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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow penalty-free distributions from qualified retirement plans on account of the death or disability of the participant's spouse.

Bill: 108-hr-64
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Disabled
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Married people
Mutual funds
Pension funds
Survivors' benefits
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free distributions, on account of the death or disability of the participant's spouse, from qualified retirement plans, including: (1) employee annuities purchased by charitable organizations or public schools; (2) custodial accounts for regulated investment company stock; and (3) Roth individual retirement accounts (Roth IRAs).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act

Bill: 108-hr-65
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medicare
Retired military personnel
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act - Amends: (1) the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable credit for premiums paid by military retirees for Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage; and (2) part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate, as specified, the ten percent part B premium penalty.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Notch Baby Health Care Relief Act

Bill: 108-hr-66
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Social security beneficiaries
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Notch Baby Health Care Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit for premiums paid by a "notch baby" under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Amends such part B to eliminate the part B premium penalty for a "notch baby."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Federally Declared Disaster Area Exemption Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-67
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Forest management
Government Operations and Politics
Judicial review
Land use
Law
National forests
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Federally Declared Disaster Exemption Act of 2003 - Allows land management activities by specified Federal agencies undertaken in places the President has declared as major disaster areas under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to proceed without regard to certain provisions of law, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Forest Management Act. Exempts such activities from the notice, comment, and appeal requirements of the Appeals Reform Act and from judicial review by any U.S. court.
Applies this Act to the two-year period beginning on the date of the Presidential declaration regarding a major disaster area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To ensure the efficient allocation of telephone numbers.

Bill: 108-hr-68
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Auditing
Commerce
Delegation of powers
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Planning
Telecommunication industry
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Directs the Federal Communications Commission: (1) to develop and implement a plan for the efficient allocation of telephone numbers; and (2) until it has fully implemented such plan and at the request of a State commission, to delegate its jurisdiction over telephone numbering to permit the State commission to implement measures to conserve telephone numbers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-69
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Computer industry
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Damages
Electronic commerce
Electronic mail systems
Families
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Internet
Judicial review
Law
Parent and child
Parties to actions
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
State courts
Web sites
Youth

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003 - Makes it unlawful for an operator of a Web site or online service to collect, use, or disclose personal information concerning an individual (age 13 and above) in a manner that violates regulations to be prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requiring such operators to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information it collects from such individuals. Requires such regulations to require such operators to provide a process for such individuals to consent to or limit the disclosure of such information.
Directs the FTC to provide incentives for efforts of self-regulation by operators to implement appropriate protections for such information.
Authorizes the States to enforce such regulations by bringing actions on behalf of residents, requiring the State attorney general to first notify the FTC of such action. Authorizes the FTC to intervene in any such action.
Provides for enforcement of this Act through the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Social Security On-line Privacy Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-70
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Computer networks
Consumer protection
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Injunctions
Interactive media
Internet
Law
Right of privacy
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Telecommunication industry

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Social Security On-line Privacy Protection Act - Prohibits an interactive computer service from disclosing to a third party an individual's social security number or related personally identifiable information without the individual's prior informed written consent. Requires such service to permit an individual to revoke any consent at any time.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Wireless Privacy Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-71
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Right of privacy
Telecommunication industry
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Wireless Privacy Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require informed customer prior written consent to the provision of wireless call location and crash information.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit a State from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-72
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuter tax
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental tax relations
Interstate relations
Local taxation
State taxation
Tax incidence
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Prohibits a State from imposing a tax on the income earned in the State by nonresidents unless the tax is of substantial equality of treatment for the citizens of the State and the nonresidents so commuting.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Comprehensive Hepatitis C Health Care Act

Bill: 108-hr-73
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Case management
Communication in medicine
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health counseling
Health education
Hepatitis
Higher education
Hospital personnel
Law
Medical education
Medical tests
Physicians
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Social Welfare
Social work
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam veterans

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Veterans Comprehensive Hepatitis C Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during the first year after the enactment of this Act, to provide a blood test for the Hepatitis C virus to: (1) each veteran who served on active military duty during the Vietnam era, or who is considered to be "at risk," and who is enrolled to receive veterans' medical care and requests such care or is otherwise receiving a physical examination or any other care or treatment from the Secretary; and (2) any other veteran who requests such test. Requires the Secretary, after such period, to provide such test to any veteran who requests it. Requires the Secretary to provide followup tests and appropriate treatment for any veteran who tests positive. Prohibits a copayment from being charged for such treatment.
Provides funding for Department Hepatitis C detection and treatment programs, beginning with FY 2004.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a standardized Department policy with respect to such virus; and (2) annually take appropriate outreach actions to notify untested veterans.
Directs the Secretary to establish at least one and no more than three additional Hepatitis C centers of excellence within the Department health care network. Provides funding.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Guarantee Plus Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-75
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative fees
Aliens
Annuities
Bonds
Budget surpluses
Caregivers
Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost of living adjustments
Death
Disabled
Divorce
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Estates (Law)
Executive reorganization
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Indexing (Economic policy)
Investments
Labor and Employment
Law
Marriage
Married people
Mutual funds
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Older workers
Retirement income
Social Security Administration
Social security beneficiaries
Social security eligibility
Social security finance
Social security taxes
Stocks
Survivors' benefits
Tax credits
Tax exemption
Tax refunds
Taxation
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Social Security Guarantee Plus Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish a Social Security Guarantee Program, to be administered by a Social Security Guarantee Board established within the Social Security Administration. Authorizes any individual age 18 with a Social Security number to elect to enroll as a covered individual and receive in the Social Security guarantee account established for him or her by the Board a calendar year payment of Social Security guarantee refundable credits and interest.
Requires designation of a certified account manager by or on behalf of each covered individual to hold the individual's Social Security guarantee account assets for investment, including in common stock portfolios and fixed income securities.
Amends the IRC to make the Social Security guarantee accounts benefits taxable as Social Security benefits.
Amends SSA title II to: (1) repeal the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries age 62 or over may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits; (2) increase widow's and widower's insurance benefits; (3) provide for benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age; (4) repeal the seven year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability; (5) waive the two-year waiting period for a divorced spouse's benefits if the other spouse remarries; (6) increase the amount of wages and self-employment income credited to years taken into account for beneficiaries precluded from remunerative work by the needs of child care; and (7) reduce the Government pension offset.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E16-17)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-76
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accident prevention
Administrative remedies
Ammunition
Assault weapons
Child safety
Commerce
Criminal negligence
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Exhibitions
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Firearms injuries
Juvenile delinquency
Law
Licenses
Parent-school relationships
Parents
Product safety
Recidivists
Safety measures
Secondary education
Sports and Recreation
Storage
Students
Trade fairs
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) raise the age of handgun eligibility to 21 (currently, 18); and (2) prohibit persons under age 21 from possessing semiautomatic assault weapons or large capacity ammunition feeding devices, with exceptions.
Increases penalties for: (1) a second or subsequent violation by a juvenile of Brady Act provisions or for a first violation committed after an adjudication of delinquency or after a State or Federal conviction for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a serious violent felony; and (2) transferring a handgun, ammunition, semiautomatic assault weapon, or large capacity ammunition feeding device to a person who is under age 21, knowing or having reasonable cause to know that such person intended to use it in the commission of a crime of violence.
Prohibits any licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring a firearm to any person (other than a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer) unless the transferee is provided with a secure gun storage or safety device. Authorizes the Attorney General to suspend or revoke any firearms license, or to subject the licensee to a civil penalty of up to $10,000, if the licensee has knowingly violated this prohibition.
Prohibits keeping a loaded firearm or an unloaded firearm and ammunition within any premises knowing or recklessly disregarding the risk that a child: (1) is capable of gaining access to it; and (2) will use the firearm to cause death or serious bodily injury.
Requires the parent or legal guardian of a child to ensure that a child attending a gun show is accompanied by an adult.
Authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to enable local law enforcement agencies to develop and sponsor gun safety classes for parents and children.
Expresses the sense of Congress that each school district should provide or participate in a firearms safety program for students.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House