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Student Aid Streamlined Disclosure Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3613
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Auditing
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Higher education
Income
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Scholarships
Student aid
Student employment
Student loan funds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Student Aid Streamlined Disclosure Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize, through September 30, 2008, the disclosure of certain tax return information to the Department of Education with respect to students seeking federal student aid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2417-2418)
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that the national instant criminal background check system provides the Federal Bureau of Investigation with information on approved firearms transfers to persons named in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File.

Bill: 108-hr-3614
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information
EBB Terrorism
Electronic government information
Firearms control
Gangs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Law
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to direct the Attorney General to prescribe regulations to ensure that the national instant criminal background check system (NICS) preserves all records with respect to the prospective receipt of a firearm by an individual whose name appears in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) until NICS has provided the records to the FBI where NICS is contacted by a licensee for information on whether receipt of a firearm by that individual would violate firearm possession provisions and the information available to NICS does not demonstrate that the receipt would be such a violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to reimburse members of the Armed Forces for the cost of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of the member.

Bill: 108-hr-3615
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Crime and Law Enforcement
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military and naval supplies
Military intervention
Military occupation
Military operations
Military pay
Military personnel
Safety measures
South Asia
Terrorism
War

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to reimburse a member of the armed forces for the cost of protective body armor purchased by the member, or another person on behalf of the member, for the member's use while deployed in connection with Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, or Iraqi Freedom if the member was so deployed and was not issued protective armor before such deployment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2004-01-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Commission on Preemptive Foreign Policy and Military Planning Act

Bill: 108-hr-3616
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting
Afghanistan
Aggression
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Central Asia
China
Coast guard
Collective security
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense budgets
Defense industries
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
India
International Affairs
International agencies
International military forces
Iran
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Military agreements
Military and naval supplies
Military doctrine
Military maneuvers
Military occupation
Military operations
Military readiness
Morale
National Guard
North Korea
Pakistan
Peacekeeping forces
Recruiting and enlistment
Russia
South Asia
Taiwan
Terrorism
War

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Commission on Preemptive Foreign Policy and Military Planning Act - Establishes the Commission on Preemptive Foreign Policy and Military Planning to: (1) review the doctrine of preemption adopted by the President in the National Security Strategy of the United States of America of September 2002; and (2) assess the consequences and implications of the doctrine for foreign policy and military planning. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Funding Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3617
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Checkoff
Computer software
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Election candidates
Electronic government information
Fund raising
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Political conventions
Political parties
Presidential elections
Primaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax returns
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Presidential Funding Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (including the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act) and the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to, among other things: (1) increase the presidential primary $250 one-to-one match to a four-to-one match; (2) increase the presidential primary qualifying threshold of $5,000 in 20 States to $15,000 in 20 States; (3) require candidates to be eligible to receive funding under the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act to have received payments under the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act; (4) revise candidate expenditure limits, including permitting the national committee of a political party to make expenditures in connection with the general election campaign of any candidate for President of the United States who is affiliated with such party in an amount of up to four (currently, two) cents multiplied by the U.S. voting age population and permitting an eligible candidate for the office of President of the United States to receive payments from the Secretary of the Treasury of up to $75,000,000 with respect to a campaign for nomination for election or of up to $75,000,000 with respect to a campaign for election to such office; and (5) double the three dollar presidential campaign tax return check-off to six dollars.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Employee Free Choice Act

Bill: 108-hr-3619
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Industrial arbitration
Injunctions
Labor contracts
Labor unions
Law
Mediation
National Labor Relations Board
Unfair labor practices
Wage restitution

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Employee Free Choice Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit.
 
Sets forth special procedural requirements for reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement following certification or recognition.
 
Revises enforcement requirements with respect to unfair labor practices during union organizing drives. Provides, under injunction provisions, for priority to be given to preliminary investigation of charges of violations by employers or other entities. Adds to remedies for such violations: (1) back pay plus liquidated damages; and (2) additional civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-11-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2421-2422)
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Fair Trade in Pouch Tuna Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3620
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Brunei
Cambodia
East Asia
Employee rights
Environmental Protection
Free trade
Indonesia
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Labor and Employment
Laos
Malaysia
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine mammals
Philippines
Protection of animals
Singapore
Tariff
Thailand
Tuna
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Fair Trade in Pouch Tuna Act of 2003 - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to eliminate tariffs on pouch tuna imported from member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, not including the Union of Myanmar) up to the quantity of such duty-free imports from beneficiary nations of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act. Restricts eligibility to products: (1) that are processed entirely in the listed ASEAN country; (2) from tuna harvests that comply with the International Dolphin Consortium Program; and (3) from ASEAN nations that provide and enforce internationally recognized worker rights and environmental protections. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To extend the grace period for personal watercraft use in Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.

Bill: 108-hr-3621
Sponsor: Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boats and boating
National recreation areas
Sports and Recreation
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Extends the grace period for personal watercraft use in Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area to December 31, 2004.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the maximum levels of guaranteed single-employer plan benefits, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3623
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Annuities
Defined benefit pension plans
Economics and Public Finance
Indexing (Economic policy)
Pension trust guaranty insurance
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise requirements for single-employer plans to: (1) increase the maximum level of guaranteed benefits; (2) require that certain supplemental benefits not be treated as non-basic benefits; and (3) index maximum guaranteed benefits under plans or amendments not in effect for 60 months. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To provide that, for purposes of making determinations for certain trade remedies and trade adjustment assistance, imported semi-finished steel slabs and taconite pellets produced in the United States shall be considered to be articles like or directly competitive with each other.

Bill: 108-hr-3624
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Commerce
Countervailing duties
Customs unions
Dumping
Free trade
Governmental investigations
Import relief
International Affairs
Iron
Iron and steel industry
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Mexico
North America
Steel
Trade adjustment assistance
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Declares that U.S.-produced taconite pellets shall be considered an article like or directly competitive with semi-finished steel slabs for purposes of: (1) any International Trade Commission determination that semi-finished steel slabs are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury (or threat) to the domestic industry producing taconite pellets (thus requiring remedial action); (2) any investigation leading to the imposition of countervailing and antidumping duties; and (3) the Secretary of Labor's determination of the eligibility of a group of adversely-affected workers for trade adjustment assistance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Department of the Treasury Inspector General Consolidation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3625
Sponsor: Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Auditing
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Computer security measures
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counterintelligence
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Department of the Treasury
Dismissal of employees
Electronic government information
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government statistics
Governmental investigations
Grievance procedures
Income tax
Inspectors general
Labor and Employment
Law
Limitation of actions
Misconduct in office
Names
Official secrets
Rating of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Searches and seizures
Subpoena
Tax liens
Tax returns
Taxpayers
Telephone
Undercover operations
Warrants (Law)
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Department of the Treasury Inspector General Consolidation Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Department of the Treasury the Office of the Treasury Inspector General to consolidate the two existing Inspector General offices at the U.S. Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management.
action_date: 2003-11-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2395)
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3626
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Historic sites
History
International Affairs
International cooperation
Landowners
Latin America
Louisiana
Mexico
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Texas
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 2003 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic Trail. Authorizes establishment of such trail on portions of the trail on: (1) publicly owned lands; and (2) privately owned lands only with the consent of the owner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-11-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2392)
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Office of Ocean and Coastal Policy Creation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3627
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Coastal zone
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine resources conservation
Ocean
Oceanographic research
Oceanography
Planning-programming-budgeting
Presidential appointments
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Sustainable development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Policy Creation Act of 2003 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Oceans and Coastal Policy to: (1) develop comprehensive oceans and coastal policy; and (2) advise the President on scientific, environmental, economic, technological, and international considerations involved in areas of national concern to oceans and coastal policy, including the sustainable use of resources. 
 
Requires the President to establish a Commission on Ocean and Coastal Policy to advise and assist the presidentially appointed Director of the Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-11-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2423-2424)
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House