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A bill to exempt seaplanes from certain transportation taxes.

Bill: 108-s-1296
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air cargo
Aircraft
Airline passenger traffic
Excise tax
Marine transportation
Tax exemption
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt seaplanes from the 6.25 percent transportation excise tax applicable to those engaged in the business of transporting property by air for hire.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect the Pledge Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1297
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Allegiance
Appellate courts
Church and state
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Constitutional law
District courts
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Flags
Government Operations and Politics
Jurisdiction
Oaths
Patriotism
Religion
Religion in the public schools
Religious liberty

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Protect the Pledge Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal judicial code to deny jurisdiction to any court established by Act of Congress to hear or determine any claim that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8242)
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8242)
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Downed Animal Protection Act

Bill: 108-s-1298
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animals
Livestock
Meat packing industry
Protection of animals

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Downed Animal Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations to provide for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by a covered entity, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized.
Provides that an entity shall: (1) not move nonambulatory livestock while such livestock is conscious; and (2) humanely euthanize such livestock.
Prohibits an establishment covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act to pass nonambulatory livestock through inspection.
Defines "covered entity," and "humanely euthanize."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8243)
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8242-8243)
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade Readjustment and Development Enhancement for America's Communities Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1299
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Business cycles
Commerce
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Commerce
Depressed areas
Diversification in industry
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Fisheries
Fishing boats
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Investment of public funds
Labor and Employment
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Strategic planning
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Trade Readjustment and Development Enhancement for America's Communities Act of 2003 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) provide leadership, support, and coordination for a comprehensive management program to address economic dislocation in eligible communities; (2) coordinate the Federal response, and provide technical assistance, to eligible communities; (3) establish specific criteria for submission and evaluation of strategic plans; (4) administer grant programs established by this Act; (5) establish an interagency Community Trade Readjustment and Development Enhancement Working Group to examine other options for addressing trade impacts on communities; and (6) determine if a community that files an application is negatively impacted by trade and, if so, to certify the community as eligible for assistance. Sets forth: (1) criteria for making that determination; and (2) priorities in making grants, with preference to rural communities.
 
Repeals the continued dumping and subsidy offset program (under which sums are distributed to affected domestic producers).
 
Establishes the Community Trade Readjustment and Development Enhancement Trust Fund, which shall be available for the payment of readjustment assistance to communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8242-8243)
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Prescription Drug Consumer Information Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1300
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer education
Contracts
Cost control
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Drugs
Employee health benefits
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Law
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Rebates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Prescription Drug Consumer Information Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act with regard to certain contracts involving pharmacy benefit managers (PBM's). Sets forth certain requirements a PBM must meet for a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan (health insurance issuer), to enter into a contract with the PBM to manage the prescription drug coverage provided under such plan or coverage or to control the costs of such prescription drug coverage. Includes among such requirements that the PBM not be owned by a pharmaceutical manufacturing company and that the PBM shall agree to pass along any cost savings negotiated with a pharmacy to the group health plan or the health insurance issuer.
Amends the Act to apply the provisions of this Act regarding contracts with a PBM to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market in the same manner as they apply to a group health plan and a health insurance issuer providing health insurance coverage.
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to apply the provisions of this Act regarding contracts with a PBM to a group health plan and a health insurance issuer in the same manner as such provisions apply to a group health plan and a health insurance issuer providing health insurance coverage.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations requiring a pharmacy to disclose the retail cost of a prescription drug upon request by a consumer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8244-8245)
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Global Affairs Institute Act

Bill: 108-s-1302
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civics education
Colleges
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Developing countries
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Ex-Members of Congress
Federal aid to education
Foreign leaders
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government officials
Higher education
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Names
New York State
Policy sciences
Scholarships
Senate
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Global Affairs Institute Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to Syracuse University to establish an endowment fund to support a Daniel Patrick Moynihan Global Affairs Institute.
 
Requires the University, to be eligible for such grant, to designate the global affairs institute within the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs as the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Global Affairs Institute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Quality Cancer Care Preservation Act

Bill: 108-s-1303
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2003-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Agriculture and Food
Ambulatory care
Business records
Cancer
Chemotherapy
Coinsurance
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug industry
Drug therapy
Drugs
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health counseling
Health insurance
Law
Local taxation
Medical fees
Medicare
Mental health services
Nurses
Nutrition
Pharmacies
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Quality of care
Radiotherapy
Sales tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social work
Standards
State taxation
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Quality Cancer Care Preservation Act - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the payment amount for covered drugs and biologicals furnished during a calendar quarter that are not paid on a cost or prospective payment basis. Changes such amount from 95 percent of the average wholesale price to 120 percent of the average sales price of the drug or biological for the second preceding calendar quarter. Requires drug manufacturers to report average sales prices each calendar quarter for covered drugs and biologicals.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) revise the practice expense relative value units for drug administration services (including chemotherapy administration services) in accordance with this Act to determine the units to be used in determining the fee schedule amounts paid for drug administration services under the Medicare program; (2) recognize and make payments under Medicare for chemotherapy support services furnished incident to physicians' services; (3) recognize and establish a payment amount for the service of cancer therapy management to account for the greater pre-service and post-service work associated with visits and consultations conducted by physicians treating cancer patients compared to typical visits and consultations; and (4) develop a revised methodology for determining the payment amounts for services that are paid under the Medicare fee schedule and that do not have physician work relative value units, including radiation oncology services.
Amends SSA title XVIII to provide that if the Secretary requires direct supervision of a service by a physician, that supervision requirement may be fulfilled by one or more physicians other than the physician who ordered the service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Women's Health Office Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1304
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Clinical trials
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Education
Executive reorganization
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Higher education
Medical education
Medical ethics
Medical research
Medical supplies
Pharmaceutical research
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: 
 
Women's Health Office Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Social Security Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the establishment of separate Offices on Women's Health within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Office of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Office of the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Office of the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to carry out specified activities relating to the health of women. Directs the lead officers of each Office of Women's Health to establish goals, provide information, serve as a consultant, and establish a Coordinating Committee on Women's Health within their respective agencies. 
Requires the Director of the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality to designate an official of the Office of Priority Populations to carry out similar responsibilities relating to women's health.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Office of Women's Health, to establish a National Women's Health Information Center to facilitate the exchange of information, access to such information, and the analysis of issues and problems relating to women's health.
 
Transfers the functions of the Office on Women's Health of the Public Health Service to the Office of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8302)
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance.

Bill: 108-s-1305
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobile industry
Automobile repair
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Contracts
Income tax
Law
Limitation of actions
Retail trade
Tax exclusion
Tax returns
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance with respect to a motor vehicle dealer who was a party to a motor vehicle sales and service agreement with a motor vehicle manufacturer who announced in December 2000 that it would phase-out the motor vehicle brand to which such agreement relates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8303)
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8302-8303)
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
California Missions Preservation Act

Bill: 108-s-1306
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art
Arts, Culture, Religion
California
Catholic Church
Church property
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Missionaries
Religion
Social Welfare
Spain
West (U.S.)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: 
California Missions Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make matching grants to the California Missions Foundation to support its efforts to restore and repair the California missions, and to preserve associated artworks and artifacts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-485.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8304)
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8303)
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to pursue and complete actions related to the implementation of a U.S. District Court Consent Decree.

Bill: 108-s-1308
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2003-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Consent decrees
Dams
Fishery management
Irrigation districts
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Secretary of Commerce, acting through National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, to implement and enter into financial assistance or other agreements as may be necessary to undertake activities identified for Federal implementation (including construction) in accordance with U.S. District Court Consent Decree &quot;United States, et al, v. Grants Pass Irrigation District, Civil No. 98-3034-HO&quot; (August 27, 2001).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-271.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8305)
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8304-8305)
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1309
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2003-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural subsidies
Animals
Aquaculture
Commerce
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Livestock
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Trees
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency financial assistance to producers who have suffered qualifying disaster-caused crop losses in 2003.
Includes among covered crops livestock, fisheries, and trees from which a crop is harvested.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8305)
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the harbor maintenance tax is applied to certain ports that import cargo exceeding $100,000,000 in value per year.

Bill: 108-s-1310
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Excise tax
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Freight
Harbors
Imports
Transportation and Public Works
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply the harbor maintenance tax to certain ports used to import commercial cargo worth more than $100,000,000. Negates the tax on a port for any year after a period of three consecutive years in which $100,000,000 or less cargo was imported through the port and no Federal funds were used for construction, maintenance, or operation, as well as for subsequent years so long as the preceding year's cargo was $100,000,000 or less. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1311
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Inland water transportation
Interstate commissions
Lakes
Navigation
New Jersey
New York State
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rivers
Ships
Strategic planning
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Vermont
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2003 - Establishes the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission to plan, develop, and execute programs and activities appropriate to commemorate, in 2009, the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Henry Hudson (the first European to sail up the Hudson River), the 200th anniversary of the voyage of Robert Fulton (the first person to use steam navigation on a commercial basis), and the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Samuel de Champlain (the first European to discover and explore Lake Champlain).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-739.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1312
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Minorities
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide full reimbursement for medical assistance provided to a Native Hawaiian through a Federally-qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8359-8360)
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8359)
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Congaree National Park Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1313
Sponsor: Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Commemorations
Fishing
Land transfers
National monuments
National parks
South Carolina
Sports and Recreation
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Congaree National Park Act of 2003 - Establishes Congaree National Park, which shall be composed of the Congaree Swamp National Monument and approximately 4,576 acres of adjacent land in South Carolina. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land for inclusion in the Park by donation, purchase from a willing seller, transfer, or exchange. Limits the Park's total area to 30,000 acres. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit a general management plan for the Park to specified congressional committees; and (2) permit sport fishing within the Park. 
 
Designates the Congaree Swamp National Monument Wilderness as the Congaree National Park Wilderness. 


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: 2003-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8360-8362)
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate