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To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program from operating in the State of Florida.

Bill: 108-hr-3876
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2004-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Competitive bidding
Finance and Financial Sector
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medicare
Metropolitan areas
Rebates
Social Welfare
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: 
Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to prohibit the operation of the Medicare comparative cost adjustment program in Florida. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-03-02
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: 2004-03-02
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: 2004-03-02
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: 2004-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E272-273)
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Alternative Voluntary Expenditure Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3877
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Divorce
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government securities
Government trust funds
Income tax
Interest rates
Investment of public funds
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Social security finance
Tax deductions
Taxation
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: 
Social Security Alternative Voluntary Expenditure Act of 2004 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to authorize individuals eligible for OASDI benefits to elect to waive payment of all benefits based on their wages and self-employment income.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction of 20 percent of the actuarial present value of future benefits foregone by reason of such an election. Provides a tax deduction, as well, for the divorced spouse of an individual making a waiver under this Act. 
 
Amends SSA title II to require special Government obligations issued for purchase by the social security trust funds to bear interest at the average market yield then prevailing for comparable obligations issued in the private sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Commission on American Jobs Act

Bill: 108-hr-3878
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2004-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Contracts
Dislocated workers
Economic research
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Layoffs
Presidential appointments
Recruiting of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: 
Commission on American Jobs Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Commission on American Jobs. Requires the Commission to: (1) collect data on the outsourcing of jobs by specified types of companies of interest; (2) study such outsourcing's causes; (3) propose prevention measures; and (4) report to specified congressional committees.
 
Requires such companies to report outsourcing data annually to the Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-3880
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2004-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Advertising
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Damages
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Health counseling
Injunctions
Interactive media
Internet
Interstate commerce
Law
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Parties to actions
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Telephone
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: 
Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to prohibit any person from dispensing a prescription drug pursuant to a sale if: (1) any part of the sales transaction for the drug is conducted through an Internet site; and (2) such site fails to meet specified requirements regarding inclusion of a page (and links thereto) providing the identities and licensing information of the seller, pharmacists, or medical consultants.
 
Prohibits a person from selling or dispensing a prescription drug if: (1) the purchaser communicated with the person through the Internet; (2) the purchaser did not have a valid prescription when the communication began; (3) the person provided for the involvement of a practitioner; (4) the practitioner issued a prescription for the drug that was purchased; (5) the person knew that no qualifying medical relationship existed (defines &quot;qualifying medical relationship&quot; as requiring an in-person medical evaluation); and (6) the person received payment.
 
Allows States to bring civil actions against a person for violations of this Act.
 
Prevents Internet providers from being held liable for dispensing or selling prescriptions drugs on account of another person's activities.
 
 Includes the dispensing or selling of a prescription drug in violation of this Act as a prohibited act under the FFDCA.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant or contract to the National Clearinghouse on Internet Prescribing to identify and report Internet sites that violate Federal or State laws concerning the dispensing of drugs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax certain truck cargo on a ferry operating between two ports for the sole purpose of bypassing traffic congestion on the nearest international bridge serving the area in which such ports are located.

Bill: 108-hr-3882
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2004-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Boundaries
Bridges
Excise tax
Harbors
International Affairs
Marine terminals
Marine transportation
Ships
Tax exemption
Traffic congestion
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance excise tax ferry trailer cargo which is in a truck trailer or semitrailer on a ferry for the sole purpose of being transported between two ports due to traffic congestion on the nearest international bridge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act.

Bill: 108-hr-3883
Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Anadromous fishes
Animals
Authorization
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Fishery management
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: 
Amends the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to authorize appropriations for FY 2004 through 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey a Coast Guard 44-foot Motor Life Boat to the city of Ludington, Michigan.

Bill: 108-hr-3885
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2004-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Asbestos
Claims
Coast guard
Cultural property
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Government liability
History
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Michigan
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Rescue work
Ships
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: 
Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey to the city of Ludington, Michigan, the Coast Guard 44-foot Motor Life Boat Vessel #44345 formally assigned to the Group Grand Haven Command. Requires, among other transfer conditions, that the vessel: (1) be used for educational and historical display; and (2) not be used for commercial transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to expand the pilot program for the enrollment of certain wetlands and its buffer acreage in the conservation reserve program to include the enrollment of certain playas and its buffer acreage, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3886
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2004-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Nature conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Water Resources Development
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: 
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to include certain previously cropped playas (temporary water areas) in the wetland and buffer acreage conservation pilot program (farmable wetlands program). Increases maximum acreage and payment acreage limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-15
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
National Center for Social Work Research Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3887
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2004-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child abuse
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health education
Higher education
Poverty
Preventive medicine
Research centers
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Social work
Sociological research
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: 
National Center for Social Work Research Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the National Center for Social Work Research to conduct, support, and disseminate targeted research on social work methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern. Requires the Secretary to appoint a Director of the Center to: (1) promote research and training designed to inform social work practice; (2) provide policy makers with empirically-based research information; and (3) establish research traineeships to address problems of significant social concern. Establishes an advisory council for the Center.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their United States workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3888
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Federally-guaranteed loans
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
International corporations
Labor statistics
Layoffs
Subsidies
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: 
Directs each Federal agency that provides grants, loans, or loan guarantees to businesses to require, as a condition of such assistance, that the business provide annually information on: (1) the number of employees employed in the United States and its territories and the number employed outside the United States, as well as wage information on U.S. employees; and (2) the percentage of the workforce that has been laid off or forced to resign during the preceding year. Prohibits, until the situation is corrected, subsequent assistance to a business that lays off a greater percentage of workers in the United States or its territories than in other countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2724)
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To transfer certain functions from the United States Trade Representative to the Secretary of Commerce.

