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A bill to amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain Federal annuity computations are adjusted by 1 percentage point relating to periods of receiving disability payments, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-481
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Disability retirement
Disabled
Federal employees
Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Provides that the percentage otherwise applicable for a Federal Employees' Retirement System annuity computation that includes, in the aggregate, at least two months of credit for any period of receiving disability compensation benefits shall be increased by one percentage point.
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: 

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

 
Provides that the percentage otherwise applicable for a Federal Employees' Retirement System annuity computation that includes, in the aggregate, at least two months of credit for any period of receiving disability compensation benefits shall be increased by one percentage point. 

action_date: 2003-07-28
text: 

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

 
Provides that the percentage otherwise applicable for a Federal Employees' Retirement System annuity computation that includes, in the aggregate, at least two months of credit for any period of receiving disability compensation benefits shall be increased by one percentage point. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-29
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-07-29
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10076; text: CR S10076)
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10076; text: CR S10076)
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 219.
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. With written report No. 108-108.
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. With written report No. 108-108.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2940)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2940)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Fisheries Science and Management Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-482
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Fishery management
Fishing boats
Habitat conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Nutrition
Oils and fats
Overfishing
Seafood
Sustainable fisheries
Territorial waters

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Fisheries Science and Management Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to permit each Regional Fishery Management Council under the National Fishery Management Program to establish one or more scientific review committees to conduct peer review of all stock assessments prepared for fisheries under the Council's jurisdiction.
Requires the Secretary of Commerce or his designee to conduct an independent and confidential peer review of any stock assessment by a scientific review committee before the assessment is used to further the purposes, policy, and provisions of this Act.
Requires the Council of jurisdiction to establish a set of goals, objectives, an implementation schedule, and a statistically reliable method of achieving such goals and objectives for Fishery Management Observer programs that utilize observers deployed on U.S. fishing vessels or to U.S. fish processors.
Requires the Secretary to issue national criteria for designating a habitat as a habitat area of particular concern.
Revises requirements for: (1) fishery management plans; (2) fish habitat guidelines and recommendations; and (3) the determination and rebuilding of overfished fisheries.
Requires fishery conservation and management measures to take into account the importance of fishery resources to fishing communities and the cumulative impact of fishery conservation and management measures on those fishing communities.
Requires fishery management plans to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2940-2941)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Camp Ellis Beach Restoration Act

Bill: 108-s-483
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Beaches
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Finance and Financial Sector
Maine
Navigation
Rivers
Shore protection
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Camp Ellis Beach Restoration Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for the mitigation of shore damages attributable to the navigation project for Saco River in Maine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2941)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-486
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Alcoholism
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coinsurance
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Managed care
Medical economics
Mental health services
Quality of care
Small business
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2003 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain employee group health plans or related insurances providing both medical-surgical and mental health benefits from imposing mental health treatment limitations or financial requirements unless comparable limitations and requirements are imposed upon medical-surgical benefits. States that the foregoing shall not be construed as requiring a group health plan (or related insurances) to: (1) provide any mental health benefits; (2) prevent the medical management of mental health benefits; or (3) require the provision of specific mental health services, except to the extent that failure to provide such services would result in a disparity between the coverage of mental health and medical-surgical benefits.
Exempts specified small employers from such requirements.
Requires that, in the case of a group health plan that offers a participant or beneficiary two or more benefit package options, the coverage requirements shall be applied separately with respect to each such option.
Provides that, in the case of a plan or insurance providing in-network mental health benefits, out-of-network mental health benefits need not be provided at parity to medical-surgical benefits, as long as in-network mental health benefits are provided at parity with medical-surgical benefits and the plan or insurance provides reasonable access to in-network providers and facilities.
Requires a General Accounting Office study of such requirements' effects upon health insurance costs, access, and quality and a cost estimation of extending such requirements to the treatment of substance abuse and chemical dependency.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2972-2973)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2971-2972)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Commercial Fishermen Safety Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-487
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Equipment and supplies
Fishing boats
Income tax
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine safety
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Commercial Fishermen Safety Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited fishing safety equipment credit to commercial fisherman for the purchase of qualified fishing safety equipment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year extension of the credit for electricity produced from wind.

Bill: 108-s-488
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Energy
Income tax
Tax credits
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a five-year extension of the credit for electricity produced from a qualified wind facility.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2974-2975)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act

Bill: 108-s-491
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Ambulatory care
Animals
Clinical trials
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive diseases
Drug therapy
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmentally induced diseases
Epidemiology
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health education
Health insurance
Health surveys
Higher education
Home care services
Laboratory animals
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medical supplies
Medicare
Nutrition
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Ulcers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to expand activities addressing inflammatory bowel disease, emphasizing genetic, animal model, and clinical research.
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a national program of prevention and epidemiology concerning such disease, addressing its prevalence and public and professional awareness.
Directs the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science to study public and private insurance standards for coverage of inflammatory bowel therapies.
Directs the General Accounting Office to study problems inflammatory bowel disease patients have applying for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2977)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2976-2977)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to impose countervailing duties on dynamic random access memory (DRAM) semiconductors produced by Hynix Semiconductor.

Bill: 108-s-492
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Computer industry
Countervailing duties
East Asia
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign corporations
Imports
Science, Technology, Communications
Semiconductors
South Korea
Surety and fidelity

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Customs Service immediately to: (1) suspend liquidation on entries into the United States of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) semiconductors produced or imported by Hynix Semiconductor (Republic of Korea); and (2) impose a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties in the amount of 80 percent ad valorem on all such imports.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-493
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Medicare
Physical therapy
Physicians
Social Welfare
Speech disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize qualified physical therapists to provide services for Medicare beneficiaries without the requirement of a physician referral.
Provides for treatment of outpatient speech-language pathology services separately from outpatient physical therapy services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2977-2978)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource.

Bill: 108-s-494
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Commerce
Electric power production
Energy
Environmental Protection
Farm manure
Income tax
Packaging
Poultry
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse as fuel
Tax credits
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include within the scope of the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources: (1) electricity produced from agricultural and animal waste; and (2) certain agricultural and animal waste facilities and combined production facilities (production of electricity from agricultural and animal waste and other biobased products).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2978)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2978)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain computer professionals.

Bill: 108-s-495
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2003-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Commerce
Computer industry
Computer programming
Data banks
Engineers
Hours of labor
Minimum wages
Science, Technology, Communications
Systems analysis

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements for certain computer professionals to include computer network and database analysts, and computer systems, network, and database designers and developers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-496
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2003-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting
Economics and Public Finance
Economists
Employee selection
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Labor and Employment
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act of 2003 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to except from the competitive service all accountant, economist, and securities compliance examiner positions in the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Declares that an employee in the competitive service whose position becomes excepted shall be considered as continuing in the competitive service as long that employee continues to be employed in that position.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an increased low-income housing credit for property located immediately adjacent to qualified census tracts.

Bill: 108-s-497
Sponsor: Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA]
Introduced: 2003-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Census
Commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Low-income housing
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an increased low-income housing credit for property which is contiguous to a qualified census tract and which meets qualified allocation plan criteria.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Joseph A. De Laine in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 108-s-498
Sponsor: Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]
Introduced: 2003-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Clergy
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Desegregation in education
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Religion
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Authorizes the President to award on behalf of Congress a gold medal to Joseph De Laine, Jr., to honor posthumously his father, Rev. Joseph Anthony De Laine (civil rights activist), for his contributions to the Nation.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: 
Authorizes the President to award a gold medal, on behalf of Congress, to Joseph De Laine, Jr., to honor his father, Rev. Joseph Armstrong De Laine, posthumously, for his contributions to the Nation (as a civil rights activist for school desegration in South Carolina). Directs that amounts received from the sale of duplicate bronze medals be deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8600; text as passed Senate: CR S8600)
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8600; text as passed Senate: CR S8600)
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 167.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Shelby with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported by Senator Shelby with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-06-18
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3029-3030)
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-501
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Curricula
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
English language
Families
Federal aid to education
Gifted children
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Private schools
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program for gifted and talented students.
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such grants to State educational agencies to make subgrants to local educational agencies to develop or expand gifted and talented education programs, and provide direct educational services and materials. Requires such grants to be made on a competitive basis if appropriations are within certain minimum and maximum amounts, and on a formula basis if appropriations exceed such specified maximum. Sets forth authorized State and local uses of grant funds and authorized activities. Prohibits use of such funds for purchase or upgrading of technological hardware. Directs the Secretary to ensure, where appropriate, that provision is made for the equitable participation of students and teachers in private nonprofit elementary schools and secondary schools, including the participation of teachers and other personnel in professional development programs serving such children.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3033-3035)
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3032-3033)
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate