hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Public Records Open to End Child Tragedy (PROTECT) Act

Bill: 108-hr-2541
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child abuse
Child welfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Death
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Judges
Law
Public records
Right of privacy
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Public Records Open to End Child Tragedy (PROTECT) Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to modify eligibility requirements for grants to States for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs. Requires such States to include within their program provisions which require (currently, allow) public disclosure of the findings or information about the case of child abuse or neglect, as determined to be appropriate by a judge and in accordance with applicable law, which has resulted in a child fatality, near fatality, other serious injury, or felony conviction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2542
Sponsor: Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional joint committees
Congressional oversight
Congressional reorganization
Congressional veto
Expedited congressional procedure
House rules and procedure
Legislative resolutions
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review Act of 2003 (JCARR Act) - Amends Federal law to establish the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review.
 
Prescribes a procedure for expedited consideration by the House of Representatives of a joint resolution reported by such committee disapproving an agency rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and the House.
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 504(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the 2-year wait out period for grant recipients under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions program.

Bill: 108-hr-2543
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Minorities
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate a two-year wait-out period between grants under a program for Hispanic-serving institutions (thus permitting an eligible institution to apply for a subsequent five-year grant award immediately after the expiration of its most recent five-year award).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Blue-Collar Employee Relief Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2545
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Timothy J. [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Bankruptcy
Dismissal of employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Pension funds
Plant shutdowns
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Blue-Collar Employee Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the 10-percent additional tax on early withdrawals from qualified retirement plans certain former employees of bankrupt employers and certain former employees of closed facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Free Credit Report Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2546
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Free Credit Report Act of 2003 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency to furnish a free credit report annually upon consumer request.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Price Stability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2547
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Inflation
Open market operations
Prices

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Price Stability Act of 2003- Declares that the primary and overriding goal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee with regard to monetary policy shall be the achievement of price stability.
 
Authorizes the Board and the Committee to suspend such goal if the Committee, by a majority vote, and the President jointly determine such suspension necessary due to an emergency.
 
Instructs the Board and the Committee to establish a definition of the goal of price stability using prescribed criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Bill Payment Grace Period Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2549
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Debtor and creditor
Electronic commerce
Electronic funds transfers
Emergency Management
Evidence (Law)
Fees
Finance charges
Government Operations and Politics
Internet
Law
Postal service
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Bill Payment Grace Period Act of 2003 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit creditors from taking action adverse to the interests of a consumer with respect to certain payments that are due in, or shortly after, the period of a disruption of the mail resulting from a national emergency. 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to designate (and extend up to seven additional days) a grace period to make debt payments by mail in such circumstances.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 to provide clarification with respect to the eligibility of certain countries for United States military assistance.

Bill: 108-hr-2550
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Collective security
Military agreements
Military assistance
NATO countries

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Amends the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 to exempt a country that has concluded a protocol for its accession to NATO from the prohibition against the provision of U.S. military assistance to a country that is a party to the International Criminal Court. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced Safety from Wildfire Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2551
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal-state relations
Forest fires
Forest health
Forest management
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Landowners
Law
Logging
Lumber trade
National forests
Negligence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Enhanced Safety from Wildfire Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 with respect to fires that spread from forested Federal lands onto nonfederal lands and cause injuries or property loss. Assumes Federal responsibility for injuries or property loss resulting from such fires under the Federal Tort Claims Act and other Federal law pertaining to the United States as a defendant in District Court. Provides for exceptions in certain cases, including if: (1) the nonfederal land exceeds 640 acres and is being used for commercial timber production (unless the nonfederal land was being managed to achieve or maintain condition class 1 health status immediately before the fire); (2) the Federal land is a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; or (3) the Federal land comprises less than 6,400 acres and is not contiguous to other Federal lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act

Bill: 108-hr-2552
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Auditing
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporation for National and Community Service
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Law
National service
Scholarships
Valuation
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: 
Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act - Revises the manner in which the Corporation for National and Community Service approves, and records obligations relating to, national service positions under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1312)
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Minority Diabetes Initiative Act

Bill: 108-hr-2553
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community health services
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Eye care
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Kidney diseases
Language and languages
Minorities
Minority health
Preventive medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Minority Diabetes Initiative Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and private health care providers for the purpose of providing treatment for diabetes in minority communities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Junior Anthony Francis.

