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Student Athlete Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1363
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2003-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.
Athletes
College sports
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Fines (Penalties)
Higher education
Law
Sports and Recreation
Student aid
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Student Athlete Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to prohibit institutions of higher education, that participate in any HEA title IV (Student Assistance) program and that have intercollegiate athletic programs, from: (1) imposing sanctions on student athletes who do not violate an intercollegiate athletic association's (ICAA's) rules or codes of conduct; (2) submitting to an ICAA's imposing sanctions on such student athletes; or (3) being a member of an ICAA that imposes sanctions on such student athletes. Includes the canceling or forfeiting of games among the sanctions which may not be imposed upon student athletes who did not commit the violations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E529)
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
World Trade Center National Memorial Act

Bill: 108-hr-1364
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2003-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Interior
EBB Terrorism
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-city relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Land transfers
Law
Monuments and memorials
National parks
New York City
Public Lands and Natural Resources
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: World Trade Center National Memorial Act - Authorizes the establishment as a unit of the National Park System of a national memorial at or near the site of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City to commemorate the significance to the Nation of the events of September 11, 2001. Requires the design and boundary of the memorial to be: (1) determined through a public planning process established by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (a public agency created to oversee the rebuilding of the WTC site and surrounding area); and (2) approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the Governor of New York, and the Mayor of New York City..
Establishes the World Trade Center Memorial Advisory Board upon transfer of the completed memorial to the National Park Service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act

Bill: 108-hr-1365
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Architecture
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Freedom of speech
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Maintenance and repair
Occupational health and safety
Official secrets
Presidential commissions
Productivity in government
Protection of officials
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Right of petition
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
Security measures
Technological innovations
Terrorism
Traffic congestion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act - Establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the Government may provide for both security in, and public access to, Federal buildings and spaces.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E522-523)
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
National Guard and Reserve Tax Relief Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1369
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Income tax
National Guard
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: National Guard and Reserve Tax Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a deduction for itemizers and non-itemizers for unreimbursed overnight travel, meals, and lodging expenses of National Guard and Reserve members who must travel away from home and stay overnight as part of their official duties.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Kuan-Wei Liang and Chun-Mei Hsu-Liang.

Bill: 108-hr-1371
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2003-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Makes Kuan-Wei Liang and Chun-Mei Hsu-Liang each eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Broad-Based Stock Option Plan Transparency Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1372
Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Earnings
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee motivation
Employee ownership
Employee stock options
Executive compensation
Financial statements
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
High technology
Independent regulatory commissions
Industrial research
Information disclosure (Securities law)
International competitiveness
Investors
Labor and Employment
Product development
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Securities and Exchange Commission
Skilled labor
Standards
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: 
Broad-Based Stock Option Plan Transparency Act of 2003 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require companies to include within certain mandatory reports details regarding stock option plans, stock purchase plans, and other arrangements involving employee acquisition of an equity interest in the company, including: (1) a discussion of the dilutive effect of stock option plans (written in accordance with the Plain English Handbook published by the Office of Investor Education and Assistance of the Commission); (2) expanded disclosure of the dilutive effect of employee stock options on the company's earnings per share number; (3) prominent placement and increased comparability of all stock option related information; and (4) a summary of stock options granted to the five most highly compensated executive officers, including outstanding stock options of those officers.
 
Directs the SEC to examine and report to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness of the enhanced disclosures required by this Act in increasing transparency to current and potential investors.
 
Prohibits the Commission, between enactment of this Act and submission of such report, from recognizing as generally accepted accounting principles any new accounting standards regarding the treatment of stock options.
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to analyze and report to specified congressional committees on broad-based employee stock option plans, particularly in the high technology and any other high growth industries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
IDEA Parental Choice Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1373
Sponsor: Rep. DeMint, Jim [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Disabled
Discrimination in education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Language and languages
Literacy programs
Mathematics
Parent-school relationships
Preschool education
Private schools
School choice
Secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: IDEA Parental Choice Act of 2003 - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to authorize use of funds for parental school choice programs which may involve vouchers for private or public education for students with disabilities.
Allows the use of certain research and innovation grant and contract funds to support planning, design, and implementation of State programs that allow parents of children with disabilities a choice of an appropriate public or private school (parental option program).
Allows any State with a statewide or local area parental option program that allows use of public funds to pay some or all costs of attendance at a public or private school to supplement those public funds from its IDEA allocation, if the Federal funds are distributed to parents who make a genuine independent choice as to the appropriate school for their child. Provides that a State's allowing a parent to exercise this option fulfills the State's obligation to provide a free appropriate public education with respect to the child with disabilities during the period in which the child is enrolled in the selected school.
Authorizes use of IDEA funds for local educational agencies to support reasonable additional expenses for the accommodation of students with disabilities who are eligible to receive supplemental education services, including services from private or faith-based providers, because they attend underachieving schools designated for improvement.
Allows, at a State's discretion, students with disabilities up to age six, who meet certain criteria, to be included in IDEA early intervention services programs (thus giving parents the choice to have their child continue with the same service provider).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E536)
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Selected Reserve Educational Assistance Improvement Act

Bill: 108-hr-1374
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
College costs
Cost of living adjustments
Education
Higher education
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Selected Reserve Educational Assistance Improvement Act - Increases, for months occurring during FY 2004 and thereafter, the rates of basic educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve. Prohibits any rate increase during FY 2004 and 2005 based on adjustments to the Consumer Price Index.
Directs the Secretary of Defense, with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2004, to increase such rates by an amount equal to the percentage increase in educational costs at institutions of higher learning.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase payments to States for expenditures for short term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies.

Bill: 108-hr-1378
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption
Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Child welfare
Employee training
Families
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase payments to States for expenditures for short term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To freeze the price of gasoline pending analysis by the Secretary of Energy of fluctuations in such price.

Bill: 108-hr-1379
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy prices
Fines (Penalties)
Gasoline
Law
Legislation
Price regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: 
Declares that it shall be unlawful to sell gasoline at wholesale or retail for a price in excess of the price that grade of gasoline sold for in the same market on March 10, 2003. 
 
Imposes a civil penalty of $10,000 for each day on which a violation occurs. 
 
States that this prohibition shall expire 60 days after the Secretary of Energy reports to Congress an analysis of gasoline price fluctuations, giving particular attention to the occurrence of price gouging as cause of such fluctuations. 
 
Requires such report to include the Secretary's recommendations for legislative or administrative actions that could improve gasoline price stability and eliminate price gouging. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Travel Related Industries Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1380
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation fuels
Commerce
Energy
Excise tax
Tax credits
Tax exemption
Tax refunds
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Travel Related Industries Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend, for two years, the excise tax aviation fuel.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Living Organ Donor Job Security Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1381
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hospital care
Leave of absence
Medical tests
Physical examinations
Sick leave
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Transportation and Public Works
Travel

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Living Organ Donor Job Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow leave for living organ donation. Includes among authorized leave time spent for: (1) tests for medical suitability of the eligible employee; (2) physical, psychological, and social evaluations of the donor; (3) pre-transplant outpatient services; (4) post-operative inpatient and outpatient transplantation services; (5) travel in connection with such tests, evaluations, and services; and (6) recuperation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
EMTALA Regulatory Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1382
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Congress
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medicine
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Hospital care
Hospitals
Law
Legislation
Medical tests
Medicare
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Physical examinations
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: EMTALA Regulatory Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a procedure to notify hospitals and physicians when an investigation under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is closed.
Directs the Secretary to establish a Technical Advisory Group to review issues related to EMTALA and its implementation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums.

Bill: 108-hr-1383
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Condominium (Housing)
Cooperative housing
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Stockholders
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Revises Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning distributions by cooperative housing corporations to provide that: (1) no gain or loss shall be recognized to a cooperative housing corporation on the distribution by such corporation of a dwelling unit to a stockholder in such corporation if such distribution is in exchange for the stockholder's stock in such corporation; and (2) no gain or loss shall be recognized to a stockholder of such corporation on the transfer of such stockholder's stock in an exchange described in clause (1). Provides for determining the basis of a dwelling unit.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate a limitation on benefits.

Bill: 108-hr-1384
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Annuities
Families
Married people
Railroad retirement plans
Survivors' benefits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with regard to certain increases compensating for mandatory reductions in the amount of an individual's railroad retirement annuity. Repeals the prohibition against taking into account during recertification of an annuity any persons not entitled to an annuity (except a spouse under certain circumstances), if at the time of initial certification: (1) all persons then eligible for such an annuity were considered for inclusion; and (2) the requirements for such increases were either inapplicable or applicable but later became inapplicable. (Thus allows such otherwise ineligible persons to be taken into account when an annuity is recertified with respect to such increases compensating for mandatory reductions.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House