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Identity Theft Prevention Act

Bill: 108-s-223
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer complaints
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Credit cards
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Driver licenses
Federal Trade Commission
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Independent regulatory commissions
Larceny
Law
Printing
Right of privacy
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Identity Theft Prevention Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prescribe procedural guidelines under which a credit card issuer must confirm changes of address.
Confers enforcement jurisdiction upon: (1) the Federal Trade Commission; and (2) designated Federal agencies in specified circumstances.
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prescribe procedural guidelines under which a consumer reporting agency shall: (1) notify the requester of a discrepancy in the address in the consumer file; and (2) include a fraud alert in the file of a requesting consumer.
Mandates truncation of credit card account numbers, so that an entity that accepts credit cards for the transaction of business is prohibited from printing more than the last five digits of the credit card account number or the expiration date upon any receipt provided to the cardholder.
Mandates that one annual credit report be furnished free by a consumer reporting agency upon consumer request.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1676-1677)
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1675-1676)
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-224
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Minimum wages
Northern Mariana Islands
Territories (U.S.)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2003 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.90 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; and (2) $6.65 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day.
Makes Federal minimum wage requirements applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets forth a transition period during which a specified minimum wage there shall be gradually increased to equal the Federal minimum wage.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-225
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003 - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to entitle eligible individuals in all States to a total of 26 weeks of TEUC compensation (13 weeks beyond the current 13 weeks). Makes such additional benefits also available to individuals who exhausted their TEUC benefits before January 1, 2003.
Provides for a transition period of continuing payments to individuals with amounts remaining in their TEUC account, for weeks beginning before December 31, 2003.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to deem second tier benefit amounts deposited in an individual's account (TEUC-X amounts, which currently provide an extra 13 weeks of benefits in high-unemployment States) as deposited in such account, by reason of the amendments made by this Act, as single tier benefit amounts (TEUC amounts, the basic benefits in all States).
Sets forth requirements relating to applicability of this Act to those who have exhausted their benefits under TEUCA, as well as to current beneficiaries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-226
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of Justice
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health education
Injunctions
Law
Leases
Liability (Law)
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2003 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit knowingly leasing, renting, or using, or intentionally profiting from, any place (as well as opening, maintaining, leasing, or renting any place, as provided under current law), whether permanently or temporarily, for the purpose of manufacturing, storing, distributing, or using a controlled substance. Subjects violators to: (1) a civil penalty of the greater of $250,000 or twice the gross receipts derived from each violation; and (2) declaratory and injunctive remedies.
Authorizes the court to apportion the penalty between multiple violators, but makes each violator jointly and severally liable.
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and consider amending the Federal sentencing guidelines for offenses involving gamma hydroxybutyric acid to provide for increased penalties.
Authorizes appropriations to the Drug Enforcement Administration for: (1) a Demand Reduction Coordinator in each State; and (2) educating youth, parents, and other interested adults regarding club drugs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5153-5154)
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1677-1679)
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Loan Forgiveness for Certified Teachers Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-227
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Law
Licenses
Rating of teachers
Scholarships
School districts
Secondary education
Standards
Student loan funds
Students
Teacher education
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Loan Forgiveness for Certified Teachers Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to increase from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount of student loan cancellation for certified or licensed teachers who teach for five years at low-income elementary or secondary schools.
Establishes a HEA grants program for promoting teacher certification and licensing. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such grants to institutions of higher education for programs, projects, and activities to encourage professionals and other interested persons to become certified or licensed teachers. Includes among authorized activities developing curricula and support programs and recruitment strategies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1679-1680)
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe and Fair Deposit Insurance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-229
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank capital
Bank deposits
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Credit unions
Deposit insurance
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
National Credit Union Administration
Pension funds
Savings and loan associations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Safe and Fair Deposit Insurance Act of 2003 - Insurance Funds Merger Act of 2003 - Mandates that the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund be merged into the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) established by this Act.
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to establish the DIF. Mandates that all assessments against insured depository institutions by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) be deposited into the DIF.
Authorizes the FDIC to borrow from the Federal home loan banks funds necessary for DIF use.
Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the FDIA to: (1) prohibit an undercapitalized insured depository institution from accepting employee benefit plan deposits; (2) increase Federal insurance coverage (including an inflation adjustment); and (3) include retirement accounts and municipal deposits within such coverage.
Requires the FDIC Board of Directors to designate the reserve ratio applicable to the DIF.
Prohibits the Board from modifying its information collection requirements if such modification is done solely to change assessment risk classifications and results in placing greater regulatory or reporting burdens upon an insured depository institution.
Allows credits based upon past contributions to the DIF.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-230
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: American Revolution
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Exhibitions
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Land use
National parks
Nature conservation
New Jersey
Nonprofit organizations
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public-private partnerships
Signs and signboards
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area Act of 2003 - Establishes the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area in New Jersey.
Designates the Crossroads of the American Revolution Association, Inc. as the Area's management entity. Directs the Association to submit, and to assist local governments, regional planing organizations, and nonprofit entities in implementing, an area management plan which includes strategies for conservation, funding, management, and development of the Area.
Bars the Association from using Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property, but allows it to use any other source of funding, including other Federal funding, intended for the acquisition of real property.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to: (1) the Area to develop and implement the management plan; and (2) State or local government or nonprofit organizations for treatment of historical objects or structures eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Authorizes the Superintendent of Morristown National Historical Park to provide operational assistance supporting implementation of the management plan to public and private organizations within the Area, including the Association.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1737-1739)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1737)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act

Bill: 108-s-231
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Cardiovascular diseases
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Medical supplies
School health programs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the use of certain grant funds to establish a national information clearinghouse that provides information to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the Senate on January 29, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the use of certain grant funds to establish a national information clearinghouse that provides information to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Gregg without amendment. With written report No. 108-70.
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Gregg without amendment. With written report No. 108-70.
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.

Bill: 108-s-232
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency medicine
Health
New Jersey
Rescue work
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services on the Island of Diego Garcia shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-234
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Diego Garcia
Estate tax
Excise tax
Families
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Married people
Military operations
Military pay
Military personnel
Missing in action
Science, Technology, Communications
South Asia
Tax administration
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax rates
Tax returns
Telephone
War casualties
Widowers
Widows
Withholding tax
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Extends the tax benefits available under the Internal Revenue Code for services performed in a combat zone to active duty performed by a member of the U.S. armed forces on the Island of Diego Garcia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1739-1740)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of dependent care assistance programs sponsored by the Department of Defense for members of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Bill: 108-s-235
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Day care
Families
Fringe benefits
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Military personnel
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Includes dependent care assistance within the definition of a qualified military benefit which shall be excluded from gross income, thus excluding such assistance from gross income for uniformed service members and former members.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1739-1740)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require background checks of alien flight school applicants without regard to the maximum certificated weight of the aircraft for which they seek training, and to require a report on the effectiveness of the requirement.

Bill: 108-s-236
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aircraft
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Department of Justice
Espionage
Fingerprints
Flight training
Foreign students
Identification of criminals
Immigration
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Amends Federal aviation law to require a background check of alien flight school applicants without regard to the maximum certificated weight of the aircraft for which they seek training. (Currently, a background check is required for aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds or more.) Exempts from such requirement any alien who: (1) has earned a Federal Aviation Administration type rating in an aircraft; or (2) holds a current pilot's license that allows the person to fly an aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of more than 12,500 pounds.
Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General to report jointly to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness of the background check requirement.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5934-5935)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1740)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1740)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain construction engineering and design professionals.

Bill: 108-s-237
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Consultants
Engineering
Engineers
Hours of labor
Infrastructure
Land use
Landscape architecture
Minimum wages
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Surveying

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to set forth conditions for exemption of employees who are construction engineering and design professionals from minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements. Includes among such conditions specified types of: (1) professional education, licensing, certification, or work experience; (2) duties; and (3) services provided.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow allocation of small ethanol producer credit to patrons of cooperative, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-240
Sponsor: Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural cooperatives
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Commerce
Cooperative societies
Energy
Income tax
Minimum tax
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code respecting the small ethanol producer credit to: (1) authorize credit allocation among a cooperative's patrons; (2) increase the gallon capacity for eligible producers; (3) make the credit a non-passive income credit; and (4) remove the credit from the alcohol fuel credit gross income inclusion.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1746)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1745-1746)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Art and Collectibles Capital Gains Tax Treatment Parity Act

Bill: 108-s-242
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcoholic beverages
Art
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Books
Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
Coins and coinage
Commerce
Copyright
Finance and Financial Sector
Gold
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Intellectual property
Jewelry trade
Metals
Music
Platinum
Postage stamps
Precious metals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Silver
Tax deductions
Tax rates
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Art and Collectibles Capital Gains Tax Treatment Parity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide art and collectibles with the same capital gain rates as other assets held long-term.
Establishes a (limited) fair market value deduction for qualifying literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly charitable contributions created and donated by the taxpayer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1748-1849)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1747-1748)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Liberty Bill Act

Bill: 108-s-244
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Law
Money

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Liberty Bill Act - Amends Federal law to mandate that (1) the design of the reverse side of the lowest denomination of Federal reserve notes ($1) shall incorporate the preamble to the Constitution of the United States, a list describing the Articles of the Constitution, and a list describing the Amendments to the Constitution. and (2) the reverse side of $1 Federal reserve notes shall feature, in specified format, the preamble to the Constitution, and lists describing the Articles and Amendments of the Constitution.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate