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Organized Retail Theft Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1553
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Arrest
Assault
Child nutrition
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cosmetics and personal care
Criminal statistics
Customs administration
Damages
Families
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Infant formulas
Injunctions
Kidnapping
Larceny
Law
Legal fees
Murder
Organized crime
Prosecution
Punitive damages
Receiving stolen goods
Retail trade
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: 
Organized Retail Theft Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit organized retail theft. Prescribes penalties to be imposed for: (1) obstructing, delaying, or affecting commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce by taking possession of, carrying away, or transferring, with intent to steal, any goods offered for retail sale with a total value of between $1,000 and $5,000, or of over $5,000, during any 180-day period; (2) receiving, possessing, concealing, storing, bartering, selling, disposing of, or traveling in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to distribute, any property which the person knows, or should have known, has been taken or stolen in violation of this Act; and (3) knowingly promoting, managing, or facilitating such an offense. Provides enhanced penalties for assault, jeopardizing a person's life by use of a dangerous weapon, killing, or kidnapping committeed in the course of such an offense. Requires a person to forfeit any interest in goods acquired or maintained in violation of this Act. 
 
Sets forth provisions concerning injunctions to restrain violations, impounding of goods, the forfeiture and disposition of goods, and civil remedies by persons aggrieved by violations of this Act.
 
Makes commission of organized retail theft a predicate for a claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
 
Prohibits anyone at a flea market from selling, offering for sale, or knowingly permitting the sale of: (1) baby food, infant formula, or similar products uses as a sole or major source of nutrition, manufactured and packaged for sale for consumption primarily by children under age three; or (2) any drug, food for special dietary use, cosmetic, or device, except by an authorized representative of the product manufacturer or distributor. 
 
Requires the Attorney General to report on Department of Justice actions involving organized retail theft. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10686-10687)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10685-19686)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
California Wild Heritage Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1555
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Anadromous fishes
Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Botany
Boundaries
California
Commemorations
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Endangered species
Energy
Environmental Protection
Exotic animals
Exotic plants
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fire prevention
Fishing
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Forest fires
Forest management
Forest roads
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Grazing
Habitat conservation
History
Hunting
Infrastructure
Insect control
Land transfers
Maps
Mines and mineral resources
Mining leases
Minorities
Mountains
National forests
National parks
Native Americans
Natural areas
Old growth forests
Religion
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Salmon
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: California Wild Heritage Act of 2003 - Designates specified national forest and Bureau of Land Management district lands in California as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System). Requires such areas to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture, whichever has current administrative jurisdiction over each area. 
Designates specified California public lands as: (1) salmon restoration areas; (2) wilderness study areas; and (3) potential wilderness areas.
Designates specified California national park lands as wilderness and components of the System, requiring such lands to be managed by the National Park Service. 
Designates specified California rivers as wild and scenic rivers. Requires the review of two additional California rivers to determine their suitability as wild, scenic, or recreational rivers. 
Establishes the Sacramento River National Conservation Area. Requires the development of a comprehensive plan for the long-range protection and management of such Area. 
Establishes the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest for public enjoyment and scientific study. Requires the development of a comprehensive management plan for such Forest. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10909)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Legal Services Benefit Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1556
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefit plans
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal services
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: 
Legal Services Benefit Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore, increase, and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10910)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10909-10910)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Armenia.

Bill: 108-s-1557
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Armenia
Central Asia
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Emigration
Human rights
Immigration
International Affairs
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) to the products of Armenia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10910)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Religious Liberties Restoration Act

Bill: 108-s-1558
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Church and social problems
Commemorations
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Flags
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Oaths
Religion
Religion in the public schools
Religious liberty
States' rights

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: 
Religious Liberties Restoration Act - States that the following powers are reserved to the States or their political subdivisions on property owned or administered by them: (1) to display the Ten Commandments; (2) to recite the Pledge of Allegiance as: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all "; and (3) to recite the national motto as "In God we trust". 
 
States that such powers are excepted from the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10910-10911)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1559
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Antibiotics
Authorization
Clinical trials
Communicable diseases
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Curricula
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health planning
Higher education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Immigrant health
Immigration
International Affairs
International cooperation in science
Latin America
Lung diseases
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical technology
Mexico
Pharmaceutical research
Preventive medicine
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Technological innovations
Tuberculosis
Vaccines
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: 
Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prescribe composition requirements for the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, and direct it to make recommendations on: (1) a national plan to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States; and (2) a plan to guide U.S. involvement in global tuberculosis-control activities, with a focus on high incidence countries and on access to a comprehensive package of tuberculosis control measures.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through grants, to carry out tuberculosis research, demonstration projects, and public information and education programs.
 
