jiayi-li23/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-05-20 00:00:00

Dave Thomas Adoption Act of 2009- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans if used to pay adoption expenses, including an enhanced allowance for expenses related to the adoption of a special needs child.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2009-05-21 00:00:00

Paid Vacation Act of 2009 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to require: (1) upon enactment of this Act, each employer who employs 100 or more employees to provide each employee one week of paid vacation during each 12-month period; and (2) beginning three years after enactment of this Act, each employer who employs 50 or more employees to provide each employee one week of paid vacation during each 12-month period, and each employer that employs 100 or more employees to provide each employee two weeks paid vacation during each 12-month period, beginning on the employee's first anniversary of employment. Requires an employee to provide the employer not less than 30 days' prior notice of his or her intent to take paid vacation, including the date the paid vacation will begin. Requires the Secretary of Labor to conduct: (1) a public awareness campaign, through the Internet and other media, to inform the public of the entitlement to paid leave under the Act; and (2) a study on workplace productivity and the effect of paid leave on such productivity.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2009-05-21 00:00:00

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to reimburse the travel expenses of a beneficiary eligible for medical services through DOD when the beneficiary must travel more than 90 minutes driving time (current law requires travel of more than 100 miles) to receive such services.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-05-21 00:00:00

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2010 the suspension of minimum distribution requirements for retirement plans; and (2) increase from 70 1/2 to 75 the age at which retirement plan beneficiaries must begin taking taxable distributions from their plans.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2009-06-10 00:00:00

Retirement Savings Transparency Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require, for calendar quarters beginning on or after January 1, 2010, pension benefit statements of individual account plans which permit a participant or beneficiary to direct the investment of plan assets to include appropriate and consistent points of comparison (including differences between classes and types of investments) for: (1) fees assessed in connection with each investment option made available for election under the plan; and (2) historic returns net of fees and expenses for each investment option for the previous year, 5 years, and 10 years (or for the period since inception, if shorter), including a separate point of comparison with respect to each time period.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Health
Date: 2009-06-11 00:00:00

Young Adult Healthcare Coverage Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to require a group health plan that provides coverage for dependent children to make available such coverage, at the option of the participant involved, to a participant's child who (but for age) would be treated as a dependent child and who: (1) is under 30 years of age; (2) is not married; (3) has no dependents; (4) is a citizen or national of the United States; and (5) is not provided coverage as a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee under any other creditable coverage. Applies such requirement to individual health insurance coverage.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2009-06-12 00:00:00

Worker-Executive Parity Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), in instances where a single-employer defined benefit pension plan is subject to certain funding-based limits on benefits and benefit accruals under the Pension Protection Act of 2006, to prohibit: (1) the accrual of deferred compensation to a disqualified individual pursuant to a covered deferred executive compensation arrangement during a plan year; and (2) the distribution of accrued deferred compensation to such individual during a plan year when such arrangements are established during or after the one-year period preceding the plan year.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Health
Date: 2009-06-18 00:00:00

Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to allow a participant or beneficiary the option to seek obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly from a participating provider without a referral. States that this Act does not prevent a plan or issuer from establishing: (1) reasonable requirements for a participating provider to communicate with the participant's or beneficiary's primary care physician and surgeon regarding the participant's or beneficiary's condition and treatment; or (2) reasonable provisions governing utilization protocols and the use of obstetricians and gynecologists, or family practice physicians and surgeons, participating in the plan or issuer network. Applies such requirements to coverage offered in the individual market.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2009-06-25 00:00:00

Forewarn Act - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the Act) to: (1) redefine the terms "employer," "plant closing," and "mass layoff" for purposes of the Act; and (2) among other things, apply it to employers of 75 or more employees (currently, 100 employees), including any parent company of which the business enterprise is a subsidiary. Requires an employer to: (1) give 90-day written notice (currently, 60-day) to employees and appropriate state and local governments before ordering a plant closing or mass layoff; (2) notify the Secretary of Labor and the governor of the state in which the closing or layoff will occur; and (3) provide affected employees with information regarding benefits and services available to them, including unemployment compensation, trade adjustment assistance, COBRA benefits, onsite access to rapid response teams, and certain other services. Exempts from such notice requirements plant closings or mass layoffs which are due directly to a terrorist attack. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate U.S. Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who represent the area where such closing or mass layoff is to occur. Makes an employer who violates such notice requirements liable to the employee for, among other things, two days pay (currently, back pay for each day of violation) multiplied by the number of calendar days for which the employer was required but failed to provide notice, including interest on such pay. Authorizes an affected employee to file a complaint with the Secretary alleging a violation of the notice requirements. Requires the Secretary to investigate and attempt to resolve such complaints. Authorizes the Secretary to bring an action in court to recover on behalf of an affected employee any backpay (including interest), benefits, and liquidated damages due. Requires an employer to post conspicuously upon its premises pertinent provisions of this Act and information on the filing of a complaint. Requires the Secretary to maintain a guide on the benefits and services available to affected employees. Prohibits the waiver of rights and remedies provided under this Act (including the right to maintain a civil action) by any agreement or settlement negotiated on behalf of affected employees.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Agriculture and food
Date: 2009-06-25 00:00:00

Worker Eligibility Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to eliminate the provision making a federal, state, or local government employee who is dismissed for participating in a strike against the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state ineligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (formerly the food stamp program).
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2009-06-25 00:00:00

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Compensation Program Act of 2000 to replace the current requirements for occupational illness compensation to the survivors of a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor employee. Requires payment to a survivor of the compensation the deceased contractor employee would otherwise have been paid, if the employee dies after applying for the compensation but before receiving it. Requires payment of the compensation, if no survivors exist, to a claimant's surviving family members. Requires a survivor eligible for contractor employee compensation under this Act as well as survivor compensation under the regular compensation schedule for survivors to elect one or the other. Prohibits any payment to a survivor of both kinds of compensation.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-07-07 00:00:00

Making Work Pay Tax Credit Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the refundable tax credit allowed for the lesser of 6.2% of earned income or $400 (making work pay tax credit).
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2009-07-23 00:00:00

Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 or SAVE Act of 2009 - Sets forth border security and enforcement provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) increases in Border Patrol and investigative personnel; (2) recruitment of former military personnel; (3) use of Department of Defense (DOD) equipment; (4) infrastructure improvements; (5) aerial and other surveillance; (5) a national strategy to secure the borders; (6) accountable financing under the Secure Border Initiative; (7) emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents; and (8) expansion of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism along the northern and southern borders. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to check against terrorist watchlists those persons suspected of alien smuggling and smuggled individuals who are interdicted at U.S. borders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and specified maritime law sections to revise alien smuggling provisions. Sets forth provisions respecting border security on certain federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the basic employment eligibility confirmation pilot program permanent. Sets forth conditions for the mandatory use of the E-verify system. Requires: (1) employer/employee notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and related information sharing with DHS; and (2) establishment of electronic birth and death registration systems. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) penalize specified employers for failure to correct information returns; and (2) prohibit employers from deducting from gross income wages paid to unauthorized aliens, with an exception for an employer participating in the basic employment eligibility confirmation program. Increases criminal alien program (CAP) personnel. Authorizes border relief grants for local law enforcement agencies within 25 miles of the southern U.S. border. Establishes within DHS a rewards program to assist in the elimination of commercial operations to produce or sell fraudulent immigration-related documents and to assist in the investigation, prosecution, or disruption of commercial alien smuggling operations. Provides for: (1) increased alien detention facilities; (2) additional immigration court judgeships; and (3) a media campaign to inform the public of changes made by this Act including a multilingual media campaign explaining noncompliance penalties.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Transportation and public works
Date: 2009-07-23 00:00:00

Increases the federal share of federal-aid highway construction projects for FY2011 and FY2012 for any state with an unemployment rate equal to or exceeding 11% at any time during FY2009 and FY2010. Increases the federal share of costs for FY2011-FY2012: (1) from 90% to 95% for Interstate System projects; and (2) from 80% to 85% for other transportation projects. Suspends certain eligibility requirements with respect to the use of tolls as a credit toward the non-federal share of project costs in such states for those fiscal years. Makes eligible for use as such a credit for such fiscal years any tolls that were not previously eligible. Suspends, as well, certain state transportation capital expenditure maintenance of effort requirements during FY2011-FY2012.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Transportation and public works
Date: 2009-07-23 00:00:00

Revises requirements for the equity bonus program for specified federal-aid highway programs for FY2010-FY2015 with respect to any state with an unemployment rate equal to or exceeding 12% at any time during FY2009. Increases from 92% to 105% the percentage for such a state of the total fiscal year apportionments for the programs.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-07-29 00:00:00

Retirement Account Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to waive the 10% penalty for premature distributions from certain tax-exempt retirement plans during any period that the national rate of unemployment is at least 7%. Limits such waiver to distributions not exceeding 10% of the aggregate account balances of such plans.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2009-07-30 00:00:00

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through December 31, 2010. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through January 1, 2011: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals; and (2) requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Requires a further additional Tier-3 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA, using the current formula, if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period. Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period. Allows the Tier-3 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once. Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional EUC, if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2010, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service and for those with less than 10. Makes additional appropriations to cover such cost. Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to make additional appropriations to the Railroad Retirement Board to cover administrative expenses associated with such additional extended benefits. Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act to require information entered into the data base of the National Directory of New Hires to be deleted 48 (currently, 24) months after its entry. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to permit federal departments and agencies or their agents to use data in each component of the Federal Parent Locator Service and information reported by employers to assess the effectiveness of federal programs in achieving positive labor market outcomes. Allows personal identifiers to be provided to such entities, subject to certain privacy provisions.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-07-30 00:00:00

Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of payments of $600 or more made to corporations; (2) set forth criteria and rules relating to the treatment of workers as employees or independent contractors; and (3) increase penalties for failure to file correct tax return information or comply with other information reporting requirements. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an annual report on worker misclassification.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Health
Date: 2009-07-31 00:00:00

Promoting Health and Preventing Chronic Disease through Prevention and Wellness Programs for Employees, Communities, and Individuals Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a 50% tax credit for the costs of providing employees with a qualified prevention and wellness program. Defines "qualified prevention and wellness program" as a program that is certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and that includes three of the following components: a health awareness component, an employee engagement component, a behavioral change component, or a supportive environment component. Terminates such credit after 2017. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to institute an outreach program to inform businesses about the availability of the prevention and wellness program tax credit. Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the HHS Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to plan and implement prevention and wellness programs that promote health and wellness and prevent chronic diseases. Requires the HHS Secretary to encourage states to work with insurance companies on ways to promote and incentivize the participation of individuals and families in prevention and wellness programs. Amends PHSA and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to set forth conditions under which group health plans may establish premium discounts or rebates for modifying copayments or deductibles for participation in a wellness program.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-09-16 00:00:00

S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employer stock ownership plan (ESOP); (2) allow a tax deduction for interest incurred on loans to S corporation-sponsored ESOPs for the purchase of employer securities; (3) transfer liability for payment of estate tax on transfers of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored ESOP from the estate executor to the ESOP; and (4) allow an estate tax deduction for 50% of the proceeds from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored ESOP. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-09-22 00:00:00

Retirement Savings Access Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals who have received federal or state unemployment compensation for 26 consecutive weeks to take penalty-free distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Social welfare
Date: 2009-09-30 00:00:00

Save Our Seniors' Social Security Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse a $280 payment to each individual who, for any of the months of December 2009, January 2010, or February 2010, is entitled to a Social Security or railroad retirement benefit payment. Rescinds certain appropriations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to offset the increase in spending resulting from this Act.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2009-10-07 00:00:00

Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Requires a further additional Tier-3 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA, using the current formula, if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period. Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period. Allows the Tier-3 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once. Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional emergency unemployment compensation (EUC), if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Health
Date: 2009-10-15 00:00:00

Improved Employee Access to Health Insurance Act of 2009 - Prohibits any state from establishing a law that prevents an employer from instituting an auto-enrollment process for coverage of a participant or beneficiary under a group health plan, or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan, as long as the participant or beneficiary has the option of declining such coverage.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Health
Date: 2009-10-15 00:00:00

Permits an employer that does not offer health benefits coverage to its employees as of this Act's enactment to provide tax-free defined contributions and administrative assistance to such employees who choose to purchase health insurance coverage in the individual market. Bars any state from prohibiting: (1) an employer from taking any such actions; or (2) the sale of health insurance coverage to employees where an employer's involvement is limited to withholding premiums from employee paychecks and sending the premium payments to the health insurance issuer on the employees' behalf. Makes federal rules relating to list billing (the sale of individual health plans to an employer's employees) inapplicable to actions described in this Act.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-10-22 00:00:00

Securing Tomorrow by Saving Today Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an exclusion from gross income of interest earned on deposits with certain financial institutions; (2) allow increased contributions, including catch-up contributions, to retirement plans in 2009, 2010, and 2011; and (3) suspend minimum distribution requirements from tax-deferred pension plans and individual retirement accounts between 2008 and 2013.
Topic: Labor — Employee Benefits
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2009-10-23 00:00:00

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the suspension of minimum distribution requirements for tax-exempt retirement plans.