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Reservist Health Care Continuity Act

Bill: 108-hr-3202
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Employee health benefits
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance continuation
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Military dependents
Military personnel
National Guard
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: 
Reservist Health Care Continuity Act - Requires employers to continue health care coverage for National Guard and reserve personnel called to active duty (and their dependents) for the lesser of: (1) an 18-month period or the day after the person fails to return to such employment, in the case of an employer with 20 or fewer employees; or (2) the period of such absence or the day after the person fails to return to such employment, in the case of an employer with more than 20 employees. Requires the Secretary of Defense to reimburse employers for the employer share of any premiums for such health care coverage for each month during such military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-10-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Diabetic Foot Complication and Lower Extremity Amputation Reduction Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3203
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2003-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Ambulatory care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health education
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Patient satisfaction
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Surgery

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: 
Diabetic Foot Complication and Lower Extremity Amputation Reduction Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible multidisciplinary health care programs for education, screening, and treatment respecting diabetic foot complications and lower extremity amputations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1932)
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 108-hr-3204
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: American Revolution
Anniversaries
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
History
Intellectual property
Inventors
Leadership
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Silver

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: 
Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue one dollar coins emblematic of the life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin (not more than 250,000 bearing his image as a young statesman and not more than 250,000 with his image as an older numismatist).
 
Directs that all sales include a $10 per coin surcharge, which shall be paid by the Secretary to the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission, to be used to educate people about Franklin's legacy.

action_date: 2004-12-21
text: 
Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue one dollar coins emblematic of the life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-464.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-464.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11863)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11863)
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2004-11-18
text: CORRECTING ENROLLMENT - Mr. Castle asked unanimous consent that the Clerk be authorized to correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3204. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9865-9867; text of measure as introduced: CR H9866)
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Mr. Castle asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Committee on Financial Services discharged.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Committee on Financial Services discharged.
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1919)
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-464
Federal Law Enforcement Pay and Benefits Parity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3205
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2003-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law enforcement officers
Pay equity
Police
Position classification
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: 
Federal Law Enforcement Pay and Benefits Parity Act of 2003 - Requires the Office of Personnel Management to report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and appropriate congressional committees and subcommittees on: (1) a comparison of classifications, pay, and benefits among Federal law enforcement officers; and (2) recommendations for ensuring the elimination of disparities in such classifications, pay, and benefits.
 
Directs the President to establish an employee exchange program between Federal agencies that perform law enforcement functions and State and local agencies that perform such functions.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of Land Management land in Coos County, Oregon, to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3206
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2003-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Harbors
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Marine terminals
Oregon
Port authorities
Real estate development
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey a specified parcel of real property under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Coos County, Oregon, to the International Port of Coos Bay for economic development or other public purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Manhattan Project Sites Study Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3207
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2003-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Laboratories
Military history
Military research
National parks
New Mexico
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear reactors
Nuclear weapons
Research and development facilities
Science, Technology, Communications
Tennessee
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: 
Manhattan Project National Historical Park Study Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Manhattan Project sites at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the Hanford Site in the State of Washington, the Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee, and other significant sites relating to the Manhattan Project, to assess the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of designating such sites as a unit of the National Park System. 

action_date: 2004-10-06
text: 
Manhattan Project Sites Study Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Manhattan Project sites at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the Hanford Site in the State of Washington, and the Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee (Project sites), to assess the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of designating such sites as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Requires the Secretary, in conducting the study, to: (1) consult with interested government officials, representatives of organizations, and members of the public; (2) evaluate, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, the compatibility of designating a Project site with maintaining the specified goals of the Department of Energy (DOE) and public health and safety; and (3) consider existing DOE research on the Project sites.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such study. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 462.
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-744.
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-744.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that the travel and transportation allowances provided in connection with rest and recuperative leave granted to a member of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq or Afghanistan cover travel to and from the permanent duty station or home of record of the member, not simply to and from a port of entry in the United States.

Bill: 108-hr-3208
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2003-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military leave
Military operations
Military pay
Military personnel
National Guard
South Asia
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense, in the case of a member of the armed forces serving outside the United States in Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom who is granted rest and recuperative leave and provided authorized travel and transportation allowances, to pay the member for transportation, or provide transportation for the member, not only between the overseas duty location and the currently authorized locations (a vacation site or a location in the United States), but, at the request of the member, between the currently authorized locations and the member's permanent duty station or home. Makes such allowance retroactive from September 20, 2003.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-10-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins Water Feasibility Act

Bill: 108-hr-3210
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2003-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Oregon
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Water conservation
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water storage
Water supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: 
Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins Water Feasibility Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a water management feasibility study and environmental impact statement for the Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins in Oregon to: (1) identify ways to meet future water supply needs for agriculture; (2) identify water conservation and storage measures; (3) identify measures likely to improve water quality and enable environmental and species protection; (4) evaluate integrated water resource management and supply needs; and (5) address the possible reduction or elimination of transbasin diversions.

action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins Water Feasibility Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct the Water for Irrigation, Streams and the Economy Project water management feasibility study and environmental impact statement in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement Between City of Medford and Bureau of Reclamation for the Water for Irrigation, Streams, and the Economy Project, dated July 2, 2004. Authorizes appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7679)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7679)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3210.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7679)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Mr. Radanovich moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To provide additional funds for deployment rotation and other relief for United States troops serving in Iraq.

Bill: 108-hr-3212
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2003-09-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Defense budgets
Defense burdensharing
Economics and Public Finance
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military leave
Military operations
United Nations
United Nations economic assistance
United Nations finances
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: 
 Permits $200 million of the funds made available for U.S. contributions to the United Nations (UN) under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 to be made available to provide adequate deployment rotation and other relief for U.S. troops serving in Iraq, unless the UN adopts a resolution that provides: (1) support for U.S. security, rehabilitation, and reconstruction activities in Iraq; and (2) appropriate contributions from other UN-member nations in support of such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act

Bill: 108-hr-3213
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal employees
Government downsizing
Government spending reductions
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Performance measurement
Presidential appointments
Presidential commissions
Public debt
Relocation
Senate rules and procedure
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act - Establishes the Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies to: (1) evaluate executive agencies and their programs; and (2) submit to Congress a plan recommending agencies and programs that should be realigned or eliminated and proposing implementing legislation. 
Directs the President to: (1) establish a systematic method for assessing the effectiveness and accountability of agency programs; and (2) submit to the Commission assessments of not less than half of the programs that use such method. Prohibits the implementation of such method until it has been reviewed and accepted by the Commission. Requires the Commission to consider submitted assessments in evaluating programs. 
Requires the President to identify common performance measures for programs having similar functions and provide the Commission with data on such measures.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 5/21/2004 H3531, H3533-3534)
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Tax Reform Action Commission Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3215
Sponsor: Rep. DeMint, Jim [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal advisory bodies
House rules and procedure
Income tax
Legislation
Senate rules and procedure
Tax simplification

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Tax Reform Action Commission Act of 2003 - Establishes in the legislative branch a Tax Reform Action Commission to make specific recommendations to Congress for the reform of the internal revenue laws in a manner that produces a system that is: (1) simple, transparent, and efficient; (2) fair and equitable to all Americans; and (3) neutral between different activities and between current consumption and future consumption. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House