jiayi-li23/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-05-03 00:00:00

American Steel First Act of 2011 - Prohibits heads of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of Transportation (DOT) from obligating or expending funds or providing financial assistance for projects for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron and steel used in such project is produced in the United States. Waives such prohibition in cases where: (1) the prohibition would be inconsistent with the public interest, (2) iron and steel are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of a satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of iron and steel produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project contract by more than 25%. Prohibits waivers by a department head for products produced in a foreign country that is determined by the U.S. Trade Representative to have violated the terms of an agreement with the United States by discriminating against products covered by the agreement that are produced in the United States. Prohibits such department heads from imposing financial assistance restrictions on: (1) states that impose more stringent requirements on the use of iron and steel in foreign countries in projects carried out with such assistance, or (2) recipients that comply with such state imposed requirements. Makes any person who intentionally mislabels or misrepresents a product used in a project under this Act as "Made in America" ineligible for another department contract from for six years. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) publish a justification for a waiver of the prohibition against obligating funds to carry out the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, highway projects, public transportation projects, or aviation programs unless the steel, iron, and manufactured products used are produced in the United States; and (2) provide for public notice and comment for such waiver.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2011-05-06 00:00:00

St. Albans VA Veteran Cares Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from declaring as excess to the needs of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or otherwise disposing or reducing the acreage of, federal land and improvements at the St. Albans campus, New York.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-05-11 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 489 Army Drive in Barrigada, Guam, as the "John Pangelinan Gerber Post Office Building."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-06-21 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 67 Castle Street in Geneva, New York, as the "Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-07-06 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 45 Bay Street, Suite 2, in Staten Island, New York, as the "Sergeant Angel Mendez Post Office."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2011-07-07 00:00:00

Market Transparency and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2011 - Directs the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to require the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) to identify to the Director all assets of value of the GSE and their functions, characteristics, and estimated value. Requires the Director then to: (1) determine which assets are critical, and which are not critical, to carrying out the GSE's mission; and (2) establish plans annually for the sale or other disposition of any non-mission critical assets.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-07-14 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6310 North University Street in Peoria, Illinois, as the "Charles 'Chip' Lawrence Chan Post Office Building."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Date: 2011-07-25 00:00:00

Neighborhood Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize any depository institution (or affiliate) to lease, including lease with an option to purchase, to any individual for up to five years an interest in residential property which: (1) was or is security for an extension of credit by such depository institution (or affiliate), and (2) came under the institution's or affiliate's ownership or control through foreclosure (or a deed in lieu of foreclosure) on the extension of credit. Directs the federal banking agencies to jointly prescribe specified safety and soundness regulations, including minimum capital requirements for such institutions or affiliates. Permits extension of such a lease beyond five years if any federal or state law, including the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, so permits. Applies this Act only to leases entered into during the three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. Declares it is the intent of Congress that: (1) no permanent change in policy on leasing foreclosed property is being established with respect to depository institutions and depository institution holding companies, and (2) bank leasing of foreclosed property authorized under this Act should not apply to leases entered into after such three-year period. Authorizes a government-sponsored enterprise (the Federal National Mortgage Association [Fannie Mae] or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [Freddie Mac]) to market for rental, before sale, any of its real estate owned properties and assets as the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) determines appropriate. Restricts lease agreements to five years.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-07-25 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 462 Washington Street in Woburn, Massachusetts, as the "Officer John Maguire Post Office Building."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-07-28 00:00:00

Access to Postal Services Act - Modifies the procedures the U.S. Postal Service must follow in connection with the closing or consolidation of any postal facility, including: (1) requiring an assessment of the need for the closure or consolidation, (2) eliminating a requirement to consider the resulting Postal Service economic savings, (3) requiring posted notice in each affected postal facility and notice by mail to all persons served by such postal facility at least 90 days before the final decision is made, and (4) requiring (under current law, allowing) suspension of the determination pending an appeal to the Postal Regulatory Commission. Exempts emergency suspensions (as defined under Postal Service regulations) or lease termination or cancellation by a party other than the Postal Service. Requires such posted notice to include the cost savings the Postal Service estimates it will realize from the closing or consolidation, in the first year following the date of such closing or consolidation, with an explanation of the estimate assumptions and methodologies. Directs the Inspector General of the Postal Service, within two years after the closing or consolidation of any postal facility after enactment of this Act, to submit to the Postmaster General and Congress its findings with respect to the actual cost savings realized by the Postal Service in the first year following such closing or consolidation. Defines "postal facility," for the provisions amended by this Act, to include an office, branch, station, or other facility operated by the Postal Service providing services to postal patrons served by the facility.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-09-14 00:00:00

Hometown Artists Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to give priority to state and local artists when selecting artwork for federal buildings, except for buildings located in the District of Columbia.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2011-10-13 00:00:00

Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Spokane, Washington, as the "Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-11-03 00:00:00

Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2011 - Directs each federal agency to identify useful federal electronic equipment (i.e., computers and peripheral equipment, fax machines, and certain software) that the agency has determined is excess to its needs and to: (1) report such equipment to the Administrator of General Services (GSA) for processing for transfer to a school or community-based educational organization (educational recipient) in accordance with provisions relating to the donation of personal property through state agencies, (2) transfer such equipment directly to such a recipient by arrangement with the Administrator, or (3) report such equipment to the Administrator as excess property if transfer is not practicable. Requires transferring agencies to give the highest preference to educational recipients located in an enterprise community or empowerment zone designated under the Internal Revenue Code or a qualifying small town or county (those with certain levels of poverty). Requires state plans of operation for property transfers to give the same preference. States that this Act supersedes Executive Order No. 12999 of April 17, 1996 (entitled "Educational Technology: Ensuring Opportunity for All Children in the Next Century").
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-11-04 00:00:00

High-Performance Federal Buildings Act of 2011 - Requires federal agency heads involved in the construction of new federal buildings for which estimated construction costs exceed $1 million and are comprised by federal funding of greater than 50% to ensure that the life-cycle cost (i.e., the sum of investment, capital, installation, energy, operating, maintenance, and replacement costs) of such building is considered during its design. Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to issue regulations establishing federal building commissioning standards modeled on existing private sector standards and guidelines for: (1) the commissioning process generally, (2) the commissioning of individual building systems, and (3) the use of building automation systems. Defines "commissioning" as a process for examining and evaluating a building or building system to verify and deliver a building or system that meets the building owner's requirements for use. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to study and report on the use of integrated design processes and building information modeling for the design and construction of federal buildings. Establishes the position of the Director of the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings to assist federal agencies with respect to the utilization of building information modeling, commissioning, and integrated design processes. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to require reporting on commissioning and energy and water savings measures. Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish and update energy and water efficiency standards for federal buildings.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-11-04 00:00:00

Smoke-Free Federal Buildings Act - Prohibits smoking in federal buildings. Allows the head of an executive agency to grant an exception to such prohibition if such exception relates to research that may benefit public health. Defines "federal building" to mean any building, workplace, or other structure, and 25 feet from the perimeter of such building, courtyard, areas used for children's playgrounds, or structure owned, leased, or leased for use by an executive agency. Excludes any building or other structure on a military installation located outside the United States.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-11-14 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the "Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-11-14 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-11-17 00:00:00

Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, as the "Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-11-18 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-12-07 00:00:00

Community Postal Service Preservation and Cost Savings Act - Requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), in considering whether to close or consolidate a post office, to review and consider whether such post office can be co-located at a retail facility or municipal building within one mile of such post office.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2011-12-16 00:00:00

Libyan Assets Taxpayer Reimbursement Act of 2011 - Authorizes the President to vest blocked Libyan assets in an amount necessary to ensure: (1) reimbursement for the cost of U.S. military and humanitarian operations undertaken in Libya, and (2) compensation for U.S. victims of Libyan-sponsored terrorism.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-01-13 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mississippi, as the "First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-02-01 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the "Nicky 'Nick' Daniel Bacon Post Office."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Congress
Date: 2012-02-17 00:00:00

