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Fuel Price Stability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-427
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Energy
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Gasoline
Illinois
Indiana
Motor vehicle pollution control
Ozone
Reformulated gasoline
Transportation and Public Works
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Fuel Price Stability Act of 2003 - Amends Clean Air Act reformulated gasoline provisions to allow the Governor of Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin to allow the sale or dispensing in a covered area (one of certain ozone nonattainment areas) in such State of conventional gasoline or reformulated gasoline that is not certified for such area if: (1) the gasoline is certified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for sale in any other region of the country; and (2) the Governor finds that reduced availability of reformulated gasoline certified for the area has resulted, or is likely to result, in a significant price increase for such gasoline in that area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for increasing research activities permanent.

Bill: 108-hr-428
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Research and development tax credit
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Candidate Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-429
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Election candidates
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Political action committees
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: State and Local Candidate Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the graduated income tax rates applicable to principal campaign committees of candidates for Congress shall also apply to all comparable committees of candidates for State and local offices.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Investment Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-430
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Losses
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Investment Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $1,500 to $10,000 ($3,000 to $20,000 on a joint return) the limitation on capital losses allowed against ordinary income.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Bill: 108-hr-431
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Indian economic development
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Minority employment
Native Americans
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-432
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional pensions
Ex-Members of Congress
Families
Federal employees
Labor and Employment
Law
Marriage
Survivors' benefits
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Amends Federal civil service law to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities, including survivor annuities, under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), and for individuals becoming subject to FERS by election.
Terminates for remarriage before age 55 (currently remarriage at any age) a survivor's entitlement to an annuity based on the service of a deferred annuitant who dies before establishing a valid claim for annuity under CSRS (conforms with requirements under FERS).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a minimum credit against the alternative minimum tax where stock acquired pursuant to an incentive stock option is sold or exchanged at a loss.

Bill: 108-hr-433
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee stock options
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Losses
Minimum tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a special rule allowing a minimum credit against the alternative minimum tax where stock acquired pursuant to an incentive stock option is sold or exchanged at a loss.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-434
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security beneficiaries
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 85 percent (second tier) taxation of Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefits. Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenue lost because of the repeal. Requires an annual report concerning the funds transferred from the general fund to the Trust Fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Robert and Verda Shatusky.

Bill: 108-hr-435
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Deems Robert Shatusky to have had a current connection with the railroad industry at the time that his annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 began to accrue for purposes of entitlement to payments under the Act.
Provides for payment of past supplemental annuity benefits to Shatusky.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
War Should Involve Shared Sacrifice Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-436
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Arms control
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Crime and Law Enforcement
East Asia
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military posture
Military withdrawal
North Korea
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
President and foreign policy
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax rates
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: War Should Involve Shared Sacrifice Act of 2003 - Suspends the phase-in of additional tax reductions under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 during the current international conflict period. Defines such period.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E101)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Coltsville Study Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-437
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Connecticut
Historic sites
History
Manufacturing industries
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Coltsville Study Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the site known as Coltsville (a community in Connecticut inspired by Samuel Colt, founder of the Colt Manufacturing Company, which flourished during the Industrial Revolution) to evaluate its national significance, its importance to the history of precision manufacturing, and its suitability for designation as a unit of the National Park System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Consumer Safety Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-439
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Employee selection
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
Independent regulatory commissions
Labor and Employment
Law
Sales personnel
Service industries

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Domestic Consumer Safety Act of 2003 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to make rules to assure that businesses in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce perform adequate and appropriate background checks on employees they send into people's homes. Sets a civil penalty of up to $1 million for violating such a rule.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
U.S.A. Family Act

Bill: 108-hr-440
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Alien labor
Aliens
Automobile theft
Bank records
Bribery
Burglary
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Confidential communications
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of Justice
Deportation
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Evidence (Law)
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Forgery
Fraud
Fugitives from justice
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Higher education
Human rights
Identification of criminals
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
International Affairs
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Larceny
Law
Married people
Medical records
Minorities
Naturalization
Obstruction of justice
Organized crime
Passports
Perjury
Personnel records
Physical examinations
Political persecution
Prosecution
Racial discrimination
Religion
Religious liberty
Residence requirements
Right of privacy
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Smuggling
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Student records
Transportation and Public Works
Violence
Visas
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Unity, Security, Accountability, and Family Act, or U.S.A. Family Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to: (1) adjust to permanent resident the status of certain undocumented aliens who have resided continuously in the United States during the five-year period ending on January 29, 2003, and through the date of application filing; and (2) adjust to conditional permanent the status of certain undocumented aliens who have not met such five-year residency requirement.
Revises specified restrictions respecting: (1) cancellation of removal; (2) deportability and admissibility; and (3) issuance of immigrant visas to certain spouses and children of lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Hope Scholarship Credit to cover fees, books, supplies, and equipment and to exempt Federal Pell Grants and Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants from reducing expenses taken into account for the Hope Scholarship Credit.

Bill: 108-hr-442
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Equipment and supplies
Higher education
Income tax
Scholarships
Tax returns
Textbooks
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code respecting the Hope Scholarship Credit to: (1) extend coverage to fees, books, supplies, and equipment, and exempt such expenses from information reporting requirements; and (2) not reduce such Credit by Federal Pell Grant and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant amounts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E109)
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Indian and Alaska Native Foster Care and Adoption Services Amendments of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-443
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Indian children
Minorities
State government-Indian relations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Indian and Alaska Native Foster Care and Adoption Services Amendments of 2003 - Amends title IV part E of the Social Security Act (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to authorize an Indian tribe or intertribal consortium meeting certain requirements to receive Federal foster care maintenance payments for children placed in its custody.
Prescribes procedural guidelines for foster care programs operated by Indian tribal organizations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-445
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Federally-assisted loans
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Home ownership
Housing subsidies
Income tax
Low-income housing
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make matching grants to States (including the District of Columbia and U.S. commonwealths, territories, and possessions) for low-income housing preservation.
Sets forth requirements for projects: (1) with Department of Housing and Urban Development-insured mortgages; (2) with section 8 assistance; or (3) purchased by the residents.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Malpractice Liability Insurance Commission (EMLIC) Act

Bill: 108-hr-446
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Auditing
Commerce
Congress
Congressional hearings
Congressional investigations
Damages
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Law
Legislation
Liability insurance
Medical economics
Medical malpractice
Regulatory impact statements
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Emergency Malpractice Liability Insurance Commission (EMLIC) Act - Establishes the Emergency Malpractice Liability Insurance Commission, whose purpose is to examine the causes of soaring medical malpractice premiums and propose a comprehensive strategy to combat the consequences. Directs the Commission to investigate the possible linkage between: (1) skyrocketing malpractice insurance premiums; (2) rising jury awards; (3) decreased accessibility and affordability of health care; and (4) a rise in the number of physicians moving, quitting, or retiring.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To establish an Office of Health Care Competition within the Department of Health and Human Services to administer the National Practitioner Data Base and to collect and make available to the public more information on medical malpractice insurance under that Data Base.

Bill: 108-hr-447
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Corporate finance
Damages
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Electronic government information
Executive reorganization
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Investments
Law
Liability insurance
Losses
Medical malpractice
Punitive damages
Science, Technology, Communications
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Improved Medical Malpractice Information Reporting and Competition Act of 2003 - Establishes an Office of Health Care Competition Policy in the Department of Health and Human Services, to be headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary. Declares that the Office shall be responsible for certain activities of the Secretary delineated in the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, including for the National Practitioner Database under such Act.
Amends the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to require each entity (including an insurance company) which underwrites a policy of insurance for medical malpractice actions or claims to report information respecting such insurance or claims. Specifies material that such reports should contain, including: (1) direct premiums written and earned; (2) net investment income, including net realized capital gains and losses; (3) incurred claims; (4) actual incurred expenses; and (5) certain information on claims paid, including verdict amounts.
Prescribes a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each instance of a payment required to be reported under this Act which is not reported. Provides for the coordination of the information collected under this Act with information reported on medical malpractice payments, with the Secretary to make both sets of data available for free on the Internet without individually identifiable information.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House