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To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that States do not use certain information to suspend or revoke a commercial driver's license of an individual.

Bill: 108-hr-3128
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Driver licenses
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Traffic accidents and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Prohibits States from using driving record information to suspend or revoke an existing or future commercial driver's license of an individual unless such individual has been convicted of a felony.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Holocaust Victims Insurance Fairness Act

Bill: 108-hr-3129
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
Annuities
Business records
Casualty insurance
Claims
Commerce
Congress
Congressional veto
Consumer education
Europe
Federal preemption
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health insurance
History
Insurance companies
International Affairs
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability insurance
Life insurance
Property insurance
Reinsurance
State laws
Subsidiary corporations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Holocaust Victims Insurance Fairness Act - Authorizes a State to implement and enforce any law that requires an insurance company conducting business in the State to disclose and make publicly available details regarding insurance policies issued by that company to a policyholder domiciled in the area of the European Continent that was occupied or controlled by Nazi Germany or by any ally or sympathizer of Nazi Germany and that was in effect at any time during the period between 1933 and 1945. 
 
Declares that Congress explicitly disapproves any Executive branch policy or agreement that preempts State efforts to collect Holocaust-era insurance information to resolve outstanding claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1820)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Head Start Act to require parental consent for nonemergency intrusive physical examinations.

Bill: 108-hr-3130
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Health
Informed consent (Medical law)
Law
Parent and child
Parent-school relationships
Physical examinations
Preschool education
School health programs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Amends the Head Start Act to require Head Start agencies to obtain written parental consent before administration of any non-emergency intrusive physical examination of a child in connection with participation in a Head Start program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To require a report on reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

Bill: 108-hr-3131
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Building construction
Clinics
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Defense budgets
Democracy
Economic assistance
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational facilities
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Energy
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Infrastructure
International military forces
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Peacekeeping forces
President and foreign policy
Road construction
Transportation and Public Works
United Nations
War casualties
War relief
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Requires a report from the President setting forth: (1) the economic, political and military situation in Iraq; (2) measures taken to protect the U.S. troops serving in Iraq; (3) a detailed plan for establishing civil, economic, and political security in Iraq; (4) the monetary costs currently incurred and projected to be incurred by the United States, United Nations, Iraq, and the international community; (5) the actions taken and to be taken by the President to secure increased international participation in peacekeeping efforts and in the economic and political reconstruction of Iraq; (6) a detailed schedule for restoring self-government to the Iraqi people; and (7) U.S. and international military and civilian personnel requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Establish State High Air Quality (FrESH AIR Quality) Act

Bill: 108-hr-3133
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air pollution control
Capital investments
Commerce
Environmental Protection Agency
Equipment and supplies
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Industrial buildings
Industrial pollution
Law
Licenses
Maintenance and repair
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Freedom to Establish State High Air Quality (FrESH AIR Quality) Act - Retains to States, Indian tribes, municipalities, and air pollution control agencies the right to decide whether or not to implement the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) August 27, 2003 new source review revisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1817-1818)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
American Manufacturing Jobs Retention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3134
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Buy American
Commerce
Defense contracts
Defense industries
Defense procurement
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government contractors
Government procurement
Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
American Manufacturing Jobs Retention Act of 2003 - Amends Federal defense procurement provisions and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to prohibit the head of a military department or executive agency, in the case of a contract for the procurement of goods and services, from considering a covered prospective contractor as a responsible source unless such contractor employs at least 50 percent of its employees in the United States. Defines a prospective contractor as covered if at least ten percent of its annual gross receipts during the preceding year were attributable to Government contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to require a store in which a consumer may apply to open a credit or charge card account to display a sign, at each location where the application may be made, containing the same information required by such Act to be prominently placed in a tabular format on the application.

Bill: 108-hr-3135
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Credit cards
Federal preemption
Finance charges
Government Operations and Politics
Graphs and charts
Interest rates
Retail trade
Signs and signboards
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require any person selling personal property to consumers on a business premises to display conspicuously, at each location on the premises where a credit or charge card account may be submitted by a consumer, a sign that contains the same information required by the Act to be prominently placed in tabular format on the account application itself.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the annual income level at which a person petitioning for a family-sponsored immigrant's admission must agree to provide support in a case where a United States employer has agreed to employ the immigrant for a period of not less than one year after admission or where the sponsored alien is under the age of 18.

Bill: 108-hr-3136
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Aliens
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Immigrants
Income
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Support of dependents
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a reduced sponsor affidavit of support for a family-sponsored immigrant where: (1) a U.S. employer has agreed to employ the immigrant for at least one year; or (2) the sponsored alien is under the age of 18.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit assistance or reparations to Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.

Bill: 108-hr-3137
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Credit insurance
Cuba
East Asia
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Export finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Government insurance
Government lending
Iran
Latin America
Libya
Middle East and North Africa
Military assistance
North Korea
Reparations
Sanctions (International law)
Saudi Arabia
Syria

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Prohibits appropriated foreign assistance funds (including direct loans, credits, insurance, and guarantees of the U.S. Export-Import Bank) from being expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, or Syria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Act for Credit on Taxes

Bill: 108-hr-3138
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2003-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Condominium (Housing)
Cooperative housing
Energy
Fuel cells
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Solar energy
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Renewable Energy Act for Credit on Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable limited credit through 2007 for expenditures for qualifying renewable energy property (solar water heating, photovoltaic, wind energy, or fuel cell properties) installed on or in connection with a U.S.-sited residential or nonresidential structure.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Army to release to Clay County, Georgia, a reversionary interest of the United States requiring the non-profit operation of certain land as a retirement community, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3141
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Georgia
Housing and Community Development
Land transfers
Retirement communities
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to release to Clay County, Georgia, the reversionary interest and all other U.S. rights and interests in approximately 50 acres of land in such County, which required that such land be used and enjoyed solely for the development of a retirement community and operated on a nonprofit basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
United States Olympic Committee Reform Act

Bill: 108-hr-3144
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Chief executive officers
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate governance
Corporate reorganizations
Corporation directors
Disabled
Disciplining of employees
Employee training
Federal incorporation
Grievance procedures
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Olympic games
Ombudsman
Sports and Recreation
Western Hemisphere
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
United States Olympic Committee Reform Act - Amends the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to limit the stated purposes of the United States Olympic Committee. 
Provides new governance provisions for the Committee. Establishes a Board of Directors composed of nine elected members to: (1) oversee the Committee's operations; (2) set the policy and direction of the Committee; (3) establish a Nominating and Governance Committee to provide a process for nominating new Board members; (4) elect new Board members from among those nominees; (5) select and evaluate the Chief Executive Officer required by this Act; and (6) oversee the bid city process in the United States and monitor the organizing committee of the Olympic Games when the Games are held in the United States. Authorizes the removal of Board members for cause. 
Requires the Committee to establish an Olympic Assembly in which all of the constituencies of the Committee are represented. 
Directs the Committee to maintain a standards and compliance program that includes specified minimal components. Requires the Board to appoint an independent commission to conduct and submit to Congress ten-year reviews of the Committee's governance structure. 
Sets forth transition provisions that allow for the continued existence of the current Board until a new Board is elected pursuant to this Act. 
Gives the Board responsibility for hiring an ombudsman for athletes. 
Requires the Committee to submit annual reports on its operations to the President and Congress.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To award a congressional gold medal to Monsignor Ignatius McDermott in recognition of his contribution to the drug treatment community, and his accomplishments as a priest and humanitarian.

Bill: 108-hr-3148
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Catholic Church
Clergy
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Religion
Social Welfare
Social work

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Monsignor Ignatius McDermott (founder of Haymarket Center, the largest drug abuse treatment center in Chicago) in recognition of his contribution to the drug treatment community and his accomplishments as a priest and humanitarian.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Combat Pay Safeguard Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3149
Sponsor: Rep. Janklow, William J. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Crime and Law Enforcement
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military intervention
Military occupation
Military operations
Military pay
South Asia
Terrorism
War

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
Combat Pay Safeguard Act of 2003 - Requires the total monthly rate for all combat zone-related special pay and allowances (hardship duty pay, special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger, and the family separation allowance) available after September 30, 2003, for members of the armed forces serving in a combat zone designated for Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom to be at least equal to the rate in effect for September 2003. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Security and Stabilization Fund Act

Bill: 108-hr-3150
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Income tax
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
Iraq Security and Stabilization Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide, in the case of any taxable year beginning in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, or 2010, for the adjustment of the highest income tax rate to result in an increase in revenues into the Treasury for all taxable years beginning in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 equal to $87 billion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
HBCU Expansion Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3151
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Black colleges
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Minorities
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
HBCU Expansion Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) as eligible under title III part B provisions for strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
 
Defines a PBI as any institution of higher education that: (1) offers a bachelor's degree program, and meets title III eligibility requirements including a certain enrollment of needy students; and (2) at the time of application, has a student enrollment of at least 500 full-time students, at least 51 percent of whom are African Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House