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Fairness for American Investors Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-326
Sponsor: Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Stockholders
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Fairness for American Investors Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for a taxpayer other than a corporation in an amount equal to the shareholder credits determined with respect to dividends received from domestic corporations. Sets a maximum amount for the credit. Prohibits the allotting of credit in certain instances to nonresident aliens.
Provides criteria for calculating a shareholder credit for a dividend. Classifies any shareholder credit determined under this Act as a tax paid by the relevant corporation.
Includes a taxpayer's shareholder credits in gross income.
Permits a corporation to deduct 100 percent of the amount received as dividends from a domestic corporation (presently the Code allows a deduction of 70 percent or 100 percent, depending on the type of dividend). Increases, from 70 to 100 percent, the amount a corporation is allowed to deduct with respect to dividends on certain preferred stock.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Garlin Murl Conner for acts of valor during World War II.

Bill: 108-hr-327
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
History
Kentucky
Military history
Military personnel
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Garlin Murl Conner of Clinton County, Kentucky, for acts of valor while serving in the army during World War II.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Access to Hospitals Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-328
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Access to Hospitals Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal specified reductions after FY 2000 and thereby extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments provided under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000.
Increases the Medicaid DSH allotment for the District of Columbia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To improve mathematics and science instruction in elementary and secondary schools by authorizing the Secretary of Education to make grants for regional workshops designed to permit educators to share successful strategies for such instruction.

Bill: 108-hr-329
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Conferences
Continuing education
Curricula
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational research
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teaching

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make one-year grants for regional workshops and follow-up training designed to permit sharing of successful strategies for improving mathematics and science instruction in elementary and secondary schools.
Makes eligible for such grants partnerships described under the Mathematics and Science Partnerships program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Includes strategies for carrying out activities under such program among those to be shared under this Act. Provides for such sharing by educators, administrators responsible for professional or curriculum development, and faculty of teacher training departments of institutions of higher education.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-330
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Colleges
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government liability
Higher education
Indemnity
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
International Affairs
Law
Liability for nuclear damages
Liability insurance
Nonprofit organizations
Nuclear energy research
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear reactors
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend from August 1, 2002 to August 1, 2017 the indemnification authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) with respect to certain licensees, Department of Energy (DOE) contractors, and nonprofit educational institutions, respectively.
Increases the maximum amount of standard deferred premium that may be assessed a licensee following a nuclear incident.
Specifies $10 billion as the aggregate amount by which the Secretary must indemnify DOE contractors above the amount of the financial protection required for each nuclear incident.
Increases from $100 million to $500 million the indemnification limits for incidents outside the United States.
Mandates an indemnification inflation adjustment at least once every five years.
Instructs the NRC to consider a combination of modular reactors at a single site.
Repeals the requirement that the Secretary determine by rule whether nonprofit educational institutions should receive automatic remissions of civil monetary penalties for violations of DOE regulations.
Limits the civil liability incurred by not-for-profit contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers to the total amount of fees paid within any one-year period under the contract to which the violation occurs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Retirement Equity Act

Bill: 108-hr-331
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Retirement age
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Armed Forces Retirement Equity Act - Removes the requirement that a person attain 60 years of age before being entitled to military retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
National Reconstruction Study Area Act

Bill: 108-hr-332
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil War
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Historic sites
History
National parks
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: National Reconstruction Study Area Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report on the suitability and feasibility of designating an area comprised of historical sites in the historic district of Beaufort, South Carolina, relating to the Reconstruction Era as a unit of the National Park System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Bill: 108-hr-333
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Asian American ethnic groups
Building construction
Community and school
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational counseling
Educational facilities
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Minorities
Minority education
Pacific Islanders
School buildings
School libraries
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 title III part A (Strengthening Institutions) to direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants and related assistance to certain institutions of higher education for activities to improve their capacity to serve students who are Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Gives priority to eligible institutions with a significant percentage of enrollment made up of such students who are low-income individuals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E52)
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Nancy B. Wilson.

Bill: 108-hr-334
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Entitles Nancy B. Wilson to widow's insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Jaya Gulab Tolani and Hitesh Gulab Tolani.

Bill: 108-hr-335
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Declares Jaya Gulab Tolani and Hitesh Gulab Tolani each to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.

Bill: 108-hr-336
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Congress
Families
Income tax
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-16) to make the sunset provisions inapplicable to section 202, which expanded and increased the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs under the Internal Revenue Code.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Jumpstart Broadband Act

Bill: 108-hr-340
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Broadband
Cable television
Communication satellites
Computers
Department of Commerce
Electronic data interchange
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Military communications
Radio spectrum allocation
Telecommunication systems
Television frequency allocation
Television relay systems
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Jumpstart Broadband Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allocate no less than an additional 255 megahertz of contiguous spectrum in the 5 gigahertz band for unlicensed use by wireless broadband devices while ensuring that Department of Defense devices and systems are not compromised.
Directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to establish standards for interference protection which enable incumbent Federal government agency users of such allocated spectrum to continue such use.
Directs the FCC to: (1) adopt minimal technical and device rules for efficient use of such allocated spectrum by wireless broadband devices; and (2) amend its rules to require that all wireless broadband devices manufactured after such rules amendment that operate in such allocated spectrum be capable of two-way digital communications and meet the interference protection standards.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Louisiana Rice Economic Relief Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-341
Sponsor: Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural subsidies
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Louisiana
Rice

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Louisiana Rice Economic Relief Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide economic disaster assistance ($40,000 maximum per person) to producers of the 2002 rice crop in Louisiana.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Family Farmers and Family Fishermen Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-343
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agriculture and Food
Aquaculture
Bankruptcy
Commerce
Debt
Debtor and creditor
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family enterprises
Family farms
Farm income
Farmers
Fisheries
Fishing boats
Government lending
Indexing (Economic policy)
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Family Farmers and Family Fishermen Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Bankruptcy Code to reenact Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income (thus reinstating permanently family farmer bankruptcy relief).
Provides periodic adjustments for inflation of the debt limit for family farmers.
Cites circumstances under which the claim of a governmental unit that arises from the disposition of a farm asset used in the debtor's farming operation shall be treated as an unsecured claim not entitled to priority.
Increases from $1.5 million to $3.237 million the maximum aggregate debt that permits a farming operation to qualify as a family farming operation for debt adjustment purposes. Decreases from 80 percent to 50 percent the minimum percentage of aggregate, noncontingent liquidated debts arising out of such farming operation.
Repeals the requirement that a family farmer and spouse receive over 50 percent of income from farming operations in the year before a bankruptcy petition is filed.
Prohibits: (1) retroactive assessment of disposable income; and (2) post-confirmation modification of a bankruptcy plan that would increase the amount of payments that were due before such modification. Requires debtor's consent for post-confirmation increase in payments.
Extends Chapter 12 coverage to family fishermen whose aggregate debts do not exceed $1.5 million, of which at least 80 percent of aggregate noncontingent, liquidated debts arise out of a commercial fishing operation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Political Convention Reform Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-344
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Political conventions
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Political Convention Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions providing for the use of funds from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund for presidential nominating conventions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-345
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cocaine
Crack (Drug)
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Smuggling

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2003 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate the disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine, with regard to trafficking, possession, importation, and exportation of such substances, by changing the applicable amounts for powder cocaine to those currently applicable to crack cocaine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-347
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advice and consent of the Senate
Alternative dispute resolution
Authorization
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Hazardous wastes
Health
Inspectors general
Labor and Employment
Law
Mediation
Obstruction of justice
Ombudsman
Presidential appointments
Refuse and refuse disposal
Subpoena
Whistle blowing
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to revise provisions regarding the Ombudsman.
Expands the duties of the Ombudsman to include assisting citizens in resolving problems relating to any program or requirement under this Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as well as any other program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Requires the Ombudsman to conduct investigations, make findings of fact, and make nonbinding recommendations concerning such problems.
Describes additional administrative and investigative powers of the Ombudsman. Requires the Ombudsman to appoint a Deputy for and maintain contact information in each region of the Agency. Requires annual reports on the status of health and environmental concerns addressed in complaints and cases brought before the Ombudsman.
Provides criminal penalties for obstructing the proceedings of or making false or fraudulent statements to the Ombudsman. Protects employees who comply with this Act.
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House