jiayi-li23/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-07-19 00:00:00

Prohibits either the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Army from funding the transfer of personnel or functions from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, pursuant to the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, until at least 30 days after the Comptroller General completes an audit of a report of the Secretary of Defense stating that: (1) such transfer to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, will be accomplished without disruption of their support to the Global War on Terror or other critical contingency operations; and (2) safeguards exist to mitigate potential degradation of such support and ensure maximum retention of critical workforce.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-07-23 00:00:00

Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of using a distinct military identification number, instead of a Social Security number, to identify each member of the armed forces.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-07-24 00:00:00

Fair Mental Health Evaluation for Returning Veterans Act - Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from discharging due to a personality disorder a member of the Armed Forces who has served on active duty in a combat zone until the later of the date of: (1) completion by the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) of a review of Department of Defense (DOD) policies and procedures for diagnosing such a disorder; (2) issuance by the Secretary of policies and procedures to ensure the appropriate use of such a discharge; (3) establishment by the Secretary of an independent review board for personality disorder discharges; (4) submittal by the Secretary of a report to Congress on progress in implementing the requirements under (1) through (3), above; or (5) the date that is 45 days after the date of the submission of the report referred to in (4), which period shall permit Congress to consider the report. Provides an exception to such requirement in the case of a member who, during recruitment for or enlistment in the Armed Forces, provided false or misleading information, or omitted providing information about past criminal behavior, that is material to a discharge for personality disorder.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Law
Date: 2007-07-25 00:00:00

Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to allow for review by writ of certiorari of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-07-26 00:00:00

Wounded Warrior Information Sharing Act - Directs that, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces being medically separated or retired, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall ensure (subject to the member's consent) that the member's address and contact information is transmitted, within 30 days after such separation or retirement, to the department or agency for veterans affairs of the state to which the member intends to reside.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-07-31 00:00:00

Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2007 - Increases the authorized allowance for burial and funeral expenses for deceased veterans who: (1) at the time of death were in receipt of veterans' disability compensation or veterans' pension benefits; or (2) were veterans of any war or were discharged or released from active military service for a service-connected disability and for whom there is no next of kin or sufficient resources to cover funeral and burial costs. Increases the burial plot allowance for veterans who, at the time of death, were receiving hospital or nursing home care in or through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Authorizes the annual adjustment of such allowances by the same percentage increase as adjustments to benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-08-01 00:00:00

Allows veterans' disability compensation benefits to be paid to the survivor of a veteran whose service-connected disability was continuously rated totally disabling for at least one year immediately preceding death. (Current law allows such survivor right of payment if the disability was rated total for periods of up to ten years under various circumstances.)
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-08-01 00:00:00

21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow individuals called to military service to terminate or suspend a service contract, after the date of entry into service or the date of the military orders, if: (1) the service contract (such as phone, cable, Internet, or utilities) is executed before the individual is called to service for a period of at least 90 days; or (2) the person enters into the contract while in military service and thereafter receives orders for a change of permanent station to a location outside the United States, or to deploy with a military unit for a period of at least 180 days. Provides penalties against anyone who: (1) holds property or funds of a person in military service who lawfully terminates a contract; or (2) violates the 6% limit on interest rates charged to servicemembers during a period of military service.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Commemorations
Date: 2007-08-03 00:00:00

Allows members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are out of uniform to render the military salute during the hoisting, lowering, or passing of the flag.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-08-03 00:00:00

Fair Pay for America's Troops Act - Prohibits the suspension of military active-duty deployment limits by the President for national security purposes from being used to deny the payment of a high-deployment allowance to a member of the Armed Forces if the member is otherwise qualified. Sets such such allowance at $1,000 per month. (Current law allows an amount at the discretion of the Secretary of the military department concerned, not to exceed $1,000.) Repeals the authority to exclude from eligibility for such allowance specified duty assignments approved by the Secretary of Defense. Allows for the payment of such allowance in the case of excess active-duty rotation frequencies for reserve personnel.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-08-03 00:00:00

Reservist Access to Justice Act of 2007 - Allows a court, if it determines that a federal, state, or private employer's failure to comply with a veteran's reemployment rights was willful, to require the employer to pay the individual the greater of any loss of wages or benefits, or $20,000. Requires (current law authorizes) a court to exercise injunctive relief to fully vindicate such rights. Authorizes a court to require a state or private employer to pay punitive damages for violations found to be with malice or reckless indifference to the individual's federally-protected reemployment rights. Makes federal arbitration procedures inapplicable to claims for veterans' employment and reemployment rights and benefits.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-08-03 00:00:00