Requires the Architect of the Capitol to solicit bids and enter into an agreement for the creation of a statue of "The Unknown Slave" and to acquire and permanently display it in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-03-30 00:00:00

Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, Alaska, as the "Robert Boochever United States Courthouse."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-05-11 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15285 Samohin Drive in Macomb, Michigan, as the "Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio Clinton-Macomb Carrier Annex."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-05-18 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 26 East Genesee Street in Baldwinsville, New York, as the "Corporal Kyle Schneider Post Office Building."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-06-01 00:00:00

Amends P.L. 112-108 to change the street number of the post office designated as the "Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office" from 115 4th Avenue Southwest to 208 1st Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Social welfare
Date: 2012-06-05 00:00:00

Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to make intermediate nonprofit organizations in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands eligible to participate in the Nonprofit Capacity Building program. (The program provides grants to intermediary nonprofit organizations to enable them to deliver organizational development assistance to small and midsize nonprofit organizations.)
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-06-18 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 7th Street in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, as the "Sergeant Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Post Office Building."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-06-20 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3700 Riverside Drive in Columbus, Ohio, as the "Master Sergeant Jeffery J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-06-28 00:00:00

Save the La Jolla Post Office Act - Grants a right of first refusal to the La Jolla Historical Society in La Jolla, California, to acquire title to the property located at 1140 Wall Street in La Jolla, California (known as the La Jolla Post Office) after the Postmaster determines that such property is no longer needed to carry out postal operations.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-07-23 00:00:00

Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, as the "James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Transportation and public works
Date: 2012-08-02 00:00:00

Clothe a Homeless Hero Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA] ) to transfer unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints to the local airport authority or other local authorities for donation to charity, including local veterans organizations or other local charitable organizations for distribution to homeless or needy veterans and their families. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to enter into agreements with airport authorities for disposing of such clothing.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2012-08-02 00:00:00

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employees of a U.S. contractor working in a foreign country to claim the exclusion from gross income for their income earned in such country even if they are required to depart from such country prior to meeting the foreign country residency requirement for such tax exclusion if their departure was a direct result of: (1) a reduction in the number of personnel serving in a combat zone in such country, (2) a termination of the contract under which the U.S. contractor is performing services in such combat zone, or (3) the termination of their employment with the contractor on account of the reduction of personnel or the termination of the contract.
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2012-09-19 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at 9800 West Commercial Boulevard in Sunrise, Florida, as the "William 'Bill' Kling VA Clinic."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-11-27 00:00:00

Designates the federal building currently known as Federal Office Building 8, located at 200 C Street SW in the District of Columbia, as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-11-27 00:00:00

Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 300 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the "Jesse Helms Federal Building and United States Courthouse."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-12-05 00:00:00

Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the "Paul Brown United States Courthouse."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-12-05 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3031 Veterans Road West in Staten Island, New York, as the "Leonard Montalto Post Office Building."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-12-13 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the "Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-12-18 00:00:00

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the "Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building."
Topic: Government Operations — Property Management
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-03-03 00:00:00

Federal Real Property Disposal Enhancement Act of 2011- Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to: (1) issue guidance for federal agency real property plans, including recommendations on how to identify and dispose of excess properties, evaluate disposal costs and benefits, and prioritize disposal decisions based on agency missions and anticipated future need for holdings; (2) report to specified congressional committees annually for five years after 2011 on agency efforts to reduce their real property assets; and (3) assist agencies in the identification and disposal of excess real property. Sets forth agency duties with respect to its properties, including maintaining adequate inventory controls and reporting excess property to the Administrator. Includes among the amounts the Administrator is authorized to obligate from proceeds from the disposition of excess real property: (1) amounts to pay the costs related to identifying and preparing properties to be reported excess by another agency; and (2) amounts to pay the costs associated with the reversion, custody, and disposal of reverted real property. Revises requirements for federal agency retention of proceeds from the transfer or sale of excess real property. Provides that requirements under the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act for the use of public buildings and real property to assist the homeless shall not apply in FY2012 and FY2013 to certain non-excess federal buildings or real property selected for demolition.