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Affordable Medicine Safety and Access Act

Bill: 108-hr-2717
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2003-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Canada
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug interactions
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic commerce
Electronic data interchange
Federal advisory bodies
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Imports
Law
Legislation
Licenses
Mail-order business
Medical records
Patient satisfaction
Patients' rights
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Prescription pricing
Product safety
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Signs and symbols
Telephone
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: 
Affordable Medicine Safety and Access Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through contract with one or more public or nonprofit private entities, to establish a voluntary program to certify Internet and mail-order pharmacies. Sets conditions for certification which shall protect consumers, including controls to protect patient privacy and confidentiality. States that certification shall be effective for one year but may be renewed. Allows the Secretary to terminate a certification. Prohibits an Internet or mail-order pharmacy: (1) displaying a seal of certification without in fact being certified; or (2) making a false claim of certification.
 
Adds provisions concerning the importation by individuals of prescription drugs from Canada under specified circumstances. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulation, for such circumstances, a waiver of prohibitions under the Act that apply to such drugs.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct studies regarding: (1) Internet and mail-order pharmacies claiming Canadian sources for prescription drugs; and (2) in-person personal importation from Canada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2718
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2003-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child support
Cost of living adjustments
Custody of children
Disabled
Divorce
Earned income tax credit
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Heads of households
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Local laws
Married people
Missing children
Parents
Public assistance programs
Siblings
Single-parent families
Social Welfare
Stepfamilies
Students
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: 
Child Tax Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide a uniform definition of the term &quot;child&quot;; (2) repeal the head of household filing status and establish an exemption of $3,700 for single taxpayers with either a qualifying child, relative, or parent in the household; and (3) exempt means-tested government benefits when determining whether or not over half the cost of a dependent's care is provided by a taxpayer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide certain relief under that Act for members of the reserve components who are attending postsecondary educational institutions when called or ordered to active duty.

Bill: 108-hr-2721
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Higher education
Interest rates
Student loan funds
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: 
Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to apply a provision limiting the rate of interest on student loans during a period of military service to all student loans, including loans under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2722
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2003-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Mass rapid transit
Motor buses
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Urban transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: 
Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2003 - Permits the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) make mass transportation formula grants for an urbanized area with a population of less than 360,000 (under current law, the population limit is 200,00); and (2) make such grants to a transit system with a population greater than 360,000 if the system operates fewer than 100 buses on fixed route service during peak hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2723
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administration of justice
Advice and consent of the Senate
Alaska
Appellate courts
Arizona
California
Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Judges
Judicial districts
Judicial reform
Montana
Nevada
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Presidential appointments
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: 
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2003 - Divides the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the ninth circuit into: (1) the ninth circuit, composed of Arizona, California, and Nevada, consisting of 24 judges, and holding regular sessions in San Francisco, Pasadena, and Phoenix ; and (2) the twelfth circuit, composed of Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington, consisting of nine judges, and holding regular sessions in Portland and Seattle.
 
Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: (1) two additional circuit judges for the former ninth circuit court of appeals, whose official duty stations shall be in Arizona, California, or Nevada, and three additional circuit judges for the new ninth circuit court of appeals (who shall not be appointed before January 21, 2005); and (2) two temporary additional circuit judges for the former ninth circuit court of appeals). 
Directs that each circuit judge of the former ninth circuit who is in regular active service and whose official duty station on the day before this Act's effective date is in Arizona, California, or Nevada be a circuit judge of the new ninth circuit as of such effective date. Requires that each such judge whose duty station on such date is in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, or Washington be a circuit judge of the twelfth circuit. Allows each judge who is a senior circuit judge of the former ninth circuit on the day before this Act's effective date to elect to be assigned to the new ninth or twelfth circuit. (Requires each such judge to notify the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts of such election.) Provides that the seniority of each judge assigned, or elected to be assigned, shall run from the date of commission as a judge of the former ninth circuit. 
Authorizes certain temporary assignment in the public interest of circuit judges and district judges between circuits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Credit Bait and Switch Prevention Act

Bill: 108-hr-2724
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Credit cards
Interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: 
Credit Bait and Switch Prevention Act - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a credit card issuer from using any negative information contained in a consumer report to increase the annual percentage rate applicable to a credit card account, or to remove or increase any introductory annual percentage rate of interest applicable to such account, for reasons other than actions or omissions of the card holder that are directly related to such account. 
 
Requires such prohibition to be clearly and conspicuously described to the consumer by the credit card issuer in any mandatory disclosure or statement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2725
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bridges
Capital investments
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Construction workers
Contractors
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Federal aid to transportation
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Intermodal transportation
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Maintenance and repair
Minimum wages
Railroad employees
Railroad engineering
Railroad finance
Railroad freight operations
Railroads
Subcontractors
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2003 - Amends federal rail transportation law to replace the Secretary of Transportation's discretionary program of grants to states for light density rail line pilot projects with a mandatory program of capital grants for railroad track. 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program of capital grants to class II and class III railroads (or, with the concurrence of such a railroad, to a state or local government) to rehabilitate, preserve, or improve railroad track (including roadbed, bridges, and related track structures) used primarily for freight transportation. Requires rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement to a standard ensuring that the track can be operated safely and efficiently and accommodate 286,000 pound rail cars. 
 
 
Sets forth certain employee protection and prevailing wage requirements with respect to grant projects. 
Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on such projects to determine the public interest benefits associated with the light density railroad networks in the states and their contribution to a multimodal transportation system.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2727
Sponsor: Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coinsurance
Commerce
Consumer education
Contraceptives
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Drugs
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Physical examinations
Rebates
Standards
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2003 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage, from: (1) excluding or restricting benefits for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services; (2) denying eligibility based on use or potential use of such items or services; (3) providing monetary payments or rebates to a covered individual to encourage acceptance of less than the minimum protections available; (4) penalizing, reducing, or limiting a professional's reimbursement because the professional prescribed such drugs or devices or provided such services; or (5) providing incentives to a professional to induce the professional to withhold drugs, devices, or services. Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply those prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2735
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile industry
Automobile repair
Civil actions and liability
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Internet
Law
Legal fees
Motor vehicle pollution control
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
Trade secrets
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act of 2003 - Requires a manufacturer of a motor vehicle sold or introduced into commerce in the United States to disclose to the vehicle owner, a repair facility, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the information necessary to diagnose, service, or repair the vehicle. 
Sets forth protections for trade secrets. States that manufacturer noncompliance with this Act constitutes an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting commerce within the purview of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Authorizes a vehicle owner or repair facility to bring a civil action in Federal district court for violations of this Act without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties.
Instructs the FTC to prescribe a uniform methodology for manufacturer disclosure in writing, and on the Internet.
Prohibits the FTC from prescribing rules that interfere with the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding motor vehicle emissions control diagnostics systems.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Market-Based Antidumping Calculations Act

Bill: 108-hr-2736
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Cost accounting
Dumping
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Free enterprise
Manufacturing industries
Monopolies
Price regulation
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
 Market-Based Antidumping Calculations Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to set forth special valuation rules for former nonmarket economy countries. 
 
Prescribes guidelines for the treatment of prices or costs distorted by nonmarket forces.
 
 Requires the administering authority to determine that prices or costs of a good or service are not determined by market-based forces of demand and supply if specified factors are present.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Rural Multifamily Housing Loan Guarantee and Ginnie Mae Corrections Act

Bill: 108-hr-2740
Sponsor: Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Apartment houses
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government National Mortgage Association
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Housing finance
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Rural housing
Secondary mortgage market

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
Rural Multifamily Housing Loan Guarantee and Ginnie Mae Corrections Act - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) to guarantee securities backed by loans insured or guaranteed by the Rural Housing Service under title V of the Housing Act of 1949. (Current law refers to loans insured under title V.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Armored Car Crew Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2742
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Assault
Capital punishment
Common carriers
Extortion
Finance and Financial Sector
Food stamps
Kidnapping
Larceny
Life imprisonment
Mandatory sentences
Money
Murder
Precious metals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
Armored Car Crew Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) taking by force and violence or by intimidation, or obtaining by extortion, any property, money, or other thing of value from an armored car; (2) assaulting any person or putting the life of any person in jeopardy by the use of a dangerous weapon or device in committing such offense; and (3) killing any person or forcing any person to accompany the offender without that person's consent in committing such offense, in avoiding apprehension for such offense, or in freeing himself or herself from arrest or confinement for such offense. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Government Accountability and Streamlining Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2743
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional information resources
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Productivity in government
Senate rules and procedure
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
Government Accountability and Streamlining Act of 2003 - Requires the Comptroller General, to the extent practicable, to prepare for public bills and joint resolutions (measures) reported by congressional subcommittees or committees, and submit to such subcommittees or committees, determinations of whether: (1) new Federal entities, programs, or functions are authorized by the measure; and (2) an existing entity or program carries out functions that are similar to those authorized by the measure and such existing entity or program may more effectively and efficiently perform the functions and carry out the purposes of the measure than the proposed entity or program.
 
Requires such statements to accompany reports on legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and the House.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House