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Clean Contracting in Iraq Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3275
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Auditing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Construction industries
Cost accounting
Cost control
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Freedom of information
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: 
Clean Contracting in Iraq Act of 2003 - Requires the head of an executive agency that enters into a contract, or task or delivery order under a task or delivery order contract, in excess of $1 million relating to activities in Iraq to notify the chairman and ranking member of specified congressional committees and to provide the chairman and ranking member with listed contract documents upon request. 
 
Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the use of Iraq reconstruction funds appropriated by this Act: (1) to enter into any Federal contract through the use of procedures other than competitive procedures; or (2) for a task or delivery order in excess of $1 million unless the underlying task or delivery order contract was awarded to two or more contractors and such contractors have a fair opportunity to be considered for the order.
 
Requires the head of each executive agency entering into a contract relating to activities in Iraq to develop a plan for minimizing costs to the Federal Government through the use of Iraqi firms.
 
Includes the Coalition Provisional Authority for Iraq in the definition of &quot;executive agency&quot; for purposes of Federal procurement and financial management statutes and the Freedom of Information Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Job Opportunities Act

Bill: 108-hr-3276
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2003-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
College costs
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Education
Dislocated workers
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Scholarships
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: 
21st Century Job Opportunities Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Job Opportunity Grants program of temporary emergency postsecondary education assistance for dislocated workers who have been laid off and who require additional education and training to successfully reenter the workforce.
 
Makes the maximum grant amount equal to the Pell Grant maximum award. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2016-2017)
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To permit statues honoring citizens of the District of Columbia to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are placed in Statuary Hall, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3278
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Commemorations
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Sculpture

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: 
Amends Federal law to permit statues honoring deceased citizens of the District of Columbia to be placed in Statuary Hall. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2013)
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Alternative Voluntary Expenditure Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3279
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Divorce
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government securities
Government trust funds
Income tax
Interest rates
Investment of public funds
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Social security finance
Tax deductions
Taxation
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: 
Social Security Alternative Voluntary Expenditure Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to authorize individuals eligible for OASDI benefits to elect to waive payment of all benefits based on their wages and self-employment income.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction of 20 percent of the actuarial present value of future benefits foregone by reason of such an election. Provides a tax deduction, as well, for the divorced spouse of an individual making a waiver under this Act. 
 
Amends SSA title II to require special Government obligations issued for purchase by the social security trust funds to bear interest at the average market yield then prevailing for comparable obligations issued in the private sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for an increase in military retired pay for officers by reason of being credited with extraordinary heroism on the same basis as applies to enlisted members.

Bill: 108-hr-3280
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2003-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Army
Coast guard
Commemorations
Labor and Employment
Marines
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military pensions
Navy
Officer personnel
Retired military personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: 
Requires the retired pay of an officer who has been credited by the Secretary of the military department concerned with extraordinary heroism in the line of duty to be increased by ten percent (but to no more than 75 percent of the retired pay base upon which the retired pay computation is based). Requires such increase with respect to: (1) officer non-regular service; (2) retired pay for officers who first became members of the armed forces after September 7, 1980; (3) voluntary officer retirements; and (4) officer retired pay recomputed due to later active duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-11-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Healthy American Commission Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3282
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2003-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost control
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal budgets
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health promotion
Human behavior
Medical economics
Performance measurement
Presidential commissions
Preventive medicine
Public health
Quality of care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: 
Healthy America Commission Act of 2003 - Establishes the Healthy America Commission to study and report on the societal costs of preventable disease, including: (1) costs to the Federal government and health care system; (2) incentives for behavioral change; and (3) a cost-benefit analysis for a broad series of disease prevention initiatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
HELP Commission Act

Bill: 108-hr-3286
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2003-10-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Citizen participation
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Decision making
Democracy
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Free trade
Government Operations and Politics
Health
International agencies
Labor and Employment
Nongovernmental organizations
Occupational health and safety
Performance measurement
Security classification (Government documents)
War

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: 
HELP Commission Act - Establishes the Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission to: (1) identify objectives and beneficiaries of U.S. development assistance; (2) evaluate cases in which assistance has been successful; (3) study ways of expanding educational opportunities and investments in people, coordinating U.S. assistance programs with those of other countries and international organizations, ensuring the safety of development assistance workers, strengthening indigenous nongovernmental organizations in grassroots development, placing conditions on governments receiving assistance, and measuring results of targeting U.S. assistance to the least developed countries; (4) assess infrastructure needs; (5) study whether additional resources are needed for tangible results; (6) compare the effectiveness of increased and open trade with development assistance; (7) analyze how political pressures affect the assistance decision making process and how assistance decisions can involve more people of the recipient countries; (8) recommend standards for graduating recipient countries from U.S. assistance; (9) analyze whether assistance should be used to achieve foreign policy objectives; and (10) analyze how to evaluate the performance of the U.S. assistance programs, including in democratization efforts.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1998-1999)
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Fair Nutrition for American Citizens Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3290
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Acevedo-Vila, Anibal [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Food stamps
Government Operations and Politics
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Fair Nutrition for American Citizens Act of 2003 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase block grant nutrition assistance for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and American Samoa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
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
SCHIP Territorial Allocation Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3291
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Acevedo-Vila, Anibal [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-territorial relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Medically uninsured
Poor children

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
SCHIP Territorial Allocation Equity Act of 2003 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide for the allocation of SCHIP allotments to territories in the same manner as for States. 


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
Commission to Establish the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3292
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Federal advisory bodies
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Hispanic Americans
Legislation
Minorities
Museums
Planning
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Commission to Establish the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2003 - Establishes the Commission to Establish a National Museum of the American Latino.
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) report to the President and Congress with recommendations on a plan of action to establish and maintain, in Washington, DC, the National Museum of the American Latino; (2) develop a fundraising plan, examine specified issues (including whether the Museum should be within the Smithsonian Institution), and make legislative recommendations; and (3) convene a national conference on the Museum. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide administrative services, facilities, and funds necessary for performance of Commission functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 Resources, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 Resources, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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
Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3293
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aliens
Block grants
Child health
Cigarettes
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Contraceptives
Dental care
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Families
Family planning and birth control
Federal aid to child health services
Government Operations and Politics
Health counseling
Health insurance
Identification devices
Immigrant health
Immigration
Infants
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Low birth weight
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Performance measurement
Poor children
Pregnant women
Prescription pricing
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking
Social Welfare
State laws
Welfare eligibility
Welfare waivers
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2003 -Amends title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to give States the option to expand or add coverage of certain pregnant women under Medicaid and SCHIP and to provide optional coverage of legal immigrants under such programs.
 

 
Extends coverage under Medicaid of prescription drugs and counseling services to tobacco cessation medications to help pregnant women enrolled in the program quit using tobacco. Requires coverage of tobacco cessation counseling services for pregnant women, and exempts such services from cost-sharing charges. Covers tobacco cessation medications and counseling for pregnant women, also, under the Maternal and Child Health Services program under SSA title V.
 
Gives States the option under Medicaid of: (1) providing family planning services and supplies to individuals with incomes that do not exceed a State's income eligibility level for medical assistance; and (2) extending the postpartum period for provision of family planning services and supplies. 
 
Gives States the option of providing wrap-around SCHIP coverage to children who have other health coverage.
 
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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
Financial Literacy Enhancement Act

Bill: 108-hr-3294
Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Financial services
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Performance measurement
Personal budgets
Public service advertising
Saving and investment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Financial Literacy Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to develop, implement, and conduct a pilot national public service multimedia campaign to enhance the state of financial literacy in the United States.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Neighbors in Need Act

Bill: 108-hr-3295
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Income tax
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor statistics
State finance
Tax administration
Tax exclusion
Tax returns
Taxation
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Neighbors in Need Act - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to: (1) extend the TEUCA program in States with high unemployment (States that already qualify for the TEUC-X program (under which second tier benefit amounts are deposited in an individual's account) or would if the trigger for such program were changed) through March 31, 2004, with a phase-out period through June 30, 2004; and (2) provide eight additional weeks of TEUC benefits to those who have exhausted theirs before enactment of this Act.
 
Amends the Social Security Act to require: (1) increases and decreases in the earnings allocated to State accounts when States meet or fail to meet funding goals; and (2) interest-free advances to State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund to be restricted to States which meet funding goals.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) suspend the tax on individual unemployment compensation for 2004 and 2005; (2) allow certified States to elect to collect Federal unemployment taxes, under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA); and (3) require States to distribute to unemployed individuals State-specific information packets explaining unemployment insurance eligibility conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Identity Theft From Affecting Lives and Livelihoods (PITFALL) Act

Bill: 108-hr-3296
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2003-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Bank accounts
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Damages
Debtor and creditor
Electronic funds transfers
Fees
Financial institutions
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identity theft
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Liens
Parties to actions
Police records
Science, Technology, Communications
State courts
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: 
Prevent Identity Theft From Affecting Lives and Livelihoods (PITFALL) Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to provide nonliability for victims of identity theft following issuance of a no-fault letter by a State agency upon completion of its investigation into the matter. 
 
Cites duties of a creditor with respect to other creditors and credit reporting agencies following receipt of such State-issued no-fault letter.
 

 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from including or maintaining information concerning any transaction involved in the identity theft with respect to which such no-fault letter has been issued. 
 
Cites duties of a consumer reporting agency with respect to other creditors and credit reporting agencies following receipt of such State-issued no-fault letter. 
 
Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to set forth the duties of a debt collector following receipt of such a State-issued no-fault letter.
 
Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to shield a person from liability for any electronic fund transfer with respect to which such no-fault letter has been issued. 
 
Cites duties of a financial institution following receipt of such State-issued no-fault letter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Introduced in House