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RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3453
Sponsor: Rep. DeMint, Jim [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative procedure
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drugs
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Labeling
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2003 - Deems the approved application for the drug mifepristone (marketed as Mifeprex, commonly known as RU-486, and used for the chemically induced termination of intrauterine pregnancy) to have been suspended. 
 
Directs the Comptroller General to review and report on the process by which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mifepristone. Provides for the contingent reinstatement of such drug if the report determines the approval to have been in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11805 Chimney Rock Road in Houston, Texas, as the "Lee P. Brown Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-3454
Sponsor: Rep. Bell, Chris [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Mayors
Names
Postal facilities
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 11805 Chimney Rock Road in Houston, Texas, as the Lee P. Brown Post Office Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with Hepatitis C, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3455
Sponsor: Rep. Bell, Chris [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Blood
Blood transfusions
Disabled
Health
Hepatitis
Kidney diseases
Liver diseases
Medical personnel
Medical supplies
Medical tests
Military medicine
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Presumes to be service-connected, and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation, hepatitis C becoming manifest to a degree of ten percent or more after active-duty military service with respect to veterans who, during a period of such service: (1) received a transfusion of blood or blood products before December 31, 1992; (2) were exposed to blood on or through the skin or a mucous membrane; (3) underwent hemodyalisis; (4) experienced a needle-stick accident or medical event involving a needle, not due to the veteran's willful misconduct; (5) were diagnosed with or experienced unexplained liver disease or dysfunction; or (6) served in a health-care position or specialty under circumstances to be prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Improving Government Accountability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3457
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Economics and Public Finance
Employee-management relations in government
Executive orders
Executive reorganization
Federal budgets
Federal employees
Federal officials
Fraud
Government downsizing
Government employee unions
Government employees' political activities
Government paperwork
Grievance procedures
Inspectors general
Law
Minorities
Minority employment
Misconduct in office
Office of Personnel Management
Performance measurement
Personnel management
Productivity in government
Promotions
Recruiting of employees
Removal of officials
Salaries
Seniority in employment
Standards
Term limits
Veterans' employment
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Improving Government Accountability Act of 2003 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to allow an Inspector General (IG) to be removed from office prior to the expiration of his term on the grounds of: (1) permanent disability; (2) inefficiency; (3) neglect of duty; (4) malfeasance; or (5) conviction of a felony or conduct involving moral turpitude.
 
Establishes the term of office of each IG as seven years. Directs that any individual appointed to fill a vacancy in that position, occurring before the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, be appointed for the remainder of that term.
 
Authorizes an IG, for each fiscal year, to transmit an appropriation estimate and request to the Office of Management and Budget and to the appropriate congressional committees or subcommittees, in addition to the head of the establishment involved. Directs that each Government budget submitted by the President include a separate statement regarding amounts requested by IGs, including a comparison with the amounts requested by the head of the establishment involved.
 
Establishes within the Executive Branch the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to increase the professionalism and effectiveness of personnel by developing policies, standards, and approaches to aid in the establishment of a well-trained and highly skilled workforce in the offices of the IG.
 
Directs the Office of Personnel Management to maintain a personnel management system applicable to the officers and employees of IG offices. Prohibits reprisals because of comments on proposed regulations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3458
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Blood pressure
Cholesterol
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Eye care
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical technology
Medical tests
Medicare
Minorities
Minority health
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telemedicine

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Social Security Act to provide Medicare and Medicaid coverage for remote assessment diabetic retinopathy procedures.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a mobile diabetic retinopathy screening pilot program with five eligible entities (hospitals, States, Indian or local governments, institutions of higher education, nonprofit health organizations, or certain community health centers) serving patients primarily in rural underserved areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-11-06
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: 2003-11-06
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: 2003-11-06
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: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit assistance to be provided to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people until the perpetrators, or suspected perpetrators, of the killings of United States citizens in Gaza on October 15, 2003, are surrendered to the United States Government.

Bill: 108-hr-3460
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Economic assistance
Extradition
Gaza Strip
Middle East and North Africa
Murder
Palestinians
Sanctions (International law)
Terrorism
Victims of crimes
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of amounts available for financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority or the Palestinian people until the perpetrators of the killings of U.S. citizens in Gaza on October 15, 2003, are surrendered to the U.S. Government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To designate the headquarters building of the Department of Education in Washington, DC, as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building.

