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Code Talkers Recognition Act

Bill: 108-s-540
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2003-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Cryptography
Government Operations and Politics
History
Language and languages
Military history
Minorities
Native Americans
World War I
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Code Talkers Recognition Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal: (1) to persons, including specified individuals, who served as Sioux or Comanche Code Talkers during World War II; (2) honoring the Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I; and (3) to any other Native American member of the armed forces, identified by the Secretary of Defense, who served as a Code Talker in any foreign conflict in which the United States was involved during the 20th Century.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck under this Act and to deposit the proceeds in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund to pay for the costs of the medals awarded under this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Ilko Vasilev Ivanov, Anelia Marinova Peneva, Marina Ilkova Ivanova, and Julie Ilkova Ivanova.

Bill: 108-s-541
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2003-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Declares Ilko Vasilev Ivanov, Anelia Marinova Peneva, Marina Ilkova Ivanova, and Julia Ilkova Ivanova to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.
action_date: 2003-11-25
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 Declares Ilko Vasilev Ivanov, Anelia Marinova Peneva, Marina Ilkova Ivanova, and Julia Ilkova Ivanova to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-11-25
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S16062)
action_date: 2003-11-25
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S16062)
action_date: 2003-11-25
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S16061-16062)
action_date: 2003-11-25
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S16061-16062)
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Rx Flexibility for States Act

Bill: 108-s-542
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2003-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Commerce
Consumer discounts
Drug industry
Drugs
Medicaid
Prescription pricing
Rebates
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Rx Flexibility for States Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to declare that nothing prohibits a State: (1) from directly entering into drug rebate agreements that are similar to a specified rebate agreement with a manufacturer to ensure the affordability of outpatient prescription drugs in order to provide access to them by residents of a State who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the Medicaid program; or (2) from making prior authorization a condition of not participating in such a similar rebate agreement.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.

Bill: 108-s-543
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2003-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Animals
Arctic and polar regions
Wilderness areas
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3194)
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3194)
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-544
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2003-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Auditing
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal aid to Indians
Fire fighters
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Indexing (Economic policy)
Minorities
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Recruiting of employees
Women
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to require the establishment of an office within the United States Fire Administration to administer the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Firefighter grant program under this Act.
Authorizes the U.S. Fire Administrator to make direct four-year grants to State career, volunteer, and combination fire departments for staff increases in order to provide protection from terrorism and hazards. Specifies Federal grant contribution levels. Requires grantees to retain hired career firefighters for at least one year after grant termination. Terminates program authority ten years after enactment of this Act.
Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) give preferential hiring to career firefighters where non-federal contributions exceed the minimums provided for by this Act; and (2) provide technical assistance to States, local governments, Indian tribes, and other public entities.
Requires project evaluations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3195-3196)
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3194-3195)
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to encourage energy conservation through bicycling.

Bill: 108-s-547
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bicycles
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Energy
Energy conservation
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Marketing
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation research

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Establishes within the Department of Transportation the "Conserve by Bicycling Program" under which the Secretary of Transportation shall establish up to ten geographically dispersed pilot projects designed to conserve energy resources by encouraging the use of bicycles in place of motor vehicles.
Directs the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of converting motor vehicle trips to bicycle trips.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3268)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3268)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to improve mental health programs for veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-548
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid programs
Health
Mental health services
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Amends Federal law relating to the provision of mental health services to veterans to: (1) make permanent (currently ends December 31, 2004) a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides counseling and treatment for sexual trauma; (2) increase from five to 15 the number of authorized Department of Veterans Affairs centers for mental illness research, education, and clinical activities; (3) increase funding for each of FY 2004 through 2006 for the provision of specialized mental health services to veterans; and (4) provide a specified allocation of such funding, including for programs on post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse disorder.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3269)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3269)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
World Trade Center Bombing Victims Compensation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-549
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bombings
Civil actions and liability
Claims
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Department of Justice
EBB Terrorism
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Life insurance
Limitation of actions
New York City
Office buildings
Parties to actions
Survivors' benefits
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: World Trade Center Bombing Victims Compensation Act of 2003 - Amends the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to allow claims filed with respect to the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the excise tax exemptions for aerial applicators of fertilizers or other substances.

Bill: 108-s-552
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural machinery
Agriculture and Food
Aircraft
Aviation fuels
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Farmers
Fertilizers
Forestry
Pest control
Pesticides
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax credits
Tax exemption
Tax refunds
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the waiver requirement by a farm owner, operator, or tenant in order for an aerial applicator of agricultural fertilizer or other substances to qualify for a gasoline-farming use (excise) tax exemption in the case of an applicator who is the ultimate purchaser of the gasoline so used. Includes within such exemption gasoline used between the airfield and farm.
Exempts fixed-wing aircraft used for forestry purposes from the passenger air transportation (excise) tax.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Business Checking Freedom Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-553
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank accounts
Bank deposits
Bank reserves
Commerce
Corporate finance
Dividends
Economics and Public Finance
Federal Reserve System
Government Operations and Politics
Interest
Law
Monetary policy
Money supply
NOW accounts
Savings accounts

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Business Checking Freedom Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to authorize interest-bearing transaction accounts for all businesses, permitting up to 24 transfers per month (or any greater number the Federal Reserve Board may determine) to another account of the owner in the same institution.
Authorizes the payment of interest by a Federal reserve bank at least quarterly on balances maintained there on behalf of a depository institution.
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to revise the ratio of reserves a depository institution must maintain against its transaction accounts, permitting a ratio of zero.
Directs the Federal Reserve banks in FY 2003 through 2007 to transfer to the Board for transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury, for deposit in the general fund, additional surplus funds equal to the net cost of their interest payments to depository institutions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-557
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Age discrimination
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional employees
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against women
Damages
Disabled
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination
Discrimination against the disabled
Discrimination in education
Discrimination in employment
Dislocated workers
Dismissal of employees
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee rights
Employment of the disabled
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing discrimination
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Minimum tax
Minorities
Racial discrimination
Sex discrimination
Social Welfare
Tax administration
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Unfair labor practices
Wage restitution
Whistle blowing
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts received by a claimant on account of claims based on unlawful discrimination (as defined). Permits income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received on account of such claims.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Commercial Driver's License Devolution Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-559
Sponsor: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bus drivers
Driver licenses
Driver tests
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Motor buses
Roads and highways
Standards
State laws
Truck drivers
Trucking
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Commercial Driver's License Devolution Act of 2003 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize an individual to operate a commercial motor vehicle solely within the borders of a State (intrastate) if such individual: (1) meets State-prescribed minimum standards for fitness for operating a commercial motor vehicle; and (2) has passed written and driving tests meeting those same standards. Requires States to test the fitness of commercial motor vehicle operators who operate intrastate, including with written and driving tests, consistent with either the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation or State-prescribed minimum standards.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3318)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3317-3318)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Milk Import Tariff Equity Act

Bill: 108-s-560
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Dairy products
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Milk
Proteins
Reciprocity
Tariff
Tariff agreements
Tariff preferences
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Milk Import Tariff Equity Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to impose tariff-rate quotas (quantitative import limits) and provide various duty rates on certain casein, caseinates, milk protein concentrate, and other casein derivatives and glues imported into the United States (except imports from Mexico).
Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into a trade agreement with a foreign country to grant new concessions as compensation in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions; and (2) proclaim any necessary modification or continuance of any existing duty, or continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, or any quantitative limitation. Sets forth certain limits on the reduction of duties on such products.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
State Water Sovereignty Protection Act

Bill: 108-s-561
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Delegation of powers
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Law
Legal fees
Parties to actions
State laws
States' rights
Water rights
Water use

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: State Water Sovereignty Protection Act - Directs the United States, when it seeks to appropriate water or acquire a water right in a State, to be subject to all procedural and substantive laws of that State relating to its water rights and uses. Gives consent to join the United States in any State proceeding relating to the allocation or use of a water right.
Subjects management and control of water in a State to the laws of such State. Delegates to each State the authority to regulate water. Allows the United States to exercise management and control of water in a State only in compliance with that State's laws.
Subjects the United States to the imposition of costs and fees in a proceeding to the same extent as a private person.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3319)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-562
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alaska
Appellate courts
Arizona
California
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Judges
Judicial reform
Montana
Nevada
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2003 - Divides the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the ninth circuit into: (1) the ninth circuit, composed of California and Nevada, consisting of 25 judges, and holding regular sessions in San Francisco and Los Angeles; and (2) the twelfth circuit, composed of Alaska, Arizona, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington, consisting of 13 judges, and holding regular sessions in Portland and Seattle.
Authorizes a circuit judge of the former ninth circuit who is in regular active service or who is a senior judge to elect to be assigned to either of the two new circuits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-07
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3320-3321)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3319-3320)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Computer Owners' Bill of Rights

Bill: 108-s-563
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2003-03-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Computer industry
Computer software
Computers
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Direct mail advertising
Electronic government information
Electronic mail systems
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Maintenance and repair
Restrictive trade practices
Retail trade
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Surveys
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Computer Owners' Bill of Rights - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a study of the technical support provided computer owners by the computer industry.
Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) establish standards for the provision of technical support for computers and computer-related products by computer hardware and software manufacturers, as well as consultants and resellers that provide technical support (entities); (2) issue guidelines to encourage each such entity to collect and submit to the FTC information on the nature and quality of such technical support; and (3) establish a public registry in which any person or entity that does not seek to receive unsolicited marketing e-mail to a computer may register the e-mail address(es) of such computer for that purpose. Prohibits unsolicited marketing e-mail to registered computers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Introduced in Senate