lcalvobartolome/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00

Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 - Requires, within the limits of available funds, the Librarian of Congress and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (acting through the Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture) to establish an oral history project to: (1) collect video and audio recordings of, and visual and written materials relevant to the personal histories of, participants in the Civil Rights movement; and (2) make the collection available for public use through the Library of Congress and the Museum. Defines, for this Act, "Civil Rights movement" as the movement to secure racial equality in the United States for African Americans that, focusing on the period 1954 through 1968, challenged the practice of racial segregation in the nation and achieved equal rights legislation for all American citizens. Encourages the Librarian and the Secretary to solicit and accept related donations of funds and in-kind contributions. Authorizes appropriations.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2009-01-26 00:00:00

Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodities Exchange Act to direct both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to prohibit purchase or sale of either securities or commodities for future delivery by a person in possession of material nonpublic information regarding pending or prospective legislative action if the information was obtained: (1) knowingly from a Member or employee of Congress; (2) by reason of being a Member or employee of Congress; and (3) other federal employees. Amends the Code of Official Conduct of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit designated House personnel from disclosing material nonpublic information relating to any pending or prospective legislative action relating to either securities of a publicly-traded company or a commodity if such personnel has reason to believe that the information will be used to buy or sell the securities or commodity based on such information. Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require formal disclosure of certain securities and commodities futures transactions to either the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate. Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to subject to its registration, reporting, and disclosure requirements, as well as requirements for identification of clients and covered legislative and executive officials, all political intelligence activities, contacts, firms, and consultants. Requires the Comptroller General to include political intelligence activities, contacts, firms, and consultants in its annual compliance audits and reports.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2009-02-26 00:00:00

National Language Act of 2009 - Makes English the official language of the U.S. government. Requires the government to: (1) conduct its official business in English, including publications, income tax forms, and informational materials; and (2) preserve and enhance the role of English as the official language of the United States of America. Provides that no person has a right, entitlement, or claim to have the government act, communicate, perform, or provide services or materials in any other language, unless specifically stated in applicable law. Provides that this Act shall not apply to the use of a language other than English for religious purposes, for training in foreign languages for international communication, or in school programs designed to encourage students to learn foreign languages. States that this does not prevent the U.S. government from providing interpreters for persons over age 62. Repeals provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 regarding bilingual election requirements and regarding congressional findings of voting discrimination against language minorities, prohibition of English-only elections, and other remedial measures. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that all public ceremonies in which the oath of allegiance is administered pursuant to such Act be conducted solely in English. Specifies that this Act shall not preempt any state law.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2009-03-03 00:00:00

Restoring the Integrity of American Statistics Act of 2009 - Reestablishes the United States Census Bureau as an independent establishment in the executive branch, effective January 1, 2012. Requires the Bureau Director to be: (1) appointed by the President without regard to political affiliation for a five-year term; and (2) compensated at level II of the Executive Schedule. Provides for: (1) the transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Bureau under the Department of Commerce; (2) transition rules; and (3) appointment of an Inspector General for the Bureau.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2009-03-26 00:00:00

Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 to authorize the Committee on House Administration, by regulation, to provide for the payment of salaries with respect to a month on a date other than the date provided under the Act as may be necessary to conform to generally accepted accounting practices. (Currently, the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives is the last day of each month; except that if the last day of a month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal public holiday, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House pays such salaries on the first weekday which precedes the last day.) Enacts into law H.Res.1068, 110th Congress, agreed to April 15, 2008 (thus permitting active duty members of the Armed Forces who are assigned to congressional liaison offices of the Armed Forces at the House to obtain membership in its staff exercise facility).
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2009-04-02 00:00:00

Chief Technology Officer Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of the Federal Chief Technology Officer (FCTO). Includes among the functions of the FCTO to: (1) analyze and advise the President and agency officials regarding the government's information technology infrastructures, strategy, and use; (2) ensure the security and privacy of the federal information technology infrastructure and networks; (3) promote technological innovation in the federal government; (4) establish public-private sector partnership initiatives; and (5) lead specified interagency efforts, including a planning process to ensure the use of best-in-class technologies, the sharing of best practices, and improvement in the use of technology in support of government requirements. Requires the Office to serve as a source of analysis and advice for the President and agency heads regarding major government policies, plans, and programs associated with information technology. Requires the FCTO to: (1) be a member of the Domestic Policy Council; and (2) publish an annual report on programs to promote technological innovations, recommendations for policies to encourage the generation of such innovations, and information on the Office's activities and accomplishments.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2009-04-21 00:00:00

Prohibits the inclusion of earmarks in the enactment of a bill authorizing intelligence activities for FY2010. (Thus prohibits earmarks in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.)
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2009-04-30 00:00:00

Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act of 2009 - Requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to be appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate, the chair and ranking Minority Members of the congressional appropriations committees, the chair and ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on House Administration, and the chair and ranking Minority Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Establishes a 10-year term for the AOC, as under current law, but permits additional reappointments. Repeals the requirement of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 that the AOC be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2009-05-05 00:00:00

Stop the Revolving Door in Washington Act - Amends the federal criminal code regarding the two-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Senators with any member, officer, or employee of either chamber, or employee of any other legislative office. Imposes the two-year lobbying ban on all former Members of Congress. Continues the one-year ban, as under current law, on lobbying contacts by former elected officers of the House of Representatives with any House Member, officer, or employee.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2009-05-06 00:00:00

Directs the President to submit an annual report to Congress regarding anti-American incitement to violence in the Middle East. Requires that such report include a country-by-country list of media outlets and satellite companies that engage in such incitement.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2009-05-07 00:00:00

Medicare Warning Act of 2009 - Continues through the remainder of the 111th Congress procedures under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 for House of Representatives consideration of the President's legislative proposal to respond to a Medicare funding warning.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2009-05-20 00:00:00

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any legislation, if that measure or any accompanying report or joint explanatory statement of managers contains any earmark for which the intended recipient is a private, for-profit entity. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2009-05-21 00:00:00

Classified Information Accountability Act of 2009 or CIA Act - Provides a civil penalty of up to $10,000 against a member of the intelligence community who, as part of a communication to a U.S. Senator or Representative that involves classified material: (1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or misrepresentation; or (3) makes or uses any false writing or document known to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry. Prohibits any federal department or agency from indemnifying a person from such liability. Authorizes the Senator or Representative concerned to bring a civil action for such a violation. Requires the court involved to review the classified information in camera.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2009-06-04 00:00:00

William Orton Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Library of Congress for the maintenance and administration of the operations of the Law Library of the Library of Congress, including the cataloguing of the collections of the Law Library. Directs the Law Library to electronically catalog and archive material in its collections in a nonproprietary and nondiscriminatory format. Requires the separation of the salaries and expenses of the Law Library from other salaries and expenses of the Library of Congress in the preparation of the annual budget for the Library of Congress. Establishes the William Orton Law Library Support Program to provide enhanced or special services and programs for the Law Library and otherwise support the mission of the Law Library. Allows the Librarian of Congress (the Librarian) to carry out the Program through agreements and partnerships with other government and private entities, including the American Association of Law Libraries and the American Bar Association (ABA). Permits the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board and the Librarian to accept private donations in support of the Program. Makes any accepted donations subject to disbursement by the Librarian only upon the recommendation of the Law Librarian, with an exception. Establishes in the Treasury a separate account for the Program. Limits the use of account funds only to the Law Librarian to carry out such Program. Authorizes annual appropriations to the Library of Congress for the deposit into such account of an amount equal to 40% of the amount of donations accepted by the Board in support of such Program, in addition to any other amounts authorized for the Law Library. Designates the Law Library as the "National Law Library."
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2009-06-12 00:00:00

Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act of 2010 - Requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to be appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate, the chair and ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the chair and ranking Minority Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, the chair and ranking Minority Members of the congressional appropriations committees, a Member of the Senate designated by the Senate Majority Leader, and a Member of the Senate designated by the Senate Minority Leader. Establishes a 10-year term for the AOC, as under current law, but permits additional reappointments. Repeals the requirement of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 that the AOC be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2009-06-12 00:00:00

All-American Flag Act - Requires any flags of the United States acquired for use by the federal government to be entirely manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies entirely grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States.Permits the federal government to purchase flags only from a manufacturer that certifies that: (1) it does not employ aliens who are not authorized to be employed in the United States; and (2) it participates in the E-Verify Program.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2009-07-29 00:00:00

Congressional Responsibility and Accountability Act - Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to: (1) require each agency, before adopting a rule, to determine whether compliance with the rule will result in a specified economic impact; and (2) prohibit an agency from enforcing a rule it determines will result in such impact until its requirements are enacted into law.Requires each agency: (1) annually, to determine whether its rules have resulted in a specified economic impact in the preceding year; and (2) not later than 365 days after making such determination, to no longer enforce such a rule until its requirements are enacted into law.Defines "specified economic impact" as: (1) costs to any individual of $5,000 or more in a year; (2) costs to any partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization of $10,000 or more in a year; (3) costs to all persons (not including the federal government or a state government) in the aggregate of $25,000 or more in a year; or (4) the loss by one or more U.S. citizens of existing employment in a year.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2009-09-15 00:00:00