Authorizes the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to make awards: (1) to faculty of schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine to support the development of high quality curricula to assist interested individuals in learning the principles and practices of preventing, managing, and controlling tuberculosis; and (2) to support the career development of clinically trained professionals committed to pulmonary infection research.
 
Authorizes the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of NIH to work to develop a tuberculosis vaccine.
 
Requires the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences to carry out an international training program regarding tuberculosis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10911)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Disabled Workers Empowerment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1560
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Costs
Disabled
Employment of the disabled
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Disabled Workers Empowerment Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an income-based deduction for the qualified work-related expenses of a handicapped individual; and (2) such deduction to itemizing and nonitemizing taxpayers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10911-10912)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10911)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Bill: 108-s-1561
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
State courts

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: 
Amends the District of Columbia Code to increase from 58 to 61 the number of associate judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 

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

 
Amends the District of Columbia Code to increase from 58 to 61 the number of associate judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

action_date: 2003-11-20
text: 

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

 
Amends the District of Columbia Code to increase from 58 to 61 the number of associate judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15310; text as passed Senate: CR S15310)
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15310; text as passed Senate: CR S15310)
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 399.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. With written report No. 108-200.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. With written report No. 108-200.
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10912)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
National Minority Media Opportunities Act

Bill: 108-s-1563
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alaska
Asian American ethnic groups
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic concentration
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Hispanic Americans
Independent regulatory commissions
Indigenous peoples
Language and languages
Law
Licenses
Mass media
Minorities
Minorities in mass media
Native Americans
Radio stations
Television industry
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: 
National Minority Media Opportunities Act - Amends the Telecommunications Authorization Act of 1992 to require Federal Communications Commission (FCC) review of the assignment or transfer of a broadcast license used primarily to serve a language minority (persons of American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Native, or Spanish heritage).
 
Amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to require the FCC, after notice and comment, to report to Congress regarding the ownership and control of broadcast stations (including AM, FM, and television) used to serve language minorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10914)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act

Bill: 108-s-1564
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Communication in medicine
Contraceptives
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency medicine
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Hospitals
Rape
Victims of crimes
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act - Requires hospitals, as a condition of receiving Federal funds, to provide emergency contraception to a woman who is a victim of sexual assault.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10914-10915)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10914)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the Native American Programs Act of 1974.

Bill: 108-s-1565
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Hawaiians
Indian economic development
Language and languages
Minorities
Pacific Islanders
Revolving funds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: 
Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 2003 through 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10915)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire Safety Incentive Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1566
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Fire prevention
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: 
Fire Safety Incentive Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify automatic fire sprinkler systems (as defined by this Act) as five-year depreciable property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10915-10916)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Real Estate Investment Trust Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1568
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aliens
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Corporations
Debt
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Futures trading
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government securities
Income tax
Interest
Land transfers
Leases
Loan defaults
Loans
Lumber trade
Partnerships
Real estate investment
Rent
Securities
Stockholders
Stocks
Subsidiary corporations
Tax administration
Tax deductions
Tax penalties
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Real Estate Investment Trust Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise real estate investment trust (REIT) provisions respecting: (1) straight debt safe harbor; (2) limited rental exception; (3) customary services exception; (4) hedging instruments; (5) prohibited transaction safe harbor; (6) distributions attributable to gain from sales or exchanges of U.S. real property interests; and (7) rules of application for asset requirements and limitations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10917-10918)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act

Bill: 108-s-1569
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aircraft pilots
Annuities
Transportation and Public Works
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), with regard to both single-employer and multiemployer plan guaranteed benefits, to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of commercial airline pilots required by Federal Aviation Administration regulation to retire before age 65, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at the required retirement age.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10919)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10918-10919)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1570
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2003-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Federal-state relations
Flexible benefit plans
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical savings accounts
Medically uninsured
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: 
Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a tax credit in an amount equal to the amount paid for qualified health insurance, subject to stated limitations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to the provider of an individual's qualified health insurance equal to such individual's qualified health insurance credit advance amount with respect to such provider.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act, as inserted by the Trade Act of 2002, to extend funding for State high risk health insurance pools.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow health benefits coverage through individual membership associations. Sets forth association requirements. Requires associations to include a minimum of two health insurance coverage options. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10920-10923)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10919-10920)
action_date: 2003-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate