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September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-638
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Air piracy
Bombings
Charitable contributions
Commercial aircraft
Compensation (Law)
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Department of Defense
EBB Terrorism
Families
Federal office buildings
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Life insurance
New York City
Office buildings
Pennsylvania
Retirement income
September 11, 2001
Survivors' benefits
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Victims of terrorism
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Fairness Act of 2003 - Eliminates the collateral compensation offset requirement of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-639
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Arid regions
Commemorations
Energy
Environmental Protection
Geothermal resources
Grazing
Land transfers
Landforms
Mineral reserves
Mines and mineral resources
Mining leases
Mountains
National monuments
Natural monuments
Nature conservation
Roads and highways
Transportation and Public Works
Utah
Water Resources Development
Water rights
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2003 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin; (2) Zion and Mojave Desert; (3) the Grand Staircase and the Escalante Canyons; (4) Moab-LaSal Canyons; (5) Henry Mountains; (6) Glen Canyon; (7) San Juan-Anasazi; (8) Canyonlands Basin; (9) San Rafael Swell; and (10) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin.
Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) filing by the Secretary of the Interior of a map and a legal description of each designated wilderness area with appropriate congressional committees; (2) the exchange of State-owned lands within such areas; (3) Federal reservation of water rights; (4) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness; (5) authorized livestock grazing; and (6) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3883-3885)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Prosecutors Retirement Benefit Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-640
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Annuities
Civil service retirement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Employee selection
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Government trust funds
Labor and Employment
Law
Mandatory retirement
Office of Personnel Management
Public prosecutors
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Federal Prosecutors Retirement Benefit Equity Act of 2003 - Amends Federal civil service law to include Federal prosecutors within the definition of "law enforcement officer" (LEO). Extends LEO benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System to Federal prosecutors, including Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs), and such other attorneys in the Department of Justice (DOJ) as may be designated by the Attorney General. Exempts Federal prosecutors from mandatory retirement provisions for LEOs under the civil service laws.
Requires DOJ to provide notice to incumbent Federal prosecutors of their rights under this Act. Allows incumbents to opt out of the LEO retirement program. Sets forth provisions governing the crediting of prior service by incumbents. Provides for make-up contributions for prior service of incumbents to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
Gives incumbents the option of either contributing to their own share of any make-up contributions or receiving a proportionally lesser retirement benefit. Allows the Government to contribute its share of any make-up contribution ratably over a ten-year period.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3886-3887)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3885-3886)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-641
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Emergency Management
Federal-local relations
Fire departments
Fire prevention
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Military and naval supplies
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Agriculture to enter into an agreement to utilize the Federal Excess Personal Property program of the Forest Service to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense to the Forest Service for reutilization by firefighting agencies in rural areas. Requires the priority given to such transfers by the Department of Defense to be at least equal to that given for transferring such property to military departments and defense agencies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Amendments Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-642
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Historic sites
History
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Sports and Recreation
Trails
West (U.S.)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include the route traveled by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from the Falls of the Ohio, located in Clarksville, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky, to Wood River, Illinois.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Child Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-644
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child abuse
Child pornography
Child safety
Child sexual abuse
Confidential communications
Congress
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Custody of children
DNA
Department of Justice
Electronic surveillance
Evidence (Law)
Ex-offenders
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal officials
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Identification of criminals
Imports
Internet
Kidnapping
Law
Legislation
Limitation of actions
Married people
Mental health services
Murder
Parole
Police
Police training
Prosecution
Prostitution
Public prosecutors
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Sex offenders
Sex-oriented businesses
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Victims of crimes
Violence
Warrants (Law)
Web sites
Wiretapping
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Comprehensive Child Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) a National Crimes Against Children Response Center which shall develop a national response plan model that provides a comprehensive, rapid response plan to report crimes involving the victimization of children and protects children from future crimes.
Sets forth the duties of the Director of the FBI with respect to that mission, including: (1) development of a national strategy; (2) creation of regional rapid response teams; and (3) outreach efforts to raise awareness and educate communities.
Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to direct that the release of information under a State sex offender registration program include the maintenance of an Internet site containing such information that is available to the public. Directs the Crimes Against Children section of the Department of Justice to create a national Internet site that links all State Internet sites established under this Act.
Increases from 25 to 30 years the statute of limitations for child abuse offenses. Makes the confidential marital communication privilege and the adverse spousal privilege inapplicable in Federal proceedings where a spouse is charged with a crime against a child of either spouse or against a child under the custody or control of either spouse. Increases penalties for sex offenses.
