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Transit in Parks Act

Bill: 108-s-1032
Sponsor: Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2003-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Bicycles
Boats and boating
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conservation of natural resources
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government securities
Historic sites
History
Housing and Community Development
Interest
Interstate relations
Law
Leases
Light rail transit
Marine transportation
Mass rapid transit
Motor buses
Motor vehicle pollution control
National parks
National recreation areas
Nature conservation
Noise
Pedestrians
Regional planning
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
State finance
Technological innovations
Tourism
Traffic congestion
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation planning
Transportation research
Urban affairs
Urban transportation
User charges
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Transit in Parks Act (or the TRIP Act) - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop cooperative relationships with the Secretary of the Interior providing for: (1) technical assistance in alternative transportation; (2) interagency and multidisciplinary teams to develop Federal land management agency (the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Bureau of Land Management) alternative transportation policy, procedures, and coordination; and (3) the development of procedures and criteria relating to the planning, selection, and funding of qualified planning or capital projects carried out in or in the vicinity of any federally owned or managed park, refuge, or recreational area that is open to the general public and implementation and oversight of the program of projects in accordance with this Act. Sets forth requirements with respect to departmental cost sharing, financing, and selection of qualified projects. Requires projects of more than $25 million to be carried out through a full funding agreement. Requires the qualified participants of such projects to prepare a project management plan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6072-6073)
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR 5/13/2003 S6073-6075)
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5964-5965)
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1033
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Blind
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health insurance
Infants
Law
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Pregnant women
Social Welfare
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) give States the option to expand coverage to certain pregnant women; (2) provide for enhanced matching funds with respect to certain pregnant women if certain conditions are met; (3) pay for such Medicaid expansion costs out of the SSA title XXI (State Child's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) allotment; and (4) no longer require that a newborn child be a member of the mother's household and that the mother remain eligible for Medicaid during the one year period after birth in order for the newborn child to continue to be eligible for Medicaid.
Amends SSA title XXI to give certain States the option of providing pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women in accordance with this Act, which includes: (1) automatic enrollment for children born to women receiving such pregnancy-related assistance; (2) additional allotments for providing coverage of pregnant women; and (3) no cost-sharing for pregnancy-related services.
Provides for coordination of SCHIP with the program under SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services).
Increases the income eligibility for low-income children under SCHIP.
Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to review determinations, made by State agencies in connection with applications for benefits under this title on the basis of blindness or disability, that individuals who have attained 18 years of age are blind or disabled as of a specified onset date.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5967-5968)
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5965-5967)
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1034
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Assault weapons
Firearms control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Import restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Amends: (1) the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act to repeal the sunset date on the assault weapons ban (thus leaving in place a ban on the manufacture of 19 types of military style assault weapons); and (2) the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the importation into the United States of large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5972)
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5971-5972)
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for nonregular service from 60 to 55.

Bill: 108-s-1035
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Retirement age
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Reduces from 60 to 55 the minimum age for the receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14392)
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5997)
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5996-5997)
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1037
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Chemotherapy
Drug therapy
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend Medicare coverage to all oral drugs prescribed for use as an anticancer agent for a medically accepted indication.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6000-6001)
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
No Net Loss of Private Land Act

Bill: 108-s-1038
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]
Introduced: 2003-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: No Net Loss of Private Land Act - Allows the United States to acquire an interest in 100 or more acres of land within a State in which 25 percent or more of the land within that State is owned by the United States only if the United States disposes of the surface estate to land in that State approximately equal in value to the land being acquired. Specifies exceptions and authorizes a waiver in times of war or a national emergency.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6002)
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6001)
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit oil and gas drilling in Finger Lakes National Forest in the State of New York.

Bill: 108-s-1041
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Law
Licenses
National forests
Natural gas
New York State
Oil and gas leases
Oil well drilling
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-12
text: 
Prohibits the issuance of any Federal permit or lease for oil or gas drilling in Finger Lakes National Forest in the State of New York.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Tchisou Tho.

Bill: 108-s-1042
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2003-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-12
text: Declares Tchisou Tho 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: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11328-11329; text as passed Senate: CR S11328)
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11328-11329; text as passed Senate: CR S11328)
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 762.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6030)
action_date: 2003-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Captive Supply Reform Act

Bill: 108-s-1044
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2003-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices
Animals
Cattle
Commerce
Competition
Contracts
Livestock
Meat packing industry
Restrictive trade practices
Swine

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Captive Supply Reform Act - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 respecting livestock producer-packer forward contracts to: (1) require the inclusion of fixed dollar amount base pricing and public bidding; (2) prohibit formula pricing; (3) limit individual contract size; and (4) exclude from the definition of "formula price" futures-based prices and base adjustments resulting from factors outside packer control.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6078-6081)
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1045
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Energy
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Radioactive wastes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: 
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to designate an entity within the Department of Energy to have the responsibility of completing activities needed to develop a facility for safely disposing of all greater-than-Class C low-level radioactive waste.
 
