hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Reasserting American Leadership in Space Act

Bill: 112-hr-1641
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Space flight and exploration

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Reasserting American Leadership in Space Act or REAL Space Act - Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to plan to return to the Moon by 2022 and to develop a sustained human presence there in order to promote exploration, commerce, science, and U.S. preeminence in space as a stepping stone for future exploration of Mars and other destinations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act

Bill: 112-hr-1642
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Trafficking Reduction and Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act - Directs the Attorney General to require each firearm manufactured in the United States to be marked with a serial number that is located inside the barrel of the firearm or that is visible only in infrared light, in addition to the serial number marking otherwise required.
 
Amends the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 to repeal provisions prohibiting the use of appropriated funds: (1) to implement a national instant criminal background check system that does not require the destruction of identifying information within 24 hours after the system determines and advises a federal firearms licensee that a person's possession or receipt of a firearm would not violate federal or state law, or (2) to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of a licensed firearms dealer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1643
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Birds
Building construction
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2011 - Requires each public building constructed, altered, or acquired by the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features. Directs the Administrator to: (1) incorporate such materials and features into existing public buildings, and (2) address the impacts of interior and exterior lighting on native bird species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 412(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the provision of cash assistance or medical assistance to any refugee who, after entering the United States, travels to a country that supports international terrorism.

Bill: 112-hr-1644
Sponsor: Rep. Rivera, David [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigrant health and welfare
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the provision of cash assistance or medical assistance to any refugee who, after entering the United States, travels to a country that has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
American Angler Preservation Act

Bill: 112-hr-1646
Sponsor: Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Commerce
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Outdoor recreation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
American Angler Preservation Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require each scientific and statistical committee of the eight Regional Fishery Management Councils to provide its respective Council with ongoing risk neutral scientific advice (current law does not specify that such advice be risk neutral) for fishery management decisions.
 
Prohibits such a committee from recommending to increase or decrease an annual catch limit by 20% or greater unless the recommendation has been approved in a peer review process conducted exclusively by nongovernmental entities.
 
Requires fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing and rebuilding the fishery that is as short as practicable (under current law, as short as possible). Modifies the exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed ten years.
 
Requires consideration, in evaluating progress to end overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks, of factors other than commercial and recreational fishing.
 
Requires, when the Secretary of Commerce extends the rebuilding period under specified provisions, that the maximum rebuilding time not exceed the sum of the initial ten-year period, the expected time to rebuild the stock absent any fishing mortality and under prevailing environmental conditions, and the mean generation time of the stock.
 
Directs the Secretary, within 60 days after receiving a request from the governor of an affected state or a fishing community, to determine whether there is a commercial fishery failure due to a fishery resource disaster resulting from certain causes.
 
Sets forth procedures for certification of a fishery management plan (or amendment) requested by a percentage of eligible fisherman to establish a limited access privilege program to harvest in fisheries under the authority of the New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, or Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.
 
Prohibits the Secretary, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), from closing a fishery that would have an affect of at least $50,000 on each of more than 25 small businesses related to the recreational, charter, or commercial fishing industries involved in the fishery being closed, unless the Secretary certifies that specified conditions have been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-01
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Choice in Filing Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1647
Sponsor: Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Veterans' Choice in Filing Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a two-year pilot program to permit a qualifying veteran filing a claim for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits to submit such claim to any VA regional office. Includes as a qualifying veteran one who, except for the pilot program, would be required to submit such claim to one of five VA regional offices selected by the Secretary based on below-average performance.
 
Requires reports from the Secretary to Congress on: (1) the five below-average offices selected by the Secretary; and (2) the pilot program, including recommendations on the allocation of resources among the regional offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1648
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Disability and health-based discrimination
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states, on an ongoing basis, to: (1) collect and report certain information on bullying and harassment by youth in their elementary and secondary schools and communities; (2) conduct, and report the results of, a needs assessment for bullying and harassment prevention programs; and (3) provide technical assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in their efforts to thwart bullying and harassment.
 
Requires LEAs to: (1) include clear prohibitions against bullying and harassment within their discipline policies; (2) establish and monitor performance indicators for incidents of bullying and harassment; and (3) establish grievance procedures students, parents, and educators can use to redress such conduct.
 
Directs LEAs to notify parents, students, and educators annually on: (1) the bullying and harassment prohibited by their discipline policies, (2) the numbers and nature of bullying and harassment incidents for each of their schools, and (3) grievance procedures for redressing such conduct.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary of Education to conduct, and report on, an independent biennial evaluation of programs to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools; and (2) the Commissioner for Education Statistics to collect data, that are subject to independent review, to determine the incidence and prevalence of bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools in this country.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act

Bill: 112-hr-1649
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Chesapeake Bay
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act - Amends the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to make permanent the authorization of appropriations for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E756)
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1650
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Chesapeake Bay
Department of Commerce
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Fishes
Historic sites and heritage areas
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Virginia
Water resources funding
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 to revise research, management, and program provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
 
 States that the Director of the Office shall be responsible for the administration and operation of the Office and implementation of such Act.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) implement the program activities of the Chesapeake Executive Council, (2) ensure that projects have scientific and technical merit and have undergone appropriate peer review, (3) consult with the Council, and (4) report biennially to Congress and to the Secretary of Commerce regarding activities to protect the Chesapeake Bay.
 
Authorizes the Director to: (1) collaborate with scientific and academic institutions, state and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other constituents to support an integrated observations system for the Chesapeake Bay; (2) support the establishment and implementation of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail; (3) incorporate the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System into the Integrated Ocean Observing System regional network of observatories; (4) establish a Chesapeake Bay watershed education and training program (authorizes related grants); (5) establish a Chesapeake Bay coastal living resources management and habitat program to support management of priority Chesapeake Bay habitats and living resources, including oysters, blue crabs, and submerged aquatic vegetation; and (6) accept donations of funds, property, and services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E756)
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Save the Chesapeake Bay Homeowner Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1651
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Maryland
New York State
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Water quality
Watersheds
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Save the Chesapeake Bay Homeowner Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) develop and implement the Save the Chesapeake Bay Home program, which shall designate property owners in the Chesapeake Bay watershed as program participants if such owners perform a specified number of actions on a list of actions developed by the Administrator to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff into the Bay, and (2) determine an appropriate amount of credit for compliance with total maximum daily load requirements to award to a state based on the number of property owners in the state who have been designated as program participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E756)
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to make modifications to the Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program.

Bill: 112-hr-1652
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Chesapeake Bay
Delaware
District of Columbia
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
New York State
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Water quality
Water resources funding
Watersheds
West Virginia
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to eliminate the pilot program status of the Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program. Permits the nonfederal share of project costs of a local cooperation agreement to include in-kind services. Treats funds provided for a project by a federal agency other than the Corps of Engineers as nonfederal funds for purposes of cost sharing requirements.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out projects under the program in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, with the goal of carrying out projects in Delaware, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia (currently the Secretary is required to establish at least one project in each of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania).

Directs the Secretary to establish a program, to be administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to provide small watershed grants for technical and financial assistance to local governments and nonprofit organizations in the Chesapeake Bay region. Permits the use of grant funds only for implementation of cooperative tributary basin and other Chesapeake Bay-wide strategies that address storm water management or the establishment, restoration, protection, or enhancement of natural habitat associated with the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.

Increases the authorization of appropriations for the Cheasapeake Bay program.

Directs the Secretary to develop at federal expense and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan to prioritize projects within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E756)
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase the dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under the administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions of that Act.

Bill: 112-hr-1653
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $1,000 the aggregate retail value of articles that may be imported duty-free into the United States by one person on one day.
 
Changes from a maximum of $2,500 to a minimum of $2,500 the threshold aggregate value of a shipment of merchandise for the declaration and entry of which the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Enrollment Protection Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1654
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Medicare Enrollment Protection Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) establish a special Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) enrollment period period for individuals enrolled in COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) continuation coverage who elected not to enroll under part B during the individual's initial enrollment period; (2) require a continuous open Medicare part B enrollment, apart from an initial enrollment period or a special enrollment period, during which there shall be an increase in the monthly premium; (3) provide for special enrollment periods to correct errors, misrepresentations, or the inaction of officers, employees, or agents of group health plans or plan sponsors; and (4) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure appropriate coordination of Medicare part B with American Health Benefit Exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). 
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on enrollment in the Medicare part B program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-15
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: 2011-04-15
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: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1656
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2011-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: 
Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2011, to revise the criteria and payment formula for &quot;subsection (d) hospitals&quot; which are urban Medicare-dependent hospitals.
 
(Generally a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-04-15
text: Introduced in House