lcalvobartolome/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2013-03-06 00:00:00

National Emergency Selective Service Act - Deauthorizes the Military Selective Service Act (requiring registration under the Selective Service System [System] for possible military induction) except during a period of national emergency declared by the President.

Provides for the suspension of local military selection boards, appeal boards, and other selective service system agencies and activities during non-emergency periods. Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), when System operations are suspended, to assume responsibility for the security of System databases.

Suspends sanctions against persons failing to register under the System, unless such failure occurs during a national emergency.

Permits the authorization of appropriations under the Military Selective Service Act only during periods of national emergency.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2013-03-14 00:00:00

Sequestration of Pay for Members of Congress Act of 2013 - Reduces the annual rate of pay for each Member of Congress for pay periods after the November 2014 federal general election by 8.2% of the applicable rate in effect for the most recent pay period before such election.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2013-03-21 00:00:00

Congressional Foreign Travel Cost Disclosure Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to give a Member, officer, or employee of either chamber of Congress carrying out official duties outside the United States a written statement of the cost of any DOD-provided transportation within 10 days after completion of the trip. Requires such statement to also be: (1) provided to the congressional defense committee of such Member, officer, or employee; and (2) made available to the public for a four-year period.

Excludes from such requirements any trip whose sole purpose is to visit one or more U.S. military installations and/or to visit U.S. military personnel in a war zone.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-04-09 00:00:00

Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act of 2013 - Extends federal employee protections against adverse personnel actions, including the right to appeal such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, to any career or noncareer U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee who is not represented by a bargaining representative and is in a supervisory, professional, technical, clerical, administrative, or managerial position covered by the Executive and Administrative Schedule.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Congress
Date: 2013-04-10 00:00:00

Pay Cut for Congress Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to: (1) reduce Member of Congress' annual rate of pay to 20% of the annual rate as of the regularly scheduled federal general election held in November 2014, and (2) eliminate automatic cost of living adjustments for Members.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-04-12 00:00:00

Common Sense in Compensation Act - Prohibits any discretionary monetary payment to an employee of a federal executive agency during the period beginning on the enactment of this Act and the close of FY2013, or during FY2014 or FY2015, to the extent that such payment would cause the employee's total covered compensation (i.e., basic pay and discretionary monetary payment) to exceed 105% of the total amount of such employees basic pay (before the application of any step-increase). Defines "discretionary monetary payment" as any award or other monetary payment and any step-increase.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Congress
Date: 2013-04-12 00:00:00

Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer Act or the TRUST Act - Denies retirement benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to a Member of Congress who is convicted of any crime that is a felony under federal or state law (currently, limited to specified felonies under federal law).
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Health
Date: 2013-04-25 00:00:00

In It All Together Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to limit the health plans that the federal government may make available to the President, the Vice President, and executive cabinet officials to those created under the Act or offered through an Exchange established under the Act.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Health
Date: 2013-04-26 00:00:00

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to restrict the health plans that the federal government may make available to the President, Vice-President, or federal employees to a health plan either created under PPACA or offered through a health care exchange established under PPACA. (Currently, such restriction applies to Members of Congress and congressional staff.)
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Social welfare
Date: 2013-04-26 00:00:00

Social Security Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset requirement applicable to and reducing husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and divorced mother's and divorced father's insurance benefits with respect to federal, state, or local government employees who receive a government pension and did not pay Social Security taxes during their years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.

Repeals also the windfall elimination requirement with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount under which OASDI retirement or disability benefits are reduced if the individual receives a federal, state, or local government pension, did not pay Social Security taxes during the years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-05-09 00:00:00

Employees of America Streamlining for Your Savings Act of 2013 or the EASY Savings Act of 2013 - Expands the awards program for disclosures by federal employees of fraud, waste, or mismanagement that result in cost savings to the employee's agency to include identification of surplus funds or unnecessary budget authority. Directs that any savings resulting from the identification of such funds or budget authority be deposited in the Treasury and used to reduce a budget deficit or the federal debt.

Prohibits the payment of awards to: (1) the head of an agency; (2) federal officers who serve in a position at level I of the Executive Schedule, and (3) a voting member of an independent establishment.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Congress
Date: 2013-05-16 00:00:00

Live by the Laws You Write Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply to the following persons the requirement that the the only health plans that the federal government may make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff with respect to their service shall be health plans created, or offered through a Health Benefit Exchange established, under such Act: (1) Delegates and Resident Commissioners to Congress, (2) congressional committee staff, and (3) House and Senate leadership office staff.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-05-21 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Personnel Flexibilities Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a system to govern the compensation and performance management of employees, other than senior executives or employees in the Senior Executive Service, holding critical scientific, technical, or professional positions in the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the Department of the Treasury. Limits the number of employees subject to such system to 50% of the Bureau's full-time employees. Requires such system to compensate employees at a level not exceeding level III of the Executive Schedule and to have not less than two levels of performance above a retention standard.

Provides that such system: (1) may not provide for a waiver of employees' rights relating to merit system principles, and (2) must be consistent with collective bargaining agreements and rights.

Requires the Secretary, on the request of the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to disclose information relating to the operation of any compensation and performance management system established by this Act.

Allows the continued use of an existing compensation and performance management system, originally implemented as a demonstration project, so long as such system satisfies the requirements of this Act.

Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs a report on the operation of the system and of ongoing demonstration projects testing the use of a pay and classification system different than the General Schedule for federal employee compensation.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Congress
Date: 2013-05-22 00:00:00

Respecting the Institution of Congress Act - Denies retirement benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to a Member of Congress, former Member, former President, or former Vice President who is convicted of any crime that is a felony under federal or state law (currently, limited to specified felonies under federal law).
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Congress
Date: 2013-06-13 00:00:00

Requires Members of Congress to complete at least 12 years of creditable service in order to be vested in an annuity under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS).
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-06-14 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

CFPB Pay Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, with respect to compensation of employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), to require the CFPB Director to set and adjust the rates of basic pay for CFPB employees in accordance with the General Schedule for federal employees. (Currently, the Director is merely authorized to do so.)

Repeals the requirement that the Director at all times provide compensation (including benefits) to each class of employees at least comparable to the compensation and benefits then being provided by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the corresponding class of Federal Reserve employees. Repeals also the requirement that all such employees be compensated (including benefits) on terms and conditions consistent with specified terms and conditions of the Federal Reserve Act.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-06-19 00:00:00

Commonsense Contractor Compensation Act of 2013 - Prohibits civilian or defense contracts from allowing compensation of contractor and subcontractor employees to exceed the rate of compensation payable to the Vice-President (currently, $230,700). Allows an exception to such limitation for scientists, engineers, or other specialists who are needed to ensure that an executive agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report to specified congressional committees on contractor compensation, including the number of contractor employees hired in the preceding fiscal year who are exempt from the limitation on compensation imposed by this Act.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-06-20 00:00:00

Terminates from employment any federal employee who: (1) refuses to answer questions in a congressional hearing after being granted immunity; (2) in a congressional hearing, refuses to answer questions specifically, directly, and narrowly relating to his or her official duties, without being required to waive immunity with respect to the use of answers or the fruits thereof in a criminal prosecution; or (3) is found, by three-fourths of the congressional body to which testimony is given, to have willfully or knowingly given false testimony in a congressional hearing.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Transportation and public works
Date: 2013-06-27 00:00:00

Repeals requirements that condition certain financial assistance for public transportation projects upon employee protective arrangements approved by the Secretary of Labor.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-06-28 00:00:00

Government Employee Accountability Act - Sets forth guidelines for placing career employees of the Senior Executive Service (SES) on investigative leave. Defines "investigative leave" as a temporary absence without duty for disciplinary reasons, of a period not greater than 90 days.

Authorizes a federal agency to: (1) place an SES employee on investigative leave, without loss of pay and without charge to annual or sick leave, only for misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or misappropriation of funds; (2) place such employee on leave without pay if such employee's conduct is flagrant and such employee intentionally engaged in such conduct; or (3) remove such employee if such employee acted in a manner that endangers the interest of the agency mission and the removal is deemed necessary or advisable in the interests of the United States.

Requires an agency head to periodically review the investigation into the conduct of an SES employee placed on investigative leave and take certain actions with respect to such employee at the end of a period of investigative leave, including removal, suspension without pay, or reinstatement to duty. Grants an employee placed on investigative leave certain rights, including: (1) advance written notice of, and the right to answer, charges; (2) the right to be represented by an attorney; and (3) the right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).

Includes misappropriation of funds as a ground in suspending or reinstating an SES employee or placing such employee in another civil service position.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-07-11 00:00:00

Preventing Unionization of Revenue Service Employees Act or the PURSE Act - Excludes employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from provisions of federal personnel law allowing federal employees to organize, bargain collectively, and participate in labor organizations.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-07-16 00:00:00

Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish and administer a program for short-term (i.e., up to 12 months) disability insurance coverage for federal employees for: (1) an injury or disability that is not work related, (2) leave to care for a family member, and (3) leave to make arrangements to become a foster parent or to adopt a child. Disqualifies an employee for such insurance if an injury or disability is caused by willful misconduct, a self-inflicted injury, or intoxication.

Requires the Director to contract with one or more insurance carriers for disability insurance coverage plans, without regard to competitive bidding requirements. Requires such plans to contain a detailed statement of benefits offered, the premiums charged, and the duration of the enrollment period.

Authorizes the Director to prescribe reasonable minimum standards for benefits offered by such plans, including a prohibition against excluding or penalizing an employee for a preexisting condition.

Requires individuals eligible for coverage under a disability insurance plan to be responsible for 100% of the premiums for the coverage offered.

Establishes in the Employees' Life Insurance Fund a Non-Work Related Disability Insurance Administrative Account, which shall be available to OPM to defray reasonable expenses incurred in administering this Act and to which contracted carriers shall make contributions necessary to cover such expenses.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2013-07-19 00:00:00

Border Security Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, compensation received by a U.S. Border Patrol agent as administratively uncontrollable overtime pay (premium pay); (2) exempt such overtime pay from withholding of tax requirements; and (3) allow a taxpayer to elect to include such overtime pay as earned income for purposes of the earned income tax credit.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Law
Date: 2013-07-31 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the federal judicial code to realign the southern judicial district of Mississippi into four (currently, five) divisions with court to be held for:

 the Northern Division at Jackson, the Southern Division at Gulfport, the Eastern Division at Hattiesburg, and the Western Division at Natchez. Sets forth the Mississippi counties comprising each realigned division.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Congress
Date: 2013-07-31 00:00:00

No Health Care for Life for Congress Act of 2013 - Discontinues eligibility of former Members of Congress for enrollment and continued coverage for them or their dependents in a health benefits plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is repealed.

Applies this requirement only to coverage derived by virtue of service as a former Member.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Law
Date: 2013-07-31 00:00:00

Division Realignment Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to realign the southern judicial district of Mississippi into four (currently, five) divisions with court to be held for:

 the Northern Division at Jackson, the Southern Division at Gulfport, the Eastern Division at Hattiesburg, and the Western Division at Natchez. Sets forth the Mississippi counties comprising each realigned division.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Health
Date: 2013-09-09 00:00:00

No Obamacare Subsidies for Members of Congress Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to pay any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by a Member of Congress pursuant to the Act.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-09-10 00:00:00

James Madison Congressional Accountability Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to extend the requirement for participation in the American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange created by PPACA) to the President, Vice-President, executive branch political appointees, and employees of congressional committees and leadership offices of Congress (currently, this requirement applies to Members of Congress and their staff). Prohibits any government contribution to or subsidy for the health insurance coverage of such officials and employees.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Health
Date: 2013-09-16 00:00:00

Declares that Congress and the executive branch are expressly and equally bound by any federal law which is intended to be broadly enforced upon the American people.

Makes the following individuals ineligible for any federally funded health care premium subsidies, until the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is fully repealed:

 a Member or employee of Congress, the President, the Vice President, any employee of the Executive Office of the President, and any other civilian federal worker. Exempts from such restriction a health care premium subsidy:

 under titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; for coverage under a veterans' health care program; or for medical coverage for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents, including coverage under the TRICARE program.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Health
Date: 2013-09-20 00:00:00

Declares that Congress and the executive branch are expressly and equally bound by any federal law which is intended to be broadly enforced upon the American people.

Makes the following individuals ineligible for any federally funded health care premium subsidies, until the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is fully repealed:

 a Member or employee of Congress, the President, the Vice President, any employee of the Executive Office of the President, and any other civilian federal worker. Exempts from such restriction a health care premium subsidy:

 under titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; for coverage under a veterans' health care program; or for medical coverage for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents, including coverage under the TRICARE program. Amends PPACA to restrict the health plans that the federal government may make available to Members of Congress and any employee of Congress, the President, the Vice President, any employee of the Executive Office of the President, and any other civilian federal worker, to only those health plans that are created under PPACA or offered through an American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange established under PPACA). (Currently, this restriction applies to Members of Congress and congressional staff.)

Prohibits such restrictions from affecting: (1) the eligibility of an individual to enroll in a health plan or receive health care under specified uniformed services, TRICARE, or veterans' health programs; and (2) the continued coverage of annuitants in certain plans under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program in effect as of the enactment of this Act.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Congress
Date: 2013-09-26 00:00:00

No Special Treatment for Congress Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to pay any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by a Member of Congress or congressional staff through an American Health Benefit Exchange established by such Act.

Revises for purposes of the Act the definitions of: (1) "Member of Congress" to include a Delegate or Resident Commissioner; and (2) "congressional staff" to mean a full-time or part-time employee of the office of any Member of Congress, the office of any standing, select, or joint committee of Congress, leadership offices of the House of Representatives, and the offices of the President pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders and Whips, and conferences of the Majority and Minority and their policy committees.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-10-08 00:00:00

Provides for appellate review by the Merit Systems Protection Board for employees or applicants for employment who were determined ineligible for a sensitive position if: (1) such position does not require a security clearance or access to classified information, and (2) such determination is otherwise appealable.