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New York Fair Fishing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1463
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Fishery management
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New England
New York State
Northeastern States

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
New York Fair Fishing Act of 2003 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add the State of New York as a member of the New England Fishery Management Council. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Tax Incentive Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1464
Sponsor: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Families
Family farms
Farm lands
Income tax
Land transfers
Land use
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax exclusion

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9974)
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress honoring Wilma G. Rudolph, in recognition of her enduring contributions to humanity and women's athletics in the United States and the world.

Bill: 108-s-1465
Sponsor: Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Minorities
Olympic games
Sports and Recreation
Women
Women athletes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Authorizes the President to award a congressional gold medal honoring Wilma G. Rudolph (three-time gold medal winner in the 1960 Olympics) to her family in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions to humanity and to women's athletics.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9975)
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9974-9975)
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Korean War Veterans Recognition Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1468
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armistices
Flags
History
Holidays
International Affairs
Korean War, 1950-1953
Patriotism
Special days

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Korean War Veterans Recognition Act of 2003 - Adds National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, July 27, to the list of days on which the flag of the United States should be displayed.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership Act

Bill: 108-s-1469
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Child development
Community and school
Community colleges
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Indian children
Indian education
Minorities
Poor children
Preschool education
Rural education
Social Welfare
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 
Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership Act - Amends the Head Start Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants of at least five years duration to Tribal Colleges and Universities to: (1) implement education programs that include tribal culture and language and increase the number of associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees in early childhood education and related fields that are earned by Indian Head Start agency staff members, parents of children served by such an agency, and members of the tribal community involved; (2) develop and implement such programs in technology-mediated formats; and (3) provide technology literacy programs for Indian Head Start agency staff members and children and families of children served by such an agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10058)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10057-10058)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1470
Sponsor: Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2003-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Adult education
Bank accounts
Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Department of the Treasury
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Financial planning
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Nonprofit organizations
Personal budgets
Retirement
Saving and investment
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 
Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish within the Office of Financial Education of the Department of the Treasury, the Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Committee to: (1) coordinate Federal financial literacy and education efforts; (2) develop and implement a national strategy to promote basic financial literacy and education among all Americans; (3) reduce overlap and duplication in Federal financial literacy and education activities; (4) identify the most effective types of public sector financial literacy programs and techniques, as measured by improved consumer decision making; and (5) coordinate and promote financial literacy efforts at the State and local level, including partnerships among Federal, State, and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private enterprises.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10062)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10058-10061)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require electric utilities to provide net metering service.

Bill: 108-s-1471
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2003-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Electric power
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Electric utility rates
Environmental Protection
Fuel cells
Geothermal resources
Hydroelectric power
Landfills
Methane
Refuse as fuel
Solar energy
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require each electric utility to make net metering service available upon consumer request. 
 
Permits a State regulatory authority, one year after enactment of this Act, to determine whether it is in the public interest to decline to implement such requirement.
 
Permits a State to establish incentives to encourage on-site generating facilities and net metering in addition to the requirements of this Act.
 
Requires an electric utility to charge the owner or operator of an on-site generating facility rates that are identical to those charged to its other electric consumers in the same rate class.
 
Bars such utility from charging the owner or operator of an on-site generating facility any additional standby, capacity, interconnection, or other charges.
 
Prescribes guidelines for: (1) electric energy sales to the owner or operator of an on-site generating facility; and (2) measurements of electric energy consumed.
 
Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate additional control, testing, and interconnection requirements for on-site generating facilities and net metering systems deemed necessary to protect public safety and system reliability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide a grant for the construction of a statue of Harry S Truman at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bill: 108-s-1472
Sponsor: Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]
Introduced: 2003-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Ex-presidents
Government Operations and Politics
Missouri
Monuments and memorials
Railroad terminals
Truman Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide a grant of up to $50,000 to pay the Federal share of the costs for the construction of a statue of Harry S Truman at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-225.
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10062)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for the mitigation of shore damage attributable to the project for navigation, Saco River, Maine.