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) an update of a specified report on radioactive waste; (2) a report containing an estimate of the cost and schedule to complete an environmental impact statement and record of decision for a permanent disposal facility for greater-than-Class C radioactive waste; and (3) a plan to ensure continued recovery and storage of greater-than-Class C low-level radioactive waste until a permanent disposal facility is available. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1515)
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6082)
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6081-6082)
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Salt Cedar Council Demonstration Act

Bill: 108-s-1051
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2003-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic pests
Aquatic plants
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Non-native species
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Riparian ecology
Water conservation
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Salt Cedar Council Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) assess the extent of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive invasion in the western United States, the research on tested and innovative methods to control these phreatophytes, the feasibility of reducing water consumption, methods and challenges in land restoration, and the estimated costs of destruction, biomass removal, and restoration and maintenance; (2) identify long-term management and funding strategies that could be implemented by Federal, State, and private land managers; and (3) initiate a program of at least three projects to demonstrate and evaluate the most effective control methods, including at least one primarily using air-born application of herbicides, one using mechanical removal, and one using biocontrol, such as goats or insects. Requires each project to: (1) monitor and document the water saved due to control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive infestation and what portions return to surface water supplies and at what rates; (2) assess the optimum application approach and tools for an array of control methods; (3) assess all costs and benefits associated with the control methods, land restoration, and maintenance; (4) determine what conditions indicate the need to remove biomass and the optimal methods for its disposal or use; (5) define appropriate final vegetative states, optimal re-vegetation methods, and methods to prevent regrowth and reintroduction.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6142)
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6141)
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Ban on Deceptive Unsolicited Bulk Electronic Mail Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1052
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2003-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Computer crimes
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Deceptive advertising
Direct mail advertising
Electronic commerce
Electronic mail systems
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Internet
Law
Restrictive trade practices
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: 
Ban on Deceptive Unsolicited Bulk Electronic Mail Act of 2003 - Makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly use a computer or computer network to: (1) falsify or forge electronic mail (e-mail) transmission information in connection with the transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail through or into the computer network of an e-mail service provider or its subscribers; (2) transmit an e-mail message to a recipient who requests not to receive unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail; or (3) collect e-mail addresses from public and private spaces in order to transmit unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail. Establishes a violation as: (1) a predicate offense under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act; and (2) an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commision Act.
 
Requires any person sending unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail to provide to its recipients a clear and conspicuous opportunity to request not to receive future unsolicited e-mail. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6142)
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6054-6055, S6142)
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide physicians and other health care professionals with a tax credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-1055
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2003-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Clinics
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Hospitals
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Law
Liability insurance
Medical malpractice
Physicians
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a business tax credit for medical professional malpractice insurance according to the following schedule: (1) 20 percent of expenditures for any physician who practices in any surgical specialty or subspecialty, emergency medicine, obstetrics, anesthesiology, or who does intervention work which is reflected in medical malpractice insurance expenditures; (2) ten percent of expenditures for any physician who practices in general medicine, allergy, dermatology, or pathology; and (3) 15 percent of expenditures for any hospital or clinic.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to eligible nonprofit hospitals and clinics to pay 15 percent of qualified medical malpractice insurance costs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 108-s-1056
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2003-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Connecticut
Cultural property
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Exhibitions
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Land use
Landscape protection
Law
Massachusetts
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Public meetings
Public-private partnerships
Signs and signboards
Social life and customs
Sports and Recreation
Sunset legislation
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Designates the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, Inc., as the Areas' management entity, which shall: (1) submit to the Secretary of the Interior for approval a management plan which includes policies, strategies, and recommendations for conservation, funding, management, development, and interpretation of the Area; and (2) assist local governments, regional planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations in implementing the plan. Prohibits the entity from using Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to the Area and enter into cooperative agreements with the management entity to develop and implement the plan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6257-6259)
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6257)
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the calculation of back pay for persons who were approved for promotion as members of the Navy and Marine Corps while interned as prisoners of war during World War II to take into account changes in the Consumer Price Index.

Bill: 108-s-1057
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2003-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Ex-prisoners of war
Families
History
Labor and Employment
Marines
Military dependents
Military pay
Military promotions
Navy
Survivors' benefits
Wage restitution
Widowers
Widows
Women
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to increase the amount of back pay received by members of the Navy and Marine Corps selected for promotion while interned as prisoners of war during World War to reflect increases in the cost of living since basic pay was paid to or for that person.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6259-6260)
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6259)
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide a cost-sharing requirement for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado.

Bill: 108-s-1058
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2003-05-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Infrastructure
Pipelines
Transportation and Public Works
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Amends Federal provisions relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project, Colorado, to: (1) authorize appropriations for the nonreimbursable Federal share of costs of constructing the Arkansas Valley Conduit; (2) limit the non-federal share of such costs to 25 percent; and (3) allow up to 100 percent of the non-federal share to be in the form of in-kind contributions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-271.
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6260)
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6260)
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Introduced in Senate