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Veterans Benefits and Pensions Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2975
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Labor and Employment
Law
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Veterans Benefits and Pensions Protection Act of 2003 - Includes as a prohibited assignment of veterans' benefits any agreement entered into by a beneficiary under which another person acquires for consideration the right to receive any compensation, pension, or dependency and indemnity compensation of such beneficiary. Provides criminal penalties for violations.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct an outreach program to inform veterans and other potential recipients of such compensation or pension of the prohibition against the assignment of such benefits, including information on various schemes to evade the prohibition and means of avoiding such schemes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain land within the Ottawa National Forest to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-2976
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Gambling
Indian lands
Land transfers
Michigan
Minorities
National forests
Native Americans
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain land in the Ottawa National Forest, Gogebic County, Michigan, for cultural preservation, without consideration, to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. 
 
Prohibits the recipient from selling any part of the land other than that land east of Indian Village Road or from using any part of the land for gaming or any other economic purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the installation of baby changing stations at public rest areas along Federal-aid highways.

Bill: 108-hr-2977
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Infants

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Modifies the definition of &quot;transportation enhancement activities&quot; to include installation of baby changing stations at public rest areas (thus authorizing such installation at public rest areas along Federal-aid highways).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2978
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Families
Family farms
Farm lands
Income tax
Land transfers
Land use
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income: (1) 100 percent of the gain from the sale or exchange of qualified farm property to a first-time farmer who certifies that the use of such property shall be as a farm for farming purposes for not less than 10 years after such sale or exchange; (2) 50 percent of the gain from the sale or exchange of qualified farm property to any other person who certifies that the use of such property shall be as a farm for farming purposes for not less than 10 years after such sale or exchange; and (3) 25 percent of the gain from the sale or exchange of qualified farm property to any other person for any other use. Limits the amount of any of the above exclusions with respect to any taxable year to $500,000 on a joint return.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2979
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Citizen participation
Comprehensive health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee health benefits
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Grants-in-aid
Health insurance
Health planning
Higher education
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Interstate compacts
Interstate relations
Labor and Employment
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical education
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Poor children
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2003 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (State Comprehensive Health Care and Cost Containment Demonstration Projects) to allow up to ten States to receive from the Secretary of Health and Human Services a planning grant and a demonstration grant to achieve a cost-effective delivery system of universal, comprehensive health care with simplified administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Payment Update for Certified Nurse-Midwives Act

Bill: 108-hr-2980
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medical education
Medical fees
Medicare
Midwives
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Medicare Payment Update for Certified Nurse-Midwives Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of and payment for certified midwife services (currently only certified nurse-midwife services are covered) under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Declares that nothing precludes certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives from teaching or supervising an intern or resident-in-training.
 
Extends Medicare coverage to items and services at a free-standing birth center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1634)
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act Amendments Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2981
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Accounting
Advice and consent of the Senate
Animals
Auditing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fishing
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Hunting
Indian lands
Investment of public funds
Landowners
Law
Leases
Minorities
Presidential appointments
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rent
Right of privacy
Sports and Recreation
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 to revise the accounting duties of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the daily and annual balances of all monies or proceeds derived from trust assets and funds held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual Indian. Requires an annual audit only for accounts with over $1,000 in trust funds, but for accounts with less than $1,000, only statistical sampling audit procedures of all such accounts grouped separately. Specifies minimum additional responsibilities of the Secretary.
 
Allows an Indian tribe to use authority granted to the tribe under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to manage Indian trust funds and trust assets without terminating the trust responsibility of the Secretary or the trust status of the funds and assets. 
Replaces the current Office of Special Trustee for American Indians with a Deputy Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs to: (1) oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (2) carry out all duties currently assigned to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs; and (3) oversee all Indian trust fund and trust asset matters, and consult with Indian tribes and individual trust asset and trust fund account holders. 
Establishes within the Office of the Secretary the Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight, headed by such Deputy Secretary, to supervise and direct day-to-day activities concerning such assets or funds, including providing accurate inventories, revenue postings, monthly statements, and annual audits. 
Establishes a Commission for Review of Indian Trust Fund Management Responsibilities to assess the fiduciary and management responsibilities of the Federal Government with respect to Indian tribes and individual Indian beneficiaries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1621-1622)
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1621-1622)
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Middle Rio Grande Emergency Water Supply Stabilization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2982
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Aquatic pests
Aquatic plants
Authorization
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Exotic plants
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Indian water rights
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Irrigation
Labor and Employment
Landowners
Leases
Manufacturing industries
Minorities
Native Americans
New Mexico
Non-native species
Outdoor recreation
Pest control
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research grants
Reservoirs
Revegetation
Right of property
Riparian ecology
Rivers
Saline waters
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water quality
Water rights
Water storage
Water supply
Water use
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Middle Rio Grande Emergency Water Supply Stabilization Act of 2003 - Amends the Flood Control Act of 1948 to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program for financial and technical assistance to implement water conservation measures within the Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico, to be known as the Middle Rio Grande Water Supply Stabilization Program (the Program). Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cost sharing agreements with the State of New Mexico and other necessary entities to accomplish the goals of the Program.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a comprehensive and cost-effective program to identify, remove, and control phreatic vegetation in the floodplain of the Rio Grande River, and to replant and reestablish native vegetation as appropriate. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to establish a permanent conservation pool for storage of Rio Grande or San Juan-Chama water and to store water salvaged from water conservation measures for release to the Rio Grande River.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide direct financial assistance to the Indian Tribes and Pueblos to determine and quantify Indian water rights and water requirements and for conducting other water resource studies for the benefit of such Tribes and Pueblos.
 
Extends through FY 2008 basic research provisions and water desalination demonstration projects under the Water Desalination Act of 1996.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1636-1637)
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Native American Veterans Cemetery Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2983
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Federal aid to Indians
Indian lands
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Native American Veterans Cemetery Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to any tribal organization for establishing, expanding, or improving veterans' cemeteries on trust lands owned by, or held in trust for, the organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-29
text: Favorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a review of the proposed project for construction of a remote passenger check-in facility at Los Angeles International Airport, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-2985
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airline passenger traffic
Airports
Aviation safety
Building construction
California
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to review the proposed project for construction of a remote passenger check-in facility at Los Angeles International Airport. Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from allowing construction of the project until the Secretary has completed his review and has determined that the project will protect the safety and security of air passengers and the public and will offer greater protection than is currently available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the expansion and coordination of activities of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to research and programs on cancer survivorship, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-2986
Sponsor: Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Cancer
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health planning
Health surveys
Medical research
Medical tests
Minorities
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include demonstration, education, and other programs concerning cancer survivorship among the activities of the National Cancer Institute (Institute) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 
 
Requires the Director of NIH, acting through the Director of the Institute, to: (1) expand and coordinate NIH activities related to cancer survivorship; and (2) establish an Office on Survivorship within the Institute. Creates the position of Associate Director for Survivorship.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Protection, to study the health challenges associated with cancer survivorship and carry out projects and interventions. Requires the Secretary to make grants for the monitoring and evaluation of cancer care and survivorship.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the nutrition of students served under child nutrition programs.

Bill: 108-hr-2987
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Child health
Child nutrition
Commerce
Community and school
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Agriculture
Diet
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Exercise
Families
Federal aid to education
Food service
Fruit
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Health education
Law
Obesity
Parent-school relationships
Planning
Retail trade
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Standards
Student activities
Students
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to establish a program of competitive incentive grants to selected local educational agencies to create healthy school nutrition environments and assess the impact of such environments on the health and well-being of children enrolled in selected elementary and secondary schools of such agencies.
 
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) to revise requirements relating to the Secretary's CNA and NSLA regulation of competitive foods in schools. Eliminates a provision which barred such regulations from prohibiting the sale of competitive foods approved by the Secretary in food service facilities or areas during the time of service of food under CNA or NSLA, if the proceeds from the sales of such foods would inure to the benefit of the schools or of organizations of students approved by the schools. Allows such regulations to include provisions that regulate the service of competitive foods. Requires regulations regarding competitive foods to: (1) apply to all school grounds during the duration of the school day; (2) not supersede or otherwise affect State and local regulations on competitive foods that the Secretary determines conform to CNA and NSLA nutritional goals; (3) if such sales are allowed, require proceeds to be used for the benefit of schools or school-approved student organizations; (4) take into account differing needs of elementary, middle and junior high, and high schools; and (5) implement recommendations the Institute of Medicine will make to the Secretary regarding regulation of competitive foods in schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Silvia Lorenia Parra.

Bill: 108-hr-2988
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Declares that Silvia Lorenia Parra shall be a citizen of the United States as of July 28, 1962, the date of her birth, upon payment of the required fee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House