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Child Protection Services Workforce Improvement Act

Bill: 108-hr-2437
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption
Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Child abuse
Child care workers
Child health
Child safety
Child welfare
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee training
Families
Family services
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Health
Higher education
Indian children
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal services
Mental health services
Minorities
Occupational health and safety
Performance measurement
Recruiting of employees
Salaries
Scholarships
State employees
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Child Protection Services Workforce Improvement Act - Amends part B (Child-Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Administration of Children and Families, to make grants to States to improve the quality of child welfare services by increasing the quality and capacity of their child welfare workforce or by increasing the coordination of their child welfare services; and (2) provide for an increase in payment rate for States for expenditures for short term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies and court personnel.
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for loan forgiveness for child welfare workers who: (1) complete a degree in social work or related field with a focus on serving children and families; and (2) obtain employment in public or private child welfare services, and work full time for two consecutive years.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1219)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Seniors' Retirement Recovery Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2439
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Law
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Pension funds
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security beneficiaries
Survivors' benefits
Tax exclusion
Tax rates
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Seniors' Retirement Recovery Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits. Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenue lost because of the repeal.
 
Increases the age at which pension and retirement distributions must begin from 70 1/2 to 80. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act

Bill: 108-hr-2442
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Families
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Labor and Employment
Mandatory retirement
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Tax administration
Tax evasion
Tax returns
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) Federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; and (2) such employees of the Internal Revenue Service whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns.
Requires that such service which is performed by an incumbent law enforcement officer be treated: (1) on or after the enactment date of this Act, for all purposes, as service performed as a law enforcement officer, irrespective of how such service is treated under the following; and (2) before, on, or after such date, for purposes of CSRS and FERS, as service performed as such an officer, but only if an appropriate written election is submitted to the Office of Personnel Management five years after such date or before separation from Government service, whichever is earlier.
Provides that nothing under current law respecting mandatory separation from Government service under CSRS or FERS shall cause the involuntary separation of an officer before the end of the three-year period beginning on such date.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5537)
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Parent's Right to Know Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2444
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Contraceptives
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family planning and birth control
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Minors
Parent and child
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: 

Parent's Right to Know Act of 2003 - Prohibits making available any funds appropriated for carrying out title X of the Public Health Service Act (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) to any family planning project under specified provisions of that title if any service provider in the project knowingly provides contraceptive drugs or devices to a minor, unless: (1) the minor is emancipated; (2) by court direction; (3) the provider has given actual written notice to the custodial parent or guardian five days in advance; or (4) the minor has written consent of a custodial parent or guardian.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Nursing Home Care Act of  2003

Bill: 108-hr-2445
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Health
Nursing homes
Social Welfare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: 
Veterans Nursing Home Care Act of 2003 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide nursing home care to: (1) any veteran for a service-connected disability (current law); and (2) any veteran in need of such care who has a service-connected disability rated at ten (currently 70) percent or more. Eliminates the termination date for such requirement (December 31, 2003).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1253)
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Permanent Marriage Tax Elimination Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2446
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Families
Income tax
Married people
Tax deductions
Tax rates
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: 
Permanent Marriage Tax Elimination Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to accelerate the permanent elimination of the marriage tax penalty in the standard deduction and 15 percent income bracket for married taxpayers filing jointly and surviving spouses. (Eliminates phased-in increase provisions.)
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food and the environment.

Bill: 108-hr-2447
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural production
Agriculture in foreign trade
Biotechnology
Commerce
Communication in science
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Developing countries
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Executive reorganization
Feeds
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
International Affairs
Nutrition
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Sustainable agriculture

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Establishes the Federal Interagency Task Force to Promote the Benefits, Safety, and Potential Uses of Agricultural Biotechnology to improve interagency cooperation and to disseminate scientific information on the benefits, safety, and potential uses of biotechnology.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the special 5-year carryback of certain net operating losses to losses for 2003, 2004, and 2005.

Bill: 108-hr-2448
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Income tax
Losses
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the five-year carryback of certain net operating losses to 2003, 2004, and 2005 losses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Human Space Flight Independent Investigation Commission Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2450
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Accident prevention
Astronautics
Astronauts
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Emergency Management
Executive orders
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Presidential commissions
Space activities
Space shuttles
Space stations
Spacecraft
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: 
Human Space Flight Independent Investigation Commission Act of 2003 - Directs the President to establish an independent, nonpartisan commission within the executive branch to investigate and report to the President, Congress, and the public on any accident or deliberate act that results in the loss of: (1) a space shuttle; (2) the International Space Station or its operational viability; (3) any other U.S. space vehicle carrying humans; (4) any space vehicle carrying U.S. citizens; or (5) a crew member or passenger of any such space vehicle. Requires the President to issue an executive order establishing such a commission within seven days after such an incident.
 
Requires the National Transportation Safety Board to: (1) assume responsibility for investigation of such an incident immediately after its occurrence; and (2) transfer investigative responsibility to such a commission as soon as the commission holds its first meeting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Geographic Equity in Reimbursement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2451
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical fees
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Medicare Geographic Equity in Reimbursement Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to instruct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for making adjustments to the amount of payment made to entities and individuals for items and services provided under the original Medicare fee-for-service program, with specified formulae for States whose average yearly per beneficiary amount for the most recent recorded year is eight percent or more below the average of contiguous States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-12
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: 2003-06-12
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: 2003-06-12
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: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Substitute Adult Day Care Services Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2453
Sponsor: Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Agriculture and Food
Drug interactions
Drug utilization
Geriatrics
Home care services
Medical economics
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing
Nutrition
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation and the aged

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Medicare Substitute Adult Day Care Services Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of substitute adult day care services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1239)
action_date: 2003-06-12
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: 2003-06-12
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: 2003-06-12
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: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Universal Screening of Air Cargo Act

Bill: 108-hr-2455
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air cargo
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Aviation agreements
Aviation safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Equipment and supplies
Federal employees
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Recruiting of employees
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Terrorism
Transportation workers
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: 
Universal Screening of Air Cargo Act - Requires the screening of all cargo that is to be transported in passenger aircraft operated by domestic and foreign air carriers. Requires the Under Secretary of Border and Transportation Security of the Department of Homeland Security to: (1) develop a plan to implement such screening; (2) establish a fee schedule for shippers to cover the costs of screening; (3) monitor and evaluate new cargo screening technologies; (4) establish a system for the regular inspection of shipping facilities for shipments of air cargo; and (5) establish a training and evaluation program for air cargo handlers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Research and Care Act

Bill: 108-hr-2456
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Birth defects
Blood
Blood diseases
Blood transfusions
Bone diseases
Cancer
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Health facilities
Medical records
Medical research
Medical tests
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Steroids
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Research and Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in coordination with other specified officials, to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with regard to Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. States that the Director shall as part of such effort award grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private entities to support a comprehensive research initiative.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to: (1) maintain and expand the Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Registry; and (2) establish a comprehensive clinical care center for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Secure Annuity Income for Life Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2458
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Pension funds
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: 
Secure Annuity Income for Life Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income a percentage of lifetime annuity payments from a qualified trust to a qualified distributee. Provides for recapture and taxation of payments that are modified (other than by death or disability) so as to not qualify as lifetime annuity payments.
 
Applies such exclusion to: (1) section 403(a) plans (employee annuities); (2) section 403(b) plans (public schools and certain tax exempt organizations); (3) section 408 plans (individual retirement accounts); and (4) section 457 plans (deferred compensation plans for State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations). 
 
Defines: (1) &quot;lifetime annuity payment&quot;; and (2) &quot;qualified distributee.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1246-1247)
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Introduced in House