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Fairness to Immigrant Veterans Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-184
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Deportation
Detention of persons
Judicial review
Law
Military discharges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Fairness to Immigrant Veterans Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (transitional rules) to make certain aliens who are on active armed forces duty or honorably discharged veterans eligible for: (1) release from (criminal alien) detention; (2) cancellation of removal; and (3) judicial review of certain orders of removal.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a business credit relating to the use of clean-fuel vehicles by businesses within areas designated as nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act.

Bill: 108-hr-185
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Commerce
Compressed natural gas
Electric vehicles
Energy
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied petroleum gas
Minimum tax
Motor buses
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas
Natural gas vehicles
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited business credit relating to the use of clean-fuel vehicles by businesses within areas designated as nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-186
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Consumer education
Environmental Protection
Feeds
Fertilizers
Food safety
Grazing
Labeling
Livestock
Meat
Natural foods
Organic farming
Poultry
Sewage sludge
Waste disposal sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to classify a food as adulterated if it was produced, or contains any ingredient that was produced, on land on which sewage sludge was applied. Permits the following exceptions: (1) if the application of sewage sludge ended more than one year before the production of the food commenced; (2) if a labeling requirement is met; or (3) in the case of a food that is generally offered for sale without labeling, if an informative sign is posted near the product.
Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to classify specified foods under those Acts as adulterated if sewage sludge was involved in specified ways in their production. Allows exceptions for each food similar to those to be permitted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify the prohibition under a specified Federal regulation on the use of sewage sludge in organic food production under the National Organic Program of the Department of Agriculture.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to allow for the financing of agricultural sales to Cuba.

Bill: 108-hr-187
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Caribbean area
Cuba
Embargo
Export finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latin America
Sanctions (International law)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to repeal the prohibition against the financing of agricultural sales to Cuba (effectively allowing for the financing of such sales to Cuba).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Agriculture, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Agriculture, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Agriculture, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Agriculture, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Baseball Diplomacy Act

Bill: 108-hr-189
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Athletes
Baseball
Caribbean area
Cuba
Cubans
Earnings
Embargo
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Sports and Recreation
Trading with the enemy
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Baseball Diplomacy Act - Waives certain foreign assistance and trade and travel prohibitions against Cuba under specified Federal law with regard to certain transactions, including: (1) Cuban nationals who enter the United States on visas to play organized professional baseball; and (2) the return of their baseball earnings to Cuba. Prohibits the President from denying visas to such nationals based upon authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict any entry of aliens or class of aliens that would be detrimental to the interests of the United States. Declares that this Act shall not be affected by the economic embargo requirements against Cuba under the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
United States Library Trust Fund Act

Bill: 108-hr-190
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Checkoff
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to the arts and humanities
Gifts
Government trust funds
Income tax
Libraries
School libraries
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: United States Library Trust Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the United States Library Trust Fund; and (2) permit a taxpayer to designate one dollar of any tax overpayment of tax and any cash contribution which the taxpayer includes with a return to such Fund. Provides for grants from such fund to public libraries and public school libraries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Route 11 Greenway Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-191
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Connecticut
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Greenways
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Road construction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Route 11 Greenway Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a project to establish a greenway for purposes of environmental preservation along the portion of State Route 11 proposed for construction between Salem and Waterford, Connecticut.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E32)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-193
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative fees
Appropriations
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Criminal justice information
Damages
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fees
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Punitive damages
Retail trade
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the use of appropriated funds for: (1) any system to implement the Act that does not require and result in the immediate destruction of all information submitted by or on behalf of any person who has been determined not to be prohibited from owning a firearm; and (2) the implementation or collection of any tax or fee by any Federal officer, agent, or employee, or by any State or local officer or agent acting on behalf of the United States in connection with such implementation.
Authorizes any person aggrieved by a violation of this Act to bring an action in Federal district court and, if successful, to receive damages, punitive damages, and such other remedies as the court may determine to be appropriate, including a reasonable attorney's fee.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Market Acquisition Drug Price Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-194
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Auditing
Blood
Business records
Cancer
Commerce
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Generic drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Medical fees
Medicare
Pharmacies
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Medicare Market Acquisition Drug Price Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise payment for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in computing the practice expense component of the Medicare physician fee schedule with respect to payment for services of oncologists, to make adjustments to an oncologist's reported medical supply expenses in order to ensure that they better reflect the actual supply costs of providing such services.
Requires the Secretary to provide for a study of the appropriateness of the Medicare payment methodology for blood clotting factors and other biologicals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-07
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: 2003-01-07
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: 2003-01-07
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: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E11-12)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Informed Choice Act

Bill: 108-hr-195
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Adoption
Childbirth
Clinics
Community health services
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Health education
Imaging systems in medicine
Liability insurance
Maternal health services
Medical malpractice
Medical supplies
Nonprofit organizations
Physical examinations
Physicians
Pregnant women
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Informed Choice Act - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to free community based pregnancy help medical clinics for the purchase of ultrasound equipment, which shall be used to provide free ultrasound examinations to pregnant women. Requires each grant recipient to undertake certain actions, including to: (1) provide to each woman receiving services a visual image of the fetus from the ultrasound examination and a general anatomical and physiological description of the characteristics of the fetus; and (2) provide information on abortion and alternatives to abortion such as childbirth and adoption, and information concerning public and private agencies that will assist in those alternatives. Limits each grant to a maximum amount of 50 percent of the purchase price cost of the ultrasound machine involved or $20,000, whichever is less.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8020-8021)
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
National Slave Memorial Act

Bill: 108-hr-196
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Black history
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Foundations
History
Minorities
Monuments and memorials
Slavery
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: National Slave Memorial Act - Authorizes the National Foundation for African American Heritage to establish, in the District of Columbia, a memorial to slavery to: (1) acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies; and (2) honor the nameless and forgotten men, women, and children who have gone unrecognized for their undeniable and weighty U.S. contribution.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, Florida, metropolitan area.

Bill: 108-hr-197
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
Metropolitan areas
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, Florida, metropolitan area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Tax Deduction Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-198
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Prescription pricing
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Health Care Tax Deduction Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow all individuals a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and unreimbursed prescription drugs on behalf of the taxpayer, spouse, and dependents.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E34)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 2 percent excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations.

Bill: 108-hr-199
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Excise tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Investments
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the two percent excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E33-34)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House