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Late Term Abortion Ban Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-679
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-11]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Licenses
Physicians
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Late Term Abortion Ban Act of 2003 - Prohibits intentionally and knowingly performing an abortion of a viable unborn child during the third trimester of pregnancy, except where the person performing the abortion is a physician who concludes in good faith that the abortion is necessary to prevent the death or a substantial risk of serious impairment to the physical or mental health of the woman. Requires a physician who performs such an abortion to certify to the designated State agency the medical indications supporting the physician's judgement.
Requires each State to enact legislation to assure that its licensing body may take appropriate disciplinary action against a physician who violates this Act, including authority to refuse to admit to examination or to issue a license or license renewal to a violator of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Assistance for Families of Space Shuttle Columbia Heroes Act

Bill: 108-hr-680
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-11]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Astronautics
Astronauts
Charitable contributions
Estate tax
Families
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Space activities
Space shuttles
Survivors' benefits
Tax exclusion
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Assistance for Families of Space Shuttle Columbia Heroes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make applicable to Space Shuttle Columbia victims the same provisions that are applicable to members of the Armed Forces and victims of certain terrorist attacks on death.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit an authorized committee of a winning candidate for election for Federal office which received a personal loan from the candidate from making any repayment on the loan after the date on which the candidate begins serving in such office.

Bill: 108-hr-681
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional elections
Finance and Financial Sector
Loans
Members of Congress
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002, to prohibit an authorized committee of a winning candidate for an election for Federal office occurring after December 2003, which received a personal loan from the candidate, from making any repayment with respect to such loan on or after the date on which the candidate begins serving in the office.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 to provide for additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees; to modify the AIUR trigger used in determining eligibility for second-tier benefits; and to provide for an extension of the temporary extended unemployment program.

Bill: 108-hr-682
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congress
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor statistics
Sunset legislation
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA, which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002) to provide: (1) an additional six weeks of benefits for those who exhausted theirs before December 29, 2002; (2) a revised adjusted insured unemployment rate State trigger for second tier benefits in high-unemployment States; and (3) an extension of the TEUC program through weeks of unemployment ending before December 28, 2003.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the special allowance for depreciation for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001, from 30 percent to 100 percent, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-683
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Commerce
Computer software
Contracts
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Infrastructure
Leases
Motor vehicles
Public utilities
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning the special allowance for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001, and before September 11, 2004 to increase the 30 percent allowance to 100 percent.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-684
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Abortion
Academic performance
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Constitutional law
Corporations
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Discrimination in education
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational facilities
Educational statistics
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Higher education
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Law
Maryland
Nonprofit organizations
Parent-school relationships
Private schools
Scholarships
School buildings
School discipline
Secondary education
Sex discrimination
Social Welfare
Student transportation
Students
Supreme Court
Teachers
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Victims of crimes
Virginia
Women
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2003 - Authorizes the establishment of the District of Columbia Scholarship Corporation as a private, nonprofit corporation to administer, publicize, and evaluate a District scholarship program and determine elementary and secondary student and school eligibility.
Establishes a District of Columbia Scholarship Fund, to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Authorizes the Corporation to award tuition scholarships and enhanced achievement scholarships to District resident students preparing to enter kindergarten through grade 12 with family incomes not exceeding 185 percent of the national poverty line. Allows scholarships to be used for tuition, fees, and appropriate transportation to public, private, or independent schools (or beyond-school-hours enhancement programs) in the District and specified neighboring counties and cities in Maryland and Virginia.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on the District scholarship program. Provides for expedited judicial review of challenges to such program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance.

Bill: 108-hr-685
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Scholarships
Student aid
Student employment
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal provisions which make persons convicted of drug offenses ineligible to receive student financial assistance for a certain period.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Marriage IRA Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-686
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Married people
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Marriage IRA Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning retirement savings to: (1) increase, with respect to the limitation on the deduction for active participants in certain pension plans, the phaseout threshold to $50,000 (twice such amount on a joint return) and provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment; (2) increase the applicable dollar amount for a Roth IRA to $95,000 (twice such amount on a joint return); and (3) eliminate the marriage penalty on the IRA deduction for active pension plan participants.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Identification Integrity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-687
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Congressional employees
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Immigration
International Affairs
Judicial officers
Law
Passports

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Identification Integrity Act of 2003 - Prohibits a Federal employee from accepting from individuals for purposes of establishing their identity a form of identification issued by a foreign government, except for a passport that is accepted for such purpose on the date of enactment of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Wood Preservation Safety Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-688
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Chemical research
Chemicals
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Science, Technology, Communications
Silver
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Wood Preservation Safety Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to require the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, to conduct a FY 2003 and 2004 study of silver-based biocides' effectiveness as a wood preservation treatment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Sales Tax Equitability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-689
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Local taxation
Sales tax
State taxation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Sales Tax Equitability Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the deduction of State and local sales taxes by residents of States which do not impose income taxes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1218)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E194)
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Alien Child Organ Transplant Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-690
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aliens
Child health
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Immigration
Medicaid
Residence requirements
Social Welfare
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Alien Child Organ Transplant Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicaid coverage of organ transplant procedures considered as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children under age 18.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow corporations to claim a charitable deduction for the donation of services related to contributions of computer technology or equipment.

Bill: 108-hr-691
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Commerce
Computer literacy
Computer networks
Computer programming
Computer software
Computers
Income tax
Information services
Internet
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow corporations to claim a charitable deduction for the donation of services, calculated at not more than $65 an hour, related to computer design or to computer technology or equipment (as defined by this Act).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Military Death Gratuity Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-693
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Families
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Survivors' benefits
Tax exclusion
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Military Death Gratuity Improvement Act of 2003 - Revises provisions concerning the exclusion from gross income of any qualified military benefit to redefine the term "qualified military benefit" to mean any allowance or in-kind benefit (other than personal use of a vehicle) which: (1) is received by any member or former member of the uniformed services or any dependent of such member by reason of such member's status or service as a member of such uniformed services; and (2) was excludable from gross income on December 31, 1991, (currently, September 9, 1986) under any provision of law, regulation, or administrative practice which was in effect on such date. Makes such revision applicable in the case of a death gratuity payable under chapter 75 of title 10 of the United States Code, with respect to a death occurring after September 10, 2001.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8019)
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7230)
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Residential Solar Energy Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-694
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bonds
Collection of accounts
Electric utilities
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Interest
Loans
Solar energy
Subsidies
Tax credits
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Residential Solar Energy Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit, as specified, to holders of residential solar energy bonds. Defines such bonds.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Tamarisk Research and Control Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-695
Sponsor: Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural extension work
Agricultural research
Colleges
Colorado
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Exotic plants
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Higher education
Pest control
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reclamation of land
Research grants
Revegetation
Science, Technology, Communications
Trees
Utah
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Tamarisk Research and Control Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, to make a grant to Mesa State College of Grand Junction, Colorado, for research and extension efforts to promote long-term control of the invasive tamarisk plant species, and revegetation of reclaimed areas, in the Colorado River watershed in Colorado and Utah.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Student Financial Assistance Assurance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-696
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Scholarships
Student aid
Student employment
Student loan funds
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Responsible Student Financial Assistance Assurance Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that only those students who have committed drug offenses during the period they were receiving student grant, loan, or work assistance shall have their eligibility for such assistance suspended upon conviction for such an offense.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate a high priority corridor in California.

Bill: 108-hr-697
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Road construction
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate I-710 in California between the terminus at Long Beach to State Route 60 as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in House