United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act - Deems service of a person as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 15, 1945 (qualified service), to be active military service for purposes of all laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Requires: (1) the Secretary of Defense to issue an honorable discharge to each person whose qualified service warrants one; and (2) the discharge to be issued before the end of the one-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act.Prohibits benefits from being paid to persons as a result of such enactment for any period before the enactment date.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-08-03 00:00:00

Guard and Reserve Early Retirement Act of 2007 - Revises provisions concerning eligibility for military retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service to: (1) remove the requirement that the person be at least 60 years of age; and (2) provide an additional qualifier in the case of a combination of minimum age and earned duty points (requiring 4500 points with a minimum age of 55, descending to 1000 points with a minimum age of 60). Continues 60 as the minimum eligibility age for such retirees for health care furnished through the Department of Defense (DOD).
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-08-04 00:00:00

Second Chance for America's Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a three-year workforce reentry program for veterans who are residents of a penal institution or an institution that provides long-term care for mental illness and are at-risk for homelessness once they leave such institution absent referral and counseling services. Makes available under the program job referral, counseling, and other services deemed necessary to minimize recidivism and improve job placement. Requires the program to be carried out in at least 24 locations equitably distributed throughout the United States.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2007-09-06 00:00:00

Support for Injured Servicemembers Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember to a total of 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for the servicemember. Defines covered servicemember as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or a Reserve, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy, is otherwise in medical hold or medical holdover status, or is otherwise on the temporary disability retired list, for a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty on active duty that may render the member medically unfit to perform his or her duties. Provides for the substitution of accrued paid vacation, personal, family leave, or medical or sick leave for any part of the 26-week period. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the availability of such leave during any other 12-month period. Amends federal civil service law to entitle civilian federal employees to the same leave allowance. Provides for the substitution of accrued paid annual or sick leave for any part of the 26-week period.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-09-14 00:00:00

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to treat combat zone compensation as earned income for purposes of calculating earned income tax credit amounts.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-09-17 00:00:00

Sets $25 million as the maximum amount per fiscal year for reimbursement to states and local agencies administering veterans' education benefits.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2007-09-17 00:00:00

Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 24 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period to care for a spouse, parent, son, or daughter who is an injured member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or a Reserve, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious combat-related injury or illness.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-09-19 00:00:00

Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to develop a joint disability evaluation system under which: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) shall be responsible for determining whether an injured member of the Armed Forces is fit to perform the duties of the member's office, grade, rank, or rating, or should be retired or separated because of physical disability; and (2) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall be responsible for establishing the disability rating, compensation, and benefits programs for the member so retired or separated. Directs the Secretaries to develop a single medical examination for the evaluation of members of the Armed Forces who incur an injury that may require retirement or separation which shall be used by: (1) DOD medical evaluation boards and physical evaluation boards to determine fitness to perform the duties of the member's office, grade, rank, or rating; and (2) VA to establish the member's disability rating, compensation, and benefits programs. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assess VA training programs, including an evaluation of DOD training programs for personnel whose responsibilities are related to the disability evaluation system established by this Act.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-09-19 00:00:00

America's Heroes Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exemption from tax penalties for premature withdrawals from retirement plans made by individuals called to active duty in the Armed Forces.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-09-20 00:00:00

Providing Tax Fairness for Service Members and Veterans Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011: (1) the taxpayer election to include combat pay as earned income for purposes of computing the earned income tax credit; and (2) eligibility of veterans for mortgage financing without regard to first-time homebuyer requirements.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00

Veterans Benefits Awareness Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to purchase advertising in national media outlets to promote awareness of veterans' benefits, including assistance for homeless veterans, the promotion of veteran-owned small businesses, opportunities for employment in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and for education, training, compensation, pension, vocational rehabilitation, and health care benefits, as well as mental health care (including the prevention of suicide among veterans).
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-10-03 00:00:00

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the use of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds to finance the purchase of residences for veterans who are exempt from prior homeownership requirements.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-10-04 00:00:00

Military Valor Roll of Honor Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the Military Valor Roll of Honor registry which shall: (1) contain the names and citations of all members of the Armed Forces, members of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service), and civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded the medal of honor or any other medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces, the U.S. merchant marine, or affiliated civilians; and (2) be a publicly available database.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-10-09 00:00:00

Servicemembers Telecom Contract Relief Act - Allows a person in military service to terminate a telecommunications contract for cellular phone service, cable or satellite television service, or internet service at any time after: (1) entry into military service; or (2) the date of the station or deployment orders. Requires for termination that: (1) the contract is executed by or on behalf of a person who thereafter and during the term of the contract enters military service (or receives order to enter military service) under an order specifying a period of not less than 90 days (or who enters military service under an order specifying a period of 90 days or less and who, without a break in service, receives orders extending the period of military service to a period of not less than 90 days); or (2) the person enters into the contract while in military service and thereafter receives military orders for a permanent change of station outside of the continental United States, or to deploy with a military unit for a period of not less than 90 days, to a location that does not support continuation of the service under the contract.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-10-10 00:00:00

Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007 - Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007 - Requires a member of the Armed Forces who receives a bonus or similar benefit subject to the condition that the member continue to satisfy certain eligibility requirements to repay the unearned portion of the bonus or similar benefit if the member fails to satisfy the eligibility requirements and prohibits receiving any unpaid amounts, unless the Secretary concerned determines that the imposition of the repayment requirement and termination of the payment of unpaid amounts of the bonus or similar benefit would be contrary to a personnel policy or management objective, would be against equity and good conscience, or would be contrary to the best interests of the United States. Provides that if a member dies (other than as a result of their own misconduct) or is separated or retired due to a combat-related injury, then the Secretary concerned shall: (1) not require repayment by the member or member's estate of the unearned portion of any bonus or special pay previously paid to the member; and (2) require the payment to the member or member's estate of the remainder of any bonus or special pay not yet paid, but to which the member was entitled to immediately before their death, retirement, or separation. Requires the latter payment to made in a lump sum within 90 days after such death, retirement, or separation. Provides the same discretionary authority and requirements as above for the Secretary concerned with respect to repayment by a member of the unearned portion of any military bonus, special pay, or similar benefit when the member fails to satisfy any service or eligibility requirement.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-10-10 00:00:00

Recognition of Forgotten Atomic Veterans and their Surviving Spouses Act of 2007 - Directs the Attorney General (AG) to: (1) obtain from files of the Operations Office of the Department of Energy in Nevada records showing the identity of all atomic veterans (those exposed to ionizing radiation or fallout from the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device); (2) locate such veterans; and (3) advise them of the provisions of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, including the right to file a claim thereunder. Directs the AG, with respect to each identified veteran who is deceased, to locate and advise his or her surviving spouse of such Act and their right to file a claim. Directs the AG to assist each such veteran or surviving spouse in filing such a claim. Expands the number of diseases considered service-connected when appearing in radiation-exposed veterans.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-10-10 00:00:00

You Were There, You Get Care Act of 2007 - Presumes specified diseases, and any other disease found by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to result from exposure to depleted uranium or the byproducts of the burn-off that occurs when a depleted uranium munition penetrates a target, among those diseases that will be presumed to be service-connected (and therefore compensable) when appearing in radiation-exposed veterans. Includes, for purposes of such coverage, service during the Persian Gulf War or any subsequent conflict in which depleted uranium munitions are used. Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent medical study to determine other diseases that may result from exposure to depleted uranium. Requires study results to be submitted to the congressional veterans' committees.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-10-10 00:00:00

Combat Troops Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the taxpayer election to include combat zone compensation as earned income for purposes of calculating the earned income tax credit; and (2) allow an additional $1,000 standard tax deduction in 2007 and 2008 for members of the uniformed services on active duty for more than 30 days.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-10-10 00:00:00

Military Financial Assistance Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2008: (1) the exemption from tax penalties for withdrawals from retirement plans made by active duty military personnel; and (2) mortgage revenue bond issuance authority for financing of home purchases by veterans.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-10-10 00:00:00

Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2008 - Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse certain veterans without a service-connected disability enrolled as active participants of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care plan for the cost of emergency treatment received in a non-VA facility until such time as such veterans are transferred to a VA facility. Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary to reimburse certain veterans with a service-connected disability or a non-service-connected disability associated with or aggravating a service-connected disability for the value of emergency treatment for which such veterans have made payment from sources other than the VA.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-10-15 00:00:00

Active Duty Military Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain small business owners (businesses having 100 or fewer employees) and self-employed individuals a tax credit for wages paid to members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces and to temporary replacement employees for such members while on active military duty; (2) treat differential wage payments made to members of the Ready Reserve as earned income for tax withholding and retirement plan purposes; (3) allow the rollover of military death gratuities to individual retirement accounts, health savings accounts, Archer medical savings accounts, and education savings accounts; (4) increase the standard tax deduction by $1,000 in 2007 and 2008 for members of the uniformed services on active duty for more than 30 days; and (5) make permanent the taxpayer election to treat combat pay as earned income for purposes of computing the earned income tax credit and tax-free retirement plan distributions to individuals called to active duty.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2007-10-16 00:00:00

Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to state that a person who is an elected member of a state or local legislature who is absent from the state or local area in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence, be denied the right to vote on any pending legislative matter.
Topic: Defense — Personnel Issues
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2007-10-18 00:00:00

Captain Scott Corwin Armed Forces Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) provide enhanced criminal penalties for killing, or conspiring or attempting to kill, any member of the Armed Forces; and (2) add as an aggravating factor in death penalty deliberations the killing of a member of the Armed Forces.