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Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1288
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Chemotherapy
Drug therapy
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend Medicare coverage to all oral drugs prescribed for use as an anticancer agent for a medically accepted indication.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
National Parks Institute Act

Bill: 108-hr-1289
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
California
Colleges
Cultural property
Department of the Interior
Developing countries
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
International Affairs
Land use
National parks
Nature conservation
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Technical assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: National Parks Institute Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to establish the National Parks Institute to: (1) train future executives in the complex management issues that confront national parks; (2) promote scientific research to support decision making in national parks; (3) promote stewardship through consultation, cooperation, and communication, all in the service of conservation; (4) promote and develop environmentally sustainable resource management practices; and (5) develop and promote a sophisticated program to help developing nations manage their natural and cultural resources.
Requires the Institute to be located on the campus of the University of California at Merced, California. Authorizes the Secretary to lease or acquire a facility for the Institute or to construct a facility if a suitable facility is not available.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
State High Risk Pool Drug Assistance Program Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1291
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government insurance
Health insurance
Identification devices
Insurance premiums
Law
Medical records
Medically uninsured
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: State High Risk Pool Drug Assistance Program Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add to the definition of a covered entity for purposes of the limitation on prices of drugs purchased by such entities. Includes as a covered entity a State-operated qualified high risk pool that provides for premium rates and covered benefits for such coverage consistent with standards included in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model Health Plan for Uninsurable Individuals. Directs the Secretary to include certain conditions in regulations implementing this Act, including that: (1) pharmacies that fill prescriptions for eligible individuals may bill the administrator or pharmacy benefit manager of the pool; (2) the pool shall maintain records of an eligible individual's health care claims; and (3) individuals shall receive health care services from contracted network providers. States that the pool shall serve individuals who would be eligible as a covered entity but for level of income, though that it shall not be limited to such individuals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E453)
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Family Farm and Ranch Innovation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1293
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural diversification
Agricultural innovations
Agricultural pollution
Commerce
Conservation of natural resources
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Farm income
Farm management
Federally-guaranteed loans
Marketing of farm produce
Planning
Pollution control
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Range management
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Small farms
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Family Farm and Ranch Innovation Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to guarantee small business loans to qualifying farming or ranching concerns in order to implement an Agricultural Innovation Plan.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to assist a qualifying small business farming or ranching concern to develop a Plan which shall seek to increase farm or ranch income and protect environmental quality.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2003-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E459-460)
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-1294
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Aquatic plants
Auditing
Biomass energy
Cellulose
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cooperative societies
Cost effectiveness
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power distribution
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Energy assistance for the poor
Energy conservation
Energy crops
Energy demand
Energy development
Energy efficiency
Energy prices
Environmental Protection
Farm manure
Fibers
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Green marketing
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Hydroelectric power
Indexing (Economic policy)
Indian lands
Landfills
Law
Licenses
Lumber trade
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Methane
Minorities
National forests
Natural gas
Ocean energy resources
Oils and fats
Plants
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public utilities
Refuse as fuel
Renewable natural resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Technological innovations
Trees
Water Resources Development
Wind power
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: 
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe guidelines for a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard under which retail electric suppliers submit renewable energy credits to the Secretary.
 
 Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage federally-owned utilities, municipally-owned utilities, and rural electric cooperatives that sell electric energy to electric consumers for purposes other than resale to participate in the renewable portfolio standard program; and (2) establish, not later than December 31, 2005, a State renewable energy account program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E455-456)
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Diabetic Foot Amputation Prevention Act

Bill: 108-hr-1295
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Diabetes
Medical fees
Medical supplies
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Diabetic Foot Amputation Prevention Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for coverage of qualified diabetic foot sore apparatus as items of durable medical equipment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on the deduction of interest on education loans.

Bill: 108-hr-1296
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Interest
Student loan funds
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the current dollar limitation on the deduction for interest on educational loans. Modifies the dollar amounts used in calculating the modified adjusted gross income limitation on the deduction for interest on educational loans.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Hydrogen Act

Bill: 108-hr-1299
Sponsor: Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2003-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Automobile industry
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Electric vehicles
Energy research
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Fuel cells
Gas pipelines
Government Operations and Politics
Government vehicles
Hydrogen
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Motor vehicle pollution control
Motor vehicle safety
Natural gas vehicles
Product safety
Public-private partnerships
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Service stations
Standards
Surveys
Technology assessment
Technology transfer
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: 
Hydrogen Fuel Act of 2003, or Hydrogen Act - Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to: (1) prepare a comprehensive interagency coordination plan for research, development, and demonstration programs and activities designated under such Act; and (2) conduct a program to transfer technology to the private sector in order to foster the exchange of generic, nonproprietary information and technology developed under this Act among industry, academia, and the Federal Government.
 
Declares that the goals of the research and development program are to enable: (1) a decision by automakers by 2015 to offer affordable and technically viable hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the mass consumer market; and (2) production and delivery to consumers of model year 2020 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles meeting specified requirements.
 
Instructs the Secretary to conduct a research and development and demonstration programs for: (1) hydrogen infrastructure; (2) fuel cells and fuel cell technologies including hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles; and (3) hydrogen codes, standards, and safety protocols. Prescribes implementation guidelines.
 
Directs the President to establish an interagency task force to: (1) address development of designated hydrogen infrastructure, fuel cells in government applications, and vehicle hydrogen fuel system integrity safety; and (2) coordinate interagency programs and activities, including information exchange.
 
Replaces the Hydrogen Technnical Advisory Panel with the Hydrogen Technical and Fuel Cell Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on the programs and activities under such Act.
 
Repeals the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Central American Security Act

Bill: 108-hr-1300
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2003-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Aliens
Communicable diseases
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Cuba
Cubans
Department of Justice
Deportation
Economics and Public Finance
El Salvador
Families
Fingerprints
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Guatemala
Health
Honduras
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Identification of criminals
Illegal aliens
Injunctions
Latin America
Law
Married people
Nicaragua
Residence requirements
Stepfamilies
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Central American Security Act - Amends the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to: (1) extend permanent resident status adjustment provisions to qualifying Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Honduran nationals; and (2) revise the application filing deadline.
Permits certain pending applications filed by Salvadoran or Guatemalan nationals to be converted to an application for status adjustment under the Act.
Amends the Act to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to waive certain grounds of inadmissibility; and (2) provide for issuance of immigrant visas to certain spouses and children.
States that applicants for relief: (1) shall not be granted a waiver from any security or criminal background investigation required by the Act; and (2) shall submit fingerprints to the appropriate Federal agencies.
Provides for the limited reopening of certain orders of deportation, exclusion, or removal by certain Cuban, or Nicaraguan nationals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1301
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2003-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulances
Case mix (Medical care)
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Housing and Community Development
Medical fees
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to payment for ambulance services to revise requirements for the establishment of a fee schedule.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for the coding of claims for ambulance services, including a code set specifying the medical condition of the individual transported by an ambulance and the appropriate level of transportation service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Introduced in House
College Affordability and Lifetime Savings Act

Bill: 108-hr-1304
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care workers
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Interest
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: College Affordability and Lifetime Savings Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) convert the current deduction for interest on education loans to a credit equal to 50 percent of the interest paid during the taxable year on any qualified education loan; and (2) exclude from gross income amounts which would be included under specified loan forgiveness programs for teachers and other public servants.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E485-486)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.

Bill: 108-hr-1305
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcohol tax
Beer
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from $18 to $9 (its pre-1991 level) the per-barrel tax on beer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House