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Ralph J. Bunche Scholarship Act

Bill: 108-hr-3152
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Blacks
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign service
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Graduate education
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Indian education
International Affairs
International competitiveness
International education
Language and languages
Minorities
Minorities in government
Minority education
Native Americans
Nongovernmental organizations
Policy sciences
Scholarships
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
Ralph J. Bunche Scholarship Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise and reauthorize title III part C programs of the Institute for International Public Policy.
 
Directs the Institute to conduct a program to enhance U.S. global competitiveness by increasing the participation of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and other underrepresented minorities in the international service, including private international voluntary organizations, the foreign commercial service, and the foreign service of the United States. Lowers, from one-half to one-third, the matching funds requirement for recipients of grants from the Institute.
 
Establishes a Ralph J. Bunche Scholarships program. Authorizes the Institute to provide such scholarships to qualified low-income, minority, and other underrepresented students who demonstrate special interest in international affairs and language study, demonstrate exceptional academic ability, and show promise of continued academic excellence and ability. Provides such Bunche Scholarships for up to $5,000 for each of the last two years of undergraduate study toward a bachelor's degree.
 
Directs the Institute to provide a program of study leading to an advanced degree in international relations, international affairs, international economics, or other academic areas related to the Institute fellow's career objectives. Authorizes the Institute to grant fellowships for such program of study up to an amount comparable to National Science Foundation research graduate fellowships. Requires fellowship recipients to agree to undertake full-time study and to enter the international service, including work with international voluntary organizations, or the U.S. foreign service.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
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
Same Day Voter Registration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3153
Sponsor: Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional elections
Election Day
Government paperwork
Presidential elections
State laws
Voter registration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
Same Day Voter Registration Act of 2003 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Sand Conservation and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3154
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Aquatic ecology
Aquatic pests
Aquatic plants
Beaches
Civil engineering
Dredging
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Energy
Environmental Protection
Exotic plants
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricanes
Hydroelectric power
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Irrigation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Navigation
Non-native species
Nonprofit organizations
Outdoor recreation
Pest control
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Regional planning
Restoration ecology
Shore protection
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Storms
Transportation and Public Works
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
Sand Conservation and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2003 - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary of the Army to: (1) investigate and develop plans and demonstration projects for regional management of dredged materials, including beneficial uses of such material for the construction, repair, or rehabilitation of certain public works projects; and (2) place beach-quality sand on certain beaches and nearshore disposal areas.
 
Repeals provisions of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 that authorize the Secretary of the Army to place on State beaches beach-quality sand which has been dredged in constructing and maintaining navigation inlets and channels adjacent to such beaches. 


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
Fair Balance Prescription Drug Advertisement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3155
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer education
Costs
Deceptive advertising
Drug advertising
Drug industry
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Fair Balance Prescription Drug Advertisement Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to prohibit a deduction for any expense of an advertisement for a prescription drug if, with respect to such advertisement, the Secretary of Health and Human Services has submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury a report with respect to direct-to-consumer advertising that certain FDCA misbranding violations have occurred.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1862-1863)
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 to provide for additional weeks of benefits thereunder.

Bill: 108-hr-3156
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2003-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-23
text: 
 Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to provide for an additional 13 weeks of benefits.
 
Entitles eligible individuals in all States to a total of 26 weeks of TEUC compensation (13 weeks beyond the current 13 weeks). Makes such additional benefits also available to individuals who exhausted their TEUC benefits. Provides that workers in high unemployment (TEUC-X) States, who were already eligible for a total of 26 weeks under TEUC and TEUC-X, may also receive the additional 13 weeks provided by this Act, for a total of 39 weeks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
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
To provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees of the Department in coordination with other disaster agencies in response to a federally declared disaster area as a result of a disaster.

Bill: 108-hr-3157
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural subsidies
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to designate Department of Agriculture employees to serve as disaster liaisons to State and local Department Service Centers to coordinate assistance with other designated disaster agencies in a federally declared disaster area. 
 
Defines &quot;federally declared disaster area&quot; for such purposes.

action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to designate Department of Agriculture employees to serve for up to 30 days as disaster liaisons to State and local Department Service Centers to coordinate assistance with other designated disaster agencies in a federally declared disaster area. 
 
Defines &quot;federally declared disaster area&quot; for such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11167)
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H11167)
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Mr. Gutknecht moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3157.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11167-11169)
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry Discharged.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To require cigarette products to be placed under or behind the counter in retail sales.

Bill: 108-hr-3162
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cigarettes
Drug abuse
Restrictive trade practices
Retail trade

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Requires anyone engaged in the retail sales of cigarette products to place such products under or behind a counter and not out on the floor of the sales facility. 
Deems noncompliance to be a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act prohibition against deceptive acts or practices.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
FHA Energy Efficiency Act

Bill: 108-hr-3163
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Apartment houses
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Law
Licenses
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Single family housing
Solar energy

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
FHA Energy Efficiency Act - Amends the National Housing Act to require that residential mortgage insurance energy certifications be conducted by an individual certified by an accredited home energy rating system provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Purchase Card and Travel Card Accountability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3165
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Credit cards
Debit cards
Disciplining of employees
Dismissal of employees
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government travel
Inspectors general
Law
Office of Management and Budget
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Purchase Card and Travel Card Accountability Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to prescribe a Government-wide policy for the use of purchase and travel cards by Federal employees. Requires such policy to include definitions of appropriate and inappropriate uses of such cards and a system of accountability for employees using such cards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 48 South Broadway in Nyack, New York, as the "Edward O'Grady, Waverly Brown, Peter Paige Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-3167
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Law enforcement officers
Names
New York State
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility (the Nyack Post Office) located at 48 South Broadway, Nyack, New York, as the Edward O'Grady, Waverly Brown, Peter Paige Post Office Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
High Unemployment Area Assistance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3168
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Government procurement
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Leases
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
High Unemployment Area Assistance Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to give preference to areas where the unemployment rate exceeds the national average by two percent or more in selecting sites for the construction of public buildings and in leasing space for Federal agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Disability Determination Simplification Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3169
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Security Administration
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Social Security Disability Determination Simplification Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reconsideration step in the review process governing decisions on benefit entitlement. Makes opportunity for a hearing with respect to any initial decision or determination available without any requirement for intervening reconsideration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish a program under which Congressional candidates may receive public funding for carrying out campaigns for election for Federal office, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an income tax checkoff to provide funding for such program and to provide a refundable tax credit for individuals who make contributions to such candidates, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3172
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Checkoff
Congress
Congressional elections
Economics and Public Finance
Election candidates
Fines (Penalties)
Fund raising
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Income tax
Law
Political action committees
Political parties
Primaries
Residence requirements
Tax credits
Tax rebates
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Taxation
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to outline a public funding program for congressional candidates, which includes requirements for eligibility of certified public subsidy candidates and for spending limits and fundraising restrictions for certified candidates.
Establishes penalties for spending in excess of limits, among other enforcement measures.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Certified Public Subsidy Candidate Fund to hold amounts designated by individuals as $1 check-offs on an income tax return. Makes Fund amounts available, as provided in appropriation Acts, for payments to certified public subsidy candidates. Allows a refundable tax credit for up to an aggregate of $100 per year in individual contributions to certified public subsidy candidates.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Terrorist Threat Reduction Act

Bill: 108-hr-3173
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control verification
Computers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Energy
Economic assistance
Electronic government information
Employee training
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal employees
Fissionable materials
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear reactors
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear weapons
Plutonium
Radioactive wastes
Recruiting of employees
Russia
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Storage
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Uranium

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Nuclear Terrorist Threat Reduction Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to purchase or otherwise secure excess Russian plutonium and highly enriched uranium.
 
Authorizes appropriations to implement such mandate, including funds for: (1) improving security and accounting for nuclear material in Russia; (2) downsizing and restructuring of Russia's excess nuclear complex; and (3) ensuring transparency in Russia and verifying progress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Hour of Pay for an Hour of Work Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3174
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2003-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Bus drivers
Common carriers
Hours of labor
Minimum wages
Transportation and Public Works
Truck drivers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: 
Hour's Pay for an Hour's Work Act of 2003 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to condition an exemption from overtime requirements for certain drivers upon their being paid at least the minimum wage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-24
text: Introduced in House