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Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act

Bill: 108-s-1223
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child development
Child health
Child psychology
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Demography
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Family services
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Hospital rates
Marriage counseling
Medical education
Medical residents
Medical statistics
Medicare
Mental health services
Psychiatric personnel
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Psychologists
Psychology
Scholarships
School health programs
Social Welfare
Social work
Student loan funds
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish programs of educational loan forgiveness and scholarships to encourage qualified individuals to provide mental health services to children and adolescents.
Sets forth qualifications, including education and licensing requirements. Limits the program to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents. Grants priority according to financial need, methodology, and willingness to work with high priority populations in the public sector. Treats such grants as equivalent to those of the National Health Service Corps Programs.
Authorizes additional grants for clinical and graduate and paraprofessional training to accredited schools and State-licensed mental health organizations, respectively. Gives priority to applicants that have: (1) a demonstrated ability to collect data on the numbers trained; (2) a familiarity with certain methodology; and (3) programs to increase the numbers of professionals and paraprofessionals serving high priority populations. Requires training to prioritize cultural competency.
Amends the Social Security Act to increase the number of child and adolescent psychiatry residents permitted to be paid under the Medicare Graduate Medical Education Program. Extends the Medicare Board eligibility period for residents and fellows in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Directs the Administrator to study and report to Congress on the distribution and need of child mental health service professionals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7627-7630)
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7627)
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act

Bill: 108-s-1225
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the Senate
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: 2003-06-10
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: 2003-06-11
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
2003 Act to Prevent Developmental Disabilities in Education

Bill: 108-s-1226
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congress
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Educational statistics
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: 2003 Act to Prevent Developmental Disabilities in Education - Directs the Secretary of Education to coordinate efforts with the Director of the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collecting and analyzing data to determine localities with a high incidence of developmental disabilities and possible causes for such circumstance. Directs the Secretary and the Director in implementing this Act to reconcile data collected in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act on the prevalence of developmental disabilities with existing surveillance and data collection systems, registries, and surveys that are administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7633)
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7633)
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1227
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Agriculture and Food
Drug interactions
Drug utilization
Geriatrics
Home care services
Medical economics
Medical screening
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing
Nutrition
Quality of care
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare coverage of substitute adult day care services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7634-7635)
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7633-7634)
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1228
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Health
Housing and Community Development
Lead poisoning
Maintenance and repair
Paints and varnishes
Preventive medicine
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: 
Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide owners of residential properties built in the United States before 1978 with a tax credit for lead-based paint abatement costs performed by a certified lead abatement contractor (50 percent of the cost of the abatement, not to exceed $1,500 per dwelling unit).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7635-7636)
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7635)
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Pornography and Abusive Marketing Act

Bill: 108-s-1231
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer protection
Deceptive advertising
Direct mail advertising
Directories
Electronic commerce
Electronic mail systems
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Internet
Right of privacy
Telemarketing
Web sites
Wireless communication
World Wide Web

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Stop Pornography and Abusive Marketing Act or SPAM Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish a registry in which persons not wishing to receive unsolicited commercial electronic (UCE) mail may register their (or their child's) electronic mail (email) address. Makes it unlawful for a person to initiate UCE mail to a registered email address. Provides for enforcement by the FTC, with civil penalties of $5,000 for each violation.
 
Makes it unlawful for any person to initiate the transmission of any UCE mail to a protected computer (a computer used by or for a financial institution or the U.S. Government) unless the message provides clear and conspicuous identification that it is an advertisement or solicitation by including &quot;ADV&quot; as the first characters in the subject line. Outlines procedures under which the FTC may approve a self-regulatory organization that requires program participants to adhere to such requirements.
 
Makes it unlawful for a person to: (1) initiate the transmission of commercial email or UCE mail in violation of Internet service provider policies with respect to email, account registration and use, or other terms of service; and (2) send to a protected computer a message that contains false, misleading, or deceptive information in the subject line, header, or router information or in the body of the message.
 
Requires all commercial email and UCE mail to contain: (1) a functioning return email address that a recipient may use to request not to receive any such mail in the future; and (2) clear and conspicuous notice of the opportunity to decline to receive further mail from the sender.
 
Prohibits the transmission of commercial email and UCE mail: (1) to addresses obtained through illegal harvesting or automated means; and (2) without identifying the valid physical address of the sender.
 
Provides for enforcement of this Act by: (1) the FTC; (2) certain other Federal agencies; (3) the attorney general of a State; (4) an Internet service provider; or (5) an individual consumer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the newly-constructed annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Ave., N.W. in Washington D.C., as the "James L. Buckley Annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse".

Bill: 108-s-1232
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
District of Columbia
Ex-Members of Congress
Law
Names
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Designates the newly constructed annex to the Federal building and E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Ave., N.W. , in Washington, D.C. as the James L. Buckley Annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7720)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Winning the Peace Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1235
Sponsor: Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Arms control
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Department of State
Economic assistance
Emergency Management
Employee training
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Human rights
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International relief
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Law
Military assistance
Military training
NATO military forces
Police
Police training
President and foreign policy
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Right of property
Rule of law
Science, Technology, Communications
U.S. Agency for International Development
War crimes
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Winning the Peace Act of 2003 - Authorizes the President to designate a civilian Director of Reconstruction for each country or region in which: (1) units of the U.S. Armed Forces have engaged in armed conflict; or (2) as a result of armed conflict, the country or region will receive reconstruction services from the U.S. Government.
 
Authorizes the President to provide reconstruction services for any country or region for which such Director has been designated.
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to establish an Office of International Emergency Management for such reconstruction services.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense should present to the North Atlantic Council a proposal to establish within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) an Integrated Security Support Component to train and equip selected units within NATO to assist in providing security in countries or regions requiring reconstruction services; and (2) if such a Component is established, the President should commit U.S. personnel to participate in it, after appropriate consultation with Congress.
 
Authorizes the President to commit U.S. personnel to participate in an Integrated Security Support Component if the North Atlantic Council establishes one.
 
Instructs the Secretary of State to establish within the Department of State an interagency Training Center for Post-Conflict Reconstruction Operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7725-7726)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7725)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Tamarisk Control and Riparian Restoration Act

Bill: 108-s-1236
Sponsor: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Arizona
California
Colorado
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental monitoring
Exotic plants
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Idaho
Infrastructure
Minorities
Montana
Native Americans
Nevada
New Mexico
Non-native species
Oklahoma
Pest control
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Texas
Utah
Water Resources Development
Water supply
West (U.S.)
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Tamarisk Control and Riparian Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to: (1) complete an assessment of the extent of tamarisk (an invasive plant species) invasion in the western United States and (2) establish the Tamarisk Assistance Program to provide cost-share grants to States for tamarisk control or eradication.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-211.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7727-7728)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7726-7727)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Independent Living Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1237
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Vocational rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Independent Living Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to revise formulae for allotment of funds to States for centers for independent living. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7728)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7728)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Women's Health Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1238
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Adult day care
Agriculture and Food
Ambulatory care
Appropriations
Cardiovascular diseases
Caregivers
Cervical cancer
Coinsurance
Colon cancer
Community health services
Diabetes
Drug interactions
Drug utilization
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Eye care
Families
Family planning and birth control
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Health counseling
Health education
Health insurance
Hearing
Higher education
Home care services
Households
Hypertension
Infants
Influenza
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Long-term care
Mammography
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical technology
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Nonprofit organizations
Nursing
Nutrition
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Poor children
Pregnant women
Preventive medicine
Prostate cancer
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Smoking
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation and the aged
Vaccination
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Improving Women's Health Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) add a variety of preventive health benefits under Medicare, including therapy and counseling for cessation of tobacco use, counseling for post-menopausal women, and screening for diminished visual acuity, and provide enhanced reimbursement for others; (2) eliminate deductibles and coinsurance for existing preventive health benefits; and (3) provide for coverage of substitute adult day services.
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) to give States the option to expand or add coverage of certain pregnant women under Medicaid and SCHIP and to provide optional coverage of legal immigrants under such programs.
Makes changes for promoting cessation of tobacco use under the Medicaid program, including removal of cost-sharing for tobacco cessation counseling services for pregnant women, and under the Maternal and Child Health Services program under SSA title V.
Gives States the option under Medicaid of: (1) providing family planning services and supplies to individuals with incomes that do not exceed a State's income eligibility level for medical assistance; and (2) extending the postpartum period for provision of family planning services and supplies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7728-7729)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1239
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alcoholism
Ambulatory care
Dental care
Disabled
Drug abuse
Ex-prisoners of war
Health
Labor and Employment
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay special monthly compensation to each veteran who is a former prisoner of war and was detained or interned for at least 30 days. Provides various rates of payment, ranging from $150 for those detained for between 30 and 120 days to a maximum of $450 for those detained more than 540 days. States that such special compensation shall: (1) be in addition to any other authorized payments; and (2) shall not be considered income for purposes of eligibility under any Federal or federally assisted program.
Prohibits the payment of veterans' disability compensation for any alcohol- or drug-related disability even if the abuse is secondary to a service-connected disability.
Removes the requirement that former prisoners of war must have been detained or interned for at least 90 days in order to be eligible for veterans' outpatient dental care.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-10
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1240
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Access to health care
Advice and consent of the Senate
Bribery
Capital movements
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democracy
Department of State
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal officials
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Free enterprise
Free trade
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Human rights
International cooperation
Internet
Nongovernmental organizations
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Poverty
Public corruption
Right of property
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Urban affairs
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 - Declares that the purposes of the Act are to provide U.S. assistance for global development through the Millennium Challenge Corporation in a manner that: (1) promotes economic growth and the elimination of extreme poverty; and (2) strengthens good governance, economic freedom, and investments in people.
 
Establishes in the executive branch the Millennium Challenge Corporation to provide assistance aimed at reducing extreme poverty to an eligible developing country that enters into a Millennium Challenge Contract with the Coporation establishing a multiyear plan for achieving economic growth, good governance, economic freedom, and investments in its people. Defines &quot;eligible country&quot; in terms of a country's commitment to democratic governance, economic freedom, and investment in its people (including educational opportunities and health care for all of its citizens).
 
Establishes a Millennium Challenge Account for the receipt of funds authorized to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7729-7730)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in Senate