hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Post 9/11 GI Bill Payment Restoration Act

Bill: 112-hr-1451
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Post 9/11 GI Bill Payment Restoration Act - Amends the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 to repeal a provision which reduces from eight to four weeks during any year the time between educational program enrollment periods during which Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) interval payments are authorized.
 
Rescinds from funds determined to be duplicative the amount required to implement this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2011-04-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E676)
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
URSA

Bill: 112-hr-1452
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Licensing and registrations
Metals
Mining
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Uranium Resources Stewardship Act or URSA - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to: (1) withdraw all federal lands permanently from location and entry for uranium, and (2) prescribe a uranium leasing program for such lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1453
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to delay, for certain areas not previously designated as having special flood hazards, the effective date for the mandatory purchase of flood insurance until the expiration of the five-year period beginning upon the date that revisions to certain flood insurance maps become available.
 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to authorize or require any payment or refund for flood insurance coverage purchases that covered any period during which such coverage is not required for the insured property.
 
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to prescribe a five-year phase-in schedule for flood insurance rates for areas newly mapped as having special flood hazards.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reimburse property owners for costs incurred in requests to remove property from base flood elevations.
 
Instructs the FEMA Administrator to submit to Congress a community outreach plan updating floodplain areas and flood-risk zones.
 
Instructs the FEMA Administrator to notify the appropriate Members of Congress of actions taken regarding any modernization of a floodplain area or flood-risk zone in their respective states or districts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Pay Accountability Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1454
Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Congressional Pay Accountability Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, if all of the regular appropriation bills for a fiscal year do not become law before the beginning of that fiscal year, to: (1) deposit all payments otherwise required to be made for the compensation of Members of Congress in an escrow account, and (2) release them to the Members only upon the enactment of all such bills.
 
 
 Requires a 25% reduction in a Member's annual rate of pay for pay periods occurring during any Congress if all of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year in which that Congress begins do not become law before the first day of such Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
9/11 First Responders History Project Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1455
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Law enforcement officers
Libraries and archives
Library of Congress
New York City
Pennsylvania
Terrorism
U.S. history
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
9/11 First Responders History Project Act of 2011 - Requires, within the limits of available funds, the Librarian of Congress to establish an oral history project to: (1) survey collections of audio and video recordings (as well as ongoing documentary work) of the reminiscences of 9/11 first responders housed in archives, libraries, museums, and other educational institutions; (2) solicit, reproduce, and collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of 9/11 first responders, and visual and written materials (such as letters, diaries, photographs, and ephemera) relevant to the personal histories of individuals; (3) create a collection, with a catalog and index, of the recordings and other materials obtained; and (4) make the collection available for public use through the Library of Congress (LOC) and other appropriate methods.
 
Defines &quot;9/11 first responders&quot; as emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers who responded to the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, in New York City, in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon (including the aftermath of such attacks).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.

Bill: 112-hr-1456
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds
Government trust funds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Amends the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to authorize the appropriation to the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund of such sums as are necessary to carry out such Act for FY2012-FY2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act

Bill: 112-hr-1457
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Religion
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act - Directs the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy to: (1) review the service records of certain Jewish-American World War I veterans to determine whether that veteran should be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor; and (2) upon a positive determination, submit a recommendation to the President that the President make such award.
 
Makes eligible for such review and award each Jewish-American World War I veteran: (1) who was previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or other military decoration for service during World War I; or (2) whose name is submitted to either Secretary by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America within one year after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Law Student Clinic Participation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1458
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: District of Columbia
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Higher education
Lawyers and legal services
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Law Student Clinic Participation Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to exempt a law student or staff member participating in a legal clinic or externship of an accredited law school with respect to a matter within the scope of the clinic or externship from the criminal conflict of interest rules applicable to federal and District of Columbia employees, unless: (1) the student or staff has participated personally and substantially in the matter as a government employee; or (2) the matter is pending in the department or agency in which the student or staff is serving.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Scott Gardner Act

Bill: 112-hr-1459
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
 Scott Gardner Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General (DOJ) to take into custody an alien who is unlawfully in the United States and is arrested by a state or local law enforcement officer for driving while intoxicated or a similar violation. Directs the officer, upon reasonable grounds to believe the individual is an alien, to: (1) verify the individual's immigration status, and (2) take into custody for federal transfer an individual who is unlawfully in the United States.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to reimburse states and localities for related transportation costs when such transportation is not done in the course of normal duties.
 
Requires a state or locality, in order to qualify for state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) funding, to participate by January 1, 2014, in either or both of: (1) the secure communities initiative, or (2) the program under which state officers and employees perform specified immigration functions.
 
Requires the Attorney General to enter into such state immigration enforcement programs. (Current law authorizes such participation.) Requires DHS reimbursement for related state or local training costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide for automatic enrollment of veterans returning from combat zones into the VA medical system, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1460
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military operations and strategy
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to automatically enroll in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical system certain veterans who served on active duty in combat operations during a period of war after the Persian Gulf War or in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities after November 11, 1998. Gives such veterans the option of declining enrollment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-04-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act

Bill: 112-hr-1461
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
New Mexico
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act - Authorizes the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease or transfer water rights that were adjudicated to the Tribe in 
State v. Lewis
, provided the lease or transfer is for no more than 99 years and complies with the laws of New Mexico.

action_date: 2011-12-01
text: 

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

 
Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act - Authorizes the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease or transfer water rights that were adjudicated to the Tribe in 
State v. Lewis
, provided the lease or transfer is for no more than 99 years and complies with the laws of New Mexico. 

action_date: 2012-09-19
text: 
Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act - Authorizes the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease or transfer water rights that were adjudicated to the Tribe in 
State v. Lewis
, provided the lease or transfer is for no more than 99 years and complies with the laws of New Mexico.
 
Makes this Act inapplicable to the lease or transfer of the adjudicated water rights for use on the Tribe's reservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-20
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6075)
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6075)
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1461.
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6075-6076)
action_date: 2012-09-19
text: Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 207.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-307.
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-307.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-10-05
text: Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2011-09-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova.

Bill: 112-hr-1463
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Europe
Moldova
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Assuring You Uniform Dietary Assistance (AYUDA) Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1465
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Assuring You Uniform Dietary Assistance (AYUDA) Act of 2011 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to provide the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands with the same food assistance benefits as are nationally available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide for reliquidation of certain entries of medium density fiberboard.

Bill: 112-hr-1467
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of medium density fiberboard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Honest Services Restoration Act

Bill: 112-hr-1468
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Honest Services Restoration Act - Amends the federal criminal code to include as a fraud offense a scheme or artifice by a public official to engage in undisclosed self-dealing. Defines &quot;undisclosed self-dealing&quot; to mean: (1) performing an official act to benefit or further a financial interest of such public official, a spouse or minor child, a general business partner, a business or organization in which the public official is serving as an employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner, or an individual, business, or organization with whom the public official is negotiating for, or has any arrangement concerning, prospective employment or financial compensation; and (2) knowingly falsifying, concealing, covering up, or failing to disclose material information regarding a financial interest as required by law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act

Bill: 112-hr-1469
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2011-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: 
Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act - Appropriates amounts to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) during a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces to allow for the timely payment of death gratuities under specified code provisions addressing death benefits for deceased military personnel.
 
 Defines &quot;funding gap&quot; as any period during FY2011 for which interim or full-year appropriations (other than as provided by this Act) for the personnel accounts of the Armed Forces for that fiscal year have not been enacted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-08
text: Introduced in House