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Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-896
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug industry
Drugs
Governmental investigations
Life expectancy
Medicare
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Price discrimination
Social Welfare
Terminal care
Terminally ill
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2003 - Requires each participating manufacturer of a covered outpatient drug to make available for purchase by each pharmacy a covered outpatient drug: (1) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the covered outpatient drug sold or distributed by the pharmacy to Medicare beneficiaries (including the amount sold or distributed to Medicare beneficiaries in a hospice program); and (2) at a price equal to the lower of either the lowest price paid for the drug by the Federal Government or the manufacturer's best price for the drug.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Mississippi River Trail Study Act

Bill: 108-hr-897
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arkansas
Commemorations
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Illinois
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Minnesota
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Missouri
Rivers
Tennessee
Trails
Water Resources Development
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Mississippi River Trail Study Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the route of the Mississippi River for study for potential addition to the National Trails System as a national scenic or historic trail.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Lumbee Recognition Act

Bill: 108-hr-898
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
North Carolina
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State government-Indian relations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends Federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Handgun Licensing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-899
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Business insurance
Commerce
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Larceny
Law
Liability insurance
Licenses
Negligence
Photography
Products liability
Retail trade
Safety measures
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Handgun Licensing Act of 2003 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Act) to prohibit the transfer of a handgun or handgun ammunition to an individual not licensed to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms or ammunition, unless: (1) the transferor (or a licensed dealer under State law) has examined a valid handgun license issued to the individual by the State in which the transaction takes place and an additional valid photograph identification document and has contacted and has been informed by the chief law enforcement officer of the State that the handgun license has not been revoked; and (2) three business days have elapsed from the date on which the transferor received such information, or the individual has presented to the transferor a written document, issued not less than ten days earlier by the appropriate officer, stating that the transferee requires access to a handgun because of a threat to the life of the transferee or any member of the transferee's household.
Prohibits an unlicenced individual from receiving a handgun or handgun ammunition without possessing a valid handgun license issued to the individual by the State in which the transaction takes place.
Sets forth State law requirements, definitions of "handgun license" and "handgun ammunition," and penalties for violations of this Act.
Directs the Attorney General to make a grant to each State to cover the initial startup costs associated with establishing a licensing system.
Requires an applicant for a license to certify that the business is covered by an insurance policy which provides personal injury protection, to a limit of $100,000, to any person who, while engaged in lawful activity, suffers bodily injury or death through the use of a handgun obtained as a result of the applicant's negligence.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Handgun Registration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-900
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Firearms
Firearms control
Firearms injuries
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Identification devices
Law
Liability insurance
Licenses
Negligence
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Handgun Registration Act of 2003 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for an increase by 15 percent in Bureau of Justice Assistance formula grant funds for a State that has in effect throughout the State a law that requires: (1) each individual to whom a handgun is transferred to complete a handgun registration form that includes information identifying the transferee, the handgun, and the transferor and proof of insurance coverage for the transferee's liability to any person who, while engaged in lawful activity, suffers bodily injury or death through the misuse of that handgun resulting from the transferee's negligence; (2) each individual who possesses a handgun to complete a handgun registration form that includes information identifying the individual and handgun; and (3) the chief law enforcement officer of the State to furnish information from such forms to Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities upon request.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct a bridge on Federal land west of and adjacent to Folsom Dam in California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-901
Sponsor: Rep. Ose, Doug [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Bridges
California
Dams
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Federal aid to transportation
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Law
Maintenance and repair
Road construction
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a project to construct a bridge on Federal land west of and adjacent to Folsom Dam in California.
Requires the Secretary to enter into an agreement to transfer the bridge to the City of Folsom which shall assume full responsibility for its operation and maintenance.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with the Secretaries of Transportation and Homeland Security, to carry out a project to construct a bridge on Federal land west of and adjacent to Folsom Dam in California.
 
Directs the Secretary to construct the bridge as a two-lane bridge unless the City of Folsom requests that it be constructed as a four-lane bridge.
 
Requires the Secretary to enter into an agreement to transfer the bridge to the City of Folsom which shall assume full responsibility for its operation and maintenance. 
 
States that the bridge shall be constructed at full Federal expense if it is a two-lane bridge, but that if it is a four-lane bridge the City of Folsom shall be required to contribute 20 percent of the cost of construction.
 
Authorizes appropriations.
 

 

 

 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 109.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-202.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-202.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 20.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E295-296)
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Idaho Panhandle National Forest Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-902
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Building construction
Department of Agriculture
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Idaho
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Maintenance and repair
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Idaho Panhandle National Forest Improvement Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System parcels in Idaho, and use the proceeds for acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of: (1) a new ranger station in the Silver Valley portion of the Panhandle National Forest; or (2) other facilities in such Forest.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
United States Life-Saving Service Heritage Act

Bill: 108-hr-904
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boats and boating
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional agencies
Data banks
Electronic government information
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Federal libraries
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Historic sites
History
Internet
Library of Congress
Lighthouses and lightships
Marine safety
Merchant seamen
Rescue work
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: United States Life-Saving Service Heritage Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Maritime Initiative of the National Park Service, to establish a program to inventory, evaluate, document, and assist efforts to preserve surviving U.S. Life-Saving Service stations.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) serve as a clearinghouse of information for persons interested in restoring and preserving historic lifesaving stations; (2) make information regarding the Service and related organizations that provided humanitarian assistance to shipwrecked mariners available to the public; and (3) make grants to coordinate and assist such preservation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E281)
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Family Farm Tax Simplification Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-905
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Earnings
Families
Family farms
Farm income
Farmers
Income tax
Joint ventures
Labor and Employment
Married people
Self-employed
Tax administration
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Family Farm Tax Simplification Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from treatment as a partnership a qualified farming joint venture conducted by a jointly-filing husband and wife. Provides that income, gain, loss, deductions, and credits shall be equally divided, and treated as if attributable to a trade or business conducted by each spouse as a sole proprietor.
Defines "qualified farming joint venture."
Amends the Code and the Social Security Act to treat such income as net earnings from self-employment, respectively.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E290-291)
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Surface Transportation Safety Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-906
Sponsor: Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bicycles
Child safety
Clothing
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction workers
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Highway finance
Labor and Employment
Law
Occupational health and safety
Pedestrians
Railroad safety
Road construction
Social Welfare
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic signs and signals
Transportation and the aged
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Surface Transportation Safety Act of 2003 - Amends Federal highway provisions to include within the definition of "safety improvement project" a project that installs or maintains fluorescent, yellow-green signs at pedestrian or bicycle crossings or school zones.
Authorizes the payment from apportioned funds for the entire cost of construction projects involving the maintenance of protective devices at railway-highway crossings.
Provides for biennial (currently, annual) reports by each State to the Secretary of Transportation on progress being made to implement the railway-highway crossings program.
Requires each State to identify roadway safety improvement needs for hazardous locations, sections, and elements which may constitute a danger to motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Authorizes the Secretary to approve as a project under the hazard elimination program any safety improvement project that reduces the likelihood of crashes involving road departures, intersections, pedestrians, bicycles, older drivers, or construction work zones. Makes funds available for: (1) police assistance for traffic and speed management in construction work zones; (2) installation of barriers between construction work zones and traffic lanes for the safety of motorists and workers; or (3) compilation and analysis of data.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) transmit to specified congressional committees biennial reports on the results of the hazard elimination program; and (2) issue regulations to decrease the likelihood of worker injury and maintain the free flow of vehicular traffic by requiring workers whose duties place them on or in close proximity to a Federal-aid highway to wear high visibility garments. Authorizes such regulations to require other worker-safety measures.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E398-399)
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study of the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of establishing Highway 49 in California, known as the "Golden Chain Highway", as a National Heritage Corridor.

Bill: 108-hr-907
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Roads and highways
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study of the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of establishing Highway 49 in California from the city of Oakhurst in Madera County to the city of Tuttletown in Tuolumne County (known as the Golden Chain Highway) as a National Heritage Corridor.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to specify that imprisonment for reentering the United States after removal subsequent to a conviction for a felony shall be under circumstances that stress strenuous work and sparse living conditions, if the alien is convicted of another felony after the reentry.

Bill: 108-hr-908
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Deportation
Illegal aliens
Imprisonment
Labor and Employment
Prison labor
Punishment
Recidivists

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to specify that imprisonment for reentering the United States after removal subsequent to a felony conviction shall be under circumstances that stress strenuous work and sparse living conditions if the alien is convicted of another felony after reentry.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 35, United States Code, to direct the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office to adjust fees charged by the Office so that the fees collected in any fiscal year will equal, to the greatest extent practicable, the amount appropriated to the Office for that fiscal year.

Bill: 108-hr-909
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative fees
Appropriations
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Law
Patents
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Amends Federal patent law to require the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office to adjust fees charged by the Office so that the fees collected in any fiscal year will equal, to the greatest extent practicable, the amount appropriated to the Office for that fiscal year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House