lcalvobartolome/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2011-04-15 00:00:00

Commitment to American Prosperity Act of 2011 or CAP Act of 2011 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require: (1) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to estimate the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) outlay limit for the target fiscal year at the outset of the previous fiscal year, on April 30, on August 20, and 15 days after the conclusion of the fiscal year; (2) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide advisory reports calculating the GDP outlay limit at identical times; and (3) a sequestration by OMB within 45 calendar days after the beginning of a fiscal year to eliminate the excess outlay amount. Prescribes requirements for CBO and OMB advisory sequestration preview reports and an OMB final sequestration report, accompanied by a presidential order detailing the uniform spending reduction. Requires the House and the Senate budget committees to report a resolution directing their committees to change the existing law to achieve the goals outlined in the OMB August 20 report if it projects a sequestration. Allows total federal outlays to exceed the GDP outlay limit if during the fiscal year the excess amount is being paid to reduce the public debt or the public debt is zero. States that if, after November 15, a bill resulting in outlays for the current fiscal year is enacted that causes excess outlays, the excess outlays for the next fiscal year shall be increased by the amount or amounts of that breach. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in both chambers to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that includes any provision that would cause the most recently reported current GDP outlay limits in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to be exceeded. Prescribes procedures for waiver or suspension of this rule.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2011-07-08 00:00:00

Administrative Conference of the United States Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Authorizes appropriations for he Administrative Conference of the United States for FY2012-FY2014.  Prohibits more than $2,500 from being made available in each fiscal year for official representation and entertainment expenses for foreign dignitaries.  Requires the Chairman of the Conference to: (1) submit an annual report to the President and Congress on the progress and activities of the Conference, including a description of all current and proposed future projects; (2) provide for an annual independent audit of the financial statements of the Conference, and (3) prepare and submit an annual budget. Requires at least 35% of the funding for the Conference to be made available in each fiscal year for such projects.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2011-09-23 00:00:00

Economic Growth and Reducing Unemployment Act - Appropriates additional amounts in FY2012 for the Corporation for National and Community Service for carrying out the National and Community Service Act of 1990. Requires appropriated funds to be used to increase the number of national service positions under such Act to 500,000.   Appropriates additional amounts in FY2012 for the Office of Inspector General for carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the suspension of employment and railroad retirement taxes through December 31, 2012.  Limits the aggregate reduction in taxes from such suspension to $5,000 per employee.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2011-09-29 00:00:00

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 to the Department of Labor (DOL). Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 to the Department Education. Makes appropriations for FY2012 to: (1) the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, (2) the Corporation for National and Community Service, (3) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, (4) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), (5) the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, (6) the Institute of Museum and Library Services, (7) the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, (8) Medicaid and SCHIP Payment and Access Commission; (9) the National Council on Disability, (10) the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), (11) the National Mediation Board, (12) the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, (13) the Railroad Retirement Board, and (14) the Social Security Administration (SSA). Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2011-12-14 00:00:00

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 - Division A: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations to the Department of Defense and related agencies for FY2012. Division B: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2012 - Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 to the Corps of Engineers-Civil, Department of the Army, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and certain independent agencies. Division C: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes 2012 appropriations to the Department of the Treasury, the President and the Executive Office of the President, the federal judiciary, the District of Columbia, and certain independent agencies. Division D: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes 2012 appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security. Division E: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes 2012 appropriations to the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. Division F: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes 2012 appropriations to the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, and related agencies. Division G: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes 2012 appropriations to the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, the Architect of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, the Government Printing Office (GPO), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund, and the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund. Division H: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes 2012 appropriations to the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies. Division I: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes 2012 appropriations to the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development, as well as for bilateral economic assistance, international security assistance, multilateral assistance, export and investment assistance, and overseas contingency operations. Prescribes requirements and prohibitions with respect to the use of funds under this Act.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-03-07 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 9, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Veteran Skills to Jobs Act - Directs the head of each federal licensing authority to consider, and authorizes such official to accept, any relevant training received by an individual while serving as a member of the Armed Forces for the purpose of satisfying the license requirements.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Emergency management
Date: 2012-03-28 00:00:00

