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Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-310
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Clinics
Counseling
Families
Family services
Housing and Community Development
Marriage counseling
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing homes
Psychotherapy
Rural health
Social Welfare
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Includes coverage of: (1) certain mental health services provided in rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers; and (2) certain marriage and family therapist services provided in hospices.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1988)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1987-1988)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Commercial Airline Missile Defense Act

Bill: 108-s-311
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Airlines
Airports
Antimissile missiles
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation safety
Coast guard
Commercial aircraft
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Law
National Guard
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Commercial Airline Missile Defense Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations that require all turbojet aircraft of air carriers be equipped with a missile defense system. Requires the Secretary to purchase such defense systems and make them available to all air carriers. Sets forth certain interim security measures to be taken before the deployment of such defense systems.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1989)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1989)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
First Responders Partnership Grant Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-315
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Justice
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Technological innovations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: First Responders Partnership Grant Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States (including the District of Columbia and U.S. territories), units of local government, and Indian tribes to support public safety officers (law enforcement and fire and rescue personnel) in their efforts to protect homeland security and prevent and respond to acts of terrorism. Sets forth minimum and maximum amounts for such grants. Declares that the portion of the costs of a program provided by a grant under this Act may not be more than 90 percent, with exceptions permitted in cases of fiscal hardship. Requires the Director to promulgate regulations to set forth procedures for requesting grants.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1994-1996)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Chance to Succeed Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-316
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Child health
Child support
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Day care
Disabled
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee training
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Family violence
Freedom of information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Housing and Community Development
Identification devices
Illiteracy
Labor and Employment
Law
Learning disabilities
Mental health services
Mentally disabled
Rape
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Right of privacy
Sex crimes
Transportation and Public Works
Welfare work participation
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Chance to Succeed Act of 2003 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include as a work activity satisfactory participation in services to address barriers designed to improve future employment opportunities, including substance abuse treatment, occupational therapy, physical rehabilitation, and mental health, mental retardation and developmental disabilities services.
Requires the assessment for each assistance recipient to determine whether the recipient has any barriers to employment or program compliance.
Prohibits a State to which a TANF grant is made from imposing a sanction against an individual or family on the basis of noncompliance with a program requirement: (1) unless the State satisfies specified notice and review requirements; or (2) if the individual whose conduct is the basis of the sanction is in the uncompleted process of being screened or assessed for a mental health problem, disability, substance abuse problem, or sexual or domestic violence situation, or if the services outlined in the service plan developed for the individual or family were not offered, available, and accessible to the individual or family at the time of the noncompliance.
Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting a State in compliance with the requirements of this Act from imposing a sanction for noncompliance with work requirements against an individual or family who opts to not take full advantage of the opportunity for assessment or the services and supports made available to ensure that the individual or family can comply with program requirements if such an individual or family is not complying with the State's work requirements.
Requires each State receiving a State family assistance grant to establish an advisory panel to review the efficacy of each TANF-funded program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1996-1998)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1996)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Time and Workplace Flexibility Act

Bill: 108-s-317
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Congress
Congressional employees
Damages
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Hours of labor
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Family Time and Workplace Flexibility Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide workplace flexibility options for: (1) time-and-a-half compensatory time off; (2) biweekly work programs (allowing up to ten hours more than 40 hours of work in one week and correspondingly less in the other); and (3) flexible credit hour programs (allowing employees to work extra time to accrue flexible credit hours to reduce the hours worked on a subsequent day in a week). Requires, with respect to such compensatory time, biweekly work, and flexible credit hour programs, that employee participation be voluntary, and that collective bargaining agreements be honored. Sets forth: (1) procedures for employer discontinuance of, or employee withdrawal from, certain of such programs; and (2) prohibitions against coercion.
Amends the Federal bankruptcy code to grant third priority (allowed unsecured claims for wages, salaries, or commissions) in bankruptcy proceedings to claims relating to compensatory time off.
Amends the Congressional Accountability Act to provide congressional employees with such options for compensatory time, biweekly work, and flexible credit hours programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1999-2002)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1999)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Employees Health Benefits Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-319
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Insurance premiums
Medical economics

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Federal Employees Health Benefits Improvement Act of 2003 - Increases the biweekly contribution payable by the Government for a Federal employee or annuitant enrolled in a Federal employee health insurance plan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2004-2005)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act

Bill: 108-s-320
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Labor
Diseases
Families
Family leave
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Law
Leave of absence
Sick leave

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to revise the definition of serious health condition to: (1) exclude from FMLA coverage a short-term illness, injury, impairment, or condition for which treatment and recovery are very brief; and (2) include a list of examples of types of illnesses, injuries, impairments, and physical or mental conditions to be covered under FMLA.
Allows employers to require that intermittent leave be taken in minimum blocks of four hours.
Requires employees to: (1) request leave be designated as FMLA leave; (2) provide written application within five working days of providing notice to the employer for foreseeable leave; and (3) with respect to unforeseeable leave, to provide, at a minimum, oral notification of the need for the leave not later than the date the leave commences, unless the employee is physically or mentally incapable of providing notice or submitting the application.
Permits employers to require employees to choose between taking unpaid leave provided by the FMLA or paid absence under an employer's collective bargaining agreement or other sick leave, sick pay, or disability plan, program, or policy of the employer.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to review all existing regulations for implementing FMLA, and to issue new regulations revised to reflect the amendments made by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2006-2007)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2005-2006)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain sightseeing flights from taxes on air transportation.

Bill: 108-s-322
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aircraft
Commerce
Excise tax
Tax exemption
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions exempting certain small aircraft on nonestablished lines from air transportation taxes to also exempt from such taxes aircraft operated for the sole purpose of sightseeing.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2010)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2010)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for certain trails in the National Trails System.

Bill: 108-s-324
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2003-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Historic sites
Land transfers
Right of property
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Amends the National Trails System Act to prohibit the Government from acquiring any land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area for the North Country, Ice Age, or Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trails without the owner's consent.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-47.
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2052)
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to increase competition and transparency among packers that purchase livestock from producers.

Bill: 108-s-325
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural cooperatives
Commerce
Competition
Competitive bidding
Livestock
Meat packing industry

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish minimum per plant per reporting day purchase and slaughter requirements through spot purchases from nonaffiliated producers for a covered packer: (1) that is a cooperative; and (2) that is not a cooperative.
Sets forth transitional requirements for a covered packer with a specified captive cattle supply.
Defines "cooperative association of producers," "covered packer," "nonaffiliated producer," "spot market sale," and "reasonable competitive bidding opportunity."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2052-2053)
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2052)
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice to apply to prosecutions of child abuse cases in courts-martial an extended statute of limitations applicable to prosecutions of child abuse cases in United States District Courts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-326
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2003-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child abuse
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Families
Law
Limitation of actions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to apply to court-martial prosecutions of child abuse cases the extended Federal statute of limitations applicable to child abuse cases in U.S. district courts (allows such prosecutions until the child reaches the age of 25).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2053)
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2053)
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow up to 24 months of vocational educational training to be counted as a work activity under the temporary assistance to needy families program.

Bill: 108-s-327
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2003-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Vocational and technical education
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to double from 12 to 24 the number of months allowed for vocational educational training that are counted as a work activity under TANF.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2054)
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2053-2054)
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Neighborhood Security Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-329
Sponsor: Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Introduced: 2003-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Citizen participation
EBB Terrorism
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Terrorism
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Neighborhood Security Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs, to award grants to nonprofit organizations and professional associations to develop and improve Neighborhood Watches throughout the Nation.
Requires grants to be used to: (1) complete a survey that identifies Neighborhood Watches by ZIP code; (2) establish a national registry of Neighborhood Watch leaders; (3) identify best practices and model programs among Neighborhood Watches for preventing and responding to terrorism and crime; (4) create a manual for communities seeking to establish or improve a Neighborhood Watch; (5) engage in outreach and respond to inquiries to disseminate information about the benefits of effective Neighborhood Watches and the means to establish or improve them; and (6) provide a Neighborhood Watch start-up kit upon request.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Indian and Alaska Native Foster Care and Adoption Services Amendments of 2003

Bill: 108-s-331
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Indian children
Minorities
State government-Indian relations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Indian and Alaska Native Foster Care and Adoption Services Amendments of 2003 - Amends title IV part E of the Social Security Act (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to authorize an Indian tribe or intertribal consortium meeting certain requirements to receive Federal foster care maintenance payments for children placed in its custody.
Prescribes procedural guidelines for foster care programs operated by Indian tribal organizations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2055-2056)
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit a State to register a Canadian pesticide for distribution and use within that State.

Bill: 108-s-332
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2003-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Canada
Commerce
Damages
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imports
Labeling
Law
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Packaging
Pesticide regulation
Pesticides
State employees
Trade secrets

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit State registration of a Canadian pesticide for distribution and use within such State, subject to certain requirements.
Prohibits actions in Federal court against: (1) States acting as registering agencies for damages resulting from the use of a product registered under this Act; or (2) registrants for damages resulting from adulteration or compositional alterations of such a product if the registrant could not reasonably have knowledge of such adulteration or alterations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2057-2058)
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2056)
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide eligibility for astronauts for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.

Bill: 108-s-334
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2003-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Astronauts
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government life insurance
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space activities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-10
text: Makes National Aeronautics and Space Administration command pilots, pilots, or mission specialists eligible for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2121)
action_date: 2003-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Dinnertime Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-335
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer protection
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-10
text: Family Dinnertime Protection Act of 2003 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to modify telemarketing sales regulations to expand the calling time restrictions period for telemarketing telephone calls to the period between 5: 30 p.m. and 7: 30 p.m. local time.
Requires the Commission to modify specified regulations in order to ensure that an outbound telephone call regarding suspicious or illegal activity in the account of a person does not constitute an abusive telemarketing act or practice.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate