hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
CUT Resolution

Bill: 112-hres-471
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2011-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional committees
Government information and archives
House Committee on the Budget
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: 
Cut the Unnecessary Tab Resolution or CUT Resolution - Amends Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the Committee on Rules from reporting a rule or order that would limit any amendment that would otherwise be in order to a rescission bill.
 
Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) to require the House Budget Committee, whenever a rescission bill passes the House, to reduce the applicable committee allocations by the total amount of resulting reductions in budget authority and outlays.
 
Amends Rule XIII to require the Majority Leader to introduce a rescission bill by certain dates in each quarter of each session. Makes any motion to discharge the committee from consideration of such a bill privileged 10 legislative days after its introduction, if it was not introduced by one of the deadlines.
 
Makes it out of order to offer any amendment to a rescission bill unless it increases the amount of budget authority to be rescinded.
 
Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) to make it out of order to consider any rescission bill, its conference report, or amendment, unless: (1) such bill or conference report is made available to Members and the general public on the Internet for at least 48 hours before its consideration, (2) an amendment to such measure made in order by a rule is available within one hour after the rule is filed, or (3) an amendment under an open rule is made available immediately after being offered in a format searchable and sortable.
 
Requires amendments to rescission bills to be germane.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement with Egypt.

Bill: 112-hres-472
Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]
Introduced: 2011-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Egypt
Free trade and trade barriers
Middle East
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement with Egypt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Family Caregivers Month.

Bill: 112-hres-473
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2011-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Family relationships
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: 
Honors the work of America's family caregivers.
 
Acknowleges the enormous savings to the American taxpayer resulting from their labors.
 
Encourages all Americans to pay tribute to those who provide for the health and well-being of their family members, friends, and neighbors.
 
Supports the goals and ideals of National Family Caregivers Month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the valuable contributions of community colleges and encouraging local partnerships with such institutions to train and revitalize the United States workforce, inspire entrepreneurship, educate skilled workers, and invest in local communities.

Bill: 112-hres-474
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: 
Recognizes the valuable contributions community colleges make in revitalizing, inspiring, and training this country's workforce. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the 30th anniversary of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD).

Bill: 112-hres-476
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Crime prevention
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Supports the goals and ideals of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), a peer-to-peer education, prevention, and activism organization dedicated to preventing destructive decisions involving underage drinking, drug use, and violence.
 
Commends SADD on the positive effect it has had on individuals and communities in this country and abroad.
 
Encourages people to commemorate SADD's 30th anniversary by participating in a special event called Celebrate 30 With SADD: Lighting the Way.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Justices of the United States Supreme Court should make themselves subject to the existing and operative ethics guidelines set out in the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, most of which are already legally binding on them.

Bill: 112-hres-478
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Judges
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court should make themselves subject to the existing and operative ethics guidelines set out in the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges, most of which are already legally binding on them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hres-479
Sponsor: Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2011-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 180 (Roll no. 890). (text: CR H8146-8147)
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 180 (Roll no. 890).(text: CR H8146-8147)
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 236 - 184 (Roll no. 889). (consideration: CR H8167-8168)
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8167-8169)
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Res. 479, the Chair put the question on ordering the previous question and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Slaughter demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on ordering the previous question until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 479.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H8146-8152)
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 95.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. Section 2 provides that during any recess or adjournment of not more than 3 days, the Speaker may reconvene the House at any time. Section 3 of the resolution provides for a conference report and the accompanying joint statement under clause 8(a)(1) of rule XXII.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-311, by Mr. Nugent.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-311, by Mr. Nugent.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and officers and employees of the House from buying or selling securities while in possession of material, nonpublic information, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hres-480
Sponsor: Rep. Canseco, Francisco "Quico" [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2011-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: 
Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member) to place into a blind trust all securities, commodities for future delivery, security-based swaps, or swaps that are transacted on or through the facilities of a national securities exchange or from or through a broker or dealer, unless the Member files with the Clerk of the House a specified detailed disclosure report of all such transactions within five business days after the last day of a calendar month in which a transaction is completed.
 
Requires the Clerk to make available to the public a detailed summary of each such disclosure report.
 
Prohibits a Member or officer or employee of the House from purchasing or selling a security, commodity for future delivery, security-based swap, or swap, on or through the facilities of a national securities exchange or from or through a broker or dealer, while in possession of material, nonpublic information obtained by reason of employment in the House.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the goals and ideals of "Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week".

Bill: 112-hres-481
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2011-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Genetics
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: 
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week.
 
Expresses appreciation to the family members and caregivers who support people in the United States living with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
 
Commends health care professionals and biomedical researchers who care for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients and work to advance research aimed at developing new treatments and a cure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting the use of a Members' representational allowance to obtain advertising on any Internet site other than an official site of the Member involved.

Bill: 112-hres-482
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2011-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Members of Congress
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: 
Prohibits any portion of a Members' representational allowance from being used to obtain advertising on any Internet site other than an official site of the Member involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Calling for immediate full consular services to be provided by the United States Consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Bill: 112-hres-483
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2011-12-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Iraq
Middle East
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Calls on the Department of State to provide immediate full consular services, including visa issuance, from the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to respect basic human rights and cease abusing vague national security provisions such as articles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code which are often the pretext to arrest and detain citizens who peacefully advocate for religious and political freedom.

Bill: 112-hres-484
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2011-12-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Detention of persons
Human rights
Political movements and philosophies
Protest and dissent
Rule of law and government transparency
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: 
 Condemns the crackdown in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam against community organizers, bloggers, and democracy activists.
 
 Calls on the government of Vietnam to: (1) repeal articles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code and similar vague national security measures used to persecute peaceful political dissent; and (2) release all political prisoners, especially activists, writers, and bloggers who have been detained or sentenced under articles 79 and 88. 
 
Urges the Department of State to monitor rule of law developments in Vietnam.

action_date: 2012-09-11
text: 
Condemns the crackdown in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam against community organizers, bloggers, and democracy activists.
 
 Calls on the government of Vietnam to: (1) repeal articles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code and similar vague national security measures used to persecute peaceful political dissent; and (2) release all political prisoners, especially activists, writers, and bloggers who have been detained or sentenced under articles 79 and 88. 
 
Urges the Department of State to monitor rule of law developments in Vietnam to help ensure that Vietnamese laws are administered in ways that are consistent with Vietnam's international human rights commitments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5844)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5844)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 484.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5844-5846)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the declassification of information related to missing and unaccounted-for members of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 112-hres-485
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Burma
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Secretary of Defense (DOD) should take immediate action to ensure that all classified information that pertains to any member of the Armed Forces who is missing and unaccounted for from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, or the Cold War be declassified and provided to the primary or designated next-of-kin, and made available to the National Archives and Records Administration; (2) sufficient funding and personnel should be approved for the POW/MIA accounting community for expanding such declassification and related efforts and activities; and (3) such funding should be sufficient to allow for the expansion of accounting efforts for all members missing and unaccounted for from all wars without degrading efforts related to the most recent wars and conflicts or reducing efforts to account for members in cases where acidic soil is destroying remains, development is encroaching, and eyewitnesses are dying.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 112-hres-486
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
House Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Elects a specified named Member to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 

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

 
Elects a specified named Member to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H8238)
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H8238)
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H8238)
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Americans who served as volunteers for the United States Office of Civilian Defense during World War II.

Bill: 112-hres-488
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Government information and archives
Military history
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
 Honors the service of Air Raid Wardens and all other Americans who volunteered for service for the United States Office of Civilian Defense during World War II.
 
Recognizes the important contributions of such Wardens and volunteers to public safety, morale, and victory.
 
Encourages surviving Wardens and volunteers to record and permanently preserve stories of their service for future generations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas.

Bill: 112-hres-489
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2011-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
First Amendment rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: 
Recognizes the importance of Christmas symbols and traditions.
 
Disapproves of attempts to ban references to Christmas.
 
Supports the use of these symbols and traditions by those who celebrate Christmas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States.

Bill: 112-hres-490
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2011-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Federal officials
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Mexico
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-12
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress has lost confidence in the Attorney General.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-12
text: Introduced in House