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Stop Oil Spills Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-880
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Excise tax
Exports
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government trust funds
Imports
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Marine transportation
Oil pollution
Petroleum
Shipbuilding
Tankers
Tax rates
Taxation
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Stop Oil Spills Act of 2003 - SOS Act of 2003 - Amends existing law to accelerate from the year 2015 to the year 2007 the deadline for compliance with the double hull requirement for construction of tank carriage vessels that carry oil in bulk as cargo. Prohibits operation of any oil tank carriage vessel with a single hull, double bottom, or double sides after January 1, 2007.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate (tax) on single hull oil tankers.
Prohibits single hull tankers from transporting oil on navigable waters within 100 miles of a U.S. coastline, unless they: (1) are traveling in the first or last 100 miles of a voyage from or to a port; and (2) while departing from or arriving at such port, respectively, are accompanied by oil response vessels.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-881
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional veto
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Sentencing guidelines
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2003 - Amends the Sentencing Guidelines and Commentary to read as they read without regard to the effect of Amendment number 4 of the "Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, Policy Statements, and Official Commentary," submitted by the United States Sentencing Commission to Congress on May 1, 2002, that provided for a maximum base offense level for a defendant who receives a mitigating role adjustment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Bond Financing Renewal Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-882
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Biomass energy
Biotechnology
Commerce
Computer industry
Computer software
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy crops
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial institutions
Forest products
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Interest
Manufacturing industries
Office buildings
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research and development facilities
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax deductions
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Bond Financing Renewal Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code regarding qualified small issue bonds to: (1) increase the cap and capital expenditure amounts from $10 million to $20 million, with an inflation adjustment beginning in 2004; and (2) expand the definition of "manufacturing facility" to include certain biotech and software production.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Laboratory Services Access Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-883
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Indexing (Economic policy)
Medical fees
Medical laboratories
Medical tests
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Medicare Laboratory Services Access Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to specify as $5.42 for 2004, adjusted for inflation in each subsequent year, the nominal fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under Medicare.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-25
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: 2003-02-25
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: 2003-02-25
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: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who die after that date.

Bill: 108-hr-886
Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Ex-prisoners of war
Families
Labor and Employment
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Amends veterans' benefit provisions to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of veterans rated totally disabled at the time of death who were former prisoners of war (currently, to the survivors of such veterans who died after September 30, 1999).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in Social Security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $2,000.

Bill: 108-hr-887
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Cost of living adjustments
Families
Fathers
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Married people
Mothers
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
State employees
Survivors' benefits
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to modify the formula for determining the amount of reduced monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent receiving monthly payments from a Federal or State pension plan. Declares that such benefit reductions shall be equal to the lesser of: (1) the amount by which the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $2,000, adjusted for inflation; or (2) an amount equal to two-thirds of the amount of any such monthly pension plan payment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the disinterment from the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg of the remains of Private Ray A. Morgan, who died in combat in January 1945 in the Battle of the Bulge, and to authorize the transfer of his remains to the custody of his next of kin.

Bill: 108-hr-888
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Army
Cemeteries and funerals
Europe
Families
History
Luxembourg
Military personnel
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Directs the Secretary of the Army and the American Battle Monuments Commission to authorize Robert Morgan of Paris, Illinois, to disinter from the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, and to receive custody of, the remains of Ray A. Morgan who died in the Battle of the Bulge. Prohibits the use of Federal funds for such disinterment and transfer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act

Bill: 108-hr-889
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
DNA
Economics and Public Finance
Evidence (Law)
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Forensic medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Laboratories
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex offenders
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to develop a plan to assist States in performing DNA analyses of samples collected from convicted child sex offenders, with the objective of eliminating the backlog of samples awaiting analysis in State or local forensic laboratory storage and providing for entry of those analyses into the combined DNA Indexing System.
Provides that the plan shall require that: (1) the Director establish requirements for the performance of DNA analyses by private forensic laboratories; (2) only laboratories determined to satisfy such requirements perform DNA analyses; (3) the Director provide assistance only pursuant to arrangements with those laboratories; (4) each DNA sample collected and analyzed be accessible only under specified circumstances for criminal justice agencies, in judicial proceedings, for a criminal defendant, or for validation studies and protocol development purposes; and (5) once a State has performed DNA analysis of all convicted child sex offender samples, it may use unexpended funds provided under this Act to perform DNA analysis of other forensic samples.
Requires the Director to implement the plan developed with States that elect to participate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act

Bill: 108-hr-890
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Electronic funds transfers
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hospital rates
Law
Medical fees
Performance measurement
Science, Technology, Communications
Smart cards
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: 21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish a maximum specialist referral period (the period between a veteran's referral to a specialty clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs by a Department primary care physician and the actual appointment with a specialist); and (2) provide appropriate transportation to such appointments for qualified veterans.
Requires the Secretary, in any case in which such period is exceeded or in which transportation was not so provided, to promptly provide for such care or transportation from a private source and to reimburse such source at an appropriate rate. Requires expedited reimbursement procedures.
Directs the Secretary to include within standards of performance used for measuring Department medical care administration a standard of assessing improvements in appointment waiting times.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Dirty Bomb Prevention Act

Bill: 108-hr-891
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Drugs
EBB Terrorism
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Explosives
Export controls
Federal advisory bodies
Fines (Penalties)
Fissionable materials
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Identification of criminals
Independent regulatory commissions
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Larceny
Law
Legislation
Licenses
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear energy
Nuclear energy research
Nuclear exports
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Packaging
Personnel records
Radioisotopes in medicine
Radiotherapy
Sabotage
Science, Technology, Communications
Storage
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Dirty Bomb Prevention Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish a task force on protection of sealed sources (any byproduct material or special nuclear material, except fuel or spent fuel, encased in a capsule designed to prevent leakage or escape). Requires the task force to: (1) provide recommendations to ensure the security of sealed sources from potential terrorist threats, including acts of sabotage, theft, or use of such sources in a radiological dispersal device; and (2) report triennially to Congress and to the President on recommended regulatory and legislative changes for specified security enhancements pertaining to sealed sources.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Sacramento Public Safety Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-892
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Bridges
California
Civil engineering
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to transportation
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Rivers
Road construction
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Sacramento Public Safety Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for flood damage reduction and ecosystem restoration for the American River in Sacramento, California, in accordance with the plans and conditions described in the Report of the Chief of Engineers dated November 5, 2002.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation: (1) as part of that project, to carry out a project to design and construct a bridge west of and adjacent to Folsom Dam, including necessary linkages from the bridge to existing roadways; and (2) to make a grant to California for up to 80 percent of the cost for the construction of that project.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act

Bill: 108-hr-893
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Education
Disability retirement
Disabled
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Families
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
International Affairs
Law
Married people
Military dependents
Police
Rescue work
Scholarships
September 11, 2001
Student loan funds
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel the Federal student loan indebtedness of spouses of individuals who died (or die) or who became (or become) permanently and totally disabled from injuries suffered in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Act

Bill: 108-hr-894
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood diseases
Cancer
Communication in medicine
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Medical research
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Health (Institute) to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with regard to Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Child Care Construction and Renovation Act

Bill: 108-hr-895
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2003-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Block grants
Building construction
Building laws
Commerce
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Construction industries
Construction workers
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to housing
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Liability insurance
Minimum wages
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Nonprofit organizations
Revolving funds
Secondary mortgage market
Social Welfare
Subcontractors
Urban affairs
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Child Care Construction and Renovation Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the use of community development block grants to construct and renovate child care facilities.
Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to insure mortgages for: (1) new or rehabilitated child care and development facilities, including for fire safety equipment loans; and (2) acquiring or refinancing debt of existing child care facilities.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study the availability of secondary markets for mortgages on child care facilities.
Authorizes HUD grants to eligible nonprofit organizations for technical and financial assistance to assist eligible child care providers in acquiring or improving facilities or equipment.
Applies the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act to actions taken under this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Introduced in House