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Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-348
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cardiovascular diseases
Department of Veterans Affairs
Diabetes
Evidence (Law)
Ex-prisoners of war
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Labor and Employment
Law
Liver diseases
Medical research
Osteoporosis
Science, Technology, Communications
Stroke
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2003 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions with respect to former prisoners of war to repeal the currently required: (1) 30-day minimum period of internment prior to the presumption of service connection for certain listed diseases, for purposes of the payment of veterans' disability compensation; and (2) 90-day minimum period of internment prior to eligibility for dental care furnished through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Adds the following to the listed diseases under (1), above: heart disease, stroke, liver disease, diabetes (type 2), and osteoporosis. Requires: (1) such presumption also with respect to any disease that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines warrants such presumption by reason of having a positive association with the experience of being a prisoner of war; and (2) the Secretary to make such a determination within 60 days after a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War that such presumption be established for a non-listed disease.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Provision incorporated. See H. R. 4175, Section 4.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the value of the service not performed during the period employees are performing service as members of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard.

Bill: 108-hr-349
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Income tax
Labor and Employment
National Guard
Tax credits
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide employers a business tax credit for a portion of compensation that was not paid with respect to members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard who were absent from work on active duty. Limits such credit to $2,000 with respect to any one Ready Reserve-National Guard employee.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide to employers a tax credit for compensation paid during the period employees are performing service as members of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard.

Bill: 108-hr-350
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Income tax
Labor and Employment
National Guard
Tax credits
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide employers a business tax credit for a portion of the actual compensation amount paid with respect to members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard who were absent from work on active duty. Limits such credit to $2,000 with respect to any one Ready Reserve-National Guard employee.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Lifetime Consequences for Sex Offenders Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-351
Sponsor: Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Families
Missing children
Parole
Prostitution
Rape
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
Sex-oriented businesses
Slavery
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Lifetime Consequences for Sex Offenders Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make any term of years or life the authorized term of supervised release for the offenses of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children, transportation for illegal sexual activity (generally), and sex trafficking of children.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Matthew's Law

Bill: 108-hr-352
Sponsor: Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child abuse
Child sexual abuse
Criminal investigation
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Homicide
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Matthew's Law - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to direct the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide for an enhanced penalty of not less than five levels above the offense level otherwise provided for a crime of violence, if such crime is against a child.
Authorizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide to State and local law enforcement authorities assistance in investigating possible homicides of children under age 13.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Federal Lands Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-353
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
County politics and government
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Land use
Local finance
Paleontology
Planning
Public debt
Restoration ecology
Revenue sharing
Riparian ecology
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Watersheds
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Federal Lands Improvement Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of all public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that, as of the enactment date of this Act, have been identified for disposal under the Federal land use planning process under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Requires the disposal of at least one- third of such lands before the end of the next three years, two-thirds before the end of the next five years, and all such lands within seven years.
Prohibits the disposal of: (1) lands located in wilderness areas or wilderness study areas; and (2) parcels of land if the cost of disposal exceeds the amount that would be received for such parcels.
Requires the disposal of such public lands in parcels of 160 acres or less.
Requires one-third of the proceeds to be deposited in a separate account established by this Act, one-third to be paid to the county in which the lands are located, and one-third to be deposited in the Treasury's general fund and utilized for reducing the public debt. Requires the separate account to be available to the Secretary for paying, subject to specified limitations: (1) costs incurred by the BLM in arranging the disposals; (2) the cost of acquisition from a willing seller of environmentally sensitive land in States in which such public lands are located; (3) the cost of carrying out any necessary revision or amendment of a current BLM land use plan that relates to such public lands; (4) the cost of projects or programs to restore or protect wetlands, riparian areas, or cultural, historic, prehistoric, or paleontological resources on public lands, including petroglyphs; and (5) the cost of projects, programs, or land acquisition to stabilize or restore water quality for water located or used on public lands.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
North American Prescription Price Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-354
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Canada
Commerce
Drug industry
Health
Income tax
Latin America
Mexico
Prescription pricing
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: North American Prescription Price Equity Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow drug manufacturers a limited tax credit if they certify that the wholesale price of a drug in the United States market is not greater than its wholesale price in the Canadian or Mexican market.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To provide wage parity for certain Department of Defense prevailing rate employees in Alabama.

Bill: 108-hr-355
Sponsor: Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alabama
Blue collar workers
Department of Defense
Federal employees
Labor and Employment
Pay equity
Salaries

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Mandates wage parity for certain Department of Defense prevailing rate employees in Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Terrorist Elimination Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-356
Sponsor: Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Assassination
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Executive orders
Government Operations and Politics
President and foreign policy
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Terrorist Elimination Act of 2003 - Nullifies the effect of specified provisions of certain executive orders which prohibit Federal employees from attempting or performing assassinations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Firearms Heritage Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-357
Sponsor: Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Ammunition
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
District courts
Firearms
Firearms injuries
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Jurisdiction
Liability (Law)
Products liability
Retail trade
State courts
Torts
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Firearms Heritage Protection Act of 2003 - Prohibits civil actions from being brought against a manufacturer or seller of a firearm or ammunition, or a component thereof, that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce (a firearm), or a trade association of such manufacturers or sellers, for damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm. Requires dismissal of any such action that is pending on the date of this Act's enactment.
Specifies exceptions with respect to actions against persons who transfer a firearm knowing that it will be used to commit a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime, or actions brought against a seller for negligent entrustment or negligence per se.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Equitable Expenses for Treatment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-359
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Diabetes
Medical fees
Medicare
Prosthesis
Shoe industry
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Fair and Equitable Expenses for Treatment Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the payment methodology under the Medicare program for certain extra-depth shoes with inserts or custom molded shoes with inserts for individuals with diabetes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-27
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: 2003-01-27
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: 2003-01-27
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: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 40, United States Code, to designate certain counties and a city as part of the Appalachian region.

Bill: 108-hr-360
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Appalachia
County politics and government
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Regional economic development
Rural economic development
Small towns
Urban affairs
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Amends Federal provisions concerning Appalachian regional development to revise the definition of "Appalachian region" to include: (1) cities located within listed counties; and (2) Henry and Patrick Counties and the City of Martinsville in Virginia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Jumpstart Broadband Act

Bill: 108-hr-363
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Broadband
Cable television
Communication satellites
Computers
Department of Commerce
Electronic data interchange
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Military communications
Radio spectrum allocation
Telecommunication systems
Television frequency allocation
Television relay systems
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Jumpstart Broadband Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allocate no less than an additional 255 megahertz of contiguous spectrum in the 5 gigahertz band for unlicensed use by wireless broadband devices while ensuring that Department of Defense devices and systems are not compromised.
Directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to establish standards for interference protection which enable incumbent Federal government agency users of such allocated spectrum to continue such use.
Directs the FCC to: (1) adopt minimal technical and device rules for efficient use of such allocated spectrum by wireless broadband devices; and (2) amend its rules to require that all wireless broadband devices manufactured after such rules amendment that operate in such allocated spectrum be capable of two-way digital communications and meet the interference protection standards.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require criminal background checks on drivers providing Medicaid medical assistance transportation services.

Bill: 108-hr-364
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcoholic beverages
Automobile drivers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Drunk driving
Employee selection
Fingerprints
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Personnel records
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Truck drivers
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicaid payments to States with approved State Medicaid plans for amounts expended for medical transportation services (other than emergency services) where the contractor has failed to assure the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it has satisfactory arrangements to assure that: (1) any driver providing such services has undergone a criminal background check; and (2) any individual convicted of a felony involving violence or the use, distribution, or manufacture of alcohol or drugs is not an eligible provider.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act

Bill: 108-hr-365
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: College teachers
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Indian education
Minorities
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Tax exclusion
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the cancellation of a specified percentage of the total amount of any Federal Perkins loan, Federal Family Education loan, or direct student loan for each year of employment (up to five) as a full-time teacher at a tribal college or university if the borrower is not in default on such loan. Prohibits a borrower from receiving, for the same service, such a benefit and a national service educational award. Provides that the amount of any loan forgiven under this Act shall not be treated as gross income for Federal tax purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To authorize former Federal employees who receive voluntary separation incentive payments under the Department of Agriculture program to accept subsequent employment with the Federal Government, without loss of their payments, when such employment is directly related to fighting forest fires.

Bill: 108-hr-366
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Department of Agriculture
Emergency Management
Federal employees
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Forest fires
Government contractors
Government service contracts
Severance pay

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to authorize former Federal employees who receive Department of Agriculture voluntary separation incentive payments to accept subsequent Federal employment without loss of their payments when such employment is directly related to fighting forest fires.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House