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Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1797
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2003-10-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Antitrust law
Competition
Congress
Consent decrees
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Department of Justice
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Injunctions
Law
Liability (Law)
Restrictive trade practices
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Sunset legislation
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: 
Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2003 - Provides that in a civil action alleging a violation of the Sherman Act or of any similar State law based on conduct covered by an antitrust leniency agreement, the amount of damages recovered by a claimant from an applicant and cooperating individuals who satisfy this Act's requirements shall not exceed that portion of the actual damages sustained by the claimant that is attributable to the commerce done by the applicant in the goods or services affected by the violation (thus shielding organizations that cooperate with the Government from liability for treble damages).
 
Provides that an applicant or cooperating individual satisfies this Act's requirements if the court determines that such applicant or individual has provided satisfactory cooperation to the claimant, including: (1) providing a full account of all facts known that are potentially relevant to the civil action; and (2) furnishing all potentially relevant items that are in the applicant's or cooperating individual's possession or control.
 
Amends: (1) the Sherman Act to increase maximum prison sentences (from three years to ten years) and raise the maximum fine for individuals (from $350,000 to $1 million) for restraint of trade among the States, monopolizing trade, and other restraints of trade; and (2) the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act (Tunney Act) to require (current law allows) the court to consider specified factors, including the competitive impact of a judgment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1799
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2003-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Antitrust law
Associations, institutions, etc.
Contracts
Damages
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Industrial standards
Law
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Price fixing
Product development
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2003 - Amends the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 to provide that, in any action under the antitrust laws, the conduct of a standards development organization (SDO) while engaged in a standards development activity shall be subject to a rule of reason standard.
Limits the amount recoverable and attorney's fees with respect to standards development activity engaged in by an SDO.
States that an SDO may, not later than 90 days after commencing activity for the purpose of developing or promulgating voluntary consensus standards or 90 days after enactment of this Act, whichever is later, file simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Commission a written notification disclosing: (1) the name and principal place of business of the SDO; and (2) documents showing the nature and scope of such activity. Allows an SDO to file additional disclosure notifications as appropriate to extend protections under this Act to standards development activities that are not covered by, or that have changed significantly since, the initial filing.
Includes standards development activity within notice, disclosure, and withdrawal from notification requirements of the Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Housing Enhancement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1802
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Affordable housing
Block grants
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to housing
Federal-Indian relations
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Housing discrimination
Housing finance
Housing subsidies
Indian children
Indian housing
Labor and Employment
Low-income housing
Minorities
Rent
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare
Youth employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: 
Native American Housing Enhancement Act of 2003 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to define, with respect to a dwelling unit, &quot;fair market rent&quot; as one, determined at least annually by the Secretary of the Interior, for existing or newly constructed dwelling units of a size and type similar to, and located in the same market area as, the dwelling unit.
 
Modifies program requirements concerning rents and housing payments. Provides that, in the case of a low-income family residing in a rental dwelling unit assisted with grant amounts under this Act, the monthly rent for the dwelling unit shall not exceed the fair market rent. States that, if such a family resides in a lease purchase dwelling unit assisted with such grant amounts, the monthly homebuyer payment shall not exceed, at the recipient's election, either 30 percent of the monthly adjusted family income, or the fair market rent.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from requiring mandatory recertification of the incomes of families residing in rental or lease purchase dwelling units assisted with such grant amounts.
 
Requires grant recipients to reserve amounts out of such grants to ensure payment of: (1) principal and interest as it becomes due on any bonds or other obligations relating to the housing; and (2) the costs of insurance and administrative expenses for such housing.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from restricting access to, as well as reducing, a grant amount for any Indian tribe based solely on certain conditions relating to retention of grant income.
 
Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to declare that the giving of a preference to members of an Indian tribe for the use of any dwelling or other building constructed, improved, altered, repaired, replaced, or otherwise aided with assistance provided under such Act to the Indian tribe shall not constitute a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
 
Amends the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act to make Indian tribes, tribally designated housing entities, or other agencies primarily serving Indians eligible for Youthbuild grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs with instructions that when the Committee reports, the bill be referred pursuant to the order of May 27, 1988, to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban affairs for a period not to exceed 60 days.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Halloween Safety Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1803
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2003-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Radio stations
State laws
Time

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Halloween Safety Act of 2003 - Amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to provide that daylight savings time shall end on the first Sunday of November each year (currently, the last Sunday of October).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/31/2003 S13677)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Sport Fishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act

Bill: 108-s-1804
Sponsor: Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2003-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Accident prevention
American Samoa
Aquatic ecology
Authorization
Boats and boating
Coastal zone
Department of Commerce
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Federal-state relations
Fishery management
Fishing
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Guam
Habitat conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine safety
Motor vehicles
Northern Mariana Islands
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Puerto Rico
Ships
Taxation
Territories (U.S.)
Transportation and Public Works
Virgin Islands
Water Resources Development
Wetlands
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: 
Sport Fishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act - Amends the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act to provide for distribution of FY 2004 through 2009 appropriations, including those for the multistate conservation grant program.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require transfer to the land and water conservation fund of the equivalent of certain motorboat fuel taxes received into the Highway Trust Fund. Authorizes for FY 2004 through 2008 certain expenditures from the Boat Safety Account of the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, including for aid to States for fish restoration and management projects.
 
Amends the Clean Vessel Act of 1992, with respect to grants for State marine sanitation device pumpout station programs, to repeal the mandatory priority consideration given to grant applications that, in coastal States, propose constructing and renovating pumpout stations and waste reception facilities in accordance with a coastal State's approved plan.
 
Amends Federal shipping law to increase from one-half to 75 percent the maximum percentage of a State's total cost for its recreational boating safety program represented by the Federal allocation the State receives. Extends the availability of such allocation from two years to three years. Requires a reduction of such allocation if the State's expenditures for the program for the previous fiscal year is below the average expenditures for the three preceding fiscal years (failure of maintenance of effort).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/31/2003 S13678-13679)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/31/2003 S13677-13678)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

Bill: 108-s-1806
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-10-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Ammunition
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
District courts
Firearms
Firearms injuries
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Jurisdiction
Liability (Law)
Products liability
Retail trade
State courts
Torts
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act - Prohibits any qualified civil liability action from being brought in any State or Federal court and requires pending actions to be dismissed. Defines such an action to: (1) include an action brought against a manufacturer or seller of a firearm, ammunition, or a component of a firearm that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, or against a trade association of such manufacturers or sellers, for damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm; and (2) exclude an action brought against persons who transfer a firearm knowing that it will be used to commit a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime; an action brought against a seller for negligent entrustment or negligence per se; an action in which a manufacturer or seller of a firearm willfully violated a State or Federal statute applicable to the sale or marketing of the firearm and the violation was a proximate cause of the harm for which relief is sought; an action for breach of contract or warranty in connection with the purchase of the firearm; or an action for physical injuries or property damage resulting directly from a defect in design or manufacture of the firearm when used as intended.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 364.
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1807
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2003-10-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative fees
Business records
Commerce
Computer networks
Court records
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Exhibitions
Families
Family violence
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Injunctions
Law
Licenses
Retail trade
Science, Technology, Communications
State courts
State laws
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2003 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to provide for regulation of firearms transfers at special firearms events (events at which 75 or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale, exchange, or transfer if one or more of the firearms has been shipped or transported in, or otherwise affects, interstate or foreign commerce, excluding an offer or exhibit of firearms: (1) by an individual, from that individual's personal collection, at that individual's private residence, if the individual is not required to be licensed; and (2) at events conducted and attended by permanent or annual dues paying members of private, not-for-profit organizations whose primary purpose is owning and maintaining real property for hunting activities). 
Prohibits any person from operating a special firearms event without notifying the Attorney General. Sets forth: (1) responsibilities of special firearms events operators and of firearms licensees and transferors other than licensees at such events, including with regard to criminal background checks; (2) special firearms event license application requirements; and (3) penalties for violation of this Act. 
Authorizes a State to apply to the Attorney General for, and sets forth criteria for, certification of the 24-hour verification authority of that State with respect to criminal background checks. 
Increases penalties for: (1) serious record keeping violations by licensees; and (2) violations of criminal background check requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13711-13712)
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Historically Women's Public Colleges and Universities Historic Building Preservation and Restoration Act

Bill: 108-s-1808
Sponsor: Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]
Introduced: 2003-10-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alabama
Colleges
Commemorations
Economics and Public Finance
Educational facilities
Federal aid to education
Georgia
Higher education
Historic sites
Labor and Employment
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Public Lands and Natural Resources
School buildings
Single-sex education
South Carolina
Texas
Vocational and technical education
Women
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Historically Women's Public Colleges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to historically women's public colleges and universities for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and structures on their campuses. Specifies seven institutions to receive such grants in FY 2004 through 2008.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13714-13715)
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Counseling in Shelters Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1809
Sponsor: Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Introduced: 2003-10-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child abuse
Child health
Child sexual abuse
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drugs and women
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family violence
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to child health services
Indian children
Indian women
Mental health services
Minorities
Sex crimes
Victims of crimes
Women
Women's health
Women's shelters

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Counseling in Shelters Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, to make grants for up to five years to eligible community-based entities to provide on-site mental health and substance abuse counseling and referral services for victims of domestic or sexual violence. Permits grant funds to be used for hiring professionals and staff and providing training in the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual assault. 
Requires the Secretary, in awarding such grants, to: (1) ensure equitable geographic and urban/rural distribution; (2) give preference to entities with high levels of cultural competence and strong ties to minority communities; and (3) provide technical assistance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Women in Trauma Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1810
Sponsor: Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Introduced: 2003-10-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Anxiety
Community health services
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drugs and women
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Family violence
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to health facilities
Housing and Community Development
Indian medical care
Low-income housing
Medical research
Mental depression
Mental health services
Mental illness
Minorities
Minority health
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex crimes
Social Welfare
Trauma care
Victims of crimes
Wife abuse
Women
Women's health
Women's shelters

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: 
Women in Trauma Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to award grants to build treatment interventions simultaneously addressing trauma, substance abuse, and psychiatric disorders, including the integration of existing interventions.
 
Requires the Secretary, through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to make grants and provide technical assistance for the provision of comprehensive community-based mental health and substance abuse services to women with a history of physical or sexual abuse or other trauma. Targets minority community services. Authorizes the use of grant funds for childcare to facilitate participation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Research for Women in Trauma Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1811
Sponsor: Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Introduced: 2003-10-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Crimes against the elderly
Crimes against women
Criminology
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Medical research
Medical screening
Mental health
Mental health services
Minorities
Minority health
Rape
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex discrimination
Social Welfare
Sociological research
Surveys
Trauma care
Violence
Wife abuse
Women
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: 
Expanding Research for Women in Trauma Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to makes grants and enter into contracts for violence against women prevention research initiatives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Home Owner's Loan Act to clarify the citizenship of Federal savings associations for purposes of Federal court jurisdiction.

Bill: 108-s-1812
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2003-11-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Citizenship
Commerce
Corporations
Federal home loan banks
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate banking
Jurisdiction
Mortgage banks
Savings and loan associations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: 
Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to provide that, for purposes of determining whether a Federal court has diversity jurisdiction over a case in which a Federal savings association is a party, the savings association shall be considered to be a citizen only of the State in which it has its main office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Introduced in Senate
War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1813
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2003-11-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Defense budgets
Defense procurement
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
International Affairs
International relief
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military assistance
Military civic action
Military construction operations
Military intervention
Military occupation
Military operations
Profit
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: 
War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit profiteering and fraud involving a contract or the provision of goods or services in connection with the war, military action, or relief or reconstruction efforts in Iraq (including making materially false statements or representations or materially overvaluing any good or service with the specific intent to make excessive profit). Sets penalties for violations, including up to 20 years imprisonment and a fine of the greater of $1 million or twice the gross profits or other proceeds. Subjects: (1) any property which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to a violation to civil and criminal forfeiture; and (2) transactions involving such property or proceeds to money laundering provisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13803-13804)
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Introduced in Senate