hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
American Job Protection Act

Bill: 112-hr-1744
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
American Job Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring certain employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance coverage for their employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
CAP Act

Bill: 112-hr-1746
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Consumer affairs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Community Access Preservation Act or the CAP Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require certain cable system operators, with channel capacity for public, educational, or governmental (PEG) use that is designated by a franchising authority under existing code provisions or required to be provided under this Act, to: (1) carry PEG-use signals to subscribers without material degradation and without altering or removing content or data; (2) provide viewable signals to every cable subscriber without additional service or equipment charges; and (3) provide to the appropriate local government subdivision (LGS), free of charge, any transmission services and the use of any transmission facilities necessary to meet such requirements.
 
Requires a cable operator in a state adopting applicable franchising legislation that becomes effective after May 31, 2005, to: (1) owe any LGS in which the operator provides cable service during a year beginning after enactment of this Act an LGS-determined amount for such year, within specified limits, notwithstanding requirements relating to support for cable system PEG use in such state legislation; and (2) provide a certain number of channels for PEG use in an LGS, notwithstanding requirements relating to the number of PEG-use cable channels in such state legislation.
 
Defines LGS as a franchising authority deriving its power to grant a franchise from state or local law or an entity considered such a franchising authority as of the day before the effective date of such state legislation relating to support.
 
Specifies forms of support as cash payments, in-kind support, and free services provided by the cable system operator, or its predecessor, to the LGS for the cable system's PEG use.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) LGS or state enforcement, (2) nonbinding mediation and court proceedings concerning disputed support amounts, and (3) prerequisites for an LGS to impose additional PEG use requirements.
 
Revises the definition of &quot;franchise fee&quot; including by striking a provision prohibiting such a fee from including (in the case of a franchise granted after the enactment of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984) capital costs that the franchise requires the cable operator to incur for PEG access facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the rule treating certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property.

Bill: 112-hr-1747
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
General agriculture matters
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the classification of certain farming business machinery and equipment as five-year property for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1749
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Government studies and investigations
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2011 - Prohibits the President from agreeing to the reduction or elimination of the existing rate of duty on any product in order to carry out a trade agreement entered into between the United States and a foreign country until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices of such foreign country with respect to U.S. exports of any product that has the same physical characteristics and uses as the product for which the President seeks to modify its rate of duty; and (2) any violation of the trade agreement is immediately enforceable by withdrawal of the modification of the existing duty on such foreign product until the United States Trade Representative (USTR) certifies to Congress that the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of the tariff or nontariff barrier or policy or practice of such foreign government.
 
Requires the withdrawal of such a modification in specified circumstances until the USTR makes such a certification to Congress.
 
Directs the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to assess and identify the tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices for such products that exist in the foreign country as well as expected opportunities for U.S. exports to such country if such barriers and policies and practices are eliminated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E822-823)
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Children Safe Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1752
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Keeping Children Safe Act of 2011 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations requiring warning labels on baby monitors to alert users that video and audio from such devices may be intercepted and viewed or heard by potential intruders outside their home. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act

Bill: 112-hr-1753
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Religion
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust education programs.
 
Prohibits such grants from being used to supplant nonfederal funds the grantees would otherwise have used for Holocaust education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E827)
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Equal Access to Mortgage Finance Programs Act

Bill: 112-hr-1754
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Preserving Equal Access to Mortgage Finance Programs Act - Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act and the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to increase limitations on the maximum original principal obligation of mortgages that may purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Association (Freddie Mac).
 
Increases such limitations in areas where 125% (currently, 115%) of the median price of residences of a particular size exceed existing mortgage purchase limitations for such residence size.
 
Gives the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) discretion to prevent or limit a decrease in the limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the corporation for an area. 
 
Amends the National Housing Act to raise limitations on the maximum principal obligation of mortgages that may be insured by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). 
 
Gives the Secretary discretion to prevent or limit a decrease in the maximum dollar amount limitation for any area from taking place for any such area.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2011-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1755
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2011 - Directs the appropriate federal banking agencies to initiate a coordinated rulemaking with respect to financial institutions under their respective jurisdictions that make real estate loans to home builders.
 