Directs the Attorney General to appoint a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Crimes Against Children.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3889-3891)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-645
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Brownfields
Capital investments
Commerce
Community development
Depressed areas
Dislocated workers
Diversification in industry
Economic development
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal installations
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Hazardous wastes
Industrial pollution
Infrastructure
Internal migration
Labor and Employment
Land use
Loans
Military base closures
Minorities
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Planning
Plant shutdowns
Population
Poverty
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public-private partnerships
Real estate development
Revolving funds
Skilled labor
Social Welfare
Taxation
Unemployment
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants for projects to alleviate or prevent conditions of excessive unemployment, underemployment, blight, and infrastructure deterioration associated with brownfield sites.
Defines a "brownfield site," with exceptions, as real property the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant.
Defines eco-industrial development as development conducted in a manner in which businesses cooperate with each other and the local community to share resources efficiently (such as information, materials, water, energy infrastructure, and natural habitat) with the goals of economic gains, improved environmental quality, and equitable enhancement of human resources in businesses and local communities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3893-3894)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3891-3893)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-646
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alzheimer's disease
Ambulatory care
Brain diseases
Case management
Child health
Clinics
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Governmental investigations
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Marriage counseling
Medical statistics
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing homes
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Physicians
Psychologists
Psychotherapy
Rural health
Social Welfare
Social work

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) elimination of the lifetime limit on inpatient mental health services; (2) parity in treatment for outpatient mental health services; (3) coverage of intensive residential services under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and of intensive outpatient services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (4) exclusion of clinical social worker services from coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system; and (5) coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3894-3895)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for Department of Defense funding of continuation of health benefits plan coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-647
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance continuation
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay the applicable premium to continue in force during the duty period any qualified health benefits plan coverage of a member of the reserves who is called or ordered to active duty for more than 30 days during a war or national emergency. Prohibits the private health insurance issuer of such a member from declining coverage or re-enrollment, imposing re-enrollment exclusions, or increasing premiums during such benefits coverage continuation period.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3995-3996)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR 3/19/2003 S3996)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Irvine Basin Surface and Groundwater Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-649
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Groundwater
Saline waters
Water conservation
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Irvine Basin Surface and Groundwater Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Irvine Ranch Water District, California, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of projects to naturally treat impaired surface water, reclaim and reuse impaired groundwater, and provide brine disposal within the San Diego Creek Watershed.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-64.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4168)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Hospitals Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-652
Sponsor: Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Access to Hospitals Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal specified reductions after FY 2000 and thereby extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments provided under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000.
Increases the Medicaid DSH allotment for the District of Columbia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3901)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3900-3901)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Parity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-653
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare
Supplemental security income program
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Parity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise: (1) the payment formula to increase payment amounts to Puerto Rico hospitals that are based on the applicable Federal percentage of the discharge-weighted average of the national adjusted DRG (diagnostically-related group) prospective payment rate for hospitals located in urban and rural areas for discharges beginning in FY 2004; and (2) the calculation of Medicare disproportionate share payments for prospective payment system hospitals in Puerto Rico.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-654
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Ambulatory care
Bribery
Coinsurance
Communication in medicine
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health maintenance organizations
Hospital rates
Law
Managed care
Medical fees
Medicare
Nursing homes
Patients' rights
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Rebates
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) provide for coverage of Medicare-covered ambulatory services by Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs); and (2) ensure FQHC reimbursement under hospital and skilled nursing facility prospective payment systems.
Amends SSA title XI with respect to criminal penalties for acts involving Federal health care programs, particularly illegal remunerations (kickbacks). Exempts from the prohibition against such remunerations any remuneration: (1) between a certain kind of public or nonprofit private health center entity and any individual or entity providing goods, items, services, donations, loans, or a combination, to such health center entity pursuant to an agreement, if such agreement contributes to the ability of the health center entity to maintain or increase the availability, or enhance the quality, of services provided to a medically underserved population served by the health center entity; and (2) between a FQHC (or an entity controlled by such a health center) and a Medicare+Choice organization pursuant to a specified written agreement.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish standards relating to the exception for health center entity arrangements to specified anti-kickback penalties.
Amends SSA title XVIII to revise the payment for certain FQHC services furnished to an individual enrolled with a Medicare+Choice organization under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice), allowing for supplemental reimbursement, among other changes.
Amends Medicare+Choice to add additional Medicare+Choice contract requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3901-3902)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the conveyance of land at Fort Knox, Kentucky, to facilitate the establishment of a State-run cemetery for veterans.

Bill: 108-s-655
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Kentucky
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Department of Veterans Affairs of the Commonwealth of Kentucky a parcel of real property at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for establishing and operating a State-run cemetery for veterans.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-656
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2003-03-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Africans
Aliens
Department of Justice
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Liberia
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2003 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Liberian nationals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in Senate