Bill: 108-hr-3462
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Department of Education
District of Columbia
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
History
Johnson Administration
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Designates the headquarters building of the Department of Education located at 400 Maryland Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C., as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Audiologic Rehabilitation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3464
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hearing
Medical fees
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Medicare Audiologic Rehabilitation Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of audiologic rehabilitation and treatment services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-11-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-11-06
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: 2003-11-06
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: 2003-11-06
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: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Education Loan Repayment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3465
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Interest
Student loan funds
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Reducing Education Loan Repayment Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to repeal limitations on the deduction for interest on education loans and to make the deduction permanent.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Yucaipa Valley Regional Water Supply Renewal Project Act

Bill: 108-hr-3466
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Groundwater
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water districts
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Yucaipa Valley Regional Water Supply Renewal Project Act - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of projects to treat impaired surface water, reclaim and reuse impaired ground water, and provide brine disposal within the Santa Ana Watershed. Limits the Federal cost share of the project to 25 percent of the total cost. Bars the use of funds provided by the Secretary for project operation or maintenance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-13
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the facility of the Bureau of Reclamation located at 19550 Kelso Road in Byron, California as the "C.W. `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant ".

Bill: 108-hr-3467
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Central Valley Reclamation Project (California)
Congress
Congressional tributes
Federal installations
Government Operations and Politics
Irrigation
Local officials
Names
State officials
Water Resources Development
Water districts

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Redesignates the Bureau of Reclamation facility located at 15990 Kelso Road in Bryon, California, and known as the Tracy Pumping Plant as the C.W. &quot;Bill&quot; Jones Pumping Plant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Education for the 21st Century (E-21) Act

Bill: 108-hr-3468
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Awards, medals, prizes
Civics education
Commemorations
Computer literacy
Computer software
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational technology
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
History
Internet
Mathematics
Reading
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social sciences
Students
Teacher education
Web sites
World Wide Web

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Education for the 21st Century (E-21) Act - Establishes assistance programs for: (1) middle school computer literacy; and (2) high-quality educational software for all schools.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to States (especially those with a priority on training middle school teachers) that integrate into the State curriculum the goal of making all middle school graduates in the State technologically literate. Requires use of such grants for teacher training in technology, particularly teachers in elementary, middle, and secondary schools who become technology leaders serving as experts and training other teachers. 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants for students at secondary schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to work with IHE faculty, software developers, and experts in educational technology in developing high-quality educational software and Internet websites. Directs the Secretary to recognize outstanding software and websites developed with such assistance that focus on core curriculum areas, especially: (1) for the first year of awards, mathematics, science, and reading; and (2) for the second and third years of awards, again mathematics, science, and reading, but also social studies, the humanities, and the arts. Requires: (1) such recognized educational software to be made available to local educational agencies for free downloading from the Department of Education's Internet website; and (2) such recognized Internet websites to be accessible to any World Wide Web user.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Stop Kids From Smoking Act

Bill: 108-hr-3469
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Cigarettes
Commerce
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Local laws
Minors
Retail trade
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking and youth
State laws
Tobacco
Tobacco industry
Vending machines

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Stop Kids From Smoking Act - Allows the use of vending machines to sell tobacco products only in an area or establishment to which individuals under the minimum age are denied access. Defines the minimum age as 18, unless a State or municipality has established a higher age. Prohibits the sale of tobacco products to individuals under the minimum age. 
 
Declares that this Act does not preempt existing or bar future State or municipal laws banning all tobacco vending machines. Establishes a civil monetary penalty for violations of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
No Safe Haven in Cuba Act

Bill: 108-hr-3470
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Caribbean area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cuba
Democracy
Economic assistance
Embargo
Extradition
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Latin America
Murder
New Jersey
Police
Sanctions (International law)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
No Safe Haven in Cuba Act - Amends the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to require, in order to determine that a democratically elected government exists in Cuba, the Cuban Government to prove its respect for the democratic rule of law by ceasing to provide a safe harbor to individuals who have been legally indicted or convicted of serious criminal offenses, including individuals who have fled from the United States to Cuba for the sole purpose of avoiding prosecution or confinement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
World Trade Center Site Historic Study Act

Bill: 108-hr-3471
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air piracy
Bombings
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
International Affairs
Monuments and memorials
National parks
New York City
Office buildings
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
World Trade Center Site Historic Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the World Trade Center site in New York City to evaluate the national significance of the site after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the suitability and feasibility of establishing the site as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-11-13
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House