hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2958
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Disability assistance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: 
Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2011 - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish and administer a program for short-term (i.e., up to 12 months) disability insurance coverage for federal employees for: (1) an injury or disability that is not work related, (2) leave to care for a family member, and (3) leave to make arrangements to become a foster parent or to adopt a child. Disqualifies an employee for such insurance if an injury or disability is caused by willful misconduct, a self-inflicted injury, or intoxication. 
 
Requires the Director to contract with one or more insurance carriers for disability insurance coverage plans, without regard to competitive bidding requirements. Requires such plans to contain a detailed statement of benefits offered, the premiums charged, and the duration of the enrollment period.
 
Authorizes the Director to prescribe reasonable minimum standards for benefits offered by such plans, including a prohibition against excluding or penalizing an employee for a preexisting condition. 
 
Requires individuals eligible for coverage under a disability insurance plan to be responsible for 100% of the premiums for the coverage offered. 
 
Establishes in the Employees' Life Insurance Fund a Non-Work Related Disability Insurance Administrative Account, which shall be available to OPM to defray reasonable expenses incurred in administering this Act and to which contracted carriers shall make contributions necessary to cover such expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1646-1647)
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Charitable Agricultural Research Act

Bill: 112-hr-2959
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2011-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural research
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: 
Charitable Agricultural Research Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction for a charitable contribution to an agricultural research organization directly engaged in the continuous active conduct of agricultural research, and (2) make prohibitions against expenditures to influence legislation applicable to such organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act

Bill: 112-hr-2960
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2011-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: 
National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission to evaluate and make recommendations regarding better coordination and leveraging of federal programs that relate in any way to supporting appropriate clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, which shall include: (1) evaluating HHS programs; (2) identifying current activities and critical gaps in federal efforts to support clinicians in providing care to people with pre-diabetes and diabetes; (3) using outcomes-based registry data to evaluate various care models and methods; (4) evaluating and expanding education and awareness to health care professionals regarding clinical practices for the prevention of diabetes and the precursor conditions of diabetes; and (5) developing and testing appropriate methods for outreach and dissemination of educational resources related to diabetes prevention and treatments.
 
Requires the Commission to submit to the Secretary and Congress an operating plan for carrying out the activities of the Commission that includes specific activities the Commission plans to conduct and a budget for such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to have Early Innovator grant funds returned by States apply towards deficit reduction.

Bill: 112-hr-2961
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2011-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Computers and information technology
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to rescind any funds awarded to a state for an American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange) upon the state notifying the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) that it will not use any remaining funds under the award. Requires such funds to be returned to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Roofing Efficiency Jobs Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2962
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2011-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: 
Roofing Efficiency Jobs Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify any qualified energy-efficient cool roof replacement property as 20-year property for depreciation purposes. Defines "qualified energy-efficient cool roof replacement property" as any roof system that: (1) is placed in service above conditioned or semiheated space on an eligible commercial building, (2) replaces an existing roof system, (3) is a low-slope roof, and (4) includes insulation meeting specified standards and a primary roof covering that has a cool roof surface.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide specialized housing and social services to elderly individuals who are the primary caregiver of a child that is related to such individual.

Bill: 112-hr-2963
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2011-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Child care and development
Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: 
Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a program to provide up to five grants, on a need and competitive basis, to eligible nonprofit organizations for start-up and ongoing operational costs associated with providing specialized housing and social services for qualified relatives, age 65 or older, who are raising a child of which they are not a parent either by blood or marriage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for penalties for employees of the Veterans Health Administration who intentionally fail to follow infection control practices.

Bill: 112-hr-2965
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2011-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care quality
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical ethics
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: 
Requires any employee of the Veterans Health Administration who, while working in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility, intentionally fails to follow infection control practices to be fined in accordance with the federal criminal code or imprisoned for up to one year, or both.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish infection control practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2011-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: Introduced in House
American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2966
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2011-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Meat
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: 
American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to detain for examination, testing, or the taking of evidence: (1) any horse at any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction that is sore or which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and (2) any horse or other equine that the Secretary has probable cause to believe is being shipped, transported, moved, delivered, received, possessed, purchased, sold, or donated in violation of such prohibition.
 
Increases the cap on the amount of appropriations that may be used to carry out such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Innovate to Deliver Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2967
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2011-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Financial services and investments
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Performance measurement
Postal Regulatory Commission
Postal service
Product development and innovation
Public contracts and procurement
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: 
Innovate to Deliver Act of 2011 - Authorizes the United States Postal Service (USPS) to: (1) provide nonpostal services (e.g., check-cashing services, warehousing, public internet access services) using USPS infrastructure in a manner consistent with the public interest, and (2) invest excess moneys of the Competitive Products Fund.
 
Requires the USPS Board of Governors to ensure that the rates and fees charged by USPS are at least equal to the total costs for providing postal services.
 
Repeals the requirement for uniform postal rates for books, films, and other materials.
 
Establishes in USPS the position of the Chief Innovation Officer who shall have proven expertise and success in the areas of innovation, research and development, and marketing. Requires the Postmaster General to submit to Congress a comprehensive strategy for maximizing revenues through innovative postal and nonpostal products and services.
 
Requires the use of surplus contributions to the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) in FY2011-FY 2016 for postal employees to encourage early retirement and provide voluntary separation incentive payments.
 
Revises the prepayment schedule for the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefit Fund to allow amortization of payments over a longer period.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to report on workforce reduction or realignment methods to align the USPS workforce with its needs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
James Monroe Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 112-hr-2968
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2011-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Libraries and archives
Presidential administrations
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: 
James Monroe Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $50 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the election of President James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States.
 
Authorizes the issuance of such coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2016.
 
Requires all sales of coins minted under this Act to include specified surcharges, which shall be promptly paid to the James Monroe Memorial Foundation for specified uses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2969
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2011-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Immunology and vaccination
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: 
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Benefits) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend the months of coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients. 
 
Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to make eligible for enrollment in Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), solely for the purpose of such drug coverage, every individual whose insurance benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) have ended by reason of a kidney transplant or the end of any requirement for a regular course of dialysis. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine a monthly premium rate for such individuals equal to 35% of the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees age 65 and over. Prescribes a formula for detemination of a government contribution to such a premium.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Referred for a period ending not later than September 26, 2011, (or for a later time if the Chairman so designates) to the Subcommittee on Health, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee concerned.
action_date: 2011-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 112-hr-2970
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2011-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Voting rights
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: 
Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act - Requires 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 in commemoration of Alice Paul, to recognize her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of such medal. Requires proceeds from the sale of such medals to be deposited into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Creating American Jobs Through Foreign Capital Investment Act

Bill: 112-hr-2972
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Business investment and capital
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: 
Creating American Jobs Through Foreign Capital Investment Act - Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to make the EB-5 visa (alien investor) regional center program permanent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Public Safety and Sacred Sites from the Utah Prairie Dog Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2973
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: 
Protecting Public Safety and Sacred Sites from the Utah Prairie Dog Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to amend the special rule concerning takings of the Utah prarie dog to permit the taking of such prairie dog under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in any airport or cemetery in such prairie dog's range in which a state demonstrates that: (1) the prairie dog's entry or existence causes a threat to public health and safety or to the sanctity of a burial site, and (2) all practicable measures to eliminate that threat have been carried out without success. 
 
Defines &quot;practicable measures&quot; as: (1) the construction of fences around such areas, and (2) translocation of the prairie dogs by methods used by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Introduced in House