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Ojito Wilderness Act

Bill: 108-s-1649
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Civil actions and liability
Environmental Protection
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Grazing
Housing and Community Development
Indian housing
Indian lands
Injunctions
Land transfers
Law
Maps
Mines and mineral resources
Minorities
Motor vehicles
New Mexico
Open space lands
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Ojito Wilderness Act - Designates the area in New Mexico known as the Ojito Wilderness as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
Places in trust for the benefit of the Pueblo of Zia Indian Reservation certain lands adjacent to the Ojito Wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-416.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11916-11917)
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11915-11916)
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Katarina Galovic.

Bill: 108-s-1650
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Declares Katarina Galovic to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Gustav F. K. Wallner.

Bill: 108-s-1651
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Declares Gustav F.K. Wallner to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ratify the do-not-call registry provision of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, as amended by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 2003.

Bill: 108-s-1652
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer protection
Directories
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Ratifies the do-not-call registry provision of the Telemarketing Sales Rule which was promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 2003.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
National Beach Recreation and Economic Benefits Act

Bill: 108-s-1653
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Beaches
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Hurricanes
Outdoor recreation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Shore protection
Storms
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
National Beach Recreation and Economic Benefits Act - Requires the Secretary of the Army, in making recommendations regarding shore protection projects, to establish procedures for the determination of national economic benefits that treat benefits for recreation equally to benefits for hurricane and storm damage reduction and environmental restoration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11917)
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11917)
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a do-not-call registry.

Bill: 108-s-1654
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer protection
Directories
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Declares that the Federal Trade Commission is authorized under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to compile and implement a national do-not-call registry. 
 
Ratifies the do-not-call registry provision of the Telemarketing Sales Rule promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 2003.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish the do-not-call registry.

Bill: 108-s-1655
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2003-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer protection
Directories
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 
Declares that the Federal Trade Commission is authorized under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to compile and implement a national do-not-call registry. 
 
Ratifies the do-not-call registry provision of the Telemarketing Sales Rule promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 2003.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Modernization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1656
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advice and consent of the Senate
Bank capital
Bank examination
Bank management
Bank records
Congress
Consumer credit
Corporate debt
Corporate finance
Corporate management
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Treasury
Economics and Public Finance
Economists
Employee rights
Executive compensation
Executive reorganization
Executives
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Federally-assisted loans
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government officials
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Injunctions
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Law
Mortgage banks
Mortgages
Presidential appointments
Price indexes
Recruiting of employees
Removal of officials
Secondary mortgage market
Securities
Securities regulation
Transfer of employees
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Modernization Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to establish in the Department of the Treasury the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Supervision. Transfers to the Director of such Office supervisory and regulatory authority over specified government sponsored enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Prohibits merger or consolidation of such Office or its functions.
 
Requires: (1) the Director to ensure that the enterprises operate in a financially safe manner and remain adequately capitalized; and (2) that each enterprise have prior approval of the Director before implementing a new program.
 
Sets forth operating, administrative, and regulatory provisions of the Director, including provisions respecting: (1) assessment authority; (2) nonmortgage-related assets; (3) minimum and critical capital levels; (4) risk-based capital test; (5) capital classifications and undercapitalized enterprises; (6) enforcement actions and penalties; (7) public disclosures; and (8) reporting.
 
Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to make the Secretary of the Treasury a member of the Federal Housing Finance Board in lieu of the Secretary.
 
Sets forth certain retained authorities of the Secretary.
 
Abolishes the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight. Sets forth related transfer of personnel and facility and property provisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11991-11999)
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11990-11991)
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 44921 of title 49, United States Code, to provide for the arming of cargo pilots against terrorism.

Bill: 108-s-1657
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2003-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air cargo
Aircraft pilots
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Federal law enforcement officers
Firearms
Flight crews
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Police training
Terrorism
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 
Amends Federal transportation law to expand the Federal flight deck officer program (providing for the arming of pilots of passenger aircraft) to include pilots of cargo aircraft.

action_date: 2003-11-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Declares the sense of Congress that members of a flight deck crew of a cargo aircraft should be armed with a firearm and taser to defend the cargo aircraft against an attack by terrorists that could result in the aircraft's use as a weapon of mass destruction or for other terrorist purposes.
 
Amends Federal transportation law to expand the Federal flight deck officer program (providing for the arming of pilots of passenger aircraft) to include pilots of cargo aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2003-11-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-11-12
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-11-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-11-10
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14378; text as passed Senate: S14378)
action_date: 2003-11-10
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14378; text as passed Senate: S14378)
action_date: 2003-09-26
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1658
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]
Introduced: 2003-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Earned income tax credit
Families
Income tax
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 
Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income credit; and (2) allow the refundable portion of the child tax credit to residents of Puerto Rico with less than three children.
 
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to make the provisions of such title applicable to residents of Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12000)
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11999-12000)
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 57 Old Tappan Road in Tappan, New York, as the "John G Dow Post Office Building.

Bill: 108-s-1659
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Names
New York State
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 57 Old Tappan Road in Tappan, New York, as the John G. Dow Post Office Building.

action_date: 2003-10-27
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 57 Old Tappan Road in Tappan, New York, as the John G. Dow Post Office Building.

action_date: 2003-10-29
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 57 Old Tappan Road in Tappan, New York, as the John G. Dow Post Office Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13531-13532; text as passed Senate: CR S13531)
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S13531-13532; text as passed Senate: CR S13531)
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331.
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Good Samaritan Abandoned and Inactive Mine Remediation Act

Bill: 108-s-1660
Sponsor: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]
Introduced: 2003-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Law
Licenses
Mine wastes
Mine water
Minerals
Mining claims
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reclamation of land
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 
Good Samaritan Abandoned and Inactive Mine Remediation Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the head of an authorized State program to issue an abandoned or inactive mine remediation permit for the conduct of remediation activities on abandoned or inactive mine land from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants to U.S. bodies of water.
 
Requires those applying for a remediation permit to develop a remediation plan that includes: (1) reasonable efforts to identify the current owners of the mine in question; (2) the bodies of water affected; (3) proposed practices to mitigate adverse impacts on water quality; (4) a timetable; and (5) monitoring or other forms of assessment so that the success of the plan can be evaluated.
 
 Requires any profits from the sale of minerals taken from these mines during remediation to be deposited in a remediation fund.
 
States that remediators are not to be considered owners or operators under specified environmental acts (thereby excluding them from liability for environmental clean up.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12001-12002)
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12000-12001)
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Telemarketing Intrusive Practices Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1661
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2003-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer protection
Directories
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 
Telemarketing Intrusive Practices Act of 2003 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to: (1) establish and maintain for each State a list of consumers who request not to receive telephone sales calls; (2) provide notice to consumers of the establishment of such list; (3) contract with a State to establish and maintain the lists; (4) contract with a private vendor to establish and maintain the lists, if the vendor has maintained a national listing of consumers who request not to receive such calls; and (5) and charge a reasonable fee for providing the list.
 
Requires a telephone solicitor to maintain a list of consumers who request not to receive telephone sales calls from that particular telephone solicitor.
 
Prohibits a telephone solicitor from knowingly using any method to block or otherwise circumvent the use of a caller identification service or device by a consumer.
 
States that a violation of this Act is an unfair or deceptive trade practice of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
Permits a private right of action in State court for an action to enjoin a violation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the work opportunity tax credit to include trade adjustment assistance as a targeted group.

Bill: 108-s-1662
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Income tax
Manufacturing industries
Subsidies
Tax credits
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the work opportunity tax credit to include trade adjustment assistance recipients as a targeted group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1665
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2003-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Auditing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Criminal justice information
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Employee selection
Ex-offenders
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
Law
Personnel records
Private police
Right of privacy
State laws
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-26
text: Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2003 - Permits an authorized employer of private security officers to submit to a participating State's identification bureau fingerprints or other means of positive identification (as determined by the Attorney General) of an employee for purposes of a criminal history record information search. Requires the employer to: (1) obtain an employee's written consent; and (2) provide to the employee confidential access to any information received.
Directs the Attorney General, upon receipt of such a request submitted through a State identification bureau, to search the appropriate records of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and to provide any resulting identification and criminal history information.
Sets forth provisions regarding permissible uses of the information and the frequency of requests. Prescribes criminal penalties for falsely certifying compliance with applicable employer standards or for intentionally using information obtained for purposes other than determining suitability for employment as a private security officer.
Authorizes: (1) the FBI Director to collect fees to process such background checks; (2) a State to assess a fee on an employer for the costs of administering this Act; and (3) a State to opt out from participation in such background check system.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate