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Juvenile Protection From Sex Slavery Trafficking Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3913
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Capital punishment
Child labor
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Families
Forced labor
Labor and Employment
Life imprisonment
Organized crime
Prostitution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex offenders
Slavery

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-08
text: 
Juvenile Protection From Sex Slavery Trafficking Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to subject anyone who acts as a child sex trafficking kingpin to the death penalty, or to life imprisonment if the death penalty is not imposed. Defines such a kingpin as a person who: (1) violates the prohibition against sex trafficking of children as part of a continuing series of violations undertaken in concert with five or more other individuals with respect to whom that person occupies a position of management; and (2) obtains substantial income or resources from such violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E315)
action_date: 2004-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act

Bill: 108-hr-3914
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2004-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arts, Culture, Religion
Child welfare
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Families
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Marketing
Motion pictures
Music
Television and children
Television broadcasting
Television programs
V-chips
Video games
Violence in mass media

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to assess the effectiveness of measures to require television broadcasters and multichannel video programming distributors to rate and encode programming that could be blocked by parents by use of a V-chip. Authorizes the FCC, if it finds such measures ineffective, to prohibit the distribution of violent video programming during hours when children are reasonably likely to comprise a substantial portion of the audience.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for any person to distribute to the public any violent video programming not blockable by electronic means specifically on the basis of its violent content. Provides for exemptions for: (1) programming (including news programs and sporting events) the distribution of which does not conflict with the objective of protecting children from the negative influences of violent video programming; and (2) premium and pay-per-view direct-to-home satellite programming.
Directs the FCC to impose a forfeiture penalty for violations and to revoke a broadcasting or distribution license of a repeat violator. 
Requires the FCC to continue to study and report annually to specified committees on the marketing to children of violent content by the motion picture, music recording, and computer and video game industries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1030-1031)
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti.

Bill: 108-hr-3919
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2004-03-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Associations, institutions, etc.
Caribbean area
Collective security
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional investigations
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Coups d'etat
Democracy
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign leaders
Foreign loans
Government Operations and Politics
Haiti
Haiti compilation
Insurgency
International agencies
Latin America
Military agreements
Military assistance
Nongovernmental organizations
Political violence
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: 
Establishes in the legislative branch the Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti. 
 
Directs the Commission to examine the United States' role in the February 2004 coup d'etat in the Republic of Haiti, including: (1) the extent to which the United States impeded the democratic process in Haiti, including the extent to which U.S. actions and policies contributed to the overthrow of the democratically-elected Government of Haiti; (2) the circumstances of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's resignation and exile; (3) the extent to which the United States fulfilled its obligations under the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Democratic Charter requiring that each OAS member country come to the aid of another OAS government under attack; (4) the extent to which the United States impeded international efforts, particularly efforts by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, to prevent the overthrow of the Government of Haiti; (5) the United States' role in influencing United Nations Security Council decisions regarding Haiti and in discussions between Haiti and other countries that were willing to send security forces to assist the Government of Haiti; (6) the extent to which U.S. assistance or personnel, including the Central Intelligence Agency, was used to support the opposition forces; (7) the impact of the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and other organizations funded by the United States Agency for International Development on the political process in Haiti; (8) the impact on Haiti of the U.S. decision to discontinue bilateral assistance and U.S. efforts to block international financial assistance; and (9) the broader implications for Haiti and the Caribbean region of the events culminating in the coup d'etat. 
 
Terminates the Commission 60 days after submission of its final report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E335)
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3920
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2004-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Congress
Congressional powers
Congressional voting
Congressional-judicial relations
Constitutional law
House rules and procedure
Senate rules and procedure
Supreme Court decisions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: 
Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004 - Authorizes Congress, if two thirds of each House agree, to reverse a judgment of the United States Supreme Court: (1) if that judgment is handed down after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) to the extent that judgment concerns the constitutionality of an Act of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2004-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2004-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2004-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H845-846)
To designate the Federal building located at 228 Walnut Street, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the "Ronald Reagan Federal Building".

Bill: 108-hr-3923
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2004-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
History
Law
Names
Pennsylvania
Reagan Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: 
Designates the Federal building located at 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the Ronald Reagan Federal Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 2009.

Bill: 108-hr-3924
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Case management
Courts of special jurisdiction
Criminal courts
Department of Justice
Disabled
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Mental health services
Mental illness
Mentally disabled
Rehabilitation of criminals
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the annual authorization of appropriations for mental health courts through FY 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Life Insurance Anti-Discrimination in Travel Act

Bill: 108-hr-3927
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer protection
Discrimination in insurance
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Life insurance
Restrictive trade practices
Transportation and Public Works
Travel

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: 
Life Insurance Anti-Discrimination in Travel Act - Prohibits denying any person life insurance coverage, or making any distinction or otherwise discriminating in the issuance, cancellation, terms (including premium rates), or conditions of life insurance coverage, based upon that person's lawful travel experiences. Makes a violation of this Act an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow nationals of the United States to attend military service academies and receive Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships on the condition that the individual naturalize before graduation.

Bill: 108-hr-3928
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Education
Higher education
Immigrants
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Military education
Military training
Naturalization
Officer personnel
Scholarships
Service academies

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, as a condition to admitting a person who is a U.S. national but not a citizen into a military precommissioning program (a pre-officer program provided through a military service academy or the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program), to require such person to enter into a written agreement under which the person shall agree: (1) to apply for and complete naturalization under requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act before completion of the precommissioning program; and (2) that if failing to apply for and complete such naturalization, to be subject to the same penalties placed on individuals for failing to complete the requirements for advanced education assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
National Sex Offender Registry Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3929
Sponsor: Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Civil commitment
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Directories
Electronic government information
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Internet
Parole
Probation
Public records
Rape
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex offenders
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: 
National Sex Offender Registry Act of 2004 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a national sex offender registry that: (1) makes publicly available, via the Internet, information about sexually violent predators and persons convicted of a sexually violent offense or a criminal offense against a minor; and (2) allows users to determine which registered sex offenders are currently residing within a specified area.
 
Requires States and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to submit to the Attorney General specified information regarding convicted persons who are required to register with a sexual offender registration program, including: (1) that person's name, address, date of birth, physical description, and photograph; (2) the nature and date of commission of the offense; and (3) the date on which that individual is released from prison or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation. 
 
Requires: (1) any State that provides for a civil commitment proceeding to notify the State attorney general of any impending release of a sexually violent predator or of anyone who has been deemed by the State to be at high-risk for recommitting specified sexual or violent offenses; (2) the State attorney general to consider whether or not to institute a civil commitment proceeding; and (3) each State to intensively monitor, for at least a year, any such person who has been unconditionally released by the State and who has not been civilly committed. 
 
Makes a State that fails to submit the required information or to implement Act requirements ineligible to receive 25 percent of funds that would otherwise be allocated to it under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Summer Food Service Program Improvement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3930
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child nutrition
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Food service
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Planning
Poor children
School lunch program
Social Welfare
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: 
Summer Food Service Program Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to revise requirements for the summer food service program for children.
 
Provides for a redefinition of rural areas in which poor economic conditions exist.
 
Revises requirements relating to payments to service institutions for operating expenses and administrative costs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make competitive startup grants to ten States to assist eligible service institutions in initiating summer food service program sites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Rail Tunnel Safety Act

Bill: 108-hr-3931
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2004-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Transportation
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Infrastructure
Inspectors general
Maryland
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
New York City
Planning-programming-budgeting
Railroad engineering
Railroad passenger traffic
Railroad safety
Tunnels

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: 
Rail Tunnel Safety Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for Amtrak' use, after the Secretary has received and approved a project engineering and financial plan, to complete New York tunnel life safety projects and to rehabilitate tunnels in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To repeal section 754 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

Bill: 108-hr-3933
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2004-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Countervailing duties
Dumping

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: 
Repeals the continued dumping and subsidy offset under the Tariff Act of 1930.
 
Requires all amounts remaining, upon the enactment of this Act, in any special account established under such Act (as in effect on the day before the enactment of this Act) to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To halt the issuance of visas to citizens of Saudi Arabia until the President certifies that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not discriminate in the issuance of visas on the basis of religious affiliation or heritage.

Bill: 108-hr-3934
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2004-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
International Affairs
Jews
Middle East and North Africa
Racial discrimination
Religion
Religious liberty
Sanctions (International law)
Saudi Arabia
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: 
Prohibits the issuance of U.S. visas to citizens of Saudi Arabia until the President certifies that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not discriminate on the basis of religious affiliation or heritage when issuing its visas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Equity and Fairness in Fee-for-Service Reimbursement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3935
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical fees
Medicare
Pay equity
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: 
Medicare Equity and Fairness in Fee-for-Service Reimbursement Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for making adjustments to the amount of payment made to providers of services and health care professionals for services provided under the original Medicare fee-for-service program, with specified formulae for States whose average per beneficiary amount is: (1) greater than 100 percent of the national average; or (2) less than 100 percent of the national average. Provides for a three year phase-in of such rates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Introduced in House