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Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1191
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Curricula
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
English language
Families
Federal aid to education
Gifted children
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Private schools
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program for gifted and talented students.
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such grants to State educational agencies to make subgrants to local educational agencies to develop or expand gifted and talented education programs, and provide direct educational services and materials. Requires such grants to be made on a competitive basis if appropriations are within certain minimum and maximum amounts, and on a formula basis if appropriations exceed such specified maximum. Sets forth authorized State and local uses of grant funds and authorized activities. Prohibits use of such funds for purchase or upgrading of technological hardware. Directs the Secretary to ensure, where appropriate, that provision is made for the equitable participation of students and teachers in private nonprofit elementary schools and secondary schools, including the participation of teachers and other personnel in professional development programs serving such children.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide permanent authority for certain chaplain-led family support programs of the Department of Defense.

Bill: 108-hr-1193
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Armed forces reserves
Conferences
Costs
Day care
Families
Family services
Married people
Military chaplains
Military dependents
Military personnel
Military transportation
Religion
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to provide services in support of chaplain-led programs to assist active duty military personnel, reserve personnel in active status, and their immediate family members in building and maintaining a strong family structure. Includes within such support services costs of transportation, food, lodging, child care, supplies, fees, and training materials for program participants.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Species Rescue Act

Bill: 108-hr-1194
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Animals
Dams
Department of the Interior
Emergency Management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Law
Maintenance and repair
Relocation
Water Resources Development
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Species Rescue Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for expedited consultation and conferencing (within 60 days of the date on which initiated) with respect to impacts on endangered or threatened species of Federal agency flood control actions.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior or of Commerce, as appropriate, acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service, any other Federal land management agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service, or a State conservation agency, to relocate from the flood control levee any threatened or endangered species of plant or animal that would be taken in the course of the agency action. Bars the Secretary from requiring a non-Federal person (other than a State conservation agency) to carry out any measures to minimize or mitigate impacts of agency flood control actions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a demonstration program under the Medicare Program to examine the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing medical adult day care center services to Medicare beneficiaries.

Bill: 108-hr-1195
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Families
Home care services
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project under which the Secretary shall, as part of a plan of an episode of care for home health services established for a Medicare beneficiary, permit a home health agency, directly or under arrangements with a medical adult day care facility, to provide medical adult day care services as a substitute for a portion of home health services that would otherwise be provided in the beneficiary's home.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-11
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: 2003-03-11
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: 2003-03-11
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: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Funding Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1196
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Authorization
Child health
China
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family planning and birth control
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health education
Human rights
Informed consent (Medical law)
International relief
Maternal health services
Preventive medicine
Sexually transmitted diseases
U.S. Agency for International Development
United Nations
United Nations economic assistance
United Nations finances
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Funding Act of 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 and 2005 for U.S. voluntary contributions to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Withholds from the U.S. voluntary contribution to the UNFPA amounts allocated by UNFPA for the country program in China, if the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the UNFPA country program in China does not: (1) focus on improving the delivery of voluntary family planning information and services; (2) conform with the human rights principles affirmed at the International Conference on Population and Development with the support of 180 nations including the United States; (3) operate only in counties of China where all quotas and targets for the recruitment of program participants have been abolished and the use of coercive measures has been eliminated; (4) operate in consultation with and under the oversight and approval of the UNFPA executive board, including the U.S. representative; (5) subject itself to regular, independent monitoring to ensure compliance with the principles of informed consent and voluntary participation; and (6) suspend operations in project counties found to be in violation of program guidelines.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1197
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer education
Data banks
Defective products
Electric appliances
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2003 - Instructs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard that requires the manufacturer of a covered consumer product to establish and maintain a consumer notification system for product recalls.
Prescribes database requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to prohibit the selection for closure or adverse realignment under such law any military installation used for undergraduate pilot training.

Bill: 108-hr-1198
Sponsor: Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aircraft pilots
Flight training
Military aircraft
Military aviation
Military base closures
Military training
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to prohibit the military installation closure or adverse realignment recommendations submitted in 2005 from including any military installation used for undergraduate pilot training.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Cuban Victims of Torture Act

Bill: 108-hr-1201
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship
Cuban Americans
Fraud
International Affairs
Naturalization
Torture

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Cuban Victims of Torture Act - Directs the Attorney General to (posthumously) revoke the naturalization of Eriberto Mederos based upon his illegal procurement of U.S. citizenship through concealment of his role in torturing political prisoners in Cuba.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Moment of Quiet Reflection in Schools Act

Bill: 108-hr-1202
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Meditation
Religion
Religion in the public schools
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Moment of Quiet Reflection in Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require each local educational agency (LEA), if it receives ESEA funds, to ensure that the teacher in charge of each classroom in each school served by the LEA conducts a brief period of quiet reflection for not more than 60 seconds with the participation of all the students assembled in the classroom, at the opening of school on every school day.
Prohibits such period from being conducted as a religious service or exercise. Requires such period to be considered as an opportunity for a moment of silent reflection on the anticipated activities of the day.
Declares that this Act shall not be construed as prohibiting or restricting constitutionally protected prayer.
Requires LEAs, as a condition of receiving ESEA funds, to certify in writing to their State that they are in compliance with this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E434)
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the annual audit of the White County Bridge Commission, for the New Harmony Bridge over the Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, for the filling of vacancies in the membership thereof, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-1203
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Auditing
Bridges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Illinois
Indiana
Interstate commissions
Interstate compacts
Interstate relations
Labor and Employment
Surety and fidelity
Toll roads
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Requires the White County Bridge Commission to provide for the annual audit of its financial transactions (with respect to the New Harmony Bridge over the Wabash River) as prescribed by the Governors of the States of Indiana and Illinois. Directs the General Accounting Office to give advice on such audits. Requires the Commission to submit a copy of the audit report to the Governors and the Secretary of Commerce. Allows each Governor or the Secretary of Commerce to provide for the conduct of further audits as they see fit. Declares that the Commission shall bear all expenses of the annual audit.
Revises requirements for membership on the Commission.
Directs the Commission to report annually to the Governors and the Secretary on operations and fiscal transactions. Allows the Commission to transfer all functions, powers, duties, and other specified elements to the highway department or other agency of either of the two States, upon which action the Commission shall cease to exist.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Prohibition on United Nations Taxation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1206
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air travel
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Development credit institutions
Economics and Public Finance
Fees
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Foreign loans
Government Operations and Politics
International agencies
International monetary system
Postal service
President and foreign policy
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
United Nations finances
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Prohibition on United Nations Taxation Act of 2003 - Prohibits the obligation of U.S. funds to the United Nations (UN) or any of its agencies, or to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or any of its agencies, if the UN or OECD attempt to: (1) impose a tax or fee on any U.S. person; (2) impose a policy that would enable foreign governments to tax income earned inside the borders of the United States; or (3) borrow funds from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the International Monetary Fund, or any other similar or regional international financial institution.
Prohibits the obligation of U.S. funds to the UN or any of its agencies (including the UN Development Program), or to OECD or any of its agencies, unless the President certifies to Congress 15 days in advance of such payment that the UN or OECD and their agencies are not engaged in any efforts to develop or promote any taxation or fee proposals in order to raise revenue or any proposals allowing foreign taxation on U.S.-source income.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Hazing Prohibition Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1207
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault
Colleges
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Higher education
Scholarships
School discipline
School security
Student activities
Student loan funds
Students
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Hazing Prohibition Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to suspend the Federal student financial aid eligibility of any student who has been subjected to an official sanction for hazing, or for being an accessory to hazing.
Includes hazing among those campus crimes required to be reported to students and employees by institutions of higher education participating in HEA student aid programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-1209
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
District of Columbia
Fraternal organizations
Government Operations and Politics
Minorities
Monuments and memorials
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to terminate the authority for the establishment of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia, on November 12, 2006.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: 

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

 
Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to terminate the authority for the establishment of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia, on November 12, 2006.

action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 

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

 
Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to terminate the authority for the establishment of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia, on November 12, 2006. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8422)
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8422)
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1209.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8422-8424)
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Mr. Renzi moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 110.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-203.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-203.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House