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Witness Security and Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1982
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal statistics
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Homicide
Murder
Relocation
State courts
Violence
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Witness Security and Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for the establishment within the United States Marshals Service of a Short Term State Witness Protection Section to provide protection for witnesses in State and local trials involving homicide or other major violent crimes pursuant to cooperative agreements with State and local district attorneys and the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia (DC).
 
 Directs the Section to give priority in awarding grants and providing services to prosecutor's offices in States with an average of at least 100 murders per year during the five-year period immediately preceding an application for protection.
 
Authorizes: (1) the Attorney General to make grants to State and local district attorneys and the U.S. attorney for DC for providing such witness protection; (2) each grant recipient to use the grant to provide witness protection or to credit the grant to the Section to cover the Section's costs of providing witness protection on the recipient's behalf; and (3) grants to be awarded only in States with an average of not less than 100 murders per year during the most recent five-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
So No Innocent Person Ever Repeats the Sniper Tragedy Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1983
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imports
Law
Licenses

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
So No Innocent Person Ever Repeats the Sniper Tragedy Act of 2003 (SNIPER Act of 2003) - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to inspect the inventory and records of a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer without reasonable cause or warrant not more than four times (currently, once) during any 12-month period; and (2) require such persons to maintain records of disposition of ammunition, except on .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.
 
Provides for enhanced penalties for violations. Subjects violators to revocation or suspension of any applicable license or a fine. Directs the Attorney General to send warning letters to alleged violators, issue notices of revocation, suspension, or imposition of a civil fine, and conduct proceedings, as appropriate.
 
Repeals an exemption from Brady Act requirements involving gun sales to instate residents.
 
Technological Resource to Assist Criminal Enforcement Act (TRACE Act) - Amends the Brady Act to require a licensed manufacturer or importer to: (1) test fire firearms manufactured or imported by certain licensees; (2) prepare ballistics images of the fired bullet and cartridge casings; (3) make the records available to the Attorney General for entry into an electronic database (established by this Act); and (4) store the fired bullet and cartridge casings as specified.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct mandatory ballistics testing of all firearms in the custody of Federal agencies; and (2) establish, within each Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives field division, a gun crime task force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1984
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Contracts
Department of the Treasury
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Internal revenue law
Law
Options (Contract)
Small business
Stockholders
Tax returns
Taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2003 - Amends the following acts (which amended the Internal Revenue Code) to make technical corrections: (1) the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003; (2) the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002; (3) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; (4) the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001; (5) the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000; (6) the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997; and (7) the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for relief of Benjamin Cabrera-Gomez and Londy Patricia.

Bill: 108-s-1985
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Declares that Benjamin Cabrera-Gomez and Londy Patricia Cabrera shall be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing the appropriate application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting American Democracy Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1986
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government paperwork
Security measures
Voting
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Protecting American Democracy Act of 2003 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voter verification and improved security for voting systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S16123-16124)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16122-16123)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Additional Protocol to the U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement Implementation Act of 200- [sic]

Bill: 108-s-1987
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Arms control verification
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
International agencies
International cooperation
Law
Nuclear energy
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
President and foreign policy
Sanctions (International law)
Warranties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Additional Protocol to the U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement Implementation Act of 200- (sic) - Authorizes the President to: (1) implement this Act and the Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America, which was signed by both parties in Vienna on June 12, 1998 (Additional Protocol); and (2) designate which Federal agencies shall issue, or revise and enforce regulations to implement this Act and the provisions of the Additional Protocol.
 
Authorizes complementary IAEA access to any location in the United States subject to access under the Additional Protocol only in accordance with this Act.
 
 Prescribes complementary access procedures, including consents, warrants, and warrantless complementary access.
 
Exempts information acquired by the U.S. Government under this Act or under the Additional Protocol from certain statutory disclosure requirements.
 
Prescribes recordkeeping procedures and penalties for recordkeeping violations. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction over civil actions by the Attorney General to restrain such violations and compel any actions required by this Act or the Additional Protocol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3512-3513)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16124-16126)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1988
Sponsor: Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Administrative procedure
Auditing
Business records
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Health and Human Services
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Hospital rates
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Medicaid
Medicare
Nurses
Nursing homes
Social Welfare
Surveys

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2003 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate standards for minimum nurse staffing levels in nursing facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments.
 
Reinstitutes (Boren amendment) payment methodology, providing for payment of Medicaid services through the use of rates determined pursuant to the criteria under State Medicaid plan requirements as in effect on August 1, 1997. Establishes safe harbor rates.
 
Provides a permanent 1.50 percent increase of the Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a State beginning with FY 2004. 
 
Authorizes inclusion of: (1) financial accountability requirements in the survey and certification process with respect to facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments; and (2) professionals trained in financial accounting and auditing in the multidisciplinary survey teams of professionals under Medicare and Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that, for purposes of making determinations for certain trade remedies and trade adjustment assistance, imported semi-finished steel slabs and taconite pellets produced in the United States shall be considered to be articles like or directly competitive with each other.

Bill: 108-s-1989
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Commerce
Countervailing duties
Customs unions
Free trade
Governmental investigations
Import relief
International Affairs
Iron
Iron and steel industry
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Mexico
North America
Steel
Trade adjustment assistance
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Declares that U.S.-produced taconite pellets shall be considered an article like or directly competitive with semi-finished steel slabs for purposes of: (1) any International Trade Commission determination that semi-finished steel slabs are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury (or threat) to the domestic industry producing taconite pellets (thus requiring remedial action); (2) any investigation leading to the imposition of countervailing and antidumping duties; and (3) the Secretary of Labor's determination of the eligibility of a group of adversely-affected workers for trade adjustment assistance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Taconite Research Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1990
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cost control
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Industrial engineering
Iron
Iron and steel industry
Mining engineering
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Quality of products
Science, Technology, Communications
Subsidies
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Taconite Research Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Economic Development Administration to make grants to producers of taconite to implement new technologies to increase productivity, to reduce costs, and to improve overall product quality and performance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the reimbursement of members of the Armed Forces or their family members for the costs of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of members of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 108-s-1991
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military and naval supplies
Military operations
Military pay
Military personnel
Safety measures

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to reimburse a member of the armed forces, or a family member of such member, for the cost of protective body armor purchased for the member's use in wartime conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16126-16127)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
National Highway Safety Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1993
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bicycles
Child safety
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Equipment and supplies
Families
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Motor vehicle safety
Pedestrians
Planning
Railroad safety
Road construction
Roads and highways
Safety measures
Seat belts
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic signs and signals

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
National Highway Safety Act of 2003 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a highway safety improvement program to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on public roads.
 
 Requires a State, to receive funds under this Act, to have in effect a highway safety improvement program under which the State: (1) develops and implements a strategic highway safety plan that identifies and analyzes highway safety problems and opportunities; (2) produces a program of projects or strategies to reduce identified safety problems; and (3) evaluates the plan regularly to ensure the accuracy of the data and the priority of proposed improvements.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding State plan requirements, eligible projects, and the Federal share. Provides for a reduction of funds to a State that fails to have in effect a primary safety belt law or that fails to demonstrate that the safety belt use rate in the State is at least 90 percent. Provides for a restoration of funds if, within three years, the State meets those requirements. Provides for reallocation of apportioned funds.
 
Sets formulas for apportionment of highway safety improvement program funds. 
 
Requires at least $200 million of funds authorized and expended under this Act be available each fiscal year for the elimination of hazards and the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S16130-16132)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16128-16130)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Efficiency in Government Health Care Spending Act

Bill: 108-s-1994
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug industry
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Medical economics
Medical supplies
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Efficiency in Government Health Care Spending Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as added by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to repeal the prohibition against the Secretary of Health and Human Services' negotiating with drug manufacturers and pharmacies and Medicare prescription drug plan sponsors concerning the prices of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S16133)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16133)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund.

Bill: 108-s-1995
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Preferred provider organizations (Medical care)
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to repeal authorization for the MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S16133-16134)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16133)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reinstate the safeguard measures imposed on imports of certain steel products, as in effect on December 4, 2003.

Bill: 108-s-1997
Sponsor: Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Import relief
Imports
Steel
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Reinstates the safeguard measures implemented under Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002, which imposed a tariff on certain steel products, and nullifies Proclamation 7741 of December 4, 2003, lifting such measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16135-16137)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Essential Air Service Preservation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1998
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Small towns
Subsidies
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Essential Air Service Preservation Act of 2003 - Repeals provisions establishing the Essential Air Service local participation program (a pilot program under which designated essential air service communities are required to assume ten percent of their essential air service subsidy costs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S16137)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16137)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act

Bill: 108-s-1999
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Cost control
Drug industry
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Medical economics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Quality of care
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title IV of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to give the Secretary of Health and Human Services authority to negotiate prices in contracts with manufacturers of covered Medicare part D drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16137-16138)
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate