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Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1630
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Access to health care
Church and social problems
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Health
Information services
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Nonprofit organizations
Religion
Social Welfare
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to award a grant to each State to carry out a program for making available throughout that State the 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. Requires a participating State to ensure that at least 50 percent of the resources of the program funded by the grant will be derived from other sources. Requires a State seeking a grant to carry out its activities through a lead entity to be known as a 2-1-1 Collaborative.
 
Requires grant amounts to be used solely to make available to a State 2-1-1 telephone service for community information and referral on human services, including telephone connections between families and individuals seeking services and the service providers.
 
Requires grant recipients to: (1) abide by the Key Standards for 2-1-1 Centers; and (2) collaborate with human service organizations to provide an exhaustive database of services with which to provide information or referral to individuals utilizing the 2-1-1 service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11685-11686)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 15-year applicable recovery period for depreciation of electric transmission property.

Bill: 108-s-1631
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Electric power transmission
Energy
Income tax
Minimum tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify certain electric transmission property as 15-year property for depreciation purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States.

Bill: 108-s-1632
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Aid to dependent children
Aliens
Cash welfare block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Food stamps
Health
Immigration
Marshall Islands
Medicaid
Micronesia
Palau Islands
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend to citizens of the Freely Associated States (Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau) eligibility for non-emergency Medicaid, food stamps, supplemental security income, and temporary assistance for needy families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11724)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Identity Theft Notification and Credit Restoration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1633
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Computer security measures
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Damages
Evidence (Law)
Federal Trade Commission
Fees
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Law
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Identity Theft Notification and Credit Restoration Act of 2003 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to require a financial institution to promptly notify the following entities whenever a breach of personal information has occurred at such institution: (1) each customer affected by such breach; (2) certain consumer reporting agencies; and (3) appropriate law enforcement agencies. 
 
Requires any person that maintains personal information for or on behalf of a financial institution to promptly notify the institution of any case in which such customer information has been breached. Prescribes notification procedures.
 
Authorizes a customer injured by a violation of this Act to institute a civil action to recover damages.
 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency to include a fraud alert in a consumer file: (1) upon notification by financial institution; and (2) upon consumer request.
 
Requires a consumer reporting agency to ensure that each person procuring credit information with respect to a consumer is made aware of the existence of a fraud alert in the consumer's file, regardless of whether a full credit report, credit score, or summary report is requested.
 
Mandates no-cost consumer access to credit reports and scores once during each calendar year and once every three months during the one-year period beginning on the date on which a fraud alert is included in the consumer file.
 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate implementing regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11725-11726)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Iraq Security and Stabilization Fund Act

Bill: 108-s-1634
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Income tax
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Iraq Security and Stabilization Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide, in the case of any taxable year beginning in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, for the adjustment of the highest income tax rate to result in an increase in revenues into the Treasury for all taxable years beginning in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 equal to $87 billion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-1635
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Employee selection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Law
Transfer of employees
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to L-1 visa (intracompany transferee) nonimmigrant aliens, to:prohibit entry of an alien with specialized knowledge who will be stationed primarily at the worksite of an employer other than the petitioning employer or affiliate, parent, or subsidiary if: (1) the alien will be controlled and supervised principally by such unaffiliated employer; or (2) the alien's placement at the unaffiliated employer's worksite is part of an arrangement to provide labor for such employer rather than the provision of a product or service for which specialized knowledge specific to the petitioning employer is necessary. 
Eliminates the six-month requirement of prior continuous overseas employment for blanket petitions (thus subjecting all L-1 aliens to a one-year requirement).
 
Directs the Department of Homeland Security to maintain L-1 statistics.

action_date: 2004-10-04
text: 
L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to L-1 visa (intracompany transferee) nonimmigrant aliens, to prohibit entry of an alien with specialized knowledge who will be stationed primarily at the worksite of an employer other than the petitioning employer or affiliate, parent, or subsidiary if: (1) the alien will be controlled and supervised principally by such unaffiliated employer; or (2) the alien's placement at the unaffiliated employer's worksite is essentially an arrangement to provide labor for such employer rather than the provision of a product or service for which specialized knowledge specific to the petitioning employer is necessary. 
Eliminates the six-month requirement of prior continuous overseas employment for blanket petitions (thus subjecting all L-1 aliens to a one-year requirement).
 
Directs the Department of Homeland Security to maintain L-1 statistics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 758.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11686-11687)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to preserve the ability of the Federal Housing Administration to insure mortgages under section 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act.

Bill: 108-s-1636
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2003-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: 
States that FY 2003 loan guarantees for mortgage insurance under the Special Risk Insurance Fund and the General Insurance Fund shall not exceed $25 billion and remain available until expended.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11727; text as passed Senate: CR S11727)
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11727; text as passed Senate: CR S11727)
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase teacher familiarity with the educational needs of gifted and talented students, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-1638
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Gifted children
Higher education
Special education
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include teacher quality enhancement programs relating to the needs of gifted and talented students among authorized uses of title II grants for States and partnerships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11756)
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11754-11755)
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to extend certain protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil.

Bill: 108-s-1639
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2003-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Contracts
Franchises (Retail trade)
Intellectual property
Marketing
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: 
Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to extend to contracts between refiners (franchisors) and franchised distributors of trademarked lubricating oil the protections of the Act. Permits termination or non-renewal of such franchise relationships by the franchisor in good faith and in the normal course of business if the franchisor decides to withdraw from the marketing of the lubricating oil in the relevant geographic market in which the oil is distributed, and: (1) the decision is made after the date on which the franchise is entered into or renewed, and on the basis of a change in relevant facts or circumstances relating to the franchise that occurs after such date; and (2) the termination or nonrenewal is not for the purpose of converting any accounts subject to the franchise to the franchisor's account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11756)
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11756)
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
QI-1s Medicare Cost-Sharing Extension Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1641
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Law
Medicare
Social Welfare
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
QI-1s Medicare Cost-Sharing Extension Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend Medicare cost-sharing for certain qualifying individuals (QI-1s).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11833-11834)
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the duration of the immigrant investor regional center pilot program for 5 additional years, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-1642
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Citizenship
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Entrepreneurs
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign investments
Immigrants
Investors
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, with respect to the immigrant investor regional center pilot program, to: (1) extend such program; (2) replace existing references to the Attorney General with the Secretary of Homeland Security; and (3) authorize employment creation immigrant visa priority to be given to aliens seeking entry under such program.

action_date: 2003-10-03
text: 
Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, with respect to the immigrant investor regional center pilot program, to: (1) extend such program for five years; (2) replace existing references to the Attorney General with the Secretary of Homeland Security; and (3) authorize employment creation immigrant visa priority to be given to aliens seeking entry under such program.
 
Directs the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of such program and report information concerning, among other things: (1) number, locality of settlement, and country of origin of immigrant investors, and the number of such individuals who have sought U.S. citizenship; and (2) types of commercial enterprises and types and numbers of created jobs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-10-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S12476-12477)
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S12476-12477)
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12476-12477)
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12476-12477)
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to limit the number of packer-owned swine that certain packers may slaughter in any calendar year.

Bill: 108-s-1644
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Meat packing industry
Swine

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to limit the number of packer-owned swine that certain packers may slaughter in any calendar year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11834)
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11834)
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation Safety Program Extension Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1646
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alcoholism
Authorization
Boats and boating
Border patrols
Canada
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Directories
Drug abuse
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Fishing
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Information technology
Interstate highway system
Mexico
Outdoor recreation
Roads and highways
Science, Technology, Communications
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation research

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
Transportation Safety Program Extension Act of 2003 - Makes specified Highway Trust Fund amounts available for the period of October 1, 2003, until February 29, 2004, for the Secretary of Transportation for administration of motor carrier safety programs, motor carrier safety research, and border enforcement activities. Provides funding for such period for: (1) the motor carrier safety assistance program (including for information systems); and (2) highway safety programs (including for highway safety research and development, occupant protection incentive grants, incentive grants for alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures, and the National Driver Register). Conditions the making of commercial motor vehicle and motor carrer safety grants to States from such amounts on a State's agreement that total State and local expenditures, exclusive of U.S. Government amounts, will be maintained at a level at least equal to the average level of those expenditures for the last two fiscal years before October 1, 2003.
 
 Makes specified funds available for Coast Guard expenses for personnel and activities directly related to coordinating and carrying out the national recreational boating safety program. Prohibits the use of such funds available to the Secretary of Homeland Security for unauthorized purposes or to replace funding traditionally provided through general appropriations. Requires the Secretary to publish annually in the Federal Register a detailed accounting of the projects, programs, and activities funded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11858-11859)
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Hearing Health Accessibility Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1647
Sponsor: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hearing disorders
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Hearing Health Accessibility Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for direct access to qualified audiologists for Medicare beneficiaries and the coverage of audiology services as a Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) medical service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11914)
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11914)
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust.

Bill: 108-s-1648
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Indian lands
Law
Minorities
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to repeal the declaration that specified lands accepted by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria in California, shall be deemed to have been held in trust and part of the reservation before October 17, 1988.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11915)
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11914-11915)
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate