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Model Alternative Publicly Accountable Schools Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2669
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Charter schools
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational innovations
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Public schools
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: 
Model Alternative Publicly Accountable Schools Act of 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) public transformation schools in the District of Columbia to expand opportunities for low-income District parents to enroll their children in higher-performing schools, and to fund the additional services necessary to achieve continued improvements in the performance of such students; and (2) the Direct Loan Fund for Charter School Improvement, to be used to expand opportunities for District students to attend charter schools in the District.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1425)
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Federal Communications Commission Accountability Act

Bill: 108-hr-2670
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2003-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commerce
Conferences
Federal Communications Commission
Federal employees
Federal officials
Gifts
Government ethics
Government travel
Independent regulatory commissions
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommunication industry
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: 
Federal Communications Commission Accountability Act - Prohibits any Federal Communications Commission commissioner or employee from accepting payments or reimbursement for travel, subsistence, or related expenses from nongovernmental sponsors in connection with attendance at any convention, conference, or meeting.
 
Repeals inconsistent reimbursement authority under the Communications Act of 1934.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit voluntary compliance with provisions relating to the rate of wage paid to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway projects.

Bill: 108-hr-2672
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Minimum wages
Road construction
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
Terminates a provision that requires the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on the construction work performed on Federal-aid highway projects are paid prevailing rate wages. Permits a State to enact a law to provide for continued enforcement of the requirements of such provision in that State.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2003-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Librarian Education and Development Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2674
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Libraries
Scholarships
School libraries
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
Librarian Education and Development Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain types of student loan forgiveness for librarians (as well as, currently, for teachers) in low-income areas where public schools have a combined average of 30 percent or more of their total student enrollments composed of children counted as disadvantaged under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1431)
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Government Tax Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2675
Sponsor: Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Excise tax
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Minorities
Native Americans
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
Tribal Government Tax Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by establishing that Indian tribal governments shall be treated as States for purposes of chapter 35 (Taxes on Wagering).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Hypocrisy Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2676
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Homosexuality
Law
Military and naval offenses
Military personnel
Officer personnel
Prosecution
Sex
Sex and law
Sex crimes
Sodomy
Unmarried couples

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Anti-Hypocrisy Act of 2003 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to provide that uncompensated consensual sexual activity between adults and cohabitation by adults shall not be UCMJ violations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-15
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
State Regulation of Marriage Is Appropriate Act

Bill: 108-hr-2677
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Domestic partners
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Marriage
Married people
Same-sex marriage
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
State Regulation of Marriage Is Appropriate Act - Amends Federal law to repeal the statutory definition of "marriage" as meaning only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and of "spouse" as referring only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Teachers For Tomorrow Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2678
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Higher education
Income tax
Mathematics
Reading
Scholarships
Secondary education
Student loan funds
Tax exclusion
Taxation
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
Teachers for Tomorrow Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish new programs for teacher student loan forgiveness, under the guaranteed loan program and the direct loan program. Requires three consecutive complete school years of full-time teaching in a public elementary or secondary school as: (1) a secondary school teacher of a subject area relevant to the borrower's academic major; or (2) an elementary school teacher who has demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and other curriculum areas.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from a teacher's gross income any student loan amounts discharged under both the current HEA programs and those added by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
New York Fair Fishing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2679
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Fishery management
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New England
New York State
Northeastern States

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
New York Fair Fishing Act of 2003 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add the State of New York as a member of the New England Fishery Management Council. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation on behalf of the civil rights movement.

Bill: 108-hr-2680
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow, Coretta Scott King, in recognition of their service to the Nation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Higher-Risk Impaired Driver Act

Bill: 108-hr-2681
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Arrest
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information
Driver education
Driver licenses
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug testing
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Mandatory sentences
Motor vehicle safety
Probation
Prosecution
Recidivists
Rehabilitation of criminals
Searches and seizures
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
State laws
Traffic accidents and safety
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
Higher-Risk Impaired Driver Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold an increasing percentage (two percent on October 1, 2007; four percent on October 1, 2008; six percent on October 1, 2009; and eight percent on October 1, 2010) of a State's Federal-aid highway funds if the State has not enacted or is not enforcing a higher risk impaired driver law.
 
Defines such a law as one that provides certain minimum penalties for: (1) a second or subsequent offense of driving while intoxicated (DWI) or driving under the influence (DUI) within a minimum of five consecutive years, of DWI or DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of .15 percent or greater, or of driving-while-suspended if the suspension was the result of a DUI conviction; or (2) refusing a blood alcohol concentration test while under arrest or investigation for involvement in a fatal or serious injury crash. Includes among such penalties: (1) driver's license suspension; (2) motor vehicle impoundment or immobilization; (3) assessment by a certified substance abuse official and assignment to treatment; (4) imprisonment, attachment of an electronic monitoring device, or assignment to a DUI/DWI specialty facility; (5) a $1,000 fine; (6) payment of court-mandated restitution; (7) probation; and (8) required attendance of a treatment program and a victim impact panel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2682
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Gift tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax credits
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce estate taxes and increase the unified credit to $3 million, with an inflation adjustment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2683
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Building laws
College teachers
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Death
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Educational facilities
Educational statistics
Electric appliances
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to education
Fire prevention
Fires
Fraternal organizations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Planning
School buildings
School personnel
Smoke detectors
Smoking
Standards
Student housing
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require, beginning in academic year 2004-2005, each eligible institution participating in any program under the Act to provide to all current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon request, an annual fire safety report containing specified information about the campus fire safety practices and standards of that institution.
 
Requires such institutions to: (1) record all fires reported to local fire departments, including the nature, date, time, and general location of each fire and all false fire alarms; and (2) open such information to public inspection. Requires the institutions to report on such information periodically to the campus community in a manner that will aid the prevention of similar occurrences.
 
Requires the institutions to request their fraternities and sororities to collect and report such information for each building and property they own or control.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2684
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural subsidies
Animals
Aquaculture
Commerce
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Livestock
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Trees
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency financial assistance to producers who have suffered qualifying disaster-caused crop losses in 2003. 
Includes among covered crops livestock, fisheries, and trees from which a crop is harvested.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Matching Grant Program for School Security.

Bill: 108-hr-2685
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Crime prevention
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
School buildings
School security
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Matching Grant Program for School Security through 2008.

action_date: 2003-10-07
text: 

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

 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Matching Grant Program for School Security through FY 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 180.
action_date: 2003-10-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-303.
action_date: 2003-10-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-303.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
To ensure the safety of recreational fishermen and other persons who use motor vehicles to access beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, by providing a narrow transition zone above the mean high tide line where motor vehicles can be safely driven and parked.

Bill: 108-hr-2686
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2003-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animal breeding
Animals
Beaches
Birds
Boundaries
Islands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Motor vehicles
New Jersey
Parking facilities
Transportation and Public Works
Wilderness areas
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to revise the boundaries of a specified portion of the Brigantine Wilderness Area (in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, formerly known as the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge) located on Long Beach Island in Ocean County, New Jersey, to provide a narrow transition zone between the mean high tide line and the wilderness boundaries to permit vehicles to safely access and park on the beach without inadvertently entering the wilderness area. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter the Secretary's authority to prohibit or restrict public access to such area during the breeding season of the piping plover. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Introduced in House