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Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act

Bill: 108-hr-3297
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Defective products
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Drugs
Fines (Penalties)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Informers
Intellectual property
Labeling
Law
Medical personnel
Product counterfeiting

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon a finding of reasonable probability that a drug intended for human use would cause serious health consequences or death, to issue an order requiring the appropriate person (including the manufacturers, importers, distributors, or retailers of the drug) to: (1) cease distribution of the drug; (2) notify health professionals of the order and instruct such professionals to cease administering or prescribing the drug; and (3) amend the order to include a recall if necessary.
 
Provides a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who knowingly caused a prescription drug to be adulterated or misbranded and sells or trades the drug, or who purchased or traded for the drug knowing or having reason to know that the drug was knowingly adulterated or misbranded.
 
Provides additional funding for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections and investigations.
 
Modifies provisions pertaining to criminal penalties for committing certain prohibited acts involving food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics to: (1) make a violation punishable by a fine in accordance with Federal criminal law, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; (2) make a second violation, or a violation committed with intent to defraud or mislead, punishable by a fine in accordance with Federal criminal law, imprisonment for not more than three years, or both; and (3) make a violation of provisions pertaining to prescription drug marketing punishable by a fine in accordance with Federal criminal law, imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Active Reservists and National Guard Farm Loan Relief Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3298
Sponsor: Rep. Janklow, William J. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Interest
National Guard

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Active Reservists and National Guard Farm Loan Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide for loan interest forgiveness while a borrower is a mobilized active reservist and principal payment deferral while (or after) a borrower is a mobilized active reservist. 
 
Defines &quot;mobilized military reservist.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Universal Pre-Kindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3301
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Preschool education
School districts

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Universal Pre-Kindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies to use funds from competitive grant awards under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program for educational activities for children four years of age or younger if they agree to phase in, where possible, pre-kindergarten programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2051)
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Debt Reduction and Fiscal Responsibility Restoration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3302
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal budgets
Government securities
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
House rules and procedure
Legislative amendments
Public debt
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Debt Reduction and Fiscal Responsibility Restoration Act of 2003 - Establishes in the Treasury the Deficit Reduction Account, to be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to pay at maturity, or to redeem or buy before maturity, any obligation of the Government held by the public and included in the public debt. Requires the Secretary to report annually to each House of Congress on the amounts and dates of deposits into the Account and on the public debt redeemed during the previous year.
 
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that it shall be in order, during the reading of an appropriation bill for amendment in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, to consider en bloc amendments proposing only to reduce appropriations among objects in the bill and to appropriate an amount not greater than the amount so reduced to the Account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Rocky Flats Minerals Acquisition Act

Bill: 108-hr-3303
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colorado
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Energy
Land transfers
Landowners
Law
Mining claims
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Right of property
Sand and gravel industry
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Rocky Flats Minerals Acquisition Act - Amends Federal law to permit the Secretary of the Interior to acquire mineral interests, including interests in sand and gravel, within Rocky Flats, Colorado, by purchase, exchange, issuance of credits, or any combination. Defines credits as legal instruments or other written documentation, or an entry in an account managed by the Secretary, that can be used in lieu of any other monetary payment for: (1) bonus bids for lease sales on the Outer Continental Shelf; or (2) royalty due on any oil or gas production under any lease of an area located in a specified part of the Outer Continental Shelf.
 
Declares that the requirement under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 that lands or interests exchanged must be located in the same State shall not apply to land or an interest in land in Rocky Flats that is acquired by the United States in an exchange.
 
States that any interests acquired by the United States under this Act shall be managed by the Secretary under the standards that apply to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Declares that no minerals acquired under this Act shall be subject to development or disposal by the United States or any other party under any law related to minerals owned by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2045-2046)
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Department of Education Organization Act to establish an Assistant Secretary for Community and Junior Colleges.

Bill: 108-hr-3304
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Community colleges
Congress
Department of Education
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Junior colleges
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish an Assistant Secretary for Community and Junior Colleges. 
 
