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Baseball Fan Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-2745
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Athletes
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Licenses
Metropolitan areas
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Television broadcasting of sports
Television stations
Urban affairs
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
Baseball Fan Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning the basis limitation for player contracts transferred in connection with the sale of a sports franchise to provide that when a sports franchise is sold, unless local television stations are given reasonable opportunity to purchase the right to broadcast the team's games before others are allowed to make bids, there shall be a presumption that the 50 percent allocation of value to player contracts shall be zero. Applies this Act to franchise sales or exchanges after December 31, 1999.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to update the optional methods for computing net earnings from self-employment.

Bill: 108-hr-2747
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Earnings
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Social security taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the optional method of computing net earnings from self-employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
FERS Redeposit Act

Bill: 108-hr-2748
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional pensions
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government trust funds
Interest
Labor and Employment
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: FERS Redeposit Act - Allows each Federal employee who has returned to Government service and who has received a refund of retirement contributions under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) (or any other retirement system established for Federal employees covering service for which such employee or Member may be allowed credit under FERS provisions) to deposit (to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund) the amount that was so received, with interest. Allows deposits in one or more installments. 
Disallows the recapture of credit for service covered by the refund until such a deposit is made.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Succession Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2749
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional leadership
Congressional reporting requirements
Presidential succession

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
Presidential Succession Act of 2003 - Revises provisions concerning presidential succession. Requires the President to submit to: (1) the Clerk of the House of Representatives notification in writing of the designation of either the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the office of the Minority Leader of the House as the office designated as the highest on the presidential succession list; and (2) the Secretary of the Senate notification in writing of the designation of either the Office of the Majority Leader of the Senate or the office of the Minority Leader of the Senate as next highest on such list.
 
Includes, following the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security on the list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Savannah River Lakes Private Land Ownership Restoration Act

Bill: 108-hr-2753
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Dams
Energy
Georgia
Lakes
Land transfers
South Carolina
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Savannah River Lakes Private Land Ownership Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer, without consideration, by quitclaim deed, all right, title, and interest in certain land in Georgia and South Carolina to various counties, with each county receiving the portion of the land that is within its boundaries. States that the land consists of land owned by the Corps of Engineers that constitutes: (1) the J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake project; (2) the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project; and (3) the Hartwell Dam and Lake project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to issue posthumously to the late William "Billy" Mitchell a commission as major general, United States Army.

Bill: 108-hr-2755
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Army
Military promotions
Officer personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Authorizes the President to issue, posthumously, a commission as major general, United States Army, in the name of William Mitchell, a former colonel who resigned his commission on February 1, 1926.

action_date: 2003-10-08
text: 

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

 
Authorizes the President to issue, posthumously, a commission as major general, United States Army, in the name of William Mitchell, a former colonel who resigned his commission on February 1, 1926.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text:  CR H9322)
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text:  CR H9322)
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2755.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration:  CR H9322-9325)
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Mr. Hunter moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2003-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Earned Income Credit Public Awareness Campaign Act

Bill: 108-hr-2756
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Earned income tax credit
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Migrant labor
Military personnel
Public service advertising
Single-parent families
Social Welfare
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Earned Income Credit Public Awareness Campaign Act - Directs the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to: (1) establish and carry out a national public awareness campaign to educate Americans of the availability of the earned income credit; and (2) make grants to State agencies to carry out earned income credit Statewide public awareness campaigns in conjunction with the national campaign.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1494)
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Secure Identity Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-2757
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Driver licenses
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Public records
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Secure Identity Protection Act - Directs the President to assess and report to Congress on the advisability of requiring each State to use the Death Master File of the Social Security Administration in issuing drivers' licenses to individuals as a method of determining the validity of the social security numbers supplied by them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Vine Street in Glenwood, Iowa, as the "William J. Scherle Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-2758
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Iowa
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility (the Glenwood Main Post Office) located at 101 South Vine Street in Glenwood, Iowa, as the William J. Scherle Post Office Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: See S.1399 for further action.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Bruce Vento Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2759
Sponsor: Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Asians
Civics education
Department of Justice
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
English language
Evidence (Law)
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Guerrilla warfare
History
Laos
Law
Limitation of actions
Married people
Naturalization
Refugees
Veterans' organizations
Vietnam veterans
Vietnamese Conflict
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Bruce Vento Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2003 - Amends the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 to extend the deadlines for naturalization applications and payment of fees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1499)
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Security Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2761
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Classified defense information
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Employee selection
Employee training
Employment tests
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Federal law enforcement officers
Fees
Fire prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Identification of criminals
Independent regulatory commissions
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Licenses
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Personnel records
Planning
Radioactive wastes
Rating of employees
Security clearances
Security measures
Storage
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Nuclear Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to instruct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to: (1) establish a nuclear security force composed of NRC employees to provide for the security of all sensitive nuclear facilities against design basis threat; and (2) develop and implement a security plan containing specified elements for each sensitive nuclear facility to ensure the security of all sensitive nuclear facilities against such threat.
 

 
Authorizes a holder of a license for a sensitive nuclear facility to petition the Commission for additional requirements in the security plan for such facility.
 
Requires the NRC to establish a hiring and training program for the nuclear security force.
 
Establishes the Nuclear Security Fund for use by the Commission to administer the security programs for sensitive nuclear facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Excellence in Vocational Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2762
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Commerce
Community and school
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Labor and Employment
Secondary education
Technical education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Excellence in Vocational Education Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a competitive grant to local educational agencies for up to half the costs of vocational and technical education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1503)
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Public Private Vocational Partnership Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2763
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Commerce
Community colleges
Corporate philanthropy
Corporation taxes
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Secondary education
Tax credits
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Public Private Vocational Partnership Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited business credit for charitable contributions of tangible personal property to high schools and community colleges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1503)
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Education for Military Families Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2764
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Families
Higher education
Military dependents
Military personnel
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Expanding Education for Military Families Act of 2003 - Removes the requirement that, in order to be eligible to transfer educational entitlement earned under the Montgomery GI Bill's educational assistance program to one or more military dependents, a member must have, or be participating in, a critical military skill or specialty.
 
Requires an individual to make an election not to enroll in such program during the 180-day period beginning on the date the individual enters into active-duty or reserve service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-15
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Contractors Accountability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2767
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Evidence (Law)
Federal aid programs
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Freedom of information
Government contractors
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Law
Loan defaults
Recidivists
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Contractors Accountability Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish and maintain a database of information regarding integrity and performance of Federal contracts and assistance recipients for use by Federal procurement award officials and Federal officials having authority to debar or suspend persons from Federal contracts or assistance. Includes within required database information all judicial and administrative proceedings against such contractors or assistance recipients. Requires such information to be available to all Federal agencies and the public. 
Requires Federal agency suspension and debarment regulations to be amended to provide that an entity shall be presumed to be nonresponsible with respect to the award of a Federal contract or assistance if the entity has rendered against it twice within any three-year period a judgment or conviction for the same offense, if each conviction constitutes a cause for Federal debarment.
Requires entities to disclose in contract or assistance solicitations, bids, or offers all debarments or suspensions, judicial and administrative proceedings against the entity, and agreements that the entity is performing to avoid suspension or debarment within the last five years.
Requires the Interagency Committee on Debarment and Suspension to take certain actions with respect to Federal suspension or debarment proceedings.
Allows: (1) Federal agencies, commissions, or organizations not currently participating in the Federal suspension and debarment system to do so; and (2) payments received under administrative agreements to avoid suspension or debarment to be used for costs associated with the database.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Save Our Seniors Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2769
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2003-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Canada
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Europe
European Union
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Import restrictions
Imports
Intellectual property
Labeling
Law
Marketing
Packaging
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Prescription pricing
Product counterfeiting
Product safety
Restrictive trade practices
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: 
Save Our Seniors Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to permit pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from Canada. Allows the Secretary to permit importation from European Union countries in three years if the Secretary finds that drugs imported from Canada have proven safe and effective.
 
Requires: (1) safeguards to ensure that each prescription drug imported is safe and effective; (2) importers to submit to the Secretary detailed information about the drug and shipment; (3) Canadian distributors to register with the Secretary; (4) immediate suspension of importation of a drug or by an importer if a pattern of counterfeiting or violations of this Act are discovered; and (5) manufacturers to authorize the use of the approved labeling for the drug.
 
Prohibits discrimination by manufacturers against wholesalers or pharmacists who distribute prescription drugs.
 
Declares that the Secretary should waive the prohibition against importation of a drug when it is clearly for personal use and does not present an unreasonable risk to the individual. Requires the Secretary to grant such waivers under certain circumstances and to publish guidance as to when the Secretary will grant these waivers.
 
Requires a study and report from: (1) the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences on importation under this Act; and (2) the Comptroller General on the effect this section has on the retail price of prescription drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Introduced in House