hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Teacher Tax Deduction Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3148
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2011-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: 
Teacher Tax Deduction Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend until 2017 the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school educators (i.e., teachers, instructors, counselors, principals, or aides); (2) increase to $500 the allowable amount of such deduction for full-time educators (working at least 900 hours during the school year); and (3) allow such tax deduction for educators in preschool programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expand access to high risk pools.

Bill: 112-hr-3149
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2011-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expand eligibility for the high risk health insurance pool program to include individuals who have been covered under a state health benefits risk pool during the six-month period prior to the date on which such individual is applying for coverage through the high risk pool.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3150
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2011-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: 
Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2011 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as a part D drug any devices approved for home use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the safe and effective containment, removal, decontamination, and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/destructive device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Referred for a period ending not later than October 17, 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: 2011-10-11
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: 2011-10-11
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: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Violence Leave Act

Bill: 112-hr-3151
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2011-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employee leave
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Personnel records
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: 
Domestic Violence Leave Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee, his or her same-sex spouse, or domestic partner to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period: (1) to care for such individual's family member, if the family member is addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects; or (2) because such individual is addressing such matters, he or she is unable to perform any of the functions of his or her position.
 
Authorizes such individual to substitute any of his or her accrued paid vacation leave, personal leave, family leave, or medical or sick leave for any of the 12-week period of such leave.
 
Authorizes an employer to require an employee to certify with documentation the basis of the leave request.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall require an employer to provide paid sick leave or paid medical leave in any situation in which such employer would not normally provide any such paid leave.
 
Amends federal civil service law to entitle civilian federal employees, their same-sex spouses, or domestic partners to the same leave allowance. Provides for the substitution of accrued paid annual or sick leave for any part of the 12-week period. Authorizes the employing agency to require an employee to certify with documentation the basis of the leave request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Patricia Donahue, individually and in her capacity as Administratrix of the estate of Michael J. Donahue; Michael T. Donahue; Shawn Donahue; and Thomas Donahue.

Bill: 112-hr-3152
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2011-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Provides for the relief of Patricia Donahue, individually and in her capacity as Administratrix of the estate of Michael J. Donahue; Michael T. Donahue; Shawn Donahue; and Thomas Donahue.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Patricia Macarelli, in her capacity as Administratrix of the estate of Edward Brian Halloran.

Bill: 112-hr-3153
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2011-10-11 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Provides for the relief of Patricia Macarelli, in her capacity as Administratrix of the estate of Edward Brian Halloran.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Education for Tomorrow's Jobs Act

Bill: 112-hr-3154
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2011-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: 
Education for Tomorrow's Jobs Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies receiving subgrants under part A to describe how they will establish and carry out a school improvement program, including how they will: 
 
 
 create a network of schools or programs of study that integrate a rigorous curriculum emphasizing college and career readiness, and wraparound support services; 
 
 use school-level strategies to personalize students' educational experience; 
 
 demonstrate their capacity to implement and sustain their program;
 
involve institutions of higher education, employers, community-based organizations, parent organizations, and other stakeholders in the school improvement process;
 
provide school staff and other stakeholders with high-quality training and technical assistance;
 
facilitate student transitions from secondary schools that do not award diplomas to secondary schools that do, and from the latter to postsecondary education;
 
enable their program through policies that may include budgeting, governance, curriculum, and scheduling autonomies;
 
place students, when possible, in a school or program of study that the student or their parents choose;
 
 assure that students are able to fully participate in their school or program of study and are not placed in a school or program of study on the basis of their prior academic achievement or status as a poor, minority, disabled, or limited English proficient student; and
 
arrange for an ongoing and rigorous evaluation of their program, and disseminate best practices.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Northern Arizona Mining Continuity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3155
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2011-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Mining
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: 
Northern Arizona Mining Continuity Act of 2011- Prohibits the extension, renewal, or issuance of a notice of segregation or withdrawal of the public lands and National Forest System lands (including a part of such land) identified in Public Land Order 7773 (concerning emergency withdrawal of such lands in Coconino and Mohave Counties, Arizona), except by an express authorization by Congress that refers to this Act. 
 
Prohibits any such notice from having any legal effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Debit Card Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-3156
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2011-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Federal Reserve System
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: 
Consumer Debit Card Protection Act - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the authority granted the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB) to prescribe regulations for interchange transaction (swipe) fees that an issuer may receive or charge in connection with an electronic debit transaction (EDT).
 
Declares void, and without force or effect, any regulation or information collection which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) may propose or prescribe pursuant to the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA). Makes conforming amendments to EFTA.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the avoidance of tax by insurance companies through reinsurance with non-taxed affiliates.

Bill: 112-hr-3157
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2011-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the taxable income of a life insurance company or other insurance company: (1) any non-taxed reinsurance premium; (2) any additional amount paid by an insurance company with respect to the reinsurance for which such non-taxed reinsurance premium is paid; and (3) any return premium, ceding commission, reinsurance recovered, or other amount received by an insurance company with respect to the reinsurance for which such non-taxed reinsurance premium is paid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1822-1823)
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Improving Methods to Promote Regular Occurrences of the Verification of Employability Status Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3160
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2011-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: 
Improving Methods to Promote Regular Occurrences of the Verification of Employability Status Act of 2011 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate the pilot program status of the E-verify (employment authorization) program, thus making the program permanent. 
 
Revises confirmation provisions. Adds provisions respecting fraudulent documentation and sanctions. Provides that information posters required to be displayed shall be written only in English.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Awareness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3161
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2011-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: 
Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Awareness Act of 2011 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act commonly referred to as Johanna's Law to revise requirements for a national public awareness campaign regarding gynecologic cancers to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase awareness and knowledge of ovarian and cervical cancers, and (2) expand such campaign to include public service announcements targeted to low-income women.

Expresses the sense of Congress that funding by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of gynecologic cancer education and awareness efforts should reflect the fact that ovarian and cervical cancers are the most deadly of the gynecologic cancers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from implementing certain rules relating to employment of aliens described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-3162
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2011-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from: (1) implementing, amending, or enforcing the rule "Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program" or any substantially similar rule; and (2) finalizing, implementing, amending, or enforcing the proposed rule "Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States" or any substantially similar rule.
 
Directs the Secretary, in computing the prevailing occupational wage level for employees of institutions of higher education or nonprofit research organizations for certain alien worker labor certifications, to: (1) use Occupational Employment Statistics program data, and (2) comply with specified provisions regarding the number of wage levels required to make such computation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Easy Voting Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3163
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2011-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: 
Easy Voting Act of 2011 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to: (1) require a minimum early voting period of 14 days preceding a federal election for states offering early voting, (2) prohibit an election official from requiring an individual to provide a state-based identification as a condition of registering to vote or of receiving or casting a ballot in any federal election, and (3) require states to make same-day voter registration and change of address service available at the polling place on the date of election. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Short Sale Transparency Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3164
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2011-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: 
Short Sale Transparency Act of 2011 - Directs the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to require the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), in any case in which one or the other denies the purchase of a residential mortgage loan made to finance the purchase, under a short sale, of a covered dwelling on the basis that the purchase price involved is insufficient, to disclose promptly to the prospective seller the amount by which the purchase price was less than the minimum purchase price sufficient for approval of the purchase of such mortgage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act

Bill: 112-hr-3165
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2011-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Mental health
School administration
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: 
Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to allow states to allocate school improvement funds under title I of the ESEA for coordinated, early intervention services for all students. Includes among such services, schoolwide positive behavior supports, defined as a systematic approach to embed proven practices for early intervention services in order to achieve important social outcomes and increase student learning, while preventing problem behaviors.
 
Requires improvements in schoolwide learning climates, including schoolwide positive behavior supports, to be a target of: (1) technical assistance provided by states to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools, and by LEAs to schools identified as needing improvement; (2) schoolwide programs that allow LEAs to consolidate educational funds to upgrade the entire educational program of schools that serve a high proportion of low-income families; (3) professional development funding; (4) funding under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program; and (5) elementary and secondary school counseling programs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to oversee, implement, and ensure adequate evaluation of, the provision of specialized instructional support services in schools by school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified professionals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-10-12
text: Introduced in House