hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1106
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase from $225 million to $350 million the maximum amount of outstanding leverage to be made available by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to two or more commonly controlled small business investment companies not under capital impairment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Solar Energy Deployment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1107
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Government buildings, facilities, and property
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Solar Energy Deployment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to award competitive grants to state and local governments for the design, purchase, and installation of qualifying solar equipment on rooftops or parking structures owned by the state or local government.
 
Directs the Secretary, in determining grant recipients, to consider: (1) the speed with which solar energy systems can be deployed, (2) the total amount of solar energy to be deployed, (3) financial need, (4) the use of best practices to ensure maximum efficiency of deployed systems, and (5) the use of materials and components that are manufactured in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1362)
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1108
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Customs enforcement
Government buildings, facilities, and property
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into agreements with persons for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide customs and immigration services at a land border port of entry, subject to payment of a fee to reimburse the CBP for providing such services. Declares that nothing in this grant of authority shall be construed to reduce the responsibilities or duties of the CBP to provide services at land border ports of entry that have been authorized by law and federally-funded.
 
Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish procedures for evaluating proposals submitted by persons to: (1) enter into cost-sharing or reimbursement agreements with the General Services Administration (GSA) for the construction or maintenance of infrastructure at a land border port of entry, and (2) provide GSA an unconditional gift of property for use in the construction or maintenance of such infrastructure.
 
Prescribes minimum requirements for such procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require cost or price to the Federal Government be given at least equal importance as technical or other criteria in evaluating competitive proposals for defense contracts.

Bill: 113-hr-1109
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Requires that, in the evaluation of competitive proposals for defense contracts, cost or price to the government be given at least equal importance as all other evaluation factors combined. Allows the waiver of such requirement by the agency head concerned. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to submit to Congress, and post publicly, a report on each waiver issued.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1110
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Caribbean area
Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
Natural disasters
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the National Weather Service, to establish or maintain a Caribbean Tsunami Warning Center in Puerto Rico. (The responsibilities of tsunami warning centers include monitoring and evaluating earthquakes, disseminating forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins to federal, state, and local governments as well as the public, and ensuring information sharing between forecasters and emergency management officials.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act

Bill: 113-hr-1111
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on corporations a 500% excise tax on the total amount of their campaign contributions and electioneering communications on behalf of a candidate for federal office. Denies such corporations a tax deduction for payment of such taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Propaganda Sunshine Act

Bill: 113-hr-1112
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Public participation and lobbying
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Corporate Propaganda Sunshine Act - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise certain regulations to require issuers to include in specified periodic reports any expenditures totaling $1,000 or more that were made for the purpose of influencing public opinion on any matter other than the promotion of the issuer's products or services. Requires such disclosures to include the date, amount, and purpose of the expenditure and to identify (by name, address, and phone number) the person to whom it was made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To make the antitrust laws applicable to a political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 which is established and administered by a separate segregated fund of a corporation pursuant to section 316(b)(2)(C) of such Act.

Bill: 113-hr-1113
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Applies the antitrust laws to a political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 which is established and administered by a separate segregated fund of a corporation. Prohibits any such political committee for multiple legal entities in the same business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
End Political Kickbacks Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1114
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
End Political Kickbacks Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit: (1) for-profit recipients of federal funds from making contributions to any political party, committee, or candidate for public office, or to any person for any political purpose or use; and (2) any person knowingly to solicit such a contribution from any such entity, or for the entity to solicit such a contribution from its employees.
 
Limits to $1,000, indexed for inflation, the amount of contributions any employee of a for-profit recipient of federal funds may make during any calendar year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation's registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008.

Bill: 113-hr-1115
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Licensing and registrations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the application for registration of a security on a national securities exchange, as well as periodic reports by issuers of securities, to contain a statement certifying that the issuer is in compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to contributions and expenditures it made in the most recent quarter and year, as such Act applied to elections held in 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
End the Hijacking of Shareholder Funds Act

Bill: 113-hr-1116
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Financial services and investments
Political advertising
Public participation and lobbying
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
End the Hijacking of Shareholder Funds Act - Deems expenditure to influence public opinion by the officers and directors of a public company on matters not related to company products or services to be a breach of fiduciary duty if such expenditure has not been approved by a prior majority shareholder vote.
 
Subjects such officers and directors to joint and several liability to any shareholder or class of shareholders for the amount of such an expenditure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
America is for Americans Act

Bill: 113-hr-1117
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
America is for Americans Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals in connection with a federal, state, or local election to domestic corporations in which one or more foreign principals directly or indirectly have an ownership interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Pick Your Poison Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1118
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Pick Your Poison Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a corporation from making any expenditure, or make any disbursement for an electioneering communication, if it employs or retains a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Bailouts Are Not For Sale Act

Bill: 113-hr-1119
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees
Political advertising
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Bailouts Are Not For Sale Act - Prohibits a corporation which has made any independent expenditure or disbursement for an electioneering communication in connection with a federal election campaign from: (1) having any notes discounted by any federal reserve bank, or (2) otherwise accessing or receiving the benefit of any financing provided by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any federal reserve bank (including any credit facility established by the Board or any federal reserve bank).
 
Directs the Board to require a corporation that has entered into such a transaction or financing agreement before enactment of this Act to unwind it and repay any amount outstanding within 90 days after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
PRO-LIFE Act

Bill: 113-hr-1122
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health facilities and institutions
Public contracts and procurement
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Protecting Life in Funding Education Act or the PRO-LIFE Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit the provision of federal education funding to state or local educational agencies that make health services available to students through school-based health centers, unless those centers certify that they will not provide students with abortions, abortion-related materials or referrals, or directions to abortion services. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act

Bill: 113-hr-1124
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Infrastructure development
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act - Makes supplemental appropriations of $500 million for each of FY2013 and FY2014 for the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program for national infrastructure investment projects for states, local governments, and transit agencies. Exempts such appropriations from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-1125
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Income tax exclusion
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any other state loan repayment or forgiveness program that is intended to provide for increased access to veterinary services in such state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Completion Act

Bill: 113-hr-1126
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Military history
Monuments and memorials
Presidential administrations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Completion Act - Provides for the appointment of members of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission to a four-year term. 
 
Ensures that a design is selected by the Commission for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial as an alternative to any designs submitted or selected before this Act's enactment. 
 
Prohibits the use of federal funds to establish the Memorial. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Rebuild American Manufacturing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1127
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Rebuild American Manufacturing Act of 2013 - Directs the President to develop a comprehensive national manufacturing strategy.
 
Requires to be included in such strategy: (1) short- and long-term goals for U.S. manufacturing, (2) a survey of all persons with headquarters in the United States that maintain manufacturing facilities outside the United States, (3) a survey of all federal agencies that provide assistance to U.S. manufacturers, (4) a survey of manufacturing goods produced in the United States and where such goods are produced, (5) the number of people in the United States employed by manufacturers operating in the United States, and (6) an evaluation of the global competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing.
 
Directs the President to: (1) include in such strategy recommendations for achieving its goals, and (2) report to Congress on such strategy and any revisions thereto.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House