Sunset All Czars Act or the SAC Act - Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to pay salaries or expenses of any task force, council, or similar office established by or at the direction of the President, if the head of such entity is a Czar. Defines a "Czar" as an entity head who: (1) is appointed (on other than an interim basis) without the Senate's advice and consent; (2) is excepted from the competitive service by reason of the confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character of the position; (3) performs or delegates functions that would otherwise be performed or delegated by an individual appointed by the President with the Senate's advice and consent; and (4) does not have an existing removal date established at the direction of the President or through an authorization of Congress. Requires that by December 31, 2009, any Czar who is not appointed by a former President or the incumbent President, with the Senate's advise and consent, be removed from his or her position.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Health
Date: 2009-10-01 00:00:00

Health Care Bill of Rights Act or 10 Prescriptions for a Healthy America Act - Prohibits Congress and the President from enacting health reform legislation that: (1) includes government-run health insurance; (2) reduces benefits for seniors under Medicare; (3) increases the federal deficit; (4) imposes new taxes; (5) allows the federal government to ration care: (6) imposes a mandate on individuals to purchase health care coverage or on employers to provide such coverage; or (7) provides taxpayer-funded health insurance to illegal immigrants. Requires Congress and the President to enact health reform legislation on or before December 31, 2009, that: (1) protects individuals with preexisting conditions; (2) reforms medical liability law and curbs abusive litigation; and (3) reduces the overall cost of health care for all.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2009-10-20 00:00:00

Disclosure of Presidential Declassification of Intelligence Information Act of 2009 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the President, no later than 15 days after the declassification of any intelligence by the President or Vice-President, to notify the congressional intelligence committees. Directs the President to: (1) submit to such committees a list of each official of the Executive Office of the President who is authorized to declassify information other than information originally classified by such official; and (2) update such list upon any addition or removal of such an official. Expresses the sense of Congress that any such notification should also be submitted to: (1) the Director of National Intelligence; (2) the Archivist of the United States; and (3) the heads of applicable elements of the intelligence community.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2009-10-27 00:00:00

Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA), at least every two years, to review and, as appropriate, prescribe per diem allowances and maximum reimbursement amounts for federal employees traveling on official business for a locality that includes, or is adjacent to one that includes, a military installation within the continental United States.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2009-10-29 00:00:00

Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to include in mandatory annual financial disclosure reports information on the balance of any mortgage secured by a personal residence.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2009-10-29 00:00:00

Congress 2014 Commission Act - Establishes the Congress 2014 Commission to make recommendations on the appropriate size of membership of the House of Representatives and the method by which Members are elected, including: (1) examining methods of providing greater representation in the House for the people of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S.Virgin Islands; and (2) reporting to the President and Congress on its work, together with a draft of legislation (including technical and conforming provisions) to implement its proposals.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Date: 2009-11-19 00:00:00

Taxpayer Investment Protection Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to divest, by December 31, 2010, the federal ownership interest in certain troubled assets purchased by the Secretary under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA). Requires all repayments of obligations arising under EESA, and all proceeds from the sale of assets acquired by the federal government under EESA, to be paid into the general fund of the Treasury for reduction of the public debt. Instructs the Secretary to report periodically to Congress on plans for compliance with this Act, providing detail on equity divestiture plans and return of capital for the following corporate investments: (1) Bank of America; (2) Chrysler; (3) General Motors; (4) Citigroup; (5) American International Group, Inc. (AIG); (6) Hartford Financial Services; (7) Lincoln National Corporation; and (8) GMAC (formerly General Motors Acceptance Corporation).
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2009-12-10 00:00:00

Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the President to provide to the congressional intelligence committees all information necessary to assess the lawfulness, effectiveness, cost, benefit, intelligence gain, budgetary authority, and risk of an intelligence activity. Requires information or material concerning covert actions and actions other than covert actions to be made available to each member of such committees, unless the President requests in writing that access be limited to meet extraordinary circumstances affecting vital U.S. interests. Allows the chair and ranking member of each committee to jointly determine whether and how to limit such access. Requires information or material so limited to be made fully available to each committee member at the earliest possible time, and to include the reasons for not providing prior access.
Topic: Government Operations — Branch Relations
Subject: Congress
Date: 2010-01-13 00:00:00

Suspending Travel After Years of Pleasure Trips on Unwitting Taxpayers Act of 2010 or the STAY PUT Act of 2010 - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds, including official funds of the House of Representatives or funds available under any federal law, rule, or regulation, to pay for official travel outside of the United States by any Member, officer, or employee of the House, until the Comptroller General studies and reports to the Speaker of the House and the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and of State on the use of certain appropriated funds for such travel and recommendations for appropriate restrictions on, and reporting requirements applicable to, such travel which will promote transparency and cost savings. Exempts from the prohibition and requirements of this Act any travel: (1) to a military installation or to a theater of operations of the Armed Forces; and (2) by Members and employees of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, if the travel is for official committee business.