hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

Bill: 113-hjres-44
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Grants every U.S. citizen of legal voting age the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2662-2663)
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting Congress the authority to enact laws limiting the number of terms that Representatives and Senators may serve.

Bill: 113-hjres-45
Sponsor: Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes Congress by law to limit the number of terms that Representatives and Senators may serve.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hjres-46
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2013-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Burma
Human rights
Sanctions
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: 
Approves the renewal of certain import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
 
Deems this resolution a renewal resolution which shall take effect upon its enactment or July 26, 2013, whichever occurs first.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

Bill: 113-hjres-47
Sponsor: Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
First Amendment rights
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Bill: 113-hjres-48
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2013-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 113-hjres-49
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2013-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
 
Limits total outlays for any fiscal year to one-fifth of the U.S. economic output, unless two-thirds of each house of Congress provides for a specific increase above this amount.
 
Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber to increase the limit on U.S. debt held by the public. 
Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually.
Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by three-fifths of each chamber by rollcall vote. 
Authorizes waivers of these requirements and prohibitions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict. Requires any such waiver to identify and be limited to the specific excess or increase for that fiscal year made necessary by the identified military conflict.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.

Bill: 113-hjres-50
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2013-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
International law and treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-18
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - States that the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children is a fundamental right.
 
Declares further that the parental right to direct education includes the right to choose public, private, religious, or home schools, and the right to make reasonable choices within public schools for one's child.
 
States that neither the United States nor any state shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest, as applied to the person, is of the highest order and not otherwise served.
 
Prohibits this article from being construed to apply to a parental action or decision that would end life.
 
Declares that no treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this amendment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Marriage Protection Amendment

Bill: 113-hjres-51
Sponsor: Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman. Prohibits either the U.S. Constitution or the constitution of any state from being construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing the States to call a limited convention solely for the purposes of considering whether to propose a specific amendment to the Constitution.

Bill: 113-hjres-52
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, each of which contains an identical amendment to the Constitution, to call a convention solely to decide whether to propose that specific amendment to the states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the effect of treaties, Executive orders, and agreements with other nations or groups of nations.

Bill: 113-hjres-53
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
International law and treaties
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - States that no treaty, executive order, or any agreement with any nation or group of nations or any of the provisions of such agreements, shall be construed to diminish any of the rights or privileges guaranteed to U.S. citizens under the Constitution and federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the use of foreign law as authority in Federal courts.

Bill: 113-hjres-54
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2013-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
International law and treaties
Judicial procedure and administration
Religion
State and local courts
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits U.S. courts, including the Supreme Court, from basing opinions or rulings on international laws, treaties, or religious laws. Makes any action of a court in violation of such prohibition null and void.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the equal application to the Senators and Representatives of the laws that apply to all citizens of the United States.

Bill: 113-hjres-55
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Due process and equal protection
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from making any law respecting the citizens of the United States that does not also apply to the Senators and Representatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Bill: 113-hjres-56
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Due process and equal protection
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that women shall have equal rights in the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction. 
 
Prohibits the United States or any state from denying or abridging equal rights under the law on account of sex. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1202-1203)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.

Bill: 113-hjres-57
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, by law, to establish a statutory limit on the public debt.
 
States that, if such a limit is in effect upon the adoption of this amendment, that limit shall be the limit for purposes of this resolution.
 
Requires the statutory limit on the public debt to be increased only by the passage of legislation upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of each chamber.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting the use of funds available to any United States Government department or agency for the use of force in, or directed at, Syria by the United States Armed Forces.

Bill: 113-hjres-58
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-09-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Defense spending
Executive agency funding and structure
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Syria

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the American people and Congress do not support the use of the U.S. Armed Forces in, or directed at, Syria; and (2) there are not overriding imminent U.S. national security interests at stake and Congress will not fund any military action taken in contradiction to this joint resolution.
 
Prohibits the use of funds available to any U.S. government department or agency for the use of force in, or directed at, Syria by the U.S. Armed Forces unless a subsequent Act of Congress specifically authorizes such use of force or there is an attack or imminent attack on the United States, its territories or possessions, or the U.S. Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-09-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-09
text: Introduced in House
War Powers Amendments of 2013

Bill: 113-hjres-60
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2013-09-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Defense spending
Emergency planning and evacuation
Judicial review and appeals
Legislative rules and procedure
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: 
 War Powers Amendments of 2013 - Rewrites the War Powers Resolution. Includes consultation procedures concerning participation of U.S. Armed Forces in certain military operations of the United Nations (U.N.). Provides additional conditions on the emergency use of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Introduced in House
To prevent further use of chemical weapons in Syria.

Bill: 113-hjres-61
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2013-09-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Chemical and biological weapons
Congressional oversight
International law and treaties
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Syria
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: 
Authorizes the President to use the U.S. Armed Forces with respect to Syria only if the President makes available to Congress the President's determination, not later than 14 days after enactment of a joint resolution specifically authorizing use of the U.S. Armed Forces, that the Assad regime has not agreed to: (1) surrender its chemical weapons stockpiles to the international community to be dismantled as part of a verifiable, enforceable agreement; and (2) become a signatory to the 1993 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-11
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Personnel Management relating to the treatment of Members of Congress and congressional staff under section 1312 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 113-hjres-63
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2013-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Comprehensive health care
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: 
Disapproves the rule submitted by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) relating to the treatment, for purposes of qualifying for certain Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) benefits, of Members of Congress and congressional staff under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). 
 
Declares that the rule shall have no force or effect. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-16
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: 2013-09-16
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: 2013-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

Bill: 113-hjres-64
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-25
text: 
Disapproves the rule submitted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on September 20, 2013, relating to &quot;Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units&quot; under the Clean Air Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the establishment of a Presidential Youth Council.

Bill: 113-hjres-68
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2013-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Policy sciences
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2013-09-30
text: 
Supports the establishment with private funds of a Presidential Youth Council to: (1) advise the President and the administration on the perspectives of young people, (2) make public policy-related youth programs more efficient and effective, and (3) address issues that will affect the long-term future of the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-09-30
text: Introduced in House