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National Heritage Areas Policy Act

Bill: 108-hr-1427
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Land use
Landowners
Law
Natural areas
Nature conservation
Nonprofit organizations
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Public meetings
Public-private partnerships
Recreation areas
Right of property
Social Welfare
Social life and customs
Sports and Recreation
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: National Heritage Areas Policy Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to recommend to Congress that an area or corridor be designated as a national heritage area (area) only if, within five years of the authorization to conduct a feasibility study, the Secretary has: (1) determined that the area contains resources of national importance and is suitable for such designation; (2) approved a management plan that includes a business plan; and (3) provided for the consideration of local property owners within the boundaries of the proposed area.
Outlines process and content requirements applicable to feasibility studies concerning the designation of an area.
Requires the local coordinating entity for the proposed area to prepare a management plan containing specified requirements. Provides for approval or disapproval of such plan by the Secretary.
Authorizes the Secretary to make: (1) five-year grants for proposed areas; and (2) ten-year grants to support designated areas.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance on a non-reimbursable basis to any interested party or local coordinating entity for any activity for which the Secretary is authorized to provide a grant.
Directs the Secretary to provide written notice to a local coordinating entity of the termination of designation of an area.
Provides: (1) private property protections; (2) savings provisions; and (3) funding for grants, technical assistance, and feasibility studies authorized under this Act. Requires grant recipients to provide matching funds.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-28
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1428
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arkansas
Bankruptcy courts
Delaware
Finance and Financial Sector
Florida
Georgia
Judges
Judicial districts
Judicial tenure
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Nevada
New Jersey
New York State
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: 
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2003 - Authorizes appointment of additional bankruptcy judgeships for designated States, including additional temporary bankruptcy judgeships for Puerto Rico, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Mississippi, and Georgia.
 
Extends certain existing temporary bankruptcy judgeships in Alabama and. Tennessee.
 
 Converts to a bankruptcy judgeship for the middle district of Georgia the bankruptcy judgeship presently shared by the southern district of Georgia and the middle district of Georgia.
 
Converts to a permanent bankruptcy judgeship existing temporary bankruptcy judgeships for the districts of Delaware and Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
One Strike and You're Out! Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1429
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal statistics
Eviction
Families
Family violence
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Households
Housing authorities
Housing statistics
Housing subsidies
Public housing
Rental housing
Social Welfare
Victims of crimes
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: One Strike and You're Out Act of 2003 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937, with respect to public housing and section 8 assisted housing, to provide for: (1) criminal activity eviction protections for victims of domestic or date violence; and (2) public housing agency reporting of evictions for domestic and dating violence.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

Bill: 108-hr-1430
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Domestic partners
Employee rights
Families
Family leave
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Grandparents
Health
Married people
Parents
Siblings
Sick leave

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent if such person has a serious health condition.
Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to Federal employees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1431
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Labor and Employment
Public housing
Social Welfare
Social work
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2003 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal the public housing community service and family self-sufficiency requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of State to enter into negotiations with representatives of the Government of Cuba to establish cooperation between the United States and Cuba on illicit narcotics control efforts.

Bill: 108-hr-1432
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cuba
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
International cooperation
Latin America
Negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of State (or the Secretary's designee) to enter into negotiations with representatives of the Government of Cuba to establish cooperation between appropriate governmental agencies of the United States and Cuba on illicit narcotics control efforts, including efforts to provide increased cooperation, coordination, and assistance between the two countries to interdict illicit narcotics transported through the territory of Cuba (including Cuban airspace and waters).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1433
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Ex-offenders
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Law
State laws
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act of 2003 - Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for Federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless, at the time of the election, such individual: (1) is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility; or (2) is on parole or probation for a felony offense. Provides for enforcement and remedies for violations of this Act.
Specifies that: (1) nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a State from enacting any State law that affords the right to vote in any election for Federal office on terms less restrictive than those terms established by this Act; and (2) the rights and remedies established by this Act shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and shall not supersede, restrict, or limit the application of the Voters Rights Act of 1965 or the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1434
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alcoholism
Community service (Punishment)
Court records
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Criminal procedure
District courts
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Education
Educational tests
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Employee selection
Ex-offenders
Federal law enforcement officers
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Information leaking
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Licenses
Parole
Personnel records
Police
Probation
Prosecution
Public records
Rehabilitation of criminals
Secondary education
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to allow an individual to file a petition for expungement of a record of conviction for a nonviolent criminal offense if such individual has: (1) never been convicted of another violent offense; (2) fulfilled all requirements of the sentence of the court in which conviction was obtained; (3) remained free from dependency on or abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance for a minimum of one year and has been rehabilitated, to the court's satisfaction, if so required by the terms of supervised release; (4) obtained a high school diploma or completed a high school equivalency program; and (5) completed at least one year of community service.
Authorizes an individual convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor to file an expungement petition. Directs the court, in ruling on such petition, after determining petitioner eligibility, to weigh the petitioner's interests against the best interests of justice and public safety.
Authorizes the Department of Justice to maintain a nonpublic manual or computerized index of expunged records, to be made available only to Federal and State law enforcement personnel who have custody of such records for limited disclosure purposes.
Requires the restoration of expunged records of individuals subsequently convicted of any Federal or State offense.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1435
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Crack (Drug)
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Import restrictions
Law
Mandatory sentences
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Smuggling
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 2003 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate specified mandatory minimum penalties relating to the trafficking in, and possession, importation, or distribution of, crack cocaine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1436
Sponsor: Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Cellulose
Coal
Commerce
Condominium (Housing)
Consumer education
Cooperative housing
Depletion allowances
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Electric batteries
Electric power production
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy crops
Energy development
Energy efficiency
Energy prices
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Gas industry
Gas pipelines
Gasoline
Grain
Heating
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Landfills
Legumes
Losses
Methane
Minimum tax
Motor vehicle pollution control
Municipal solid waste
Natural gas
Natural gas vehicles
Oil shales
Petroleum
Petroleum engineering
Petroleum industry
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse as fuel
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary recovery of gas
Secondary recovery of oil
Solar energy
Sugar
Synthetic fuel
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation and Public Works
Trees
Wind power
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Energy Independence and Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish credits for: (1) residential solar energy property; (2) energy efficiency improvements to existing homes; (3) alternative motor vehicles credit; (4) production from qualifying advanced clean coal technology; and (5) producing oil and gas from marginal wells. Extends and expands the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources. Extends and modifies the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source.
Provides for: (1) the treatment of natural gas gathering lines as 7-year property; (2) the temporary suspension of the limitation based on 65 percent of taxable income and the extension of suspension of taxable income limit with respect to marginal production; (3) the election to expense geological and geophysical expenditures for oil and gas wells; (4) a five-year net operating loss carryback for losses attributable to operating mineral interests of oil and gas producers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E562)
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a State to temporarily extend a waiver granted with respect to the State program of aid to families with dependent children.

Bill: 108-hr-1438
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to give States the option of temporarily extending a waiver granted between January 1, 2002, and September 30, 2008, with respect to provision of assistance under a State TANF plan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Laouratou Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, and Mamadou Bobo Diallo.

Bill: 108-hr-1439
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2003-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Declares Kadiatou Diallo, Laouratou Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, and Mamadou Bobo Diallo to each be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1440
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2003-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Authorization
Citizenship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal investigation
Department of Justice
Deportation
Due process of law
Economics and Public Finance
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Extradition
Families
Foreign leaders
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Government officials
Government paperwork
History
Human rights
International Affairs
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Law
Married people
Murder
Nazism
Political persecution
Prosecution
Religion
Religious liberty
Torture
Visas
War crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility and removability of aliens who have committed, ordered, assisted, incited, or otherwise participated in acts of torture (as defined in title 18, United States Code) or extrajudicial killings abroad (as defined in the Torture Victims Protection Act of 1991).
Redefines "genocide" for such purposes to cover an alien who has ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in conduct outside the United States that would, if committed in the United States or by a U.S. national, be genocide (as defined in title 18, United States Code).
Redefines "severe violations of religious freedom" with respect to the inadmissibility and removability of a foreign government official to cover an alien who, while serving as a foreign government official, was responsible for or directly carried out at any time severe violations of religious freedom (as defined in the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998). Eliminates the bar to the admission of such person's spouse or children.
Prohibits the waiver of inadmissibility and temporary admission of such aliens.
Prohibits an alien who has engaged in Nazi persecution, genocide, acts of torture, extrajudicial killings, or severe violations of religious freedom from establishing good moral character under such Act.
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations to investigate and denaturalize an alien who has participated in Nazi persecution, genocide, torture, or extrajudicial killing abroad; and (2) consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding actions to prosecute or extradite such aliens.
States that in determining the proper legal action against such an alien, consideration shall be given to the availability of U.S. prosecution or removal to a foreign jurisdiction for prosecution.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Introduced in House