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Korean War Veterans Recognition Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-292
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armistices
Flags
History
Korean War, 1950-1953
Military history
Special days

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Korean War Veterans Recognition Act of 2003 - Adds National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, July 27, to the list of days on which the flag of the United States should be displayed.
action_date: 2003-09-03
text: 

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

 
Korean War Veterans Recognition Act of 2003 - Adds National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, July 27, to the list of days on which the flag of the United States should be displayed. 

action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 

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

 
Korean War Veterans Recognition Act of 2003 - Adds National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, July 27, to the list of days on which the flag of the United States should be displayed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8292)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8292)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 292.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8292-8293)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2003-09-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 141.
action_date: 2003-09-03
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-250.
action_date: 2003-09-03
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-250.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Subcommittee on the Constitution Discharged.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
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 amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest.

Bill: 108-hr-293
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arrest
Assault
Capital punishment
Extortion
Families
Federal law enforcement officers
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Hostages
Kidnapping
Law
Life imprisonment
Mandatory sentences
Murder
Obstruction of justice
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties to be imposed against anyone who uses force or threatens to use force against any Federal officer or agency and who seizes or detains a child in order to: (1) evade arrest or obstruct justice; or (2) compel any Federal agency to take or abstain from any act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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 amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the automobile assistance program for disabled veterans.

Bill: 108-hr-294
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Automobiles
Commerce
Consumer credit
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-assisted loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation and the disabled
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in providing automobile purchase assistance to certain service-disabled veterans, to: (1) make a payment to the lender of the automobile loan, rather than to the seller of the car; and (2) provide such assistance directly to a veteran after such veteran purchases a car if the Secretary determines the veteran did not apply in a timely manner due to a lack of knowledge of such assistance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Conforming Amendments of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-295
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Mastectomy
Plastic surgery
Prosthesis
Standards
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Women's Health and Cancer Rights Conforming Amendments of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require group health plans to provide coverage for post-mastectomy reconstructive surgery.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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
Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-296
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Birth defects
Child health
Commerce
Consumer education
Employee health benefits
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Plastic surgery
Standards
Surgery

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to set standards requiring that group and individual health insurance and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To require any amounts remaining in a Member's Representational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.

Bill: 108-hr-297
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits
Congressional allowances
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Public debt

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Requires any amounts appropriated for a Representational Allowance for a Member of the House of Representatives which remain after all payments are made under such Allowance to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no Federal budget deficit, to reduce the Federal debt.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
True American Heroes Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-298
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Air piracy
Airline passenger traffic
Armed Forces and National Security
Bombings
Coins and coinage
Commerce
Commercial aircraft
Compensation for victims of crime
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Defense
EBB Terrorism
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal employees
Federal installations
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal office buildings
Federal officials
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Flight crews
Gold
Government Operations and Politics
Governors
Health
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Local employees
Local officials
Mayors
Medical personnel
Military personnel
Monuments and memorials
New York City
New York State
Office buildings
Paramedical personnel
Pennsylvania
Police
Port authorities
September 11, 2001
Silver
State employees
State officials
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Victims of terrorism
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: True American Heroes Act of 2003 - Authorizes the posthumous award of congressional gold medals to the government workers and others who responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Virginia and perished in the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and to the people aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers on board and caused the plane to crash.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $50 dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the tragic events that occurred at the Pentagon, in New York City, and in Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Killian Road in Massapequa, New York, as the "Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-299
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Names
New York State
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 80 Killian Road in Massapequa, New York, as the "Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building".

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-300
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congressional veto
Economics and Public Finance
English language
Executive orders
Federal aid programs
Government publicity
Language and languages
Public assistance programs
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Declares Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency," to be null and void.
Prohibits the use of funds for the promulgation or enforcement of an executive order that creates an entitlement to services provided in a language other than English.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Job Creation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-301
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Job Creation Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude net capital gain from the gross income of taxpayers other than corporations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E44)
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
NAFTA-Impacted Community Relief Act

Bill: 108-hr-302
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Canada
Commerce
Customs unions
Depreciation and amortization
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Free trade
Income tax
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Mexico
North America
Occupational retraining
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Trade adjustment assistance
Trade agreements
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: NAFTA-Impacted Community Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to, among other things: (1) provide for the designation of NAFTA-impacted communities; (2) establish an employment credit for such communities; and (3) provide for job training grants to such communities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-303
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2003 - Permits retired members of the armed forces with service-connected disabilities to be paid both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation.
Repeals provisions providing for special compensation for certain severely disabled military retirees and certain combat-related disabled uniformed services retirees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
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 Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2003-01-08
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 Henry Johnson for acts of valor during World War I.

Bill: 108-hr-304
Sponsor: Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
History
Military history
Officer personnel
World War I

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Henry Johnson of Albany, New York, for acts of valor as an army sergeant during World War I.

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
Kate Mullany National Historic Site Act

Bill: 108-hr-305
Sponsor: Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Europe
Historic sites
History
Immigrants
Immigration
Industrialization
Ireland
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
National parks
New York State
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Women
Women's employment
Women's organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Kate Mullany National Historic Site Act - Establishes the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in Troy, New York.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
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
Drinking Water Standards Preservation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-306
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2003-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Environmental Protection
Evidence (Law)
Law
Liability (Law)
Potable water
Pretrial procedure
Public utilities
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Drinking Water Standards Preservation Act of 2003 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish liability standards for a public water system for damages allegedly caused by delivery of contaminated water containing either regulated or unregulated contaminants.
Requires for both regulated and unregulated contaminants that there be substantial scientific evidence that the kind of injury alleged could be caused by such substance in the amounts present and that the substance did, in fact, cause the injury.
Requires proof, in the case of regulated contaminants, that the water system violated the regulation, was negligent and that the violation caused the injury.
Requires proof, in the case of unregulated contaminants, that the water system knew or should have known that the substance at that level was likely to cause such injury and that it was feasible to remove the contaminant to a safe level.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Introduced in House