Bill: 108-hr-2554
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2003-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Prohibits Junior Anthony Francis from being removed from, or denied admission to, the United States by reason of any act of his which is grounds for such removal or denial that is reflected in the records of the Department of Homeland Security or the Visa Office.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to rescind any outstanding order of removal or any finding of inadmissability that has been entered against Junior Anthony Francis by reason of any such offense.
Provides that this Act shall not be considered in determining whether he is, or during any period has been, a person of good moral character.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1315)
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the Secretary of the Army to extend the period during which the Secretary may provide beach nourishment for a water resources development project.

Bill: 108-hr-2558
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Beaches
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Shore protection
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, at the request of a non-Federal interest, to extend the period during which the Secretary provides beach nourishment for a water resources development project for such additional period as the Secretary determines necessary, not to exceed 50 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Chiropractic Medicare Freedom and Benefit Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-2560
Sponsor: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Chiropractic and chiropractors
Medical fees
Medicare
Physical examinations
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Chiropractic Medicare Freedom and Benefit Protection Act - Amends part D (Miscellaneous Provisions) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) revise the definition of chiropractor, specifying the scope of chiropractic services that may be furnished under Medicare, namely, those which are clinically necessary care when examination by a chiropractor demonstrates objective evidence of a subluxation; and (2) provide for payment of chiropractic services as physicians' services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-23
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: 2003-06-23
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: 2003-06-23
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: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Prekindergarten Access Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2561
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accreditation (Education)
Child development
Class size
Community and school
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
English language
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Language arts
Preschool education
Reading
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers
Teaching materials
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Prekindergarten Access Act of 2003 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish Prekindergarten Programs.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to applicant States to establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs by eligible prekindergarten providers and local educational agencies in partnership with early childhood programs, organizations, or agencies that serve three-, four-, and five-year old children.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Public Interest Lawyer Assistance and Relief Act

Bill: 108-hr-2562
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Citizen lawsuits
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Higher education
Law
Lawyers
Legal education
Legal services
Public interest
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Public Interest Lawyer Assistance and Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a student loan forgiveness program for any borrower who agrees to complete three years of service as a public interest lawyer.
 
Directs the Secretary, under such program, to: (1) repay up to $20,000 of such borrower's obligation on a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B (Federal Family Education Loan Program) or D (Federal Perkins Loans) of title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA); and (2) provide for deferment of repayment of such loans by such borrower while employed as a public interest lawyer.
 
Excludes from such program Federal PLUS loans (to parents) and Federal consolidation loans under part B or comparable loans made under part D. Allows certain amounts under consolidation loans to qualify for such program.
 
Treats an individual as serving as a public interest lawyer eligible to apply for such program after completion of a year of service as a practicing attorney in: (1) local, State, or Federal government; (2) a tax-exempt organization; or (3) a judicial clerkship.
 
Provides such loan repayment on a first-come, first-serve basis, and subject to the availability of appropriations and to any limitations imposed by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to create or designate an administering entity for such program within the Department of Education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Head Start Act to provide additional funding for States with increased numbers of children eligible for participation in Head Start programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-2563
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Poor children
Population
Preschool education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Amends the Head Start Act to authorize additional appropriations for each of FY 2004 through 2008, to be allocated for Head Start program purposes to States that have an increase in the total number of children under six below the poverty level. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the harbor maintenance tax is applied to certain ports that import cargo exceeding $100,000,000 in value per year.

Bill: 108-hr-2564
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Excise tax
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Freight
Harbors
Imports
Transportation and Public Works
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply the harbor maintenance tax to certain ports used to import commercial cargo worth more than $100,000,000. Negates the tax on a port for any year after a period of three consecutive years in which $100,000,000 or less cargo was imported through the port and no Federal funds were used for construction, maintenance, or operation, as well as for subsequent years so long as the preceding year's cargo was $100,000,000 or less. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House