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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants for the preservation of historic courthouses.

Bill: 108-hr-1589
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Courthouses
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to States and units of local government for the preservation of historic courthouses (i.e., courthouses that are at least 35 years old the preservation of which has not been previously supported by Federal funds).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Airport Emergency Reimbursement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1591
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airports
Construction costs
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: 
Airport Emergency Reimbursement Act of 2003 - Amends Federal aviation law to provide a credit to an owner or operator of an airport that allows the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the head of a State or local agency to utilize the airport to respond to a disaster or emergency. Allows application of such credit toward the non-Federal share of allowable project costs for projects carried out under the airport improvement program. Declares that such credit shall be in an amount equal to the revenues that the airport lost, including operational costs that were incurred by the owner or operator, during the period of such utilization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Military Survivors Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1592
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Annuities
Families
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Military pensions
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Military Survivors Equity Act of 2003 - Repeals the social security offset applicable to certain annuities paid to surviving spouses under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) for retired members of the armed forces, to the extent that such offset is due to integration with social security benefits when the surviving spouse reaches 62 years of age.
Repeals the required reduction in such annuity when such person reaches age 62.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to recompute the existing annuities of certain individuals under the SBP to reflect the changes made by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E685)
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
St. Croix National Heritage Area Study Act

Bill: 108-hr-1594
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Islands
Land use
Landscape protection
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Nature conservation
Nonprofit organizations
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Public-private partnerships
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Territories (U.S.)
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: St. Croix National Heritage Area Study Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating the island of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, as the St. Croix National Heritage Area.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
St. Croix National Heritage Area Study Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating the island of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, as the St. Croix National Heritage Area. Instructs the Secretary, in conducting such study, to analyze the impact that designation of the island of St. Croix as a national heritage area is likely to have on land within the proposed area or bordering the proposed area that is privately owned. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 211.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-361.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-361.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E682-683)
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Public Lands, Healthy Communities Act

Bill: 108-hr-1595
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Indian lands
Labor and Employment
Land use
Local officials
Minorities
Planning
Regional planning

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Healthy Public Lands, Healthy Communities Act - Permits the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to cooperate with and provide technical assistance to any designated gateway community where the results of such interaction are likely to benefit both the protection of resources managed by the Secretary and the gateway community. Defines a gateway community as a community meeting certain criteria, including that it is significantly affected economically, socially, or environmentally by planning and management decisions regarding Federal lands administered by the relevant Secretary.
Allows the Secretaries to offer training sessions for officials of gateway communities to give such officials a better understanding of the methods by which they can most meaningfully participate in the development of agency plans, decisions, and policies.
Permits the Secretaries to enter into agreements with gateway communities to provide for coordination of land use between the relevant Secretary and a gateway community.
Authorizes both Secretaries to make grants to gateway communities for the purposes described in this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify qualified rental office furniture as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.

Bill: 108-hr-1597
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Furniture industry
Income tax
Lease and rental services
Office equipment and supplies
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify as five-year property for depreciation purposes any qualified rental office furniture held by an office furniture rental dealer primarily for leasing to customers by means of a short-term rental contract. States that options to renew such a contract at the same or greater price shall not be taken into account in determining a lease term for such purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Dawson Family Community Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-1599
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Citizen participation
Crime prevention
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Informers
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Dawson Family Community Protection Act - Amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Act Reauthorization Act of 1998 to require the Director of National Drug Control Policy to ensure that at least $1 million of amounts appropriated for a fiscal year for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program is used in high intensity drug trafficking areas with severe neighborhood safety and illegal drug distribution problems to: (1) ensure the safety of neighborhoods and the protection of communities, including the prevention of intimidation of potential witnesses; and (2) combat illegal drug trafficking through methods the Director considers appropriate, such as establishing or operating a toll-free telephone hotline for the public to provide information about illegal drug-related activities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8968)
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2837-2838)
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Even Start Quality Improvement Act

Bill: 108-hr-1600
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Continuing education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational research
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Literacy programs
Parent-school relationships
Reading
Secondary education
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Even Start Quality Improvement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to reserve certain funds for grants and contracts to eligible organizations to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities implementing Even Start programs and to the staff of such programs.
Directs the Secretary to contract with a qualified entity with experience and expertise in family literacy services to study and assess the impact of the William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program on children who participated in it and who are in the third or fourth grade during the study, and on their parents and other adults who participated with them.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Senior Executive Service Reform Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1602
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee rights
Executive compensation
Federal officials
Labor and Employment
Leave of absence
Pay equity
Personnel management
Salaries
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Senior Executive Service Reform Act of 2003 - Prohibits pay rates for members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) from being: (1) greater than that for level III of the Executive Schedule (ES); or (2) less the minimum rate of basic pay for senior level positions classified above GS-15. Requires each appointing authority to determine such rates based on the executive's experience and capabilities, responsibilities of the position, and such other criteria as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe.
Provides pay increases for administrative law judges, Contract Appeals Board members, and certain senior level positions by raising the ES level on which their pay is based. Authorizes the President to provide for such SES comparability pay adjustments as necessary to conform to such increased rates.
Establishes as the maximum annual rate of pay, including comparability pay adjustments: (1) ES level II for SES positions, including positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration; and (2) ES level III for Federal positions not covered by the General Schedule for which the rate of pay is no more than the ES level IV rate.
Provides one day of annual leave for each full biweekly pay period for positions classified above GS-15, senior executives, and employees for which the minimum rate of basic pay is not less than 120 percent of the GS-15 rate.
Limits the duration of limited emergency appointments to one year and of limited term appointments to four years, allowing extensions if exigencies of the public business so require. Outlines reassignment authority for such employees. Increases limits on aggregate service. Provides reemployment rights.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend Public Law 105-295 to increase the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for construction of temperature control devices.

Bill: 108-hr-1604
Sponsor: Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Anadromous fishes
Animals
Authorization
California
Central Valley Reclamation Project (California)
Construction costs
Dams
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Fishery management
Fishes
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Reservoirs
Salmon
Thermal pollution of rivers, lakes, etc.

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: 
 Amends Federal law authorizing appropriations for the construction of temperature control devices to increase such appropriations from $1 million to $9 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Automobile Fuel Economy Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1605
Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Automobiles
Energy
Energy efficiency
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Government vehicles
Standards
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: 
Automobile Fuel Economy Act of 2003 - Sets forth certain increased average fuel economy standards for certain light trucks, automobiles (up to 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight), and certain classes of vehicles in the Federal fleet that are manufactured or purchased after specified dates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Wage Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1606
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Alien labor
Employment agencies
Labor and Employment
Minimum wages
Seasonal labor
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Wage Equity Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among the conditions of approval of an H-2A (visa) temporary agricultural worker petition the requirement that an employer may not be required to pay workers more than the greater of: (1) the prevailing wage for seasonal agricultural workers in the occupation in the area of intended employment; or (2) the greater of Federal or State minimum wage.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Tax Credits for Conservation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1607
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Animals
Charitable contributions
Environmental Protection
Habitat conservation
Income tax
Land transfers
Landowners
Nature conservation
Open space lands
Outdoor recreation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real property
Recreation areas
Sports and Recreation
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Tax Credits for Conservation Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an annual tax credit of 50 percent of the qualified conservation contributions of qualified U.S. real property interests for specified conservation purposes.
Limits such credit to $100,000 ($50,000 for tax year 2003; $75,000 for tax year 2004).
Allows a limited carryover of unused credit.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House