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Labor Management Accountability Act

Bill: 108-hr-993
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Department of Labor
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Industrial relations
Labor unions
Law
Trusts and trustees
Unfair labor practices

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Labor Management Accountability Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to authorize the Secretary of Labor, upon finding a violation of specified reporting and disclosure requirements (regarding constitution and bylaws, financial reports, securities, reports of the employer, and trusteeships), to require the person, labor organization or employer responsible to pay a civil money penalty in an amount determined under a schedule that takes into account the nature of the violation involved, the existence of previous violations, and the responsible entity's revenues.
Prohibits the Secretary from making any determination adverse to a person, labor organization, or employer until such person or entity has been given written notice and an opportunity to be heard. Specifies review procedures.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 10.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Union Member Information Enforcement Act

Bill: 108-hr-994
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employee rights
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Labor unions
Law
Unfair labor practices

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Union Member Information Enforcement Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to direct the Secretary of Labor to: (1) investigate any written complaint of a member alleging that a labor organization has violated requirements to inform its members of their rights; and (2) without disclosing the identity of the complainant, bring a civil action for relief upon determining that such violation has occurred and has not been remedied.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 10.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Military Retiree Dislocation Assistance Act

Bill: 108-hr-995
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability retirement
Disabled
Housing and Community Development
Military pay
Relocation
Retired military personnel
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Military Retiree Dislocation Assistance Act - Authorizes the payment of a primary dislocation allowance for a member of the armed forces who is retired, or placed on a temporary disability retired list, and who actually moves from the member's last duty station to a home selected by the member for purposes of travel and transportation allowances.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E332-333)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act

Bill: 108-hr-996
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advertising
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal liability
Damages
Deceptive advertising
District courts
Evidence (Law)
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
Federal preemption
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Garnishment
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Insurance premiums
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Law
Lease and rental services
Leases
Liability (Law)
Liability insurance
Limitation of actions
Maintenance and repair
Negotiable instruments
Parties to actions
Prices
Property insurance
Rent
Restrictive trade practices
Small business
State laws
Surety and fidelity
Taxation
Warranties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prescribe consumer protection guidelines for rental-purchase transactions, including: (1) the determination of rental-purchase cost; (2) disclosure requirements; (3) prohibitions against confessions of judgment, wage assignments, and waiver of consumer claims or defenses; (4) furnishing of statements of account; (5) point-of-rental disclosures; and (6) rental-purchase advertising disclosures. 
Establishes civil and criminal liability for violations of this Act.
Grants enforcement powers to the Federal Trade Commission and to State attorneys general.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Medication Accessibility Act

Bill: 108-hr-998
Sponsor: Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drugs
Health
Physicians
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Veterans Medication Accessibility Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish to a veteran such drugs and medicines as may be ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician in the treatment of any illness or injury of such veteran. (Currently, other requirements must be met before such veterans will be furnished drugs and medicines on private practitioner prescriptions.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E322-323)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Amendment to the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000

Bill: 108-hr-1001
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Astronautics
Ballistic missiles
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Cruise missiles
Economic assistance
Government Operations and Politics
International cooperation in astronautics
Iran
Middle East and North Africa
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
President and foreign policy
Russia
Sanctions (International law)
Science, Technology, Communications
Space activities
Space shuttles
Space stations
Technology transfer
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Amendment to the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 - Amends the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 to authorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to make extraordinary payments that may otherwise be prohibited under such Act to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency if the President has notified the Congress in writing that such payments are necessary to: (1) ensure the safety of the crew aboard the International Space Station; and (2) maintain continued operation of the International Space Station during such period that the U.S. Space Shuttle fleet is grounded due to an accident or other safety-related matter.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Training and Research in Urology Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1002
Sponsor: Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
Medical residents
Recruiting of employees
Research centers
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Student loan funds
Urology

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Training and Research in Urology Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a Division Director for Urologic Diseases in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (the Institute). Requires the Director of the Institute (the Director) to give particular attention to supporting research and training programs geared to the needs of urology residents and fellows. Directs the Director to submit to Congress a national urologic research plan, and to review such plan every three years.
Requires the Director to establish a National Urologic Diseases Data System for collecting and disseminating data from patients with urologic diseases, and a National Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance knowledge and understanding of urologic diseases.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to form a Urologic Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee to further urology research, and a National Urologic Diseases Advisory Board. Directs that of the centers developed for research in kidney and urologic diseases under the Act, at least 15 shall focus exclusively on urologic diseases.
Establishes within the advisory council for the Institute a subcommittee on urologic diseases. Directs the Secretary to establish a loan repayment program for urology research, with certain provisions of the Act to apply to the new program as such provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2224)
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Meat and Poultry Inspection Accountability Act

Bill: 108-hr-1003
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Judicial review
Labeling
Law
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Meat and Poultry Inspection Accountability Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to assess specified civil money penalties for violations of the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Poultry Products Inspection Act.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize civil money penalties for violations of provisions under such Act as they relate to meat and poultry.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Kidney Patient Daily Dialysis Quality Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1004
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Home care services
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Kidney diseases
Law
Medical economics
Medicare
Quality of care
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Kidney Patient Daily Dialysis Quality Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish final regulations for equivalent per treatment prospective payment rates for more frequent hemodialysis treatments furnished to qualified individuals at home and in a facility (composite Method I and Method II Cap rates).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-27
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: 2003-02-27
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: 2003-02-27
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: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
PILT and Refuge Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act

Bill: 108-hr-1005
Sponsor: Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Authorization
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Payments in lieu of taxes
Revenue sharing
Taxation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: PILT and Refuge Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act - Provides permanent funding for the following programs: (1) Bureau of Land Management Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT); and (2) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's refuge revenue sharing program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 relating to the maximum hours of service for operators of ground water well drilling rigs.

Bill: 108-hr-1008
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Hours of labor
Labor and Employment
Machinery
Motor vehicle safety
Traffic accidents and safety
Truck drivers
Trucking
Trucks
Water Resources Development
Wells

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Amends the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995, with respect to the maximum hours of service for operators of ground water well drilling rigs, to declare that, except as provided in specified Federal regulations, no additional off duty time shall be required in order to operate such a rig.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Clear Your Good Name Act

Bill: 108-hr-1009
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arrest
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Court records
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
District courts
Economics and Public Finance
Evidence (Law)
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
Law
Photography
Police records
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Clear Your Good Name Act - Requires that a reference in any Federal law enforcement agency record to an arrest of a person living after the effective date of this Act, and any Federal law enforcement record (such as fingerprint records or photographs) generated pursuant to that arrest, be expunged: (1) within 30 days after the date on which that arrest becomes a "voidable arrest" (i.e., an arrest resulting in the release of the person without the filing of formal charges, dismissal of proceedings against the person, or a determination that the arrest was without probable cause); and (2) to the extent provided in a Federal expungement order, if the arrest occurred before this Act's effective date. Permits individuals to petition for a Federal expungement order.
Makes it a class B misdemeanor to release or to knowingly fail to expunge a reference or record required to be expunged by this Act. Allows the person arrested to respond to any inquiry as though the voidable arrest did not occur.
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase the percentage of funding under the drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant program if a State has in effect a law which provides substantially similar expungement procedures, criminal penalties, and individual rights regarding voidable arrests.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 10-year extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind.

Bill: 108-hr-1011
Sponsor: Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Energy
Income tax
Tax credits
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a ten-year extension of the credit for electricity produced from a qualified wind facility.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Power Act to provide for alternative conditions and alternative fishways in hydroelectric dam licenses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-1013
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Animals
Dams
Department of Commerce
Department of Energy
Department of the Interior
Electric power production
Emergency Management
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Evidence (Law)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Fishery management
Flood control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hydroelectric power
Independent regulatory commissions
Infrastructure
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Navigation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public records
Reservoirs
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water supply
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Amends the Federal Power Act to prescribe guidelines for hydroelectric licensing applicants to propose alternative conditions or alternative fishways for project works within a Federal reservation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House