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Survivor Benefit Plan Insurable Interest Fairness Act

Bill: 108-hr-3216
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Annuities
Families
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Survivor Benefit Plan Insurable Interest Fairness Act - Amends Federal provisions concerning the Survivor Benefit Plan for military personnel and their dependents to provide that, if the reason for discontinuance in the Plan is the death of the beneficiary, the Plan participant may designate a new beneficiary, who must be a natural person with an insurable interest in the participant. Requires such designation within 180 days after the death of the previous beneficiary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-10-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Failure to Depart Act

Bill: 108-hr-3218
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Deportation
Fines (Penalties)
Illegal aliens
Imprisonment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Failure to Depart Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to penalties against an alien for failure to depart after a final order of removal to: (1) eliminate sentence suspension and release authority; and (2) revise monetary penalty provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Space Shuttle Independent Oversight Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3219
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Accident prevention
Astronautics
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Emergency Management
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Space activities
Space flight
Space shuttles

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Space Shuttle Independent Oversight Act of 2003 - Requires the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish, with the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, an independent committee to oversee NASA's implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board's recommendations, except for those recommendations concerning return-to-flight activities of the Space Shuttle fleet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1940-1941)
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3220
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Exhibitions
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Interstate commerce
Law
Licenses
Local taxation
Service industries
Sports and Recreation
State taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law concerning the taxation of interstate commerce to expand the scope of the protections prohibiting taxation by jurisdictions of the income of out-of-state corporations whose in-state presence is nominal from just tangible personal property to include intangible property and services.
 
Requires an out-of-state company to have a physical presence in a State before the State can impose franchise taxes, business license taxes, and other business activity taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1947)
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the War Powers Resolution to require the President to include post-conflict strategy in the report required under the Resolution, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3221
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Iraq compilation
Legislative resolutions
Military occupation
Peacekeeping forces
Presidential messages
Strategic planning
War and emergency powers
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Amends the War Powers Resolution to require the President to include the post-conflict strategy (reconstruction, peace-keeping, peace enforcement, and nation-building) in the report required to be submitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate in any case in which U.S. armed forces are introduced into hostilities in the absence of a declaration of war.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 300 Quarropas Street in White Plains, New York, as the "Charles L. Brieant, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 108-hr-3222
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Federal office buildings
Judges
Law
Names
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Designates the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 300 Quarropas Street in White Plains, New York, as the Charles L. Brieant, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3223
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Accounting
Authorization
Commemorations
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Fund raising
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Governors
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 2003 - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) to: (1) modify membership and quorum requirements for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (2) allow agencies or private entities, other than the Department of the Interior, to provide financial and administrative services to the Council by agreement; (3) authorize the Council to solicit additional property, facilities, and services; (4) authorize the Council to enter into cooperative agreements with any Federal agency that administers an NHPA grant or assistance program to improve program administration; and (5) authorize the Council to evaluate the effectiveness of such programs and make recommendations for improvement to agency heads, the President, and Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the issuance of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award to journalists who accompanied units of the United States Armed Forces or coalition partners into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, a process referred to as "embedding", in order to provide first-hand and timely reports on the progress of the United States and coalition forces and the liberation of the Iraqi people.

Bill: 108-hr-3224
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
International military forces
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military operations
Reporters and reporting
War

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to award the Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award to journalists who accompanied units of the U.S. armed forces or of a coalition partner into Iraq to report on Operation Iraqi Freedom.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Flexibility Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3225
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Income tax
Losses
Partnerships
Profit
Small business
Tax administration
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Small Business Tax Flexibility Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a qualified small business the election of having a taxable year, other than the required taxable year, which ends on the last day of any of the months of April through November.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
Wartime Treatment Study Act