Bill: 108-hr-3889
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2004-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Commerce
Dispute settlement
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Free trade
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Import restrictions
Intellectual property
International Affairs
International agencies
Nontariff trade barriers
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Subsidies
Tariff
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: 
Transfers the functions of the United States Trade Representatives to the Secretary of Commerce with respect to: (1) identification of countries that deny adequate protection, or market access, for intellectual property rights; (2) enforcement of U.S. rights under trade agreements and response to certain foreign trade practices; and (3) the Uruguay Round Agreement Act regarding dispute settlement panels and procedures, related matters in the annual report to Congress on the World Trade Organization (WTO), access to the WTO dispute settlement process, specified actions for enforcement of U.S. rights under the Subsidies Agreement, and specified administrative actions following WTO panel reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (text of measure as introduced: CR E289)
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E287-288)
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the use of redevelopment bonds for environmental remediation.

Bill: 108-hr-3891
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2004-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Brownfields
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Hazardous wastes
Health
Health surveys
Income tax
Interest
Refuse and refuse disposal
Tax deductions
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the use of tax-exempt redevelopment bonds for the costs of environmental remediation. Defines &quot;environmental remediation&quot; as: (1) abatement or control of hazardous substances; (2) demolition of existing contaminated structures, permit fees necessary for remediation, and environmental audits; (3) health assessments or health effects studies related to a contaminated site; and (4) remediation of off-site contamination caused by activity on a contaminated site. Denies an income tax deduction for interest paid on redevelopment bonds for environmental remediation if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that a remediation plan financed with redevelopment bonds was not satisfactorily completed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Brownfield Redevelopment Reserve Act

Bill: 108-hr-3892
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2004-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Brownfields
Commerce
Corporate finance
Environmental Protection
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Refuse and refuse disposal
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: 
Brownfield Redevelopment Reserve Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for payments made to a tax-exempt Hazardous Waste Remediation Reserve (Reserve). Limits such deduction for any taxable year to the lesser of $1,000,000 or the excess (if any) of $1,000,000 over the amount paid into the Reserve for all prior taxable years. Includes in taxpayer gross income any amount distributed from the Reserve and any penalties for self dealing or failure to distribute funds for Reserve purposes. Imposes a penalty of ten percent additional tax for any amount distributed from a Reserve that is not used exclusively to pay qualified hazardous waste costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Introduced in House
We the People Act

Bill: 108-hr-3893
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2004-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Appellate courts
Appropriations
Church and state
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Constitutional law
District courts
Economics and Public Finance
Equality before the law
Federal mandates
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Homosexuality
Impeachments
Judicial ethics
Judicial tenure
Jurisdiction
Local laws
Religion
Religious liberty
Reproduction
Right of privacy
Same-sex marriage
Sex
Sexual orientation
State courts
State laws
States' rights
Supreme Court
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: 
We the People Act - Prohibits the Supreme Court and each Federal court from adjudicating any claim or relying on judicial decisions involving: (1) State or local laws, regulations, or policies concerning the free exercise or establishment of religion; (2) the right of privacy, including issues of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction; or (3) the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation where based upon equal protection of the laws.
 
Allows the Supreme Court and the Federal courts to determine the constitutionality of Federal statutes, administrative rules, or procedures in considering cases arising under the Constitution. Prohibits the Supreme Court and the Federal courts from issuing any ruling that appropriates or expends money, imposes taxes, or otherwise interferes with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the States.
 
Authorizes any party or intervener in matters before any Federal court, including the Supreme Court, to challenge the jurisdiction of the court under this Act.
 
Provides that the violation of this Act by any justice or judge is an impeachable offense and a material breach of good behavior subject to removal.
 
Negates as binding precedent on the State courts any Federal court decision that relates to an issue removed from Federal jurisdiction by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E309)
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grants Plus Act

Bill: 108-hr-3894
Sponsor: Rep. Burns, Max [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2004-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Scholarships
Secondary education
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: 
Pell Grants Plus Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to award Pell Grants Plus grants to students who: (1) have completed a rigorous secondary school program for State Scholars; (2) are enrolled full-time in their first year of undergraduate education; and (3) are eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants for that year.
 
Sets such Plus grant award at $1,000. Provides for a continuation award for the second year of undergraduate education if the student maintains compliance with certain eligibility requirements and obtains a grade point average of at least 3.0 for the first year.
 
Repeals HEA provisions for Academic Achievement Incentive Scholarships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Introduced in House