United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act - Establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the government may provide for both security in, and public access to, federal buildings and other federal property and sites.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2012-06-26 00:00:00

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the Department of the Treasury. Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the Executive Office of the President. Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts and related offices. District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the District of Columbia. Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), (2) the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), (3) the Election Assistance Commission, (4) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), (5) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), (6) the Federal Election Commission (FEC), (7) the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), (8) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), (9) the General Services Administration (GSA), (10) the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation, (11) the Merit Systems Protection Board, (12) the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, (13) the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund, (14) the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), (15) the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), (16) the NCUA Community Development Revolving Loan Fund, (17) the Office of Government Ethics, (18) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), including its Office of Inspector General, (19) the Office of Special Counsel, (20) the Postal Regulatory Commission, (21) the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, (22) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), (23) the Selective Service System, (24) the Small Business Administration (SBA), (25) the United States Postal Service, and (26) the United States Tax Court. Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2011-02-02 00:00:00

Expresses the sense of Congress that it is necessary to ensure that Congress is presented with reliable information from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation as to the dynamic macroeconomic feedback effects to changes in federal law and the probable behavioral responses of taxpayers, businesses, and other parties to such changes. Requires the Joint Committee and CBO, using among other methods dynamic estimating techniques, to prepare fiscal estimates of each proposed change in federal revenue law on the basis of assumptions that estimate the probable behavioral responses of personal and business taxpayers and other relevant entities to such change and its dynamic macroeconomic feedback effects. Applies such requirement only to proposed changes that, pursuant to static fiscal estimates, have a fiscal impact exceeding $250 million in any fiscal year.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2011-08-02 00:00:00

Homeownership Affordability Act of 2011 - Extends through December 31, 2013, specified loan limits for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises), and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Federal Housing Finance Agency to increase mortgage guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for mortgage loans of between $625,500 and $729,750 originated between October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2013, in an amount necessary to increase by $336 million the revenue raised from such fees.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Science, technology, communications
Date: 2011-10-05 00:00:00

Requires the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service or the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to terminate for cause any award (including grants and loans) made under the Broadband Initiatives Program or the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, respectively, established pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, if the Administrator or Assistant Secretary determines that cause exists (including insufficient level of performance, wasteful spending, or fraudulent spending) to terminate the award. Directs the Administrator or the Assistant Secretary to: (1) deobligate, upon terminating such an award, an amount equivalent to such award, as recoverable, less allowable costs; and (2) return to the Treasury's general fund such deobligated amounts and any award returned or disclaimed by a recipient after enactment of this Act.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-05-22 00:00:00

Federal Entrepreneur-in-Residence Act of 2012 - Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish an entrepreneur-in-residence program to appoint in-house entrepreneurs who have demonstrated success in working with small business concerns and entrepreneurs to: (1) assist federal agencies in improving outreach to small business concerns and entrepreneurs, (2) provide recommendations on inefficient or duplicative agency programs and on methods to improve agency efficiency, (3) facilitate meetings and forums to educate small business concerns and entrepreneurs on agency programs and initiatives, and (4) provide technical assistance or mentorship. Limits to 10 the number of entrepreneurs-in-residence that the Director may appoint in any year. Terminates such program after FY2016.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2012-08-02 00:00:00

Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses and Conferences Act of 2012 - Prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for two years after the end of a fiscal year in which the Inspector General of the agency or the Comptroller General (GAO) makes a finding that conduct of the employee resulted in fraud, waste, abuse, or a violation of contracting requirements (adverse finding).  Requires repayment of a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made. Prohibits an agency from sponsoring a conference that is expected to cost more than $200,000 without the agency head's approval.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Environmental protection
Date: 2012-09-19 00:00:00

Empower States Act of 2012 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act, with respect to enforcement of drinking water regulations, to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from taking any enforcement action against a state with primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems or a company or individual within the state, unless: (1) the Administrator determines that there is an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or environment, and (2) the state failed to take corrective action. Prohibits the Administrator from amending or revoking any program of a state with partial or total primary enforcement responsibility unless the Administrator determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the program fails to effectively protect drinking water in the state. Requires the head of a federal department or agency, before issuing or promulgating any guideline or regulation relating to oil and gas exploration and production on federal, state, tribal, or fee land pursuant to federal law or executive order, to seek comments from and consult with the head of each affected state, state agency, and Indian tribe at a location within their jurisdiction. Requires federal departments and agencies to develop Statements of Energy and Economic Impact that detail and analyze: (1) adverse effects of an action on energy supply, distribution, or use; and (2) impact on the domestic economy if the action is taken. Prohibits imposition of any new or modified oil and gas regulation unless the head of the applicable department or agency determines: (1) that the rule is necessary to prevent immediate harm to human health or the environment, and (2) by clear and convincing evidence that the state or tribe does not have an existing reasonable alternative to the proposed regulation. Requires any regulation promulgated after enactment of this Act that requires disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals to refer to the database managed by the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Sets forth procedures for judicial review of such regulations.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2013-02-26 00:00:00

Decrease Spending Now Act - Rescinds $45 billion of unobligated balances of current discretionary appropriations.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine which appropriation accounts the rescission shall apply to and the amount that each such account shall be reduced, and (2) report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress a list of the accounts reduced by the rescission, including the amounts rescinded from each such account.

Exempts from such rescission the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Transportation and public works
Date: 2013-03-13 00:00:00

TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act - Makes supplemental appropriations of $500 million for each of FY2013 and FY2014 for the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program for national infrastructure investment projects for states, local governments, and transit agencies. Exempts such appropriations from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Transportation and public works
Date: 2013-08-01 00:00:00

Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery for Cities Underfunded Because of Size Act of 2013 or TIGER CUBS Act - Makes supplemental appropriations of $500 million for FY2014 to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program for national infrastructure investment projects for states, local governments, and transit agencies. Earmarks $100 million of such funds for projects in cities with populations between 10,000 and 50,000.

Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to provide a federal share of project costs of more than 80%.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2013-09-28 00:00:00

Anti-Self-Destruction Act or the Fiscal Sanity Act of 2013 - Makes FY2014 appropriations for: (1) each project or activity for which budget authority was provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6) in an amount equal to the authority provided in such Act, as reduced pursuant to the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, to remain available for a comparable period of availability; and (2) entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY2013, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, in such amounts as may be necessary to maintain program levels under current law.

Makes the public debt limit inapplicable from the date of the enactment of this Act until December 31, 2014.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2013-10-05 00:00:00

Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations - Makes appropriations for 30 days for: (1) each project or activity for which budget authority was provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6) in an amount equal to the authority provided in such Act, as reduced pursuant to the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, to remain available for a comparable period of availability; and (2) entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY2013, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, in such amounts as may be necessary to maintain program levels as they existed on September 30, 2013.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2013-10-05 00:00:00

Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations - Makes appropriations for 60 days for: (1) each project or activity for which budget authority was provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6) in an amount equal to the authority provided in such Act, as reduced pursuant to the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, to remain available for a comparable period of availability; and (2) entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY2013, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, in such amounts as may be necessary to maintain program levels as they existed on September 30, 2013.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2013-10-05 00:00:00

Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations - Makes appropriations for 90 days for: (1) each project or activity for which budget authority was provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6) in an amount equal to the authority provided in such Act, as reduced pursuant to the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, to remain available for a comparable period of availability; and (2) entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY2013, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, in such amounts as may be necessary to maintain program levels as they existed on September 30, 2013.
Topic: Government Operations — General
Subject: Economics and public finance
Date: 2013-10-05 00:00:00

Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations - Makes appropriations for 120 days for: (1) each project or activity for which budget authority was provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6) in an amount equal to the authority provided in such Act, as reduced pursuant to the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, to remain available for a comparable period of availability; and (2) entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY2013, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, in such amounts as may be necessary to maintain program levels as they existed on September 30, 2013.