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Food Freshness Disclosure Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-468
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Commerce
Food safety
Labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Food Freshness Disclosure Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that a food shall be deemed to be misbranded unless its label bears information on freshness. Requires the label to state a date upon which the food will no longer be fresh (i.e., contain the quantity of nutrients specified on the label and otherwise be not adulterated and of acceptable quality). Requires such date to be preceded by "best if used by," and requires such label to be conspicuously located, easy to read, and in a type size no smaller than eight point. Directs that the freshness date be on the containers of any food sent to the seller of such food to consumers. Makes this Act inapplicable to any food that is exempt from nutrition labeling requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Zero Tolerance School Terror Act

Bill: 108-hr-469
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arson
Assault
Bombings
Bombs
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Explosives
Extortion
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
School security
Secondary education
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Zero Tolerance School Terror Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for an enhanced penalty for threatening to kill, injure, or intimidate an individual, or to cause property damage, by means of fire or an explosive on school property.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability.

Bill: 108-hr-470
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disabled
Families
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the seven-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce.

Bill: 108-hr-471
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Divorce
Families
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following a divorce.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age.

Bill: 108-hr-472
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disabled
Families
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age or any previous reduction in OASDI benefits.
Declares that there shall be no reduction in the widow's or widower's insurance benefit of an individual for any month in which such individual is under a disability.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-473
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aliens
Caregivers
Citizenship
Disabled
Domestic partners
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Grandparents
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Married people
Names
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Parents
Residence requirements
Social security numbers
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to determining entitlement to and the amount of any monthly benefit, including any lump-sum death payment, payable under OASDI on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of any individual. Deems such an individual to have been paid a wage (according to a specified formula) during each month during which the individual was engaged for at least 80 hours in providing care to a dependent relative without monetary compensation for up to five years of such service. Makes this Act inapplicable in the case of any monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment if a larger benefit or payment would be payable without its application.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement.

Bill: 108-hr-474
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Earnings
Families
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Older workers
Retirement income
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement; and (2) the treatment of delayed retirement in cases of simultaneous entitlement to OASDI benefits and widow's or widower's insurance benefits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Quiet Communities Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-475
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Environmental education
Environmental health
Environmental research
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Noise
Railroad terminals
Roads and highways
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation planning

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Quiet Communities Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control.
Requires the Administrator, using funds made available to the Office, to carry out a study of airport noise.
Amends the Noise Control Act of 1972 to include the establishment of training programs on the use of noise abatement equipment and the implementation of noise abatement plans in the list of purposes for which grants under the Quiet Communities Program are provided.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-476
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health
History
Military discharges
Military medicine
Nurses
Veterans' benefits
Women
Women veterans
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act of 2003 - Deems service of a person as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 15, 1945 (qualified service), to be active military service for purposes of all laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Requires: (1) the Secretary of Defense to issue an honorable discharge to each person whose qualified service warrants one; and (2) the discharge to be issued before the end of the one-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act.
Prohibits benefits from being paid to persons as a result of such enactment for any period before the enactment date.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act

Bill: 108-hr-477
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Constitutions
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act - Extends all Federal laws and regulations to the Duwamish Tribe.
Declares the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Defines the Tribe's service area for purposes of the delivery of Federal services.
Requires the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll of all individuals enrolled in the Tribe.
Requires the Tribe to conduct an election by secret ballot to adopt a constitution and bylaws for the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to elect a governing body in accordance with the procedures set forth in its constitution and bylaws.
Requires the Secretary to take Tribe service area or aboriginal lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe if the Tribe transfers all right, title, and interest in and to the land to the Secretary within ten years. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to identify those lands which shall be considered the aboriginal homelands of the Tribe.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Rancher HELP (Help Extend Livestock Proceeds) Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-478
Sponsor: Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Capital gains tax
Disaster relief
Droughts
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Income tax
Livestock
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax exemption
Water Resources Development
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Rancher HELP (Help Extend Livestock Proceeds) Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to involuntary conversion rules, to extend the replacement period for livestock sold on account of weather related conditions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize Army arsenals to undertake to fulfill orders or contracts for articles or services in advance of the receipt of payment under certain circumstances.

Bill: 108-hr-479
Sponsor: Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Army
Defense budgets
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Military and naval supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Authorizes Army arsenals, using working capital funds, to fulfill orders or contracts for articles or services in advance of the receipt of payment from Federal agencies, persons fulfilling Government contracts, or persons supplying articles or services to foreign governments under specified provisions of the Arms Export Control Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 747 Broadway in Albany, New York, as the "United States Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex".

Bill: 108-hr-480
Sponsor: Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
New York State
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 747 Broadway in Albany, New York, as the "United States Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex."
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 747 Broadway in Albany, New York, as the "United States Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex." 

action_date: 2004-12-21
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on January 29, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 747 Broadway in Albany, New York, as the &quot;United States Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-459.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-459.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11877)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11877)
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7363)
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7363)
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 480.
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7363-7364)
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: Mr. Ose moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-459
To amend title 49, United States Code, to grant the State of New York authority to allow tandem trailers to use Interstate Route 787 between the New York State Thruway and Church Street in Albany, New York.

Bill: 108-hr-481
Sponsor: Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Interstate highway system
Motor vehicle safety
New York State
State laws
Traffic accidents and safety
Trucking
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Amends Federal commercial vehicle safety law to grant the State of New York authority to allow the operation of tandem trailers (not in actual operation on June 1, 1991) on Interstate Route 787 between exit 23 on the New York State Thruway and the Church Street and I-787 interchange in Albany, New York.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-482
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Energy
Florida
Geothermal resources
Land transfers
Mines and mineral resources
Mining leases
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange specified land in Florida. Requires the concurrence of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to the sale or exchange of certain of such land.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Favorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
action_date: 2003-06-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Livestock Reinvestment Extension Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-483
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Disaster relief
Droughts
Emergency Management
Estates (Law)
Farm lands
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Livestock
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Small business
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Water Resources Development
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Livestock Reinvestment Extension Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow farmers to delay the inclusion in income of the amount earned from the sale of excess livestock due to Federal land management policy or action or to severe weather conditions until the second year following the year in which the special circumstance ceased to exist.(present law allows for inclusion of such income in the year following a year of severe weather).
Sets forth new rules for drought designations. Modifies rules for replacement of involuntarily converted livestock, including to extend the replacement period (for both weather-related sales and sales forced by Federal policy) and to prescribe that an heir to an estate may replace such property within the required time frame.
Applies this Act to sales and exchanges made after December 31, 2000.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Introduced in House