Bill: 108-hr-3226
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2003-10-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aggression
Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Compensation (Law)
Concentration camps
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Deportation
Detention of persons
Directories
Europe
European American ethnic groups
Executive orders
Expropriation
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign agents
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
History
International Affairs
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Jews
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Latin Americans
Law
Legislation
Military personnel
Political persecution
President and foreign policy
Public meetings
Recruiting and enlistment
Refugees
Repatriation
Right of property
Right to travel
War
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: 
Wartime Treatment Study Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans, the subjects of whose review of U.S. Government wartime treatment (from September 1, 1939, through December 31, 1948) of European Americans and European Latin Americans shall include: (1) civil liberties violations resulting from enforcement of the Alien Enemies Acts, Presidential Proclamations 2526, 2527, 2655, 2662, Executive Orders 9066 and 9095, and directives pursuant to such provisions concerning registration, arrest, exclusion, internment, exchange, or deportation; (2) action concerning European Americans pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act and Executive Order 9066 in the nature of registration requirements, restrictions, internment, and detention; (3) participation by European Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces; and (4) appropriate remedies, including future protection of civil liberties during wartime.
 
 Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees to review the U.S. Government's refusal to allow entry into the United States of Jewish and other refugees fleeing persecution in Europe. Directs the Commission to include reviews of: (1) the rationale for such decision, its perceived benefit, and its impacts; and (2) Federal refugee policy concerning those fleeing persecution or genocide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-01
text: Introduced in House
To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from the products of the People's Republic of China.

Bill: 108-hr-3228
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: China
East Asia
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from the products of the People's Republic of China.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2724)
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H685)
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Resources Utilized in Developing Investments for Tuition Expenditures Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3230
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Education savings accounts
Excise tax
Higher education
Income tax
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: 
Enhancing Resources Utilized in Developing Investments for Tuition Expenditures Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, concerning Coverdell education savings accounts, to provide for a new contribution limit lump sum contribution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Identity Theft Notification and Credit Restoration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3233
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Computer security measures
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Damages
Evidence (Law)
Federal Trade Commission
Fees
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Law
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Identity Theft Notification and Credit Restoration Act of 2003 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to require a financial institution to promptly notify the following entities whenever a breach of personal information has occurred at such institution: (1) each customer affected by such breach; (2) certain consumer reporting agencies; and (3) appropriate law enforcement agencies. 
Requires any person that maintains personal information for or on behalf of a financial institution to promptly notify the institution of any case in which such customer information has been breached. Prescribes notification procedures.
 
Authorizes a customer injured by a violation of this Act to institute a civil action to recover damages.
 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency to include a fraud alert in a consumer file: (1) upon notification by financial institution; and (2) upon consumer request.
 
Requires a consumer reporting agency to ensure that each person procuring credit information with respect to a consumer is made aware of the existence of a fraud alert in the consumer's file, regardless of whether a full credit report, credit score, or summary report is requested.
 
Mandates no-cost consumer access to credit reports and scores once during each calendar year and once every three months during the one-year period beginning on the date on which a fraud alert is included in the consumer file.
 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate implementing regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Responsible and Secure ID Act

Bill: 108-hr-3235
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2003-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aliens
Boundaries
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Illegal aliens
Immigration
International Affairs
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: 
Responsible and Secure ID Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 25 percent of the apportionment of specified Federal highway funds to any State that does not have in effect laws that require: (1) as a condition of issuing or renewing a driver's license, proof that the individual is a citizen or national of, or an alien lawfully present in, the United States; and (2) that a driver's license issued to an alien must expire not later than the last day of the period during which the alien is authorized to be present in the United States, unless the alien is lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence or the alien's lawful presence is not subject to termination on a date certain. 
 
Directs the Secretary to waive application of this Act to a State if the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies that the State's noncompliance does not pose a security risk to the United States.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the period of availability of withheld funds; (2) the apportionment of withheld funds after compliance; and (3) the availability of lapsed funds to the Secretary of Homeland Security for programs and activities to secure the borders of the United States and to enhance immigration enforcement activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Permanently Inhibit Gougers Act

Bill: 108-hr-3236
Sponsor: Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil actions and liability
Consumer protection
Damages
Disasters
Emergency Management
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Law
Price discrimination
Punitive damages
Restrictive trade practices
Retail trade
Service industries

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: 
Permanently Inhibit Gougers Act - Declares that it shall be unlawful for commercial vendors in areas designated as disaster areas to raise the price of products or services that are widely needed in such area by more than ten percent above the average retail price charged by that vendor during the preceding 90 days for them.
 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe implementing regulations. 
 
Sets forth a maximum civil penalty amount. 
 
Provides for a private right of action for violations of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1967)
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House