hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Castle Clinton National Monument and Battery Castle Clinton National Monument and Battery Conservancy Partnership Act

Bill: 113-hr-788
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Performing arts
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Castle Clinton National Monument and Battery Castle Clinton National Monument and Battery Conservancy Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service (NPS), to enter into one or more agreements with the Battery Conservancy of New York City, New York, (or a successor not-for-profit organization) to construct and operate the performance facility and associated structures and fixtures proposed for the Castle Clinton National Monument in New York City. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to retain and use any funds that are received from the Conservancy in accordance with this Act for the operation, enhancement, or interpretation of the Monument. 
 
Allows the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Conservancy for interpretive and educational programming related to the Monument.
 
Provides for the facility to be under U.S. ownership. Prohibits the Conservancy at any time from having any ownership interest, leasehold interest, or other right or interest in such facility.
 
Requires the facility to be administered by NPS as part of the Monument. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Build America Bonds Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-789
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic development
Floods and storm protection
Income tax credits
Securities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Build America Bonds Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the issuance authority for Build America Bonds and the authority for payments to issuers of such bonds, (2) make phased reductions in the credit percentage to bondholders and the percentage of payments to issuers of such bonds, (3) allow refundings of currently issued bonds, and (4) allow the use of Build America bonds to fund capital expenditures for levees and flood control projects.
 Provides for an increase in payments to issuers of Build America bonds to compensate for reductions in the amount of such payments due to sequestration.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-790
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Securities
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require registered securities issuers to disclose annually to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and to shareholders: (1) the total number of employees domiciled in the United States and listed by number in each state (including those of consolidated subsidiaries); (2) the total number of such employees physically working in and domiciled in any country other than the United States, listed by number in each country; and (3) the percentage increase or decrease in such numbers from the previous reporting year.
 
Exempts from such requirements: (1) certain new public companies, and (2) issuers with total annual gross revenues of less than $1 billion during the most recently completed fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Continuum of Learning Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-791
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Licensing and registrations
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Continuum of Learning Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to coordinate school improvement and professional development activities with early childhood development and education programs.
 
Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the ESEA to require states to create or revise early learning guidelines for preschool age children and early learning standards for children in kindergarten through grade three. 
 
Requires the guidelines and standards to be developmentally appropriate and cover all domains of child development and learning.
 
Requires states to encourage local educational agencies (LEAs) and elementary schools to use school improvement funds to offer early childhood education programs in schools and other settings from birth to the age of mandatory school entry.
 
Requires LEAs to: (1) assist their elementary schools in conducting a ready school needs review, at least once every three years, that is used to create a school environment that supports children's transition to school and achievement of state and grade level expectations; (2) ensure, to the extent feasible, starting with the 2015-2016 school year, that teachers placed in the early elementary school grades have a specialized early childhood education teaching license, credential, or endorsement; and (3) work with early childhood education programs to establish a continuity of curricular objectives and developmental expectations that support children's transition to school.
 
Limits the use of child assessments for children from birth through grade two.
 
Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the ESEA to require states to incorporate knowledge regarding early childhood development and learning into teacher and principal certification or licensing requirements.
 
Requires professional development activities to include: (1) training in early child development and learning, and (2) joint training for elementary school staff and early childhood education program staff.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-792
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and from user fees assessed on tobacco products by the FDA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-793
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sales and excise taxes
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose upon the seller of any concealable firearm an excise tax equal to 10% of its retail sales price. Exempts sales to federal, state, or local governments. Makes any person who uses a concealable firearm prior to its first retail sale liable for such tax as if such person sold such firearm at retail.
 
Directs the Attorney General to award grants to states, Indian tribal governments, and local governments for their law enforcement agencies to carry out anti-violence and gun safety campaigns and firearms buyback programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 113-hr-794
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat as a physician, for Medicare purposes, a clinical psychologist acting within the scope of a psychologist's license (or other state law authorization), but only with respect to the furnishing of clinical psychologists services which the psychologist is legally authorized to perform by the state.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-15
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: 2013-02-15
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: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Protecting American Jobs Act

Bill: 113-hr-795
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Protecting American Jobs Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to repeal the authority of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to issue, and prosecute before the Board, complaints with respect to unfair labor practices.
 
Repeals the prohibition against: (1) review of an administrative law judge's report by any person other than a Board member or legal assistant; and (2) advice to or consultation with the Board by an administrative law judge with respect to exceptions taken to his or her findings, rulings, or recommendations.
 
Limits the Board's rulemaking authority to rules concerning the internal functions of the Board. Prohibits the Board from promulgating rules that affect the substantive rights of a person, employer, employee, or labor organization.
 
Revises Board powers to grant it the authority to investigate unfair labor practices, but repeals its power to prevent any person from engaging in them.
 
Repeals the Board's power to issue a complaint against a person charging an unfair labor practice. Allows an aggrieved party to bring a civil action for relief (including injunctions) in U.S. district court or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in cases where it appears that a person has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in an unfair labor practice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to use the commercially available volume of cellulosic biofuel in setting requirements for the renewable fuel program under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-796
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act, with respect to reductions in requirements to use cellulosic biofuel under the renewable fuel program, to remove the requirement that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determine volumes of transportation fuel based upon estimates of projected sales provided by the Energy Information Administration.
 
Revises cellulosic biofuel use requirements to require the Administrator to reduce the applicable volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels requirement by the same or a lesser volume of the cellulosic biofuel requirements of the renewable fuel program. Limits, for such purposes, the projected volume of cellulosic biofuel production for a calendar year to not more than 5% or 1 million gallons (whichever is greater) more than the total volume of cellulosic biofuel that was commercially available for the most recent calendar year for which such volume is known.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Fisheries Disaster Relief and Research Investment Act

Bill: 113-hr-799
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Fisheries Disaster Relief and Research Investment Act - Amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to revise the program under which the Secretary of Commerce provides financial assistance for fisheries research and development projects. Directs each Regional Fishery Management Council to establish a fishery investment committee to: (1) develop a regional fishery investment plan identifying research, conservation, management needs, and actions to rebuild and maintain healthy fish populations and sustainable fisheries; and (2) make recommendations to the Council on grant applications and projects to implement the respective plans.
 
Requires that such plans be revised, approved by the relevant Council, and submitted to the Secretary at least once every five years. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish an annual competitive grant program to advance regional priorities included in such plans. Makes state, federal, regional, or private entities or persons eligible for such funding. Requires that preference be given to public-private partnerships.
 
Specifies that national fisheries investment program funds be used by the Secretary for research and investment that supports rebuilding and maintaining healthy U.S. fish populations and promotes sustainable fisheries. (Currently, such funds are used for harvesting, processing, marketing, and other associated infrastructures.)
 
Allocates monies to each Council and marine fisheries commissions.
 
Designates an amount to be distributed among eligible recipients of assistance for commercial fishery failures and fishery disasters declared by the Secretary in 2012 under specified provisions of the Interjurisdicitional Fisheries Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
 
Limits to a specified percentage the monies authorized to offset receipts for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operations, research, and facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.

Bill: 113-hr-800
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: 
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from the average sales price in calculating Medicare payments for drugs and biologicals any customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-15
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: 2013-02-15
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: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Roberto Luis Dunoyer Mejia, Consuelo Cardona Molina, Camilo Dunoyer Cardona, and Pablo Dunoyer Cardona.

Bill: 113-hr-802
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2013-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Provides for the relief of Roberto Luis Dunoyer Mejia, Consuelo Cardona Molina, Camilo Dunoyer Cardona, and Pablo Dunoyer Cardona.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Smarter Than Sequester Defense Spending Reduction Act

Bill: 113-hr-804
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Budget deficits and national debt
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military command and structure
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Music
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Smarter Than Sequester Defense Spending Reduction Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to nullify the presidential sequestration order issued for the revised security category (discretionary appropriations in budget function 050) for FY2013-FY2021 to enforce a specified budget goal. 
 
Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to formulate and implement a plan with specified actions to reduce spending by specified minimum amounts over the 10-year period beginning upon enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Quality Improvement Organization Program Restoration Act

Bill: 113-hr-805
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Quality Improvement Organization Program Restoration Act - Amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 to repeal its revisions to requirements for contracts with Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs).
 
Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to specify expenditures or funding for: (1) 3-year QIO contracts for contract periods beginning on or after August 1, 2014, and ending on or before July 31, 2021, but with a certain reduction in aggregate funds payable after October 1, 2014; and (2) contracts with utilization and quality control peer review organizations for any contract period beginning on or after August 1, 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House