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Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1523
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Charities
Colleges
Education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Student activities
Student housing
Students
Tax deductions
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable or educational purposes and which make collegiate housing and infrastructure improvement grants to continue to be treated as tax-exempt organizations so long as all of the active members of the recipient organization are full-time students at the college or university with which the recipient organization is associated.

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
Votes for Women History Trail Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1524
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
National parks
New York State
Signs and symbols
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Voting rights
Women
Women's rights
Women's voting

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Votes for Women History Trail Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an auto tour route, to be known as the Votes for Women History Trail, to link properties in New York State which are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage in the United States. Requires the National Park Service to administer the Trail through the Women's Rights National Historical Park.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) produce and disseminate educational materials regarding the Trail; (2) coordinate the management, planning, and standards of the auto route in partnership with participating properties, other Federal agencies, and State and local governments; and (3) adopt an official symbol or device to mark the Trail and issue guidelines for its use.
Authorizes the Secretary to designate as official stops on the Trail: (1) all Park units and programs that pertain to the struggle for women's suffrage; (2) other Federal, State, local, and privately owned properties that have a verifiable connection to such struggle; and (3) other related governmental and nongovernmental facilities and programs of an educational, commemorative, research, or interpretive nature. Allows the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with, and provide technical and financial assistance to, other Federal agencies, New York State, localities, regional governmental bodies, and private entities to coordinate such stops.

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
Tualatin River Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1525
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Oregon
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Water conservation
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water storage
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Tualatin River Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a water supply feasibility study of the Tualatin River Basin in Oregon in order to identify: (1) ways to meet future water supply needs; (2) water conservation and storage measures; (3) measures that would improve water quality and enable environmental and species protection; and (4) integrated water resource management and supply needs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
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
For the relief of Charmaine Bieda.

Bill: 108-hr-1526
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to Charmaine Bieda in full satisfaction of her claims against the United States relating to her daughter's murder by her daughter's husband while the couple were serving in the U.S. Army.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
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
Small Insurance Company Inflation Adjustment Act

Bill: 108-hr-1530
Sponsor: Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Casualty insurance
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Property insurance
Small business
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Small Insurance Company Inflation Adjustment Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning tax-exempt insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) to increase from $350,000 to $575,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) the maximum amount of premiums that may be written annually by such a company in order to remain tax-exempt. Raises the maximum amount of premiums that may be written annually by an insurance company (other than a life insurance company) to qualify for an alternative tax for small companies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act

Bill: 108-hr-1532
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Authorization
Birds
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Euthanasia
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Health
Indian lands
Internet
Interstate commerce
Law
Minorities
Pain
Protection of animals
Science, Technology, Communications
Searches and seizures
Sports and Recreation
Surety and fidelity
Veterinary medicine
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to increase the imprisonment penalty for animal fighting violations from one year to two years. Makes it unlawful to sell, buy, transport, or deliver in interstate or foreign commerce a knife, gaff, or other sharp instrument used in a bird-fighting venture.
Revises enforcement provisions. Permits euthanasia for an animal in extreme pain.
Includes the Internet or any technology as interstate instrumentality.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the mid-quarter convention for depreciable property.

Bill: 108-hr-1535
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Tax administration
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code concerning the applicable convention utilized in the accelerated cost recovery system to repeal the special rule where substantial property is placed in service during the last three months of a taxable year and the mid-quarter convention rule.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Publicly Traded Partnership Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1536
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Losses
Mutual funds
Partnerships
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Publicly Traded Partnership Equity Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include distributions from publicly traded partnerships as qualifying income of regulated investment companies. Excludes such distributions from the source-based inclusion limitation applicable to other partnerships.
Applies specified passive activity provisions for publicly traded partnerships to regulated investment companies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E640-641)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify that restrictions on baiting of migratory game birds do not prohibit the taking of a migratory game bird on or over manipulated re-growth of a harvested rice crop.

Bill: 108-hr-1537
Sponsor: Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Game and game birds
Hunting
International Affairs
Migratory bird conservation
Rice
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to specify that the Act does not prohibit: (1) taking a migratory game bird on or over manipulated re-growth of a harvested rice crop; or (2) causing, inducing, or allowing a person to take or attempt to take a migratory game bird on or over manipulated re-growth of a harvested rice crop.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Investment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1539
Sponsor: Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Conflict of interests
Finance and Financial Sector
Hospitals
Investments
Medical ethics
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Hospital Investment Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit the hospital ownership exception to physician self-referral restrictions to interests purchased on terms generally available to the public.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-01
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: 2003-04-01
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: 2003-04-01
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: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Crackdown on Deadbeat Dealers Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1540
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Ammunition
Armed Forces and National Security
Business records
Commerce
Department of Justice
Disabled
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Employee training
Ex-offenders
Families
Family violence
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Fraud
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Mental illness
Mentally disabled
Military discharges
Recruiting of employees
Retail trade
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Crackdown on Deadbeat Dealers Act of 2003 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to increase the number of allowed inspections for compliance with record-keeping requirements by firearms dealers to not more than three times (currently, once) during any 12-month period.
Increases penalties for: (1) knowingly making false statements or furnishing false or misrepresented identification regarding any fact material to the lawfulness of the sale or other disposition of such firearm or ammunition; or (2) making false entries in, or failing to properly maintain, required firearms records.
Authorizes the Attorney General to suspend a firearms dealer's license and to assess a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for firearms violations, including failure to have secure gun storage or safety devices (current penalties are limited to license revocation).
Permits any licensed firearms dealer who is indicted for a felony to continue to operate until the date of conviction (currently, until the conviction becomes final).
Authorizes appropriations for the hiring and training of 500 additional inspectors for the Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E633)
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7245)
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E637)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for a just apportionment of Representatives in Congress for all States.

Bill: 108-hr-1541
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census
Congress
Congressional districts

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Amends provisions relating to the census to eliminate the exception that prevents the use of sampling in determining the population for purposes of the apportionment of Representatives in the Congress among the several States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E637)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1542
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Disaster loans
Disaster relief
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Income tax
Interest
International Affairs
Local finance
Local taxation
New York City
New York State
September 11, 2001
State finance
State taxation
Taxation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act of 2003 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to: (1) authorize the President to make community disaster loans to State governments; (2) eliminate the $5 million limit on the amount of any such loan; and (3) prohibit the President from requiring the payment of any interest or principal on such a loan made to a State or local government which may suffer a substantial loss of tax and other revenues as a result of a major disaster caused by a terrorist attack. Provides that this Act shall apply to any major disaster occurring on or after October 30, 2000. 
Authorizes the President to make community disaster loans to New York City and the State of New York for tax and other revenue losses as a result of the major disaster caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Provides that the total amount of such loans shall be $8.8 billion or such greater amount as is determined by the President to be necessary to cover such losses. Prohibits the President from requiring the payment of any interest or principal on such loans.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Civil Rights and Employee Investigation Clarification Act

Bill: 108-hr-1543
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer credit
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Disciplining of employees
Employee crimes
Financial statements
Labor and Employment
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: 
Civil Rights and Employee Investigation Clarification Act - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to exclude from its disclosure requirements certain communications: (1) made in connection with an employer's investigation of employee workplace misconduct, or of compliance with Federal, State, or local laws and regulations, the rules of a self-regulatory organization, or any pre-existing written policies of the employer; (2) not made for the purpose of investigating a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity; and (3) not provided to any person except the employer (or employer's agent), any Federal, State, or local officer, agency, or department, any self-regulatory organization with regulatory authority over the employer's or employee's activities, or as otherwise required by law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
ATM Public Safety and Crime Control Act

Bill: 108-hr-1544
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automated teller machines
Cameras
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Credit unions
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Department of the Treasury
Evidence (Law)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Housing Finance Board
Federal Reserve System
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Larceny
Law
Lighting
National Credit Union Administration
Prosecution
Savings and loan associations
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: 
ATM Public Safety and Crime Control Act - Amends the Bank Protection Act of 1968 and the Federal Credit Union Act to direct each Federal banking supervisory agency and the National Credit Union Administration Board (NCUAB), respectively, to require a depository institution to: (1) provide lighting and a surveillance camera of sufficient quality to produce surveillance pictures which can be used effectively as evidence in a criminal prosecution of illegal activities at the location monitored by the camera; and (2) operate such camera in a manner which does not compromise the quality of the surveillance pictures.
 
Amends the Federal Judicial Code to instruct the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to: (1) periodically review the standards and procedures applicable to such surveillance and security requirements; and (2) make technical recommendations to the Federal banking agencies and the NCUAB on standards and procedures to implement this Act.
 
Sets forth a timetable for the Federal banking agencies and the NCUAB to prescribe final regulations that require depository institutions and credit unions to achieve compliance with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Partial-Birth Abortion Funding Ban Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1545
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid programs
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Partial-Birth Abortion Funding Ban Act of 2003 - Prohibits any Federal official from paying Federal funds to any individual or entity that performs partial-birth abortions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E632)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in House