hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Angolan Temporary Protected Status Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3510
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Aliens
Angola
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
International Affairs
Refugees
Residence requirements
Right to travel

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Angolan Temporary Protected Status Act of 2003 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Angola qualifies for designation under the Immigration and Nationality Act as a nation with an ongoing conflict pursuant to which Angolan nationals would be eligible for temporary protected status in the United States.
 
Amends the Act to so designate Angola for an initial one-year period. Sets forth temporary protected status eligibility requirements for Angolan nationals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Video Programming Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3511
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadband
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Communication satellites
Computer software
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Damages
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Interactive media
Internet
Law
Legal fees
Punitive damages
Radio
Right of privacy
Telecommunication industry
Television programs
Television relay systems
Video tape recording
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Video Programming Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a multichannel service vendor (a multichannel video programming distributor or person that has access to video programming viewing information) (vendor), at the time of entering into a service agreement with a subscriber and at least once a year thereafter, to provide written notice to such subscriber concerning: (1) the nature of personally identifiable information (information) collected with respect to the subscriber; (2) the nature of any disclosure of such information; (3) the period during which such information will be maintained by the vendor; (4) the time and place at which the subscriber may have access to such information; and (5) limitations with regard to the vendor collection and disclosure of such information and the right of the subscriber to enforce such limitations.
 
Prohibits any vendor from collecting or disclosing such information without the prior written or electronic consent of the subscriber, with certain business-related exceptions. Requires a vendor to provide subscriber access to all collected information, and to destroy information no longer necessary.
 
Provides civil remedies for violations, including actual and punitive damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2325-2326)
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Training Incentive Act

Bill: 108-hr-3512
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Anesthetics
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family medicine
Federal aid to education
Health
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Medical education
Medical residents
Nurse practitioners
Nurses
Nursing education
Physicians
Rural education
Rural health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Rural Health Training Incentive Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, to award matching grants to five accredited schools of medicine or accredited schools of nursing to enable each school to conduct a demonstration program to encourage more health professionals to practice in rural areas. 
 
Requires at least one grant for a demonstration program for: (1) physicians in family medicine that includes a regional consortium with three or more family medicine residency programs that each have a residency rural training program and are located in three or more States; and (2) nurses, including registered nurses, nurse anesthetists, and nurse practitioners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Department of State Review Act

Bill: 108-hr-3515
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Decision making
Department of State
Diplomacy
Electronic government information
Embassies
Employee training
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Federal officials
Foreign service
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Information technology
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Military attaches
Negotiations
Nongovernmental organizations
Peace negotiations
Personnel management
Planning
Protection of officials
Recruiting of employees
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Department of State Review Act - Requires establishment of a nonpartisan independent Department of State Review Panel, which shall report to Congress on its review of the following matters concerning Department of State organization and operations: (1) current Department structures and possible reorganization; (2) changes to ensure effective diplomacy and implementation of U.S. foreign policy; (3) challenges through the year 2020 and beyond; (4) efficient handling of future risks; (5) planning assumptions; (6) positioning necessary for negotiation and conflict deterrence; (7) information infrastructure and technology; (8) the process of developing scenarios; and (9) future personnel policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2325)
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 586 intermediate blended colorants in acqueous solution.

Bill: 108-hr-3516
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Polymers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 586 intermediate blended colorants in aqueous solution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 786 neutral vinyl acetate polymer in acqueous solution.

Bill: 108-hr-3517
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Polymers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 786 neutral vinyl acetate polymer in aqueous solution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 486 paint based on aqueous vinyl polymer.

Bill: 108-hr-3518
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Paints and varnishes
Polymers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 486 paint based on aqueous vinyl polymer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Strategy for Assuring Financial Empowerment Act

Bill: 108-hr-3520
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2003-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts
Charitable contributions
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational planning
Electronic benefits transfers
Elementary and secondary education
Estates (Law)
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Financial planning
Financial services
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Immigrant education
Immigrants
Immigration
Income tax
Indian education
Labor and Employment
Law
Minorities
Native Americans
Personal budgets
Planning-programming-budgeting
Public-private partnerships
Retirement
Saving and investment
Social Welfare
Strategic planning
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: 
Strategy for Assuring Financial Empowerment Act - SAFE Act - Directs the President to develop a national strategy for financial education, the Strategy for Assuring Financial Empowerment (SAFE strategy), acting through the Secretary of the Treasury and the Office of Financial Education in the Department of the Treasury. 
 
Requires the SAFE strategy to: (1) address certain issues; and (2) be developed and transmitted to Congress annually, along with policy effectiveness reports. Requires the first SAFE strategy to contain recommendations and a proposal for forming a Financial Literacy and Education Working Group. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to chair the Working Group and to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and with other officials of specified Federal, State, local, and private entities in developing the SAFE strategy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Equity in Law Enforcement Act

Bill: 108-hr-3523
Sponsor: Rep. Bell, Chris [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2003-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Equipment and supplies
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal aid to transportation
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Private police
Railroad employees
Railroads
Safety measures
School personnel
School security
Survivors' benefits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: 
Equity in Law Enforcement Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include within the definition of &quot;public safety officer&quot; (thus qualifying for line-of-duty death and disability benefits) individuals serving private institutions of higher education in an official capacity as law enforcement officers, or employed by a rail carrier as police officers, who are sworn, licensed, or certified under State law for purposes of law enforcement and trained to meet training standards for law enforcement officers established by the relevant governmental appointing authority.
 
Qualifies such officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers under that Act's programs of matching grants for law enforcement armor vests and technical assistance to States and local governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Audrey Nerenberg Act

Bill: 108-hr-3524
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2003-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Disabled
Families
Family services
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government statistics
Mentally disabled
Missing persons
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: 
Audrey Nerenberg Act - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to include within the definition of child under such Act an individual whose mental capacity is less than 18 years of age as determined by an appropriate medical authority. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act

Bill: 108-hr-3525
Sponsor: Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2003-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Checkoff
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer software
Computers
Congress
Congressional elections
Economics and Public Finance
Election candidates
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Freedom of information
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Income tax
Internet
Political action committees
Political parties
Presidential elections
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Tax returns
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: 
Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to terminate limitations on Federal election campaign contributions after 2004.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate after December 31, 2003, the designation of income tax payments to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Terminates the Fund itself and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account after December 31, 2004, and transfers any amounts remaining in the Fund to the general fund of the Treasury.
 
Amends FECA, as amended by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, to require any political committee of a State or local political party to file with the Federal Election Commission a copy of any report on disbursements it is required under a State or local law, rule, or regulation to submit to the State or local government.
 
Revises current deadlines for notification of contributions by a campaign committee. Requires a campaign committee to report within 24 hours all contributions, regardless of amount, made to any political committee within 90 days before an election.
 
Declares that the &quot;best efforts&quot; exception to noncompliance with FECA shall not apply with respect to information regarding the identification of any contributor of more than $200 in the aggregate during a calendar year (thus requiring strict observance of reporting deadlines for all such contributions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
David "Davy" Crockett Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 108-hr-3526
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2003-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Coins and coinage
Congress
Ex-Members of Congress
Finance and Financial Sector
Gold
Government Operations and Politics
History
Museums
Silver
State history
State legislators
Tennessee
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: 
David &quot;Davy&quot; Crockett Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue not more than 100,000 five dollar gold coins and 500,000 one dollar coins emblematic of David Crockett's legacy and his importance to Tennessee, Texas, and the history of the United States; and (2) pay surcharges received from the sale of such coins to the East Tennessee Historical Society to fund capital improvements for the Society and its museum and to establish an endowment as a permanent source of support for the Society and its mission of preserving, interpreting, and promoting the history of Tennessee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3527
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2003-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Brownfields
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Land transfers
Law
Licenses
Losses
Partnerships
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse and refuse disposal
Tax exclusion
Tax returns
Tax-exempt organizations
Unrelated business income tax

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide, as a general rule, for the exclusion from unrelated business taxable income gain or loss from the qualified sale, exchange, or other disposition of any qualifying brownfield property by an eligible taxpayer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Storm Water Abatement Act

Bill: 108-hr-3528
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Drainage
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water pollution control
Infrastructure
Storm drains
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: 
Storm Water Abatement Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit States to use funds from grants for nonpoint source management programs for projects or activities relating to phase II storm water program implementation, including management programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Soledad Canyon Mine Lease Cancellation Act

Bill: 108-hr-3529
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2003-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-city relations
Government Operations and Politics
Landowners
Mining engineering
Mining leases
Sand and gravel industry
Transportation and Public Works
Trucking
Trucks
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: 
Soledad Canyon Mine Lease Cancellation Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to cancel Bureau of Land Management leases CA-20139 and CA-22901.
 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from issuing any lease or leases for mining sand and gravel in the Soledad Canyon area of California as described on a specified map that authorizes mining that, in the aggregate, exceeds the historical mining level of specified tons per calendar year.
 
Requires the Secretary, before issuing any lease authorizing the mining of sand or gravel in the Soledad Canyon area of California, to: (1) consult with the City of Santa Clarita, California, Los Angles County, California, and surface owners in that area; and (2) take into consideration the environmental and transportation impacts of such mining on that area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Introduced in House