hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Compassionate Visa for Medical Treatment Act

Bill: 112-hr-2878
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2011-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Health care coverage and access
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: 
 Compassionate Visa for Medical Treatment Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among nonimmigrant classifications: (1) an alien seeking to enter the United States temporarily and solely to receive medical treatment (including participation in a research study) for a disease or condition that if untreated threatens to undermine the alien's survival or day-to-day functioning with an increased likelihood of progression to a more severe disease or condition; or (2) such alien's accompanying or following son, daughter, spouse, or parent.
 
Sets forth related conditions of admission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Integrity to Public Debt Donations Act

Bill: 112-hr-2879
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: 
Restoring Integrity to Public Debt Donations Act - Requires any money and proceeds from the sale of a gift of tangible property accepted by the Administrator of General Services (GSA) for the government from being deposited into any account or fund other than, as under current law, the one for public debt reduction.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2881
Sponsor: Rep. West, Allen B. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2011-09-09 in the House
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: 2011-09-09
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: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2011-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2011-09-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1574-1575)
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Introduced in House
National September 11 Memorial and Museum Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2882
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Pennsylvania
Terrorism
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 
National September 11 Memorial and Museum Act of 2011- Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept from the Board of Directors of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc., the donation of title to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. 
 
Requires approval of the donation by the governor of New York, the governor of New Jersey, and the mayor of New York City. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical and financial assistance to the Board that is related to the operation of the Memorial; and (2) consult with and seek technical assistance from the Secretaries of Defense (DOD), Education, Homeland Security (DHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Administrator of General Services (GSA) in providing such technical and financial assistance to the Board. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
USPS Retiree Health Benefits Prepayment Extension Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2884
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 
USPS Retiree Health Benefits Prepayment Extension Act of 2011 - Extends from September 30, 2011, until December 31, 2011, the deadline for the required $5.5 billion payment into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2886
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 
Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2011 or SHIELD Act of 2011 - Requires, in the event that the U.S. public debt limit is reached, priority payment of the pay and allowances of: (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserves, who perform active service; and (2) critical law enforcement officers employed by federal agencies.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a period of lapsed appropriations for the Armed Forces or federal agencies employing critical law enforcement officers, to make available necessary amounts to continue such pay and allowances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and the Judiciary, 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: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and the Judiciary, 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: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and the Judiciary, 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: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and the Judiciary, 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: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Help Veterans Own Franchises Act

Bill: 112-hr-2888
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Retail and wholesale trades
Small business
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 
Help Veterans Own Franchises Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for 25% of a qualified franchise fee of up to $400,000 paid or incurred by a veteran for the purchase of a franchise. 
 
Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide information about the tax credit allowed by this Act to veterans service organizations and veteran advocacy groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Save Social Security Act

Bill: 112-hr-2889
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Securities
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 
Save Social Security Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish a Personal Social Security Savings Fund consisting of Social Security contributions, increased by the total net earnings from investments, and reserves held in an Annuity Reserves Account.
 
Authorizes qualifying individuals to elect to participate in a program under which personal Social Security savings accounts are established for investment pursuant to various options.
 
Prescribes requirements for Tier I and Tier II Investment Funds for the investment of personal Social Security savings contributions calculated according to a specified formula. Specifies Tier I and Tier II investment options.
 
Prescribes requirements for: (1) distributions from personal Social Security savings accounts for purchase of annuities from an Annuity Issuance Authority, and (2) guaranteed Social Security benefits regardless of whether such an annuity is purchased.
 
Requires a reduction in monthly Social Security insurance benefits, according to a certain formula, for personal savings program participants.
 
Establishes a Personal Social Security Savings Board to administer the program and establish investment policies.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject distributions from personal Social Security savings accounts to income tax.
 
Establishes in the Treasury a Personal Social Security Savings Program Spending Reduction Account to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall credit the amount of savings for a fiscal year derived from legislation reducing or terminating federal programs.
 
Requires the Managing Trustee of the OASDI Trust Funds, at the end of any reimbursement year for which for which there is a Savings Program excess balance in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, to transfer from them to the Spending Reduction Account sums necessary to reimburse it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: Referred for a period ending not later than September 19, 2011, (or for a later time if the Chairman so designates) to the Subcommittee on Social Security, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee concerned.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
To expand homeland security at public water systems and treatment works by allowing the Secretary of Homeland Security to include these facilities in the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program.

Bill: 112-hr-2890
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Terrorism
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 
Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to repeal provisions prohibiting the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from applying regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for the security of chemical facilities and requiring vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans to public water systems or treatment works. Directs the President to delegate to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to apply such regulations to such systems and works. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance regarding compliance with such regulations to any facility or works operator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2011-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6037)
America's Energy Independence Act

Bill: 112-hr-2891
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 
America's Energy Independence Act - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing the final rule entitled &quot;Federal Implementation Plans: Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone and Correction of SIP Approvals&quot; (commonly referred to as the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule) or any successor or substantially similar rule before the end of 2021. 
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) continue to implement the Clean Air Interstate Rule and the rule establishing federal implementation plans for such Rule through the end of 2021, and (2) not promulgate any modification to either such rule. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-09-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6104)
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1598)
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Invest in America Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2892
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 
Invest in America Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers, other than corporations, to exclude from gross income net capital gains (defined as including dividend income) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6104)
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1598)
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit Foreign Military Financing program assistance to countries that vote in the United Nations General Assembly in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state in the absence of a negotiated border agreement between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Bill: 112-hr-2893
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Palestinians
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 
Prohibits foreign military financing program assistance to any country that votes in the U.N. General Assembly in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state in the absence of a negotiated border agreement between the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA).
 
Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition on a case-by-case basis upon a certification to Congress that a waiver is in the U.S. national interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act

Bill: 112-hr-2894
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Natural disasters
Radioactive wastes and releases
Terrorism
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: 
Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to award up to 100 grants for task forces (two or more fire services that collectively consist of at least 50 firefighting personnel, operating under a cooperative agreement to coordinate incident response) each fiscal year for: (1) salary and benefits to hire firefighting personnel, (2) training, (3) equipment or support systems, (4) communications between task force members and a local police department or hospital or with any other appropriate governmental or private sector entity, and (5) compatibility and interoperability of training and equipment.

Requires the Administrator to give priority to task forces serving geographic areas that have a high population density or that are located within 50 miles of: (1) a nuclear power facility; (2) a large facility that produces, treats, or refines chemicals or petroleum products; (3) a business district of national significance; or (4) a location with one or more critical infrastructures.

Requires grantees to obtain non-federal matching funds of at least 55% of the amount awarded by the Administrator for each fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building".

Bill: 112-hr-2896
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2011-09-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New Jersey
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-08-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2012-07-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5113)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5113)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2896.
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5113-5114)
action_date: 2012-07-23
text: Ms. Buerkle moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2012-06-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy     .
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-09-12
text: Introduced in House