hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-80
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Medical research
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research on triple-negative breast cancer (breast cancers whose cells are negative for estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and the HER2 protein on their sources).
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding triple-negative breast cancer, including information on: (1) the incidence and prevalence of such breast cancer among women, (2) the elevated risk for minority women, and (3) the availability of a range of treatment options.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to develop and disseminate information on triple-negative breast cancer to health care providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend subtitle B of title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories.

Bill: 113-hr-81
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Comprehensive health care
District of Columbia
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend to U.S. territories a program requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a temporary high risk health insurance pool program to provide health insurance coverage to eligible individuals with a preexisting condition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-82
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require certain hospitals reimbursed under Medicare, and which provide neonatal and infant care, to have in effect security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing. Establishes civil penalties for failure to have such security procedures in effect.

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and establish criminal penalties for baby switching in hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Security Administration Ombudsman Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-84
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor-management relations
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Transportation Security Administration Ombudsman Act of 2013 - Establishes in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) an Office of the Ombudsman to assist TSA employees who have complaints about TSA, including publicizing a toll-free telephone number to report such complaints. Directs the Ombudsman to ensure that each TSA region has a regional ombudsman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-86
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Minority education
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity, to establish, in conjunction with the National Science Foundation, a program to award grants to institutions of higher education for: (1) cybersecurity professional development programs, (2) associate degree programs in cybersecurity, and (3) the purchase of equipment to provide training in cybersecurity for either professional development or degree programs.
 
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to operate the program.
 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary to establish an E-Security Fellows program to bring state, local, tribal, and private sector officials to participate in the work of the National Cybersecurity Division in order to become familiar with Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity missions and capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-87
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archaeology and anthropology
Caribbean area
Endangered and threatened species
Forests, forestry, trees
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
 Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2013 - Establishes the Castle Nugent National Historic Site on the island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park System in order to preserve, protect, and interpret a Caribbean cultural landscape spanning over 300 years of agricultural use, significant archeological resources, an extensive barrier coral reef system, and other outstanding natural features. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands within the boundary of the Historic Site to the University of the Virgin Islands for the purpose of continuing the University's operations for breeding Senepol cattle. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-88
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2013 - Prohibits a state from receiving for a fiscal year any drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant funds under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, or any amount from any other law enforcement assistance program of the Department of Justice (DOJ), unless the state does not fund any antidrug task forces for that fiscal year or the state has in effect laws that ensure that: (1) a person is not convicted of a drug offense unless the facts that a drug offense was committed and that the person committed that offense are supported by evidence other than the eyewitness testimony of a law enforcement officer (officer) or individuals acting on an officer's behalf, and (2) an officer does not participate in a antidrug task force unless that officer's honesty and integrity is evaluated and found to be at an appropriately high level. 
 
Requires states receiving federal funds under this Act to collect data on the racial distribution of drug charges, the nature of the criminal law specified in the charges, and the jurisdictions in which such charges are made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-89
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Caribbean area
Historic sites and heritage areas
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Establishes the St. Croix National Heritage Area in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
 
Designates St. Croix United for Community, Culture, Environment, and Economic Development (SUCCEED) Inc., as the local coordinating entity for the Area. 
 
Requires SUCCEED Inc. to submit a management plan that provides for the protection, enhancement, and interpretation of the natural, cultural, historic, scenic, and recreational resources of the Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
David's Law

Bill: 113-hr-90
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Department of the Treasury
Firearms and explosives
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hate crimes
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2013 or David's Law - Amends the federal criminal code to impose penalties for willfully causing bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive device, attempting to cause such injury, whether or not acting under color of law, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person, where the offense is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce. 
 
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to study the issue of adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hate crimes and, if appropriate, to amend the federal sentencing guidelines to provide sentencing enhancements for such an offense.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to state and local programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury and to DOJ for FY2013-FY2015 to increase the number of personnel to protect against criminal interference with federally-protected activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To extend the supplemental security income benefits program to Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

Bill: 113-hr-91
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Poverty and welfare assistance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make residents of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa eligible to participate in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled under SSA title XVI.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act

Bill: 113-hr-93
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act - Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for: (1) anyone whose federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, or whose license renewal application has been denied, to transfer business inventory firearms into a personal collection or to an employee of such person or to receive a firearm that was a business inventory firearm as of the date of a revocation or renewal denial notice; and (2) anyone who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice to transfer to any other person a firearm that was a business inventory firearm. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of not more than one year (five years for willful violations) for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions.

Bill: 113-hr-94
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government trust funds
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions providing for the use of funds from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund for presidential nominating conventions.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 

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

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions providing for the use of funds from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund for presidential nominating conventions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 210.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 113-291.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 113-291.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions.

Bill: 113-hr-95
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government trust funds
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate: (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account.

action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate: (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account.
 
Directs that any amounts remaining in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund after its termination be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury to be used only for reducing the deficit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 113-292, Part I.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 113-292, Part I.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Cameras in the Courtroom Act

Bill: 113-hr-96
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Due process and equal protection
Supreme Court
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: 
Cameras in the Courtroom Act - Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Introduced in House