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Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-524
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2003-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: American Revolution
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Exhibitions
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Land use
National parks
Nature conservation
New Jersey
Nonprofit organizations
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public meetings
Public-private partnerships
Signs and signboards
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area Act of 2003 - Establishes the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area in New Jersey.
Designates the Crossroads of the American Revolution Association, Inc. as the Area's management entity. Directs the Association to submit, and to assist local governments, regional planning organizations, and nonprofit entities in implementing, an area management plan which includes strategies for conservation, funding, management, and development of the Area.
Bars the Association from using Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property, but permits the Association to use any other source of funding, including other Federal funding, intended for the acquisition of real property. Limits Federal funding to 50 percent of any assistance provided.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to: (1) the Area to develop and implement the management plan; and (2) State or local government or nonprofit organizations for treatment of historical objects or structures eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Authorizes the Superintendent of Morristown National Historical Park to provide operational assistance supporting implementation of the management plan to public and private organizations within the Area, including the Association.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the seven members of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 108-hr-525
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Astronautics
Astronauts
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Space activities
Space shuttles

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Authorizes the President to award a gold medal to each of the seven crew members who perished aboard the space shuttle Columbia: Rick D. Husband; Michael P. Anderson; Laurel Clark; David M. Brown; William C. McCool; Kapana Chawla; and Ilan Ramon.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-527
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Fire fighters
Flags
Health
Law enforcement officers
Medical personnel
Monuments and memorials
Paramedical personnel
Police

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2003 - Allows the Representative (Member of Congress, including Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress) of the immediate family of a deceased fire fighter, law enforcement officer, emergency technician, or other rescue worker who died in the line of duty to provide the family, at their request, with a Capitol-flown flag, together with a certificate, signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Representative providing the flag, which contains an expression of sympathy for the family.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Armenia.

Bill: 108-hr-528
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2003-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Armenia
Central Asia
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Emigration
Human rights
Immigration
International Affairs
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) to the products of Armenia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E133)
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To reinstate and transfer a hydroelectric license under the Federal Power Act to permit the immediate redevelopment of a hydroelectric project located in the State of New York, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-529
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2003-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Hydroelectric power
Law
Licenses
New York State
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to: (1) reinstate the hydroelectric license for Project No. 2696 and to transfer it without delay or the institution of any proceedings, to the Town of Stuyvesant, New York, within 30 days of enactment of this Act; and (2) extend the expiration of the term of such license to August 31, 2025, if the Project's generating capability reaches a specified minimum level on a reliable basis within two years of enactment of this Act.
States that the Project is entitled to the full benefit of any legislation passed by Congress that promotes hydroelectric development within two years either before or after the effective date of this Act.
Instructs the Commission to permit the Town to add a co-licensee to the reinstated license at any time, notwithstanding the issuance of a preliminary permit to the Town, and any consideration of municipal preference.
States that the Town shall be entitled, to the extent that funds are available, to receive certain loans for the reimbursement of feasibility studies and development costs incurred since January 1, 2001, through and including December 31, 2006.
Deems all power produced by the Project incremental hydropower for purposes of qualifying for any energy credit or similar benefits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Bill: 108-hr-531
Sponsor: Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health insurance
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: 
Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the special rule for the redistribution and availability of unexpended FY 1998 and 1999 SCHIP allotments, including to: (1) extend the availability of FY 1998 and 1999 reallocated funds through FY 2004; and (2) permit 50 percent of the total amount of unexpended FY 2000 and 2001 SCHIP allotments that remain available to a State through the end of FY 2002 and 2003 to remain available for expenditure by the State through the end of FY 2004 and 2005, respectively.

action_date: 2003-06-26
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the special rule for the redistribution and availability of unexpended FY1998 and 1999 SCHIP allotments, including to: (1) extend the availability of FY 1998 and 1999 reallocated funds through FY 2004; and (2) permit 50 percent of the total amount of unexpended FY 2000 and 2001 SCHIP allotments that remain available to a State through the end of FY 2002 and 2003 to remain available for expenditure by the State through the end of FY 2004 and 2005, respectively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H6006-6007)
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H6006-6007)
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H6006-6007)
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Mr. Tauzin asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act

Bill: 108-hr-532
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
California
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
National recreation areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act - Modifies the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California to include specified additional lands.
Provides that the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission shall terminate ten years after the enactment of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E168-169)
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Agent Orange Veterans' Disabled Children's Benefits Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-533
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Birth defects
Child health
Disabled
Environmental Protection
Families
Health
Herbicides
Labor and Employment
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' education
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam veterans
Vocational and technical education
Vocational rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Agent Orange Veterans' Disabled Children's Benefits Act of 2003 - Provides health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and a monthly disability allowance through the Department of Veterans Affairs to the natural child of a parent who performed qualifying herbicide-risk service (active military service in an area in which a Vietnam-era herbicide agent was used or service during which the parent was otherwise exposed to such agent) if such child was conceived after such service and suffers from spina bifida. (Currently, such benefits are authorized only for the spina bifida care of a Vietnam veteran's natural child conceived after the veteran first entered the Republic of Vietnam.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-16
text: See Public Law 108-183.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Provision incorporated. See H. R. 2297, as amended, Title I, Section 102.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Provision incorporated. See H. R. 2297, Section 12.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To provide access to welfare tools to help Americans get back to work.

Bill: 108-hr-535
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Acevedo-Vila, Anibal [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Block grants
Cash welfare block grants
Child welfare
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal-territorial relations
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Guam
Health
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam eligible for: (1) the TANF supplemental grant for population increases; (2) the TANF contingency fund; and (3) child care entitlement funds.
Amends SSA title XI to: (1) disregard foster care payments to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam for purposes of the limitation of total payments to each territory; and (2) exempt Medicaid (SSA title XIX) transitional medical assistance in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam from the current Medicaid cap on spending.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-05
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: 2003-02-05
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: 2003-02-05
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: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for State and Local Workers Act

Bill: 108-hr-536
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Health
Local employees
Occupational health and safety
State employees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Fairness for State and Local Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for coverage under that Act of State and local government workers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
DNA Database Completion Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-537
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information
DNA
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Health
Identification of criminals
Law
Medical laboratories
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: DNA Database Completion Act of 2003 - Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to authorize $100 million for each of FY 2003 through 2007 for grants to eligible States for DNA analyses of samples taken from individuals convicted of a qualifying State offense, and of samples from crime scenes, for inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Parent-Child Privilege Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-538
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Confidential communications
Evidence (Law)
Families
Guardian and ward
Minors
Parent and child
Privileges and immunities
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Parent-Child Privilege Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to provide that, in a civil or criminal proceeding, a parent shall not be compelled to testify against his or her child, and a child shall not be compelled to testify against his or her parent, unless the parent or child who is the witness voluntarily and knowingly waives the privilege to refrain from giving such adverse testimony.
Provides that a parent shall not be compelled to divulge any confidential communication with his or her child during the course of their parent-child relationship, and a child shall not be compelled to divulge any confidential communication with his or her parent during the course of such relationship, unless both the child and the parent or parents who are privy to the confidential communication voluntarily and knowingly waive the privilege against the disclosure of the communication.
Sets forth exceptions to the privilege, such as in civil actions by the child against the parent, or by the parent against the child, or in any action in which the custody, abuse, or neglect of the child, or the termination of parental rights with respect to the child, is at issue.
Authorizes the court to appoint a guardian, attorney, or other legal representative to represent the child's interests with respect to the privilege when a child who appears to be the subject of the privilege is below the age of majority at the time of the proceeding.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the admission to the United States for permanent residence without numerical limitation of spouses of permanent resident aliens.

Bill: 108-hr-539
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Families
Immigrants
Married people
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for U.S. admission of spouses of permanent resident aliens without numerical limitation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 9, United States Code, to allow employees the right to accept or reject the use of arbitration to resolve an employment controversy.

Bill: 108-hr-540
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee rights
Industrial arbitration
Industrial relations
Labor contracts

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Authorizes the use of arbitration to settle a dispute, notwithstanding an employment contract that provides for the use of arbitration to resolve a controversy arising out of or relating to the employment relationship, only if: (1) the employer or employee submits a written request after the dispute arises to the other party to use arbitration; and (2) the other party consents in writing within 60 days after receipt of the request.
Prohibits an employer subject to Federal arbitration provisions from requiring an employee to arbitrate a dispute as a condition of employment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for employee benefits for work site employees of certain corporations operating on a cooperative basis.

Bill: 108-hr-541
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Cooperative societies
Employee benefit plans
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to state that employee benefit plans maintained by cooperative employing units shall be treated as single employer plans.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Introduced in House