hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Hyde Amendment Codification Act

Bill: 112-s-1488
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Appropriations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Hyde Amendment Codification Act - Prohibits the expenditure of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law or funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by federal law (federal funds) for any abortion.

Prohibits federal funds from being used for any health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. (Currently, federal funds cannot be used for abortion services and plans receiving federal funds must keep federal funds segregated from any funds for abortion services.)
 
Excludes from such prohibitions an abortion if: (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or (2) the woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, as certified by a physician. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act

Bill: 112-s-1489
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
 Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act - Prohibits the federal government and any state or local government that receives federal financial assistance from discriminating or retaliating against any individual or health care entity because of the refusal by the individual or entity to recommend, refer for, provide coverage for, pay for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in any abortion. Includes within such prohibited discrimination: (1) denial, deprivation, or disqualification in licensing; (2) withholding accreditations, authorizations, loans, grants, aids, assistance, benefits, or privileges; and (3) withholding authorization to expand, improve, finance, or create facilities or programs.
 
Creates a cause of action for any violation of this Act. Gives federal courts jurisdiction to order any form of legal or equitable relief, including injunctive relief or an order preventing the disbursement of all or a portion of federal financial assistance to a state government until the prohibited conduct has ceased.
 
 Authorizes the Attorney General to file a civil action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief to enforce compliance with this Act. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to receive and investigate complaints alleging a violation of this Act.
 
 Requires this Act to be construed in favor of broad conscience protection for individuals and health care entities to the maximum extent permitted by the terms of this Act and the Constitution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Pregnancy Assistance Fund Expansion Act

Bill: 112-s-1490
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Teenage pregnancy
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Pregnancy Assistance Fund Expansion Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize additional funding for FY2012-FY2019 for the Pregnancy Assistance Fund for grants to states to assist pregnant and parenting teens and women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
PURPA's Legislative Upgrade to State Authority Act

Bill: 112-s-1491
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Intergovernmental relations
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
PURPA's Legislative Upgrade to State Authority Act or PURPA PLUS Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), with respect to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority to prescribe rules requiring electric utilities to offer to sell and purchase electric energy to and from any qualifying cogeneration or small power production facility.
 
Permits state regulatory authorities or nonregulated electric utilities, acting under state authority, to set rates exceeding the incremental cost of alternative electric energy for purchases from any such qualifying facility of up to two megawatts capacity. (Current law requires FERC to set rates that do not exceed the incremental cost to the electric utility of alternative electric energy.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5261-5262)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act

Bill: 112-s-1492
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers
Mining
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Henderson Redevelopment Agency of the city of Henderson, Nevada, the Three Kids Mine Project Site for the environmental remediation and reclamation of the Site. 
 
Requires Henderson Redevelopment Agency to pay the fair market value, if any, of the federal land, as determined and as adjusted based on remediation and reclamation costs. Excludes from the determination of fair market value any existing contamination associated with historical mining on such land.
 
Adjusts the boundary of the River Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern to exclude any part of the Project Site.
 
Releases the United States, upon making the conveyance, from any and all liabilities or claims of any kind or nature arising from the presence, release, or threat of release of any hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant, petroleum product, solid waste, or mining related materials at the Three Kids Mine Project Site in existence on or before the date of the conveyance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-03-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-642.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5262-5263)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5262)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1493
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Crime victims
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Kenya
Life, casualty, property insurance
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide increased group life insurance benefits for a Foreign Service or government executive branch employee killed in a location designated as a danger pay post. 
 
Directs the Secretary of State to provide a specified death gratuity payment to the surviving dependents of a Foreign Service or a government executive branch employee serving at a U.S. diplomatic or consular mission abroad without a regular salary who was killed in the August 7, 1998, bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Authorizes appropriations for such payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Early Intervention for Graduation Success Authorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1495
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Early Intervention for Graduation Success Authorization Act of 2011 - Amends the School Dropout Prevention program under part H of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
 
Replaces the existing grant program with a program awarding competitive, renewable, five-year early intervention grants to states and, through them, subgrants to partnerships between local educational agencies (LEAs) and early childhood education providers that serve a high percentage of students who bear the risk factors for dropping out of school.
 
Requires state grantees to: (1) create and periodically update a research-based Statewide Graduation Success Plan addressing the factors associated with the risk of not graduating from high school; (2) provide technical assistance to subgrantees; and (3) implement a Statewide Dropout Early Warning System to identify and direct effective services to children, from birth through elementary school, who are at risk of not graduating from high school.
 
Permits states to use grant funds to: (1) provide tuition assistance to students who agree to teach in an early childhood education program, (2) increase and monitor the quality of early childhood education, (3) design and implement a progression of aligned performance standards across all domains of learning from prekindergarten through postsecondary education, and (4) expand access to high-quality early childhood education for children most at risk of low proficiency in school.
 
Requires subgrantees to: (1) use the Statewide Dropout Early Warning System to implement research-based, individualized interventions for at-risk students; (2) develop and implement individual learning plans for each at-risk early childhood or elementary school student; (3) provide teacher training; (4) integrate community and family support services; and (5) foster students' high expectations and improve their chances for academic success.
 
Reauthorizes the program through FY2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5263)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Ethical Shipping Inspections Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1496
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Iran
Marine and inland water transportation
Middle East
North Korea
Sudan
Syria
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Ethical Shipping Inspections Act of 2011 - Amends federal shipping inspection laws to prohibit the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating from delegating (and to require revocation of an existing delegation of) certain inspection, certification, and related services to a foreign classification society if the Secretary of State determines that such society provides comparable services: (1) in Iran, North Korea, North Sudan, or Syria; or (2) for the government of such countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5264)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5263-5264)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1497
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend through December 31, 2015, the indefinite extendability or renewability of Medicare reasonable cost reimbursement contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional reporting with respect to contributions to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

Bill: 112-s-1498
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional committees
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require each authorized election campaign committee of a member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to report any contribution of $1,000 or more received by it or by the member between the member's appointment to the Joint Select Committee and January 31, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road.

Bill: 112-s-1499
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
General agriculture matters
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to promulgate a rule to: (1) improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment operating on public roads, and (2) establish minimum lighting and marking standards for such equipment.
 
Requires the Secretary to review and revise such standards at least once every five years to reflect the latest revision of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Standard 279 entitled &quot;Lighting and Marking of Agricultural Equipment on Highways.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensure Children Have Health Care Act

Bill: 112-s-1500
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Ensure Children Have Health Care Act - Permits a health insurance issuer that is licensed to offer child-only health insurance coverage in one state to also offer such coverage to eligible residents of other states.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) provide for the application of a uniform annual enrollment period for such coverage; and (2) promulgate regulations that provide protections to enrollees, ensure the solvency of health insurance issuers that offer such coverage, and clarify the procedures that would apply when an enrollee has a complaint concerning his or her coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to conduct the business of the Committee in a manner that is open to the public.

Bill: 112-s-1501
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional committees
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require each meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (except any discussing classified information) to be made open to the public and available for television coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Rivers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1502
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hydrology and hydrography
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Oil and gas
Performance measurement
Pipelines
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Clean Rivers Act of 2011 - Directs the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to review the adequacy of PHMSA regulations with respect to PHMSA-regulated pipelines that cross rivers with a width of at least 100 feet from high water mark to high water mark.
 
Requires the Administrator to establish on a publicly available PHMSA website: (1) a database of all pipeline water crossings in the United States, (2) a listing of national and state statistics on pipeline safety, and (3) certain information regarding pipeline operator hazardous liquid pipeline response plans.
 
Directs the Administrator to review: (1) the need for performance standards for leak detection systems used by hazardous liquid pipeline facility operators, and (2) the adequacy of PHMSA regulations in cases where a hazardous liquid pipeline facility operator must use an emergency flow restricting device.
 
Requires the Administrator to review and report to Congress on all onshore gas and hazardous liquid gathering lines not regulated by PHMSA.
 
Requires revision of the National Contingency Plan for removal of oil and hazardous substances to provide greater involvement of local authorities in the basic framework for the response management structure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid Restoration for Citizens of Freely AssociatedStates Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1504
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
Marshall Islands
Medicaid
Micronesia
Oceania
Palau

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Medicaid Restoration for Citizens of Freely Associated States Act of 2011 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to permit coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States Government and the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
 
Exempts such citizens from the five-year limited eligibility of qualified aliens for federal means-tested public benefits with respect to the Medicaid program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5264-5265)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5264)
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Emergencies Lack Provider Specialists Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-1505
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Health Emergencies Lack Provider Specialists Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make eligible for the National Health Service Corps loan repayment and scholarship programs specialists needed to serve medically underserved areas or populations that have needs for particular specialists related to a public health emergency declaration based upon environmental health hazard-related health concerns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens.

Bill: 112-s-1506
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2011-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring a payor of interest to file an information return on interest that is not effectively connected with a trade or business within the United States and that is paid to a nonresident alien on a deposit maintained at an office within the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate