hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Post Office Transparency Act

Bill: 112-hr-2024
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Post Office Transparency Act - Makes procedures governing the closure or consolidation of postal branches, stations, or other facilities the same as those applicable to post offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Border States Security Improvement Act

Bill: 112-hr-2025
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Defense spending
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mexico
National Guard and reserves
New Mexico
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Border States Security Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide funds to the governor of a state to employ units or members of that state's National Guard, state defense forces, and law enforcement agencies to help secure an international border that forms part of that state's border. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide the requested funds for such use of the National Guard even though the border security activities are conducted while National Guard members are not in federal service; and (2) pay a state an amount that the governor certifies is necessary for expenses of such activities from funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) for homeland defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
SERV Act

Bill: 112-hr-2026
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health
Specialized courts
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Services, Education, and Rehabilitation for Veterans Act or the SERV Act - Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to delegate to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the authority to administer the veteran's treatment courts program established by this Act.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states and other entities: (1) to develop, implement, or enhance veteran's treatment courts or to expand operational drug courts to serve veterans; and (2) for programs that involve continuing judicial supervision over nonviolent offenders with substance abuse or mental health problems who have served in the U.S. military. Requires such programs to include mandatory periodic testing for the use of drugs, substance abuse and mental health treatment, opportunities for diversion, probation, or supervised release, and programmatic, offender management, and aftercare services. 
 
Directs the National Drug Court Institute to conduct national training programs for state and local communities to improve the professional skills of drug court practitioners and provide comprehensive technical assistance to adult, juvenile, and family dependency drug courts.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in Rhode Island.

Bill: 112-hr-2027
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Rhode Island

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Replaces the map subtitled &quot;Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, Hazards Beach Unit RI-07&quot; included in the set of maps entitled &quot;John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System&quot; relating to certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Rhode Island, with another map relating to the units entitled &quot;John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07&quot; (dated September 30, 2009).

action_date: 2012-07-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Replaces the map subtitled &quot;Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, Hazards Beach Unit RI-07&quot; included in the set of maps entitled &quot;John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System&quot; relating to certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Rhode Island, with another map relating to the units entitled &quot;John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07&quot; (dated September 30, 2009).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419.
action_date: 2012-07-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-579.
action_date: 2012-07-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-579.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2011-10-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2028
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends the federal bankruptcy code to limit the non-dischargeability, except in cases of undue hardship, of educational loans to those made, insured, or guaranteed by a governmental unit, or made under any program funded by a governmental unit or any program for which substantially all of the funds are provided by a nonprofit institution (thus allowing the discharge of private educational loan indebtedness without the need to show an undue hardship). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2029
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical research
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and implement a birth defects prevention and public awareness program, which includes: (1) a nationwide media campaign to increase awareness among health care providers and at-risk populations about pregnancy and breastfeeding information services; (2) grants for the provision of, or campaigns to increase awareness about, pregnancy and breastfeeding information services; and (3) grants for the conduct or support of surveillance of or research on maternal exposures and maternal health conditions that may influence the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal exposures that may influence health risks to a breastfed infant, or of networking to facilitate such surveillance or research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E979-981)
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Expediting Agriculture Through Science Act

Bill: 112-hr-2031
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Contracts and agency
Department of Agriculture
Horticulture and plants
Livestock
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Expediting Agriculture Through Science Act or EATS Act - Amends the Plant Protection Act to include biotechnology products among the plant pests that a person may petition the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to have added or removed from regulations allowing such products' importation, entry, exportation, or movement in interstate commerce without a permit.
 
Revises provisions regarding the Secretary's response to such a petition to require the Secretary to: (1) determine whether to approve such petition not later than 180 days after the petition's receipt, with two permitted 30-day extensions; (2) notify the petitioner of such extensions; and (3) provide a denied petitioner with denial information and an opportunity to remedy deficiencies. 
 
Deems a petition approved if the Secretary has not made a determination to approve the petition by the end of the 240-day period beginning on the date of the petition's receipt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-05-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E984)
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits by federally-funded entities involving such residents and in Department of Justice actions that could result in an agreement to move such a resident from that resident's facility.

Bill: 112-hr-2032
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability and paralysis
Health facilities and institutions
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Prohibits any entity that receives funds from the federal government from using such funds to file a class action lawsuit involving the residents of an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR) unless the resident (or the resident's legal representative), after receiving notice of the proposed class action lawsuit, has the opportunity to elect not to have the action apply to the resident.
 
Directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to consult with ICF/MR residents among all other interested parties before taking actions (including investigations and actions under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Civil Rights for Institutionalized Persons Act) involving such residents.
 
Permits a resident to intervene in any such DOJ action.
 
Prohibits this Act from requiring a state to include ICFs/MR services as an option under its Medicaid plan under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure, and Care Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2033
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Immunology and vaccination
Medical research
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure, and Care Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to undertake psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection efforts to collect information regarding: (1) the prevalence of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in the United States; (2) the age of onset; (3) health-related quality of life; (4) health care utilization; (5) the burden of such disease; (6) direct and indirect costs; (7) health disparities, including with respect to age, gender, race, and ethnicity; and (8) comorbidities and the natural history of such disease. Allows such data collection efforts to include: (1) incorporating questions into public health surveys, questionnaires, and other databases in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) the consideration and development of a patient registry.
 
Encourages the Director of the National Institutes of Health to explore the development of a virtual Center of Excellence for Collaborative Discovery in Psoriasis and Comorbid Research or some other mechanism through which public and private sector findings regarding psoriasis and its comorbid conditions can be regularly shared and leveraged.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include fire police officers in the list of officers who are eligible for public safety officers' death benefits.

Bill: 112-hr-2034
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers. Defines a &quot;fire police officer&quot; as an officially recognized or designated member of a volunteer fire police association or squad who is legally authorized by a state or local government to assist in event crowd control, scene control or traffic control in emergencies, and missing person searches.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Waiver Transparency Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2035
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee benefits and pensions
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Healthcare Waiver Transparency Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish the decision to approve or deny an application for a waiver of the restrictions on a health plan's annual limit for essential health benefits on the HHS website within five business days after making such a decision and include in the notice the applicant's name, city, and state and the application date. Requires the Secretary to ensure the confidentiality of proprietary information under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 112-hr-2037
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Historic sites and heritage areas

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in Arizona. Requires the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, Inc. as the local coordinating entity for the Area, to prepare and submit a management plan for such Area. 
 
Require the management plan to inventory the natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the Area which are related to its national importance, as well as the themes that ought to be protected, enhanced, interpreted, managed, funded, and developed, and to recommend policies and strategies for resource management. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act

Bill: 112-hr-2038
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
House of Representatives
Inflation and prices
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit expenditures by candidates for the House of Representatives to $500,000 during the election cycle ($250,000 for a primary election and $250,000 for a general election). Sets at $250,000 the maximum amount of expenditures which may be made for a runoff election ($125,000 for a primary runoff election and $125,000 for a general runoff election). Excludes from such limits expenditures for legal services. Provides for indexing such amounts for inflation. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on nightlights of plastic.

Bill: 112-hr-2039
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on nightlights of plastic.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
National Right-to-Work Act

Bill: 112-hr-2040
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2011-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: 
National Right-to-Work Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-26
text: Introduced in House