Homeland Protection and Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1593
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
American Samoa
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Boundaries
Bridges
Buildings
Chemical industries
Chemical warfare
Citizen participation
College costs
Commemorations
Commerce
Computer networks
Computer security measures
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Disaster relief
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electric power production
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Energy
Environmental Protection
Epidemiology
Equipment and supplies
Evacuation of civilians
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Guam
Harbors
Health
Health information systems
Health surveys
Higher education
Hospital care
Hours of labor
Identification devices
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Medicaid
Medical personnel
Metropolitan areas
Monuments and memorials
Northern Mariana Islands
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Office buildings
Paramedical personnel
Planning
Police
Preventive medicine
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public records
Puerto Rico
Railroad safety
Reservoirs
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Security measures
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Sports facilities
Subways
Telecommunication systems
Terrorism
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation safety
Tunnels
Unemployment
Urban affairs
Virgin Islands
Water Resources Development
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Homeland Protection and Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2003 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to eligible States and metropolitan cities, with different specified allocations based on population and on risk, including proximity to chemical security, nuclear security, port security, international borders, and disaster medical assistance teams.
Specifies optional uses of such funds.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make budget crisis relief grants to States and local governments, with allocations based on population and on unemployment.
Provides for specified adjustments of Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, and increases the cap on Medicaid payments to territories for further fiscal relief.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
action_date: 2003-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2003-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House