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Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act

Bill: 108-hr-1501
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air routes
Animals
Armed Forces and National Security
California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Exotic animals
Exotic plants
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-Indian relations
Fire prevention
Fishery management
Fishing
Forest conservation
Forest fires
Grazing
Habitat conservation
Horses
Hunting
Job creation
Land transfers
Maps
Military aviation
Minorities
National forests
Native Americans
Natural areas
Non-native species
Outdoor recreation
Pest control
Religion
Religious liberty
Restoration ecology
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act - Designates specified National Forest System and Bureau of Land Management district lands in Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, and Napa Counties in California as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires that such lands be administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, whoever has current administrative jurisdiction.
Provides for the adjustment of the boundaries of certain of the lands to allow and encourage mechanical fire-suppression activities near wildfire risk areas.
Designates specified Bureau of Land Management district lands in California as potential wilderness areas. Requires that the Secretary of the Interior manage such lands as wilderness and carry out ecological restoration activities.
Designates specified segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County, California as a wild and scenic river. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a fire management plan and a report on the cultural and historic resources of Black Butte River.
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture for: (1) the establishment of a program to provide grants for creating wilderness-related jobs and for developing visitors centers, brochures, and kiosks; (2) the development of trails and other facilities to promote wilderness recreation; (3) the support of law enforcement activities; and (4) the support of firefighting activities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide that certain funds treated as local funds under that Act shall be used to provide additional funding for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Bill: 108-hr-1502
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Class size
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Educational innovations
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Literacy programs
School buildings
School districts
School security
School-age child care
Secondary education
Special education
Teacher education
Teachers
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to require local educational agencies, if they choose to treat certain IDEA funds as local funds, to use them to provide additional funding for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
Reservist Opportunities and Protection of Education Act

Bill: 108-hr-1503
Sponsor: Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
College administration
College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Leave of absence
National Guard
Retired military personnel
Scholarships
Student aid
Students
Students' rights
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Reservist Opportunities and Protection of Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to declare that: (1) whenever a student who is a member of the National Guard or other reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or a member of such Armed Forces in a retired status, is called or ordered to active duty, the institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled shall grant the student a military leave of absence from the institution while the student is serving on active duty, and for one year after the conclusion of such service; (2) as a consequence of military leave, upon return, such student is entitled to restoration to his or her previous educational status with regard to academic credits earned, scholarships or grants awarded, or tuition and other fees paid; and (3) the student has the option of having tuition fees refunded, subject to a certain condition, or credited to the next period of enrollment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
Reserve Component Tax Assistance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1504
Sponsor: Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Costs
Expense accounts
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Self-employed
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Reserve Component Tax Assistance Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a business or trade deduction the expenses of a member of the reserve component of the U.S. armed forces in connection with such service. Makes such deduction available to itemizers and non-itemizers.
Establishes related reserve component business-related employment and self-employment credits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Laura Maldonado Caetani.

Bill: 108-hr-1506
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Acevedo-Vila, Anibal [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Declares Laura Maldonado Caetani to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
To waive the time limitation specified by law for the award of certain military decorations in order to allow the award of the Congressional Medal of Honor to Steve Piniaha of Sparta, New Jersey, for acts of valor while a member of the Army during World War II.

Bill: 108-hr-1507
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Awards, medals, prizes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Requests the President to award the Medal of Honor to Steve Piniaha of Sparta, New Jersey, for acts of valor during World War II as a private first class in the Army, notwithstanding otherwise applicable time limitations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in House
Democracy Day Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1508
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Election Day
Federal employees
Holidays
Labor and Employment
Leave of absence
Veterans Day
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Democracy Day Act of 2003 - Requires the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2004 and in each even-number year thereafter (Election Day) to be treated in the same manner as November 11 (Veterans Day) for purposes of any laws relating to Federal employment. Urges private employers to give their employees that day off to enable them to vote.
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the impact of such requirement on voter participation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E619)
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To make clear that a person who voluntarily separates from the Federal civil service does not remain subject to the enforcement provisions of subchapter III of chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-1509
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Government employees' political activities
Labor and Employment
Law
Public records
Resignation of employees
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Prohibits any Federal employee or individual who voluntarily separates from the civil service, including by transferring to an international organization under certain circumstances, from being subject to enforcement provisions of the Hatch Act (prohibits Federal employees from engaging in specified political activities). Makes such prohibition applicable to any complaint filed with or pending before the Merit Systems Protection Board.
States that certain proposed authorities for the Office of Special Counsel to disclose information to the news media and the public shall not constitute a routine use of records maintained by such Office.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E627)
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To award a congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Bill: 108-hr-1511
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Alliances
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Europe
Foreign leaders
International Affairs
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to maintaining the security of all freedom-loving nations. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) strike such gold medal (and authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell duplicate bronze medals); and (2) deposit sums received from the sale of the bronze medals into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: 

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

 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to maintaining the security of all freedom-loving nations. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) strike such gold medal (and authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell duplicate bronze medals); and (2) deposit sums received from the sale of the bronze medals into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5830)
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5830)
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1511.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5830-5837)
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Mr. King (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that certain bonds issued by local governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes may be treated as tax exempt.

Bill: 108-hr-1512
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Property tax
Real property
Tax administration
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that certain bonds issued by local governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes (delinquent tax bonds) may be treated as tax exempt. Sets forth delinquent tax bond requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Tax Equalization Credit for Substantial Power Takeoff Vehicles Act

Bill: 108-hr-1513
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Building materials
Commerce
Diesel motor
Energy
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Income tax
Natural gas vehicles
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Fuel Tax Equalization Credit for Substantial Power Takeoff Vehicles Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a $250 credit for each qualified commercial power takeoff vehicle (certain highway vehicles designed to deliver ready mixed concrete or collect refuse or recyclables) owned by a taxpayer at the end of the year. Stipulates that such credit shall not be available for a vehicle used during the year by a governmental entity or a tax-exempt organization.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce for individuals the maximum rate of tax on unrecaptured section 1250 gain from 25 percent to 20 percent.

Bill: 108-hr-1514
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax
Minimum tax
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the maximum capital gains rate for certain dispositions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To provide for reimbursement for unreimbursed costs of emergency medical care for aliens paroled into the United States for medical reasons.

Bill: 108-hr-1515
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aliens
Collection of accounts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency medicine
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Immigration
Medicaid
Medical fees
Medical tests
Physical examinations
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Expresses the sense of the Congress that it is within the responsibility of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security to track medical parolees entering the United States for specified humanitarian reasons, and to ensure that these individuals depart the United States upon completion of their trip.
Directs the Secretary to reimburse hospitals and other emergency medical care providers (including physicians and entities providing emergency ambulance services) for their reasonable costs of providing emergency medical care to aliens who are paroled into the United States for medical reasons.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any enlistment, accession, reenlistment, or retention bonus paid to a member of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 108-hr-1518
Sponsor: Rep. Hostettler, John N. [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Fringe benefits
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Military pay
Recruiting and enlistment
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of members of the Armed Forces any "qualified bonus." Defines the term "qualified bonus" to mean an enlistment, accession, reenlistment, retention, or other bonus paid to a member of the Armed Forces of the United States in exchange for the agreement of the member to accept a commission as an officer, extend an active service commitment as an officer, enlist, reenlist, or extend an enlistment as an enlisted member in an active or reserve component, or enter into a reserve affiliation agreement.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.

Bill: 108-hr-1519
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Boundaries
Canada
Compensation (Law)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Illegal aliens
Imprisonment
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Latin America
Law
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for the State criminal alien assistance program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Forks of the Ohio National Scenic Trail Study Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1520
Sponsor: Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Canals
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Maryland
Military history
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Railroads
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Forks of the Ohio National Scenic Trail Study Act of 2003 - Designates the Forks of the Ohio National Scenic Trail, tracing or approximating the historic transportation routes in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio that led to the forks of the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for study for potential addition to the National Trail System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established in the Public Health Service Act.

Bill: 108-hr-1522
Sponsor: Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Access to health care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Health
Higher education
Income tax
Medical education
Public health personnel
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts received as loan repayments under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established under the Public Health Service Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in House