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Individual Tax Simplification Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1939
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
College costs
Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Costs
Day care
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee stock options
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Law
Minimum tax
Partnerships
Scholarships
Small business
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax rates
Tax simplification
Trusts and trustees
Tuition tax credits
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Individual Tax Simplification Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning nonrefundable personal credits to provide that the aggregate amount of such credits allowed shall not exceed the amount of normal taxes and surtaxes.
Replaces the current three ranges for phaseout of the adoption, child, and Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a single, uniform phaseout of such credits.
Mandates a deduction from gross income of 38 percent of a net capital gain for any taxable year for a taxpayer other than a corporation.
Repeals the overall limitation on itemized deductions, the phaseout of personal exemptions, and the alternative minimum tax on individuals.
Establishes an additional income tax, if the adjusted gross income of an individual exceeds specified thresholds, at a rate estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury which will result in the Individual Tax Simplification Act of 2001 being revenue neutral over the first 10 years after its enactment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E851)
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Voter Freedom Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1941
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Ballots
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional districts
Congressional elections
Election candidates
Freedom of speech
Political parties
Right of petition
Third parties (U.S. politics)
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Voter Freedom Act of 2003 - Declares that an individual shall have the right to be placed as a candidate on, and to have his or her political party, body, or group affiliation in connection with such candidacy placed on, a ballot or similar voting materials to be used in a congressional election, if certain conditions are met.
Requires the individual to present a petition stating that its signers desire the individual's name and political party, body, or group affiliation, if any, to be placed on the ballot or other similar voting materials to be used in the election with respect to which such rights are to be exercised. Requires such petition to have at least 1,000 signatures of registered voters in the district, or, if the State in which the district is located does not provide for voter registration, to bear the signatures of at least 1,000 eligible voters in that State and district.
Specifies the period during which a petition must be circulated.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1385-1386)
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E848-849)
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel.

Bill: 108-hr-1942
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Commerce
Diesel motor
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Feedstock
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Income tax
Oils and fats
Refuse as fuel
Tax credits
Tax rates
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a credit to promote the production and usage of biodiesel fuel. Requires a taxpayer to obtain a certification from the producer of the biodiesel which identifies the product produced in order to utilize the credit. Imposes a tax for biodiesel not used as fuel, but for which a credit was granted. Reduces motor fuel excise taxes on biodiesel mixtures.
Provides for transfers of funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation to the Highway Trust Fund in amounts equivalent to the reductions that would occur but for this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood products, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-1943
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accident prevention
Child labor
Child safety
Church and education
Commerce
Compulsory education
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Families
Health
Industrial accidents
Lumber trade
Machinery
Occupational health and safety
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Religion
Religion in the workplace
Religions
Supervisors
Wood
Youth employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-30
text: Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from certain child labor restrictions the employment, inside or outside of businesses where machinery is used to process wood products, of individuals between ages 14 and 18 who are members of religious sects that do not permit formal education beyond the eighth grade.
Permits such youth employment if the individual: (1) is supervised by an adult relative or by an adult member of the same religious sect or division; (2) does not operate or assist in the operation of power-driven woodworking machines; (3) is protected from wood particles or other flying debris within the workplace by a barrier appropriate to such potential hazard or by maintaining a sufficient distance from machinery in operation; and (4) is required to use personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to excessive levels of noise and sawdust.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Essential Air Service Eligibility Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1944
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Administrative remedies
Airlines
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: 
Essential Air Service Eligibility Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends Federal transportation law to revise eligibility requirements with respect to the provision of essential air service subsidies to communities in the 48 contiguous States to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from providing such assistance to a community that is less than 70 miles from the nearest hub airport or requires a rate of subsidy per passenger in excess of $200, unless such community is greater than 210 miles from the nearest hub airport. Repeals specified provisions of Federal laws with respect to such eligibility requirements. Authorizes a community in which the Secretary has eliminated subsidies or terminated subsidy eligibility (between September 30, 1993, and the enactment of this Act) under specified Federal laws to request the Secretary to review such action. Requires the Secretary after receiving a request for a review to: (1) determine whether the community would have been subject to such elimination of subsidies or termination of eligibility under the distance requirements provided in this Act; and (2) issue a final order with respect to the eligibility of such community for essential air service subsidies under the amended requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E845)
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 35, United States Code, to clarify the applicability of certain provisions relating to railroad cars.

Bill: 108-hr-1946
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Intellectual property
Inventions
Patent infringement
Patents
Railroad equipment
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Amends Federal patent law denying any patent infringement for the use of an invention in any vessel, aircraft or vehicle of any country which affords similar privileges to vessels, aircraft or vehicles of the United States, entering the United States temporarily or accidentally, if the invention is used exclusively for the needs of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle and is not offered for sale or sold in or used for the manufacture of anything to be sold in or exported from the United States. Applies this denial of patent infringement for temporary presence in the United States to use of an invention in a railroad car that enters and leaves the United States on a recurring basis.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Housing Improvement Act

Bill: 108-hr-1947
Sponsor: Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Housing and Community Development
Married people
Military construction operations
Military dependents
Military housing

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Armed Forces Housing Improvement Act - Makes a member of the armed forces who has a spouse and at least one dependent under 19 residing with such member eligible for military installation housing containing at least three bedrooms, regardless of such member's grade, rank, or rating. Considers housing containing less than three bedrooms inadequate housing for such member.
Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to require the military base housing office of each installation to review and revise its housing market analysis and military family housing requirements to accommodate such policy.
Prohibits military housing construction funds appropriated before this Act from being obligated until such Secretaries certify to Congress that: (1) such analyses and requirements have been revised; and (2) the unobligated funds will be used to accommodate such policy and implement such analyses and requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Shigeru Yamada.

Bill: 108-hr-1948
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Declares Shigeru Yamada to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Vendee Loan Restoration Act

Bill: 108-hr-1949
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2003-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Loan defaults
Mortgages
Veterans' loans

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Vendee Loan Restoration Act - Reinstates the minimum and maximum percentages of purchases during a fiscal year of real property acquired by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as the result of a default on a guaranteed loan that may be financed by a loan made by the Secretary. Increases the maximum percentage to 85 (65 under provisions that expired after September 30, 1990).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-16
text: See Public Law 108-183.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Provision incorporated. See H.R. 2297, as amended, Title IV, Section 404.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Provision incorporated. See H. R. 2297, Section 15.
action_date: 2003-05-15
text: Provision incorporated. See H. R. 1460, Section 5.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E864)
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Introduced in House
VA Medical Workforce Enhancement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1951
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2003-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Clinics
Collective bargaining
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education
Employee training
Employee-management relations in government
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government employee unions
Health
Higher education
Hours of labor
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Mentoring
Nurses
Nursing education
Physicians
Physicians' assistants
Promotions
Quality of care
Recruiting of employees
Salaries
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: VA Medical Workforce Enhancement Act of 2003 - States that: (1) current collective bargaining requirements within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) shall not preclude the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and any labor organization representing VHA employees from entering into a collective bargaining agreement with respect to the numbers, types, and grades of employees, the number of patients assigned to physicians, physicians assistants, or nurses, and employee-to-patient ratios within any VHA medical facility, clinic, or organizational subdivision; and (2) nothing shall limit the right or ability of any labor organization representing such employees from engaging in collective bargaining with respect to VHA promotion processes. Provides that when a VHA registered nurse has accomplished the performance elements of promotion to the next higher grade, the lack of a specific type of educational degree shall not be an impediment to such promotion.
Authorizes additional pay for Saturday VHA nursing duty.
Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop nurse preceptors to act as mentors to newly hired registered nurses at Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-06
text: See Public Law 108-170.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Certain provisions incorporated. See S. 1156, Title III, Section 303.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Certain provisions incorporated. See H. R. 2433, Section 3, and Section 4.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia $5000 Homebuyer Credit Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1952
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: District of Columbia
Divorce
Enterprise zones
Families
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Law
Minimum tax
Separation (Law)
Tax credits
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: District of Columbia $5000 Homebuyer Credit Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the District of Columbia first-time homebuyer credit permanent. Extends classification of "first-time homebuyer" to certain individuals buying a residence due to divorce or separation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Citizenship Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1953
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2003-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Citizenship
Economics and Public Finance
Embassies
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Law
Legal fees
Military bases
Military personnel
Naturalization
State courts
State laws
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Armed Forces Citizenship Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act respecting naturalization through service in the armed forces to: (1) reduce the required service from three years to one year (effective as if enacted on September 11, 2001); and (2) prohibit the imposition of a naturalization fee.
Provides for overseas naturalization proceedings for members of the armed forces.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4904)
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for America's Servicemen and Women in Higher Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1955
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2003-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Federally-assisted loans
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Interest
Military personnel
National Guard
Scholarships
Student loan funds
War

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Fairness for America's Servicemen and Women in Higher Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise title IV student loan and grant assistance repayment provisions with respect to individuals who serve on active duty during a war or national emergency.
Exempts students who withdraw from higher education institutions to serve on active duty during a war or national emergency from requirements to repay certain title IV grant assistance.
Defers repayments of principal, and directs the Secretary of Education to make interest payments, on specified types of student loans during a war or national emergency when a borrower is: (1) a member of a regular component on active duty, and receives specified compensation; (2) on active duty, regardless of the location at which such active duty service is performed; or (3) on full-time National Guard duty under a call to active service for a period of more than 30 consecutive days to respond to a national emergency.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 108-hr-1956
Sponsor: Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2003-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs under the Medicare program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House