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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce estate and gift tax rates to 30 percent, to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit to $10,000,000, and to increase the annual gift tax exclusion to $50,000.

Bill: 108-hr-2480
Sponsor: Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2003-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Gift tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce estate and gift tax rates to 30 percent; (2) increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit to $10 million; and (3) increase the annual gift tax exclusion to $50,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2481
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Gift tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax credits
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: 
Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce estate tax rates; (2) repeal the phaseout of graduated rates; and (3) increase the unified credit to $2.5 million, with an inflation adjustment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Iraqi Freedom From Debt Act

Bill: 108-hr-2482
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Debt relief
Development credit institutions
Europe
France
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Negotiations
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: 
Iraqi Freedom From Debt Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to press for the cancellation or radical downward adjustment of all debts owed to those institutions by Iraq.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should urge France, Russia, and all other public and private creditors to cancel or radically reduce all debt owed by Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5820)
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1268)
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act to allow funds available under that Act to be used for preservation, exploration, and preparation of paleontological resources for display, educational outreach, and related construction.

Bill: 108-hr-2483
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2003-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
Economics and Public Finance
Exhibitions
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Land transfers
Natural areas
Paleontology

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Amends the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act to allow a grant disbursed by the Secretary of the Interior to the City of St. George, Utah, to be used for one or more of the following purposes related to the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve: (1) purchase of the property; (2) educational outreach; (3) construction of buildings for the protection and preservation of paleontological resources; and (4) preservation and exploration of paleontological resources and their preparation for display. (Current law permits the grant to be used only for purchase of the property.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Native American Education Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2484
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2003-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Books
Building construction
College administration
College teachers
Compensatory education
Continuing education
Curricula
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational counseling
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Indian education
Laboratories
Minorities
Periodicals
Scholarships
School buildings
School libraries
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Teacher education
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: 
Native American Education Equity Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a program that provides grants and related assistance to certain institutions of higher education (IHEs) serving Native Americans.
 
Makes an IHE eligible for such program if it: (1) is eligible under HEA title III part A general provisions for aid for Strengthening Institutions, but is not eligible for certain programs for American Indian tribally controlled colleges and universities or for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; and (2) has an undergraduate enrollment that is at least 15 percent students who are members of Indian tribes (or of Alaska Native villages or regional or village corporations).
 
Sets forth examples of authorized activities to which grants may be applied such as: (1) buying, renting, or leasing scientific equipment for educational purposes; (2) renovating and improving classrooms and libraries; (3) supporting faculty exchanges and faculty fellowships; (4) funds and administrative management; and (5) academic tutoring and counseling programs. 
Directs the Secretary of Education to create a streamlined format enabling qualified institutions to apply for assistance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring College Access for all Americans Act

Bill: 108-hr-2485
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2003-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Higher education
Income
State taxation
Student aid
Student loan funds
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: 
Ensuring College Access for all Americans Act - Prohibits reducing the amount of Federal student assistance for which a student is eligible in the award year 2004 through applying to that student the annual updates to the allowance for State and other taxes (published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2003) in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology to determine a student's expected family contribution for the award year 2004-2005 under the Higher Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1269)
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the geographic reclassification of a county for purposes of equitable hospital payment rates under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 108-hr-2486
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Hospital rates
Illinois
Indiana
Medicare
Metropolitan areas
Social Welfare
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Deems Porter County, Indiana, to be located in the Chicago, Illinois, Metropolitan Statistical Area for purposes of reimbursement under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) of disproportionate share hospitals in Porter County, Indiana, with respect to the operating costs of inpatient hospital services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Esther Karinge.

Bill: 108-hr-2487
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2003-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Makes Esther Karinge eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2488
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Acevedo-Vila, Anibal [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Aquifers
Biological diversity
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Fishes
Forest conservation
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Infrastructure
Land transfers
National forests
Nature conservation
Puerto Rico
Science, Technology, Communications
Surplus government property
Tropical forests
User charges
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: 
Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire land in or immediately adjacent to the Karst Region of Puerto Rico for the purpose of protecting and managing the tropical forest areas of the Region, with particular emphasis on water quality and protection of the aquifers.
 
 Authorizes the Secretary to use funds from the Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Fund (established by this Act) as well as funds under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978, the Forest Legacy Program, and the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
 
 Requires these lands to be managed in accordance with the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978.
 