Bill: 108-s-1473
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Beaches
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Finance and Financial Sector
Maine
Navigation
Rivers
Shore protection
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out, under the River and Harbor Act of 1968, a project for the mitigation of shore damage attributable to the project for navigation, Saco River, Maine, without regard to the requirement for congressional authorization set forth in that Act. Authorizes the Secretary to implement the project plan preferred by non-Federal interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Head Start Centers of Excellence Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1474
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2003-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child development
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Poor children
Preschool education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 
Head Start Centers of Excellence Act of 2003 - Amends the Head Start Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program for: (1) designating up to 200 exemplary Head Start agencies as Centers of Excellence in Early Childhood; and (2) making bonus grants to such centers to provide Head Start services to additional eligible children, and perform specified related activities.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to: (1) States to enable them to establish State Councils for Excellence in Early Childhood to work with the State Head Start Office of Collaboration; and (2) an independent organization to conduct research on the ability of the centers of excellence to improve the school readiness of children receiving Head Start services, and to positively impact school results in the earliest grades.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10064-10065)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10062-10064)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
PRO GROW USA Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1475
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Competition
Foreign Trade and International Finance
International competitiveness

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 
Promote Growth and Jobs in the USA Act of 2003 (the PRO GROW USA Act of 2003) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the provision excluding extraterritorial income from gross income.
 
Makes a variety of additional amendments concerning the treatment of controlled foreign corporations and the foreign tax credit, including: (1) repealing foreign personal holding company rules, gain on foreign investment company stock rules, election by foreign investment companies to distribute income currently rules, foreign base company shipping income rules, the special rules in case of foreign oil and gas income, the limitation of the foreign tax credit under the alternative minimum tax, and other specified rules; and (2) establishing a tax rate of 5.25 percent on repatriated corporate earnings.
 
Makes the credit for increasing research activities permanent and increases the rates of alternative incremental credit.
 
Extends and increases certain expensing provisions concerning property acquired after September 10, 2001. Extends certain expensing for small business provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10065-10069)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Wind Power Tax Incentives Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1476
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2003-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural cooperatives
Agriculture and Food
Cooperative societies
Electric power production
Energy
Income tax
Minimum tax
Tax credits
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 
Wind Power Tax Incentives Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) passive activity losses and credits attributable to qualified wind energy facilities; (2) the wind energy credit to be used against the alternative minimum tax; and (3) the pass-through of a cooperative's wind energy credit to the cooperative's members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10069-10070)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10069)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Tribute to Celia Cruz Act

Bill: 108-s-1477
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Cuban Americans
Entertainers
Music

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 
Congressional Tribute to Celia Cruz Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Celia Cruz (a Cuban-born entertainer who became known as the &quot;Queen of Salsa&quot;) in recognition of her contributions to music, Latino culture, and American society.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10071)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10070-10071)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-1478
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2003-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Authorization
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Information networks
Information technology
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 
Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to: (1) extend through FY 2008 the authorization of appropriations for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the NTIA Technology Opportunities Program; and (2) require the NTIA to assess fees from Federal agencies for the costs of assigning spectrum or providing spectrum management functions.

action_date: 2003-10-02
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to: (1) extend through FY 2008 the authorization of appropriations for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the NTIA Technology Opportunities Program; and (2) require the NTIA to assess fees from Federal agencies for the costs of assigning spectrum or providing spectrum management functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 304.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 108-161.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 108-161.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend and extend the Irish Peace Process and Cultural Training Program Act of 1998.

Bill: 108-s-1479
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural relations
Ethnic relations
Europe
Ireland
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-29
text: 
Amends the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (IPPCTPA) to prescribe Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program participant requirements. Requires a participant to be an alien who: (1) is a citizen of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland; (2) is between 21 and 35 years of age on the date of departure for the United States; (3) has resided continuously in a designated county (in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland) for at least six months before such date; (4) has been continuously unemployed for at least six months before such date; and (5) does not have a degree from an institution of higher education.
 
 Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report each program year to Congress (currently, the third program year and the three subsequent years) on the number of aliens admitted who have overstayed their visas.
 
Extends the authority of the IPPCTPA through FY 2008.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the nonimmigrant alien eligibility qualifications for program participants to conform to this Act. Reduces from 36 to 24 months the temporary period of the visit to the United States for participation in the program. 
 
Denies any such person eligibility to apply for an immigrant visa, or for permanent residence, or for a nonimmigrant visa under such Act until he or she has resided and been physically present in the country of nationality or last residence for an aggregate of a least two years following departure from the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to waive this requirement if: (1) departure from the United States would impose exceptional hardship upon the alien's spouse or child (if such spouse or child is a U.S. citizen or a lawfully resident alien); or (2) the admission of the alien is in the U.S. public or national interest.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate