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Mammogram Availability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-736
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Breast cancer
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Consumer discounts
Consumer education
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Mammography
Medical ethics
Medical fees
Medical screening
Rebates
State laws
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Mammogram Availability Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, that provides coverage for diagnostic mammographies for any woman 40 years old or older to provide coverage for annual screening mammographies for such a woman. Prohibits related enrollment and renewal discrimination, monetary incentives to women, and penalties or incentives to providers. Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply those requirements and prohibitions to coverage offered by an issuer in the individual market.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-737
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporate mergers
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Income tax
Partnerships
Stock exchanges
Stockholders
Tax evasion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by determining that acquiring corporations in"corporate expatriation transactions" shall be considered domestic corporations. Defines a "corporate expatriation transaction" as, with certain exceptions, one in which a "nominally foreign corporation" acquires substantially all of the properties held by a domestic corporation and in which, immediately after the transaction, more than 80 percent of the stock of the acquiring corporation is held by former shareholders of the domestic corporation. Lowers the 80 percent threshold to 50 percent when the acquiring "nominally foreign corporation" lacks substantial business activities in the foreign country in which it was created and organized compared to the total activities of the "expanded affiliated group" and the stock is publicly traded, with the principal market of trading being the United States. Defines the terms "nominally foreign corporation" and "expanded affiliated group."
Applies similar rules to partnership transactions.
Establishes that a series of related transactions relevant to the Act shall be handled as a single transaction.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-738
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc.
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Clean Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to define "fill material" to mean any pollutant which replaces portions of waters of the United States with dry land or which changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose and to exclude any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E220-221)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-739
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Debt
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Securities
Small business
Tax-exempt organizations
Unrelated business income tax

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Small Business Investment Company Capital Access Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "acquisition indebtedness" specified debt-financed indebtedness incurred by a small business investment company.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Expand and Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-740
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Charitable contributions
Commerce
Community and school
Construction costs
Corporate philanthropy
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational facilities
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Equipment and supplies
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Public-private partnerships
School buildings
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Expand and Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited credit to taxpayers holding school construction bonds. Defines such bonds. Sets a national school construction bond limit.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Self-Employed Health Equity Adjustment to Lower Tax Hindrance Act

Bill: 108-hr-741
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Self-Employed Health Equity Adjustment to Lower Tax Hindrance Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to take the health insurance deduction into account in determining net earnings from self-employment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service from 60 to 55.

Bill: 108-hr-742
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Retirement age
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Reduces from 60 to 55 the minimum age for the receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area Study Act

Bill: 108-hr-744
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Revolution
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Landscape protection
Military history
Military parks
National monuments
National parks
Nature conservation
North Carolina
Outdoor recreation
Public-private partnerships
Social life and customs
South Carolina
Sports and Recreation
State parks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating specified South Carolina counties, including specified public sites, other sites maintained by the State, and National Park Service sites in the State, and, possibly, North Carolina sites, as the Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-745
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Employee rights
Hospital personnel
Hours of labor
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Nurses
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to place limitations on mandatory overtime for nurses, protect nurses against retaliation in any manner with respect to any aspect of employment, and provide for civil money penalties for violations of such provisions.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on standards to establish for the maximum number of hours that a nurse may work without compromising the safety of their patients.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to study and report to Congress on the extent to which federally operated medical facilities have in effect practices and policies with respect to overtime requirements for nurses that are inconsistent with the overtime requirements added by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1773)
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E207)
action_date: 2003-02-12
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: 2003-02-12
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: 2003-02-12
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: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Responsibility in Federal Contracts Act

Bill: 108-hr-746
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting
Business records
Commerce
Corporate governance
Corporation directors
Executives
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Responsibility in Federal Contracts Act - Prohibits the Federal Government from contracting with companies that have failed to certify the most recent periodic financial report required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that is due before the contract award date.
States the period of prohibition shall remain in effect for one year beginning on the date that the most recent periodic report was due.
Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to make available to the public on a quarterly basis a list of companies that have failed to make such certification.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Telecommunications Development Fund Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-747
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Bank accounts
Capital investments
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government trust funds
Interest
Law
Licenses
Radio spectrum allocation
Radio stations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Telecommunications Development Fund Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require any down payment that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may require any bidder to submit before issuance of a station license or construction permit in a system of competitive bidding to be deposited in an interest-bearing account at a financial institution designated by the FCC. Requires, within 45 days following the issuance of such a license or permit: (1) the down payments of successful bidders to be paid to the Treasury; and (2) the interest accrued to the account to be transferred to the Telecommunications Development Fund.
Makes this Act inapplicable to down payments of any successful bidder in the FCC's C and F block broadband personal communications service spectrum auction (known as auction 35) or related claims.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Urban Sprawl and Smart Growth Study Act

Bill: 108-hr-748
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Citizen participation
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Depressed areas
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Environmental assessment
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Minorities
Public meetings
Regulatory impact statements
Science, Technology, Communications
Urban affairs
Urban growth

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Urban Sprawl and Smart Growth Study Act - Requires the Council on Environmental Quality to study and report to specified congressional committees on urban sprawl and smart growth, examining environmental impact statements (EIS) and assessments by a minimum of 15 Federal agencies that were completed after 1995.
Provides for consideration of urban sprawl in environmental assessments and EIS prepared by Federal agencies for proposed Federal actions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from CEQ.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E216-218)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Cooperative Landscape Conservation Act

Bill: 108-hr-749
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Animals
Conservation easements
Economics and Public Finance
Fishery management
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Landscape protection
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Open space lands
Outdoor recreation
Population
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real estate development
Sports and Recreation
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Water Resources Development
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Cooperative Landscape Conservation Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish and carry out the Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program to provide grants of up to 50 percent of the total cost to eligible entities for the acquisition of permanent conservation easements on private lands that provide important wildlife, fisheries, public recreation, open space, or other conservation benefits to the public, for the purpose of preventing the loss of those benefits due to development inconsistent with the traditional uses of the lands.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-19
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E219-220)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act

Bill: 108-hr-750
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Colorado
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Environmental Protection
Housing and Community Development
Landscape protection
Mountains
Open space lands
Real estate development
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to review the lands within the study area (certain lands in or adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in southern Boulder, northern Jefferson, and northern Gilpin Counties, Colorado) and report to Congress on: (1) the present ownership of such lands; (2) which undeveloped land may be at risk of development; and (3) appropriate actions that could be taken by the United States, Colorado, or any other parties to preserve the open and undeveloped character of such lands.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-19
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E214-215)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit oil and gas drilling in Finger Lakes National Forest in New York.

Bill: 108-hr-752
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Law
Licenses
National forests
Natural gas
New York State
Oil and gas leases
Oil well drilling
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Proscribes issuance of any Federal permit or lease for oil or gas drilling in Finger Lakes National Forest in New York.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in House