Makes all lands in such region eligible for inclusion in the Forest Legacy Program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act

Bill: 108-hr-2491
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2003-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Antitrust law
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Consent decrees
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Generic drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Law
Marketing
Patent infringement
Patents
Pharmaceutical research
Punitive damages
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: 
Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) limit a brand name drug manufacturer to one Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 30-month stay of competition in a patent infringement suit against a generic drug applicant; (2) permit a generic applicant being sued to file a counterclaim to correct or delete patent information; (3) limit damages that a brand name manufacturer may recover in an instance where such manufacturer failed to file certain patent information; (4) permit a generic drug applicant to seek declaratory judgment regarding patent infringement prior to marketing a drug; (5) forfeit the180-day market exclusivity period for a first generic drug applicant to a subsequent generic applicant if the first applicant engages in certain activities which impede such drug's timely marketing; and (6) permit alternative means to determine bioequivalence for drugs that are not absorbed into the bloodstream.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-17
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: 2003-06-17
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: 2003-06-17
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: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
National Beach Recreation Act

Bill: 108-hr-2492
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2003-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Beaches
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water resources development
Hurricanes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Recreation
Shore protection
Sports and Recreation
Storms

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: 
National Beach Recreation Act - Amends specified Federal law to direct the Secretary of the Army, in making recommendations to Congress for shore protection projects, to develop and implement procedures that treat recreational, hurricane and storm damage reduction, and environmental restoration benefits equally.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Nationwide Gun Buyback Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2493
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Amnesties
Arts, Culture, Religion
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Firearms
Firearms control
Museums
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Nationwide Gun Buyback Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to local governments to conduct gun buyback programs. Directs the Secretary, in assessing grant applications, to give greater weight to the incidence of gun violence and the need to reduce the availability of guns in the jurisdictions involved than to any other factors. Permits such units to use the grant only to conduct a gun buyback program in accordance with the approved grant application.
Directs the chief executive of a local government desiring a grant to submit to the Secretary an application that contains assurances that: (1) within 60 days after the program collects a gun, the gun will be destroyed (or, if it is an inoperable curio or relic with historic significance, donated to a museum for display); (2) the local law enforcement authority is able to collect guns safely under the program; and (3) the government has the authority to grant an appropriate amnesty to persons from whom guns are obtained under the program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1285-1286)
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe.

Bill: 108-hr-2495
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2003-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Minorities
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: 
Amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease from 1/8 to 1/16 the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian Tribe in Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Paso al Norte National Museum of Immigration History Act

Bill: 108-hr-2496
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2003-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Boundaries
Colleges
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
History
Mexican Americans
Mexico
Museums
Research centers
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Paso al Norte National Museum of Immigration History Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if land is made available to or by the University of Texas at El Paso under specified conditions, to make a grant for the establishment of the Paso al Norte National Museum of Immigration History (a museum and research center for the interpretation and commemoration of migration at the U.S. southern border).
Directs the Secretary, after receiving a grant proposal from the University in agreement with the City of El Paso that meets certain requirements, to award a grant to the University for the establishment of the museum, including planning, design, construction, furnishing, and startup expenses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Prescription Drug Parity for Americans Act

Bill: 108-hr-2497
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Canada
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Import restrictions
Imports
Intellectual property
Labeling
Law
Marketing
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Prescription pricing
Product counterfeiting
Product safety
Restrictive trade practices
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Prescription Drug Parity for Americans Act - Amends provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act set forth in the Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act of 2000 to: (1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drugs from Canada (currently, from Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, South Africa, the countries in the European Union and the European Free Trade Association, or other countries designated by the Secretary); and (2) exclude an infused or intravenously injected drug or a drug that is inhaled during surgery.
Prohibits discrimination in the sale of prescription drugs by manufacturers to pharmacists or wholesalers, requiring: (1) terms as favorable as those provided to foreign purchasers; and (2) full access to drugs permitted to be imported.
Continues the requirement that exported donated prescription drugs may only be reimported by the manufacturer.
Permits the Secretary to waive the prohibition against importing a prescription drug or device on a case-by-case basis, particularly those from Canada that are FDA-approved and for limited personal use.
Requires a study and report by the: (1) Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences on the regulatory compliance of importers of drugs; and (2) Comptroller General on how drug prices were affected.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Introduced in House