Requires such rulemaking to provide for: (1) elimination of the 100% of bank capital measurement, (2) realistic market-based appraisals, and (3) a prohibition against compelling lenders to call or curtail loans in good standing.
 
Prohibits a federal banking agency also from preventing a qualified financial institution from making a real estate loan to a home builder that has a viable project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To make permanent the estate tax provisions enacted as part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010.

Bill: 112-hr-1757
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to make permanent the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax revisions of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
S.O.S. Act

Bill: 112-hr-1759
Sponsor: Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Gulf of Mexico
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Strengthening Our Share Act or S.O.S. Act - Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to revise and increase the allocations (planned sharing) with Gulf states of certain qualified outer Continental Shelf (OCS) revenues due and payable to the United States from specified Gulf of Mexico leases.
 
Repeals the limitation placed upon the amount of distributed qualified OCS revenues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1760
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Executive agency funding and structure
International organizations and cooperation
Mammals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2011 - Amends the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to award a multiyear grant to an eligible person to implement a great ape conservation project that the person demonstrates is an effective, long-term conservation strategy for great apes and their habitats.
 
Requires the Secretary to convene a panel of experts to identify the greatest needs and priorities for the conservation of great apes within a year of this Act's enactment and every five years thereafter (current law authorizes the Secretary to convene a panel to consider the greatest conservation needs every two years). Requires the panel to include representatives from foreign range states with expertise in great ape conservation and to consider relevant great ape conservation plans or strategies, including scientific research and findings related to: (1) conservation needs and priorities of great apes; (2) regional or species-specific action plans or strategies; (3) applicable strategies developed or initiated by the Secretary; and (4) any other applicable conservation plan or strategy.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to pay expenses of convening and facilitating meetings of the panel.
 
Authorizes appropriations for the Great Ape Conservation Fund for FY2012-FY2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1761
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Reptiles
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Expands marine turtle conservation assistance under the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 to include the United States and its territories. Authorizes appropriations to the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund for FY2012-FY2017. Authorizes an increase in the amount available from the Fund for administrative expenses. Requires not less than 20% of amounts made available from the Fund for any fiscal year to be used for projects relating to the conservation of marine turtles in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Gulf Coast Restoration Act

Bill: 112-hr-1762
Sponsor: Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Accidents
Alabama
Aquatic ecology
Ecology
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure
Florida
Government trust funds
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mississippi
Oil and gas
Rural conditions and development
Texas
Travel and tourism
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Gulf Coast Restoration Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund. Requires transfer into such Fund of not less than 80% of all amounts collected as federal penalties, settlements, or fines in relation to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon drilling unit that began on April 20, 2010.
 
Establishes the Gulf Coast Restoration Task Force. Directs the Task Force to use the Fund for activities related to Gulf coast economic development, tourism promotion, and ecosystem restoration, by way of grants to the Gulf states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Prohibits any state from receiving less than 5% or more than 30% of available amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2011-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2011-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To close the loophole that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to obtain credit cards from United States banks that financed their terrorist activities, to ensure that illegal immigrants cannot obtain credit cards to evade United States immigration laws, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-1763
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Citizenship and naturalization
Consumer credit
Social security and elderly assistance
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Authorizes a financial institution, when verifying the identity of a non-U.S. citizen or national who is seeking to open a bank account, to accept only: (1) a Social Security number, (2) a passport number and the country of issuance, (3) an alien identification card number, or (4) any combination of such items.
 
Prohibits a financial institution, for such verification purposes, from accepting identification documents issued by a foreign government, other than an unexpired passport.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit appropriated funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

Bill: 112-hr-1764
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Prohibits the use of community oriented policing services funds in contravention of provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 that restrict a government entity or official from preventing any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-1765
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2011-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds
Disaster relief and insurance
Farmland
Hunting and fishing
Outdoor recreation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: 
Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2011 - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to allow an agricultural producer, or a hunter with the producer's permission, to take migratory game birds by the aid of baiting, if: (1) the manipulation occurs on the producer's land on which a crop was not harvestable during the current or immediately preceding crop year due to a natural disaster, and (2) a local representative of the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) confirms that the crop has been destroyed and that it would not be economically practicable to harvest the crop.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-05-05
text: Introduced in House