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Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1708
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Law enforcement officers
Police
Safety measures

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2003 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend through FY 2007 the authorization of appropriations for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (a matching grant program which helps State, tribal, and local jurisdictions purchase armor vests for use by law enforcement officers).

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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
American Hospital Preservation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1710
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Medical education
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: American Hospital Preservation Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries starting in FY 2004, and for FY 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year as well; (2) ensure the full market basket update for any fiscal year after FY 2005; and (3) restore the reimbursement factor for indirect medical education payments to teaching hospitals to the FY 2002 level for FY 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year, after providing for an increase in such factor from current levels for FY 2004.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Air Traffic Control System Integrity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1711
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air traffic
Aviation safety
Commerce
Delegation of powers
Department of Transportation
Engineering
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Maintenance and repair
Navigational aids (Aeronautics)
Privatization

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: 
Air Traffic Control System Integrity Act of 2003 - Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from authorizing the conversion to a private entity or a non-Federal public entity of any: (1) facility controlled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (except any airport traffic control tower operated under the contract tower program on the date of enactment of this Act); (2) operations performed, on the date of enactment of this Act, by Federal employees at an FAA-controlled facility (except any FAA airport traffic control tower operated under the contract tower program on the date of enactment of this Act); or (3) maintenance, engineering, or oversight functions performed, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, at an FAA-controlled facility (except with respect to renewal or replacement of a maintenance or engineering agreement in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E742-743)
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Federal Procurement Opportunity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1712
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Authorization
Business records
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate finance
Corporations
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Law
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Performance measurement
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social Welfare
Strategic planning
Subcontractors
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' employment
Women
Women in business
Working poor

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Veterans Federal Procurement Opportunity Act of 2003 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a development program for small businesses owned and controlled by qualified (economically disadvantaged) service-disabled veterans.
Reauthorizes: (1) programs of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation through FY 2006; and (2) the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs through FY 2009.
Requires the Corporation to submit a strategic plan and a business plan every five years.
Increases the Government-wide goal of awarding Federal prime contracts and subcontracts to certain small businesses to 28 (currently 23) percent of all such contracts and subcontracts awarded in a fiscal year. Includes small businesses owned by veterans as eligible small businesses. Prohibits any Federal agency from having a percentage goal less than the Government-wide goal. Places funding restrictions on agencies failing to meet percentage goals for FY 2004 and thereafter. Allows an agency contracting officer to restrict contract award competition in order to achieve such goals. Provides penalties for small businesses misrepresenting their participation eligibility.
Includes as factors for evaluating offers for contracts awarded pursuant to the negotiated method of payment: (1) the extent to which the subcontracting plan includes small business participation; and (2) the extent to which the offeror attained applicable previous success in meeting small business participation goals in the performance of past and current contracts. Provides prime contractor and subcontractor penalties for material breach of a small business subcontracting plan or the promise to use qualified small businesses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E746-747)
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Citizenship Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1714
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Citizenship
Economics and Public Finance
Embassies
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Law
Legal fees
Military bases
Military discharges
Military personnel
Naturalization
State courts
State laws
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Armed Forces Citizenship Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act respecting naturalization through service in the armed forces to: (1) eliminate the three-year service requirement; (2) prohibit the imposition of a naturalization fee; (3) provide for overseas naturalization proceedings for members of the armed forces; and (4) provide for revocation of citizenship for separation from military service under other than honorable conditions (such ground for revocation shall be in addition to any other provided by law).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3057-3058)
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recover from third parties costs of medical care furnished to veterans and other persons by the Department.

Bill: 108-hr-1715
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Health
Medicare
Social Welfare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Includes third-party insurance providers participating in the Medicare program and any department or agency of the United States other than the Department of Veterans Affairs among the entities from which the Department shall be authorized to recover payments for the costs of providing certain non-service-connected medical care to veterans.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-05-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E755)
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Trials Act

Bill: 108-hr-1717
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Criminal liability
Department of Justice
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Evidence (Law)
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Marijuana
Medicinal plants
Physicians
Prosecution
Searches and seizures
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Truth in Trials Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish as an affirmative defense for any person facing prosecution or a proceeding for any marijuana-related offense that the marijuana-related activities in question were in compliance with State law regarding the medical use of marijuana. Allows a finder of fact to find a defendant guilty of a lesser offense if the defendant's marijuana-related activity was found to be primarily, but not exclusively, for medical purposes. Provides for the return of any property with respect to which an individual successfully makes a defense under this Act.
Amends provisions concerning the seizure and custody of marijuana to limit seizure authority of marijuana authorized for medical use and provide for the retention of seized plants pending resolution of a case involving an affirmative defense for the medical use of marijuana.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-04-10
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: 2003-04-10
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: 2003-04-10
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: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the four-year terms specified by law for certain officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-1718
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Veterans Affairs
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Employee selection
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Term limits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Repeals the four-year terms for the following positions in the Department of Veterans Affairs: (1) Under Secretary for Health; (2) Under Secretary for Benefits; and (3) specified officials within the Office of the Under Secretary for Health.
Requires the directors of the principal geographic service areas of the Department to be appointed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Requires: (1) the Secretary to communicate the reasons for removing any director to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees; and (2) reassignment to a former position of an employee removed as a director for reasons other than cause, if the employee relinquished the former position to accept the director position.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E756)
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1721
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Coastal zone
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Coral reefs
Debt agreements
Debt relief
Department of the Treasury
Developing countries
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
International environmental cooperation
Latin America
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine resources conservation
President and foreign policy
Presidential appointments
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Sustainable development
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2003 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the Department of the Treasury the Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Facility. Authorizes the President, through the exchange by the Facility of new obligations for outstanding obligations of an eligible Latin American or Caribbean country with a coral reef or other coastal marine resource meeting specified requirements, to reduce the amount owed by the country to the United States that is outstanding as of January 1, 1999, as a result of concessional loans. Authorizes the President to sell, reduce, or cancel such loans in order to facilitate a debt-for-nature swap or a debt buyback with an eligible purchaser or eligible country to support activities to conserve, maintain, and restore the country's coral reefs and other coastal marine resources. Authorizes appropriations. 
Requires each beneficiary country that has entered into a Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Agreement with the Secretary of State to establish a Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Fund to receive payments of interest on new obligations undertaken by the country to provide grants to certain entities in such country to conserve, maintain, and restore its coral reefs and other coastal marine resources. 
Requires the Enterprise for the Americas Board to carry out certain duties with respect to implementing this Act.
Requires the President to: (1) consult with the appropriate congressional committees on a periodic basis to review the operation of, and the eligibility of countries for benefits from, the Facility; and (2) report annually to Congress on Facility operations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Rural Rental Housing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1722
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Government lending
Housing subsidies
Indian housing
Interest
Low-income housing
Minorities
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Rural housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Rural Rental Housing Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide rural rental assistance, with applicant priority given to very low-income families, low-income communities, rural areas, and communities with severe lack of affordable rental housing.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Caribbean National Forest Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1723
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Acevedo-Vila, Anibal [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Boundaries
Caribbean area
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Endangered species
Government Operations and Politics
Maps
National forests
Puerto Rico
Research natural areas
Tropical forests
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Caribbean National Forest Act of 2003 - Designates approximately 10,000 acres of land in the Caribbean National Forest/Luquillo Experimental Forest in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as the El Toro Wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Provides that designation of the Wilderness shall not be construed to prevent within the area's boundaries: (1) installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorological, climatological, or atmospheric data collection and transmission facilities when they are essential to the scientific research purposes of the Luquillo Experimental Forest; (2) construction and maintenance of nesting structures, observation blinds, and population monitoring platforms for threatened and endangered species; or (3) construction and maintenance of trails to such facilities as necessary for research purposes and the recovery of such species.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2354)
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1278)
action_date: 2003-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3056-3057)
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Reservist Opportunities and Protection of Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1724
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [D-LA-5]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
College administration
College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Leave of absence
Military operations
Military personnel
National Guard
Retired military personnel
Scholarships
Student aid
Students
Students' rights
Veterans' education
War

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require institutions of higher education that participate in HEA title IV student assistance programs to grant military leaves of absence, and provide refunds of or credits for tuition and fees paid, to individuals who are unable to complete a period of instruction or receive academic credit because they were called to serve on active duty in the Armed Forces, or to perform qualifying National Guard duty, during a war or other military operation or national emergency.
Requires the leave of absence to be for the period of active duty or service and for one year after completion of such duty or service. Requires the refund or credit to be prorated to cover the period when the student had to leave. Provides that such leave of absence shall not be treated as a withdrawal for certain student assistance purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To change the deadline for income tax returns for calendar year taxpayers from the 15th of April to the first Monday in November.

Bill: 108-hr-1725
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Tax administration
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the income tax filing deadline for calendar year taxpayers from April 15 to the first Monday in November.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in House