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Enhanced Safety from Wildfire Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1315
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Forest fires
Forest health
Government liability
Law
Logging
Lumber trade
National forests
Negligence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Enhanced Safety from Wildfire Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 with respect to fires that spread from forested Federal lands onto nonfederal lands and cause injuries or property loss. Assumes Federal responsibility for injuries or property loss resulting from such fires under the Federal Tort Claims Act and other Federal law pertaining to the United States as a defendant in District Court. Provides for exceptions in certain cases, including if: (1) the nonfederal land exceeds 6,400 acres and is being used for commercial timber production (unless the nonfederal land was being managed to achieve or maintain condition class 1 health status immediately before the fire); (2) the Federal land is a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; or (3) the Federal land comprises less than 6,400 acres and is not contiguous to other Federal lands. States that Federal responsibility will apply in the case of injuries or property loss from a fire originating on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands administered under the authorities of the O&C Sustained Yield Act of 1937 and that comprise less than 6,400 acres. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8366)
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8365-8366)
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1316
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Earnings
Environmental Protection
Farm income
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rent
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Soil conservation
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat conservation reserve program payments as real estate rentals and thus excluded from consideration in self-employment net earnings.
Amends the Social Security Act to treat such payments similarly for purposes of old, age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) benefits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8441)
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the American Servicemember's Protection Act of 2002 to provide clarification with respect to the eligibility of certain countries for United States military assistance.

Bill: 108-s-1317
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
International courts
Law
Military assistance
NATO countries
Sanctions (International law)
War crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Amends the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 to exempt a country that has concluded a protocol for its accession to NATO from the prohibition against the provision of U.S. military assistance to a country that is a party to the International Criminal Court. 

action_date: 2003-11-07
text: 

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

 
Amends the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 to exempt a country that has concluded a protocol for its accession to NATO from the prohibition against the provision of U.S. military assistance to a country that is a party to the International Criminal Court. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 377.
action_date: 2003-11-07
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-11-07
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8441-8442)
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to deauthorize the project for navigation, Tenants Harbor, Maine.

Bill: 108-s-1318
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Harbors
Maine
Navigation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Terminates authorization for a specified project for navigation in Tenants Harbor, Maine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8442)
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to deauthorize the project for navigation, Northeast Harbor, Maine.

Bill: 108-s-1319
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Harbors
Maine
Navigation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Deauthorizes a specified project for navigation at Northeast Harbor, Maine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8442)
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the project for navigation, Union River, Maine.

Bill: 108-s-1320
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Maine
Navigation
Rivers
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Modifies the Union River, Maine, navigation project by redesignating a specified portion of the project as an anchorage area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8442)
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize resources to foster a safe learning environment that supports academic achievement for all students by improving the quality of interim alternative educational settings, providing more behavioral supports in schools, and supporting whole school interventions.

Bill: 108-s-1321
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Child health
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational counseling
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Internet
Mainstreaming in education
Mental health services
Problem children
School administration
School personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Teacher education
Teaching
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants for: (1) establishing or expanding behavioral supports and whole school behavioral interventions by providing for effective research-based practices; or (2) improving interim alternative educational settings.
 
Sets forth some authorized types of activities, including ones related to: (1) early screening for students at risk for emotional and behavioral difficulties; (2) staff training, recruitment, and retention; (3) curricula, interventions, programs, and practices; (4) on-site counseling; (5) instructional technology for individualized instruction; (6) ensuring services consistent with the individualized education plan; (7) case management and collaboration among school staff, parents, physicians, and related services personnel; (8) links between school- and community-based services; and (9) interagency coordination.
 
Makes eligible for such grants a local educational agency (LEA), or a consortium consisting of an LEA and one or more of the following entities: (1) another LEA; (2) a community-based organization with a demonstrated record of effectiveness in helping special needs students with behavioral challenges succeed; (3) an institution of higher education; (4) a mental health provider; or (5) an educational service agency.
 
Directs the Secretary to make available on the Department of Education's web site information for parents, teachers, and school administrators on best practices for interim alternative educational settings, behavior supports, and whole school intervention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Sexual Offender Parental Notification Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1322
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety
Child sexual abuse
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Federal aid to law enforcement
Identification of criminals
Internet
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex offenders
Violence
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Sexual Offender Parental Notification Act of 2003 - Amends the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act to direct the State or any agency authorized by the State to: (1) notify members or organizations of the community vulnerable to persons required to register of relevant information concerning such persons that is necessary to protect the public, provided that the State or any such agency retain discretion to determine the community members or organizations to be notified and the manner of notification; (2) make relevant information that is necessary to protect the public (including the offender's name, address, photograph, and crime of conviction, the sentence imposed, the age and gender of the victim, a description of the offense and modus operandi, and any special conditions imposed on the offender) accessible on an Internet registry website that is free of charge and designed to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity of users, as long as such accessibility is consistent with State law; and (3) not release the identity of a victim of an offense that requires registration (or the victim's age if the age would identify that victim).
 
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit intentionally accessing a sex offender Internet registry to obtain information to facilitate, commit, or aid in the commission of an act of violence or other crime against a listed offender.
 
Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to award a grant to each State to offset costs directly associated with complying with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1323
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agriculture and Food
Bankruptcy
Debtor and creditor
Families
Family farms
Farm income
Farmers
Law
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, as amended, to extend until January 1, 2004, the reenactment of chapter 12 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income) (thereby extending family farmer bankruptcy relief).
Makes this Act effective as of July 1, 2003 (the previous expiration date).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 169.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8442)
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8442)
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Agricultural Products Market Access Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1324
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
International law
Nontariff trade barriers
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Recruiting of employees
Standards
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
United States Agricultural Products Market Access Act of 2003 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify those foreign countries that: (1) deny fair and equitable market access to U.S. agricultural products or apply standards for the importation of U.S. agricultural products that are not related to public health concerns or cannot be substantiated by reliable analytical methods; and (2) are determined by the USTR to be priority foreign countries. Limits the identification of priority foreign countries to those that engage in the most onerous or egregious acts which have the greatest adverse impact on the relevant U.S. products. 
Provides that if available information indicates that such action is appropriate, the USTR may at any time: (1) revoke the identification of any foreign country as a priority foreign country; or (2) identify any foreign country as a priority foreign country. 
Provides funding for additional staff for the Office of the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs and Office of the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Monitoring and Enforcement. 
 
Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to initiate an investigation (without waiting for a petition by an interested person) regarding any act, policy, or practice of a priority foreign country identified under this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8443-8444)
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8442-8443)
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to modify the applicability of requirements concerning hours of service to operators of commercial motor vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies.

Bill: 108-s-1325
Sponsor: Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Department of Transportation
Equipment and supplies
Farm produce
Government Operations and Politics
Hours of labor
Labor and Employment
Law
Standards
Traffic accidents and safety
Truck drivers
Trucking

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Amends the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to retain the exemption from certain maximum hours of service requirements granted to operators of commercial vehicles that transport certain agricultural commodities and farm supplies. Exempts such operators, specifically, from the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether granting such an exemption is not in the public interest and would have a significant adverse impact on the safety of commercial motor vehicles.
 
Redefines agricultural commodity to reflect the definition in the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8444)
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing in the Department of Commerce.

Bill: 108-s-1326
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2003-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Commerce
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Manufacturing industries
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: 
Establishes a position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing in the Department of Commerce (to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) who shall: (1) represent the interests of the manufacturing sector; (2) aid in the development of policies that promote the expansion of that sector; (3) review policies that may adversely impact that sector; and (4) submit annual reports that contain an overview of the state of the U.S. manufacturing sector, a forecast of its future, and an analysis of significant laws, regulations, and policies that adversely impact it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8562)
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
REDUCE Spam Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1327
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advertising
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Deceptive advertising
Direct mail advertising
Electronic commerce
Electronic government information
Electronic mail systems
Evidence (Law)
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Independent regulatory commissions
Informers
Injunctions
Internet
Law
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Pornography
Restrictive trade practices
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Restrict and Eliminate the Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail or Spam Act of 2003 or REDUCE Spam Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the initiation of a transmission of any unsolicited commercial electronic mail (spam) message with the knowledge that such message contains or is accompanied by false or misleading header (identifying) information.
Prohibits any person from initiating the transmission of a spam message to an electronic mail (e-mail) address within the United States unless the subject line includes legally compliant identifying information or "ADV" as its first characters for commercial advertisements or "ADV: ADLT" for adult advertisements. Requires a sender to establish a valid sender operated return e-mail address where the recipient may notify the sender not to send further spam. Prohibits: (1) sending spam after notification of the recipient's objection; or (2) including false or misleading header information or deceptive subject headings as part of spam transmissions. Provides: (1) affirmative defenses; and (2) enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Permits a spam recipient or a provider of Internet access service adversely affected by a violation of this Act to bring a civil action. 
Requires the FTC to submit to Congress a detailed analysis of the effectiveness and enforcement of provisions of this Act and the need, if any, for modifications. 
Directs the President to study and report to Congress on the possibility of an international agreement to reduce spam.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8563-8564)
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8562-8563)
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for an evaluation by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences of leading health care performance measures and options to implement policies that align performance with payment under the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

Bill: 108-s-1328
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Hospital care
Medical fees
Medicare
Performance measurement
Physicians
Quality of care
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement under which the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences shall evaluate leading health care performance measures and options to implement policies that align performance with payment under the Medicare program under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8564-8565)
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a grant program to provide financial assistance for local rail line relocations projects.

Bill: 108-s-1329
Sponsor: Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]
Introduced: 2003-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bridges
Cost effectiveness
Department of Transportation
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Pedestrians
Railroad engineering
Railroad freight operations
Railroad passenger traffic
Railroad safety
Railroads
Relocation
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic congestion
Traffic engineering

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a grant program to provide financial assistance to States for 90 percent of the cost of local rail line relocation projects.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate