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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services.

Bill: 108-hr-1995
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2003-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Medical fees
Medicare
Social Welfare
Speech disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to define outpatient speech-language pathology services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain computer professionals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-1996
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2003-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Commerce
Computer industry
Computer programming
Data banks
Engineers
Hours of labor
Minimum wages
Science, Technology, Communications
Systems analysis

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements for certain computer professionals to include computer network and database analysts, and computer systems, network, and database designers and developers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Tax Credit Enhancement for Workers and Steel Security Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1999
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Health
Health insurance
Imports
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Iron
Iron and steel industry
Labor and Employment
Married people
Medical economics
Medicare
Pension trust guaranty insurance
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Social Welfare
Steel
Tariff
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Health Care Tax Credit Enhancement for Workers and Steel Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the trade adjustment assistance-related health care tax credit to: (1) decrease age eligibility for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation pension recipients; (2) eliminate the three-month coverage requirement concerning State-based coverage; and (3) revise covered month eligibility for the spouse of an individual entitled to Medicare.
States that the steel import licensing and monitoring program established by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce shall remain in effect until not later than March 6, 2010.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 32, United States Code, to revise the matching funds requirements for States participating in the National Guard Challenge Program and to authorize appropriations for the program for fiscal year 2004 and thereafter.

Bill: 108-hr-2001
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Compensatory education
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Mentoring
Military training
National Guard
Secondary education
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Amends Federal provisions concerning State participation in the National Guard Challenge Program (a civilian youth opportunities program conducted by the Secretary of Defense) to: (1) provide a maximum Federal matching funds level of 65 percent of the costs of operating the State program during FY 2004, 70 percent during FY 2005, and 75 percent during FY 2006; and (2) authorize appropriations for the Program for FY 2004 and beyond.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To establish a pilot program for the promotion of travel and tourism in the United States through United States international broadcasting.

Bill: 108-hr-2002
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
International broadcasting
Science, Technology, Communications
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Travel

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: 
Directs the Broadcasting Board of Governors to conduct a pilot program for the promotion of travel and tourism in the United States through U.S. international broadcasting, particularly to regional economies that have been affected by the decrease in tourism following the events of September 11, 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Practitioner Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-2003
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Law
Medical records
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Health Care Practitioner Protection Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to require that criminal intent be established to prove a criminal violation for wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information. Requires that the offense be committed while the individual knows, or has reason to know, that it is an offense against the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the number of persons appointed to the military service academies from Guam and the Virgin Islands from nominations made by the Delegate in Congress from Guam and the Delegate in Congress from the Virgin Islands.

Bill: 108-hr-2004
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Army
Congress
Congressional delegations
Education
Guam
Higher education
Military education
Navy
Service academies
Students
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Increases from two to three each year the end strength for appointments to the military service academies from Guam and the Virgin Islands from nominations made by the Delegates in Congress from Guam and the Virgin Islands.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To support the public educational programs of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization incorporated in the State of Georgia, by amending title 32 of the United States Code to authorize the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation to receive National Guard services and assistance.

Bill: 108-hr-2005
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Army
Civil-military relations
Foundations
Georgia
History
Military aviation
Military history
National Guard
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Makes the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization incorporated in Georgia, eligible to receive National Guard services and assistance generally provided to certain youth and charitable organizations in connection with National Guard training.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the transfer of a Vietnam-era Cessna L-19D Bird Dog aircraft that is excess to the needs of the Department of State to Army Aviation Heritage Foundation.

Bill: 108-hr-2006
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Army
Foundations
Georgia
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
History
Military aviation
Military history
Nonprofit organizations
Reconnaissance aircraft
Social Welfare
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Authorizes the Secretary of State to convey, without consideration, to the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a Vietnam-era Cessna L-19D Bird Dog aircraft (serial No. 24020, National registration number N32FL) that is excess to the needs of the Department of State.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To increase the amount allowed as a child tax credit and to repeal the sunset imposed on the modifications to the child tax credit made by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-2007
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Families
Income tax
Minimum tax
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the child tax credit. Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to make the revisions to such credit made by the Act permanent.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Cultural Heritage Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-2009
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cultural property
Customs administration
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
History
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Searches and seizures
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: 
Iraq Cultural Heritage Protection Act - Bans the importation into the United States of any archaeological or cultural material of Iraq that was removed from Iraq after the issuance of Executive Order 12722 of August 2, 1990, unless the Government of Iraq certifies that the exportation of such material from Iraq was not in violation of Iraqi law. Requires U.S. custom officers to detain such material until it can be certified as legally exported from Iraq.
 
Subjects to seizure and forfeiture any Iraqi archaeological or cultural material that is illegally imported into the United States or that cannot be certified as legally exported from Iraq. Requires the return to Iraq of any archaeological or cultural material forfeited under this Act.
 
Defines &quot;country of origin&quot; for purposes of applying U.S. tariff and customs laws to certain archaeological materials.
 
Amends the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to: (1) redefine an object of archaeological interest as one that is at least 100 years old (currently, at least 250 years old); (2) limit the period during which import restrictions under the Act may be placed on the archaeological or ethnological material of any country to ten years (subject to extensions by the President for emergency conditions) after the date such restrictions are published in the Federal Register; and (3) extend from five to ten years the effective period of bilateral or multilateral agreements for import restrictions on archaeological or ethnological materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds $2,000 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such $2,000 amount.

Bill: 108-hr-2011
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from the individual's primary insurance amount under such title and the portion of the monthly periodic payment attributable to noncovered service performed after 1956 exceeds $2,000; and (2) provide for a graduated implementation of such provision by specified percentages with respect to incremental amounts above such threshold, up to 100 percent for combined amounts over $3,000.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team Implementation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2012
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense budgets
Defense procurement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Government Operations and Politics
Military civic action
Military personnel
Military readiness
National Guard
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team Implementation Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to fully implement, by September 30, 2004, requirements under the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 that the Secretary: (1) establish 23 additional Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams, for a total of 55; and (2) ensure that at least one such team is established in each State and territory. Increases the authorized end strengths for full-time Army and Air National Guard personnel as of September 30, 2004, in order to meet such requirements. Provides funding through the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $1,000 the maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit and to allow for payment of such a benefit, in the absence of an eligible surviving spouse or child, to the legal representative of the estate of the deceased individual.

Bill: 108-hr-2013
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Estates (Law)
Families
Labor and Employment
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) increase from $255 to $1,000 the maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit; and (2) allow for payment of such a benefit, in the absence of an eligible surviving spouse or child, to the legal representative of the estate of the deceased individual.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from procuring certain items unless the items are grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States.

Bill: 108-hr-2014
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Buy American
Clothing
Commerce
Cotton
Department of Homeland Security
Equipment and supplies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government procurement
Metals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Steel
Synthetic fabrics
Textile fabrics
Tools
Wool

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from using available funds to procure specified articles or items (including food, clothing, or natural fiber products), specialty metals (including stainless steel flatware), or hand or measuring tools that are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, except to the extent that the Secretary determines that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any such domestic product cannot be procured as needed at U.S. market prices.
Excepts from such prohibition: (1) procurements by vessels in foreign waters; (2) emergency procurements or procurements of perishable foods by an establishment located outside the United States for the personnel attached to such establishment; and (3) purchases for amounts not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold ($100,000).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Prescription Drugs Access Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2015
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drugs
Health
Physicians
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Veterans Prescription Drugs Access Act of 2003 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish to a veteran enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs patient enrollment system such drugs and medicines on the Department formulary as may be ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician in the treatment of any illness or injury of such veteran. (Currently, other requirements must be met before such veterans will be furnished drugs and medicines on private practitioner prescriptions.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E888)
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House