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To establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart medal to veterans who were held as prisoners of war before April 25, 1962.

Bill: 108-hr-2875
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Commemorations
Evidence (Law)
Ex-prisoners of war
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Military medals, decorations, etc.
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 to provide for the awarding of the Purple Heart to members held as prisoners of war before April 25, 1962, who were wounded while in captivity or who, while in captivity, were subjected to deprivation of food and medical treatment and to other forms of mistreatment. Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to inform the former prisoner that historical information about the prison camp and other appropriate circumstances may be considered by the Secretary in evaluating an application for award of the Purple Heart and that the former prisoner may submit such information. Directs such Secretary to take into account the length of time that the award applicant was held in captivity to help determine whether the former prisoner was likely to have been wounded, starved, or denied medical treatment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1613-1614)
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Quit Smoking Incentive and Opportunity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2876
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Health
Health counseling
Income tax
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Quit Smoking Incentive and Opportunity Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited credit for the qualified tobacco use cessation expenses (approved cessation products and counseling) of a taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any dependent of the taxpayer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the revocation of certain exclusions from the safeguard measures imposed by the President on imports of certain steel products.

Bill: 108-hr-2877
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Executive orders
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Imports
Law
Steel
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Directs the President to review certain steel tariff exclusions granted to foreign companies and to revoke: (1) any exclusion that would have been denied pursuant to an objection if the objection had been timely filed; and (2) any exclusion that was obtained by materially false or misleading information regarding the availability of a competing domestic product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002.

Bill: 108-hr-2879
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional-executive relations
Expedited congressional procedure
Foreign trade policy
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Legislation
Nontariff trade barriers
Tariff
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Repeals the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-2881
Sponsor: Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Iron and steel industry

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to extend from 2003 through December 31, 2005, the authority of the Emergency Loan Guarantee Board to make loan guarantee commitments. 
 
 States that, in addition to certain funds appropriated under the Act to the Department of Commerce for administrative expenses, an additional $2 million may be made available from the Emergency Loan Guarantee Program for salaries and administrative expenses to administer the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Dollars to the Classroom Act

Bill: 108-hr-2884
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Alaska
Arts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Bill of Rights
Civics education
Class size
Community and school
Computer software
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Curricula
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational technology
Educational television
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Gifted children
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Higher education
Homeless
Indian education
Indigenous peoples
Law
Literacy programs
Magnet schools
Mathematics
Minorities
Parent-school relationships
Private schools
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Textbooks
Women
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Dollars to the Classroom Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education award grants to States for use by States and local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve classroom services and activities for students. Prescribes requirements for participation of private school children and teachers in activities and services. 
Repeals specified programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) and the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, including: (1) mandatory independent evaluations of State student assessments; (2) grants for schools to develop comprehensive school reforms; (3) the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund; (4) mathematics and science partnerships; (5) the Innovation for Teacher Quality; (6) Enhancing Education through Technology; (7) the Fund for Improvement of Education; and (8) Education for Homeless Children.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Children from Peer-to-Peer Pornography Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2885
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Child pornography
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Computer crimes
Computer security measures
Computer software
Computer viruses
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Damages
Families
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Internet
Law
Parent and child
Parents
Parties to actions
Pornography
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Protecting Children from Peer-to-Peer Pornography Act of 2003 - Makes it unlawful for any person to distribute peer-to-peer file trading software, or to authorize or cause such software to be distributed by another person, in interstate commerce in a manner that violates regulations promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under this Act. Requires inclusion in such regulations of: (1) an appropriate definition of such software; and (2) requirements that any person who distributes such software provide notice that its use may expose the user to pornography, illegal activities, and computer security and privacy threats.
 
Requires the FTC to develop and make readily available to the public functional requirements for standard &quot;do not install&quot; beacons that allow parents to record on their computers their desire that users not install such software on their computers.
 
Authorizes enforcement actions through the FTC or by States.
 
Directs the FTC to conduct a study concerning such software, including the availability of child pornography using such software, security and privacy threats posed by such software, use of such software by juveniles, and the ability of parents to control access to and use of such software by juveniles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3235)
action_date: 2004-05-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2499)
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Riayan Tejeda Memorial Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2887
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Citizenship
Embassies
Families
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Iraq
Married people
Middle East and North Africa
Military bases
Military dependents
Military personnel
Naturalization
Parents
Survivors' benefits
War
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Riayan Tejeda Memorial Act of 2003 - Authorizes naturalization without regard to specified Immigration and Nationality Act requirements for an alien or noncitizen national of the United States who: (1) served honorably in a combat zone in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom; and (2) if separated from such service, was not separated except under honorable conditions. Prohibits imposition of any Federal or State naturalization fee.
 
Provides for overseas naturalization proceedings for members of the armed forces.
 
Retains immediate relative status for the alien wife, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen who died from injury or disease incurred while serving honorably in such combat zone. (Requires petition filing within two years of such death.)
 
States that an application for status adjustment by the alien wife, child, or parent of an alien member of the armed forces who was granted service-related posthumous citizenship based upon service in such zone may be adjudicated as if the death had not occurred. (Requires application filing prior to such death.)
 
Treats the spouse, child, or parent of a lawful permanent resident who was granted service-related posthumous citizenship based upon service in such zone as a valid petitioner for immediate relative status. (Requires self-petitions within two years of such death.)
 
Permits such aliens to apply for permanent resident status adjustment.
 
Waives specified grounds of inadmissibility. 
 
Gives priority to naturalization applications as set forth in this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1599)
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Income Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2888
Sponsor: Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Earnings
Executive compensation
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Income Equity Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (more than 25 times the lowest compensation paid any other employee).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Atlantic Striped Bass Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2889
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Anadromous fishes
Animals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Commerce
Equipment and supplies
Fish kills
Fishery management
Fishing
Fishing boats
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Research
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Atlantic Striped Bass Protection Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to study and report to Congress on data gathered by observers on fishing vessels to: (1) map migratory patterns, wintering areas, and feeding grounds of Atlantic Striped Bass in the waters of the Mid-Atlantic exclusive economic zone; and (2) identify and map locations in which deployed gear caught or discarded Atlantic Striped Bass in excess of ten percent of the target species landed on the same trip.
 
Requires the Secretary, based on study findings, to promulgate regulations under the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act that establish conservation and management measures to minimize the bycatch and mortality of bycatch of Atlantic Striped Bass caught in non-directed commercial fishing in the Mid-Atlantic exclusive economic zone. Requires such regulations to include temporary closure of any identified location in which there is a particularly high level of Atlantic Striped Bass in non-directed commercial fishing, under which the deployment of net, finfish trap, or longline gear by any vessel fishing under a Federal fishing permit shall be prohibited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Fish Act

Bill: 108-hr-2890
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Commerce
Fishery management
Fishing
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Freedom to Fish Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit any fishery management plan prepared by a Regional Fishery Management Council or the Secretary of Commerce from establishing areas closed to recreational fishing unless: (1) there is a clear indication that recreational fishermen are the cause of a specific conservation problem and that less severe conservation measures will not adequately provide for conservation and management of the affected stocks of fish; (2) the closed area regulation includes specific measurable criteria to determine the conservation benefit of the closed area on such fish and provides a timetable for periodic review of the continued need for the closed area; (3) the closed area is no larger than that which is supported by the best available scientific information; or (4) provision is made to reopen the closed area to recreational fishing whenever any such condition that was the basis of the closure no longer exists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-27
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
COBRA Coverage Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2891
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance continuation
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: COBRA Coverage Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for employer-provided COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) continuation coverage for covered employees and their families.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1594)
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for student loan forgiveness to encourage individuals to become and remain school administrators in low income areas.

Bill: 108-hr-2892
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government lending
Higher education
Scholarships
School administration
School personnel
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for forgiveness of Federal Family Education (FFEL) loans and Ford Federal Direct (student) loans to any borrower who has been employed as a full-time school superintendent, principal, or other administrator for five consecutive complete school years in a school district in a low-income area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to permit Federal participation in construction projects for the Mackinac Bridge Authority, Michigan.

Bill: 108-hr-2893
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bridges
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Michigan
Road construction
Toll roads

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to permit Federal participation in construction projects for the Mackinac Bridge Authority, Michigan, without regard to statutory limitations on the use of toll revenues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Act

Bill: 108-hr-2894
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Blacks
Building construction
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional tributes
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
History
Hunting
Land transfers
Maps
Minorities
Mississippi
Names
Planning
Reforestation
Restoration ecology
Roosevelt (Theodore) Administration
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Trails
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish as the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge certain lands, waters, and interests the Secretary shall acquire in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, located in Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Warren, Washington, and Yazoo Counties, Mississippi, popularly known as the Lower Delta, in order to: (1) restore and preserve native Mississippi River ecosystems; (2) provide habitat for migratory birds and the Louisiana Black Bear, as well as population management of native plants and resident animals (including restoration of extirpated species); (3) maximize fisheries on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, natural lakes, and manmade reservoirs; (4) provide technical assistance to private landowners in fish and wildlife protection, restoration, and enhancement of their lands; and (5) provide the public with opportunities for hunting, angling, trapping, and other outdoor recreational and educational activities.
 
Directs the Secretary to construct, administer, and maintain in the Refuge a multiagency Holt Collier Wildlife Interpretation and Education Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-07-27
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Bonus Depreciation Extension Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2895
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend, for two years, special depreciation allowances for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 7-year recovery period for motorsports entertainment complexes.

Bill: 108-hr-2900
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Motor vehicles
Sports and Recreation
Sports facilities
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify any motorsports entertainment complex asset as 7-year property for purposes of the accelerated cost recovery system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1629)
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House