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Tax Credit for Charitable Contributions Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1672
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2003-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Charities
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax returns
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Tax Credit for Charitable Contributions Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect a credit (in lieu of a deduction otherwise available) of up to $100 ($200 for joint filers) for cash contributions to a qualifying charity whose primary activity is assistance to the poor.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the vaccine excise tax shall apply to any vaccine against hepatitis A.

Bill: 108-hr-1674
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2003-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Drug industry
Excise tax
Health
Hepatitis
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the term "taxable vaccine" shall apply to any vaccine against hepatitis A manufactured or produced in the United States or brought into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing, thus providing that the vaccine excise tax shall apply to such vaccines.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Pay Equity and Reform Act

Bill: 108-hr-1676
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2003-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Connecticut
Crime and Law Enforcement
Delaware
District of Columbia
Federal law enforcement officers
Illinois
Indiana
Labor and Employment
Maryland
Massachusetts
Metropolitan areas
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York City
New York State
Pay equity
Pennsylvania
Performance measurement
Personnel management
Promotions
Salaries
Urban affairs
Virginia
Washington State
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Federal Law Enforcement Officers Pay Equity and Reform Act - Excludes availability pay for Federal criminal investigators from premium pay limitations.
Amends the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to increase the Federal special pay differential for Federal law enforcement officers employed in specified metropolitan statistical areas.
Requires a study by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regarding the need for, and potential benefits of, the establishment of a separate pay, evaluation, and promotion system for Federal law enforcement officers (including officers serving in or under the Federal Bureau of Investigation). Authorizes OPM to implement a demonstration project for such a system.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Forest Protection and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1679
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2003-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Department of Agriculture
Emergency Management
Fire prevention
Forest conservation
Forest fires
Forest management
Government Operations and Politics
Land use
Law
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Forest Protection and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2003 - Repeals the Appeals Reform Act.
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to develop an administrative appeals process for the Forest Service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Mercury in Dental Filling Disclosure and Prohibition Act

Bill: 108-hr-1680
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2003-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child health
Consumer protection
Dental care
Environmental Protection
Equipment and supplies
Families
Health
Health warnings
Labeling
Mercury
Pregnant women
Product safety
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Warning labels
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: 
Mercury in Dental Filling Disclosure and Prohibition Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit mercury from being used to make dental fillings as of January 1, 2008. 
 
Deems a device containing mercury intended for use in a dental filling as misbranded effective December 31, 2004, unless it bears a label warning: &quot;Dental amalgam contains approximately 50 percent mercury, a highly toxic element. Such product should not be administered to children less than 18 years of age, pregnant women, or lactating women. Such product should not be administered to any consumer without a warning that the product contains mercury, which is a highly toxic element, and therefore poses health risks.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Claims Continuation Act

Bill: 108-hr-1681
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2003-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Appellate procedure
Claims
Death
Department of Veterans Affairs
Estates (Law)
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Law
Limitation of actions
Married people
Parents
Parties to actions
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Veterans Claims Continuation Act - Authorizes the substitution of any of the following parties in the case of a veteran's claim for benefits provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs when the original claimant dies while the claim is pending: (1) the surviving spouse; (2) any surviving child at least 21 years of age; (3) a surviving parent; (4) the legal representative of the deceased claimant's estate; or (5) the next of kin of the veteran. 
Authorizes: (1) the payment of accrued benefits in the case of deaths occurring before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) the substitution of the above eligible parties in cases pending before a U.S. Circuit Court or the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Special Operations Warrior Foundation Charter Act

Bill: 108-hr-1682
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2003-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Education
Educational counseling
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal incorporation
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Foundations
Higher education
Military dependents
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Special forces (Military science)
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Special Operations Warrior Foundation Charter Act - Grants a Federal charter to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Inc. (a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Student Adjustment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1684
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2003-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Illegal aliens
Immigrant education
Immigrants
Law
Minors
Residence requirements
Right of privacy
Secondary education
Social Welfare
State laws
Student aid
Students
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Student Adjustment Act of 2003 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision prohibiting an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such State residence.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of, and adjust to permanent resident status, certain (inadmissible or deportable) alien middle or secondary students with qualifying years of U.S. residency. Makes such aliens eligible for Federal and State higher education assistance during the pendency of their application for cancellation of removal.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to posthumous citizenship through death while on active-duty service during periods of military hostilities to eliminate the prohibition on immigration benefits for surviving family members and to provide such benefits for spouses and children.

Bill: 108-hr-1685
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2003-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Citizenship
Families
Married people
Military dependents
Naturalization
Survivors' benefits
War casualties
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to the granting of posthumous citizenship to a member of the armed forces who died from an active service-related injury or disease incurred during a period of military hostilities, to eliminate the prohibition on the provision of, and provide immigration status benefits to, the surviving spouse and children of such person.
Makes the provisions of this Act applicable to grants of posthumous citizenship after September 11, 2001.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from income taxation all compensation received for active service as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Bill: 108-hr-1687
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2003-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Income tax
Military pay
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income all compensation received for active service as a member of the United States armed forces, not including pensions and retirement pay. (Terminates the current limited exclusion from gross income of combat pay.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Paycheck Fairness Act

Bill: 108-hr-1688
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2003-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Apprenticeship
Awards, medals, prizes
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Commemorations
Commerce
Conferences
Damages
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Employee training
Employers' liability
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Expert witnesses
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Labor statistics
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
Pay equity
Personnel records
Position classification
Punitive damages
Sex discrimination
Supervisors
Wage surveys
Wages
Whistle blowing
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for and enforcement of prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages to: (1) add nonretaliation requirements; (2) increase penalties; and (3) authorize the Secretary of Labor to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages.
Requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to train EEOC employees and affected individuals and entities on matters involving wage discrimination.
Directs the Secretary to provide for certain studies, information, a national summit, guidelines, awards, and assistance for employer evaluations of job categories based on objective criteria.
Establishes the National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace.
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the EEOC to collect certain pay information.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2003-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1689
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2003-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aliens
Child health
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health insurance
Immigrant health
Immigration
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Pregnant women
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to grant States the option of covering certain categories of eligible women and child resident aliens under the Medicaid and SCHIP programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Ocean Habitat Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-1690
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2003-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Animals
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Equipment and supplies
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Fisheries
Fishery management
Fishing boats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Habitat conservation
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine resources conservation
Occupational retraining
Ocean floor
Oceanographic research
Planning
Reefs
Science, Technology, Communications
Subsidies
Territorial waters

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Ocean Habitat Protection Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit the use of bottom trawls with rollers, bobbins, tires, rockhoppers, or any other device affixed to the footrope and in excess of eight inches in diameter, for fishing that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, including fishing by a U.S. vessel beyond the equivalent of the exclusive economic zone of all countries.
Permits the Secretary of Commerce or his designee to exempt from this prohibition fishing in the exclusive economic zone if the Council having jurisdiction over the area submits to the Secretary: (1) substantial evidence that the area is composed predominately of sand and mud bottom and that the prohibited devices are necessary to prevent a significant increase from rates of bycatch of non-target managed species, or to provide other significant benefits; (2) the geographic boundaries of the area; and (3) a credible and effective vessel monitoring plan of bottom trawl fishing in the area that is adopted by the Secretary.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide to the owner of a qualified fishing vessel: (1) the depreciated cost of prohibited fishing devices that are part of the fishing gear of a vessel on the date of the enactment of this Act, and are disposed of in an approved manner; (2) the cost of converting trawl nets to compliance; and (3) payment for cessation of trawling.
Requires the Secretary to provide economic assistance to the owners and crew members of any qualified fishing vessel that ceases fishing in bottom trawl fisheries and does not continue fishing in other fisheries.
Requires the Secretary to undertake a program to collect, and make available to Regional Fishery Management Councils, information and maps on diverse bottom habitats of the exclusive U.S. economic zone.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2003-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
To expedite the granting of posthumous citizenship to members of the United States Armed Forces.

Bill: 108-hr-1691
Sponsor: Rep. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2003-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Citizenship
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Military dependents
Military personnel
Public records
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a request for the granting of posthumous citizenship to a member of the armed forces who died from an active service-related injury or disease incurred during a period of military hostilities shall be filed on behalf of that person by the Secretary of Defense with the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security immediately upon the death of that person. (Current law provides for such filing by the next-of-kin or other representative.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1692
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2003-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Breast cancer
Checkoff
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Medical research
Prostate cancer
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax returns
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals to designate that five dollars (ten dollars in the case of joint returns) be paid over to the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund.
Establishes in the Treasury the Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer Research Fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-04-09
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: 2003-04-09
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: 2003-04-09
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: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Introduced in House