Repeals provisions for a Liaison for Community and Junior Colleges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3305
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Boundaries
Civil War
Commemorations
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Maryland
Military history
Military parks
National parks
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Virginia
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law concerning the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land to expand such Park. Establishes maximum acreage for the Park. Provides for public inspection of all maps referred to in the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Compassionate Visitor Visa Act

Bill: 108-hr-3306
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Death
Department of Homeland Security
Diseases
Evidence (Law)
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Grandparents
Health
Law
Married people
Parents
Siblings
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Compassionate Visitor Visa Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the initial burden of establishing that an alien is entitled to nonimmigrant status in the case of an alien seeking to enter the United States for a temporary stay occasioned by the serious illness or death of a family member who is a U.S. citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence unless such alien is: (1) an excludable alien; or (2) does not intend to leave the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E448)
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Stop Terrorism of Property Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3307
Sponsor: Rep. Chocola, Chris [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault
Destruction of property
EBB Terrorism
Environmental Protection
Fines (Penalties)
Homicide
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Stop Terrorism of Property Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit intentionally, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, damaging the property of another with the intent to influence the public with regard to conduct the offender considers harmful to the environment (eco-terrorism). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to convert the dairy forward pricing program into a permanent program of the Department of Agriculture.

Bill: 108-hr-3308
Sponsor: Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices
Commerce
Contracts
Dairy industry
Marketing of farm produce
Milk
Produce trade

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to convert the dairy forward pricing program from a pilot program to a permanent program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-23
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2065)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Families Together Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3309
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Automobile theft
Bribery
Burglary
Child sexual abuse
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Department of Justice
Deportation
Detention of persons
Drug abuse
Drug dealers
Ex-offenders
Families
Forgery
Fraud
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Habeas corpus
Injunctions
Intelligence officers
Judicial review
Larceny
Law
Married people
Money laundering
Obstruction of justice
Official secrets
Organized crime
Passports
Perjury
Prostitution
Protection of officials
Rape
Recidivists
Residence requirements
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Smuggling
Sports and Recreation
Tax evasion
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Violence
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Keeping Families Together Act of 2003 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Act) to repeal the provision amending the definition of &quot;aggravated felony,&quot; and restore provisions of law amended by such provision as if it had not been enacted, including residency-or status-related rights of an affected legal alien.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise detention of criminal alien provisions, effective as if included in the Act.
 
Repeals, as if included in the Act: (1) certain provisions respecting termination of continuous presence or physical presence in the United States; and (2) the definition of &quot;conviction.&quot;
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to admit certain lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens returning to the United States who temporarily proceeded abroad voluntarily and not under an order of deportation or removal, effective as of a specified date, as if certain sections of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 had not been enacted.
 
Revises provisions respecting judicial review of removal orders.
 
Requires the Attorney General to establish a post-proceeding removal relief process for affected aliens. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Realistic Roofing Tax Treatment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3310
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Building construction
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Realistic Roofing Tax Treatment Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify any roof system as 20-year property for depreciation purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Affordability in Higher Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3311
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accreditation (Education)
Administrative procedure
Auditing
College administration
College costs
Colleges
Community and school
Congress
Congressional investigations
Cost accounting
Cost control
Cost effectiveness
Data banks
Department of Education
Distance education
Dropouts
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Electronic government information
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Indexing (Economic policy)
Internet
Law
Loan defaults
Planning
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Student aid
Student enrollment
Student loan funds
Students
Students' rights
Surveys
Teaching materials
Textbooks
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Affordability in Higher Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish: (1) a College Affordability Index for consumer information and public accountability in higher education; (2) a College Affordability Demonstration Program for supporting innovative approaches to higher education; and (3) requirements, as conditions of participation in HEA student aid programs, for institutions of higher education and accrediting agencies with respect to acceptance of transfers of student credits. Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to reducing the administrative and regulatory burden of Federal student financial assistance programs on institutions and such burden's impact on their tuition and fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2057)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regulation in a marketing order by grade, size, quality, or maturity, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3312
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agriculture in foreign trade
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fruit
Import restrictions
Marketing of farm produce
Marketing orders

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement of 1937, to include pears and cherries within the category of fruits and vegetables for which imports must meet marketing order size, grade, quality, and maturity requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2061)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide criminal penalties for false information about the status of a member of the Armed Forces engaged in armed conflict.

Bill: 108-hr-3314
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Military operations
Military personnel
Missing in action
Prisoners of war
War
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit, without lawful authority, making a false statement with intent to convey false or misleading information about the death, injury, capture, or disappearance of a member of the U.S. armed forces during a war or armed conflict in which the United States is engaged.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Moratorium Testing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3315
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
English language
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Language arts
Mathematics
Reading
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Emergency Moratorium Testing Act of 2003 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) to extend deadlines for implementing certain academic assessments.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to encourage States, during the three-year period beginning upon enactment of this Act, to place a moratorium on the administration of all standardized tests. Requires each State desiring to receive a grant under ESEA title I part A, beginning after such three-year period, to report annually to the Secretary on all standardized tests administered to elementary or secondary students in the State.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House