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Upper White Salmon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Bill: 108-hr-2397
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Washington State
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: 
Upper White Salmon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified portions of the White Salmon River, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and administer the comprehensive management plan required by the Act for the designated sections of the River in accordance with that portion of the preferred alternative of the Forest Service Wild and Scenic River Study Report and Final Legislative Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper White Salmon River dated July 7, 1997, addressing only those sections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Guardsmen and Reservist Retirement Age Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2398
Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
National Guard
Retirement age
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Guardsmen and Reservist Retirement Age Act of 2003 - Makes an individual eligible for retired pay for non-regular (reserve) military service if such individual: (1) satisfies one of the combinations of minimum age (between 53 and 60) and years of service (between 34 and 20); (2) performed the last six years of qualifying service in currently authorized categories of military service, but not while a member of a regular component, the Fleet Reserve, or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve (with an exception); and (3) is not entitled to any other retirement pay from an armed force or as a member of the Fleet Reserves.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-18
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Guardsmen and Reservist Employer Tax Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2399
Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Self-employed
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: 
Guardsmen and Reservist Employer Tax Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a reserve component employment credit equal to the sum of the employment credit with respect to all qualified employees of the taxpayer and the self-employment credit of a qualified self-employed taxpayer. Limits the credit to $25,000 for each qualified employee. Disallows the credit for failure to comply with reserve member employment or reemployment rights, or when a reserve member is called or ordered to active duty for training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act

Bill: 108-hr-2401
Sponsor: Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Health
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Terminally ill

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Social Security Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period in the disability insurance program for terminally ill individuals. Authorizes disability benefits for any eligible individual whose underlying impairment results in death within six months after what would have been the start of the waiting period.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Theodore Roosevelt Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 108-hr-2404
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.
Coins and coinage
Ex-presidents
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
New York State
Roosevelt (Theodore) Administration
Silver
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: 
Theodore Roosevelt Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than: (1) 500,000 $1 coins with the image of Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider on one side and an eagle design on the other side; and (2) 500,000 $1 coins with the image of Roosevelt on horseback on one side and a flaming sword of righteousness on the other side. Calls for the coins to be struck at the U.S. Mint at West Point, New York. Authorizes the Secretary to issue such minted coins beginning on January 1, 2006, and to initiate coin sales before such date (2006 will mark the 100th anniversary of Roosevelt receiving the Nobel Peace Prize). Requires surcharges from the sale of the coins to be paid to the Theodore Roosevelt Association to be used exclusively for educational programs at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, including for construction and maintenance of a visitor's center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2405
Sponsor: Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Fines (Penalties)
Motion pictures
Photography
Pornography
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: 
Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly capturing by videotape, photograph, film, or any electronic means, with the intent to do so, an improper image of an individual (an image of the naked or undergarment clad individual captured without that individual's consent) under circumstances violating that individual's privacy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Payday Borrower Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2407
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution
Bank loans
Business records
Checks
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Credit insurance
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Debtor and creditor
Electronic funds transfers
Fees
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Insurance premiums
Interest
Interest rates
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Loan defaults
Loans
Punitive damages
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Surety and fidelity
Usury

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: 
Payday Borrower Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit the business of making deferred deposit loans (payday loans) in any State unless expressly authorized by State law that meets the requirements of this Act. 
 
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit insured depository institutions from making: (1) payday loans except in full compliance with State law and at an interest rate no more than the lesser of 36 percent or the maximum annual percentage rate allowable in the State; or (2) any loan to a payday lender to finance payday loans unless that lender is in full compliance with specified Federal and State law. 
 
Sets forth State licensing and regulatory procedure requirements for payday loans, including the provision of civil and criminal penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1193-1194)
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Safety Net Hospital Pharmacy Access Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2409
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Auditing
Business records
Commerce
Drug industry
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Medicaid
Prescription pricing
Public hospitals
Rebates
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: 
Safety Net Hospital Pharmacy Access Act of 2003 - States that the Constitutional authority upon which this Act rests is the power of the Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States.
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include inpatient prices charged to disproportionate share (DSH) hospitals in the best price exemptions for the Medicaid drug rebate program. (Thus allows certain high-volume DSH safety net providers to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies and receive the lowest price they can get for inpatient drugs. Currently such entities are only able to receive discounts on the prices of outpatient drugs because of a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services interpretation of the best price exemption under the Medicaid drug rebate program).
 
Subjects such drugs purchased by high-volume DSH hospital safety net providers for inpatient use to specified auditing and recordkeeping requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Genuine American Flag Act

Bill: 108-hr-2410
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commemorations
Flags
Import restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Genuine American Flag Act - Prohibits the importation for sale of foreign-made U.S. flags.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To decrease the matching funds requirement and authorize further appropriations for Keweenaw National Historical Park.

Bill: 108-hr-2411
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Authorization
Commemorations
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Michigan
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: 
Requires a one-to-one (currently, one-to-four) match of Federal funds to non-Federal funds contributed for financial and technical assistance to mark, interpret, and restore non-Federal properties within Keweenaw National Historical Park. Increases the authorization of appropriations for such assistance and for development of the Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To require any amounts appropriated for Members' Representational Allowances for the House of Representatives for a session of Congress that remain after all payments are made from such Allowances for the session to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.

Bill: 108-hr-2412
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits
Congressional allowances
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Public debt

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Requires any amounts appropriated for a Representational Allowance for a Member of the House of Representatives which remain after all payments are made under such Allowance to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in a session of Congress or other period for which there is no Federal budget deficit, to reduce the Federal debt.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
National Guard and Reserves Reform Act for the 21st Century

Bill: 108-hr-2413
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Employee rights
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Military medicine
Military pay
Military pensions
Military training
Retirement age
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Taxation
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: National Guard and Reserves Reform Act for the 21st Century - Makes an individual eligible for retired pay for non-regular (reserve) military service if such individual: (1) satisfies one of specified combinations of minimum age (between 55 and 60) and years of service (between 20 and 30); (2) performed the last six years of qualifying service in currently authorized categories of military service, but not while a member of a regular component, the Fleet Reserve, or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve; and (3) is not entitled to any other retirement pay from an armed force or as a member of the Fleet Reserves. 
Authorizes a member of the Selected Reserve to enroll for self or for self and family under the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense managed health care program).
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a reserve component employment credit equal to the sum of the employment credit with respect to all qualified employees of the taxpayer and the self-employment credit of a qualified self-employed taxpayer. Limits the credit to $25,000 for each qualified employee. Disallows the credit for failure to comply with reserve member employment or reemployment rights, or when a reserve member is called or ordered to active duty for training.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-18
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Department of Veterans Affairs Chiropractic Employment Act

Bill: 108-hr-2414
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Chiropractic and chiropractors
Collective bargaining
Continuing education
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education
Employee selection
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical education
Medical malpractice
Medical residents
Part-time employment
Scholarships
Temporary employment
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: 
 Department of Veterans Affairs Chiropractic Employment Act - Authorizes the appointment of, and provision of medical care by, chiropractors within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Includes chiropractors within VHA provisions concerning: (1) qualifications of appointees, periods of appointment, and pay grades; (2) temporary and part-time appointments; (3) residencies and internships; (4) malpractice and negligence protection; (5) treatment as scarce medical specialists for contracting purposes; (6) reimbursement for continuing professional education expenses; and (7) collective bargaining exemptions.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-06
text: -See Public Law 108-170.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: -Similar provision incorporated. See S. 1156, Title III, Section 302.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: -Provision incorporated. See H. R. 2357, Section 2.
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1208-1209)
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Zdenko Lisak.

Bill: 108-hr-2415
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2003-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Prohibits Zdenko Lisak from being removed from, or denied admission to, the United States by reason of any act of his which is grounds for such removal or denial that is reflected in the records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service or the Visa Office.
Directs the Attorney General to rescind any outstanding order of removal or deportation or any finding of deportability that has been entered against Zdenko Lisak by reason of any such act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Ending Tax Breaks for Discrimination Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2418
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advertising
Agriculture and Food
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business travel
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Expense accounts
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Minorities
Racial discrimination
Recreation
Sex discrimination
Sports and Recreation
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Ending Tax Breaks for Discrimination Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny all deductions (including advertising expenses) for business expenses associated with the use of a private club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1248)
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