011 - Increases the statutory limit on the public debt from $14.294 trillion to $16.7 trillion.
 
Declares the sense of Congress that the congressional recess scheduled for August 2011 should be cancelled and that Congress should remain in official session until legislation is passed to: (1) increase job creation and reduce unemployment, and (2) reduce projected medium- and long-term federal budget deficits and debt. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
IRS Rulemaking Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2545
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
IRS Rulemaking Fairness Act of 2011 - Expands requirements relating to review of federal agency actions that have a significant economic impact on small entities (e.g., small organizations and businesses) to include rulemaking by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Medical Waste Management Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2546
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Canada
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health technology, devices, supplies
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
Medical Waste Management Act of 2011 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) revise the definition of "medical waste"; (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations listing types of medical waste; and (3) require the Administrator to conduct a medical waste management program to protect human health and the environment from medical waste and promulgate regulations on tracking, labeling, packaging, storing, handling, monitoring, and disposing of medical waste.
 
Requires generators of medical waste (including tattoo and body art establishments) to: (1) provide waste transporters with written assurance that the generator has complied with labeling, packaging, and storage requirements and a manifest form for transporting such waste; (2) register with the Administrator; and (3) provide the Administrator with the names of all waste transporters. Requires transporters to: (1) not accept medical waste from a generator without receiving such assurance; (2) register with the Administrator; and (3) disclose to the Administrator the number and type of vehicles used to transport medical waste and the equipment and methods used to ensure segregation and handling of such waste. Requires owners or operators of storage and disposal facilities to: (1) provide notice of the disposal of medical waste to the generator; and (2) register with the Administrator. 
 
Sets forth provisions concerning inspections, public records, and enforcement under this Act.
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish a program to educate the public about, and increase access to, acceptable methods for disposal of used syringes; (2) study and report on medical waste generated and its management and disposal; and (3) consult with the International Joint Commission on tracking medical waste entering the United States from Canada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
No Child Left Inside Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2547
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2011-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Higher education
Nutrition and diet
Outdoor recreation
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: 
No Child Left Inside Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states, as a prerequisite to receiving implementation grants, to develop environmental literacy plans, approved by the Secretary of Education, for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 that include environmental education standards and teacher training.
 
Directs the Secretary to award Environmental Education Professional Development Grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to partnerships that include a local educational agency (LEA) and, permissibly, institutions of higher education (IHE), other educational entities, or federal, state, regional, or local natural resource or environmental agencies, for activities involving, among other things, teacher training and the development of more rigorous environmental education curricula that advance the teaching of interdisciplinary courses.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to partnerships that include an LEA and, permissibly, IHEs, other educational entities, federal, state, regional, or local natural resource or environmental agencies, or park and recreation departments, for activities to improve and support environmental education that include: (1) advancing content and achievement standards, and (2) developing or disseminating innovations or model programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1321)
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-07-14
text: Introduced in House